Core Capacities for Living and Learning
Core Capacities refer to a set of life skills that are naturally present in young children and that can be cultivated through various practices. The Learning for Well-being Foundation is particularly interested in making these core capacities explicit in all learning environments for children and adults.
The Learning for Well-being Foundation partnered with UNICEF’s Office of Research, Innocenti, and the US-based Fetzer Institute in a two-year research project, beginning in January 2018. This project will be the first stage of a multi-year study on developing practices and products to strengthen core capacities.
The research aims to inform real, positive and efficient change in general education policies and practices. The initial effort will assess the current state of the field through a series of documents, guided by experts collaborating across disciplines:
- What do we know about data and previous research on core capacities?
- Which concepts and definitions already exist?
- What has already been measured?
- What do studies show on age-sensitive development?
- What are their applications and impact?
- What has been the role of policy so far?
PARTNERS: UNICEF Research Innocenti Centre; Fetzer Institute
Project Microsite: https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/what-makes-me
