Transformative Education
Digital spaces have offered new opportunities to create partnerships and co-design courses for educators who work in extremely complex contexts. They are no panacea for the complex challenges that face educators, education organisations and learners in the current situation. However, if designed in ways that are sensitised to the intersecting inequalities facing many communities, digital spaces can offer more equitable access to quality education and teacher professional development.
MODERATOR:
Professor Fouad M. Fouad
Global Health Initiative (GHI), American University of Beirut
Professor Fouad M. Foaud, MD, is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Co-Director of the Refugee Health Program, American University of Beirut. His research focuses on refugees' health and the Syrian refugee crisis, including displacement inside Syria and the neighbouring countries. Professor Fouad currently serves as a commissioner on two Lancet Commissions; AUB Lancet Commission: Syria and the crises in global governance, health and aid, and UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health.
Speakers:
Dr. Barbar Akle is an Assistant Provost at the Lebanese American University, assisting the Provost with duties related to strategic planning, faculty affairs, research-support activities, policies and procedures, innovation and external projects, and other academic activities and initiatives. Prior to his role in the Provost’s Office, Dr. Akle was Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at the School of Engineering. He is a Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineer by trade, having received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. in the subject, the first at the American University of Beirut, and the second two at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US.
Dr. Fadi Al Halabi- is a trained neurosurgeon. He established the Multi Aid Programs (MAPs) organisation to offer education, training, and health care to Syrian refugees living in Lebanon.
Ms. Suha Tutunji is the Director of the Refugee Education program at Jusoor. She has an MA in school management and supervision. She has 25 years of experience in education, with 18 years as a school administrator.
Suha worked as a researcher where co-published a paper on widening access to Syrian refugee education. Suha participated in co-publications and research on child rights and civic education in public schools in Lebanon. She also worked on education, mental health, and labor. Suha is a co-founder and board member of an NGO called CARE (Consultancy and Advocacy for Remedial Education) that caters to students with learning disabilities. She is also an INEE member and part of the INEE teacher training working group.
Dr. Samar Zeitoun is a professor at The Lebanese University in the Faculty of Education. She also worked for the Educational Centre of Research and Development on elaborating new curricula, evaluation systems, and training teachers. Samar received her B.A. in chemistry from the Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University and her MSc from the American University of Beirut in Physical Chemistry and her EdD from the University of Nottingham in the UK and a Ph.D. in educational leadership from the Lebanese University.
