QUESTIONS FOR SEMINAR DISCUSSION

SEMINAR “TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A GLOBAL NETWORK OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS IN THE CIS REGION”.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, BELARUS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION.

9 – 10 DECEMBER OF 2005, MINSK, BELARUS.

QUESTIONS FOR SEMINAR DISCUSSION

HOW CAN WE SHARE INITIATIVES, EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO HELP DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT

CURRICULUM CHANGE LINKED TO EFA GOALS?

WHAT ARE OUR EXPECTATIONS OF THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE? NATIONAL AND LOCAL REALITIES.

WHICH IDEAS WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRIMARILY DEVELOP WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE?

HOW COULD WE MOTIVATE AND GATHER PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE?

SEMINAR “TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A GLOBAL NETWORK OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS IN THE CIS REGION”.NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, BELARUS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. 9 – 10 DECEMBER OF 2005, MINSK, BELARUS.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CURRICULUM AS THE HUB OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE

THAT ENCOMPASSES FOUNDATIONS, CONTENTS, PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES. A COMPREHENSIVE VISION TO FOSTER.

AGENDA AGENDA AGENDA

EDUCATION AS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN, ACTIVE, PRODUCTIVE STUDENTS’ DENSITY

AND MULTIPLE PUBLIC GOOD STAKEHOLDERS, AND SENSITIVE MOTIVATIONS

FLEXIBILITY STAKEHOLDERS POLITICIANS AND CITIZENS EXPECTATIONS

IN CURRICULUM EDUCATIONALISTS

DESIGN

FROM TOP DOWN PRESCRIPTION TO COLLECTIVE

HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND SOCIETYA PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE CURRENT TEACHER PROFILE

A PROFOUND REVIEW OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

“CURRICULUM AS A DENSE, FLEXIBLE CONTRACT BETWEEN POLITICS/SOCIETY AND TEACHERS” (CECILIA BRASLAVSKY)

SEMINAR “TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A GLOBAL NETWORK OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS IN THE CIS REGION”. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, BELARUS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. 9 – 10 DECEMBER OF 2005, MINSK, BELARUS.

IBE FOCUS ON CURRICULUM CAPACITY BUILDING

KEY ELEMENTS

BROAD, GENEROUS AND POSITIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN AND WITHIN REGIONS BASED ON GENUINE RESPECT OF CULTURAL DIVERSITIES, OF IDEOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL PLURALISM AND OF MULTIPLE EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORKS

IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

ENRICHING ATTAINING IMPLEMENTING EMPOWERING PEOPLECURRICULUM MORE SOLID BETTER. TO THINK AND ACT IN A MOREDISCUSSION. CURRICULUM LEARNING KNOWLEDGEABLE AND INFORMED

DESIGN BY COMPARISON WAY. AND THROUGH EXCHANGES


HOW HAS BEEN IBE WORKING ON CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PERIOD 1998-2005?

• TRAINING LINKED TO EDUCATIONAL POLICY DIALOGUE, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND TEAM BUILDING (20 REGIONAL SEMINARS).

• RESEARCH & EVALUATION THROUGH ACTION-RESEARCH PROJECTS, ASSESSMENT AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES.

• TECHNICAL ADVISE FOR DECISION AND POLICY MAKERS.

• CURRICULUM RESOURCES AND TOOLBOXES FOR TRAINING.

• NETWORKING & DIALOGUE AS A TRANSVERSAL, ALL ENCOMPASSING COMPONENT OF IBE ACTIVITIES

NEW STAGE? THE FORMATION OF A COMMUNITY OF

PRACTICE


OUTCOMES OF IBE WORKING ON CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PERIOD 1998-2005

A MORE SUBSTANTIVE AND IN-DEPTH COMPREHENSION OF REGIONAL AND COUNTRY SITUATIONS BASED ON CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE. THE VALUE OF LEARNING FROM THE FIELD.

A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA OF COMMON CURRICULUM CONCERNS WORLDWIDE THAT PAVE THE WAY FOR ENLARGING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS.

THE DESIGN OF CURRICULUM RESOURCES THAT CAN BE SHARED AND DISSEMINATED WITHIN AND BETWEEN REGIONS.

A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE CAN STRENGHTEN THESE

OUTCOMES


EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTS


WHAT LEADS TO A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT?• THE ON-GOING PROCESS OF CURRICULUM

IMPROVEMENT NEEDS TO BE EMBEDDED IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEW BASED ON IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES INTRA AND INTER-REGIONALLY GENERATED.

AN ALL ENCOMPASSING GOAL:FOSTERING PROCESSES OF EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AS

A WAY OF FULFILLING EFA GOALS WITHIN AN HOLISTIC FRAMEWORK

SHARE SHARE SHARESHARE

VISIONS EXPERIENCES. DATA BASES TRAININGTECHNICAL

IDEAS THE TACIT DOCUMENTATION CURRICULUMCOOPERATION

PROJECTS ASSUMPTIONS.RESEARCH RESOURCES. INTRA AND

THE NARRATIVE ON-LINE INTER-REGION.

APPROACH. PROGRAMMES.


FOUR LAYING FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP)

PLURALISM AS THE OVERALL CONCEPT OF THE COP BY PROMOTING AND CARING FOR THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN AND WITHIN REGIONS.

DIVERSITY AS AN MULTICULTURAL OPPORTUNITY OF COLLECTIVE CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, LEARN FROM OTHERS

EXPERIENCES AND WORK OUT IDEAS SO AS TO COPE WITH COMMON PROBLEMS.

THE COP AS A POTENTIAL POWERFUL WAY OF MO- VING FORWARD ON EDUCATIONAL QUALITY WITHIN THE EFA GOALS, SHARING SUCCESFUL COMBINA- TIONS OF CONTENTS, INPUTS AND PROCESSES THAT COULD LEAD TO GOOD OUTCOMES.


FOUR LAYING FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP)

THE COP AS A POTENTIAL EFFICIENT WAY OF TRYING TO LINK MORE CLOSELY AND WISELY EDUCATIONAL CHANGES TO SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM PRACTICES. A CLEAR AND PROFOUND EFFORT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORK OF CURRICULUM CONCEPTUAL CHANGE AND WHAT DAILY HAPPENS IN SCHOOLS.

OVERALL APPROACH

“EDUCATION FOR ALL CANNOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT IMPROVING QUALITY” (EFA GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2005, UNESCO). THE DYNAMICS OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE. THE QUALITY AGENDA.


WHAT ARE CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT?

MUTUAL ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND CHANGES. VISIONS TO BE FULFILLED AND TO BE SHARED. THE PROCESS OF BUILDING-UP AN IDENTITY.

THE MOTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROCESS OF COLLECTIVE LEARNING. IT IS WORTHWHILE.

DESIRES, IDEAS AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP PROJECTS AND ACTIVITES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.

TECHNOLOGY FACILITATES A FRIENDLY PARTICIPATION WITHIN A

MULTICULTURAL VISION.

OPEN MINDED ATTITUDES SO AS TO INCORPORATE PEOPLE EXPECTATIONS AND NEEDS.


SIX STRATEGIC WAYS THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE VISION

MULTICULTURAL APPROACH – CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND THINKING DIVERSITIES AS ASSETS.

SOLID ON-LINE APPROACH – EASY USE OF INTERNET PLATFORMS FOR DIVERSE TYPES OF INTERACTIONS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF E-FORUM DISCUSSIONS.

TO BALANCE FACE-TO-FACE AND VIRTUAL ACTIVITIES

LOOKING FOR A REASONABLE EQUILIBRIUM.

PROBLEM SOLVING RELATED APPROACH ARTICULATED INTO MAINSTREAM

PROJECTS.

FORGING AN AGENDA BASED ON THEMES THAT ARE

PERTINENT FOR MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS.

INFORM


SIX STRATEGIC WAYS THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

VISION THE FORMATION OF SOLID

PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNESCO OFFICES AS WELL AS WITH NATIONAL AND

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS. DISSEMINATE,

DEVELOP AND FUND-RAISE IDEAS AND ACTIVITIES.

SIX WORKING DIMENSIONS COP ACTIVITIES

FORMALISATION OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOCAL POINTS COVERING ALL UNESCO REGIONS.

COMPARATIVE INTER-REGIONAL RESEARCH MAINLY

FOCUSED ON CURRICULUM POLICY DESIGN AND

IMPLEMENTATION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTER-

REGIONAL GROUPS FOR COLLECTIVE THINKING

AND DOING.

FRAME

INFORM



THE ELABORATION OF CURRICULUM RESOURCES

THAT CAN HELP DEVELOP TRAINING STRATEGIES

AND PROGRAMMES SO AS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE. THE

VALUABLEEXPERIENCE OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC

RESOURCE PACK.

INTER-REGIONAL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON COMPARING CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION LINKED TO

EFA GOALS.

THE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION WITHIN THE HOLISTIC APPROACH

OF EFA GOALS. COMMON CONCEPTUAL SCHEME FOR CHILHOOD, PRIMARY AND YOUNG EDUCATION.

FRAME



THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE PROCESS OF COLLEC-

TIVE THINKING AND DOING BASED ON AN INTENSIVE

ANIMATION ROLE. BROAD SHARING.

AGENDA OPEN TO DISCUSSION, IMPROVEMENT AND ENDORSEMENT

SET OF EIGHT ACTIVITIES FOR 2006

1. FOCAL POINTS IN ALL UNESCO REGIONS.

2. INTER-REGIONAL COMPARATIVE CURRICULUM

RESEARCH.

3. INTER-REGIONAL SHARING ON THE APPROACH

BY COMPETENCIES.

FRAME


SET OF EIGHT ACTIVITIES FOR 2006 4. INTRA AND INTER-REGIONAL

ELABORATION OFCURRICULUM RESOURCE PACKS.

5. INTER-REGIONAL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS

IN BASIC EDUCATION AND EFA GOALS.

6. FORUM ON CURRICULUM CHANGE FOR QUALITY IN

BASIC EDUCATION.

7. COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE ANIMATION MAINLY

BASED ON SHARING INSIGHTS, DOCUMENTS AND

INFORMATION ON NETWORKS AND SEMINARS.

8. COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE SECTION WITHIN IBE WEBSITE. INTERNATIONAL DATA-BASE OF CURRICU-

LUM PROCESSSES. ON-LINE RESOURCES FOR TRAI-

NING ACTIVITIES. LINKS AND DOCUMENTATION.


COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE CHART

IBE DIRECTOR

IBE ADMINISTRATOR

ANIMATESFACILITATES ARTICULATES

REGIONAL FOCAL POINT

COORDINATESANIMATES

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

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