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Asia Education Summit on Flexible Learning Strategies for Out-of-School Children

UNESCO
November 2016

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The Asia Education Summit on Flexible Learning Strategies for Out-of-School Children (24-26 February 2016) brought more than 550 education and learning colleagues from across the Asian Region and world to Bangkok, Thailand. The Summit welcomed 121 speakers and over 100 government officials. More than two-thirds of the Summit’s participants were NGO representatives and educators in the region who were, and currently are working “on the ground” in efforts with and for out-of-school children (OOSC).  This report aims to highlight and give voice to the unique innovative initiatives and flexible learning strategies shared during the course of this three-day summit. Each presentation summary in this report is intended to stand alone, while contributing to the collaborative nature and understanding of the innovations and FLS for OOSC presented. Presentations inlcuded "Sustainable and Innovative Financing for Disabled and Disadvantaged OOSC in Thailand: Mae Hong Son Model"

Towards inclusive education for children with disabilities : a guideline

CALDERBANK, Daniel
Ed
2009

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"The Manual begins by identifying the problem and setting out the rationale for the focus on the education of children with disabilities. This is followed by a detailed analysis of eight aspects of the education system and the ways in which it must change to allow the full inclusion of children with disabilities. Each aspect has a critical role to play in transforming the education system...The final section summarizes the way forward, with an emphasis on a rights-based approach to providing education of good quality for children with disabilities in the region"

Becoming an inclusive, learning-friendly environment

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
2003

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Booklet 1 describes what is an inclusive, learning-friendly environment (ILFE) and what are its benefits for teachers, children, their parents and communities. It also will help to identify the ways in which a school may already be inclusive and learning-friendly, as well as those areas that may need more improvement. It will provide ideas about how to plan for these improvements, as well as how to monitor and evaluate the progress

Working with families and communities to create an ILFE

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
2003

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Booklet 2 describes how to help parents and other community members and organizations to participate in developing and maintaining an inclusive learning-friendly environment (ILFE). It gives ideas about how to involve the community in the school and students in the community. It will help identify in what ways this is already going on, and it will offer ideas for involving families and communities even more in promoting and developing an ILFE

Getting all children in learning

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
2003

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Booklet 3 will help individuals working in schools understand some of the barriers that keep children from coming to school and what to do about them. The Tools are presented in a building block fashion (step-by-step), and they contain ways of including traditionally excluded children that have been used widely and effectively by teachers throughout the world. These Tools, will enable the reader to talk with other teachers, family and community members, and students about what conditions may be pushing children away from learning. They also will be able to identify where the children live, why they are not coming to school, and what actions can be taken to get them in school

Creating inclusive, learning-friendly classrooms

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
2003

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This booklet will help the reader to understand how the concept of learning has changed over time as classes have become more child-centred. It will give the reader tools and ideas about how to deal with children with diverse backgrounds and abilities that attend aclass, as well as how to make learning meaningful for all

Managing inclusive, learning-friendly classrooms

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
2003

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This booklet will give the reader tips about managing diverse classrooms. It explains how to plan for effective teaching and learning, how to use resources effectively, how to manage group work in a diverse classroom, as well as how to assess students' progress and thus the reader's own progress

Creating a healthy and protective inclusive, learning-friendly environment for all

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION (UNESCO). Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
2003

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This booklet will help the reader to begin to develop an effective school health and protection component. It pays attention not only to what is happening in classrooms and how far lessons plans have progressed, but also to: finding opportunities to include health promotion in everything done by schools and with communities; focusing on strategies that are feasible to implement even in the most resource poor schools and those located in hard-to-reach areas; creating effective partnerships between teachers, parents, students, health workers, and community members to get necessary resources and support; and increasing children's awareness and participation in solving health and protection problems that are relevant to their lives

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