Educational Development through the Lens of Curriculum: A Holistic and Systemic Approach
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Abstract
As an expert in educational sciences and a Full Professor in the Department of Teaching at UQAM, I bring to this discussion my experience in curriculum development, bolstered by my role as co-holder of the UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development and Senior Fellow at UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education. Inspired by IBE-UNESCO’s educational philosophy, I emphasize the curriculum as a central element in advancing educational development. In this presentation, I position the curriculum not merely as a framework for what students learn but as a dynamic and influential instrument for shaping societal growth and transformation. The holistic and systemic approach I propose in this presentation highlights the interconnected nature of curriculum elements, extending from individual well-being to the cultivation of interdisciplinary knowledge. This approach is explored through seven key themes, each incorporating insights from educational philosophy, pedagogy, and policy, revealing the transformative potential of a well-constructed curriculum. These seven themes reveal the curriculum’s role in shaping both individuals and society. It reflects societal values, supports well-being and personal growth, and requires a systemic approach to reform. Through integrated pedagogy, it develops both disciplinary and global competencies, while interdisciplinary perspectives allow students to address complex issues. Evaluation aligns learning with progress, and adaptability ensures relevance in a changing world. For each theme, I found it valuable to highlight two foundational references that deepen our understanding. Together, these dimensions create a curriculum that empowers learners and drives societal growth
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame distilled prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".