Ideas

Harvard Account Sign In

Sign in with your HarvardKey to access my.Harvard Student, Teaching/Advising, Delegate, Harvard Chan, Admissions, and Admin.

Brown, MGH, & Tufts Students

Register for access to participate in Harvard cross-registration.

  1. Course Search
  2. EDU A855

Education and International Development: Programming and Practice
EDU A855

Course Information

Description

Goal of the course
To develop a professional identity and practitioner skills as an international development practitioner in education, with particular attention to how policies and programs reach, or fail to reach, marginalized children.

Summary
Based on a review of the progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4.0 and the outcome of the Transforming Education Summit, this practice‑focused course reviews the global education aid architecture and how it is operationalized at country level. We analyze the workings of key organizations (e.g., UNICEF, UNESCO, the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait, the World Bank, bilateral donors, INGOs/NGOs); core tools and processes (sector planning, programming, implementation, monitoring, evaluation); and the coherence, efficiency, and equity of national planning and management processes.

Throughout the course, we ask whose voices count and which learners benefit, and which are left behind, including girls and gender‑diverse learners, children with disabilities, refugees and internally displaced children, ethnic and linguistic minorities, children in rural/remote and fragile settings, and those facing intersecting forms of discrimination. Case studies and practitioner insights are used throughout, with an emphasis on evidence use, inclusion, and best practices.

School Graduate School of Education
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Department Education
Course Component Regular Course
Instruction Mode In Person
Subject Education
Grading Basis HGSE Student Option (Letter Graded, Sat/Unsat)
Learning Goals This practice-focused course will support students to develop relevant skills in international development and education. This will include an understanding of the global aid architecture in the education sector and its operationalization at country level including key international development organizations at global and national levels including entities such as the United Nations (including UNICEF and UNESCO), the Global Partnership of education, Education Cannot Wait, the World Bank, bilateral government aid and international and national NGOs. Students will become familiar with the the key development-related tools and processes including education-sector planning, programming, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Career Focus <p>This course is intended to develop a professional identity and skills, as an international development practitioner in education. The course will include reviewing the work of UN agencies (UNICEF, UNESCO), International Financial Institutions (i.e. World Bank), Foundations, International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) and other key actors working in the international development and humanitarian sector.</p>