Fernando Reimers
Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education; Director, Global Education Innovation Initiative; Director, International Education Policy Masters; Harvard University, USA
Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation professor of the Practice of International Education and director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of the International Education Policy Masters Program at Harvard University, USA. An expert in the field of global education, his research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21st century. He is a member of UNESCO's high level commission on the Futures of Education. He is currently conducting a study of 31 educational innovations generated during the pandemic which can advance positive educational disruption.
He has written or edited forty-two books, of which the most recent include: Primary and Secondary Education during COVID-19, University and school collaborations during a pandemic, An Educational Calamity: Learning and teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic, Leading Education Through COVID-19, Education and Climate Change: the Role of Universities, Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Reforms: Building an education Renaissance after a Global Pandemic, Educating Students to Improve the World, Audacious Education Purposes. How governments transform the goals of education systems, Empowering teachers to build a better world. How six nations support teachers for 21st century education.
At the request of the International Academy of Education and of UNESCO's International Bureau of Education, he has recently completed a guide for school leaders and education authorities on how to build an education renaissance after the pandemic. With his graduate students, he has developed three curriculum resources aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which are translated into multiple languages and widely used by schools and school systems around the world: Empowering Global Citizens, Empowering Students to Improve the World in Sixty Lessons and Learning to Collaborate for the Global Common Good.
Last updated: Jul 28, 2021