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In this article, Professor Jon Andoni Duñabeitia from the Universidad Nebrija in Madrid, Spain, talks about inclusive and scientifically validated approaches to language learning.

Back in May, we attended the Inspiring Change conference in Brussels – and there is no one more qualified to talk about this topic than Graham Donaldson, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, who has been commissioned to design a new assessment and curriculum for Wales. In this interview, he generously shared his thoughts on systemic and sustainable change.

In this article, Michel Grangeat from the University of Grenoble Alpes in France shares some of his expertise on metacognition as a way to strengthen teaching and learning.

It’s the middle of June 2018 in Austria and the academic year is coming to an end. Schools and cultural institutions in many towns and cities are currently holding the final presentations of their cultural education projects.

A cicerone is a guide who informs sightseers about a cultural resource – and that is just what students become in the award-winning programme Apprendisti Ciceroni. The programme aims to make students into active citizens, and to put them in touch with their cultural heritage. But does it work, and how? Our third interview at the Education Summit was with Cristina Marchini, Head of School and Education Department at Fondo Ambiente Italiano, which launched the programme.

Migration is among the most pressing issues facing educators around the world, shaping communities in many regions. Student mobility is increasingly a norm rather than an exception. A staggering 258 million people have been living outside their home country for more than a year, up from 173 million in 2000, a population roughly equivalent to the fourth most populous country, Indonesia. The current globalised era is one of rapid and frequent movement, driven in part by economic growth that demands labour. Educators have ethical and legal obligations to promote the best interests of the students in their care.

There is a rising need for employees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) at a liminal time: calls to program automatons multiply, even as automation takes jobs away. Still, not everyone should become a by-the-book programmer or STEM specialist; tomorrow will place a higher value upon creative thinking. Turning STEM into STEAM by adding an A for Arts can help turn our classrooms into a creative learning environment!

Festivals and workshops, policy and continuity, lessons and resources – Jean-Luc Richter talked all things science when we interviewed him at the Education Summit. As vice president of Science on Stage France (a branch of Science on Stage) and Physics and Chemistry teacher at Lycée Jean-Baptiste Schwilgué, he has been able to examine science education from more than one angle.

At the heart of the teaching and learning process is a magical dialogue between teacher and student. It manifests itself in the glinting eyes of comprehension and creativity. This article outlines the steps we have taken to create a vision for teaching using digital technologies, and how we “assist discovery” by developing computational thinking.

Is the flipped classroom en route to replacing the traditional classroom? Is e-learning our destiny? As founder of Unicoos and a nominee for the Global Teacher Prize 2017, David Calle is well acquainted with this topic. He took some time out of his busy schedule at the Education Summit to talk to us about it.