The Competence-Based Curriculum and Education for Sustainable Development: Exploring the opportunities for education transformation in Rwanda

我的研究重点是全球呼吁教育系统转型，以修复根深蒂固的不公正和不平等，以及建立气候适应能力和可持续生计。该博士研究以卢旺达为基地，尽管面临挑战，但教育转型得到了强有力的政治支持。该研究旨在通过将越轨的可持续发展教育（ESD）方法整合到新推出的基于能力的课程（CBC）中，探索结构性和变革性变革的潜力。该研究将与艾伯丁裂谷保护协会（ARCOS）合作，组成一个由教师、学生和家长组成的研究小组，与非政府组织、部委和地区代表以及卢旺达六所生态学校的学者合作，形成一个跨学科和共同参与的调查。在研究设计和可持续发展教育合作生产过程中，以及对学校及其更广泛社区产生的影响中，将特别关注环境和认识正义的观点。我希望研究成果能够对课程调整产生重要影响，提供实用指导和新的教学工具，以指导在CBC框架内成功整合可持续发展教育。

My research is focused on the global call for education system transformation towards the repair of entrenched injustices and inequalities, and the building of climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods. Based in Rwanda where, despite challenges, there is strong political support for education transformation, this doctoral research seeks to explore the potential for structural and transformative change through the integration of transgressive Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) methodologies into the newly introduced Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC). The research will form a transdisciplinary and co-engaged inquiry, collaborating with the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and involving a research team of teachers, students, and parents, with NGO, ministry and district representatives, and academics in six Rwandan Eco-Schools. Particular focus will be brought to environmental and epistemic justice perspectives identifiable both during the research design and within the ESD co-production processes and resulting impacts happening in the schools and their wider communities.I hope that the research outcomes will have an instrumental impact on curriculum adaptation, providing practical guidance and new pedagogical tools to guide the successful integration of ESD within a CBC framework.