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.
Join us each week for Learning World.
You can also see all our Learning World reports on the website of our partner WISE.
Learning World Concept
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.
Join us each week for Learning World.
You can also see all our Learning World reports on the website of our partner WISE.
Latest
- First Aid for minority languages 12/09/2014
- Differing schools of thought: controversy over education curricula 05/09/2014
- Enjoying summer with mermaids, movies and menus 18/07/2014
- Education in the Netherlands: ‘I don’t want my daughter taught in a museum’ 11/07/2014
- The art of happiness through positive education 04/07/2014
- The importance of vocational skills 27/06/2014
- Changing education for a changing world 20/06/2014
- Focus on Brazil: teaching more than tackling 13/06/2014
- Students of the weird and wonderful 06/06/2014
- What’s the score? the pros and cons of the marking system 30/05/2014
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23/05 17:10 CET
Living history to learn and retain it
Memorising lists of historical facts and figures is increasingly a thing of the past, as teachers explore new ways of making…
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16/05 17:07 CET
Mother nurture: the impact of maternal influence on children’s education
A recent study concludes that maternal influence can be a big factor in how…
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09/05 16:42 CET
Good vibrations: sound and silence in education
In this edition of Learning World we explore how what we hear – and sometimes what we don’t hear – affects our…
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02/05 16:49 CET
Get connected: how tweets, chats and Vine videos boost learning
According to recent research the use of social media in education is increasing, although there remains some concerns about…
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25/04 16:38 CET
Happy days: the benefits of making lessons fun
The concept that people learn better when they are enjoying themselves is increasingly accepted and many teachers now use fun…
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18/04 17:02 CET
Get them early, the key to educational success
Many experts say that early learning gives children a head start when they go to school. But what kind of learning and how much…
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11/04 16:57 CET
Education credit crunch: innovative ideas for financing your studies
Funding a university degree can be an education in itself. Where do people turn when scholarships and grants aren’t…
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04/04 16:40 CET
How health and hygiene go hand in hand with education
As we all know, prevention is better than a cure. So to tackle the problems caused by bad hygiene and sanitation, plus a lack of…
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28/03 16:28 CET
Georgia’s school report: on the right path, more effort needed
Since becoming independent from the Soviet Union, Georgia has made sweeping social reforms, including a number in education…
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21/03 16:55 CET
Ripple effect: the big ideas making waves in worldwide education
Some local educational ideas have such an impact that they go beyond borders and gain international recognition. In this…
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14/03 16:57 CET
Education in prisons: learning the hard way
A recent report by the RAND Corporation found that educating people in prison can cut re-offending by around 43 percent. In this…
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07/03 16:51 CET
Breaking down the barriers to equal education rights
Worldwide, gender inequality remains widespread. In extreme cases in some global regions girls are still sold as child brides…
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28/02 17:00 CET
Bridging the technological divide
A recent UN report concludes that the global digital divide is significant, even though it is slowly closing. As Information and…
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21/02 16:42 CET
Better education through better teaching
Improving teaching is an obvious path to better education, but there can be many obstacles along the way. In this edition of…
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14/02 17:03 CET
Transforming Brazil’s slum kids, second chances in Corfu and Jordan
With the football World Cup looming, Brazil is increasingly making…
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07/02 17:02 CET
Education on the move with MOOCs
A new world of opportunity is opening up to students who previously may have missed out on a shot at higher education…
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31/01 16:30 CET
Creative thinking: taking an artistic approach to science
We cross the bridge between arts and science in this edition of Learning World, as we explore the benefits of taking a creative…
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24/01 16:57 CET
Making money central to the learning experience
In this edition of Learning World we see how three approaches are making the daily handling of money and financial affairs a…
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17/01 17:09 CET
In a league of their own: the best performers in global education
China is consistently ranked very highly in the PISA results (Programme for International Student Assessment) and in 2012 its…
Previous editions
- 10/01/2014Turning the corner in Tunisia: a Learning World special focus
- 03/01/2014What’s another year?
- 27/12/2013Air, Fire and Water
- 20/12/2013Creative thinking: new ideas in education
- 13/12/2013Rural education
- 06/12/2013Education on the move
- 29/11/2013‘Home’ education: how beneficial is it?
- 22/11/2013The long road to school in Mexico, Uganda and Kenya
- 15/11/2013WISE Prize 2013: Vicky Colbert’s silent revolution
- 08/11/2013An Olympic education
- 01/11/2013Lebanon: the future is now
- 01/11/2013WISE 2013: The role of technology in education
- 31/10/2013The WISE Educational Awards recognise innovative projects from New Zealand to Canada
- 31/10/20132013 WISE Prize awarded to Vicky Colbert
- 30/10/2013WISE: Reinventing education for life
- 25/10/2013Inspirational programmes changing the educational landscape in three countries
- 18/10/2013PEAS, ALISON and MEDERSAT among the WISE guys in international education awards
- 11/10/2013The mutual benefits of volunteer work
- 04/10/2013Educating the world from top to bottom
- 27/09/2013Homework – Marks out of 10 for learning?
- 20/09/2013German education: from bureaucracy to philosophy
- 13/09/2013Memories, dreams and reflections of schooldays
- 06/09/2013Back to School Blues
- 30/08/2013Becoming a leader is something you learn
- 27/08/2013In sickness and in class
- 23/08/2013What makes some schools amazing?
- 16/08/2013Summer camps: a different kind of holiday
- 09/08/2013Still too many children not getting an education
- 05/08/2013TED winner Mitra warns teachers to be ready for change
- 02/08/2013Education faces a possible future without teachers
- 26/07/2013Exposing Slavery
- 19/07/2013Morocco aims for a 21st century education system
- 12/07/2013Real life education
- 05/07/2013What’s the use of a PhD anyway?
- 28/06/2013Are exams the best way to test our teens?
- 21/06/2013Subject to choice
- 14/06/2013My nursery is different
- 07/06/2013How IT is boosting education
- 31/05/2013Do school uniforms make a difference?
- 24/05/2013Turkey: bridging cultures
- 17/05/2013The lessons of tweeting; learning from social media
- 10/05/2013The power of civic education
- 03/05/2013The serious side of games
- 26/04/2013A mentor: a life-changing experience
- 19/04/2013Changing lives through education
- 12/04/2013Drop-outs: dealing with failure
- 05/04/2013The MOOC Movement – learning for all?
- 29/03/2013Syria: Rebuilding education
- 22/03/2013Rooted to the classics
- 15/03/2013Educating the green guardians of the future
- 08/03/2013100 years after launch of International Women’s day the struggle continues
- 01/03/2013Violence in schools: The dread of cyber-bullying
- 20/02/2013Oiling the wheels of education in the Gulf
- 15/02/2013A sporting chance in the classroom
- 08/02/2013Doha’s WISE awards recognise top educational projects
- 01/02/2013Displaced Children
- 25/01/2013Haiti: Rebuilding education
- 18/01/2013Building bridges between school and work
- 11/01/2013Sharing the pain, learning the lesson
- 04/01/2013The boys and girls who’d rather go to school
- 28/12/2012Learning the abilities to overcome disabilities
- 21/12/2012Wise words in India teach thousands in the slums
- 14/12/2012Leaving no orphans behind
- 07/12/2012Education and Media
- 30/11/2012In business
- 23/11/2012Class music on three continents
- 16/11/2012‘Flipped’ classrooms improve learning
- 15/11/2012Doha education summit ‘collaborates for change’
- 15/11/2012WISE summit announces six new winners
- 14/11/2012Optimism is the winner
- 14/11/2012Education is the key
- 09/11/2012“WISE” winners & altruistic innovators
- 02/11/2012The Great Escape: children break free from crises
- 26/10/2012US education in focus
- 17/10/2012The bilingualism challenge
- 12/10/2012Education on the frontline of the European crisis
- 05/10/2012Calls for an educational revolution in Egypt
- 14/09/2012Cognition recognition in the learning process
- 07/09/2012Rediscovering a love of reading
- 28/08/2012Summer Learning
- 21/08/2012Changing places
- 14/08/2012Building the schools of tomorrow
- 03/08/2012Informal learning
- 27/07/2012Sporty students: combining studies and high performance sport
- 18/07/2012Making Waves
- 17/07/2012Learning World: Microcredit for Education
- 09/07/2012Well fed, well read
- 05/07/2012Horizontal education
- 28/06/2012At what age philosophy?
- 21/06/2012Green is the colour
- 15/06/2012Game on!
- 08/06/2012Football: Kick-starting education
- 04/06/2012Glassblowing, construction and whistling
- 24/05/2012Inspiring the teachers
- 16/05/2012Gifted children
- 07/05/2012Helping migrant children find their feet
- 04/05/2012Agriculture: sowing the seeds of the future
- 25/04/2012Vocational training: learning as you go
- 19/04/2012Consequences of conflict
- 12/04/2012After calamity strikes
- 29/03/2012WISE prizes for educational innovation
- 22/03/2012Funding Education
- 22/03/2012Discipline in school – the pain of learning
- 14/03/2012Unschooling: the new class of learning
- 08/03/2012Lighting the way for women
- 02/03/2012Spotlight on Russia
- 23/02/2012Ending exclusion
- 16/02/2012Education and the Arab Spring
- 10/02/2012Why we should never stop learning
- 03/02/2012Education moves
- 27/01/2012Teaching indigenous culture
- 23/01/2012Coping with autism
- 13/01/2012Closing divisions
- 05/01/2012It’s a media world
- 02/01/2012Learning to count the pennies
- 23/12/2011Defying disability
- 19/12/2011No gender please, we’re pupils
- 09/12/201120 years after the USSR
- 02/12/2011Learning from another generation
- 28/11/2011Web bonus – Talking about teachers
- 23/11/2011The best days of your life?
- 18/11/2011Chemistry in the classroom
- 18/11/2011Marie Curie’s granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot
- 11/11/2011Closing the education gender gap
- 04/11/2011WISE education summit
- 03/11/2011Learning from the word “go”
- 28/10/2011Talk, walk and learn with the animals
- 21/10/2011Class size matters
- 14/10/2011How clean is clean?
- 29/09/2011Teaching peace
- 29/09/2011Making sense of maths
- 02/09/2011Atypical schools for different children
- 02/09/2011Building bridges through education
- 12/08/2011Dancing into the future
- 08/08/2011Ashoka’s Bill Drayton believes you can make a difference
- 02/08/2011Summer Camps
- 01/08/2011Ashoka – a success for social enterprise
- 21/07/2011What future for books in the digital age?
- 21/07/2011Who am I? – identity and education
- 08/07/2011Classes in conflict zones
- 27/06/2011Skipping school
- 21/06/2011Distance learning – a long way to get an education
- 13/06/2011UNICEF supports schools around the world
- 13/06/2011Taking the gap
- 06/06/2011Child workers – not always a bad thing
- 06/06/2011A class from the past
- 06/06/2011Class creativity
- 03/06/2011Screen school – Hi-tech learning
- 20/05/2011Gold stars – and stripes
- 13/05/2011Business education: softly softly
- 10/05/2011Learning lessons in jail
- 25/04/2011Prestigious universities
- 21/04/2011Equality of opportunity: interview with Irina Bukova
- 21/04/2011Adult literacy – the right to read
- 11/04/2011Social Media in the classroom
- 06/04/2011Inspiring pre-schoolers
- 31/03/2011Who is scared of Summerhill
- 28/03/2011Alternative teaching methods
- 21/03/2011Low cost learning is priceless
- 18/03/2011‘Be keen on Green’
- 16/03/2011Music school hits the right note
- 11/03/2011New countries, new classrooms
- 28/02/2011Inspiring women
- 25/02/2011Educating tomorrow’s scientists
- 18/02/2011Finding funds for universities
- 11/02/2011Erasmus goes global
- 01/02/2011A sporting chance
- 28/01/2011Learning to stay well
- 21/01/2011UNESCO targets education
- 14/01/2011Education bridging rural-urban divide
- 03/01/2011Emergency education after disasters
- 31/12/2010Teaching Tolerance
- 13/12/2010Learning outside the classroom
- 03/12/2010Making education a family matter
- 02/12/2010The multilingual goal
- 23/11/2010Special kids need special education
- 16/11/2010Food for thought
- 12/11/2010How do you train a leader?
- 12/11/2010Learning for the future in Brazil
- 05/11/2010Finland: First in Class
- 29/10/2010Teaching the tricks of the trade
- 23/10/2010Education empowering women
- 11/10/2010Education in far away places
- 08/10/2010Learning with new technologies
- 02/10/2010“Art and Education”
- 23/09/2010A global perspective on education
- 23/09/2010Hope and education
About our partner
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.
For more information and to join the WISE Community, visit WISE website: www.wise-qatar.org