Word of the Head of the Department:

We are pleased to present on the page of Curriculum and Instruction Department all the information that the visitors of this page, as well as the students of the department in the undergraduate and postgraduate stages, would like to know.

    We have made every effort to pay attention to this page as we aspire to spread awareness of everything that would advance the educational process in the department and prepare it to achieve quality requirements and obtain academic accreditation, wishing to promote our department.

With my sincere best wishes of success for you all.

An introductory introduction to the Department of Curriculum and Teaching Methods:

The Curriculum and Teaching Methods Department is one of the core educational departments in the faculty. It collaborates with other departments in shaping and qualifying teachers for educational leadership, in accordance with modern, unified regulations adopted by faculties of education under the credit-hour system for both undergraduate (licentiate degree and Bachelor’s) and postgraduate diploma programs. The department is committed to fulfilling its educational, research, and community service mission in line with a clear strategic vision, mission, and objectives. This commitment aims to actively contribute to achieving the goals of Egypt’s national development vision for education.

       The department offers a range of academic courses across various specialized branches of curriculum studies, all designed and developed in accordance with the standards set by the National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education. Additionally, it provides diverse courses within distinguished specialized programs aimed at equipping student-teachers with teaching competencies for various educational curricula, delivered in both Arabic and foreign languages. These courses enrich both theoretical preparation and practical application, offered through integrated and sequential systems.

       The department specializes in preparing qualified researchers in the fields of curriculum and instruction through its varied postgraduate programs. It seeks to enrich educational knowledge and strengthen scientific research ties between the department and relevant research centers concerned with youth development, teacher preparation, and training at local, regional, and global levels – all while respecting societal values and international standards. This is achieved through the scholarly output of faculty members, including educational research, studies, intellectual publications, and more. The department also actively participates in local, regional, and international conferences, seminars, training courses, and workshops that serve the educational process and address various pedagogical, instructional, and developmental issues.

       The department employs contemporary educational theories, strategies, methods, and innovative teaching approaches in its curriculum delivery, aiming to cultivate highly competent teachers who can effectively meet labor market demands. These educators are equipped with superior competitive capabilities at national, regional, and international levels, particularly in light of the accelerating technological and practical transformations occurring in the field. The department conscientiously integrates these evolving requirements across all its courses and training programs for teacher candidates at various stages of their professional preparation, ensuring comprehensive development that addresses current educational challenges and future-oriented competencies.

May God grant success.

 Mission:

     Preparing a generation of teachers in accordance with national and international quality standards, in many disciplines, through complementary participation with other departments of the college, which makes the department a house of expertise that provides advisory services in the field of modern curriculum and instruction to the concerned authorities by an elite of faculty staff members with distinguished competencies and educational experience.

 Department goals:

Preparing teachers to work in educational institutions at different academic levels, raising the efficiency of in- service teachers, conducting educational studies, holding conferences, seminars and courses, and providing consultations to educational institutions.

Fields of Community Service Provided by the Department:

• Participating in training the teachers who work at the schools of the Ministry of Education.
•  Contributing to coaching the mentors and promoting their levels in educational supervision and guidance.
•  Taking part in university teacher preparation courses.
•  Promoting the university teacher in the different faculties through the participation of a number of the department’s professors in the courses of developing the capabilities of faculty staff members at the university.
•  Providing advice and expertise to public education schools or private schools with regard to developing the quality of performance of these schools and raising the efficiency of their staff members.
•  Participating in training courses and workshops held by the educational administrations or different schools regarding innovative methods of teaching or assessment.
•  Strengthening the links between the department and the public education schools through the participation of some of its staff members in holding seminars and presenting public lectures in those schools.
•  Participation of some members of the department with college students in improving and beautifying the environment through planting trees or beautifying the environment…etc.

Axes/ Dimensions of the research plan of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction:

The Objectives of the Plan:

•  Enriching the research aspect of the department by holding effective symposia and conferences.
•  Employing master's and doctoral researches - to solve real educational problems.
•  Providing researchers with the skills and ethics of educational research through the weekly seminars and attending the discussions of scientific theses.
• Discussing the problems that researchers face while conducting their studies, either those related to theoretical aspects or to the applied and statistical aspects.
•  Keeping track of the progress of researchers and what they have accomplished in their studies, and helping them overcome the difficulties they face.

The Components of the Plan:

• Teaching different disciplines for special needs students (the blind - the deaf - the mentally retarded - the academic underachievers - the gifted and talented).
• Introducing new topics in different disciplines within the curricula of general education in accordance with recent developments in the subject.
•  Using advanced technology (computer and Internet) in teaching different subjects.
•  Various applications of cognitive learning theory in each cognitive specialization such as (Piaget - Gagné - Bruno - Vygotsky - Osbel .... etc.) and other modern theories.
• Using the multiple intelligences theories in teaching different subjects at general education stages.
• Upgrading the curricula of different subjects in general education stages.
• Upgrading the teacher preparation programs for different subjects in the Faculty of Education.
•  Evaluating the curricula of various subjects in general education stages and its various elements (objectives - content - activities - evaluation).
•  Evaluating the teacher preparation programs for different subjects in the Faculty of Education.

Research Projects in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction:

“Development of admission tests at Mansoura University AP1-006-MAN”

 - Prof. Aida Abdel-Hamid Sorour

"Field Training Development Project"

- Prof. Fouad Mohamed Moussa

“Professional Diploma Program (Environmental Education)”

 - Prof. Mamdouh Al-Sadiq

"Linking study curricula to the needs of the labor market"

-Prof. Ali Abdel-Samie Qoura