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BIE Podcast

12 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -

The Balanced and Inclusive Education Podcast, produced by the Education Relief Foundation.This forum invites unique global voices to discuss educational reform and ensuring Balanced and Inclusive Education for all. Resources, curriculum implementation, teaching methodologies, ethics, critical thinking, indigenous knowledge - these are only a few of the topics our guests will address, as we work to build the systems that will end exclusion in education.

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Episodes

Episode 10: l'Adaptation aux différences régionaux

May 19, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Aujourd’hui nous complétons notre série de discussions provenant du III ForumBIE 2030 avec deux présentations sur l’effet des différences régionaux pour l’education. La première présentation est par le Professeur Roger Frutos, Directeur du Développement de Projets à l’ASAIHL. La deuxième est par l’Honorable Vital Bambaze, Président du Comité Coordinateur des Peuples Indigènes de l’Afrique. 

Episode 9: Valuing History and Culture

April 14, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

In this episode, we continue our series of discussions from the third ForumBIE 2030 with a set of presentations looking at the overarching approach to education, and engaging with students by valuing their cultures, histories and context. First you will hear Nigerian linguist and activist Kola Tubosun, then Anne-Maria Brenan from the Foundation for Science, Technology and Culture and, finally, Norbert Hounkonnou, President of the Network of African Science Academies.

Episode 8: Reforming Institutions

March 12, 2020 09:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

In this episode, we continue our series of discussions from the third ForumBIE 2030 with a set of presentations looking at some changes in mentality we need to see in educational institutions worldwide. Educational reform, to be successful, needs to incorporate some deep reconsideration of the values and objectives underlying education, so as to respond to the needs of 21st century learners. The mores and methods of the 19th century worldview are no longer good enough. 

Episode 7: Addressing Marginalisation

February 18, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

This episode, we are starting a short series highlighting speakers from the third ForumBIE 2030, which was held on 27 to 29 January in Djibouti. The event featured the first official signing ceremonies for the Universal Declaration of Balanced and Inclusive Education and, perhaps more importantly, the Constitutive Charter of the newly-created Organisation of Educational Cooperation which will be charged with supporting the implementation of commitments made in the Universal Declaration. Wha...

Episode 6: Bringing in new perspectives

January 14, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

Dr. Norbert Hounkonnou is President of NASAC, the Network of African Science Academies. He specialises in Mathematics and Physics, but has a longstanding interest in the enduring effects of colonialism on education, and the need to develop educational systems more reflective of and adapted to African societies.

Episode 5 *FRANÇAIS*: La mise en oeuvre de l'ÉÉI

December 05, 2019 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

Amapola Alama, cheffe des programmes à ERF, gère le lancement du tout premier projet pilote en Éducation Équilibrée et Inclusive, un partenariat entre ERF et le Ministère de l’éducation djiboutien effectué dans six écoles – urbains, péri-urbains et rurales et qui durera jusqu’à la fin de cette année scolaire. Nous avons parlés à Mme Alama juste avant le lancement du projet, et nous avons aussi pu obtenir quelques réactions initiales de la part des enseignants/enseignantes, principaux et insp...

Episode 5 *ENGLISH*: Putting BIE into Practice

November 19, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

Amapola Alama, Head of Programmes at the Education Relief Foundation, has been leading the launch of the first BIE pilot project, a partnership involving six schools in Djibouti – 4 in urban settings, 1 in a peri-urban area and 1 rural – which will run through the current school year in Djibouti. During the first quarter of 2019, ERF signed 12 MOUs with Ministries of Education and international organizations interested in starting pilot projects, and this is the first one to be implemented.

Episode 4: Early Childhood Literacy

October 14, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this episode, we speak with Malva Villalon, a professor with over 40 years’ experience studying and improving early childhood literacy and education. She shared with us four exciting recent initiatives from across Latin America that show how new approaches to teaching can reach and engage students from traditionally marginalised communities.

Episode 3: Questioning Approaches

September 12, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

In this episode, the BIE Podcast features Phillip Purnell from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization - Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH). He brings attention to some promising approaches to imparting knowledge to young students, such as Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning (IBTL) and the 5 E’s Instructional model. Here you can find the latest research from SEAMEO INNOTECH on creative thinking: https://www.seameo-innotech.org/wp-cont...

Episode 2 *ENGLISH*: Going Beyond the Classroom

August 07, 2019 11:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

François Vallaeys is one of the contributing authors of the Global Guide to Balanced and Inclusive Education, and has long been an advocate of breaking down the silos, the ivory towers, that seem to define every facet of the educational experience at university – whether within the academic fields of research and teaching, in the university administration, or in the school’s relationship with the surrounding community. Here he discusses some of the ways universities can be opened to the world.

Episode 2 *FRANCAIS*: Au-delà de la lycée

August 07, 2019 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

François Vallaeys est un des auteurs contributeurs au Guide Mondial d’éthique, de principes, de politiques et de pratiques en Éducation Équilibrée et Inclusive, et une forte voix faisant appel à dépasser les « tours d’ivoires » qui dominent tous les aspects de l’expérience universitaire traditionnel – que ce soit dans les domaines académiques de la recherche et l’enseignement, ou dans la gestion de l’université et ses relations avec la communauté générale.

Episode 1: Investing in Balanced and Inclusive Education

July 18, 2019 08:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

For this opening episode, we turned to our online friends to find out what BIE-related topics they want us to discuss, and put that to ERF President Sheikh Manssour Bin Mussallam. And the top response to come back was about resourcing. How do we ensure that education systems in rural and excluded areas have the means to provide Balanced and Inclusive learning? Listen to find out more.