The World's fIrsT THINk-TANk on educaTIon

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The World’s fIrsT THINkTANk on educaTIon

the international allianCe of leading eduCation institutes iS tHE WorLD’S FirSt tHiNKtANK oN EDUcAtioN. tHE AiM iS to ProDUcE NEW iNSiGHtS AND rEcoMMENDAtioNS oN EDUcAtioNAL MAttErS – MUcH LiKE WHAt tHE WorLD EcoNoMic ForUM DoES oN EcoNoMic MAttErS.

THE tEn MEMBERS

THE aLLIàncE cOMpRISES tEn OF tHE wORLD’S LEàDIng FàcULtIES ànD UnIVERSIty ScHOOLS In tHE fiELD OF EDUcàtIOnàL RESEàRcH:

the SChOOl Of EduCaTIOn, BeIjIng NORmal UnIveRsITY, PeOple’s republIC Of chIna

the insTITuTe Of EduCaTIOn, UnIveRsITY Of LOndOn, UK

the NaTIOnal insTITuTe Of EduCaTIOn, NanYang teChnOlOgICal UnIveRsITY, SIngapORe

onTaRIO insTITuTe fOR STudIes In EduCaTIOn, UnIveRsITY Of tOROnTO, canada

MelbOuRne GRaduaTe SChOOl Of EduCaTIOn, MelbOuRne UnIveRsITY, AusTRalIa

the FaCulTY Of EduCaTIOn, UnIveRsITY Of WIsCOnsIn, USA

the DanIsh SChOOl Of EduCaTIOn, UnIveRsITY Of AaRhus, DenmaRk

the FaCulTY Of EduCaTIOn, SeOul NaTIOnal UnIveRsITY, KORea

the FaCulTY Of EduCaTIOn, UnIveRsITY Of SaO PaulO, BRazIl

the SChOOl Of EduCaTIOn, UnIveRsITY Of cape tOwn, SOuTh AfRICa

 “It iS bEyOND DOUbt tHàt kNOwLEDGE, EDUCàtiON àND LEàRNiNG HàvE bECOmE GLObàL iSSUES. uNLikE OtHER pRODUCtivE FORCES SUCH àS LàND àND iNDUStRy, kNOwLEDGE CàNNOt bE LimitED tO à SpECifiC REGiON OR NàtiON, bUt mOvES FREELy àCROSS bORDERS.THEREFORE, EDUCàtiON àND EDUCàtiONàL pOLiCy àRE SUbjECtS wHiCH CàN ONLy bE COm pREHENSivELy StUDiED àND ExpLàiNED iN à GLObàL pERSpEC tivE,” SàyS dEàN làRS QvORtRUp,THE dàNiSH sCHOOL OF eDUCàtiON. dENmàRk CURRENtLy HOLDS tHE CHàiRmàNSHip OF tHE aLLiàNCE. THE aLLiàNCE wàS FORmED àt à SUmmit iN siNGàpORE iN 2007. ItS iNitiàL pRiORity wàS tO ExàmiNE tHE iSSUE OF Teacher Education, CURRENtLy à màjOR CONCERN tHROUGHOUt tHE wORLD. THE aLLiàNCE HàS RECENtLy LàUNCHED à NEw jOiNt RE SEàRCH pROjECt witH FOCUS ONClimate Change and Sustain able Development –The Response from EducationSEt OF. a RECOmmENDàtiONS bàSED ON tHE pROjECt’S fiNDiNGS wiLL bE pUbLiSHED iN aUGUSt 2009, iN timE FOR tHE un cLimàtE sUmmit tO bE HELD LàtER iN tHE yEàR. n

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THE tHREE gOàLS

THE àIM OF tHE aLLIàncE IS tO InflUEncE pOLIcy DEcISIOnS, SEcURE FUnDIng ànD InSpIRE RESEàRcH ànD IntERVEntIOn EFFORtS tHàt wILL IMpROVE EDUcàtIOn LOcàLLy ànD gLOBàLLy. THE aLLIàncE wILL UtILISE ExIStIng StREngtHS OF EàcH InStItUtIOnS tO:

1 Speak wITh One vOICe On eduCaTIOnal maTTeRs TO RaIse The pROfile and qualITY Of eduCaTIOn wITh gOveRnmenT, InTeRnaTIOnal agenCIes and The publIC aT laRge.

2 ACT as a fORum fOR COllabORaTIOn TO develOp undeRsTandIng In ORdeR TO addRess CuRRenT lOCal and glObal eduCaTIOnal Issues.

3 Be a ThInkTank ThaT dRaws upOn exIsTIng expeRTIse and ReseaRChbased evIdenCe TO geneRaTe Ideas, anTICIpaTe TRends and develOp fuTuRe

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