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Learning to leapfrog: innovative pedagogies to transform education

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Abstract

This report focuses on the teaching and learning element of the leapfrog framework, especially on pedagogical approaches and the role of teachers, but draws on the others as relevant. The overall goal of this report is to deepen insights on how to leapfrog. Specifically, this report focuses on what might be done to address the learning crisis and to transform education systems to meet the demands of tomorrow. The report first reviews the nature of the problem and argues that the global lifelong learning agenda calls for serious reimagining of the education landscape. It then argues that pedagogy, and specifically innovative pedagogies, must be central to any systematic transformation if leapfrogging is to be achieved. The report identifies six clusters of such pedagogies which, alone or in combination, would underpin such a transformation. The report then examines factors that enable the successful implementation of innovative pedagogies, homing in on the support and empowerment of teachers, as well as structural changes in the design of schools to include hybrid models, combining both formal and nonformal. Finally, the report concludes by reflecting on the depth of transformation that this vision implies for education systems, and how to think about fruitful near-term approaches for scaling up innovative pedagogies. The policy brief summarizes the findings of the report.

Author
Istance, David
Paniagua, Alejandro
Winthrop, Rebecca
Ziegler, Lauren
Corporate Author
Brookings Institution (USA). Center for Universal Education
Year of publication
2019
Pages
77
Source database
library
Language