IAP International Academic Partnership
The International Academic Partnership promotes global education and student-centered teaching at participating schools. The program focuses on professional development for teachers and curricular innovation at all affiliated institutions. Since its founding in 1993, the IAP has linked schools in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America to create a living laboratory for the study of issues related to developing nations and to provide a forum for the dissemination of methods of cooperative teaching and learning.
The members of the IAP are Aga Khan Education Service, Phillips Academy, the Institute for Educational Development of Aga Khan University, and Schule Schloss Salem.
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Aga Khan Education Services is the education branch of the Aga Khan Development Network, which also sponsors projects in the fields of health and economic development. AKES comprises some 400 schools in Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Tajikistan) and east Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania). These schools employ 2500 teachers serving 55,000 students. At the IAP workshops, AKES teachers share substantive knowledge and approaches to the difficulties facing their schools. In return they learn new methods of conveying information to their students. AKES teachers and students also participate in IAP curriculum development projects, lending a global outlook to the new coursework. Click here to hear a National Public Radio Interview with His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan. September, 26, 2006 |
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