Expert education researchers Tim Oates and Daniel Willingham, from the universities of Cambridge and Virginia, respectively, and Nuno Crato, Portugal’s former minister of education, shared their knowledge during this IBE webinar. The recording of this event has been made available via the links below.
The webinar “Knowledge-based competencies in the core curriculum – Knowledge-rich curriculum” presented the role of knowledge in shaping students’ competencies and building a solid core curriculum.
The meeting discussed:
- How knowledge-rich curricula support the development of critical thinking in students, their analytical skills and better preparation for the challenges of the modern world.
- How this concept influences the teaching process itself and whether it is reflected in students’ final achievements.
The webinar is highly recommended for:
- teachers,
- representatives of schools and education,
- individuals interested in the topic of the webinar and the project.
A video of the webinar with translation into Polish is available below:
A video of the webinar in its original form can be viewed below:
Speakers
Nuno Crato – President of Iniciativa Educação and Professor of Statistics at the University of Lisbon. He is a member of the Scientific Council for Education in France and other scientific and educational organisations. He serves as a consultant to various countries and governments. A writer and essayist, he is the author of “Improving a Country’s Education: PISA 2018 Results in 10 Countries” (Springer 2021), among others. He served as Portugal’s Minister of Education from 2011 to 2015. At the end of his tenure, Portuguese students achieved the best results in international PISA and TIMSS surveys.
Tim Oates – Director of the Assessment and Development Research Group at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, which focuses on national and international assessment and measurement research. He has led extensive international comparisons of the performance of education systems. From 2010 to 2013, he was chair of the expert panel for the National Curriculum Review in England. In 2014, Tim Oates published “Why Textbooks Count”, a study analysing the structural role of textbooks in education reform, which ultimately led to a national debate and coordinated work by publishers to improve patterns of use of educational materials as well as their quality. His “A Cambridge Approach to Improving Education” has been used in the development of education improvement policies in many countries. Tim Oates advises governments in the UK and other countries. He is a member of Churchill College in Cambridge. In 2015, he received the CBE award for services to education.
Daniel Willingham – Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. Until 2000, his research focused exclusively on the brain mechanisms supporting learning, and memory. Today, all of his research is on the application of cognitive psychology to K–16 education, and he is the author of several books, including the bestseller “Why Don’t Students Like School” and, most recently, “Outsmart Your Brain.” His texts on education have appeared in twenty-three languages. In 2017, he was appointed by President Obama as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences.