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Learning World: a weekly report on worldwide education for both children and adults, including inspiring stories and analysis from experts in the field

Focus on Brazil: teaching more than tackling

13/06 17:15 CET

Brazil is one of the world’s top 10 economies although per capita income, at around 8,000 euros, remains relatively low. In this special edition of Learning World, presented by Maha Barada, we take a look at the overall picture of…

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Education is a pillar of societies all around the world and as such strikes a chord with people across the planet whatever their background. We want our stories to have personal and global resonance.

Our viewers will travel the globe with Learning World and see and hear a vast range of stories covering the many facets of education. Our reports will inform, entertain, inspire, shock, move, surprise... We'll be looking at the present day, but also investigating the shape of education to come.

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  1. 25/04/2014Happy days: the benefits of making lessons fun
  2. 18/04/2014Get them early, the key to educational success
  3. 11/04/2014Education credit crunch: innovative ideas for financing your studies
  4. 04/04/2014How health and hygiene go hand in hand with education
  5. 28/03/2014Georgia’s school report: on the right path, more effort needed
  6. 21/03/2014Ripple effect: the big ideas making waves in worldwide education
  7. 14/03/2014Education in prisons: learning the hard way
  8. 07/03/2014Breaking down the barriers to equal education rights
  9. 28/02/2014Bridging the technological divide
  10. 21/02/2014Better education through better teaching
  11. 14/02/2014Transforming Brazil’s slum kids, second chances in Corfu and Jordan
  12. 07/02/2014Education on the move with MOOCs
  13. 31/01/2014Creative thinking: taking an artistic approach to science
  14. 24/01/2014Making money central to the learning experience
  15. 17/01/2014In a league of their own: the best performers in global education
  16. 10/01/2014Turning the corner in Tunisia: a Learning World special focus
  17. 03/01/2014What’s another year?
  18. 27/12/2013Air, Fire and Water
  19. 20/12/2013Creative thinking: new ideas in education
  20. 13/12/2013Rural education
  21. 06/12/2013Education on the move
  22. 29/11/2013‘Home’ education: how beneficial is it?
  23. 22/11/2013The long road to school in Mexico, Uganda and Kenya
  24. 15/11/2013WISE Prize 2013: Vicky Colbert’s silent revolution
  25. 08/11/2013An Olympic education
  26. 01/11/2013Lebanon: the future is now
  27. 01/11/2013WISE 2013: The role of technology in education
  28. 31/10/2013The WISE Educational Awards recognise innovative projects from New Zealand to Canada
  29. 31/10/20132013 WISE Prize awarded to Vicky Colbert
  30. 30/10/2013WISE: Reinventing education for life
  31. 25/10/2013Inspirational programmes changing the educational landscape in three countries
  32. 18/10/2013PEAS, ALISON and MEDERSAT among the WISE guys in international education awards
  33. 11/10/2013The mutual benefits of volunteer work
  34. 04/10/2013Educating the world from top to bottom
  35. 27/09/2013Homework – Marks out of 10 for learning?
  36. 20/09/2013German education: from bureaucracy to philosophy
  37. 13/09/2013Memories, dreams and reflections of schooldays
  38. 06/09/2013Back to School Blues
  39. 30/08/2013Becoming a leader is something you learn
  40. 27/08/2013In sickness and in class
  41. 23/08/2013What makes some schools amazing?
  42. 16/08/2013Summer camps: a different kind of holiday
  43. 09/08/2013Still too many children not getting an education
  44. 05/08/2013TED winner Mitra warns teachers to be ready for change
  45. 02/08/2013Education faces a possible future without teachers
  46. 26/07/2013Exposing Slavery
  47. 19/07/2013Morocco aims for a 21st century education system
  48. 12/07/2013Real life education
  49. 05/07/2013What’s the use of a PhD anyway?
  50. 28/06/2013Are exams the best way to test our teens?
  51. 21/06/2013Subject to choice
  52. 14/06/2013My nursery is different
  53. 07/06/2013How IT is boosting education
  54. 31/05/2013Do school uniforms make a difference?
  55. 24/05/2013Turkey: bridging cultures
  56. 17/05/2013The lessons of tweeting; learning from social media
  57. 10/05/2013The power of civic education
  58. 03/05/2013The serious side of games
  59. 26/04/2013A mentor: a life-changing experience
  60. 19/04/2013Changing lives through education
  61. 12/04/2013Drop-outs: dealing with failure
  62. 05/04/2013The MOOC Movement – learning for all?
  63. 29/03/2013Syria: Rebuilding education
  64. 22/03/2013Rooted to the classics
  65. 15/03/2013Educating the green guardians of the future
  66. 08/03/2013100 years after launch of International Women’s day the struggle continues
  67. 01/03/2013Violence in schools: The dread of cyber-bullying
  68. 20/02/2013Oiling the wheels of education in the Gulf
  69. 15/02/2013A sporting chance in the classroom
  70. 08/02/2013Doha’s WISE awards recognise top educational projects
  71. 01/02/2013Displaced Children
  72. 25/01/2013Haiti: Rebuilding education
  73. 18/01/2013Building bridges between school and work
  74. 11/01/2013Sharing the pain, learning the lesson
  75. 04/01/2013The boys and girls who’d rather go to school
  76. 28/12/2012Learning the abilities to overcome disabilities
  77. 21/12/2012Wise words in India teach thousands in the slums
  78. 14/12/2012Leaving no orphans behind
  79. 07/12/2012Education and Media
  80. 30/11/2012In business
  81. 23/11/2012Class music on three continents
  82. 16/11/2012‘Flipped’ classrooms improve learning
  83. 15/11/2012Doha education summit ‘collaborates for change’
  84. 15/11/2012WISE summit announces six new winners
  85. 14/11/2012Optimism is the winner
  86. 14/11/2012Education is the key
  87. 09/11/2012“WISE” winners & altruistic innovators
  88. 02/11/2012The Great Escape: children break free from crises
  89. 26/10/2012US education in focus
  90. 17/10/2012The bilingualism challenge
  91. 12/10/2012Education on the frontline of the European crisis
  92. 05/10/2012Calls for an educational revolution in Egypt
  93. 14/09/2012Cognition recognition in the learning process
  94. 07/09/2012Rediscovering a love of reading
  95. 28/08/2012Summer Learning
  96. 21/08/2012Changing places
  97. 14/08/2012Building the schools of tomorrow
  98. 03/08/2012Informal learning
  99. 27/07/2012Sporty students: combining studies and high performance sport
  100. 18/07/2012Making Waves
  101. 17/07/2012Learning World: Microcredit for Education
  102. 09/07/2012Well fed, well read
  103. 05/07/2012Horizontal education
  104. 28/06/2012At what age philosophy?
  105. 21/06/2012Green is the colour
  106. 15/06/2012Game on!
  107. 08/06/2012Football: Kick-starting education
  108. 04/06/2012Glassblowing, construction and whistling
  109. 24/05/2012Inspiring the teachers
  110. 16/05/2012Gifted children
  111. 07/05/2012Helping migrant children find their feet
  112. 04/05/2012Agriculture: sowing the seeds of the future
  113. 25/04/2012Vocational training: learning as you go
  114. 19/04/2012Consequences of conflict
  115. 12/04/2012After calamity strikes
  116. 29/03/2012WISE prizes for educational innovation
  117. 22/03/2012Funding Education
  118. 22/03/2012Discipline in school – the pain of learning
  119. 14/03/2012Unschooling: the new class of learning
  120. 08/03/2012Lighting the way for women
  121. 02/03/2012Spotlight on Russia
  122. 23/02/2012Ending exclusion
  123. 16/02/2012Education and the Arab Spring
  124. 10/02/2012Why we should never stop learning
  125. 03/02/2012Education moves
  126. 27/01/2012Teaching indigenous culture
  127. 23/01/2012Coping with autism
  128. 13/01/2012Closing divisions
  129. 05/01/2012It’s a media world
  130. 02/01/2012Learning to count the pennies
  131. 23/12/2011Defying disability
  132. 19/12/2011No gender please, we’re pupils
  133. 09/12/201120 years after the USSR
  134. 02/12/2011Learning from another generation
  135. 28/11/2011Web bonus – Talking about teachers
  136. 23/11/2011The best days of your life?
  137. 18/11/2011Chemistry in the classroom
  138. 18/11/2011Marie Curie’s granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot
  139. 11/11/2011Closing the education gender gap
  140. 04/11/2011WISE education summit
  141. 03/11/2011Learning from the word “go”
  142. 28/10/2011Talk, walk and learn with the animals
  143. 21/10/2011Class size matters
  144. 14/10/2011How clean is clean?
  145. 29/09/2011Teaching peace
  146. 29/09/2011Making sense of maths
  147. 02/09/2011Atypical schools for different children
  148. 02/09/2011Building bridges through education
  149. 12/08/2011Dancing into the future
  150. 08/08/2011Ashoka’s Bill Drayton believes you can make a difference
  151. 02/08/2011Summer Camps
  152. 01/08/2011Ashoka – a success for social enterprise
  153. 21/07/2011What future for books in the digital age?
  154. 21/07/2011Who am I? – identity and education
  155. 08/07/2011Classes in conflict zones
  156. 27/06/2011Skipping school
  157. 21/06/2011Distance learning – a long way to get an education
  158. 13/06/2011UNICEF supports schools around the world
  159. 13/06/2011Taking the gap
  160. 06/06/2011Child workers – not always a bad thing
  161. 06/06/2011A class from the past
  162. 06/06/2011Class creativity
  163. 03/06/2011Screen school – Hi-tech learning
  164. 20/05/2011Gold stars – and stripes
  165. 13/05/2011Business education: softly softly
  166. 10/05/2011Learning lessons in jail
  167. 25/04/2011Prestigious universities
  168. 21/04/2011Equality of opportunity: interview with Irina Bukova
  169. 21/04/2011Adult literacy – the right to read
  170. 11/04/2011Social Media in the classroom
  171. 06/04/2011Inspiring pre-schoolers
  172. 31/03/2011Who is scared of Summerhill
  173. 28/03/2011Alternative teaching methods
  174. 21/03/2011Low cost learning is priceless
  175. 18/03/2011‘Be keen on Green’
  176. 16/03/2011Music school hits the right note
  177. 11/03/2011New countries, new classrooms
  178. 28/02/2011Inspiring women
  179. 25/02/2011Educating tomorrow’s scientists
  180. 18/02/2011Finding funds for universities
  181. 11/02/2011Erasmus goes global
  182. 01/02/2011A sporting chance
  183. 28/01/2011Learning to stay well
  184. 21/01/2011UNESCO targets education
  185. 14/01/2011Education bridging rural-urban divide
  186. 03/01/2011Emergency education after disasters
  187. 31/12/2010Teaching Tolerance
  188. 13/12/2010Learning outside the classroom
  189. 03/12/2010Making education a family matter
  190. 02/12/2010The multilingual goal
  191. 23/11/2010Special kids need special education
  192. 16/11/2010Food for thought
  193. 12/11/2010How do you train a leader?
  194. 12/11/2010Learning for the future in Brazil
  195. 05/11/2010Finland: First in Class
  196. 29/10/2010Teaching the tricks of the trade
  197. 23/10/2010Education empowering women
  198. 11/10/2010Education in far away places
  199. 08/10/2010Learning with new technologies
  200. 02/10/2010“Art and Education”
  201. 23/09/2010A global perspective on education
  202. 23/09/2010Hope and education

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The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) is a unique international multisectoral initiative for creative thinking, debate and purposeful action, aiming at shaping effective change in education.

WISE is an initiative of Qatar Foundation, launched in 2009 under the leadership of Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.

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