Some of the participants in the workshop organised by the Research and Development Division at Qatar Foundation in collaboration with the Supreme Education Council, at the Qatar National Convention Centre.
DOHA: The Research and Development Division at Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development recently concluded a workshop that sought to enhance and diversify the training of independent science school teachers.
The four-day seminar, which was held at the Qatar National Convention Centre, was organised in collaboration with the Supreme Education Council, and over 90 teachers from 50 elementary and secondary schools participated.
A professional science communicator and director of Science2Life, Susan McGrath, led the workshop.
Through a passionate and highly engaging format, McGrath demonstrated the importance of making science fun and achieving results by incorporating Science2Life’s innovative approach in its delivery of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.
The main objective behind the ‘STEM Subject Knowledge Enhancement Courses’ that are delivered by McGrath is to make science simple, real, and relevant to everyday life experiences. The courses consist of entertaining and interactive physics and chemistry demonstrations that promote the development of a student’s critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Director of Education, Training and Development from Qatar Foundation’s Research and Development Division, Dr Wyatt Hume said:
“The management training and development arm at Qatar Foundation is eager to support science education because of its importance in building the future of the nation. Under the Qatar Science Leadership Program we offer training programs aimed at developing research skills at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.”
Throughout the workshop, teachers were presented with a range of engaging science experiments, designed to help them better address topics important to Qatar’s independent school curriculum.
They also focused on scientific fields that are aligned to Qatar’s Science Standards, including crucial topics such as forces, energy, chemical reactions and properties of materials.
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