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
Доклад ВДМО 2024Leadership in early childhood centres and preschools is critical.
Will micro-credentials challenge traditional higher education degrees?
Доклад ВДМО 2023Despite being part of the ‘three Rs’ of basic skills taught in schools, writing – unlike reading and mathematics – is rarely included in standardized learning assessments.
Равенство
Peers affect individual education outcomes
Доклад ВДМО 2024The 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
Доклад ВДМО 2023One 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.
Обучение
Mathematics anxiety negatively affects mathematics performance
Доклад ВДМО 2024Mathematics anxiety and low mathematics performance are closely linked and potentially exacerbate each other
Can leadership be taught?
Доклад ВДМО 2024Whether leadership can be taught is an old debate reflecting the question of nature vs nature.
Качество
School infrastructure must adapt to climate change
Доклад ВДМО 2024Two 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
Доклад ВДМО 2024‘The term ‘shortage’ is used to describe phenomena with different causes – insufficient supply and insufficient demand.
Финансирование
New funding sources of scholarships are emerging
Доклад ВДМО 2024Non-state actors outside of the Global North have been taking on a more prominent role in providing international scholarships.
Are school principals’ salaries attractive?
Доклад ВДМО 2024Financial compensation is an important motivating factor for attracting and retaining talented individuals in school principal positions.