29 January, 10:30-11:30 GMT
This seminar explores how learning teams in Nepal and Kenya collaborate across sectors to support children’s learning and school readiness.
Learning team approaches aim to leverage different roles within education systems and rethink how actors might work in new ways with each other and those outside the education system to support children’s learning. This seminar draws on a research collaboration between The Open University’s Centre for the Study of Global Development, the Learning Generation Initiative, Nepal’s Kathmandu University, and Education Design Unlimited (EDU) in Kenya.
It presents four case studies of learning teams from Nepal and Kenya, from schools inviting local tradespeople to enrich children’s learning through ‘book-free Fridays’ to community hubs that bring together health and education professionals to support children’s school readiness. The seminar explores how these case studies are deepening our understanding of what prompts, informs, enables, and sustains the design and establishment of learning teams, and new collaborative practices between different groups of relevant actors in education.
Join us as we discuss how learning teams can play a crucial role in supporting children’s learning and wellbeing. Our expert speakers will share valuable insights and strategies to help you create effective learning teams that can make a positive impact on children’s development. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn and connect with like-minded individuals!
Contributors:
- Professor Freda Wolfenden – Open University (OU)
- Dr Alison Bucker – Open University (OU)
- Jennifer Cotter Otieno – Education Design Unlimited (EDU)
- Chebet Seluget – Education Design Unlimited (EDU)
- Basu Prasad Subedi – Kathmandu University
- Laxman Gnawali – Kathmandu University
- Deborah Kimathi – Learning Generation & EDC.ORG
- Katie Godwin – Learning Generation & EDC.ORG