Author: Patrick Molokwane
Published: 2023
The Education Sector Committee of the National Committee for UNESCO, in collaboration with the Faculty of Education at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), the Library at UJ, and JET Education Services (JET) launched a series of conversations about teachers, involving a variety of stakeholders. The fourth conversation took place on the 17th of May 2023 and looked at 'What does it mean/take to be a good teacher?'
Keywords: Initial teacher education, Teacher Training
Author: This document was written by Alan Amory, Deborah Hunt, Tanya Kapoor, and our JET staff: James Keevy, Patrick Molokwane, Lungelo Mthembu-Salter, Andrew Paterson, Carla Pereira and Kelly Shiohira, with support from Mark Forsberg (Peace Corps). Danilo Leite Dalmon and Hiromichi Katayama (UNESCO) provided direction and supervision throughout the production of this report.
Published: 2023
Digital transformation is a complex process that with varying impacts across economic sectors. In the education and training sector, digital transformation in TVET can involve TVET operational systems (administration, finance, human resources, building infrastructure and maintenance, student registration, etc.); classroom delivery (learning management, instructional delivery methods, etc.); and the actual knowledge and skill component of the curriculum, for example by integrating productivity software such as word processors or spreadsheets into students’ learning outcomes. The integration of digital skills in the TVET curriculum allows learners to acquire the changing skills and knowledge (tacit and explicit) required to function in a digitalizing society, economy and labour market. Digital transformation in TVET is also transforming the dominant modalities of traditional face-to-face learning and teaching to involve multiple configurations of actors (learners, teachers and technologies/apps) in space and time (when, where, who, how). This means that digital transformation in TVET offers opportunities for teachers to reconsider their pedagogical assumptions, behaviours and relationships with students.
Keywords: TVET, UNESCO, Digital Transformation
Author: Anthony A Essien
Published: 2023
y Anthony A Essien (Wits), Ingrid Sapire (Funda Wande, Wits), Nick Taylor (JET Education Services)
Author: JET Education Services
A call for proposals for a service provider to developm a platform
Author: Naziema Jappie
Researchers Bootcamp Theme 8: To investigate how higher education institutions are managing the risks and impact of COVID-19.
Author: Barbara Dale-Jones
Identify and understand examples of the use of self-sovereign identity (SSI) in education internationally, and instances in which data ownership and control have been successfully decentralised.
Author: Milisa Janda
Education Researchers Respond to The COVID-19 Pandemic. This document reports the findings of (1) a desktop review on Grade R–12 and early childhood development (ECD) teaching and learning resources available for teachers, learners and parents; and (2) an online survey researching levels of access and engagement of teachers, learners and parents. This review forms part of a larger research project which aims to contribute meaningfully to finding solutions to the pressures being placed on education systems, by investigating the best mega-, meta- and microlevel education strategies that can be used during times of crisis.
Author: Milisa Janda
To contribute to finding solutions to the pressures placed on education systems during times of crisis, by investigating the best mega-, meta- and micro-level education strategies.