Reach Out To Asia (Rota), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), hosted a two-day workshop as part of the 2015 fall programme of the International Education And Resource Network (iEARN).
The workshop was hosted by the National Centre for Educational Development (NCED) at Qatar University and sponsored by Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Co (Muntajat).
The iEARN programme builds on the basic principle of Project Based Learning (PBL) and empowers teachers and youth to collaborate online in order to connect classroom learning with real world issues.
It allows young students to acquire skills in critical thinking, and cross-cultural awareness while connecting their learning to real world issues, making learning both challenging and enjoyable.
During the workshop in Qatar, a new group of 39 teachers from 17 different independent and private schools had the opportunity to join the worldwide community and learn about the basics of PBL, acquiring the know-how on how to implement iEARN projects, while co-operating online with teachers and students from more than 140 countries.
Essa al-Mannai, Rota’s executive director, recalled that since its inception in Qatar more than 400 teachers from over 100 schools in the country have attended the iEARN workshops and participated in a variety of iEARN projects with their students.