How do education ecosystems impact pedagogical reforms?

Thursday, January 30, 2025, 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. EST 
Online only: https://www.brookings.edu/events/how-do-education-ecosystems-impact-pedagogical-reforms/ 

For pedagogical reforms to succeed, they must be compatible with the local education ecosystem—the multitude of actors and factors like policies, curricula, politics, and school structures that influence how education takes place. To better understand how these factors interact, the SPARKS project researches the impact of culture, local education ecosystems, and learning theories—together the invisible pedagogical mindsets (IPMs)—on classroom practice and pedagogical reform.  

On January 30, join us for a conversation featuring members of the SPARKS Research Policy Collaboratives in Egypt, India, and Mexico where panelists will discuss the role of local education ecosystems in enabling or hindering pedagogical reforms and how policies and curricula influence pedagogies in their local contexts. This is the first in a three-part series that will provide deep dives into the three different categories of the invisible pedagogical mindsets and SPARKS research in Egypt, India, and Mexico. 

Viewers can submit questions for speakers by emailing events@brookings.edu or on X (formerly Twitter) @BrookingsGlobal using #SPARKSWebinarSeries.