Taking a Contextualized Approach to Synthesizing and Mobilizing Evidence to Improve Teaching and Learning

Résumé du livre

This report is one in a series of case studies RAND researchers are conducting as part of an independent evaluation of the BHP Foundation's Education Equity program. This case study focuses on efforts made by the Queen Rania Foundation (QRF) in Jordan to contextualize and mobilize the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)'s Teaching and Learning Toolkit for a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) audience. The original Toolkit, which EEF developed to increase the use of evidence in education decisionmaking in England, is a free online compendium of evidence-informed approaches for improving teaching and learning. EEF is seeking to disseminate the Toolkit for audiences beyond England by collaborating with regional partners, such as QRF, to translate its body of evidence into local languages, add culturally relevant content, and disseminate the Toolkit to regional partners (i.e., global evidence brokers). By increasing the availability of evidence, QRF and EEF are aiming to increase the capacity of education leaders and practitioners to identify cost-efficient and effective practices to improve teaching and learning in the MENA region. EEF's theory is that contextualized content will be more meaningful, actionable, and influential to local decisionmakers.