From Al Quds, largest Palestinian newspaper, March 29, 2005…

Ministry of Education Holds Educational Workshop to Train Educators on Study Technology

Ramallah – Yesterday morning, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education opened a 3-day workshop to prepare educators in Study Technology.

…the basics of the Study Technology are methods that simplify teaching and enrich the curriculum in such a way so that the student becomes fully able to learn, to understand deeply, and can fully apply the materials in his practical life.

The workshop will emphasize … barriers to study, types of barriers, manifestations of these barriers, representing understanding using clay demos, and the use of Study Technology to test understanding in daily study.

The training was conducted by: Ayman Hamamra, Majid Darras, Imad Maali, and Mohammad Faroukh [These are the Master Teachers who trained at Applied Scholastics International at St. Louis, Missouri in April 2004.]

[Excerpt of article translated from the Arabic by Issa Mitri, Executive Vice President of the Association for Peace & Understanding in the Middle East, emphasis added.] 

Historic Dates in the Program to Bring Study Tech to 1,000,000 Palestinian School Children

April 2004  - Four Palestinian Master Teachers intern as Study Tech Supervisors in St. Louis, Missouri,.

July 2004 - Master Teachers and Freedom Medal Winner, Debbi Mace, train 50 Palestinian Ministry staff in the Middle East on the Three Barriers to Study.

March 2005 - Master Teachers train 28 senior Ministry staff on the Three Barriers to Study.

July 2, 2005 Association volunteer, Mazen Abu-Hijleh, to travel to Middle East to co-ordinate with Palestinian Ministry of Education.