1. OVERVIEW
Project and Workshop

2. Project Timeline Regional workshop Consolidation of reports
Multi-country review
A follow-up review
Advocacy Guides
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Regional seminar
Regional expert meeting
in co-operation with the Japanese Funds-in-Trust.
Strengthening Teacher Training to Achieve EFA
Reorienting Quality Teacher Education towards EFA and ESD

3. STRENGTHENING TEACHER TRAINING TO ACHIEVE EFA
Aim to improve the quality of teachers in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting reforms in national pre-service teacher education systems.
2007 – 2009

4. Review of Pre-service Teacher Training (situational analysis)
MULTI-COUNTRY REVIEW
Review of Pre-service Teacher Training (situational analysis)

5. Seven countries participate: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal and Viet Nam.

6. REGIONAL SEMINAR
Promoting Right-based Approach in Pre-service Teacher Education and Training towards EFA in the Asia-Pacific Countries
25-27 May 2009
May 2009: A regional workshop with all participating countries held in Cambodia to share findings from the seven countries and discuss strategies for follow-up action for the next phases.

7. REGIONAL SEMINAR

8. REGIONAL SEMINAR

9. REORIENTING QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION TOWARDS EFA & ESD PHASE 1
Aim to improve the quality of teachers in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting reforms in national pre-service teacher education systems.
2010 – 2011

10. Reorienting Quality Teacher Education towards EFA and ESD Phase 1
FOLLOW-UP REVIEW
Reorienting Quality Teacher Education towards EFA and ESD
Phase 1
: A follow-up review organized in Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Nepal, under the framework of the regional project “Reorienting Quality Teacher Education towards EFA and ESD, Phase 1”, to further analyse the gaps identified in capacity and implementation within pre-service teacher education systems.

11. Thailand was also invited to participate in the second review to conduct a “two-in-one” review, to incorporate the situation analysis and the identification of good practices.

12. REORIENTING QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION TOWARDS EFA & ESD PHASE 2
Aim to improve the quality of teachers in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting reforms in national pre-service teacher education systems.
2012

13. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTS
Strengthening Teacher Education to Achieve EFA by How are student teachers prepared to adopt inclusive attitudes and practices when they start teaching?

14. REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING
Inclusive Education through Quality Teacher Education in Asia-Pacific
16-18 July 2012

15. REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING
The findings and recommendations from the countries’ review reports were synthesised and disseminated to participating countries at a regional expert meeting in July At the meeting, participants discussed the critical role of pre-service teacher education in providing future teachers with the necessary knowledge, competencies and values in order to develop and support inclusive learning environments. These findings subsequently became the basis of UNESCO Bangkok’s newly published “Promoting Inclusive Teacher Education: Advocacy Guides”.
REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING

16. REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING

17. REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING

18. REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING
European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education
REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING

19. REGIONAL EXPERT MEETING

20. Promoting Inclusive Teacher Education in Asia-Pacific
ADVOCACY GUIDES
Promoting Inclusive Teacher Education in Asia-Pacific

21. PROMOTING INCLUSIVE TEACHER EDUCATION: ADVOCACY GUIDES
They discuss challenges and barriers to inclusive education in the four main areas of teacher education, and offer related strategies and solutions for effective advocacy towards sound inclusive policies and practices.
PROMOTING INCLUSIVE TEACHER EDUCATION: ADVOCACY GUIDES

22. REORIENTING QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION TOWARDS EFA & ESD PHASE 3
Aim to improve the quality of teachers in the Asia-Pacific region by promoting reforms in national pre-service teacher education systems.
2013

23. REGIONAL WORKSHOP
Advocacy Guides for Promoting Inclusive Teacher Education in Asia-Pacific
5-7 June 2013

24. OBJECTIVES 1. To disseminate the core messages of the Advocacy Guides;
2. To receive comments and feedback on the Advocacy Guides;
3. To discuss and agree on the guidelines for translation and adaptation of the Advocacy Guides;

25. OBJECTIVES
4. To discuss country specific strategies to advocate for inclusive education in teacher education policies, curricula, materials and methodologies;
5. To develop country specific work plans for the translation & adaptation of the Advocacy Guides, and strategies for advocacy on inclusive teacher education.

26. EXPECTED RESULTS
1. Enhanced understanding of advocacy for promoting and applying inclusive practices in and through pre- service teacher education;
2. A set of comments and suggestions on the Advocacy Guides and their uses;
3. Finalised guidelines for translation and adaptation of the Advocacy Guides;

27. EXPECTED RESULTS
4. A country level work plan for translation and adaptation of the Advocacy Guides for each participating country;
5. A national advocacy strategy for inclusive teacher education for each participating country.

28. ADAPTATION OF ADVOCACY GUIDES
FORTHCOMING …

29. Preparing teachers in Asia-Pacific for inclusive education
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Preparing teachers in Asia-Pacific for inclusive education

30. THANK YOU