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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