Strength of Women: Towards Innovative and Inclusive Societies

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Innovation in Education

From the reading of the UAE School Inspection Framework, these are some of the understandings I have regarding innovation in education:

Commitment to Excellence

Continuous Improvement

Curiosity

Willingness to Take Risks

Experiment to Test Assumptions

Questioning

Challenging the Status Quo

Recognizing Opportunity and Taking Advantage of It

Looking Beyond

Identifying the Great Ideas of Tomorrow and Practicing Them

I would like to consider how Innovation is:

Defined

Designed

Expressed

"Education is a fundamental element for the development of a nation

and the best investment in its youth." UAE Vision 2021

The government of the United Arab Emirates has created a school inspection framework. Listed below are the targets:

PISA: to be among the 20 highest performing schools in PISA

TIMSS: to be among the 15 highest performing countries in TIMSS

Completion of High School Education: to ensure that 90% of Emirati students complete high school

Attending Pre-Primary: to ensure that 95% of children in the UAE attend pre-primary education

High Skills in Arabic Language: to ensure that 90% of Grade 9 students develop high skills in Arabic language in the UAE NAP assessment

High Quality Teachers: to ensure that 100% of schools have high quality teachers

Highly Effective School Leadership: to ensure that 100% of public schools have highly-effective school leadership

University Foundation Programme: to ensure that no students need to join the university foundation programme

More information about the UAE School Inspection Framework can be found at: