Your search
Results 25 resources
-
The Covid-19 pandemic has catalysed the need for technology-enhanced education globally. This is no different in Bangladesh, where the Education Section of the UNICEF Bangladesh Country Office is seeking a better understanding of the role and potential of EdTech to improve numeracy skills among the most marginalised learners, working closely with the government and EdTech Hub to identify how EdTech can best be harnessed to support learning in Bangladesh. This partnership uses the sandbox...
-
The current study is the third in a series of research studies, which aim to generate evidence that can support the MBSSE and TSC with their teacher allocation and deployment strategy. Our first study investigated teacher preferences for school choice and uncovered important considerations for teacher deployment. Following this, we investigated mobility patterns for teachers who are on the government payroll, and payroll teacher retention rates. The latter study helped us understand where...
-
This Rapid Evidence Review (RER) provides an overview of existing research on the use of mobile phone-based messaging (including SMS, and messaging through apps such as WhatsApp) to support education in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This topic was chosen as the focus for a RER in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and school closures, as this form of technology has been adopted as part of some countries’ methods of providing continuing education during closures and disruption. As...
-
This article explores the current status and future directions of mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MTB MLE) and the use of technology in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), focusing on the use of minoritised mother tongues. An initial literature review of available academic sources in multiple languages reveals a lack of evidence on the use of technology in MTB MLE across different countries, especially multilingual contexts with greater linguistic diversity. To understand...
-
Emergency situations that cause damage to educational buildings or require the closure of schools due to unsafe health, environmental, or political conditions can be an unwelcomed interruption to education. Indeed, the recent COVID-19 pandemic created the largest disruption of education in history, affecting 94% of the world's student population. In emergencies, technology is often utilised as part of a crisis response protocol by continuing education using emergency remote education (ERE)....
Filter by our tags
Learners
Educators
Education systems
- Access (14)
- Accountability (3)
- Assessment (5)
- Curriculum and educational content (9)
- Education financing (2)
- Educational data (6)
- Equity (13)
- Governance (7)
- Monitoring and evaluation (4)
- Quality (12)
- System readiness (7)
Hardware and modality
- App-based (8)
- Audio (8)
- Blended learning (10)
- Desktop and laptop computers (10)
- Distance education (12)
- MP3 player (1)
- Online learning (11)
- Open educational resources (4)
- Personalised learning (6)
- Phone (13)
- Printed teaching and learning materials (6)
- Radio (7)
- Social media and messaging (6)
- Tablet (11)
- Television (4)
- Video (7)
Educational level
Within-country contexts
- Fragile and conflict affected contexts (4)
- Low connectivity and/or electricity (15)
- Peri-urban (7)
- Rural (13)
- Urban (8)
Publisher and type
- Evidence Review (2)
- Helpdesk Response (3)
- Journal article (1)
- Learning Brief (1)
- Other type (3)
- Policy Brief (1)
- Position Paper (2)
- Rapid Evidence Review (3)
- Sandbox Sprint Review (1)
- Technical Report (5)
- Working Paper (4)
Research method
- Case study (2)
- Content analysis and thematic analysis (2)
- Design-based research (1)
- Experimental and quasi-experimental research (1)
- Interviews and focus groups (7)
- Literature review, systematic review and meta-analysis (12)
- Mixed methods (4)
- Observation (3)
- (Participatory) Action research (1)
- Surveys and questionnaires (5)
Topic Area
Focus Countries
- Bangladesh (4)
- Ghana (1)
- Kenya (1)
- Malawi (1)
- Pakistan (2)
- Sierra Leone (5)
- Tanzania (1)