#iedplectures

This week, we welcomed the last (but not least) guest speaker of this semester’s #IEDPLectures series: Dr. Julian Cristia. He is the Lead Economist in the Research Department at the Inter-American Development Bank.

Dr. Cristia talked about a recent study he had conducted - a meta-analysis on cost-effectiveness of technology interventions in developing countries.

ICT4D is an area with so many unanswered questions. That is why: “more research is needed.”

The #IEDPLecture by Dr. Pia Britto, Senior Advisor on ECD at UNICEF, was the highlight of the week for many of us. She talked about Early Childhood Development and the role of scientific evidence in advocacy and policy-making.

The presentation sparked many interesting questions from the audience. Dr. Britto was truly an encouragement for all of us to work to bridge academia and practice.

At this week’s #IEDPLecture, we were thrilled to be joined by Ms Saniye Gülser Corat, Director of the Division for Gender Equality, Office of the Director-General, UNESCO.

Ms Corat talked about UNESCO’s vision for promoting gender equality in light of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as her own journey speaking up for the rights of women, girls and gender minorities.

This week's #IEDPLecture was given by Penn GSE’s very own Dr. Nancy Hornberger on the topic of indigenous language revitalization. It was a 90-minute reflexive journey on ethnography, identities, and human relationships.

Dr. Hornberger talked about her experiences conducting ethnography and ethnographic monitoring in three very different contexts where she has worked for the last four decades: the Andes, South Africa, and Scandinavia.

This Thursday we welcomed Dr. Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, to kick off the 2016 #IEDPLectures series.

The talk was on “Transforming International Education for Changes in the Workplace”, in which Dr. Levin highlighted the importance of “adaptability” in education in the 21st century.