Heirs of Khwarizmi — the series
A mathematics-pedagogy video series I conceived, scripted, and present, made to change how future teachers meet the subject. This is the opening episode.
M. Umair Khan
Teacher educator and co‑founder of Quva. Fulbright scholar, Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education ’19. Formerly senior lecturer with Durbeen at GECE Hussainabad, where I designed and taught the B.Ed. mathematics pedagogy sequence.
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A series I created, a classroom in motion, and the case for reform on national television.
A mathematics-pedagogy video series I conceived, scripted, and present, made to change how future teachers meet the subject. This is the opening episode.
A teaching demonstration: making negative-integer arithmetic concrete with two-colour counters, the way I model pedagogy for pre-service teachers.
Representing Durbeen on national television: reforming teacher education, and the case for first-language instruction in the early years.
Now building
An educational services company I co-founded: premium test preparation, teacher training, and consultancy — built in Pakistan, bilingual by design.
Practice sessions, timed full-length tests, question and vocabulary banks, progress analytics — and Quva Rehbar, a bilingual English–Urdu AI tutor.
gre.quva.appProfessional development for schools and school systems, with testimonials and video proof from delivered programs.
ed.quva.appStructured IELTS preparation from the same team.
ielts.quva.appWhat Quva is, who we serve, and how to work with us.
quvapro.comContact
Consultancy, teacher-training partnerships, speaking, and research collaboration — recent engagements include curriculum design, teacher assessment, and mentor-training workshops for organisations across Pakistan and beyond.
umairkhan@alumni.harvard.edu