Journey of a Question

The" Journey of a Question," which has been conducted for three successive rounds (2020, 2021, 2022,2023), with a fifth round currently in process, is an Egyptian informal innovation that aims to equip children aged 9-17 with self-questioning skills so that they can lead their own learning, find solutions for today's and tomorrow's problems, nx explore new concepts and facts that meet their needs and the needs of their society.

More than 150 children, 30 facilitators, and an administrative team of ten or more people take part in the initiative each year since it began three years ago. The initiative is built on selfless voluntariness. It is one of the social projects that the Edequest program has adopted.

The initiative is a learning journey in which the student begins by selecting a question that interests him, looking for its answer, and then writing it down in the form of a story that details his search's journey. He or she will receive training on thinking skills, how to conduct a search for sources, and how to connect information and writing within a month.
In order to support, mentor, and train students during their educational journey in the initiative, a number of facilitators are currently undergoing vocational training in remote facilitation skills.
A panel of judges evaluates each participant's story, and those that are chosen are then published online or in a book.

Objectives

To encourage self-questioning, and self-expression.
To develop and enhance children’s critical thinking skills, especially when trying to understand and investigate their own self, the other and their surrounding context.
To guide children to apply questioning-technique when addressing a problem To explore their own capabilities, strengths, potentials and optimize using those

Why is it being done?

This initiative was started in response to the changes brought on by the 2020 Corona pandemic, and its goal was to help kids learn how to do research and explore. According to the findings of the United Nations and UNESCO research, this initiative was born out of the need to improve children’s reading and research skills.

Initiative Timing:

July and August every year.

Initiative duration for facilitators = 45 day

The duration of the initiative for the participants = 30 days

Workplace:

Follow-up forms are flexible in design to support remote work, and methods are used to manage, organize, and follow up on tasks. The facilitators are under the educational supervision of a daily follow-up via WhatsApp.