The participants reviewed the educational materials developed to date, including specific competencies, learning outcomes, content modules, and curriculum matrices. They also assessed how these components complement each other and formulated recommendations for adjustments to ensure the continuity of the educational process, according to a statement from the Ministry of Education and Research.
“Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of curriculum development experts to analyze and harmonize the developed products to avoid fragmentation or gaps in content across disciplines. At the same time, we want to develop an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to provide students with a holistic view of learning and the necessary competencies in the context of contemporary challenges,” said Corina Lungu, head of the Ministry’s General Education Curriculum Policy Department.
On the path to integration
One of the topics discussed was the integration of cross-curricular themes and new educational approaches into all school subjects.
These are topics that are not taught as separate subjects but are addressed across multiple disciplines, such as health education, environmental, digital, and financial education, education for democratic citizenship, and education for sustainable development.
During the workshops, experts analyzed how these themes could be more coherently reflected in the curriculum and reviewed instructional matrices indicating where and how they should be addressed in various subjects and at different levels of education.
The goal is for students to develop practical and transferable skills regardless of the subject in which specific content is taught.
The event was organized with the support of UNICEF Moldova as part of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) program.
