By Islam Alzeny. Distance education that allows adults with families and jobs to study in the evenings and on weekends has revolutionized education in many parts of the world. But not in Bahrain.
A 2010 government decree blocks recognition of degrees earned through virtually all forms of distance education–programs run by institutions outside the country and aimed chiefly at working adults. Bahraini students’ only options are usually to study during the working week at the more than 20 higher-education institutions based in the country. Although some local private universities offer evening programs, they cost up to $4,000 per semester, far higher than the cost of foreign institutions. More...
23 mars 2015
US teacher Nancy Atwell wins $1m 'Nobel prize for teaching' in Dubai
By Orlando Crowcroft, Alfred Joyner. A US eighth-grade teacher has fought off competition from 5,000 educators from across the world to bag a $1m (£680,000) global teaching award.
Nancie Atwell, from Maine, won the GEMS Foundation Global Teacher Prize, launched by former US president Bill Clinton last year, at a star-studded awards ceremony in Dubai.
Atwell, who encouraged her students to read 40 books a year – four times the US national average – and set up the Centre for Teaching and Learning in Maine, said she would use the prize to fund tuition and to buy more books. More...
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