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IIEP Strategic Debate: Classroom realities of the world's education superpowers

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What happens inside the classrooms of the world’s education superpowers? For Lucy Crehan, a former teacher in an inner-city school in the United Kingdom, this question had enough intrigue to send her on a personal educational odyssey to five of the world’s top performing education systems. A mixture of her observations and research culminated in her book ‘Cleverlands.’

Join our next Strategic Debate to hear what really happens inside the classrooms of Finland, Japan, Singapore, Shanghai, and Canada. What are the ingredients for success, and at what price? Lucy Crehan will talk about the pedagogical similarities and differences of these countries, how they conceptualise teacher professionalism, and about the underlying philosophy that contributes to their success.

Michaela Martin, Programme Specialist at IIEP-UNESCO, will moderate the debate, and Sonia Guerriero, Senior Education Specialist in the Section for Teacher Development at UNESCO, will act as discussant.

When: Thursday, April 19, 2018
4pm – 6pm
What: IIEP Strategic Debate
Where: IIEP-UNESCO auditorium
7-9 rue Eugene Delacroix, 75116 Paris

This event will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation into French (only in English via livestream)

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There is widespread recognition of the global learning crisis, with millions of children and youth unable to perform basic skills in reading, writing, and math. What is less clear is what children need to learn and how we can foster all-inclusive quality education for a rapidly changing future. In pursuit of SDG 4, we must look beyond the obvious and debate new ideas and strategies that will ultimately redefine learning while ensuring accessibility for all.

To help advance these conversations, IIEP is pleased to announce its 2018 Strategic Debate series. Under the title, Meeting SDG 4’s learning objectives: looking beyond the obvious, an array of experts in the education field will come to IIEP over the coming months to debate salient issues around SDG 4 and put forth new solutions and ideas on what is really required to make this bold vision for education a reality.