"A new report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se) revealed that #Azerbaijan has made significant strides in its school #curriculum, becoming the first #Muslim-majority country to incorporate a definition of #antisemitism into #textbooks.

The report, published on Thursday, is part of a three-part series on Central #Asian #curricula produced in collaboration with the Ruderman Family Foundation, also examining #Uzbekistan and #Kazakhstan."

https://m.jpost.com/international/article-842106#google_vignette

Azerbaijan becomes first Muslim-majority country to define antisemitism in textbooks

An IMPACT-se report studied 53 textbooks from Azerbaijan's national curriculum, finding notable updates, including the removal of anti-Israel narratives, and showing no signs of Islamist rhetoric.

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com

📢New Publication Alert!

🎶 'Teaching #Music #Performance in #HigherEducation', by Helen Minors, Stefan Östersjö, Gilvano Dalagna, and Jorge Correia (eds) is out now!

Bringing together diverse and experienced voices working within Higher #Music #Education but often also as professional #performers, this collection pairs critical reflection with artistic insight to present new approaches to #curricula for #teaching interpretation & performance.

It calls for greater collaboration between #HigherEducation and #professional music institutions to create closer bonds with music industries and, thereby, improve students’ career opportunities.

'#Teaching #Music #Performance in #HigherEducation' will appeal to scholars, performers, and teachers, but also students whose interests centre on innovative practices in #conservatoires and #music departments.

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Teaching Music Performance in Higher Education: Exploring the Potential of Artistic Research

This book contributes presenting examples of artistic research projects that are embedded within Higher Music Performance courses at universities and conservatoires across Europe.

Amid book bans, DEI cuts and 'Don't Say Gay' laws, 7 states will mandate LGBTQ-inclusive curricula

Washington will now mandate that the state’s public schools teach LGBTQ history, as red and blue states continue to diverge on whether schools should expose kids to gay and trans identities.

NBC News

What is your opinion on that?

Rahul Simha, Amruth N. Kumar, and Rajendra K. Raj. 2024. Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula. Commun. ACM 67, 2 (February 2024), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.1145/3624729

#teaching #curricula #computerscience

Undergraduate Computer Science Curricula | Communications of the ACM

First-job readiness versus long-term career preparation.

Communications of the ACM

Heute ist der zweite Tag der #ICMbeyond2024 an der FH St. Pölten. Gestern hat @AThielsch aus dem Vorstand der @dghd_info an der Podiumsdiskussion zu "#Curricula der Zukunft" teilgenommen.

#Curriculumsentwicklung sollte auch #InformellesLernen oder ein #HiddenCurriculum berücksichtigen, auch die Prüfungsformate müssen auf den Prüfstand.

“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere

I’d recommend suggesting it to as many well-meaning cis people as you possibly can.

Autostraddle
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2017/11/21/21103830/why-the-phrase-with-fidelity-is-an-affront-to-good-teaching @alfiekohn Indeed, there is a contradiction between the #standardisation in the “what works” approach and person-centered education. I can imagine that teachers are offended by the “fidelity” argument around new #curricula
Why the phrase ‘with fidelity’ is an affront to good teaching

What the phrase really means, a Minnesota teacher of the year writes, is that teachers better not change anything to serve their students’ specific needs.

Chalkbeat
National culture wars on race, LGBTQ+ rights come to WA schools

Right-wing pushback on school policies and curricula are leading to educator burnout — and fear of personal harm.

Crosscut

#KünstlicheIntelligenz bietet große Potenziale für mehr #Bildungsgerechtigkeit, von #individualisierterFörderung bis #inklusivererBildung

-> Aufnahme #informatischerKompetenzen in #Curricula aller Studiengänge

-> nicht kurzfristiges Produktwissen, sondern langfristig anwendbare Kompetenzen

-> #KI-basierte Informatiksysteme als unterstütz. Instanz in kollab. Systementwicklungsproz. nutzen; Chancen, Risiken u. Grenzen abschätzen

Via Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) https://dl.gi.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/7c533204-8a9e-4436-91a8-069b7d74fc8d/content

Make no mistake; these #bans and #attacks on the #rainbowflag are not in #Michigan alone. Across the country we are seeing a #wave of #antiLGBTQ #legislation: They include #bans on #LGBTQ-#inclusive #school #curricula, on #books and on #lifesaving #trans #healthcare #needs. #Suppressing #speech and #removing our cherished #symbols is part of a larger #mission: #Relegating the #LGBTQ #community to #permanent #secondclass #citizenship.