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This is a reminder that the first webinar of the series "Digital Education in the Americas: Best Practices to Inspire" will take place…

Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax, VA USA would like to invite teachers outside of the United States to join us for an information session on how you and your students can become participants in the Global Classroom Project.  This program provides equitable opportunities for teachers and students around the world with a common goal of Quality Education.  …

"NEVER STOP LEARNING, BECAUSE LIFE NEVER STOPS TEACHING"

In this article we will discuss, through the explanations given by teachers who teach Mathematics, the importance of using teaching strategies in the implementation of tasks. Teachers who participated in it belong to the group “Observatory Mathematics Education” (OME- Bahia). This study was framed in a qualitative approach and data were collected through observation and an interview. The interview was conducted taking into account the observation produced through videos where the…

This article shows a comparative analysis of the labor insertion of the program named ¨Professionals in Sport and Physical Activity¨ 2008 and the program with a new name ¨Professional in Sports¨ 2012, in order to know the significant differences about their first job, type of contract and the relationship of their job with the career they studied. Frequency distribution tables and the statistical software EPIDAT 3.1 were used in both groups. It was concluded that graduated students…

This article identifies and describes the teaching strategies used by mathematic teachers in implementing tasks. The context of this study was the classroom of three mathematic teachers at elementary and secondary education. This study is framed as a qualitative approach, using observation and interview as the tool for data collection. The results showed that there are varieties of teaching strategies used by the teachers in the implementation of mathematical tasks, classified in the…

The history of education in Colombia has been linked to the efforts and mobilizations of organized teachers who have promoted the professionalization of teachers and the guidelines of the political class. It has been the reflection of the struggle of the teaching community, towards a progressive but slow recognition of their activities and knowledge, their contribution to the evolution, the strengthening and the constitution of the National State. The witnesses of that process have…

This article is the result of a qualitative research following the characteristics of hermeneutical research aims to understand the training process of the English university professor, taking into account factors that affect and surround the social, economic, and cultural environment; in which the experience and the story of life, shape the professor. A historicity that allows the subject to be an actor of her own life, and from her experiences narrated, it is analyzed and a training…

In this research article an analysis and evaluation of virtual learning spaces is carried out. To address this process, three (3) academic virtual platforms were selected, Moodle, Blackboard and Jimdo. The methodology used was of a descriptive type, applying the synchronous and asynchronous methods of virtual teaching established in each of the Institutions. A description and evaluation of each virtual platform was carried out taking into account four identified criteria: the technical…

O presente artigo consiste em descrever e analisar as políticas de informação do ciberespaço, tanto global como regionalmente, em diversas direções: programas, resoluções, projetos do setor informacional. Igualmente, se apresenta um panorama das mesmas na região Latino-Americana e o Caribe. Mediante uma análise documental da literatura relacionada com o tema, o artigo se fundamenta numa revisão de literatura levantada a partir de materiais científicos como: livros, teses, dissertações,…

This research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of games as a useful strategy to promote students´ language proficiency. Researchers thought that students seemed to learn new vocabulary faster and retain it better when applied in a relaxed, comfortable environment, for instance, when they are playing games. They also confirmed that the use of games in class helped students to obtain and to retain new vocabulary in a more efficient way rather than using the traditional methods, like…

This study consisted in characterizing the strategies used by professors; implemented through virtual educational platforms. The context of this research were the classrooms of the Santiago de Cali University and the virtual space of the Chamilo virtual platform, where two professors from the Faculty of Education of the same university participated. The methodological approach of the investigation is qualitative, the observation and the interviews were the procedure to collect the data…

The integration of information and communication technology in the XXI century is an important part in the teaching-learning processes of education. In this research paper work, the integration of technology is shown as a significant tool in the teaching-learning processes of English as a foreign language of two universities with results, which can be of valorous information for other processes. The methodology combines qualitative and quantitative approaches. The study and evaluations…

The School Enterprise Challenge is a global business start-up Awards Programme run by the educational charity Teach A…

EU-Building Resilience: Education Opportunities in Fragile and Crisis Affected Environments…

Nominations Open for 2017 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education!

Gender equality in education is a basic right and a prerequisite to build inclusive societies. Although notable progress has…

U.S. Mission to Nicaragua: Inviting Applications for PAS Small Grants Program

The Department of State U.S. Mission to Nicaragua is seeking…

Reading in the Mobile Era

Who is reading on mobile devices in our countries? 

Is this technology meeting our goals for student reading?

How can we better support our students through mobile reading programs and technology?

As we enter 2017, we must continue to make education a priority in our communities.  UNESCO%20UNICEF%20Making%20Education%20a%20Priority%20in%20Post-2015.pdf