e-Education for GAZA

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We provide video-training contents for teachers in Gaza for teaching LD children with the United Nations. Breaking down the ‘wall’ of education between a blocked city Gaza and outside world.

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e-Education for Gaza

We improve Gaza children's quality of education by using innovation of distance-learning technology.

Problem

Gaza city, Palestinian territory is a blocked city from outside the world.

Gaza faces a myriad of socio-economic problems. The United Nations (UN) has warned that the citizens of Gaza will not be able to continue living until 2020.

Due to the fact that Gaza is literally a blocked city by a blockade↓; children of Gaza in particular have a propensity to suffer from Learning Difficulties (LD) such as dyslexia.

UN estimated that within 300,000 primary children in Gaza, 30% of these children have LDs; however in Gaza, there are no professional or qualified teachers who have know-hows on teaching such LD children.

Furthermore, because of the reality that Gaza is completely cut away from other regions, it is virtually impossible for professional teachers to go across Gaza, and cannot receive such permissions.

Solution ~e-Education~

Therefore, we, e-Education Team planned to provide teacher-training from outside of the wall by using video contents.

In August 2012, we invited two best Professors of LDs from the University of Jordan (Profesor Mayada and Muna) and connected them to Gaza (200km away) by a satellite class and had special trainings for Gaza teachers on how to teach such LD children. This was a collaborative project with the UNRWA and gave a total of 20 hours training for 20 teachers in Gaza, twice a week in a month.

From UNRWA, Gaza side.

From UNRWA, Jordan side.

What's next?

What we have achieved from this trial was that teachers of Gaza are now able to teach to their students who suffer from LDs.

In other words, our next step would be to put these new skills into action! Those trained teachers start teaching their children with LDs in Gaza and making this case study, a prototype of the modern teaching methods of LDs in middle east countries.

These video contents were recorded in videos; therefore, we plan to provide these teaching materials into UNRWA's 'five fields': Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and West Bank.

In addition, we will organize seminars that foster mentors for teaching LDs in these countries, and they can lead on this field sustainably in long term.

This second phase will certainly instigate teachers to learn new skills; but most importantly, children with LDs can benefit and can now fully utilize their potentials for their future.

‘’e-Education saves the children of Gaza and break down the ‘wall’ through an innovation of distance-learning technology!’’

Teachers from Gaza city, after taking all the video sessions.

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Supporting Document:

Media. Asahi National Newspaper ~e-Education for Gaza~

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Roadmap to Success:

roadmap_to_success.pdf

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FIVE PROJECT QUESTIONS Required (60 - 90 minutes)

1. What is your innovation?

We improve Gaza children's quality of education by applying innovation of distance-learning technology (satellite video conference). No matter where they are, even a completely 'BLOCKED' city, Gaza, the e-Education makes it possible to deliver necessary skills, especially in teaching LDs, as it has become apparent to be the most common problem among primary children in these restricted areas in Middle East.

2. Who gains the most?

Our core target is 90,000 primary students with LDs in Gaza, UN research; but there are no professional teachers and cannot send them across Gaza due to the blockade. Therefore, ultimately such children with LDs will benefit most as they will now receive special exercises. 20 trained teachers in Gaza will receive new knowledge to pass onto their children with LDs. In long term, about 1.7 million children in other Middle East countries will benefit similarly alongside with those local teachers.

3. Who pays?

The trial project of e-Education Gaza has been funded by some generous private donors from Japan, crowd-funding (small collective funds) website online, educational institutions and UNRWA. We also consider some potential candidates who would be interested to give funds for this project: The Palestine Education Ministry, Defence for Children International or UNICEF.

4. What is your success?

e-Education improved knowledge about LDs for 20 teachers in Gaza city, which was our initial success. From Sep 2012, within 2400 children taught by these teachers, 670 became apparent to suffer from LDs. Moreover, in long term, recorded videos of these training sessions will be delivered to four other Middle East countries with UNRWA to over 130 teachers. This should ultimately help about 1.7 million children in these regions with LDs, whose education is impeded by their surrounding environment.

5. How will you do it?

e-Education provides satellite classes with two LD specialists for 20 teachers in Gaza, collaborating with UNRWA. Generous private donors and crowd-funding mainly fund for this. We always move with UN Convoys to mitigate a risk of being affected by present conflicts. 20 trained teachers will be cultivated to become LD specialists and sent to other Middle East countries with UNRWA. These local teachers will also receive same service by showing recorded videos of these training sessions.