Doha: In the lead-up to the 2013 World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), Qatar Foundation International (QFI) and its partners will host two pre-conference meetings bringing together more than 50 international educators and leading experts from Qatar, Brazil and the US.
The meetings on October 27-28 will explore how innovation and cross-cultural collaboration in education foster 21st century competencies and build better learning goals and practices.
The ‘Global Educators’ Workshop: Learning and Leading for the 21st Century’ and ‘STEAM: Powering Creativity & Collaboration’ workshops will open with a joint session on Sunday at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha.
After two days of intensive discussions, participants will attend the annual summit. WISE 2013 brings together over 1,000 education stakeholders from more than 100 countries for three days of debates and sharing ideas for innovative solutions and creative action in education.
The Global Educators’ Workshop, in cooperation with the Supreme Education Council, convenes 30 principals and vice principals from local schools and 12 from schools in the US and Brazil. Focused on one of the sub-themes of the summit — ‘Leading and Learning for the 21st Century’, workshop participants will design an international learning community that promotes collaborations between schools through the design and implementation of cross-cultural educational projects. The meeting will strengthen and expand a global school network, providing a platform for collaboration, professional development and knowledge-sharing among academic leaders. The ‘STEAM: Powering Creativity & Collaboration’ workshop will be held in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences. It is a two-day roundtable on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths — with the Arts. The Peninsula
