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Positive Influences and Educational Practices in the STEM Learning Ecosystem: An Asset-Based, Multi-Case Exploration of Non-Formal Youth Education in Senegal

By Kebe, Fatima Zahra for the completion of her PhD thesis at Virginia Tech [Extract from a PhD thesis] The Science Education Exchange for Sustainable Development (SeeSD) was founded in 2016 with a mission of fostering Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) education, encouraging critical thinking, and scientific literacy...

Up for Discussion at the United Nations: The Skills Youth Need

By Kristina Ishmael for NewamericaUp for Discussion at the United Nations: The Skills Youth Need OER and Open Learning Among Topics Getting International Airtime The potential of openly distributing and sharing educational materials via the Internet has always seemed like a no-brainer for champions of improving education internationally. Students...

POM Berlin 2021 Overview

By Pomconference In a state of ontological crisis, all boundaries between human and machine, nature and culture, and the organic and inorganic have been severely blurred. These are times of curious contrivances, novel natures, inescapable automation, and posthuman performances – where human and nonhuman find themselves being entwined, meshed and...

Fund what in Africa? The outdated westernized education system

By Khadidiatou Sall in medium The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) conference took place in Dakar, Senegal on February 2–3, 2018. The conference, themed “Financing the future,” was co-chaired by Senegalese President Macky Sall and French President Emmanuel Macron. More than 2 billion dollars were raised to fund education in the GPE’s...