The innovative approaches to learning regional project work with schools and teachers to develop innovative new student-centred approaches to learning in the classroom through 15 pilot partnerships connecting primary schools in the Near East and North Africa with the UK. It also aims to enrich pupils’ and teachers’ learning through intercultural dialogue via these international partnerships.
Who is involved?
Primary schools in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine are participating with partner schools in Leeds, Manchester, North Yorkshire, Nottingham and Staffordshire in the UK. Around 5000 children and 200 teachers, heads and Ministry staff are currently working on joint curricular and extra-curricular projects.
Educational benefits
We want to make a real contribution to education in the region and the UK to help deliver:
Our main activities
The International School Award in the Near East and North Africa
Together with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) we are developing the International School Award (ISA) with participating schools to pilot the award in the region. The ISA is an accreditation scheme for curriculum-based international work in schools. It recognises and celebrates schools that develop a strong international ethos throughout the school.
Co-development networks with the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
We are also offering participating schools the opportunity to become the first international QCA co-development networks. This will involve developing a plan for curriculum change and schools will also be able to access consultancy support to implement these plans. The QCA offers advice and support to English schools on the curriculum. It currently has 57 co-development networks in England.
Our work in Morocco
In January 2007 we hold the first Regional education meeting to discuss innovative learner-centred approaches to education in Rabat- Morocco with 30 education directors, teachers and project managers from Palestine, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco.
The meeting gave participants an opportunity to share experience and discuss how we can best develop innovation in the classroom and exchange between the students as well as develop school linking in the region in general. The Essaouira and North Yorkshire school partners also have the opportunity to develop their link activities for the coming year.
Simon Cowton, consultant North Yorkshire and a group of teachers form North Yorkshire Universityl visited Essaouira Delegation d'Enseignement for a teacher exchange experience from 22 October to 1 November 2007. They worked with teachers of 3 schools in Essaouira on innovative approaches in learning through different themes such as Environment, Civic education and Social responsibility.
From 23 to 29 March 2008 Ty, Simon Cowton, visited Essaouira from 23 to 29 March to facilitate different workshops for local teachers. This programme formed a Final phase of this joint project between North Yorkshire LA and Essaouira Délégation and seeks to acheive the required objectives. Read more.
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