#84 Beyond the Classroom: Global Lessons on Out-of-Field Teaching

This episode steps back to see out-of-field teaching as part of a bigger picture. We look at the World Summit on Teachers in Santiago and its outcome, the Santiago Consensus. We hear UNESCO’s stark projections of a 50 million teacher shortfall by 2030. We consider Australia’s data gaps, stories from Tajikistan, and candid teacher voices on Reddit. Together these threads show how teachers are being stretched beyond their training — and why that mattersfor policy and identity. I also share a powerful idea I heard recently about the balance of know-how and show-how. And we preview the upcoming UNESCO-OOFTAS Conference.

Links:
https://asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/society/20250919/even-on-independence-day-we-were-in-the-cotton-fields-teachers-and-students-complain-of-forced-cotton-picking-in-sughd

https://www.unesco.org/sites/default/files/medias/fichiers/2025/08/world-summit-teachers-final-santiago-consensus-en.pdf

Out-of-Field Teaching Across Specialisations (OOFTAS) international symposium 2025 website

https://ooftas-collective.org/2025-symposium

Session recordings should be available now if not soon

UNESCO-OOFTAS Conference 18 October 2025

https://ooftas-collective.org/unescoooftas-conference-2025