10 – 12 November 2026
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Dubai World Trade Centre Sheikh Saeed Halls 1, 2 & 3
Dr Muhammad Jehanzaib Chaudhry
Head of Department, STEM Coordinator, Academic Bridge Program - Qatar Foundation
Dr. JC holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Management from the University of Technology in Malaysia, a Master's degree in Mathematics for Teachers from the University of Waterloo in Canada, and an M.Sc. in Statistics from Baha-ud-Din Zakariya University, Multan.
With 24 years of classroom teaching and educational leadership experience across various countries, Dr. JC has gained valuable insights and diverse perspectives on leadership principles and effective communication strategies in education. Their research interests focus on exploring sustainable leadership, particularly the role of leaders' communication in enhancing performance.
Dr. JC has published numerous articles in high-impact journals, exploring various leadership styles and examining the role of motivating language both as a moderator and an independent variable in influencing the performance of both teachers and students.
Speaker Sessions
EdTech in Action
1609
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Power of Communication in the Classroom
Session Summary:
In the age of AI, where much of our written communication is enhanced, from softening the tone of emails to clearly expressing complex opinions, communication remains the most powerful tool we have to build trust, foster collaboration, and inspire growth in educational settings. Whether it's through verbal dialogue, written messages, or digital interactions, effective communication is at the heart of impactful teaching and meaningful leadership. This session will focus on exploring the extent to which classroom teachers’ use of motivating language, in terms of direction-giving language, empathetic language, and meaning-making language, impacts the academic performance of their students. In a multilingual and multicultural society, such as ours, clear, transparent, and empathetic communication is indispensable, especially for classroom teachers. This workshop is specifically designed to engage classroom teachers and and school leaders through various interactive and hands-on activities, exploring key leadership qualities and how effective leaders inspire and motivate those they guide. This workshop is grounded in the notion of motivating language, originating from the Speech Act Theory (1962), and focuses on three key speech acts: meaning-making language, direction-giving language, and empathetic language.
