We will deliver high-quality learning guides to nearly 200 rural and vulnerable children from single-teacher, single-classroom schools in Colombia. These schools were selected because, during school visits, it became clear that its students require additional support to achieve a better education. Also, their teachers demonstrated strong performance in the training workshops on active and cooperative learning practices conducted by FEN.
The teachers of these rural schools have been successfully trained in active, participatory child-centered learning approaches, yet they lack the learning materials for their students to adequately develop this approach. In general, many marginalized Colombian learners lack high-quality, pedagogically appropriate learning resources, particularly important in primary and elementary education to develop basic reading, writing, and math skills, as well as promote higher-level thinking skills.
FEN will provide self-paced, self-directed learning guides to nearly 200 students from Colombian rural schools, designed with the Escuela Nueva methodology, which has proven effective in promoting cooperative, participatory, and active learning, as well as developing strong social and emotional skills. In addition, they link learning experiences with the family and the community and stimulate the development of critical thinking, creativity, and 21st-century skills.
This concrete project helps to narrow the learning gap between rural and urban learners, contributing to our long term goal of enabling all children, regardless of their context, to have access to high-quality education and opportunities to develop their human potential.
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