Ushio Miura is a Programme Specialist at the UNESCO Regional Bureau for
Education in Asia and the Pacific. Since joining UNESCO in 1998, she has worked
to promote education around the world towards addressing inequality and
exclusion, focusing on key issues such as the right to education, literacy and
Education for Sustainable Development. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, and
currently based in Bangkok, Thailand, Ushio has served in various parts of
the world, including at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, and the
UNESCO Kingston Cluster Office for the Caribbean in Jamaica.
Nguyen Ngoc Anh is the Director of the International Cooperation
Department of the Viet Nam National Institute of Educational Sciences. She
holds a Master of Science in Educational Leadership and Management from
Dalarna University, Sweden, and her thesis project examined collaborative
learning through the use of ICT in teaching. Anh has many years of experience
as a teacher and a teacher trainer in teaching English as a Foreign Language
in Viet Nam. She also has hands-on experience in using ICT as a tool for Active
Teaching and Learning. Her professional interests include teacher education,
peer-reviewed integration of ICT into teaching practice, and ICT-enabled
teaching and learning of languages. She participated in UNESCO’s study on
integrating transversal competencies in policy and practice and was awarded
the Endeavour Executive Fellowship by the Government of Australia for
research on teacher professional development (to be conducted in Australia
in 2015).
Duishon Alievich Shamatov is an Assistant Professor at the Graduate School
of Education of Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Previously, he worked as a
senior research fellow at the University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Duishon holds a Master of Education in Teacher Education from the Aga Khan
University Institute for Educational Development, and his master’s thesis was
titled Reconceptualization of Assessment Practices in a Developing Country
Context. He holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Toronto, Canada,
and his doctoral thesis was titled The Beginning Teachers’ Professional
Socialization in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan: Challenges and Coping Strategies.
Dr Shamatov has written several book chapters and has published articles in
peer refereed journals. He has conducted research and provided consultancy
services in Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Yemen. Dr Shamatov’s areas
of interest include teacher education, curriculum development, education
quality and student assessment. He is a member of the Comparative and
International Education Society, Central Eurasian Studies Society and
European Society for Central Asian Studies.