By Jenny Nyman | Project Leader
At the beginning of February this year, Hewar welcomed some 30 potential new families to an Open Day at Hewar’s school and kindergarten. Staff and parents showed the visitors round the facilities, answered questions and provided information about Hewar’s work. This event was part of our efforts to improve our outreach work, and to counter some of the misconceptions and reservations prevalent in our community about alternative forms of education.
Visiting families were also presented with new publications, offering information about Hewar’s activities, goals and methods. One of these was a recently completed introduction to ‘Hewar’s Method of Learning’, a short handbook which is currently being developed into a comprehensive and detailed Teachers’ Manual. The full version is due to be completed by the end of this academic year, and forms an important part of our work to further develop and improve our teacher training programme.
Students and teachers at Hewar were also excited to find out that two new projects will be carried out at the school, in cooperation with Al Nayzak and supported by Welfare Association. The ‘How to Think?’ programme aims to promote the skills of logical and critical thinking inside the school environment, whereas ‘Between Wires’ is a programme that deals with the relationship between technology and society. The projects also include extensive teacher training in these subjects, and offer an important opportunity for Hewar to further develop its capacities as an innovative and creative school.
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