Appendix 1 Teaching the human development and capability approach: Some pedagogical implications

Abstract

Human development aims to expand people’s capabilities to be and do what they value being and doing. Having knowledge and getting a critically-oriented education are crucial components in forming a good life plan with genuine choices. When we teach the human development and capability approach, we therefore need to keep in mind that our pedagogy ought to be consistent with the core principles of the approach itself. It ought to be both a critical and humanizing pedagogy. An education process that humiliates students or reduces their confidence as they learn about human development ideas would certainly not be appropriate for enabling transformation and the expansion of capabilities.