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5 Guiding Principles of Quest Forward Learning
Our 5 Guiding Principles are drawn from decades of research in Education, Learning Sciences and Cognitive Psychology. While every student is unique and each student brings different abilities, interests and skills to the classroom,... Read More
Why Making Artefacts is Integral to Learning
Students in secondary schools can demonstrate learning in a variety of ways beyond exams. For students at Quest Forward Schools in Tanzania, one such method is the creation of artefacts. Artefacts are work products that students... Read More
How Schools Can Close the Skills Gap
We can close the skills gap in the Tanzanian workforce by helping secondary students to develop the skills that an industrialized economy needs.... Read More
Learning Continues in Homes Across Tanzania
The first case of the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tanzania was reported on Monday, March 16. Subsequently, the next day, Tuesday, March 17, all primary and secondary schools, as well as colleges and universities, were... Read More
Meeting the Demands of the New Job Market in Tanzania
A few years ago, graduates in Tanzania were the most assured people in the country of getting all good jobs that were available. It was uncommon to find a graduate with an added advantage of a good performance searching for a job... Read More
Learning Happens Everywhere and Always
We learn best when we are immersed in learning experiences that are active, engaged, meaningful, and interactive. This could be through experiential learning, small team projects, study trips, exploration of current events, use of... Read More
What We’ve Learned So Far
While Opportunity Education has been developing Quest Forward Learning for over 4 years, it has been only slightly more than 2 years since the model was deployed on a whole-school basis in Tanzania, and just under 2 years since it was... Read More
Tanzanian Schools Look to the Future
When Quest Forward Learning schools in Tanzania began writing courses, or quests, at the beginning of 2016, everything around the idea of this new curriculum was very abstract. The dream was made real by January 2017, when we... Read More