Podcasts about education international

FreshEd is on holidays. We'll be back with new episodes in February. In the meantime, we are replaying some of our favourite episodes from our archive, which now totals over 380 episodes. The best way for you to explore our archive is on our website, freshedpodcast.com. You'll find hand-picked playlists, transcripts, and even accompanying educational resources. And while you're there, please consider becoming a member of FreshEd for as little as $10/month. Members receive exclusive benefits. -- The past few shows have focused on climate change as being the biggest issue facing teacher unions globally. There are, of course, other big issues. One of them is propaganda. Misinformation campaigns have been on the rise partly due to the turn towards right-wing extremism in many parts of the world. Social media has created new ways to spread misinformation and propaganda, making education a powerful tool to combat the spread of lies and what we might call fake news. My guest today is Maria Ressa, a Filipino-American journalist and author. Co-founder of online news site Rappler, she has been an investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN and was included in the 2018 Time's Person of the Year for her work combating fake news. She has been arrested for her reporting on Duterte, the Philippine president, and is currently on trial for cyberlibel. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/mariaressa/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

The cost of war on education in Palestine: Education International, Dalila El Barhmi by Radio Islam

This episode of the ABSENT series explores Canada's teacher retention crisis, through the stories of current and former teachers, education leaders, and researchers. / Cet épisode de la série ABSENCES met en lumière la crise de la rétention du personnel enseignant au Canada à travers le témoignage de membres et d'anciennes membres de la profession, de porte-paroles du milieu, et de spécialistes de la question. Tune in to learn more about: / Écoutez l'épisode pour en savoir plus sur :debunking the teacher “shortage” / ce qui se cache réellement derrière la « pénurie » de personnel enseignantwhy teachers are leaving the profession and its consequences / les raisons qui poussent les enseignantes et enseignants à quitter la profession, et ce que ça impliquewhat needs to change to retain Canadian teachers and educators. / ce qui doit être fait pour conserver les membres du corps enseignant et le personnel de l'éducation. Guests / Personnes invitéesHeidi Yetman, CTF/FCE President Phil McRae, Executive Staff Officer and Associate Coordinator, Government-Research, Alberta Teachers' Association  Rolf-Carlos Klausener, CTF/FCE Strategic Communications Coordinator Dr. Nichole Grant, CTF/FCE Researcher and Policy Analyst Anne Vinet-Roy, vice-présidente de la CTF/FCE et présidente* de l'Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (*en vigueur jusqu'au 31 août 2024).Dr. Barbara J. Smith, author of Teacher Shortages and the Challenge of Retention: Practices That Make School Systems and Cultures More Attractive and Empowering Cet épisode est en anglais. Le prochain sera en français et traitera de la pénurie de personnel enseignant francophone.Special thanks to:Bo-Ning Gao from Carleton University, School of JournalismNew Brunswick Teachers' Association (NBTA) membersOSSTF (YouTube videos used with permission)Jillian B. and Katie C.Learn more / RessourcesDr. Barbara J. Smith's book: https://rowman.com/isbn/9781475870848 NBTA's podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2218714 Education International, Go Public! Fund Education campaign: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/dossier/1537:go-public-fund-education References: https://shorturl.at/AIQsB Transcript: https://shorturl.at/EkeltMusic attribution: https://shorturl.at/SMvSuDISCLAIMER:  Some guests use the term “administrators” to refer to principals, vice-principals, and associate principals.The Source podcast is produced by the CTF/FCE in Ottawa, on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe People. / La balado Source est produite à Ottawa, sur le territoire traditionnel non cédé du peuple algonquin anichinabé, par la CTF/FCE. Follow us on social media / Suivez-nous dans les médias sociaux : Twitter @CTFFCE, Facebook @CTF.FCE, Instagram @ctffce.Views expressed do not necessarily represent the policies nor the views of the CTF/FCE. / Les points de vue exprimés dans cet épisode ne représentent pas forcément les principes directeurs ou les points de vue de la CTF/FCE.

On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Gerald Huebner of GHEX about Christian education in Ukraine and beyond, as both Kevin and Gerald prepare to go into Ukraine to minister to Christian families that continue to disciple their children in God's Word in the middle of a war zone. We are reminded how much more important the advancement of God's Kingdom is compared to the meager geopolitical forces around the world. Be in prayer for the team as they head into Ukraine and the middle of a war zone.

On this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Gerald Huebner of GHEX about Christian education in Ukraine and beyond, as both Kevin and Gerald prepare to go into Ukraine to minister to Christian families that continue to disciple their children in God's Word in the middle of a war zone. We are reminded how much more important the advancement of God's Kingdom is compared to the meager geopolitical forces around the world. Be in prayer for the team as they head into Ukraine and the middle of a war zone.

In this edition of Generations, Kevin Swanson interviews Gerald Huebner of GHEX about Christian education in Ukraine and beyond, as both Kevin and Gerald prepare to go into Ukraine to minister to Christian families that continue to disciple their children in God's Word in the middle of a war zone. We are reminded how much more important the advancement of God's Kingdom is, compared to the meager geopolitical forces around the world. Be in prayer for the team as they head into Ukraine and the middle of a war zone.--This program includes---1. The World View in 5 Minutes with Adam McManus -Nigerian Muslim terrorists demand ransom for kidnapped pastor, Andy Stanley criticizes Southern Baptists for ousting Rick Warren's Saddleback Church over female pastor---2. Generations with Kevin Swanson

A new MP3 sermon from Generations Radio is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ministering in Ukraine – Home Education International Speaker: Kevin Swanson Broadcaster: Generations Radio Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 7/5/2024 Length: 28 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Generations Radio is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ministering in Ukraine – Home Education International Speaker: Kevin Swanson Broadcaster: Generations Radio Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 7/5/2024 Length: 28 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Generations Radio is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Ministering in Ukraine – Home Education International Speaker: Kevin Swanson Broadcaster: Generations Radio Event: Radio Broadcast Date: 7/5/2024 Length: 28 min.

The United Nations has released a report decrying the world crisis in education: a shortage of millions of trained teachers, low pay for educators, inadequate teaching facilities and more. A RadioLabour report featuring comments by the general-secretary of Education International, David Edwards. EI's affiliate in Canada is the Canadian Teachers' Federation. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

January 24 was the International Day for Education. The global union federation Education International used the day to mark the one year anniversary of its 'Go Public! Fund Education!' campaign with a special webinar. EI is represented in Canada by the Canadian Teachers' Federation.   RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

The world of work is undergoing profound change. These changes are creating skills gaps, mismatches and shortages that are resulting in unfilled jobs and lost productivity. So how do we close this skills gap? In search of an answer, the ILO has adopted a sweeping new international labour standard focused on updating its approach to skills and quality apprenticeships. The new “Recommendation on Quality Apprenticeships, No. 208” is designed to help workers and employers find ways to skill, reskill and upskill people to adapt to rapidly changing labour markets. But how will it work in practice? In this podcast Martin Henry, Research, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator of Education International in Brussels, and Kathryn Rowan, Executive Director of GAN, the Global Apprenticeship Network based in Geneva, share their insights.

It's been a decade since Thom Filicia, acclaimed interior designer and former co-star of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” served as a bone marrow donor for his brother, Jules, who had received a diagnosis of myelofibrosis. “It was a disease I knew nothing about, I'd never even heard of it before,” Filicia told CURE®. “So that, in and of itself, was a very unusual situation, to have to navigate that. … In (Jules') situation, we needed to move very quickly. And, in his case, the most appropriate (treatment) at that time, was a bone marrow transplant, so that's what we needed to do.” Myelofibrosis, as explained by the MPN Research Foundation, is a type of chronic blood cancer that involves the formation of excessive scar tissue in the bone marrow, impairing the patient's ability to produce normal blood cells. It is part of a category of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs. “Myelofibrosis is a challenge, because first of all, it's (a) very rare disease, we're talking about 25,000 people in the United States have this, maybe one in 500,000 people worldwide have this disease, so it's a very rare disease,” explained Dr. Andrew Kuykendall of the department of malignant hematology at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.  The presentation of myelofibrosis can also vary from patient to patient, as Kuykendall explained. “People can either present with just abnormal blood counts, they can present with painful abdominal pain or splenomegaly, where their spleen is enlarged or other organs can be enlarged, (or) it could be from having fevers, chills, night sweats, bone pain, a lot of symptoms that bring them to that healthcare,” Kuykendall said. “And so, it's one of those things where all those people could come with a variety of symptoms yet receive the same diagnosis. And I think that that's challenging because it doesn't necessarily present in one way. There's no kind of map. We often say, ‘The disease doesn't read the textbook,' and that's very true when it comes to myelofibrosis.” A decade after the bone marrow transplant, Filicia says his brother is in great health, and he looked back on the transplant process as a “pretty seamless” experience. “It was a good experience for both of us and a positive outcome, which is really great,” Filicia said. “I would say what it does in terms of (our relationship), we're blood brothers at a level that is very different than just being brothers because we now share the same DNA. And we've gone through this experience together, and it was a pretty impactful experience.” Filicia has now partnered with biopharma company GSK to launch the online initiative Mapping Myelofibrosis, dedicated to raising awareness about the disease with input from organizations including the MPN Research Foundation and MPN Advocacy and Education International.  The initiative's website, mappingmf.com, includes educational and informational materials as well as podcast episodes and stories from members of the myelofibrosis community of patients and loved ones, Filicia among them. “To be a resource or to be impactful in that situation, you really need information, and you need to know that you're not the only person going through it, you need to understand what other people are going through, you need to be able to connect with a doctor like Dr. Kuykendall where they can explain things to you in a way that you understand it,” Filicia said.  “And that gives you hope, and that gives you the ability to, I would imagine, move forward in a positive, thoughtful, empowered way where you feel like you're making the best decisions that you can make, for your situation, with the best guidance that you feel comfortable with.” Filicia and Kuykendall spoke with CURE®'s “Cancer Horizons” podcast about myelofibrosis, persistent misconceptions regarding bone marrow donation and the motivation behind the Mapping Myelofibrosis. For more news on cancer updates, research and education, don't forget to subscribe to CURE®'s newsletters here.

A new report by the global union Education International shows that AI can degrade the quality of education, worsen working conditions for teachers and provide inferior schooling for students. EI is the global union for teachers and other educators. In Canada, EI affiliates include the Canadian Teachers' Federation, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and four unions in Quebec. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

Join the CTF/FCE's Mia Travers Hayward as she chats with Dr. Christina J. Colclough, founder of The Why Not Lab and advocate for the digital rights of workers. / Joignez-vous à Mia Travers Hayward de la CTF/FCE, qui s'entretient avec Christina J. Colclough, Ph. D., fondatrice du Why Not Lab et défenseuse des droits numériques des travailleur·ses. Topics include / Les sujets sont :digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, and how they are impacting education workers; / les technologies numériques, y compris l'intelligence artificielle, et leurs répercussions sur les travailleur·ses de l'éducation;Protecting labour rights and privacy; / la protection des droits des travailleur·ses et de la vie privée;Support and tools to use when bargaining around digital tech; / le soutien et les outils à utiliser dans le cadre de la négociation concernant les technologies numériques;Digital rights advocacy; / La défense des droits numériques;And more. / et plus encore.(Balado en anglais, accompagné d'un document en français et en angl. présentant les faits saillants)Episode recorded on June 7, 2023. / Cet épisode a été enregistré le 7 juin 2023.DISCLAIMER: Christina uses "school leadership" and "school management" to refer to principals, vice-principals, and associate principals. / Les termes « school leadership » et « school management » que Christina utilise dans l'épisode désignent le personnel de direction d'école, soit les directrices et directeurs, et les directrices et directeurs adjoints.Learn more / Pour en savoir plusPublic Services International's Digital Bargaining Hub, a global resource of Collective Bargaining clauses related to all things digital: bit.ly/43Nsp0r / Portail de négociation sur la numérisation de l'Internationale des services publics, un portail mondial de clauses de conventions collectives sur tout ce qui concerne le numérique : bit.ly/3J9VYl0 Christina's report for Education International, Teaching with Tech: the role of education unions in shaping the future: bit.ly/3oZCTeu / Enseigner avec la technologie : le rôle des syndicats de l'éducation dans la construction de l'avenir :  bit.ly/45Zs7WkGuide on Co-Governance of Algorithmic Systems: bit.ly/42D1Ud9The CTF/FCE's statement on student data protection: bit.ly/3NJp8sB / Déclaration sur la protection des données des élèves : bit.ly/3JOQyfxThe Source podcast is produced by the CTF/FCE in Ottawa, on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe People. / La balado Source est produite à Ottawa, sur le territoire traditionnel non cédé du peuple algonquin anichinabé, par la CTF/FCE. Follow us on social media / Suivez-nous dans les médias sociaux : Twitter @CTFFCE, Facebook @CTF.FCE, Instagram @ctffce.Views expressed do not necessarily represent the policies nor the views of the CTF/FCE. / Les points de vue exprimés dans cet épisode ne représentent pas forcément les principes directeurs ou les points de vue de la CTF/FCE.

This is the third episode of our podcast series entitled: “Teasing the tech”. Our guest speaker, Neil Selwyn, is a professor at the Faculty of Education in Monash University, Australia, and a leading international researcher in the area of digital education. Martin Henry, research coordinator at Education International, will be the host for these series. In this episode we will be looking at the impact of education techonologies on quality teaching and learning. Are the dominant forms of education techonologies improving the quality of education? Is edtech making education better, more inspiring, engaging, innovative? Listen to it now!

This is the second episode of a podcast series entitled: “Teasing the tech”. Our guest speaker, Neil Selwyn, is a professor at the Faculty of Education in Monash University, Australia, and a leading international researcher in the area of digital education. Martin Henry, research coordinator at Education International, will be the host for these series. As technological for-profit giants, such as Google or Microsoft, are playing a major role in education, the transformation of the State and the public sector in the current context makes it important to give attention to changes in labour relations. This will be the focus of today's episode.

Two reports focusing on the recent train derailments: Jeff Kurtz of Railroad Workers United talks with the We Rise Fighting podcast about the roots of the problem, and then on the Working People podcast, rail worker Matt Weaver says East Palestine was “A Hell of Wall Street's Making.” Then, “Teasing the tech,” things teachers should know about the impact of education technologies; that's from the EdVoices podcast, put out by Education International, the voice of teachers and other education employees across the globe. Next, why not riot? The Green and Red podcast talks with Ben Case, author of a provocative new book, “Street Rebellion: Resistance Beyond Violence and Nonviolence,” which challenges the strategy of non-violent and often non-aggressive protest and makes a case that riots are another tactic to be used by the Left.  Our final segment today is from the SAG-AFTRA Podcast, which toured the show floors at the CES tech show last month and brings us a closer look at AI and the future of film, the latest trends and innovations that might affect the entertainment industry in the years ahead. In a related note, the Screen Actors Guild Awards are tomorrow night and you can check out actor and labor podcaster Harold Phillips' labor picks on today's Labor Goes to the Movies podcast. Please help us build sonic solidarity by clicking on the share button below. Highlights from labor radio and podcast shows around the country, part of the national Labor Radio Podcast Network of shows focusing on working people's issues and concerns. #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @WorkingPod @PodcastGreenRed sagaftra Edited by Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith, produced by Chris Garlock; social media guru Mr. Harold Phillips.

Being a teacher in an underfunded system while being poorly paid and resourced can be heart breaking. Education International, which has affiliates in Canada, has started a global campaign to  Go Public! Fund Education. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

In this episode, we talk with Harry Smaller about his recent article in History of Education Quarterly. Open-access link to the article: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/history-of-education-quarterly/article/january-1993-the-founding-of-education-international/B71082DD7E287FA77BDB6EDC5D26AFB1 Transcript: COMING SOON

A RadioLabour interview with Education International's research coordinator Jennifer Ulrick about the need to teach the next generation about climate change.  RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

To produce quality education teachers need decent pay, adequate facilities and appropriate training. The global union Education International represented teachers around the world at a recent UN conference. EI's affiliated unions in Canada include the Canadian Teachers' Federation  and the Canadian Association of University Teachers. RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. It reports on labour union events around the world with a focus on unions in the developing world. It partners with rabble to provide coverage of news of interest to Canadian workers.

The path to leadership is often a winding one with unexpected turns – sometimes you just have to jump right in and get involved at whatever level you can. That's how Barb Dobrowolski got to where she is today, as the President of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA)./ Le chemin qui mène aux postes de direction est souvent sinueux et ponctué de virages inattendus. Parfois, il faut tout simplement se lancer et s'impliquer dans son organisation, quel que soit l'échelon. Voilà comment Barb Dobrowolski, présidente de l'Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA), est arrivée là où elle est aujourd'hui. In this episode, you'll learn more about Barb's leadership journey as she touches upon work-life balance, channeling her inner Susan Hopgood (President of Education International), kindness as a leadership quality, and more./ Dans cet épisode, vous découvrirez le parcours de Barb Dobrowolski vers le leadership. Barb nous parle notamment de l'équilibre travail-vie personnelle, nous explique comment elle canalise la Susan Hopgood (présidente de l'Internationale de l'Éducation) qui sommeille en elle et nous fait comprendre que la gentillesse est une des qualités des bons dirigeants et des bonnes dirigeantes.To celebrate Gender Equality Week, check out our Women Leaders in Education series to learn more about the women leading their teacher organizations throughout the CTF/FCE membership ⬇ / En cette Semaine de l'égalité des sexes, explorez la série Les femmes aux postes de direction en éducation pour en apprendre davantage sur les femmes qui dirigent une organisation membre ou associée de la CTF/FCE ⬇https://bit.ly/3QBf70vhttps://bit.ly/3vTiDLOhttps://bit.ly/3R9eTi6View the full video interview on YouTube. / Regardez la vidéo sur YouTube.(Podcast in English only with English and French highlights one-pager / Balado en anglais, accompagné d'un document d'une page en français et en anglais présentant les faits saillants du balado).This podcast was recorded on April 11, 2022. / Ce balado a été enregistré le 11 avril 2022.The Source podcast is produced by the CTF/FCE in Ottawa, on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe People. / La balado Source est produite à Ottawa, sur le territoire traditionnel non cédé du peuple algonquin anichinabé, par la CTF/FCE. Follow us on social media / Suivez-nous dans les médias sociaux : Twitter @CTFFCE, Facebook @CTF.FCE, Instagram @ctffce.Views expressed do not necessarily represent the policies nor the views of the CTF/FCE. / Les points de vue exprimés dans cet épisode ne représentent pas forcément les principes directeurs ou les points de vue de la CTF/FCE.

In this episode of Edvoices we explore the relatively under-researched phenomenon of education privatisation in the Caribbean region. We discuss the findings of a research commissioned by Education International in February 2022: “Time to turn the tide: Privatisation trends in education in the Caribbean”.

Welcome to season 2, episode 31 of the Today is the Day Changemakers Podcast.This week my guest is Melissa Prashad, Community Manager, Community & Business Development for JP Morgan Chase & Co. In her role she builds and nurtures relationships with key community leaders, nonprofit partners and small businesses at the neighborhood level.She is working to help advance racial equity by supporting Black and Latinx communities with tools and resources to help them improve their financial well-being. Melissa shares that she was in a challenging marriage and is now a single parent to a young son. She is parenting, while going back to school for her master's degree and working part-time. Many times, on this podcast we discuss mentorship. Here, Melissa talks about the mentors she has had along the way and also the importance of nurturing your leadership garden. She names some of the people that are in hers and she hopes that as she grows in her career if not already, that she is someone that is in other people's garden's as well. She really wants to help make a difference in her corner of the world and beyond. Listen in to hear the footprint that Melissa is creating now that she wants to leave behind.Next week my guest is Heather Mistretta. Heather is Founder & President, Pressing Releases & President, WAGE (Women & Girls' Education) International. We talk about her passion for sharing other people's stories and about the work she is doing through WAGE to help empower woman and girls through education overcome violence both here in the U.S. and in other countries.Please Subscribe, Like, Share, Review and Download!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChTpwqeDDJ9wUfg43eiBC1AStream: https://todayisthedaychangemakers.buzzsprout.com/Today Is the DayWebsite: https://todayisthedayliveit.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/todayistheday/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/todayisthedayThe Applaud Our Kids FoundationWebsite: www.applaudourkids.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/applaudourkidsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/applaudourkidsTo sign-up for our mailing list, schedule a conversation with Jodi or ask a Changemaker a question: jodi@todayisthedayliveit.comHave a great week everyone!

There is an alphabet soup of groups that want to control what's taught in your schools. Some of them are the National Education Association or NEA, the American Federation of Teachers or AFT, and Education International or EI.  They are all working toward social change, which is a Marxist tactic.  Find out who's working to control your schools and what you can do about it in this episode of Activate America. Action Items: Like and share this video with others.Apply for JBS membership and get involved. Sign up for Legislative Action Alerts or text JBS to 800-527-8721. Save Our Children From Public Education action project.

There is an alphabet soup of groups that want to control what's taught in your schools. Some of them are the National Education Association or NEA, the American Federation of Teachers or AFT, and Education International or EI.  They are all working toward social change, which is a Marxist tactic.  Find out who's working to […] The post Marxism In Your School | Activate America appeared first on The John Birch Society.

Rebecca Pretorius  | Country Manager  at Crimson Education In our third episode of Alternative Education, we look at international qualifications.  Where can I study A levels in SA?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael G. McPherson is the Chief Financial Officer for the National Education Association (NEA) in Washington, DC. He directs NEA's financial and business operations while serving on several Boards, Trusts and Planning and Policy-making committees. He is the Chair of Education International's Audit Committee (Brussels, Belgium) as well as the Chair of the Audit and Financial Review Committee of California Casualty Insurance Group. Michael is a licensed CPA and obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University. He attended Calabar High School in Jamaica from 1969-1976. During his tenure at Calabar he captained the 1972 winning Colts (U-15) football team and the Colts cricket teams and participated at Champs as a high jumper .He later captained the Manning Cup team and was a member of the 1974 winning Walker Cup and All Manning teams. He was later awarded a full football scholarship to Howard University in Washington DC where he graduated with honors. Over the past 10 years he has contributed over $8 million (JMD) to various Calabar initiatives through his one man Washington DC COBA chapter and also a member of the David "Wagga" Hunt Scholarship Initiative. His contributions are earmarked evenly between education/curriculum and sporting endeavors and he is a true epitome of student/athlete exemplar. Listen in as he shares his passion for young people and the generation that will follow us.

Today we take stock of Covid-19 and education two years after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. Although we are still living through the pandemic, this anniversary is a good opportunity for reflection. What worked? What didn't? Will there be lasting changes in education because of Covid-19? With me to discuss the second anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic is David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International, a global federation of teacher trade unions representing over 30 million education personnel. He is also a FreshEd board member. He has worked with and supported teachers around the world as they navigated schools in chaos. He's also been involved with various international organizations as they developed responses to the pandemic. www.freshedpodcast.com/edwards -- Get in touch! Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com Support FreshEd: www.freshedpodcast.com/support/

Keypath Education International's Steve Fireng speaks with Proactive during the ASX Small and Mid-Cap Conference, March 2022. The company's a global edtech in the online program management market. In collaboration with its 37 university partners, it delivers career-relevant, technology-enabled online higher education programs with the goal of preparing students for the future of work.

Education International warns of risks of AI in schools. Today's labor quote: Chana Luria*. Today's labor history: International Association of Fire Fighters forms.    @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @AFLCIO @theprogressive @radiolabour @IAFFNewsDesk Proud founding member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network. *in The Big Quit.

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EARTHDAY.ORG at COP26 Which countries are prioritizing quality climate education for all? Education International launches ground-breaking research on national commitments to climate change education. Join us for a dialogue between policymakers and union leaders on how countries must step up their climate education ambition. Moderator: Haldis Holst – Deputy General Secretary, Education International Panelists include: Larry Flanagan – General Secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland and President of ETUCE, the European Region of Education International David Sengeh – Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone Shirley-Anne Sommerville – Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills for the Scottish Government Shreya KC – Climate Justice Activist, Campaign Coordinator of Mock COP26, Nepal --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/earth-day-live/support

Earth Day Live from COP26 The education sector has a unique role to play in building a greener twenty-first century. The OECD, UNESCO, and Education International have launched a joint initiative to gather teaching expertise on what makes a difference in empowering students for climate action. This event seeks to present the initial insights that have emerged and, from this, to highlight the future directions that climate action in education can take. Moderator: Rodolfo Lacy, Director of the Environment Directorate at the OECD Panelists: Haldis Holst – Deputy General Secretary, Education International Stefania Giannini – Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO Andreas Schleicher – Director for Education and Skills at the OECD (remote) Larry Flanagan – General Secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland and President of ETUCE, the European Region of Education International --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/earth-day-live/support

Ending gender-based violence requires a profound transformation of our societies and social relations. What is the role of education unions? What does transformative leadership look like in this context and how can it effect real change? Tune in to this episode of EdVoices to hear from three women leaders of Education International in dialogue with madeleine kennedy-macfoy: • Susan Hopgood | Education International President | AEU, Australia • Dianne Woloschuk | Executive Board member and Chair of the Education International Status of Women Committee | CTF, Canada • Nadine A. Molloy | Executive Board member | JTA Jamaica

With radical changes being engineered in society, education systems everywhere need to match up. As part of our podcast, Humanities Matter, the all-new series, Quality Education, looks at ways to improve these systems. Higher education has traditionally been viewed as a privilege affordable to only specific strata of society, mainly higher income groups. However, this trend is now changing, with governments and institutes actively trying to make higher education accessible to all. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Budd Hall, from the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Dr. Rajesh Tandon, the Founder-President of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, a global research and training centre based in New Delhi, India. Dr. Hall and Dr. Tandon are both UNESCO co-chairs in community-based research and social responsibility in higher education. Drawing insights from their book, “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy”, published by Brill, they talk about the various changes that have been implemented in different countries to ensure social inclusivity in higher education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

With radical changes being engineered in society, education systems everywhere need to match up. As part of our podcast, Humanities Matter, the all-new series, Quality Education, looks at ways to improve these systems. Higher education has traditionally been viewed as a privilege affordable to only specific strata of society, mainly higher income groups. However, this trend is now changing, with governments and institutes actively trying to make higher education accessible to all. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Budd Hall, from the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Dr. Rajesh Tandon, the Founder-President of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, a global research and training centre based in New Delhi, India. Dr. Hall and Dr. Tandon are both UNESCO co-chairs in community-based research and social responsibility in higher education. Drawing insights from their book, “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy”, published by Brill, they talk about the various changes that have been implemented in different countries to ensure social inclusivity in higher education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With radical changes being engineered in society, education systems everywhere need to match up. As part of our podcast, Humanities Matter, the all-new series, Quality Education, looks at ways to improve these systems. Higher education has traditionally been viewed as a privilege affordable to only specific strata of society, mainly higher income groups. However, this trend is now changing, with governments and institutes actively trying to make higher education accessible to all.In this episode, we chat with Dr. Budd Hall, from the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Dr. Rajesh Tandon, the Founder-President of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, a global research and training centre based in New Delhi, India. Dr. Hall and Dr. Tandon are both UNESCO co-chairs in community-based research and social responsibility in higher education. Drawing insights from their book, “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy”, published by Brill, they talk about the various changes that have been implemented in different countries to ensure social inclusivity in higher education.Guests: Dr. Budd Hall and Dr. Rajesh TandonHost: Leigh Giangreco 

With radical changes being engineered in society, education systems everywhere need to match up. As part of our podcast, Humanities Matter, the all-new series, Quality Education, looks at ways to improve these systems. Higher education has traditionally been viewed as a privilege affordable to only specific strata of society, mainly higher income groups. However, this trend is now changing, with governments and institutes actively trying to make higher education accessible to all. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Budd Hall, from the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada, and Dr. Rajesh Tandon, the Founder-President of the Society for Participatory Research in Asia, a global research and training centre based in New Delhi, India. Dr. Hall and Dr. Tandon are both UNESCO co-chairs in community-based research and social responsibility in higher education. Drawing insights from their book, “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy”, published by Brill, they talk about the various changes that have been implemented in different countries to ensure social inclusivity in higher education.

The US military is offering “condolence payments” to a family in Afghanistan after a badly planned drone strike killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in the country's capital in August, though did not provide any numbers. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby revealed the offer on Friday, stating that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made a “commitment” to the Akhmadi family for compensation following the August 29 drone strike, “including offering ex gratia condolence payments” and State Department assistance in relocating family members to the United States. The offer was raised during a virtual meeting between Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl and Dr. Steven Kwon, who employed one of the Akhmadis killed in the strike at his US-based aid organization, Nutrition & Education International, long active in Afghanistan. http://globalreportage.org/2021/10/17/pentagon-offers-unspecified-condolence-payments-for-7-afghan-children-aid-worker-murdered-in-botched-drone-strike/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/global-reportage/support

Hi. Today we talk about the list of topics in the title, plus some other topics that aren't in the title. Topics like Only Fans, Proud Boys, Recalls and Batman V Superman. It's a real hodgepodge of terrible news. Yay. Please Donate to Nutrition and Education International: https://www.neifoundation.org/donate Support SOME MORE NEWS: http://www.patreon.com/SomeMoreNews We now have a MERCH STORE! Check it out here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/somemorenews Executive Producer Katy Stoll (@KatyStoll). Written by Tom Reimann (@startthemachine). Directed by Will Gordh (@will_gordh). Edited by Gregg Meller. Graphics by F. Clint DeNisco. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqegozpFt9hY2WJ7TDiA?si=5keGjCe5SxejFN1XkQlZ3w&dl_branch=1 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/even-more-news Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/somemorenews Follow us on social media!  Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews   Support the show!: http://patreon.com.com/somemorenews See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On August 29, as American troops were accelerating their pullout from Afghanistan, the U.S. military ordered its last drone strike in the 20 year war. The missile destroyed a parked car that military officials said was operated by an Islamic State sympathizer, and contained explosives for a suicide attack on the Kabul airport, where American forces and civilians had gathered for evacuation. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told a news conference, “We think that the procedures were correctly followed and it was a righteous strike.” Last week, separate investigations from The New York Times and The Washington Post questioned those assertions, reporting that the driver was Zemari Ahmadi, a longtime engineer for the California-based aid group Nutrition and Education International. The supposed explosives, said the Times, were canisters of water Ahmadi was bringing home to his family because Taliban's takeover of the city had cut off his neighborhood's water. The Times also reported that 10 members of the Ahmadi family were killed in the Hellfire missile attack, including seven children. General Milley told reporters, “We went through the same level of rigor that we've done for years. Yes, there are others killed. Who they are, we don't know. We'll try to sort through all that.” The British-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism has counted that the US military conducted more than 13,000 drone strikes in Afghanistan over the years, with at least 4,126 people killed, including at least 300 civilians and 66 children. Drone policies changed over the years under during different presidencies. As did the way the US counted civilian deaths by drone strikes. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan has a dramatically higher count for civilians killed in Afghanistan by drones: more than 2,000, with more 785 of them children. If accurate, that would mean that about 40 percent of civilians killed by drones in Afghanistan were children. It appears that drone warfare will continue to play a major role in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, President Biden promised Islamic State—or ISIS-K, “We are not done with you yet. … We will hunt you down to the ends of the Earth, and you will pay the ultimate price.” But without troops in the country, that hunting will almost certainly be done mostly through unmanned aircraft. Back in 2011, CT ran a story asking “Is it wrong to kill by remote control?” This week, we want to revisit that question. Our guest this week is Paul D. Miller, is professor of the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He earlier served in the US army, the CIA, and on the National Security Council staff as director for Afghanistan and Pakistan. These days, in addition to his post at Georgetown, he is a research fellow with the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and is author of Just War and Ordered Liberty, published earlier this year from Cambridge University Press. Among that book's chapters is one one on the ethics of drone warfare. Quick to Listen listeners may also remember Dr. Miller from our January episode on Christian Nationalism. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow this week's hosts on Twitter: Ted Olsen and Andy Olsen Follow our guest Paul D. Miller Music by Sweeps. Quick to Listen was produced this week by Ted Olsen and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Faith Ndlovu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For those who don't trust America, this is a good reason why. We bomb aid workers so our leaders can act tough. From the NY Times: “President Joe Biden murdered an innocent family when the US military conducted a "righteous strike" on Aug. 29 against a vehicle that American officials thought was an ISIS bomb that posed an imminent threat to thousands of people at the Kabul airport.” “In a late Friday afternoon report, the New York Times reveals that "Military officials said they did not know the identity of the car's driver when the drone fired, but deemed him suspicious because of how they interpreted his activities that day, saying that he possibly visited an ISIS safe house and, at one point, loaded what they thought could be explosives into the car." “Times reporting has identified the driver as Zemari Ahmadi, a longtime worker for a U.S. aid group. The evidence, including extensive interviews with family members, co-workers and witnesses, suggests that his travels that day actually involved transporting colleagues to and from work. And an analysis of video feeds showed that what the military may have seen was Mr. Ahmadi and a colleague loading canisters of water into his trunk to bring home to his family.” “While the U.S. military said the drone strike might have killed three civilians, Times reporting shows that it killed 10, including seven children, in a dense residential block.” “Mr. Ahmadi, 43, had worked since 2006 as an electrical engineer for Nutrition and Education International, a California-based aid and lobbying group. The morning of the strike, Mr. Ahmadi's boss called from the office at around 8:45 a.m., and asked him to pick up his laptop.” Why did we do this? To strike back at ISIS-K who killed our young Marines, a Navy Corpsman, and a soldier at the KABUL airport. But we did it blindly, and we lied about it. And this is why our actions must matter, and be more than statements. We must stand for what we believe.

World Day against Child Labour: Testimony of a teacher and former child worker. by Education International

About Sharan Burrow Sharan Burrow was elected General Secretary of the ITUC at its Second World Congress in Vancouver, June 2010. Prior to this, she held the position of ITUC President since its Founding Congress in Vienna (November 2006) and the position of ICFTU President since its 18th World Congress in Miyazaki (November 2004). She is the first woman to have held any of these positions.Sharan was born in 1954 in Warren, a small town in western NSW, into a family with a long history of involvement in unions and the struggle to improve the lives of working people.Her great, great grandfather participated in the shearers' strike of 1891/92, becoming one of the first organisers for the Australian Workers' Union and standing for the state seat of Cobar for the fledgling Australian Labor Party in 1896.Sharan studied teaching at the University of NSW in 1976 and began her teaching career in high schools around country NSW.She became an organiser for the NSW Teachers' Federation, based in Bathurst, and was President of the Bathurst Trades and Labour Council during the 1980s.Sharan was elected Senior Vice-President of the NSW Teachers' Federation and became President of the Australian Education Union (AEU) in 1992. She represented the AEU on the ACTU Executive through the 1990s.Sharan was previously Vice-President of Education International from 1995 to 2000. Education International is the international organisation of education unions representing 24 million members worldwide.In May 2000, Sharan Burrow became the second woman to be elected President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).In October 2000, Sharan also became the first woman to be elected President of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Asia Pacific Region Organisation.She has also served as a member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and a member of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative. As part of her ILO responsibilities, Sharan chaired the Workers' Group of the Sub-Committee on Multinational Enterprises.Sharan Burrow was re-elected General Secretary of the ITUC at its 3rd Congress, in Berlin, May 2014 and at its 4th Congress, in Copengahen, December 2018. About Amanda WhiteAmanda White is responsible for the content across all Conexus Financial's institutional media and events. In addition to being the editor of Top1000funds.com, she is responsible for directing the global bi-annual Fiduciary Investors Symposium which challenges global investors on investment best practice and aims to place the responsibilities of investors in wider societal, and political contexts.  She holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Masters of Art in Journalism and has been an investment journalist for more than 25 years. She is currently a fellow in the Finance Leaders Fellowship at the Aspen Institute. The two-year program seeks to develop the next generation of responsible, community-spirited leaders in the global finance industry. What is the Fiduciary Investors series?The COVID-19 global health and economic crisis has highlighted the need for leadership and capital to be urgently targeted towards the vulnerabilities in the global economy.Through conversations with academics and asset owners, the Fiduciary Investors Podcast Series is a forward looking examination of the changing dynamics in the global economy, what a sustainable recovery looks like and how investors are positioning their portfolios.The much-loved events, the Fiduciary Investors Symposiums, act as an advocate for fiduciary capitalism and the power of asset owners to change the nature of the investment industry, including addressing principal/agent and fee problems, stabilising financial markets, and directing capital for the betterment of society and the environment. Like the event series, the podcast series, tackles the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption,  and asks investors to think differently about how they make decisions and allocate capital. 

World Teachers Day is next week, on Monday, October 5th. This year, the event is being held entirely online because of covid-19. With me is David Edwards to talk about the online event and some of the key people who will join. We also talk about some of the big issues that teachers face worldwide because of coronavirus. David Edwards is the general secretary of Education International, the global federation of teachers unions representing some 32 million teachers worldwide. He is also a board member of FreshEd and a regular guest on the show. Be sure to join the World Teachers Day celebration by visiting 5oct.org. Again, that’s the number 5OCT.org. Everyone is invited.

Ocean Education International runs educational programs  that work both ends of the tourism equation, meaning they offer training for both marine tourists and tourism professionals. Just some of the amazing programs offered are: Coral Reef Ecology for Dive Professionals, Sharks in Depth, In the Jaws of Extinction, and Diving Safety Myths and Misconceptions. www.oceaneducationinternational.com For direct inquiries: brylske@me.com   Eco-Conscious Diver www.eco-consciousdiver.com Follow us on IG/FB: @ecoconsciousdiver Follow Caitlin on IG/FB: @seacaitlinmccall Email: caitlin@eco-consciousdiver.com

James Skidmore, a professor and member of UWaterloo’s Open Scholarship Committee, tells us that free online textbooks and course materials tailored to instructor needs are only some of the benefits of open education. The winners of the HeforShe writing contest are announced just in time for International Women’s Day. For the first time, an all-women panel of judges will determine the winners of the Concept $5K pitch competition. And the Gender and Sexual Diversity Working Group will hold an event for faculty and staff who identify as LGBTQ2S+. Links in this episode: Wayfinding Project: https://uwaterloo.ca/wayfinding/ Waste Management Lunch and Learn: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/waste-management-on-campus-and-your-part-uwaterloo-lunch-learn-tickets-91201531235?ref=estw. LGBTQ2S+ Coffee Chat: https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/how-can-we-help/equity-intiatives/provosts-advisory-committee-equity-pace/working-group-sexual-and-gender-diversity-lgbtttqqipa LGBTQ2S+ Web Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRP5u9fRIzPLJoSdlLDB2anUKB426xJp13-EQSQqRo5I9TnA/viewform Concept $5K Finals: https://concept.uwaterloo.ca/grants/concept-5k-finals/attend-concept5k/ Open Scholarship at Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/open-scholarship/about Open Education Talk at CEL: https://uwaterloo.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=4098

Today’s guest you may have seen across social media as she has hundreds of photos of therapists holding up certificates after completing their skin training courses, it’s Lia Trebilcock from Skin Education International, a guest who has been requested to feature on the podcast many times by you all, so i am beyond thrilled I could bring this conversation to light. Lia Trebilcock has been a leader in the skin industry for over 14 years now starting out as a therapist and along the way she has owned her own skin clinic and has progressed into national educational roles for incredible companies such as InSkin Cosmedics and Jurlique and also studied Naturopathic Nutrition throughout her career. What I love about Lia so much is that, like us, Lia is an independent educator who is non affiliated with any one particular brand. Using a combination of nutritional support, professional treatments and home care advice to create healthy, vibrant and balanced skins, Lia now travels the country and beyond to help therapists, like you, treat their clients skin concerns one skin at a time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beaute-industrie/message

Today we rethink Technical and Vocational Education and Training. Instead of looking at it from a human capital approach, my guest, Leesa Wheelahan, looks at it from a productive capabilities perspective. Together with Gavin Moodie and Eric Lavigne, Leesa Wheelahan has recently co-written a new report for Education International entitled Technical and vocational education and training as a framework for social justice: Analysis and evidence from World Case Studies. Leesa Wheelahan is Professor and William G. Davis chair in Community College Leadership at the Ontario Institute for Education Studies at the University of Toronto. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/wheelahan/ ‎ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

In the past few episodes, we have spent a lot of time discussing the future: the future of unions, the future of the planet, the future of propaganda, the future of democracy and so on. But how can we even begin to conceptualize the idea of future? My guest today is Noah Sobe, Senior Project officer for Education Research and Foresight at UNESCO. Later this week at the UN general assembly, he will be launching a project entitled “Futures of Education: Learning to Become.” This new project aims to generate global engagement and debate on learning and knowledge in relation to the multiple possible futures of humanity and of the planet. In our conversation, we interrogate the meaning of the future and what this might mean for education. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/futures/ ‎ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for his activism for children’s rights and education. He has been on the forefront of creating and leading global change against child labor and child slavery. Today I speak with Kailash about his activism and the power of civil disobedience. In the context of the global climate crisis, what can we learn from Kailash’s experiences? Is there a way to mobilize humanity to fight against climate change similar to the way in which he organized hundreds of thousands of people to fight against child labor? Kailash Satyarthi is a Children’s Rights Activist and Nobel Peace Laureate. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/kailashsatyarthi/ ‎ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

The past few shows have focused on climate change as being the biggest issue facing teacher unions globally. There are, of course, other big issues. One of them is propaganda. Misinformation campaigns have been on the rise partly due to the turn towards right-wing extremism in many parts of the world. Social media has created new ways to spread misinformation and propaganda, making education a powerful tool to combat the spread of lies and what we might call fake news. My guest today is Maria Ressa, a Filipino-American journalist and author. Co-founder of online news site Rappler, she has been an investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN and was included in the 2018 Time’s Person of the Year for her work combating fake news. She has been arrested for her reporting on Duterte, the Philippine president, and is currently on trial for cyberlibel. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. http://www.freshedpodcast.com/mariaressa/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

Teaching is a profession that must respond to the changing social world. From new technology and curriculum reforms to privatization and climate change – teachers are on the front-lines of a complex system that has huge consequences for the future. In this context, what is it like to be a teacher today? How do teachers manage the competing pressures? My guest today is Armand Doucet, an award-winning teacher recognized around the world. Nominated in the Top 50 for the Global Teacher Prize, Armand is a high school history teacher in New Brunswick, Canada and the author of the new book Teaching Life: Our Calling, Our Choices, Our Challenges. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/armanddoucet/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

Unions are on the front lines of advocating human rights. That puts them in natural collaboration with non-governmental organizations doing the same. Amnesty International is one such NGO that has strong ties to global trade unions. Today I speak with Shane Enright, a Workers’ rights campaigner and global trade union adviser at Amnesty International. He recounts various campaigns organized by Amnesty that have tried to pressure governments to release some teachers held prison. He also talks about climate change and the September 20th general strike. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/shaneenright/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

How does change happen? What role do unions play in creating decent quality lives for its members? When is more militant action needed? These questions are asked by all unions. So, in our quest to explore education unions in more depth, I want to explore how transport unions begin to answer these questions. In many ways, the struggles facing teacher unions worldwide are similar to those facing the transport sector. My guest today is Stephen Cotton, the general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation. The ITF is composed of 677 national trade unions and represents over 19 million workers in 149 countries. It represents the seafaring, ports, roads, rail, tourism and aviation sectors. In our conversation Stephen shares his history in trade unionism and reflects on the process of making change. He also talks about the climate crisis as one of the biggest issues facing unions today. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/stephencotton/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

In the second installment of our focus on the big issues facing education unions, we focus on union renewal. My guest today is Howard Stevenson, Professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Nottingham. He has researched teacher trade unions around the world to try and understand the best way to revive the power of unions. In our conversation, he talks about his findings and contextualizes the state of education unions. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/howardstevenson/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

Presenter: Vivien Langford     Production: Andy Britt Students are calling on adults to strike for climate action on September 20th.We start with emotional voices from Melbourne City Council as they declare a Climate Emergency. As Mayor Cathy Oke says "If we don't, I don't think I could say, hand on my heart, that we have done enough".Vivien then talks to secondary students in Sydney, Daisy Jeffrey and Jean Hinchcliff.From Geelong, Australian Youth Climate Commission's Kai Bowie tells us how his knowledge about Climate Chaos and the ability to act was massively boosted by AYCC. He calls on teachers to permit a free discussion and sharing knowledge in the classroom. Uni students are represented by Cooper Forsyth whose objective in  striking on September 20th is not to leave workers behind.These students have been on a steep learning curve since the "climate election" and are determined that the transition to a zero emissions society is a fair one and urge all workers to join them in a strike for climate action on Sept 20th. They would also like teachers to make their education underpin the new climate realities. At the recent Education International conference in Thailand  Susan Hopgood spoke to teachers."Colleagues, no discussion of the future can be conducted outside the context of an emergency situation that touches us all....The most significant thing we've seen is the youth mobilisation.... their determination and commitment are exactly what we need at this crucial moment......Schools  must be spaces for learning about the power and privilege that a handful of humans are given to perpetuate climate injustice and stifle opposition." We speak to Inez Harker-Schuch from Copenhagen University. Her computer game "CO2peration" will bring more climate science into the curriculum and she's calling for teachers to test it in Australian classrooms.  Tarun Whan is a Science and Digital Technologies teacher from Caroline Chisholm school in Canberra. He is workshopping teachers to incorporate more relevant knowledge about climate change across the curriculum.Thanks to Mik Aidt and Jodie Green for Intellectual support and encouragement.Tune in to 3CR August 12th /5pm for Episode 2 ,where we will talk to Unionists about striking for Climate Action.     

Education International is the global federation of teacher unions, representing some 32 million teachers worldwide. Every four years EI, as it is commonly known, holds a World Congress to determine its policies, principles, programs, and budget for the future. It is also where the President, Vice Presidents and General Secretary are elected to new terms. The World Congress this year was composed of some 1,400 delegates nominated by and representing member organizations. I had the privilege of attending EI’s World Congress where I met and interviewed people from around the world. Over the next 2 months, FreshEd will air some of my conversations. My hope is that these interviews will show unions in their complexity. Profoundly democratic, unions struggle to figure out how best to address the biggest issues facing the world today in ways that have material consequences for the lives of teachers and students. But unions are often misunderstood. Right-wing politicians and capitalist elites have systematically tried to destroy the labor movement for decades. These attacks on unions have decreased union membership, lowered public opinion, and even found union leaders and members harassed, imprisoned, and – in the most extreme cases -- killed. I actually met some teacher union members at the World Congress who recently got out of prison. Fearing for their safety, these members could not join me for an interview, but their stories stick with me. So to kick off our mini-series focused on the big issues facing education unions today and into the future, I begin with a two part show. The first part is a short interview with Susan Hopgood, president of Education International and Federal Secretary of the Australian Education Union (AEU). She explains what the world Congress is and some of the big issues being discussed. In the second part, I interview Sharan Burrow, the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, which represents some 207 million workers in 163 countries and territories. This episode was put together in collaboration with Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/susanhopgood-sharanburrow/ Twitter: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

RadioLabour's Canada Report July 26 to August 2, 2019 - Canadians help lead the struggle for democracy at the Global Congress of Education International in Bangkok.

In this podcast, two of our affiliates, Danish Union of Teachers’ International Secretary Tore Asmussen and the Director of the International and Social Justice Programme of the Canadian Teachers' Federation Dan Martin discuss Education International’s development cooperation network, that brought together education unions from around the world. They also share their thoughts on ways to improve this network aiming to strengthen educators’ unions and ensure quality education for all.

In this podcast, Education International’s President Susan Hopgood reflects on education funding, gender equality, and turns towards 2019, when the 8th EI World Congress will be held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Today we take stock of the Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted by the United Nations three years ago. With me is Silvia Montoya who is the director of the UNESCO Institute of Statistics. UIS is charged with monitoring some of the SDGs. In our conversation, which we had on the sidelines of the Global Education Meeting in Brussels, we dive into the problems and challenges of trying to measure concepts such as literacy, global citizenship, and sustainability. Today’s episode of FreshEd was made possible through the support of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo and Education International. www.freshedpodcast.com/montoya email: info@freshedpodcast.com twitter: @freshedpodcast

Thank you for your comments and subscribes~Alex Lightman discusses the limitless future, life extension, greater knowledge, and civilization. Learn about the power of the mind, collaboration, intelligent civilizations, and where we are headed as spacefaring human beings.Alex Lightman is a policy advisor, author, speaker, inventor, artist, and CEO, with four global awards and 1st Economist Reader's Award. Education:International business at MIT Sloan School of ManagementInternational Government (J. F. Kennedy School) at Harvard UniversityCivil and Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexlightmanYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pD9lxQ6UlM

Alex Lightman discusses necronomics and incentives for death at Art Basel 2018. Education:International business at MIT Sloan School of ManagementInternational Government (J. F. Kennedy School) at Harvard UniversityCivil and Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

You're invited to subscribe and comment!Read "The Coming Surveillance Tsunami" (1999) by Alex Lightman here:http://www.eyetap.org/publications/th...Alex Lightman discusses the "Surveillance Tsunami" and how surveillance contributes to well-being and social ranking.Alex Lightman is a policy advisor, author, speaker, inventor, artist, and CEO, with four global awards and 1st Economist Reader's Award. Education:International business at MIT Sloan School of ManagementInternational Government (J. F. Kennedy School) at Harvard UniversityCivil and Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexlightmanSubscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qb5ShW4d2D0

Accountability in Education | Manos Antoninis by Education International

This week, David and Aruna speak with three powerful change makers collaborating to form the UN Girls' Education (UNGEI) initiative to end school-related gender-based violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Leading the initiative is a trifecta of development practitioners, action-oriented researchers and behavior change experts – Nora Fyles (Head of Secretariat for the UN Girls' Education Initiative), Madeleine Kennedy Macfoy (Coordinator in the Human and Trade Union Rights and Equality Unity, Education International) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work Associate).   We learned some alarming statistic from Nora, the Secretariat for UNGEI: In the Democratic Republic of Congo a UNICEF study tells us that 46 percent of schoolgirls confirmed to being victims of sexual harassment, abuse or violence from their teachers or other school personnel In Liberia sex for grades is common with almost 18 percent of school girls, and just over 13 percent of school boys reporting having been asked for sex to get a better grade Three years ago, UNGEI approached Gender at Work to design a collaborative process that could help teachers and union activists deal with this problem in a very personal and context-specific way. In this episode, we engage with the project partners and discuss how this program has lead to dramatic transformation, and healing, within communities.  

Today we continue our exploration of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and what it means for education. Last week, we looked at comparative education as a field. Today we look at teachers. What are the prospects and perils of the fourth industrial revolution for teachers? My guest today is Jelmer Evers. Jelmer is a teacher, blogger, writer, and innovator. He teaches history at UniC in the Netherlands and works with Education International, the global federation of teacher unions. He was nominated for the global teacher prize in 2012 and is known for his book called Flip the System. Today Jelmer and I discuss his new co-edited volume Teaching in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Standing at the Precipice, which was published by Routledge earlier this year. http://www.freshedpodcast.com/jelmerevers/

Today, we do a deep dive into the World Bank’s 2018 World Development Report. With me is David Edwards, the Secretary-General of Education International, a federation of 32 million teachers and other educators affiliated with unions and associations in 173 countries. David takes us through the report’s main points and offers a series of critiques compiled in a new report called “Reality Check.” He also gives us a behind the scene look at global education governance and comments on the teacher strikes happening in many states in America.

To mark the quarter century of Education International, founding General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen recounts in his own words how the organisation came to be and how he sees its influence moving forward.

As Education International (EI) celebrates its 25th anniversary, a new podcast helps us look back to past achievements that have helped thousands of teachers deliver quality education, no matter the circumstances.

What does it take to become a good teacher? What does the teacher curriculum have to include and what can teacher students expect when they embark on a teaching career? Today we will be looking at these issues with Beatrice Avalos, from the University of Santiago de Chile. She joined Education International for the Conference Unite for quality education and leadership in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in May earlier this year.

Today we're on the phone with our affiliate ANDEN from Nicaragua, who carried out incredibly effective actions to get children out of work and into school, in a project with Education International. This podcast is in Spanish. Podcast en español.

Together with Education International’s Antonia Wulff, Jane Porter, from the New Zealand Educational Institute - Te Riu Roa discusses challenges for the education support personnel to see their contribution to quality education for all acknowledged. For more information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/detail/14819/new-zealand-a-voice-for-the-%e2%80%9csilent-army%e2%80%9d-of-education-support-personnel

Together with Education International’s Dennis Sinyolo, Prosper Lubuva, from the Tanzania Teachers’ Unions discusses challenges in early childhood education, and how to increase early childhood educators’ professionalism through the development of a competence profile.

The last decade has seen a rise in the prominence, and controversy, of world university rankings as a measurement tool for a university's standing globally. Is the world university rankings system an accurate measure of a university's worth? The UK's Higher Education Policy Institute's (HEPI) latest report argues that they are not, but the rankings continue to gain currency globally. Should universities pay more attention to the rankings or forget about them? Are there better models out there? What do these rankings mean for students and Ireland's higher education and research sector? This discussion addressed these questions. Speakers included: Ben Sowter (Head of Division, QS Intelligence Unit) leads the QS Intelligence Unit who are fully responsible for the operational management of all major QS research projects including the QS Top MBA Applicant and Recruiter Research, the QS World University Rankings® and the QS Asian University Rankings. Ben has travelled to over 40 countries and spoken on his research in over 20. He has personally visited over 35 of the world's top 100 universities. Ellen Hazelkorn is Policy Advisor to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and Emeritus Professor and Director, Higher Education Policy Research Unit (HEPRU), Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland). She is President of EAIR (European Higher Education Society), and on the Advisory Board and the Management Committee, Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), UCL Institute for Education, in addition to being an International Co-Investigator. Mike Jennings has been General Secretary of the Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) since 2007. He is also a member of the Executive Council of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He serves as European Treasurer / Vice President of ETUCE, the European Region of Education International. He is also a member of the advisory group on International Co-operation established by the European Higher Education Area as part of the Bologna Process. Micheál Ó Siochrú, Head of Department of History at Trinity College Dublin.

Together with Education International’s Deputy General Secretary David Edwards, Boston College Professor Dennis Shirley discusses global trends in education and shares what he has identified as the five new imperatives of educational change. More information: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/4238

Today we explore some of the problems with global learning metrics from the perspective of teacher unions. In particular, we look at outcomes-based approaches to international education development. Such an approach uses global learning metrics to quantify supposed outcomes of education. But as a result, education is reduced and simplified. My guest today is David Edwards, Deputy General Secretary of Education International in Brussels. Education International is the global federation of teacher unions. He will present some of the ideas discussed today at the CIES Symposium in November. Check out FreshEdpodcast.com for more details about the event.

Low-fee private schools are a hot topic in educational research. What happens when public schooling is provided by for-profit companies that charge families monthly user fees? What happens when those companies receive government funds? Researchers around the world have been exploring various issues around for-profit public schooling. One company has been of particular interest. Bridge International Academies operates schools in Africa and Asia and is supported by people such as Bill Gates and Mark Zukerburg. Bridge International uses a standard curriculum that is read off of a tablet computer. This low-cost model of schooling relies on paying small wages to instructors, who simply read the curriculum, and fees paid by students to attend (or government subsidies). I can be extremely profitable when delivered to scale. In the most extreme case, in Liberia, the Ministry of education is trying to outsource its entire primary education system to Bridge International. Given Bridge international’s work, it’s no wonder that researchers are interested in exploring what's happening at the policy level and at the school level when it comes to low-fee private schools. In May this year, Canadian Researcher Curtis Riep was in Uganda researching Bridge International’s work. At one of his meetings, held at a local café, he was arrested for impersonation and criminal trespassing while collecting data. These charges were later proven to be baseless and he was released and not charged . The interesting thing, however, is that Bridge International seems to have played a role in Curtis’ arrest. Before he was arrested, for instance, Bridge International took out a public notice in New Vision, a local newspaper, warning the general public of Dr. Riep's presence. My guest today takes us through this odd case and explores the larger issues around Bridge International. Angelo Gavrielatos is a project director at Education International, the Global federation of teacher unions and the organization that funded Curtis Riep's research. After recording the show with Angelo, new developments unfolded in Uganda. Check out FreshEdpodcast.com for the latest updates.

Ett samtal om villkoren för våra lärarkollegor i Norge. Steffen Handal är en norsk lärare, facklig representant och ordförande för Utdanningsforbundet, det största fackförbundet för lärare i Norge. Han sitter också i styrelsen för Education International, ett världsomspännande nätverk av lärarfack med tillsammans 32 miljoner medlemmar. Steffen berättar bland annat om att norska staten infört nya kompetenskrav för att lärare överhuvudtaget ska få undervisa, och som slår hårt mot lärare som har en äldre examen som inte uppfyller dessa krav. Fler studenter med höga betyg i Norge önskar att bli lärare nu än för 10 år sedan, men var tredje slutar innan lärarutbildningen är klar. Ytterligare en tredjedel lämnar i yrket under de första fem åren. Fortsatt stor brist på lärare. Ny lärarutbildning på gång, fem år på master-nivå. Arbetstiden är den största fackliga frågan, med stor arbetsbörda med fler o fler arbetsuppgifter inom samma arbetstid. Tid för förberedelser och uppföljning av lektionerna hinns inte med - 4 timmar förberedelsetid för en hel veckas planering ger ingen bra kvalitet, menar Steffen Handal. Dokumentationsbördan är också en stor fråga. Nyligen införde Norge ett etiska råd, som Steffen förklarar tankarna kring. Maria Bohlin, Lärarnas Riksförbund, leder samtalet.