{"id":8334,"date":"2021-11-16T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/event\/reci-thematic-day-2021-education-beyond-the-pandemic-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:32:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:32:19","slug":"reci-thematic-day-2021-education-beyond-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/fr\/event\/reci-thematic-day-2021-education-beyond-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"RECI Thematic Day 2021: Education Beyond the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The event began with a panel discussion with four experts. First, Zamira Gijini, Director-General for Policies and Development of Education and Sports at Albanian Ministry of Education and Sports, Andreas Walter, Co-President of the Swiss Conference of Compulsory Education Authorities, Sobhi Tawil, Director of the Future of Learning and Innovation Team at UNESCO, and Sabina Handschin, Head of Education and Senior Education Policy Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC.<\/p>
In this workshop, Save the Children introduced its project \u00ab\u00a0Gefl\u00fcchtete Eltern st\u00e4rken (Strengthening Refugee Parents)\u00a0\u00bb and Vivamos Mejor its project \u00ab\u00a0Safe Spaces and Children’s Books\u00a0\u00bb in Nicaragua. The proposed methodologies were developed in the context of the pandemic, but are also relevant for the years to come. They aim to support parents in their changing role and commitment to the education and well-being of their children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t During this workshop, the Center of Learning in Practice presented on the topic of professional development for teachers in displacement contexts for quality holistic learning. Afterwards, Enfants du Monde presented the strategy \u00ab\u00a0I learn at home and in the classroom\u00a0\u00bb (Aprendo en casa y en clase) of the Guatemalan Ministry of Education.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Participants discussed how organizations have been able to address child protection issues resulting from measures to contain COVID-19. Two experts from Mali and Lebanon\/Palestine, from World Vision and Right to Play, brought a field perspective and spoke about the great risk of child labor increasing with the closure of schools.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Terre des Hommes Switzerland and the PATRIZIA Foundation contributed to the theme of access and continuity of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by presenting their projects in India and Cameroon. The examples covered different learning methods, ranging from peer education, one-to-one teaching to digitalization and digitalization readiness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Helvetas, Swiss Water and Sanitation Consortium and Caritas presented the Blue Schools approach in which students are ensured the availability of clean water, functional latrines and adequate nutrition, with two examples in Cambodia and Niger. Participants shared learning points to strengthen health, hygiene prevention and WASH activities in schools.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t PHZug presented research findings on the situation of children in Ghana whose schools were closed for ten months, both in terms of learning and how school closures affected children in general. PHZug introduced the transnational \u00ab\u00a0School Barometer\u00a0\u00bb project, which is studying the impact of the pandemic on different groups – from students, teachers and principals to parents and education authorities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t For the first time in RECI’s history, the annual Thematic Day was held in a hybrid format! Thanks to this format, participants in Bern, as well as those from around the world, had the opportunity to enjoy live presentations and testimonies from speakers and other participants from 18 countries and to take part in discussions. In total, about 100 people participated in the event.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tWorkshop 2 \"Support teacher professional development and wellbeing\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Workshop 3 \"Linking child Protection and psychosocial support services with education provision\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Workshop 4 \"Ensure access and continuity of learning for the most marginalized children and youth\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Workshop 5 \"Recognize the role of education in the prevention of health diseases and support WASH activities in schools\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Workshop 6 \"Promoting more resilient education systems: research-based evidence and recommendations\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Report of the panel discussion & workshops RECI in hybrid mode!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t