Development challenges in challenging contexts: A 3-stage curriculum framework design approach for Education in Emergencies

• In Event: Educating in emergency contexts: Schooling, curriculum, and innovation

Proposal

There is a pressing need to develop processes to facilitate the organization of education responses in time-pressured emergency situations. As part of a joint Learning Passport (LP) partnership project with UNICEF, researchers along with curriculum and subject specialists at the University of Cambridge, UK, developed a curriculum framework that could be used as a resource for coordinating the actions of education specialists and practitioners in Education in Emergencies (EiE) situations. This presentation outlines the curriculum framework design approach they developed for the Math and Science components of the LP framework. The presentation outlines a three-stage curriculum framework development model, which involves consideration of context, leading to descriptor generation, and attending to cohesion building elements. This curriculum framework aims to close the “learning poverty gap” that sees many millions of primary-level children failing to achieve minimum proficiency levels in their education.

Author

• Martin Johnson, Cambridge University Press & Assessment