This interactive session explores how educators can ensure student progress is visible while embedding critical thinking and real-world connections in every lesson. Centred around the Three Ps: Progress, Perspective, and Practice. The workshop unpacks practical strategies for enhancing teaching and learning under the UAE’s vision for educational excellence.
Attendees will discover how to:
Design lessons that make progress measurable and meaningful.
Build perspective through critical thinking and reflective questioning.
Apply practice by linking learning to UAE culture, values, and real-world contexts.
Through live examples, collaborative discussion, and takeaway templates, delegates will learn how to turn traditional learning moments into opportunities for visible growth. By the end of the session, participants will feel equipped to demonstrate impact, raise engagement, and inspire learners to connect knowledge with life beyond the classroom.
Workshop Leader
Tamara Asantewaah
Tamara Asantewaah is an English teacher, A-Level Media Studies educator, and the Whole-School Literacy Coordinator (Senior Phase) at Repton School Dubai. With a strong commitment to academic excellence, Tamara leads school-wide literacy development grounded in research-based pedagogy, curriculum design, and evidence-informed practice. Her work focuses on equipping educators with accessible, high-impact strategies that strengthen reading, writing, speaking, and listening across the curriculum.
A champion for Reading for Pleasure, Tamara integrates cultural relevance, inclusivity, and student agency into her literacy frameworks, ensuring that reading becomes a meaningful, relevant, and socially engaged practice for all learners. She is particularly passionate about embedding culturally responsive literacy approaches that help students connect their lived experiences to the texts they encounter, deepening comprehension, critical thinking, and engagement.