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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
Mtakuja Milestones: Students Make Great Strides
In this, my third year as a mentor, I have seen my students grow drastically as they utilize the Quest Forward Learning platform. The following are ways in which this method has made a positive impact on students at Mtakuja Secondary... Read More
Good Habits Are Essential: How Quest Forward Learning Changes Classroom Behavior
The introduction of the Six Essential Habits of Quest Forward Learning has created positive changes in providing supportive discipline to students in Tanzania. Previously, the primary form of discipline used by teachers was corporal... Read More
Adventures in Artifacts: Building to Learn
For most people, the term “artifacts” may conjure images from the Indiana Jones movies. But artifacts are part of everyday life for Quest Forward Learning students. They are the products students create while completing quests.... Read More
Frame Work: Building Context into Quests
Quests need to be able to stand on their own, providing mentors and students with the information and context they need to safely and critically complete them. Designing quests is a nuanced, complex process, which requires designers... Read More
Engagement: A Proactive Approach
When a student is fully engaged, both success and failure hold similar value and they apply their coursework to real-world situations. This ideal level of an engaged classroom originates from mentors, who are the facilitators of... Read More
Skills Check: Putting Students in the Driver’s Seat
Like a rearview mirror, the Skills Check feature, available anytime students work on courses and quests, helps students and their mentors gain awareness of where they have been and what they have learned, but also points to where they... Read More