Education and Employers
Research Digest - April 2023

Publications

Learner-centred teaching in technical and vocational education and training: perspectives and reviews of six Asia-Pacific Countries 

UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific 

The report presents a review of the theoretical background of the learner-centred approach and TVET teaching with an international scope. A total of 25 indicators were used to assess three components of TVET teaching in the region. The analysis includes 17 examples corresponding to the selected indicators.  The findings showcase lessons learned and recommendations for countries to self-assess their TVET teaching strategies. These examples will help to inform future projects and capacity building in each sub-region of Asia-Pacific.

Digital Futures Commission 

Sonia Livingstone, Kruakae Pothong & Beeban Kidron

This report addresses and goes beyond the hygiene factors of safety, privacy and security to rethink how technology can benefit children. The report prioritises three themes: free play in a digital world, beneficial uses of education data,
and designing for children’s rights.

Education Policy Outlook in Australia 

OECD 

This report on Australia offers a concise analysis of where the education system stands today and how this compares to other systems. The profile analyses the evolution of ongoing and emerging related policy efforts in Australia, including education responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Number confidence and social mobility 

Claire Tyers & Jane Aston 

This report examined the connection between improving numeracy and opportunities in work; the role number confidence plays in supporting adults with low numeracy to get on a path to a Level 2 maths qualification (equivalent to GCSE maths grade C/4); and the efficacy of the National Numeracy Challenge in helping to improve outcomes towards qualifications and work.

Connecting the dots: Exploring young Australians’ pathways from education and training into work 

Michael Coelli

This report is about our education and training system and its relationship with the first critical years of work. It gives us clues as to which parts of the system may be working well and could be scaled up, as well as those elements we may need to rethink.

VET delivery in regional, rural and remote Australia: barriers and facilitators 

Tabatha Griffin & Upekha Andrahannadi

This report conveys findings on how Australia's training system could better meet the needs of regional, rural and remote Australians, with the project focusing on the following:

1. understanding how various stakeholders in the VET system perceive local skills needs in regional, rural, and remote locations 
2. understanding the current barriers to delivering VET in regional, rural and remote locations and if/how these are overcome.

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TVET leaders ready to take action for a green transition 

UNESCO-UNEVOC

Preparing TVET for a green and more resilient transition 

UNESCO-UNEVOC

Can countries afford their national SDG 4 benchmarks?

UNESCO

Lessons Learned from a Decade of Early Grade Reading Programs 

Rebeca Martinez 

Technology might be making education worse 

 Antero Garcia

Transforming teacher education for improved foundational learning 

GEM Report 

Accelerating learning recovery for all in Romania 

Alina Sava, Gallina Andronova Vincelette, & Rita Almeida 

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