SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
TECNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Education
Position:Associate Professor





In 1992 Manana Ratiani graduated from faculty of geography and geology of Tbilisi State University, with a degree in tourism and regional geography. In 2004 she defended the doctoral thesis on “Geographical characteristics of Education System, based on the example of Georgia”.

Since 2004, she worked on developing a national curriculum, which was approved in 2005. In 2011, she was involved in its revision. From 2011, Manana Ratiani started working at the National Center for Teacher Professional Development as the geography consultant and from 2015 to 2021, as the Deputy Director of the center. During this period she worked on teacher’s professional standards, regulatory documents on teacher’s profession, various methodological literature.

Since 2021 she is employed at USAID Basic Education Program in a position of Director of Pre-service Education.

Since 2005, she is a member of the United Nations Economic Commission Steering Committee on Education for Sustainable Development. In 2009-2011, she was a member of the working group of the United Nations Economic Commission, which developed document Competences of Educators in Education for Sustainable Development. Notably, Manana Ratiani has participated in various international and national conferences and seminars dedicated to education issues as speaker, trainer or facilitator.

Since 2011, Manana Ratiani was an invited professor at School of Education and since 2019, she has been an associate professor at the Ilia State University.

Scientific interests / research interests

  • Modern approaches to teaching and learning
  • Education for sustainable development
  • Human geography
  • Education policy
  • Global and digitalk citizenship
  • Challenges in general education
  • LLL and development of 21st century competences  

Featured publications

  • Ratiani, M., Makharadze,T., Sumabdze, N., Maisuradze, M, Zhvania, I., Abashidze, T, & Kitiashvili A. (2014). Evaluation of Environmental Education in Georgia. LEPL Environmental Information and Education Centre, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia.
  • Ratiani, M., Labartkava, N., Kitiashvili, A., Sadunishvili, P., Tsereteli, E., Gvetadze, N., Teaching Disaster Risk Reduction with Interactive Methods – Head Teacher’s Guide, UNICEF, 2012 https://www.preventionweb.net/educational/view/28375
  • Empowering Educators for a Sustainable Future, Tools for Policy and Practice Workshops on Competences in Education for Sustainable Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 2013 (translated in ENG, RU, FR)
  • Learning for the Future, Competences in Education for Sustainable Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development, Publicatienummer 1LVDO1202 | juli 2012
  • Other methodological books and articles

Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • Development of Cross Curricula Competences Creating Relevant Teaching Resources and Applying to a Teaching Geography;
  • Development of Geographic Thinking;
  • Teaching social sciences at the primary level;
  • Master’s Thesis;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 2;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 3;
  • Doctoral Colloquium; Academic Curriculum Design;
  • Policy and Practice of Teachers’ Professional Development and Assessment;
  • Master’s Thesis -Education Management
  • Geography Teaching Methods;
  • Education for sustainable development;
  • Fundamentals of Geography of Georgia
  • Education for sustainable development (Master’s level)
  • Teaching social sciences on elementary level (Master’s level)
  • Basics of geography of georgia (Master’s level)
  • 21st century global challenges and geography (Master’s level)
  • Introduction to SDGs (Master’s level)