This document summarizes the agenda and key topics discussed at the Ouarzazate-Zagora-Tinghir MATE Branch regional conference in Morocco in May 2018. The conference addressed several "walls" challenging education, including rigid curriculums, large class sizes, lack of teaching materials, and insufficient teacher training. Speakers discussed potential solutions such as reforming educational priorities, empowering teachers, and taking a student-centered approach. The goal was to think critically about how to improve educational outcomes.

1. Ouarzazate-Zagora-Tinghir (OZT)
MATE Branch, 17th Regional Conference,
Zagora, Morocco, 11-13 May, 2018

2.  Introduction
 1. The wall of the curriculum, syllabus and
textbook.
 2. The wall of the classroom and the school.
 3. The wall of class size and students.
 4. The wall of teaching materials.
 5. The wall of in-service training.
 6. What are the solutions?
 7. Celebrating success.
 Conclusion.

3. 1. The wall of the curriculum, syllabus
and textbook.
In a dark room with a rope
and a pencil.
Imagine you are in a dark
room with a locked door. All
you have with you is a rope
and a pencil. You can hear the
rain outside, but there are no
windows. How do you get out?
Thinking out of the box:
Critical thinking, Reflective teaching.

4. 2. The wall of the classroom
and the school.

5. 3. The wall of class size and students.

6. 4. The wall of teaching materials.

7. 5. The wall of in-service training.

8. 6. What are the solutions?

9. What are the right big questions?
Solution (1)
The education pyramid
The syllabus?
The school?
The student?
The teacher?

10. Where do you stand? Judge for yourself.
Solution (2)
“Educational
change depends
on what teachers
do and think – it’s
as simple and as
complex as that.”
(Fullan & Stiegelbauer,
1991:117 in Philip Adey et al,
2004:3)

11. What is your reform?
Solution (3)
The Student’s Project
The Ministry’s Reform
The Educational System
The Teacher’s Reform

12. Which perspective of reality are you
looking from? Solution (4)

15. Thanks for your attention.