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Pre-Service Teacher Training for longer term resilience and preparedness:
The case of primary school teachers during recent floods in Malawi
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Introduction
Malawi as a fragile context
The project: Resumption of T&L in flood affected schools
Skills and attitudes: roots in the pre-service training
Conclusions and reflections
Malawi as a fragile context
• Malawi considered a fragile country •Developmental challenges •Low educational attainment: Humana’s work•Climate change increasing vulnerability
The project – Overview Resumption of teaching and learning in flood affected schools:
26 teacher graduates deployed to 13 camps in 3 districts: Nsanje, Phalombe and Chiwakwa
Existing collaboration with UNICEF as part of the ‘Enjoy Learning – Improved education for Children’
Psychological support, early childhood development, remedial and afternoon clubs, community activities
Over 7,800 children during phase 1 and 3,600 during phase 2.
The project – Activity pictures
Pre-school activities
The project – Activity pictures
Distribution of books and assistance in camps
v. Farmers’ Clubs: 3 years Skills and attitudes: roots in the pre-service training (I)
Skill
Ability to take responsibility
Adaptability
Project examples
Take ownership of varied and complex task
and in unknown contexts
Proactive in finding solutions:
improvised classrooms and
materials
Humana’s Pre-service training
Pedagogical Method (DMM)
Broadness of syllabus
v. Farmers’ Clubs: 3 years Skills and attitudes: roots in the pre-service training (II)
Skill
Supportiveness
Effective educators
Project examples
Psychological support in
situation of distress
Varied pedagogical
approaches and activities for
children, youth and adults
Humana’s Pre-service training
Community engagement and solidary humanisim
Balance of practical and theoretical
training
Transferrable skills and attitudes that work well in fragile contextsthey were not purposefully conceived for
Strengthens the case case for teachers as dynamisers of Education 2030 Framework and Sustainable Development Goals
‘Another kind of teacher’ – Humana’s work over the past 30 years
Conclusions and reflections
Olga Guerrero, European Partnerships [email protected]
Zikomo Kwambiri!