Midwheb Hosts Visitors from Qatar University

The British Council and colleagues from Qatar University visited the Midwheb Partnership this week. The visitors were:-

• Dr Batoul Khalifa, Assistant Professor, Qatar University
• Dr Emad Alghazo, Assistant Professor, Qatar University
• Ms Rana El Adaoui, Project Manager, British Council Qatar
• Mr Allan Jones, Visit Coordinator

We spent part of the afternoon discussing our mutual interest in professional development programmes and found a great deal of similarity in our work. Discussion covered issues of partnership, needs analysis, learning through experience, action research, portfolios and e learning.

Record Numbers are awarded the MA Education!

Particular congratulations to the record number of 17 graduates of the MA Education award. These are now Messrs Bohan, Czauderna, Detheridge, Jackson, Kambalu, Lane, Martin, Matthew, McDonnell, Mitchell-Burke, Samuel, Storey, Wood, Czajkowski, Jabbar, Urkmez, Wilkins. MA!

Well done everyone.

This award comes after three years or research and development work at the forefront of professional practice. There work has clearly shown an impact on the quality of teaching and learning and leadership and management in their schools across many topics and areas including, among others the early years curriculum, teaching and learning styles and strategies, assessment for learning, middle leadership, creativity, using data, improvement strategies and interventions for social inclusion.

Oh that picture? Wells it's active, engaged learning, as a group creates a physical representation of the action research cycle during a research methodology session. Where does the analysis of the evidence come? Before or after reflction? Whene should we read about what we already know? Our sessions are not passive!