Latest Balanced education Podcast Episodes

Episode 10: l'Adaptation aux différences régionaux

BIE Podcast - May 19, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes
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 pa...

Episode 9: Valuing History and Culture

BIE Podcast - April 14, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes
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 ...

Episode 8: Reforming Institutions

BIE Podcast - March 12, 2020 09:00 - 15 minutes
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 v...

Episode 7: Addressing Marginalisation

BIE Podcast - February 18, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes
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 importantl...

Episode 6: Bringing in new perspectives

BIE Podcast - January 14, 2020 13:00 - 21 minutes
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 Af...

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

BIE Podcast - December 05, 2019 15:00 - 26 minutes
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 a...

Episode 5 *ENGLISH*: Putting BIE into Practice

BIE Podcast - November 19, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes
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...

Episode 4: Early Childhood Literacy

BIE Podcast - October 14, 2019 16:00 - 23 minutes
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 stu...

Episode 3: Questioning Approaches

BIE Podcast - September 12, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes
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...

Episode 2 *ENGLISH*: Going Beyond the Classroom

BIE Podcast - August 07, 2019 11:00 - 14 minutes
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 fiel...

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

BIE Podcast - August 07, 2019 11:00 - 15 minutes
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 traditio...

Episode 1: Investing in Balanced and Inclusive Education

BIE Podcast - July 18, 2019 08:00 - 17 minutes
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 exclud...