Goal 4: Education for All: Recent Episodes
Richard Ingram
For experts working in the field and for interested listeners alike, this podcast discusses and examines the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all). We hear from experts, development partners, researchers, and teachers about their education systems; specifically, what is working, and what needs to change. How do you fix an education crisis? Find out here.
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In this special episode, I speak to two top voices in education about the benefits and the limitations of gathering data and building evidence.
Is there such a thing as too much research?
Read more about Pauline and her work here.
Read more about Andy and his work here.
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The Chief of Global Youth and Education at Special Olympics talks the benefits of inclusion, education system change, the power of sport, and the role of Special Olympics.
specialolympics.org
Special Olympics Global Center for Inclusion in Education
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The senior lecturer at the University of Exeter’s School of Education talks mental health and wellbeing, school attendance, and rethinking what we mean by ‘quality’ education.
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The Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Manchester joins me to talk about his new book, and why inclusion for all is the pathway to educational excellence.
Link to the book here.
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The Vice-Chairman and Co-Founder of Billion-Strong discusses his experiences in the entertainment industry, and the impact that this industry has on our mindsets. Previously a Walt Disney Imagineer, Richard brings a uniquely creative viewpoint to discussions around inclusion, equity, and diversity.
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The current school pupil and passionate inclusive education activist joins me to speak about the role that young people can play in the all means all movement.
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Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the podcast guests, and do not necessarily represent those of UNESCO.
The head of inclusive education at Humanity & Inclusion joins me online following the Salamanca anniversary event at UNESCO HQ to talk inclusion.
Links
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Inclusive Education | Source (asksource.info)
Report Always Included 2023 (humanity-inclusion.org.uk)
Itinerant teachers – An innovative and personalized tutoring system. (asksource.info)
Videos
Ekitabu software piloting in HI supported inclusive model schools: https://youtu.be/c7T3wRibT8U
Inclusive pre-school education in Jordan: https://youtu.be/RyT3aLzY9ys
Classroom assistants and a community approach in Kakuma refugee camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvw5nWHhges
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The founder of Beyond Risk Youth joins me online following the Salamanca anniversary event at UNESCO HQ to talk inclusion.
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The Lynda & Robert Copple Professor of Educational Leadership at Baylor University joins me online following the Salamanca anniversary event at UNESCO HQ to talk inclusion, money, and “decomplexification”.
jonathaneckert.org
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The school principal and IFIP Distinguished Fellow and I discuss our key takeaways from the Salamanca anniversary event at UNESCO in March.
Celebrating inclusion in education: 30th Anniversary of Salamanca Statement
Celebrating inclusion in education: Global Inclusive Schools' Forum
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The DFIFIP and deputy chair for South America, and Learning Consultant, joins me online following the Salamanca anniversary event at UNESCO HQ to talk inclusion.
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The best-selling author of Being a Humantalks immersive learning, different ways of relating to diversity and relating to the world, and what a school day might have looked like 40,000 years ago.
charlesfoster.co.uk
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The director of Dyslexia Bytes, trustee of the Accessible Learning Foundation, and editor in chief for NeuroConverse joins me online following the event in Paris to talk inclusion. Links in the text.
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The international education consultant, head of educational partnerships for I Can Study, and school support and evaluation officer for the council of international schools joins me at UNESCO in Paris to talk inclusion.
Link to the inclusion umbrella here.
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The chief of the Guidance and Counselling Unit at the Ministry of Education of Botswana joins me online to talk inclusion.
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The girls' education advocate joins me at UNESCO in Paris to deliver a message from Afghanistan. I urge you to please share this, if you are able to.
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The musician, songwriter, international public speaker and neurodiversity advocate joins me at UNESCO in Paris to talk inclusion and the power of diversity.
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The international coordinator at Anne Frank House, and coordinator of Stories that Move: Toolbox against Discrimination, joins me in Paris to talk inclusion.
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The chairperson for the Open Eyes Foundation and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Fight against Racism and Discrimination Agency joins me in Paris to talk inclusion.
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The Advisor to the Minister of Education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania joins me at UNESCO HQ in Paris to talk inclusion.
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For this mini-series, I am at UNESCO HQ in Paris, catching up with delegates and speakers at the high-level events going on this week:
Every learner matters and matters equally: Making education truly inclusive, a high-level policy dialogue on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of Salamanca Statement
Global Inclusive Schools’ Forum: From practitioners to policymakers
My first guest in this series is Professor Mel Ainscow, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Manchester. Mel authored the key paper for the Salamanca anniversary event (link below), and has been a key voice in the push for inclusion over the past 30 years.
Every learner matters and matters equally: making education inclusive; background document
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The Global Disability Advisor at The World Bank talks Universal Design for Learning, how to equitably assess learning, the recent Inclusive Education Initiative toolkit, and her thoughts on the future of inclusive education.
Charlotte’s World Bank profile (including links to publications): https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/people/c/charlotte-mcclain-nhlapo
IEI Toolkit: https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099082223152032655/p1713680a873ec0208eb30010d8fec79af
Charlotte’s TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/cQg-jnOfHPQ
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The post-doctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge’s faculty of education talks gender and disability, intersecting barriers, twin-track approaches, and about the CaNDER research network.
Laraib's upcoming CaNDER seminar: Pathways to inclusion: Learnings from educational interventions focused on girls with disabilities.
Date: Thursday, 14th March
Register Here: https://forms.gle/XdU4YmzNHBEwivTj9
Girls Education Challenge Report: https://girlseducationchallenge.org/media/g0tdbbek/gec-ii-evaluation-study-4-disability-report_may2023.pdf
Girls education challenge blog posts: https://world-education-blog.org/2023/05/31/focused-interventions-for-girls-with-disabilities-builds-life-changing-self-esteem-and-aspirations/
Girls Education Challenge: https://girlseducationchallenge.org/blogs/blog-article/centring-the-voices-of-girls-with-disabilities-a-photovoice-exploration-of-school-life-and-challenges/
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The World Bank's Senior Education & Technology Policy Specialist and Global Lead for Innovation in Education, and visiting fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, joins me to discuss EdTech in developing contexts, why if you are pointed in the wrong direction, technology may help you get there more quickly, the importance of using the tech you already have, and his thoughts for the future. Links below.
Center for Universal Education at Brookings
Brookings AI blog post
10 Principles to Consider when Introducing ICTs in Remote and Low-Income Environments (World Bank Blog)
Michaelrucano.com (links to blog posts)
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The founder of CanDoELLA, and the #FlipTheNarrative campaign, speaks about rethinking diversity and difference, why teachers need the freedom to teach, and the importance of lived experiences.
Find out more about Ella’s work here.
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The headteacher, founder of Hope in Motion, and voice of Sightsavers’ #EqualWorld campaign talks about his early childhood struggles with polio and measles, his experiences as someone with a disability in a mainstream school in Zimbabwe, and how best to sensitise rural communities in matters of inclusion and diversity.
A special thanks to Isaacs Mwale and Liesbeth Roolvink of Sightsavers for helping to organise this episode.
Check out campaigning.sightsavers.org and equalzimbabwe.org for more information.
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The associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago talks about his experiences looking into intersectionalities of race and disability in Chicago, the effect of free-market neoliberalism on the inclusion agenda, and his award-winning book, Excluded by Choice: Urban Students with Disabilities in the Education Marketplace.
Listen to the wonderful DiveIn Podcast here (Spotify link).
Find Excluded by Choice here.
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The principle of the Global College joins me from a rainy Madrid to talk about the role and responsibility of teachers, why it's important to make schools welcoming, why curricula struggle to keep pace with technology, and how artificial intelligence can support (but not replace!) teaching.
Check out Barry’s short book on education in a post-AI world: free online here.
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Starting series two off with a bang, I talk to Xammie Likoko about why science lessons should be more dangerous, how hands-on and project-based learning can be naturally more inclusive (and more fun), and the value of teamwork in the classroom. Xammie and I taught together at a school in Kenya which, despite our best efforts in the science lab, is still there.
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The CEO of the Lightyear Foundation and Flamingo Chicks talks disability and STEM, the power of diversity, trips to the UN, and the role young people have in making change happen.
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Liesbeth Roolvink joins me for this special episode to talk about off-track SDGs and Sightsavers' Promise in Peril campaign.
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The head of GPE’s Strategic Partnerships and Capabilities team talks links between education and climate resilience, North-South power asymmetries, the need to take a systems lens, and the power of gender equality.
Here are some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
UNESCO’s Greening Education Partnership
GPE’s Rethinking Education for a Climate Resilient Future
UNESCO’s Getting every school climate-ready: how countries are integrating climate change issues in education
The Global Disability Inclusion Strategist and founder of Billion Strong talks SDGs, the role of corporations in driving societal change, and the power of diversity.
You can find out more about Debra and her amazing work here.
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The award-winning author and international consultant talks teaching in emergencies, why older children are less likely to access education in conflict zones, what can happen if they can’t, and his new book: We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone. Pre-order it here!
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The Senior Adviser for Statistics and Monitoring in UNICEF's Data and Analytics Section talks disability data, child functioning vs. labels, and why quality data relies on partnerships.
Find out more about the CFM here.
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The Associate Professor in Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities at University of Birmingham discusses resources and support for learners, aligning PMLD with 'all means all', and how inclusion should be seen as a feeling, not a place.
You can find out more about Lila's research here.
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The NGO's Deputy Technical Director explains how Sightsavers covers more than just sight, and talks systems approaches, disability-inclusive data, and the Urgent Call for Action by the SDG4-Education 2030 High-Level Steering Committee.
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The Bell Chair of Education at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences talks models of inclusive education, inclusive pedagogy, teacher education for inclusion, and the importance of teaching as a social act.
You can find out more about Lani and her work here.
The Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture talks TVET, decentralising funding, and why 'inclusive education' might be the wrong phrase to use.
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The Inclusive Education Specialist at UNICEF's headquarters in New York talks educational justice, UNICEF's role in the education sector (and beyond), the need to invest in the whole education system, and her personal connection to inclusion.
The equality/equity cartoon can be found here.
The Senior Inspector for Special Needs and Inclusive Education in the Ministry of Education and Training discusses the importance of beliefs and mindsets, using the UNESCO Systems Thinking Tool to bring colleagues together, reverse inclusion... and space invaders.
You can find the UNESCO Tool here.
The Global Thematic Lead of Inclusive Education and Senior Education Specialist in the Education Global Practice of the World Bank discusses the role of 'the Bank', a twin-track approach to inclusion, and her thoughts for the future of education.
You can read Hanna's World Bank Blog posts here. Enjoy!
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The Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Educational Needs at the University of Exeter's Graduate School of Education talks inclusion, dilemmas of difference, and deliberative democracy.
You can find a list of Brahm's publications here. Enjoy!
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The New Delhi-based founder of Ssstart.org talks tribes, balancing acts, and why schools need to embrace diversity.
Find out more about Puneet's organisation and advocacy here. Enjoy!
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The Lisbon-based scholar and National Education Adviser talks us through the Portuguese education system, why we need to drop the phrase 'special education', and why highly trained teachers are our best bet for the future.
You can read about David's achievements here. Here is the UNESCO report mentioned in the show: Reimagining our futures together: a new social contract for education. Enjoy.
The researcher, consultant, and founder of Fora Education talks inclusion, his time in Bhutan, and why we need to talk about the purpose of education.
Check out Schuelka and Engsig's (2020) On the question of educational purpose: complex educational systems analysis for inclusion. Enjoy!
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The new Global Training Practice Lead at IIEP-UNESCO talks planning; the great power (and great responsibility) of school leaders; equity; and her route into the world of education.
Here are the two OECD reports mentioned in the show: Equity and Quality in Education - Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools and Ten Steps to Equity in Education. Enjoy!
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The Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam and Professor in Practice in International Development at the London School of Economics talks systems thinking, why power matters, shifting social norms, and the Matrix (but just the first one).
You can find Duncan's book, How Change Happens, here. You can also follow his fascinating blog: From Poverty to Power.
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The national consultant to the Bangladesh government talks accessible dictionaries, why people with disabilities must be involved in conversations about inclusion, and his hunger strike for a place at university.
Read more about Vashkar's inspiring story here. You can also check out this news article.
Enjoy!
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The CEO of PBLWorks talks project-based learning, how it can help marginalised learners, and what schools can do to implement it. Click on the links for more on PBL research and examples of cool projects and resources.
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The founder and CEO of T4 Education talks World's Best School Prizes, why teachers know best (and why we need to listen to them), and his thoughts for the future of education. Get involved at T4 Communities today.
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The senior lecturer in inclusive education at the University of Glasgow talks school readiness, the value of strong partnerships, education technology, and his experiences in sub-Saharan Africa. You can read more here:
EdTech for Learners with Disabilities in Primary School Settings in LMICS: A Systematic Literature Review
Widening the focus of school readiness for children with disabilities in Malawi: a critical review of the literature
The Role of Parenting Interventions in Optimizing School Readiness for Children With Disabilities in Low and Middle Income Settings
The associate professor in inclusive education and disability inclusion at the University of Zimbabwe talks inclusion in Southern Africa, the importance of teacher training, the benefits of universal design, and a boy named Voice.
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In this episode, the former head of the Global Partnership for Education, Bob Prouty, talks inclusion, class sizes of 300 children, his hopes for the future of education... and poetry.
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Goal 4: Education for All is a new podcast for those who work in the world of education to speak their mind, to share their knowledge, and to inspire you, the listener. We look into the current education crisis that seen millions of learners out of school every day and a potential loss of lifetime earnings going into the trillions of dollars. A particular focus is how we can change current education systems to better accommodate marginalised learners such as those with disabilities, girls, and those living in poverty. Against a background of high levels of inequality, politically polarised societies, conflict, and climate catastrophe, it has never been more important that new generations of young adults enter the world well educated and accepting of difference and diversity.
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