DOHA: Participants of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Learners’ Voice Programme attended a dinner hosted by Qatari Ambassador to Spain, Abdul Razak Abdul Jalil Al Abdul Ghani.
It marked the conclusion of the programme’s second residential session, at Ciudad Banco Santander, Madrid.
Future education leaders shared thoughts and ideas with Ghani who also honoured the learners and congratulated them on the success of their second residential session.
The learners had been engaged in the second session administered by expert facilitators, in partnership with Banco Santander.
It included exercises on leadership and communication skills and workshops on disruptive thinking and project development.
The programme aims at bringing views of students to the issue of rethinking education and prepare them to take on leading roles in their fields and the world of education.
It is based on the belief that when students are co-creators of their learning environments, they become active participants, collectively as stakeholders in their learning environment.
The programme focuses on building their knowledge of education and entrepreneurship, leadership and communication skills.
In addition to the annual WISE Summit in Doha, learners take part in workshops, online sessions, project-based work and major international conferences.
The 2013-2014 group comprises 31 learners from 23 countries. The group is developing projects as diverse as an arts and culture hub for the inclusion of children born during war in Uganda to a curriculum built around the use of 3D printers as tools to engage high-school students in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) subjects.
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