The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Arizona State University wrapped up this spring with a symposium held in Ghana where faculty and staff from ASU, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Ashesi University shared insights into institutional and pedagogical best practices to support student learning.
In November 2016, the Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education (CASGE) and edXchange at Arizona State University hosted the Inaugural Symposium of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in Scottsdale, Arizona.
In response to the publication of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, it has become necessary to develop a means of assessing progress toward their achievement. Included in the 17 goals of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development is SDG 4: Quality Education. This calls on nations to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (Goal 4, 2015).
As part of the organizing team of the Inaugural CIES Symposium in Scottsdale, AZ this past November, we were thrilled to continue the debates about Global Learning Metrics (GLMs) at the recent CIES 2017 Conference in Atlanta, GA. CIES 2017 included a number of Presidential Highlighted Sessions.
Almost any education-related topic seems to turn into an overheated debate, provoking very strong gut reactions and diminishing any hope for productive discussions that engage in careful analysis of contrasting perspectives and forms of evidence. This is certainly the case with International Large Scale Educational Assessments (ILSEAs), like PISA or TIMSS, which lack nuanced discussions and methodic analyses of their role in improving student achievement.
We are very happy to have been invited to a Symposium on Innovations in Global Learning Metrics, sponsored by CAGSE, in November 2018. Silvia Montoya and Brenda Tay-Lim from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) wrote a paper on “Options in achieving global comparability for reporting on SDG 4” and Luis Crouch presented for them due to their unavailability.
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The unprecedented speed of advancements in machine learning (ML), generative artificial intelligence (AI), and large language models (LLM) is rapidly transforming formal and informal educational settings and systems. Educators and learners are grappling with unanticipated and rapidly changing AI that impacts both day-to-day K-12 classroom practices and the use of AI in informal (out of school) settings.
This blog was written by Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye (Kyoto University Graduate School of Education), and Iveta Silova (Arizona State University Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education) in response to the recent blog by Edward Vickers about the role of education in climate change.
For years, public discussion around the shortage of teachers across the U.S. has centered on filling the pipeline. In response to the immediate pressures of teacher shortage, states like Arizona have approved more pathways to become a certified teacher. Universities offer more alternative pathways. School districts can now be state-sanctioned education-preparation providers.
By: Cara Faith Bernard and Douglas Kaufman, University of Connecticut; Mark Kohan, Citizens Alliance for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Glenn Mitoma, University of California, Santa Cruz