Edward Lawless

Executive Director, Learning & Innovation, The Qatar Foundation

卡塔尔基金会教育发展部学习与创新执行总监

Edward’s career as an educator has spanned four decades, four continents, and multiple curricula in state and independent schools around the world. In his current role as AISL Academy’s Director of Professional Learning, Edward builds partnerships with leading global educational institutions and specialists to provide AISL educators with high-quality opportunities to learn, share and grow as professionals under online, face-to-face, and blended conditions. He has served as Head of Professional Development for the International Baccalaureate’s Asia Pacific Region and was the founding Principal for Pamoja Education, an Oxford-based EdTech organisation responsible for developing and delivering IB-approved online Diploma Programme courses to students around the world. Prior to joining AISL, Edward founded The Centre for Innovation (CFI), a Tokyo-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing a gateway to global education innovation in Japan, and served as a member of the Japanese Ministry’s Consortium for the Promotion of IB Education in Japan.

Edward有着近40年的教育职业生涯。其工作遍全球及五大洲的公立和私立学校及课程体系。他热衷于在相关，可获得、可持续的前提下重新构思教育及所有人的职业发展。作为卡塔尔基金会学习与创新执行总监，Edward引领教育发展部小、初、高中阶段的学习与创新。 此前曾担任AISL教育研究院的专业学习总监，国际文凭组织亚太地区专业发展主管，也是Pamoja教育的创始校长。Pamoja教育是一家总部位于伦敦的教育科技公司，负责为世界各地的学生开发并提供符合资质的IB在线文凭课程。Edward还创立了创新中心（CFI），这是一家总部位于东京的非营利组织，致力于为日本提供一个通向全球教育创新的桥梁。他还曾担任日本文部科学省IB教育促进联盟的成员。