WISE promotes non-formal learning opportunities – MENAFN.COM

WISE promotes non-formal learning opportunities – MENAFN.COM

The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a global think tank of Qatar Foundation, is currently attempting to create more non-formal learning opportunities to foster more intrinsic motivation through its Learners' Voice programme. "The initiative, which equips fellows with self-expression skills, has been redesigned in 2021 to be a year-long series of extracurricular activities serving 45 local public middle- and high-schools from nine different schools, in a partnership with the Ministry of Education," Aurelio Amaral, head of the Learning Ecosystems Track at WISE, said. According to Amaral,"passions can create more active and engaged learners in the long run as opportunities to learn and grow don't need to be tied to school grounds." He feels that there is a lot of potential for youth development beyond school borders by observing the surroundings in the neighbourhood, or by interacting with people and organisations from the communities. Motivating students is one of the key challenges faced by school leaders from public and private schools in Qatar, based on preliminary findings from an action-research project conducted by WISE, which has surveyed over 100 public and private schools and non-formal education providers in Qatar. "To foster more engagement in school, many principals and teachers are