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Speakers included 24 academics, scholars and researchers from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Syria, Jordan and Palestine, including Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at <strong>Columbia</strong> University, and Ilan Pappe, Fellow and Director of the European Center for Palestine Studies at Exeter University. Introductory remarks at Falastin Newspaper Conference by Dr. Noha Tadros, Visiting Fellow at the Center Professor Rashid Khalidi joins session titled “A Hundred Years of Journalism – the Forging of a Nation?” at Falastin Conference A Regional Conference on Strengthening Teacher Policies for Education Results In conjunction with Teachers College and CUMERC, the Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) held its second annual conference on teacher education, entitled, “Strengthening Teacher Policies for Education Results” on July 6-7. The conference, which was co-sponsored by the World Bank, built on the success of QRTA’s inaugural summit in June 2009 on “Teacher Preparation: What Does the Evidence Suggest?,” which marked the first time that such focus had been placed on the issue of teacher education in Jordan. In recent years, education policymakers throughout the world have become increasingly concerned with how to improve teacher quality. This interest has been sparked in part by research showing that teacher effectiveness is the most important school-based predictor of student learning and that several consecutive years of outstanding teaching can offset the learning deficits of disadvantaged students. To this end, the <strong>2011</strong> conference focused on holistically exploring teacher policies in view of improving the overall quality of teaching and learning. The conference assembled approximately 100 policymakers, academics, Ministry of Education representatives and other education stakeholders from 12 countries in the Arab World. The Ministers of Education of both Jordan and Palestine were also present. The conference aimed to facilitate an informed discussion between the various stakeholders on how to apply the lessons from high-performing education systems to strengthen various areas of local education systems. Another objective was to reflect on the current regional situation, and devise ways for different countries to adapt to new changes and challenges, and transform them into opportunities.
This series of teacher education conferences is envisioned as an interactive set of meetings where researchers, developers, and teachers share perspectives and discuss solutions to common classroom problems. It has the potential not only to provide a baseline of study and research in teacher education, but to also create opportunities for practitioners to extend their knowledge and share strategies about effective classroom practices supporting the goals of Jordan’s Education Reform for Knowledge Economy (ERfKE) initiative. By creating this annual tradition, QRTA strives to become an international center of excellence in teacher training and a forum for exchanging best practices from around the world. Breakout session during “Strengthening Teacher Policies for Education Results” Conference 53
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