The World Bank Group Education and Skills Global Practice and the Center for Global Development invite you to the global launch of "From Prospective to Prepared Teacher: A Global Study of Initial Teacher Education."
Effective primary school teachers are foundational to quality education and to building the human capital that drives long-term economic growth and shared prosperity. The preparation teachers receive before entering the classroom helps determine the quality of students education and is essential to making teaching, and all other investments in education, more effective. This new publication examines how initial teacher education is delivered worldwide and offers five guiding principles to help decision makers strengthen teacher preparation, drawing on detailed experiences from 11 countries and evidence from many more.
Join us for a presentation and panel discussion featuring prominent experts on teacher education and policy, followed by an open Q&A.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Christian Bodewig, Director, Education & Skills, World Bank Group
Presenters
Laura Gregory, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank Group
Katy Bullard, Analyst, World Bank Group
Panelists
Linda Darling-Hammond, Chief Knowledge Officer, Learning Policy Institute
Antonia Wulff, Director of Research, Policy and Advocacy, Education International
David Sani Mwanza, Teacher Educator, University of Zambia
Ancell Scheker Mendoza, Vice-Minister of Technical and Pedagogical Affairs, Ministry of Education, Dominican Republic
Moderator
David Evans, Director, Global Education and Child Well-Being Program and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
