Building Community Curriculums - A Field Guide

This guide is designed to assist educators and non-profit organisations aiming to positively influence the learning experience of young people by integrating arts-based, participatory approaches into formal, informal, and non-formal curricula. It draws on three key approaches towards that goal. First, it outlines how children and young people can contribute towards curriculum development. Next, it explores how arts-based methods and pedagogies, specifically those adopted in the Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) program, facilitate inclusive approaches to make learning holistic, child-centered, and practice-oriented. Finally, it reflects on the role of adult expert allies - researchers, education advocates, and duty bearers - in “translating” community voices back into the formal language of policy advocacy.