Category: Teachers
The teacher as AI manager – across all levels of education
A recent OECD survey of some 280,000 lower secondary teachers in 17,000 schools across 55 education systems, indicated that three in four of them feel that they lack the knowledge or skills to teach using Artificial Intelligence (AI); this proportion is likely to be far higher at primary and pre-primary…
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Centring unheard voices: South Asian heritage teachers in London’s primary schools
Nearly one in five people in London identify as having South Asian heritage, yet there remains a striking absence of research focusing on South Asian heritage teachers, particularly in primary schools.
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Power, partnerships and progress: Scaling teacher development partnerships in South Asia
In South Asia, education systems are vast, layered and deeply hierarchical. Across a range of academic disciplines, the structures for Teacher Professional Development (TPD) can be framed as micro (individual), meso (institutional) and macro (national).
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Teacher agency in action: Insights from the UKFIET Forum
Teachers are the heart of our education systems, yet their voices are often missing from the conversations shaping policies and reforms that affect their daily work. Following World Teachers’ Day, we reflect on insights from a UKFIET (the Education for Development Forum) symposium convened by Save the Children UK with…
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Bringing indigenous knowledges from Peruvian rural teachers to the UKFIET conference
The UKFIET 2025 conference was my first education conference after completing my PhD in Education at the University of Bristol in June 2025. I came to Oxford with the aim not only of disseminating the findings of my thesis, but also of connecting with non-academic actors interested in social justice…
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Unpacking classroom pedagogy: More and better data for teacher quality for evidence-informed policies in Pakistan
The challenges of providing equitable and high-quality education in Pakistan have been widely discussed. Reports frequently highlight alarming statistics of the education system, including the out-of-school problem, lack of infrastructural resources, and the high teacher-student ratio crisis.
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Beyond compliance: Building accountability systems that support teachers
Teaching quality remains the most critical factor in improving student learning outcomes. Yet many well-intentioned accountability systems—from attendance monitoring to curriculum compliance checks—may be missing the mark.
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Enhancing multilingual teacher training in Ghana
Multilingualism is a defining feature of Ghana’s sociolinguistic landscape, with over 83 languages spoken by 75 ethnic groups across the country. Despite this rich linguistic diversity, the educational system continues to struggle with implementing effective multilingual education policies to adequately support multilingual learners.
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Teacher professional development: The importance of considering context in policy development
UNESCO and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education (2030) estimate that an additional 44 million teachers are needed to achieve universal primary and secondary education by 2030. The commitment to enabling teachers to be professionally trained and well supported happens through the application of appropriate policies.
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Elevating teachers’ voices to support equitable learning
Teachers are at the heart of the learning process and central to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4: inclusive and equitable quality education for all. Four panellists reflected on key achievements and ongoing challenges in ensuring teachers can support equitable learning.
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(Re)Imagining teacher wellbeing in the Indian public school system
Global debates recognise that students’ educational achievements rely heavily on teachers’ quality, motivation, and capability. The OECD confirms that students’ wellbeing also depends on teachers’ initial education and professional development. However, the instrumental educational reforms overlook the bidirectional relational aspects between teachers’ and students' wellbeing.
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Transforming education through locally-led teacher development
Of all the countries that have experienced extreme trauma to their educational systems, few have suffered on a scale comparable to Cambodia. Last month marked 50 years since the Khmer Rouge came to power here. 90% of teachers were among the 1.7 million killed and the entire education system was…
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