The UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network Teacher are two separate networks, but they have lots of commonalities.
Both networks focus on teacher education for different levels of education, with a specific focus on social justice and diversity in education. Inclusive education, indigenous education, education for social justice, equity and diversity, education in rural areas and digitalisation are important concepts for both networks. Due to similar interests, some network activities are organised in collaboration with these two networks.
UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education was established on 2015, under the auspices of UArctic and it has a strong focus on Arctic issues. In 2018, UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education was established, to globally expand the cooperation already started within UArctic Thematic Network. UNITWIN/UNESCO network is not focused on one specific area, but it more different areas across the world with similar problems and issues - education for diverse learners, educational policies in rural areas, digitalisation and indigenous education.
Read more about UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and its activities here.
Read more about UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education and its activities here.
Funding of the network activities is composed of many funding sources. The Networks hosts different projects to fund the network activities. Read more about the projects of the networks here.
27.6.2019
Minority Seminar 2020 will be held on May 6-8 in Vaasa, Finland, with theme "Curriculums for Social Justice". Call for papers is now open, with the deadline on September 30, 2019.
18.6.2019
Conference event “Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education” was held in Arctic Science Summit Week 2019, on May 28, 2019. The event was successful and it highlighted the issues of education in circumpolar north. The event contributed to UN International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019.
12.6.2019
The Position Statement on Arctic Pedagogy is now published and available online, as part of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education's projects "Arctic Pedagogy in Teacher Education" and "Arctic Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity".
11.6.2019
Common newsletter of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher education is now published.
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