Here we look at a five ways schools, teachers, and students in the Middle East are benefitting from Education Demand in their exam results and beyond:
1. Reduced Workload
Education Demand’s centralised administration, easy integrations and accessibility settings mean teachers can concentrate on teaching rather than technology. “I like the way that it’s linked to our management system so I can easily create homework in 30 seconds for an entire class” Lee Marsh of the British International School Al Khobar.
Planning becomes much less of a burden says Mohammad Pandore from the Waad Academy in Jeddah - “GCSEPod gives me the scope to potentially plan a whole year of assignments”.
2. Students learn independently
Students are encouraged to be independent and Education Demand provides them with the quiet confidence of having an on demand teacher in their pocket. “Previously, the students were heavily reliant on their teachers,” says Mohammed Pandore. “But our online offering, with the help of GCSEPod, allowed us to support our students in becoming more independent learners”.
British School Al Khubairat, Abu Dhabi is one of the top ten schools in the UAE, deputy headteacher Nigel Davis says about Education Demand: “We are genuinely excited about the future with GCSEPod and will be increasingly using it to flip the classroom and encourage independent study that we crave”.
3. Improved grades
Reducing stress and improving confidence facilitated by Education Demand’s content and assessment, helps students feel in control of their learning to achieve more. At The British School Al Khubairat in Abu Dhabi, 20% of GCSE students secured the new Grade 9 in English against a UK average of only 2%.
To the teachers of Waad Academy, it came as no surprise to them that students that engaged with GCSEPod the most had achieved higher grades in their teacher assessed exams: “that was no coincidence” staff said.
4. Stretch and challenge
At the Deira International School in Dubai, there was a case where a student recently arrived at the school in year 9 having missed a lot of the chemistry curriculum. Despite this, through their use of Education Demand’s GCSEPod content, the student managed to achieve a 95% pass mark in the subject.
“We noticed that our students started assessing their success and confidently setting targets; they knew exactly where they needed to go to improve within the context of their learning,” says Linda Parsons, Deira’s headteacher.
5. Measuring success
The benefit of Education Demand is apparent in so many schools it’s used in, which is why over 95% of international schools re-subscribe to the service.
“There is a direct correlation between usage and exam success; students who used the resource more achieved better results,” says Nigel Davis.
Lee Marsh adds that Education Demand is an invaluable tool in part thanks to the fact that it’s “great at reporting”.
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