Best Practices for Running Schools in Refugee Camps
The disruption of education for Syrian children has been one of the worst consequences of the six- year conflict. Years of schooling lost directly correlate to poorer employment prospects and increased social disadvantages in years to come. The Jusoor program is one of a few NGO initiatives that directly address this huge need by providing non-formal […]
Higher Education and Inclusion of Refugees
Globally, refugees constitute vulnerable groups since their migration is forced and since they are in need of protection. Their future status in terms of residence, citizenship, permits and visa is often in a situation of limbo for long periods of time. Refugees and asylum-seekers also live lives in a sort of a vacuum, where the […]
Education Technology for Rapid Response
Despite increased access to primary education in many countries, the number of out-of-school children (OOSC) and adolescents rose from 122m in 2011 to 124m in 2013. Globally, 250m children cannot read, write or count, despite many having been in school for years. The proportion of children who do not complete primary education who come […]
How Reflection Can Help Teachers Become More Effective
Research indicates that critical reflection makes a significant impact on a teacher’s knowledge, skills, and effectiveness (Brookfield 2004; Cranton, 1996; Willis, 1999). The skills of critical reflection now form the underpinnings of most teacher education programs internationally (Clarke & Otaky, 2006). Cranton (1996) argued the process of critical reflection allows individuals to identify and locate […]
The Four Big Fails That Made My Business Succeed
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison Failure and Success are like two rivaling siblings that continuously squabble in front of every starting entrepreneur. In starting my own business, I have not found a way of having one without the other. It is no secret that you need […]
Increasing The Competitiveness of Arabic Language: Some Unusual Alternatives
Arab visitors to the small Mediterranean island nation of Malta may hear a familiar language. Maltese is derived from the language of the Fatimid Empire that ruled south Italy from the ninth through twelfth centuries. Maltese is written in the Latin script and has many imported words, but its grammar is North African Arabic. It […]
Bringing “Context” to Entrepreneurship Education
In 2012, Gallup-Silatech’s joint publication used an exciting title: ‘Qatar’s rising entrepreneurial spirit’. Indeed, the past few years have witnessed a fast paced rise and thickening of Qatar’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. Qatar’s dynamic entrepreneurial spirit has involved frequent events, training programs, and the participation of multiple actors collaborating in the goal of raising new Qatari entrepreneurs […]
School Conditions Can Support More Effective Teacher Professional Learning
School leaders everywhere want to improve the quality of teaching and learning in their schools. Professional development for teachers is often seen as the best way to achieve these improvements. Yet much of the research on teacher professional development fails to demonstrate that it has an impact on teachers’ classroom practices or their students’ […]
Teaching Together in Changing Times
In a complex and rapidly changing world, our educational goals are becoming more sophisticated and demanding. Raising achievement scores in literacy and numeracy is not enough anymore. Economic prosperity and opportunity call for innovation and creativity. An international epidemic of mental health problems, violence and uncontained anger is making nation after nation, and more and […]
More wisdom, less knowledge? The changing role of the 21C teacher
In the past weeks I bet you have heard the following response to a question, “I dunno, wait let me Google it!”. In our permanently connected society, information is only a few characters and a click away. Our lives have been forever changed by this persistent information flow. Fast changing technological advances have also impacted […]