Children Actively Learning
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Children Actively Learning

The New Approach to Primary Education in Bhutan

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Children Actively Learning

The New Approach to Primary Education in Bhutan

About this book

This text relates the introduction of child-centred and discovery methods of education into the primary education system of Bhutan since 1986. It offers lessons to those in other small countries in the developing world who are embarking on curricular and methodological reform of formal education for younger children. Looking at how the new scheme, NAPE, relates to previous educational methods and organization in Bhutan in both the lay and monastic education systems, it considers the history of the scheme to date, and looks at the elements which have contributed to its success, as well as its failures and shortcomings. The authors highlight the role of external professional volunteers, from agencies in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and Canada, and from United Nations volunteers, in planning and implementing the new system through placements in Bhutanese schools and teacher training institutions. Guidance is offered to other agencies who may face similar situations elsewhere.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. The Case Study
  8. 1: Modern Primary Education
  9. 2: The context: The Kingdom of Bhutan
  10. 3: The Implications for Education
  11. 4: The Development of the Secular Education System
  12. 5: The Nape Pilot Scheme and its Antecedents
  13. 6: 1990-91: Nape Extended Countrywide Policy
  14. 7: Nape and Schooling for Girls
  15. 8: Nape: Applicability Elsewhere
  16. 9: Elements Contributing to Success
  17. 10: Failures, Shortcomings and Pitfalls
  18. 11: Selection, Training and Professional Support of Volunteers
  19. Summary: Lessons for Others
  20. Relevant Reports
  21. Appendix I: The Nape syllabus
  22. Appendix II: From the 'New Approach to Primary Education, Environmental Studies, Teachers' Manual for Pre-Primary Classes'
  23. Appendix III: Role of the Resource Teacher in the New Approach to Primary Education (NAPE) Programme (1989)
  24. Appendix IV: Role of Dzongkhag-Based Resource Personnel in the New Approach to Primary Education (NAPE) Programme (1990)
  25. Back Cover