complexity: the case of development interventions aimed at changing institutional level curriculum
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This presentation was given by Gábor Halasz of ELTE University (Budapest) at the CERI Conference on Innovation, Governance and Reform in Education on 3 November 2014 during session 3.b: The Challenge of Complexity: Rethinking Relationships and Approaches on Knowledge-intensive Governance, Innovation and Change.TRANSCRIPT
Complexity: the case of development interventions
aimed at changing institutional level curriculum
CERI conference on Innovation, governance and reform in education
2014 November 3-5
Gábor Halász ELTE University, Budapest
The complexity problem• Two key questions raised by the GCES
project of CERI– Are education systems complex systems?
– What are the implications?
• Understanding the difference between the complicated and the complex– Difference in predictability
– Difference in control
Implications for governance• Approaches based on general legal
regulation have to be complemented or replaced by new approaches, such as– Empowering key agents
– Using incentives („nudging”)
– Providing feedback and enhancing learning
– Intensive monitoring and intervening when necessary
– Building trust
– Managing risks
– Using targeted development interventions
The example of curriculum change
• Curriculum development and complexity
• Targeted development interventions in the fieldof curriculum: a national case
Some implications
• PROBE
• SENSE
• RESPOND
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