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Lumiar School's Mosaic Curriculum
Context:
In
this essay Partners in Learning advisor Eduardo Chavez describes the
rationale underlying the Mosaic curriculum developed for Lumiar School
in Brazil. Beyond just a curriculum, Mosaic is an approach to teaching
and learning that puts the student in the center of a personalized
schooling process. This essay is part of the 2007 Microsoft Partners in
Learning Progress report. You can learn more by viewing the slides.
Innovation summary:
How this resource can support you along the innovation continuum:
- Explore the pedagogical vision for education, learning and schooling.
- What are the critical components for developing a matrix of competencies?
- What are the principles behind developing a project-based learning approach?
Key points:
- The use of technology in education is likely to be merely reformative, or even conservative, in the developed world, while being more transformative in the developing world.
