Resource Packs for capacity building in curriculum change

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The IBE encourages the creation and use of resource packs as tool boxes for curriculum designers and developers. Indeed, as every curriculum development process is different, there is much to learn from each experience. Therefore, having access to first-hand information, which is found in resource packs, is extremely useful.

 

When a new curriculum is implemented, textbooks, documents and syllabi are widely accessible. However, there rarely remains a sufficient record of what happened during the process, as well as of the technical and political challenges which had to be addressed. Resource packs compile such information and allow curriculum specialists to learn from others’ experiences and be aware of professional standards whilst elaborating their own curriculum.

 

A resource pack is not a manual which prescribes a sequence of steps to be taken because no unique solutions can be applied in the same way to very distinct contexts. It rather serves to concretely orient ongoing work whilst providing inspiration and valuable inputs to curriculum developers and multiple stakeholders.

 

Curriculum reform and change processes pose significant challenges and demand renovated approaches at all levels of the education system. Positive professional relationships and effective networks across and within organizations encourage information exchange and collaborative working practices.