Curriculum development
Learning by Doing, Learning for Earning
Academic subjects required by national curricula are traditionally taught as ‘stand-alone’ disciplines. The result of this is that students, often justifiably, find it hard to understand the relevance of these subjects to their needs and interests. When entrepreneurship is integrated across the academic curriculum, students begin to understand how these subjects relate to their lives, and as a consequence achieve better results both in their technical and academic work.
This is why we offer entrepreneurial curriculum development, built around existing standard or government curricula to ensure that what is taught in the classroom is directly relevant and beneficial to students’ lives. This includes:
- Breakdown of constituents of National / Standard Curriculum
- Creation of lesson plans for each academic subject with learning outcomes that incorporate business concepts and examples from local area
- Construction of a framework of lesson plans for each academic subject
- Enhanced teaching methodologies
One of the key advantages of Financially Sustainable Schools is that they offer enhanced opportunities for students to participate in ‘experiential learning’. Experiential learning is widely regarded as a highly effective teaching methodology for the acquisition of technical skills and for disciplines where judgment and experience play a critical role.
Two methodologies where Teach A Man To Fish can offer assistance and teacher training to partners are:
Learning by Doing
- Transitioning teaching from the classroom to the field
- How to design lessons to be ‘hands-on’
- Building skills while avoiding excessive repetition
- Assessing practical learning
Learning for Earning
- Transitioning teaching from the classroom to school business units
- How to design lessons with a commercial focus
- Integrating financial objectives into skills acquisition
- Assessing student skills development from a business perspective
What now?
Our services are a strategic investment in educational quality and securing your future financial sustainability. As such it is important that the financial resources to go forward with a technical assistance program are secured before program design begins.
Costs associated with Technical Assistance are usually borne in part by the recipient organization, or a sponsoring organization which knows them well. Once you are confident that these resources will be available we can move ahead with tailoring a program in conjunction with your organization that will meet both your sustainability and educational goals.
The next step is to contact Teach A Man To Fish to discuss your own specific technical assistance needs and where we could help. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
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