Professional collaboration

Vision / What I Can Do

Dr. Harrison’s work advances educational autonomy, with a focus on Spanish-speaking and Muslim societies. She seeks collaboration with ministries of education, universities, schools and educational institutions of different sizes to adapt standards and programs to local needs.

Educational vision and standards

Work with educational leaders, administrators and their communities to clarify institutional purposes, revise educational vision and standards, and consider how assessment practices serve local priorities.

Critical review of international models

Examine how international or Western educational models are adopted, from ministries to individual schools. Identify their assumptions about knowledge, language and learning, and help institutions decide what to retain, adapt or reconsider.

Curriculum and program development

Revise curricula, syllabi and programs in relation to local cultural and linguistic realities. Where existing approaches do not meet those needs, collaborate on locally grounded alternatives.

Administrative and teacher training

Develop training for educational administrators and teachers that connects institutional goals with curriculum, materials, assessment and classroom practice. Support institutions in negotiating and putting culturally and linguistically specific approaches into practice.

Teaching