Word of the Head of the Department:

From Prof./ Nagah Al-Saadi

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.

Vision:

     The department seeks to be a non-traditional scientific and educational entity, which contributes effectively to promoting the system of curriculum and teaching methods; to stand ahead of the competition with the corresponding departments locally and globally by providing an environment that is supportive for education, scientific research, and community service.

 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