{"id":23887,"date":"2016-03-14T02:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T02:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/palestinian-refugee-teacher-wins-1m-teaching\/"},"modified":"2016-03-14T02:32:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T02:32:07","slug":"palestinian-refugee-teacher-wins-1m-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/palestinian-refugee-teacher-wins-1m-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian refugee teacher wins $1m teaching award"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Hanan al-Hroub wins Varkey Foundation award, given to outstanding teacher for exceptional contribution to profession.}<\/p>\n

A Palestinian teacherwho grew up in a refugee camp in Bethlehem has been awarded a prestigious $1m teaching award by Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the prime minister of the UAE.<\/p>\n

Hanan al-Hroub, from Samiha Khalil High School in al-Bireh, Palestine, received the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2016 from Sheikh Maktoum and Sunny Varkey, founder of the Varkey Foundation, in Dubai on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“I am proud to be a Palestinian female teacher standing on this stage,” a jubilant Hroub said.<\/p>\n

“I accept this as a win for all teachers in general and Palestinian teachers in particular.”<\/p>\n

The award is now in its second year.<\/p>\n

An interactive resource on the Palestine conflict<\/p>\n

It was set up to recognise one outstanding teacher who has made an exceptional contribution to the profession.<\/p>\n

Hroub, who had witnessed a particularly rough childhood living in a violent Palestine refugee camp, used her childhood experiences to develop a teaching techniques that focused on play as a learning tool and shunned violence.<\/p>\n

The Palestinian teacher and author of the book, We Play and Learn, has shared her views at conferences, meetings and teacher training seminars.<\/p>\n

Her approach has led to a decline in violent behaviour in schools where this is usually a frequent occurrence.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis, who has been recently trying to connect with the Muslim world, congratulated the teacher at the ceremony via a video message.<\/p>\n

“A child has the right to play,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Part of education is to teach children how to play because you learn how to be social through games as well as learn the joy of life.”<\/p>\n

Hroub has encouraged her colleagues to review the way they teach, their classroom management strategies and the sanctions they use to curb violence in the school.<\/p>\n

She hopes that through education,eventually, there will be an elimination of violence altogether.<\/p>\n

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