Integrating Whole Child Development (WCD) Measurement into Education Systems

Paul Schöpfer; Maria van der Harst; Bjorn Wansink; Rita  Heller Crespo; Diederik van Iwaarden; Arjun Bahadur; Eveline Correa; Nancy Keji; John Mugo; Supraja Narayanaswamy; Anne W. Njine; Prateesh Prasad; Alex Ríos; Nacho Sequeira; Mary E. Walsh; Joost de Laat

Integrating Whole Child Development (WCD) Measurement into Education Systems

Paul Schöpfer
, Maria van der Harst
, Bjorn Wansink
, Rita Heller Crespo
, Diederik van Iwaarden
, Arjun Bahadur
, Eveline Correa
, Nancy Keji
, John Mugo
, Supraja Narayanaswamy
, Anne W. Njine
, Prateesh Prasad
, Alex Ríos
, Nacho Sequeira
, Mary E. Walsh
, Joost de Laat^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sattva Consulting
Utrecht University
Instituto Aliança
Educate!
Zizi Afrique
Center for Whole-Child Education at Arizona State University Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Opportunity International
UNESCO
Fundación Exit
Walsh Center for Thriving Children

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Abstract

Based on discussions with 10 education organizations working with a variety of whole child development (WCD) approaches across the globe, this article explores what such holistic approaches to building foundational skills mean for measuring student outcomes, including
at young ages, and what other indicators are necessary to support education systems that foster the thriving of children with different needs across different contexts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-68
Number of pages	4
Journal	NORRAG
Issue number	9
Publication status	Published - 24 Jan 2024

Keywords

Assessments
Whole child development (WCD)
Measurement
Holistic education

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Schöpfer, P., van der Harst, M., Wansink, B., Heller Crespo, R., van Iwaarden, D., Bahadur, A., Correa, E., Keji, N., Mugo, J., Narayanaswamy, S., Njine, A. W., Prasad, P., Ríos, A., Sequeira, N., Walsh, M. E., & de Laat, J. (2024). Integrating Whole Child Development (WCD) Measurement into Education Systems. NORRAG, (9), 65-68. https://resources.norrag.org/resource/view/832/461

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