October 2017
SAERA 2017 Various panels and presentations.
19th October - Western Cape Social Cohesion Roundtable (held with Institute for Justice and Reconciliation)
23rd October - Eastern Cape Social Cohesion Roundtable at Nelson Mandela University
September 2017
UKFIET Conference In Oxford, UK
Final UK dissemination event 'Engaging Teachers in Peacebuilding', UCL, London:
- Recording link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqdVoow2J5c
- Details: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news-events/events-pub/sep-2017/teachers-peacebuilding-social-cohesion-rwanda-south-africa
- Blog post: http://www.lidc.org.uk/blog/2017/09/21/international-day-peace-role-teachers-peacebuilding-post-conflict-societies
June 2017
Bristol Conversations in Education
March 2017
Research Partners meeting in Brighton - 'Engaging Teachers in Peacebuilding'
27th March - Public Symposium at the University of Sussex 'Engaging Teachers in Peacebuilding'
December 2016
Special issue of the Journal Education as Change
June 2016
Changing what universities teach is a process, not a single event - article co-written by Prof Sayed
May 2016
Teachers and Social Cohesion Roundtable
The event is a collaborative effort between the Department of Basic Education (DBE), the Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE), CPUT, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and UNICEF, South Africa to stimulate dialogue, discussion, collaboration, and networking amongst policymakers and stakeholders on the role of teachers in promoting Social Cohesion in South Africa. It draws from emerging findings from a UNICEF/ESRC-funded project which explored how teachers are framed and supported in their roles as peace builders, how they experience this support, how their practices and attitudes are influenced by national and international educational policies, and what some of the outcomes are for learners.
Links for event participation:
Links to UNICEF/ESRC research outputs:
View images from the event on our FlickR album
Address delivered by the Basic Education Deputy Minister Mr. Enver Surty
News report on the event (with gallery)
Going Global 2016 - Teachers, teaching and teacher education in the SDGs
March 2016
World Bank Group Fragility, Conflict and Violence Forum 2016
- See details of the World Bank Group Fragility, Conflict and Violence Forum 2016
- Download the flyer.
- See photographs from the event on Flickr.
CIES Conference 2016
- Download Professor Yusuf Sayed's presentation from CIES 2016: Engaging Teachers as Agents of Peace and Social Cohesion: Understanding impact [PPTX 698.02KB]
- Download the flyer: CIES conference flyer [PDF 571.39KB]
- Visit the CIES conference website.
- Check out our conference blog.
- See photographs from the event on Flickr.
8th Policy Dialogue Forum of the Teacher Task Force for Education 2030
The 8th Policy Dialogue Forum of the Teacher Task Force took place in Mexico City on 15-17 March 2016 with a focus on sharing relevant policies, practices and tools among international key stakeholders with a view to facilitating the understanding, implementation and monitoring of the teacher-related target in the SDGs and new the education agenda.
- See details of the 8th Policy Dialogue Forum of the Teacher Task Force for Education 2030.
- Professor Yusuf Sayed's keynote and other presentations at 'Implementing the Teacher Target in the Sustainable Development Goal for education and Education 2030'
- Download Professor Yusuf Sayed's presentation: Teacher Education [PPTX 811.85KB]
Education as Change
The journal ‘Education as Change’ has issued a Call for Papers [PDF 225.30KB] for a Special Issue on 'Teachers and Social Cohesion In Diverse Contexts In The Global South'. Papers must have a focus on research on education in relation to social cohesion and justice with the intention of fostering comparative perspectives on countries in the global South.
- Guest Editors: Professor Yusuf Sayed and Azeem Badroodien
- Deadline: 15 April 2016
- Email a 600-word extended abstract to the guest editors: sayedy@cput.ac.za / y.sayed@susex.ac.uk / badroodiena@cput.ac.za
February 2016
Workshops, public lecture and events with University of Rwanda's College of Education
1. UR-CE community provides insights into research on teacher's engagement in peacebuilding
2. Public lecture, critical reference group workshops and workshops with project partners in Rwanda
3. Mastercard Foundation, Bristol and University of Rwanda College of Education: 'Enabling Teachers, Enabling Youth: Strengthening Teacher Quality in Secondary Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa'. Formal launch of the Inter-Country Quality Node (ICQN) in Rwanda with ADEA, UNICEF and Rwanda’s Minister of Education.
June 2015
Teacher Professionalism Seminar, South African Council of Education (SACE)
Teacher unions, universities, government and civil society meet on teacher professionalism
Seminar at the South African Council of Education (SACE), Centurion
March 2015
Project Launch in Cape Town
