Evidence-Based Education: Definition and Issues

Education Definition,

Increasingly used in educational institutions, the concept of evidence-based education came up several times during the recent workshop entitled “Putting Research Into Action: Bridging Research and Teaching,” held at Science Po on June 18 and 19, 2018. How is this concept defined, and which research methods does it cover? How does this approach promote effective and innovative pedagogy? After a brief overview of the history of the concept, this article will describe how evidence-based education can be supported by certain research methods, how it can contribute to resolving educational issues, as well as its potential limits.

An approach inspired by

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What is equity in education and how do we achieve it?

Education Definition,

“If we don’t fix inequities in our schools soon, we’ll pay a high price for that later.”

This is what I heard from a primary school principal during my recent visit to her regional school. “But schools alone can’t do that. It takes the whole village,” she said.

She is right. Family background is far more important in explaining what students learn at school than people think. This has remained a solid empirical-research finding for the past half century.

Too often, however, the important role that out-of-school factors such as family, community and a student’s peer group play in student

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Closing of the regional workshop in support of the definition of the priority reform for the transformation of basic education in Madagascar, Burundi and Djibouti

Education Definition,

Antananarivo, Friday, July 28, 2023 – As part of the improvement of basic education, the Malagasy government, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE/PME) and UNICEF organized, from 24 to 28 July 2023 in Antananarivo, a regional workshop bringing together education partners from Madagascar, Burundi and Djibouti. The working sessions were enhanced, in the last two days, by the presence of Mrs Marie Michelle SAHONDRARIMALALA, Minister of Education of Madagascar, and Professor François HAVYARIMANA, Minister of Education and Scientific Research of Burundi.

The workshop aimed to strengthen reflections, peer-to-peer experience sharing and the capacities of participating countries, in order to develop

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