Tag: foundational learning

Lessons learnt from implementing and evaluating programmes to promote play-based learning in Ghana

by Dina D. Fajardo-Tovar, Paola Garcia-Chinas, Eric Opoku, Siti Nadiah Binti Mohammad Johari, Ashley Craft and Might Kojo Abreh | Mar 24, 2025 | Learning

Play-Based Learning (PBL) is a child-centred approach actively involving children and adults in creating meaningful learning experiences. It is a core component of holistic education, fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development essential for lifelong learning. Read More

New research on learning teams for foundational learning

by Deborah Kimathi | Sep 16, 2024 | Teachers

As put forth in the report, the learning team approach has the learner at the centre, supported by an effective education workforce collaborating within and across levels and with other sectors to ensure the learner is ready and able to learn. Read More

Beyond the Cursory: Creating a Space for Sustained Dialogues on Language in Education

by Mir Abdullah Miri, Amy Lightfoot, Ann Veitch and Lizzi O. Milligan | Jun 3, 2024 | Learning

In March 2024, UKFIET, in collaboration with the British Council, convened an important event in London to highlight the critical yet often overlooked role of language in education. Read More

Day-to-day interactions: Contextualising the barest minimum for foundational learning for young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK

by Hammed Kayode Alabi | Nov 20, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Migration, Learning

At the UKFIET conference, I presented my paper “My Foundation Starts Here: What Foundational Learning Means for Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers”, It was an opportunity to reflect on what foundational learning means for young people who have fled war or persecution and found themselves in the UK. Read More

From exclusion to empowerment: The transformative power of the ‘Advancing Action for Adolescent Girls’ second chance education programme

by Zain ul Abidin | Nov 17, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Girls' Education

If a nation's wealth were to be judged, it would not be by its gold reserves, sprawling cities or technological prowess. Instead, it would be by its human capital. Education is the primary tool through which human capital is cultivated and enhanced. For Pakistan, the lack of equal educational opportunities,… Read More

Mapping research on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in sub-Saharan Africa contexts – where are the publications?

by Helene Binesse and Rui daSilva | Nov 9, 2023 | Literacy and Numeracy

Ensuring the quality of learning is paramount for every child’s development and success. Yet, in Africa, one in five children of primary-school age is not enrolled in formal school, and only one in five children reaches the minimum level of proficiency by the end of primary education. Read More

Exploring uncomfortable Oxford: Reflections from participating in the UKFIET 2023 conference

by Ajay Pinjani | Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference

I have not attended an in-person conference for a long time, and certainly not at Oxford. For me it was exciting, energizing and overwhelming all together. Read More

Teachers in the spotlight for education transformation: Hope for learning and care during emergencies

by Baela Raza Jamil | Aug 7, 2023 | Teachers

Teachers are the largest workforce in Pakistan, as they are in many countries of the world. According to the latest Economic Survey of Pakistan 2022-23, there are 1.82 million teachers across all sub-sectors of education, a conservative estimate of under-documented data. There have been significant shifts in this profession, elevated… Read More

Learning Trajectories: A Practical Tool for Tracking Learning and Taking Action

by Rastee Chaudhry, Jason Silberstein, Julius Atuhurra,, Adedeji Adeniran, Thelma Obiakor and Sixtus Onyekwere | Jan 27, 2023 | Learning

Learning trajectories are graphs that show how many children achieve a certain level of minimum proficiency at each grade. While learning trajectories have previously been used for research, two new efforts show that they can also serve as practical tools to analyse the learning crisis and take informed action. Read More