Fernando Reimers

Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice in International Education and Director o
the Global Education Innovation Initiative
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is interested in advancing understanding of the ways schools can empower students to participate civically and economically, and to help achieve th
UN Sustainable Development Goals
He served on UNESCO'
Commission on the Futures of Education
that authored the repor
Reimagining Our Futures Together. A New Social Contract for Education

Career

Reimers teaches courses on education policy and educational innovation that explore how to support students in developing competencies which help them improve their opportunities and quality of life, and to contribute to improve the world. He was the founding director of the International Education Policy Master's Program, a program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that supported the development of leaders of systemic efforts to enhance the quality and relevancy of education around the world. His boo
One Student at a Time. Leading the Global Education Movement.
is an analysis of the contributions of the graduates of this program to the Global Education Movement. This book is also available i
Spanish

His current research focuses on educational innovation and the impact of education policy, leadership, and teacher professional development on education that supports the holistic development of children and youth. He directs the Global Education Innovation Initiative, a cross-country research and practice collaborative he founded focusing on education for the 21st century.

He has written or edited 45 academic books, including the following:

On system level change
Primary and Secondary Education During COVID-19
i
SpanishUniversity and School Collaborations During a Pandemic
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SpanishEducation to Build Back BetterEducating Students to Improve the World
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Spanish
an
PortugueseAudacious Education Purposes
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SpanishImplementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms
i
SpanishEmpowering Teachers to Build a Better World
i
Spanish
an
PortugueseTeaching and Learning in the 21st Century
in Chinese
Portuguese
an
Spanish

Preparing Teachers to Educate Whole Students
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On Educating Global Citizens—Empowering Students

Education and Climate Change. The Role of Universities
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SpanishLearning to Improve the WorldEmpowering Global Citizens
i
Spanish
an
PortugueseEmpowering Students to Improve the World in 60 Lessons
in Arabic
Chinese
Italian
Portuguese
an
Spanish

Teaching two lessons about UNESCO, and other lessons on Human Rights

Learning to Collaborate for the Global Common Good

On Educational Leadership

Leading Educational Change During a Pandemic. Reflections on Hope and PossibilityLeading Education Through Covid-19: Upholding the Right to EducationLiderando Sistemas Educativos Durante la Pandemia de Covid-19Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore
i
Spanish

Empowering All Students at Scale
i
Portuguese
an
Spanish

Letters to a New Minister of Education
in Arabic
Portuguese
an
Spanish

Other Comparative Education Studies

Learning to Build Back Better Futures for EducationDialogos por un Nuevo Contrato Social para la EducacionAdvancing a New Social Contract for Education: Collaborations to Reimagine our Futures TogetherUnequal Schools, Unequal Chances
i
SpanishHope or Despair

Lectores y Ciudadanos. Desafios de la Escuela en America Latina

Informed Dialogue
i
Spanish

Aprender Mas y Mejor

He has written a series o
children's books
designed to foster intergenerational conversations around values and competencies which are necessary to live well with others in a diverse and interdependent world, which have been published in eleven languages. He has also co-authored a children's book to promote ecological awareness title

also available i

an
Spanish

He has served on the Harvard faculty since 1998. Previous to that he worked at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, the Harvard Institute for International Development and the World Bank.
He earned Doctoral and master's degrees in education at Harvard University and obtained a Licenciatura en Psicologia at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He received an Honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Emerson College, a Centennial Medal Award from th
Institute for International Education
and a Global Citizen Award from the US Committee for Teaching About the United Nations. He was the CJ Koh Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Education in Singapore. He is a member of th
International Academy of Education
and of the Council of Foreign Relations.

References

Reimers, F. (Ed). Education and Climate Change. Cham: Switzerland. Springer. 2021. (published also in Spanish).

Reimers, F. (Ed). Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st century education reforms. Cham: Switzerland Springer. 2021.

Reimers, F. Educating Students to Improve the World. Singapore. Springer. 2020. (also published in Spanish and Turkish).

Reimers, F. (Ed). Audacious Education Purposes. How governments transform the goals of education systems. Cham: Switzerland. Springer. 2020. (also published in Spanish).

Reimers, F. (Ed). Empowering teachers to build a better world. How six nations support teachers for 21st century education. Springer. 2020. (also published in Portuguese and Spanish).

Reimers, F. (Ed). Leading Education through COVID-19. Upholding the Right to Education. Independently published. 2020.

Reimers, F. (Ed). Leading Educational Change During a Pandemic. Independently publisher. 2021.

Reimers, F. (Ed). Liderando Sistemas Educativos Durante la Pandemia de Covid-19. Independently published. 2020.

Reimers, F. (Ed). Letters to a New Minister of Education. Independently published. 2019. (Published also in Portuguese and Spanish by Organization of Iberoamerican States).

Reimers, F. and C. Chung (Eds). Preparing Teachers to Educate Whole Students: An International Comparative Study. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Publishing. 2018. (Published in Spanish and Arabic).

Reimers, F. et al. Learning to collaborate to advance the global common good. Independently published. 2018.

Reimers, F. Teaching Two Lessons About UNESCO and other lessons on Human Rights. Independently published. 2017.

Reimers, F. Formar Lectores y Ciudadanos. Desafios de la Escuela en America Latina. Independently published. 2017.

Reimers, F. (ed.) One Student at a Time. The challenges of global education leadership. Independently published. 2017. (Published in Spanish as Educacion Para Todos. Un Estudiante a la Vez.)

Reimers, F. et al. Empowering Students to Improve the World in Sixty Lessons. Independently published. (Published in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, and Spanish.)

Reimers, F. (ed). Empowering All Students At Scale. Independently published. 2017. (Published in Portuguese and Spanish.)

Reimers, F., V. Chopra, C. Chung, J. Higdon and E.B. O’Donnell. Empowering Global Citizens. Independently published. 2016. (Published in Spanish in 2018 and Portuguese in 2017.)

Reimers, F. and E.B. O’Donnell (eds). Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore. (Published in Spanish Quince Cartas Sobre la Educacion en Singapur. 2016.)

Reimers, F. and C. Chung (eds). Teaching and Learning for the twenty first century. Cambridge. Harvard Education Publishing. 2016. (Published in Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.)

Reimers, F. (Ed.) 2006. Aprender Mas y Mejor. Politicas, Programas y Oportunidades de Aprendizaje en Educacion Basica en Mexico. Fondo de Cultura Económica. Mexico City.

Reimers, F. (Ed.) Unequal Schools, Unequal Chances. The challenges to educational opportunity in the Americas at the end of the XX century. David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA. 2000. (Published in Spanish as Escuelas Desiguales, Oportunidades Diferentes by Editorial Arco-La Muralla. Madrid. 2002).

Reimers, F. and N. McGinn Informed Dialogue. Changing Education Policies Around the World. Praeguer Publishers. 1997. (Published in Spanish as Diálogo Informado by Centro de Estudios Educativos in Mexico. 2000).

Warwick, D. and F. Reimers Hope or Despair? Primary Education in Pakistan. Praeger Publishers. 1995.

External links

Fernando M. Reimers Web Page Research Gate Fernando M. Reimers Web Page Academia Fernando M. Reimers Web PageGoogle Scholar Fernando M. Reimers citations Harvard Global Education Innovation Initiative Harvard International Education Policy Masters ProgramGlobal Citizenship Education PublicationsThe Adventures of Filomena

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