Focus Articles

In each edition of the GEM Report, the Monitoring Section provides focus articles highlighting key issues that are shaping progress towards SDG 4. Here we provide a selection of these articles related to the themes of the SCOPE website.

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Preschool leadership needs attention

GEM-Bericht 2024

Leadership in early childhood centres and preschools is critical.

Will micro-credentials challenge traditional higher education degrees?

GEM-Bericht 2023

Despite being part of the ‘three Rs’ of basic skills taught in schools, writing – unlike reading and mathematics – is rarely included in standardized learning assessments.

Eigenkapital

Peers affect individual education outcomes

GEM-Bericht 2024

The composition of social groups can have a major impact on student achievement, educational trajectories and other relevant outcomes.

First-generation students have it hard everywhere

GEM-Bericht 2023

One group that is not mentioned at all in the SDG 4 framework is first-generation learners, i.e. learners who are the first in their family to attend a particular level of schooling.

Lernen

Mathematics anxiety negatively affects mathematics performance

GEM-Bericht 2024

Mathematics anxiety and low mathematics performance are closely linked and potentially exacerbate each other

Can leadership be taught?

GEM-Bericht 2024

Whether leadership can be taught is an old debate reflecting the question of nature vs nature.

Qualität

School infrastructure must adapt to climate change

GEM-Bericht 2024

Two types of climate-related adaptations stand out: thermal comfort and resilience to natural disasters such as storms and floods.

‘Teacher shortages’ is used to describe different problems which require different policies

GEM-Bericht 2024

‘The term ‘shortage’ is used to describe phenomena with different causes – insufficient supply and insufficient demand.

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New funding sources of scholarships are emerging

GEM-Bericht 2024

Non-state actors outside of the Global North have been taking on a more prominent role in providing international scholarships.

Are school principals’ salaries attractive?

GEM-Bericht 2024

Financial compensation is an important motivating factor for attracting and retaining talented individuals in school principal positions.