In March, Instituto Singularidades, in partnership with the Brazilian office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, organized a seminar to discuss actions that contribute to addressing the consequences of the pandemic in educational systems—strengthening teacher training, as well as classroom practices and family engagement and its connection with schools.
At the event, Beatriz Cardoso presented, together with Professor Paola Uccelli, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the panel “Supporting literacy and learning across different disciplinary areas in the early years of Elementary School.” The panel raised a discussion on the importance of developing knowledge related to reading and writing not only for subjects linked to language teaching, but also in other curricular areas, in order to support learning and truly provide tools for students to be inserted into the literate culture.
The participation of Labedu’s President in this series of meetings reinforces the Laboratory of Education’s presence in academic networks. We produce research in collaboration with national and international institutions and, based on solid results, we contribute to public policy in the context of implementing our methodologies and making our productions available, serving public systems for childcare (in Education and other areas).
The Seminar “How to engage students and promote deep learning in the post-pandemic context?” also brought together Jal Mehta, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Alexandre Schneider, president of Instituto Singularidades, for a debate on how to mitigate challenges amplified by the Covid pandemic, such as dropouts and learning difficulties, from a perspective of humanizing schools.
Another panel included Kathleen Lynch, a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Education, in conversation with Bárbara Born, research coordinator at Instituto Singularidades. Both spoke about criteria for designing continuing education programs that effectively help teachers implement strategies that ensure learning for all. Kathleen highlighted three criteria that permeate the Laboratory of Education’s methodologies. They are: a focus on pedagogical content, spaces that enable exchange and collaboration among peers, and the combination of training meetings with concrete guidelines to be put into practice in the classroom.
And finally, the panel featuring Nancy Hill, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Hanna Danza, a graduate professor at Singularidades, addressed ways in which families and schools can work together to support adolescents after two years of the pandemic.
The debate between Beatriz Cardoso and Paola Uccelli is available at this link.