Webinar Recording: Skilling Asia's Healthcare Workforce Read more about Webinar Recording: Skilling Asia's Healthcare Workforce Almost all countries in Asia and the Pacific, irrespective of their level of development, have embraced the goal of working towards Universal Health Coverage, promoting better health services and healthier living. Providing quality health and care requires investments in infrastructure, technology, medical goods, system reform, and human resources. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require investments in job creation, and across the social sectors. Building knowledge, commitment, and identifying innovative opportunities is an important step.
Webinar Recording: Educating Girls to Create a Green, Resilient, and Equal World Read more about Webinar Recording: Educating Girls to Create a Green, Resilient, and Equal World How can we support girls and young women to gain the required skills in the transition to a greener and more resilient world? This session will discuss key aspects of investments in girls’ education that need urgent attention in the context of the climate crisis and COVID-19 recovery.
Convergence of Research and Evidence with Practice Read more about Convergence of Research and Evidence with Practice
Erum Mariam Keywords education skills forum international skills forum ADB k-12 new normal Read more about Erum Mariam Erum Mariam is the Executive Director of BRAC IED (Institute of Educational Development) BRAC University, in Bangladesh. Mariam completed her PhD in Education from Cambridge University in 2008. She has extensive experience in scaling up education interventions both nationally and globally and was involved in the expansion of the unique BRAC-run Non-Formal Primary (NFP) Schools in the 1990s. Since 2008, Mariam has promoted BRAC IED’s vision of contributing to the improvement of quality, equity, and efficiency in the education system in partnership with the public sector.
Convergence of Digital Education from High Resource Context to Scale/Mainstream to Low Resource Context Read more about Convergence of Digital Education from High Resource Context to Scale/Mainstream to Low Resource Context
Anant Agarwal Keywords education skills forum international skills forum ADB k-12 new normal Read more about Anant Agarwal Dr. Agarwal is the founder and CEO of edX. He taught the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT, which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries. He has served as the director of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT. A successful serial entrepreneur, he co-founded several companies.
Convergence of Psychology with Education with Growth Mindset Read more about Convergence of Psychology with Education with Growth Mindset
Carol Dweck Keywords education skills forum international skills forum ADB k-12 new normal Read more about Carol Dweck Dr. Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. She is the originator of theory and research on fixed and growth mindsets. Her research examines the origins of these mindsets, their role in motivation, and their impact on achievement and well-being. Prior to her current position, Dr. Dweck was professor at the Department of Psychology at Columbia University and professor at the Laboratory of Human Development, Harvard University. She obtained her Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University. Dr.
Convergence of Brain Science with Education Read more about Convergence of Brain Science with Education
Patricia Kuhl Keywords education skills forum international skills forum ADB k-12 new normal Read more about Patricia Kuhl Patricia Katherine Kuhl (born Mitchell, South Dakota, November 5, 1946) is a Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences and co-director of the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington. She specializes in language acquisition and the neural bases of language, and she has also conducted research on language development in autism and computer speech recognition.