文档介绍：The Capability Approach and educational policies and strategies:
Effective life skills education for sustainable development
Anna Maria Hoffmann
(About the author: Anna Maria Hoffmann, Bachelor of Science and Medicine Licentiat of Umeå University, Sweden, has worked on life skills related issues at UNESCO, Paris, between 1991 and 2005. She is currently HIV/AIDS and Life Skills Project Officer in the Education Section of UNICEF’s Programme Division, New York. The statements in this publication are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policies or the views of UNICEF.)
Abstract
This article is based on three previous papers (presented at the 3rd, 4th and 5th International Conferences on the Capability Approach) on linkages to education as concerns the direct promotion of capabilities through skills-based teaching and learning. The current article looks more specifically on how this notion of the Capability Approach is increasingly reflected in national education policies and plans, in particular in the form of life skills education. Building on more than a decade of research and various studies by countries and agencies in the field of life skills education, it also summarizes some core characteristics that might help define more effective implementation.
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