NewsWhore
10-01-2008, 03:30 PM
The Ministry of Education has signed an agreement with Harvard University's Wide World educational online coaching program. Education Minister Melanio Paredes was in Boston to sign the agreement. The government will spend US$116,924 to participate in the program. The program is part of the Fernandez administration's efforts to improve the quality of education in the DR.
According to their website, Wide World builds on thirty years of classroom-based research from Project Zero and the Harvard Graduate School of Education to provide professional development programs that incorporate the essential elements - the DNA - of effective teaching. Their online courses, on-site workshops, and individually designed district plans guide teachers, teacher leaders, coaches, and school leaders on coordinated journeys towards wide-scale improvement in classrooms and schools.
http://wideworld.pz.harvard.edu/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)
According to their website, Wide World builds on thirty years of classroom-based research from Project Zero and the Harvard Graduate School of Education to provide professional development programs that incorporate the essential elements - the DNA - of effective teaching. Their online courses, on-site workshops, and individually designed district plans guide teachers, teacher leaders, coaches, and school leaders on coordinated journeys towards wide-scale improvement in classrooms and schools.
http://wideworld.pz.harvard.edu/
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)