More than 200 teachers in attendance The university organizes a professional development course for teachers

The university, represented by the College of Education, launched a training program for male and female teachers yesterday morning, Sunday, in cooperation with an initiative from the Ministry of Education, under the title "Managing the Learning Environment in Competency-Based Education." The program was attended by over 200 male and female teachers. This program, which will last for a full month at the college's headquarters, aims to develop and ensure the success of the educational process through new roles that will have positive impacts on the performance of male and female teachers.
The training program, which aims to activate the university's role in community service, includes equipping male and female teachers with the necessary skills to activate modern technologies, diverse teaching skills, and thinking skills, as well as reviewing regional and global experiences in this field. It also aims at the professional development of male and female teachers, and equipping them with skills to manage the learning environment in light of competency-based education, in a way that achieves motivation and makes learning engaging.
The program aims to equip teachers with appropriate teaching strategies and skills in how to design and utilize technology in their teaching to make learning more engaging, while considering individual differences. It also aims to establish the theoretical and cognitive background for competency-based education, and to provide teachers with teaching methods for thinking skills, and to identify ways of dealing with individual differences among learners in education.
The training program's axes include: defining the concept of competency-based education, its importance, characteristics, and success factors in the general education system; diagnosing the learner's reality and challenges faced in the learning environment from a competency-based education perspective; the concept of differentiated instruction and the assumptions it is based on; as well as the difference between the concept of differentiated instruction and individualized education, the principle of considering individual differences, and traditional teaching.
Teachers participating in the program acquire up-to-date knowledge regarding the use of contemporary methods and techniques in competency-based education. They will be introduced to modern educational software and skills, and their role in teaching and learning. Additionally, they will learn how to integrate and utilize technology in education, the factors for its selection, and will be assisted in better responding to the demands of 21st-century education through understanding critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity skills.