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This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Dr. Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela, Education Advisor to ASEAN on the Future of Education in the ASEAN Socio Cultural Community Research and Development Platform and former director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat. In the podcast, Dr. Pascu...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Tricia Wind, the Program Leader for GPE KIX at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). In the Podcast, Tricia Wind talks about the linkage between IDRC, GPE KIX and local stakeholders, the value of South-to-South learning and how to improve the impact and uptake...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Elizabeth Cassity, Senior Research Fellow in the Education and Development Program at Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). In the podcast, Elizabeth Cassity talks about success and barriers related to her work in the Asia and Pacific region, how she uses qualita...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Amélie Gagnon, demographer and Senior Programme Specialist (Data and Evidence) at the IIEP-UNESCO. In the podcast, Amélie Gagnon talks about bringing stats into education, data-driven decision-making, advising governments, educational planning for natural hazards, online educat...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Kim Anh Nguyen, the National Coordinator of the Vietnam Association for Education for All (VAEFA). In the Podcast, Ms Nguyen talks about her experience of moving from the private sector over to the field of education, along with the challenges of coalition building across diff...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Monirath (Moni) Siv, the founder and CEO of Teach For Cambodia (TFC). In the Podcast, Mr Siv talks about his motivation to start a new educational organisation in Cambodia along with some of the challenges and barriers he had to face. The KIX EAP Podcast promotes diverse voice...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor of Comparative and International Education and Leadership at Soka University of America (USA), features the story of Tamader Al-Tarifi Awad Al-Karim, a former school teacher in Sudan who led a social movement that propelled her to become the Federal Minister of Education. The KIX EAP Podcast promotes diverse voices in t...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Laziz Khujakulov, Head of the Department of Education Quality Monitoring and Teacher Professional Development in the Ministry of Public Education for the Republic of Uzbekistan. In the podcast, Dr. Khujakulov talks about his experience in the government, the challenges of particip...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Karma Utha, Assistant Professor in Samtse College of Education, Royal University of Bhutan. In the podcast, Dr. Utha talks about upholding research that examines public education policies and about improving the quality of education in Bhutan.

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr Sajid Ali, the Amir Sultan Chinoy Associate Professor at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan. In the podcast, Dr Ali offers advice to the international development community working in Pakistan. The KIX EAP Podcast promotes diverse voices in th...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Ludmila Malcoci, the Executive Director of Keystone Moldova and Regional Director (Central and Eastern Europe) of Keystone Human Services International. In the podcast, Dr Malcoci discusses the support her organisation provides to refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, especially th...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Dr. U S Rokeya Akhter, Executive Director of the South Asian Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST) and interim National KIX Coordinator, Bangladesh. In the podcast, Rokeya explains how Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed was used to advocate for Bangladeshi girls' education o...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Kamila Kovyazina, independent researcher based in the Republic of Kazakhstan and presenter in the recent EPIC. In the podcast, Kamila explains why international organisations must listen to local experts. Please note that the podcast was recorded in December 2021, before the January 202...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Sarfaroz Niyozov, Acting Associate Dean of the academic programs, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto,  Canada. Listen to how Sarfaroz Niyozov developed a Critical Pragmatist Framework through his diverse educational background. The KIX EAP Pod...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Batjargal Batkhuyag, Executive Director, Mongolian Education Alliance (MEA), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In this interview, we learn how Mongolia educates its nomadic herder population and more. The KIX EAP Podcast promotes diverse voices in the education discourse, with guests from governm...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features KIX EAP National Steering Committee member, Dr Kilala Devette-Chee, Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader of the Universal Basic Education Research Program at the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute. Dr Devette-Chee is from the country with the most spoken languages and, in...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Almagul Osmonova, the founder and CEO of the Taalim Forum Public Foundation based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Ms Osmonova discusses her background and passion for education. This is a special edition of the KIX EAP podcast ahead of the KIX EAP Regional Conference, where Ms Osmonova will be...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Dr Elena Kardanova, Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia and the Director of the Institute of Education’s Centre for Psychometrics and Measurement in Education. Dr Kardanova explores the question of how researchers can balance...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA) features Bal Chandra Luitel (PhD), Professor at Kathmandu University’s School of Education, located in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Dr Luitel discusses transformative math and the challenges in training teachers with this unconventional paradigm in Nepal. This work was supported by the Global Partnership f...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Aminath Shafiya Adam (PhD) an assistant professor at The Maldives National University, located in Male, Maldives. In this episode, Dr Shafiya explains how she trains future teachers to become “Champions” in their classrooms through positivity. The discussion also explores the importanc...

NORRAG Podcast Episode 10 features guest host, Luis Crouch, Senior Economist of RTI's International Development Group. He interviews Radhika Joshi, Doctor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. They discuss Joshi's article: Can Social Integration in Schools be Mandated? Evidence from the Right to Education Act in India. The paper was published in the International Journal...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Dr. Shehzad Jeeva, Director of the Aga Khan University Examination Board and an Assistant Professor in the university’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, located in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Shehzad Jeeva talks about how to foster critical thinking and hands-on learning in a sector used to ro...

This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), features Maia Bibileishvili, Head of the “Child, Family, Society” (CFS) organisation in Georgia. Maia Bibileisvili talks about how her family experience inspired her to advocate for students with disabilities in Georgia. By grassroots organizing and appealing to the highest levels of government...

Thank you for listening to NORRAG Podcast Episode 9 which features Manos Antoninis, an economist and specialist in questions related to development, education in particular. He is the Director of the Global Education Monitoring Report. This independently governed and financed report, coming up to its 20th edition, is housed at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (U...

In NORRAG Podcast Episode 8, guest hosts, Alexandra Draxler and Keith Lewin, discuss the fact that external aid for educational development is reaching its peak. What does this mean for donor countries, receiving countries, and the tumultuous times we live in? Can equitable access to quality education for all be achieved under the funding structures we have now?