Global Studies: Live From Paris on World Teachers' Day
Ronald Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and high school English teacher Dan Brown traveled to Paris to attend a World Teachers’ Day colloquium at UNESCO headquarters on Oct. 5, 2012. In this blog, they recorded their experiences and impressions and explored the international context of the issues facing the teaching profession. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: international.
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What I'd Tell the World Teachers' Day Assembly
I'll be at the World Teachers' Day event at UNESCO in Paris this Friday, October 5. I don't have speaking slot at the event, but I've been thinking about what I would say if I did. Here's my best attempt to get my thoughts on "paper."
Education
Opinion
A Global Profession of Teachers
On October 5, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) hosts World Teachers' Day in Paris, France, focusing an international spotlight on teaching's global challenges. International conferences are a commonplace in fields like economics, healthcare and the environment. Experts at these gatherings share several common features: a global sense of urgency, multidisciplinary expertise rooted in a deep knowledge of research, theory, and practice; a body of knowledge and facts that transcend the participants' differences in language, culture, and context. We have become accustomed to such gatherings as settings for world problem-solving through the gathering of global experts, knowledge, and research.