Education Commission Save our Future (SOF) Action Area 2: Innovative Pedagogies

IDP supported the Education Commission’s Innovative Pedagogies project, which was funded by the LEGO Foundation. The project aimed to create greater awareness, political will, and action towards adopting adaptive, interactive, engaging, and playful pedagogies in Rwanda, Kenya, and Ghana, as well as at the global level. The project worked to actualize the Save our Future (SOF) White Paper, which was produced to highlight actions that need to be taken for those children who are most left behind. Working with country governments, local partners and key stakeholders, the project worked with three countries to bring together key stakeholders to consider what the evidence means for their country, capture what is already taking place, and identify bright spots to explore further. The local partner in each country undertook rapid research and analysis with teachers, school leaders and other key stakeholders on the extent to which these pedagogies and actions are taking place within the countries and the barriers to implementation. A second policy dialogue was held to share and discuss the brief with policymakers and other key stakeholders, in order to co-create an action plan to address the gaps. Findings inform a targeted advocacy campaign, harnessing some of the techniques used in the SOF campaign. Throughout this process, IDP served as the technical expert on inclusive pedagogies by developing an inclusive pedagogical framework and advising on the work of the project.