MASHIRIKA YA WANACHAMA
Argentina: Fundación Leer
Trainers:
One, with others on call
Grades:
Preschool and primary.
Languages:
Spanish
Trains in:
Argentina and elsewhere; trainings via distance learning throughout South America.
Focuses:
Coordinates support from local corporate foundations to provide books, reading corners, and teacher training for primary and middle schools in low-income communities. Conducts national reading awareness campaigns and marathons (engaging over 3.5 million children). Distributes children’s books online (15 million), and paperback (2 million, to 2.3 million children). Trains teachers through in-person and online workshops (more than 22,000 teachers to date).
Partners:
Local corporate foundations
Contact:
Fundación Leer
Email:
Website:
Armenia: Step by Step Benevolent Foundation
Trainers:
50
Grades:
Preschool, primary, and higher education
Languages:
Armenian and Russian
Trains in:
Armenia
Focuses:
The foundation combines the Open Society Institute’s Step by Step program for preschools and RWCT program for the primary, middle grades, high school and higher education, trains and retrains parents, teachers, educators and other professionals in the education sector. The foundation promotes the development of an open democratic society where each child will have opportunity to reach her or his full potential.
Partners:
Open Society Foundation, ISSA, RWCT IC, USAID, UNICEF, World Vision, European Union, UMCOR Armenia.
Contact:
Marine Mkrtchyan, Executive Director
Step by Step Benevolent Foundation
Armenia, 0033, Yerevan
Email:
Website:
Burma and Thailand: Thinking Classroom Foundation
Trainers:
More than 300 Active Trainers across Burma/Myanmar and the Thai-Burma Border
Grades:
All levels (from Preschool to Higher Education)
Languages:
Burmese and local ethnic languages
Trains in:
Chiang Mai, Thailand; Burma; and elsewhere. Conducts 8-10 intensive RWCT workshops lasting 7-10 days for 200-300 teachers annually. Trains via distance learning on RWCT topics. More than 400 participants join each virtual training.
Focuses:
Has trained thousands of educators in Chiang Mai and Burma, often in partnership with Buddhist monastic schools. Shares teaching resources and position papers with Burmese educators and with the RWCT network.
Resources:
Publications in Burmese and English: https://www.thinkingclassroom.org/resources.html
Documents:
Partners:
OSF, DFID, Ministry of Education of Myanmar, local Grassroot Education Organizations (Indigenous Education groups, Disability Education Groups, Community-based schools, Faith-based schools, Refugees, IDPs, Migrants schools, etc.), Prospect Burma (UK), The Youth Hope Foundation (USA), The Pam Baker Foundation (Hong Kong), and the Maitri Trust (UK)
Contact:
Dr. Thein Lwin, Chair and Ms. Hawng Tsai, Director
Thinking Classroom Foundation
Chiang Mai, Thailand. 50000
Website:
Canada: Code (Canadian Overseas Development Through Education)
Trainers:
More than 30
Grades:
Primary and middle school; teacher training colleges
Languages:
English, Portuguese, French, and Kiswahili
Trains in:
Contracted projects in Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone; trainings via distance learning
Focuses:
Training and support for children’s book production in local languages. Has provided millions of copies of hundreds of titles of books to children. Pre-service and in-service teacher training with a focus on literacy, critical thinking, and girls’ empowerment.
Partners:
Government Affairs Canada, Global Partnership for Education, UNICEF, and education ministries in project countries.
Contact:
CODE
321 Chapel Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7Z2 Canada
Email:
Website:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau teaches a class in Monrovia with a book produced by Reading-Liberia, as WCF co-director Yvonne Capehart Weah looks on. Reading-Liberia is a joint project of the We-Care Library, CODE, and RWCT. Mr. Trudeau is a former teacher.
Georgia: The School-Family-Society Association
Trainers:
30
Grades:
Primary and middle school
Languages:
Georgian, English, and Russian
Trains in:
Georgia and elsewhere; also offers trainings via distance learning
Focuses:
Using RWCT methods in Georgian, English, and Russian language classes, mathematics, social and social sciences, science, and art; non-formal education training for students; school system development for school leaders; consultations and training to prepare schools for accreditation; and teachers’ professional development and career advancement, including designing professional portfolios. Offers lesson plans and training resources for RWCT members.
Partners:
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, Eurasia Foundation, Open Society Foundation – Georgia, European Commission, US Embassy, and USAID.
Contact:
Irina Kikvadze, Executive Director
The School-Family-Society Association
#8 Kievi str.,
0102 Tbilisi, Georgia
Email:
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Reading Association
Trainers:
29
Grades:
Primary and secondary grades
Languages:
Kazakh and Russian
Trains in:
Around Kazakhstan; also conducts training on line
Focuses:
We offer educative and developmental seminars, and hold regional and national conferences for educators. We are members of Eurasian Committee of the International Literacy Association.
Partners:
Support from local and region educational departments
Contact:
Zeinegul Kopbaeva
Email:
Website:
Kosovo: Kosova Education Centre
Trainers:
62
Grades:
Teacher training for primary, lower and upper secondary, and higher education, including school administrators, curriculum designers, textbook authors and policy-makers.
Languages:
Albanian
Trains in:
Kosovo
Focuses:
Uses critical thinking methodology in various in-service trainings to strengthen teachers’ capacities for organizing a competency-based education that enable students to construct the knowledge and develop their skills through active engagement with the content, peer-interaction and immediate feedback. Additional to training teachers to implement new methodology in their classrooms, the RWCT philosophy, its techniques and strategies are used to design different in-service teacher training programs, such as: The Interactive Learning program, Strategies for teaching and leaning mathematics, Education against corruption, Ethics and Institutional Integrity, SchoolMe, Human Rights Education, EDC/HRE, etc.
Partners:
The Ministry of Education and Science in Kosovo, World Bank, UNICEF, Government Affairs Canada,, KulturKontact, Kosova Foundation of Open Society, Education Support Program, Municipal Education Directorates, etc
Contact:
Kosova Education Centre – KEC
Third Millennium School Compound,
Qendresa Str. no. 48, Matican,
0000 Pristina, Kosovo
Email:
Website:
Kyrgyzstan: Education Initiatives Support Foundation
Trainers:
30
Grades:
Secondary and university level (for students and for teachers).
Languages:
Kyrgyz, Russian, Uzbek
Trains in:
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and online
Focuses:
Specialists in philology, biology, history, mathematics, and pedagogics
Partners:
World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Aga Khan Foundation, UNICEF, UNESCO, and private schools and kindergartens.
Contact:
Nizovskaya Irina, Coordinator of RWCT
The Education Initiatives Support Foundation
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Email:
Website:
Latvia: Education Development Centre
Trainers:
8
Grades:
Teacher training for preprimary, primary, secondary, and adult education, including school administrators, librarians, parents, and policy-makers
Languages:
Latvian and English
Trains in:
Latvia and elsewhere, in coordination with RWCT member organizations. Can train via distance learning.
Focuses:
Uses critical thinking methodology in various trainings to build an educated society consisting of confident individuals who can use their knowledge and skills for active participation and personal growth; an inclusive society that appreciates diversity and promotes social cohesion, and a learning society in which development is based on constantly acquiring knowledge and skills in multiple ways in formal, non-formal and informal settings. Projects embrace civic participation and civic education, critical thinking and media literacy, social integration and intercultural interaction, diversity and tolerance, human relations, community development, and youth integration and empowerment.
Resources:
Partners:
The Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, regional and local education authorities, and national and international NGO’s.
Contact:
Sandra Kalnina
Education Development Centre
Riga LV-1010, Latvia
Email:
Website:
Liberia: The We-Care Foundation
Trainers:
21
Grades:
Preschool, primary, and secondary schools, and teacher training colleges
Languages:
English
Trains in:
Liberia, West Africa, and elsewhere
Focuses:
Pre-service and in-service training for primary, secondary, and teachers’ college faculty in pedagogical skills, writing, and critical thinking across the curriculum. Workshops for writers, illustrators, and designers of supplemental reading books. Works with civil service groups on election and other social issues using a critical thinking model.
Partners:
The Ministry of Education of Liberia, CODE, RWCT, Open Society Foundation, Global Partnership for Education, USAID, Action in Hunger, Book Aid International, and others.
Contact:
Michael Weah, Executive Director
We Care Foundation
Monrovia, Liberia
Email:
wcarelib@yahoo.com
Website:
Lithuania: The Modern Didactics Center
Trainers:
25
Grades:
Pre-primary, primary, secondary, teacher training colleges, universities, adult education, youth development, parent education, librarians, and non-formal education.
Languages:
Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish
Trains in:
Lithuania, Europe, Central Asia
Focuses:
Pre-service and in-service training for primary, secondary, teachers’ college, and university faculty in pedagogical skills and critical thinking across the curriculum and in non-formal settings. Disseminating critical thinking methodologies throughout Europe. Research and publications.
Partners:
Lithuanian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport; Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; European Commission; Open Society Foundation; RWCT Network, in country schools, education centres, universities.
Contact:
Daiva Penkauskiene, Executive Director
ŠIUOLAIKINIŲ DIDAKTIKŲ CENTRAS (Modern Didactics Centre)
Kojelavičiaus str. 1 | LT-11100
Vilnius, Lithuania
Email:
Website:
Moldova: Pro Didactica
Trainers:
50+
Grades:
Preschool, primary, secondary, teachers’ colleges, and adult education
Languages:
Romanian and English
Trains in:
Moldova and elsewhere; also offers trainings via distance learning.
Focuses:
Promotes principles of the open society, supporting individuals and organizations with continuous learning and development, for better personal and professional performance and to facilitate integration into a society in transition. Offers training workshops, a virtual library of pedagogical materials (see link under “Resources”), and a journal of theory and practice of education, Didactica Pro.
Partners:
Ministry of Education, Culture and Research-Moldova, OSF, UNDP, ADC, GPPAC, European Union, Governments of Romania and Lichtenstein, Pestalozzi Children’s Foundation, and others.
Contact:
Dr. Rima Bezede, Executive Director
Educational Center PRO DIDACTICA
Chişinău, Republic of Moldova
Email:
Website:
Romania: Romanian RWCT Association
Trainers:
6
Grades:
Primary and secondary schools, teacher training colleges, and adult education
Languages:
Romanian and English
Trains in:
Romania, Central and Western Europe, and elsewhere. Conducts training via distance learning.
Focuses:
Provides in-service training for primary teachers, and secondary teachers of all disciplines. Association members use RWCT methods in teachers’ colleges. Works with librarians, community activists who promote reading, and family literacy projects (See website and Facebook page for more details).
Partners:
The Ministry of Education of Romania and the European Commission.
Contact:
Asociatia Lectura si Scrierea pentru Dezvoltarea Gandirii Critice Romania
Str. Luceafărului nr. 6/22
400343 Cluj-Napoca, România
Email:
Website:
Sierra Leone: PEN-Sierra Leone
Trainers:
2, with others on call
Grades:
Preschool, primary, and junior secondary school
Languages:
English and Krio
Trains in:
Sierra Leone, Liberia, and online
Focuses:
PEN trains West African writers and illustrators to produce books for children, and supports writing clubs in junior and senior secondary schools in Sierra Leone.
Partners:
PEN-International, World Bank, Government Affairs Canada, CODE of Canada.
Contact:
Allieu Kamara
PEN Sierra Leone
96 Campbell Street
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Email:
aliekay@yahoo.com
Sierra Leone: TALLE-SL
Trainers:
192
Grades:
Primary and Junior Secondary
Languages:
English, Krio, Mende, Limba and Temne
Trains in:
Sierra Leone, Liberia, and online
Focuses:
TALLE trains teachers, teacher trainers, and college faculty in literacy and numeracy methods; and conducts research and assessments on language and numeracy teaching and learning.
Partners:
World Vision, Concern Worldwide, Government Affairs Canada, World Bank, CODE of Canada, WCSL, Cotton Tree Foundation, and Catholic Relief Services.
Contact:
The Association of Language and Literacy Educators of Sierra Leone
Alhajie S. Kanu
Senior Program Manager
49 Circular Road
Freetown, Sierra Leone
+232 78444902 / +232 77376636
Website:
Slovakia: Orava Association for Democratic Education
Trainers:
6
Grades:
Primary and secondary schools, teacher training colleges, and universities
Languages:
Slovak
Trains in:
Slovakia and elsewhere in Europe
Focuses:
Shares teaching and learning strategies that promote democratic principles, tolerance, and cooperation. Currently offering two programs accredited by the Ministry of Education for primary and secondary teachers: Developing Critical Thinking Through Communication Skills and The Literacy Cube: Promoting Reading and Health Literacy in Families.
Partners:
The Methodology and Pedagogy Centre (MPC), National Institute for Education (ŠPÚ), and Elementary school Okružná 17 Michalovce.
Contact:
Orava Association for Democratic Educiation
Masarykova 1984/50
071 01 Michalovce
Slovakia
Email:
Website:
Tajikistan: TACT (Tajik Association for Critical Thinking)
Trainers:
28
Grades:
Secondary and higher education; Institution for Journalists and Lawyers.
Languages:
Tajik, Russian, and English
Trains in:
Tajikistan and Afghanistan; also online
Focuses:
Developing critical skills for the new generation of youth through education and the mass media, with an additional focus on teachers, journalists and lawyers.
Partners:
Open Society Institute, USAID, The Tajikistan Ministry of Education and Science.
Contact:
Tajik Association for Critical Thinking
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Email:
Tanzania: Children’s Book Organization for Tanzania
Trainers:
20
Grades:
Primary grades; school and community libraries
Languages:
Kiswahili and English
Trains in:
Tanzania, East Africa, and elsewhere
Focuses:
Pre-service and in-service training for primary grade teachers in pedagogical skills. Training of teacher- librarians.
Partners:
CODE of Canada
Contact:
Marcus Mgbili
Children’s Book Organization for Tanzania
P.O Box 78245
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Email:
United States and Western Europe: Critical Thinking International
Trainers:
One, with others on call
Grades:
Primary through university
Languages:
English, Spanish, and others
Trains in:
World-wide
Focuses:
Pre-service and in-service training for educators at all levels. Production of supplemental reading materials and textbooks.
Partners:
CODE of Canada, USAID, Global Affairs Canada, UNESCO, OSI, and Global Partnership for Education
Contact:
Charles Temple, Ph.D., Director.
Critical Thinking International
Uzbekistan: Center for Innovations and Technologies
Trainers:
10 active trainers
Grades:
1-11, and higher education students and teachers
Languages:
Uzbek, Russian, and English
Trains in:
Uzbekistan and on-line world wide)
Focuses:
Training of trainers, Leadership programs, Language Teaching, Educational programs.
Partners:
Asian Development Bank, World Bank, USAID, UNICEF)
Contact:
Karimova Gulsanam
Email:
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