affairs forum in the education of Al-Ahsa
The activities of the educational affairs forum, in its fifth year, were concluded today, which was organized by the Al-Ahsa Education Department over a period of two days under the slogan “The student and the student, the integrated construction .. the skills of teamwork,” with the participation of 200 educators and educational personnel from the various elements of the educational process, “boys, girls” , In the lecture hall of the Private Schools of Sciences in Al-Hofuf.
5 speakers participated in its first and second sessions on the second and last day of the forum, where the first session was moderated by the Associate Dean of the College of Applied Medical Sciences in Al-Ahsa, Dr. Tahani Al-Qurashi, and it included two working papers, the first paper, "Al-Hofuf Education Office" for girls ", entitled" The Impact of Applying Skills Teamwork during cooperative learning, "in which Ms. Munira Al-Hadian spoke about the importance of adopting cooperative learning as a learning method to raise academic achievement in all areas of weakness in the different stages, and train new teachers to apply the cooperative learning strategy in the classroom and enhance teamwork skills among students, and to adopt Training students on teamwork skills in all activities that schools provide for students.
As for the second paper "from Al-Hofuf Education Office" for boys "entitled" Learning by projects from the perspective of teamwork ", in which Professor Abdul Rahman Al-Majhem talked about adopting the implementation of the strategy at the level of education management according to a scientific methodology concerned with planning, qualification, progression in application and measuring impact according to tight tools Preparing expert houses at the level of educational supervisors, schools, teachers and students in the field of implementing and supporting the strategy, implementing quarterly or annual exhibitions highlighting student educational projects that represent learning outcomes and motivating participants in them, and intensifying training opportunities for teachers in the field of implementing the strategy, with an emphasis on reviewing and updating training bags. And developing it, in a way that enhances teachers'' skills and their applied practice, and making use of professional learning groups for teachers and educational supervisors in analyzing curricula and identifying appropriate study topics to implement the project-based learning strategy, and creating opportunities for integration between curricula in this, in addition to adopting the strategy as one of the tools to address weakness Academic achievement, and preparing students for international exams and benchmarking tests Encouraging incentives were built for schools, teachers and students applying the strategy who showed qualitative progress in learning outcomes according to solid indicators.
As for the second session, moderated by the Dean of the Technical College for Girls in Al-Ahsa, Ms. Sarah Al-Saraawi, it included 3 working papers, the third paper "Special Education" for Girls "entitled" Effectiveness of group teaching methods in developing mathematical concepts "in which Professor Maha Al-Naim emphasized the need to design a training bag that includes skills Teamwork in teaching the deaf, training female teachers on teaching methods and teamwork skills with the deaf, and generalizing the experience on all hearing impairment programs.
In the fourth paper, "Female Students'' Activity" titled "Olympic Values", Ms. Haifa Al-Bashir emphasized the implementation of the educational program for Olympic values in the hour of activity for female students participating in the sports program, coordination between the Olympic Committee and the General Administration of Education in Al-Ahsa, and the development of training programs for working cadres In schools, and that the sports forums that are held include work axes related to research and studies on Olympic values, the inclusion of Olympic values education within the non-classroom programs in the hour of activity, and the contribution to enriching the guide with activities and group games, engaging students according to available capabilities, and enriching contemplative content and questions related to values In group physical activity, and the contribution of school administrations in providing the appropriate environment to activate and encourage physical activities, spreading the culture of Olympic values to be an interactive methodology with various group physical activities, and holding workshops to train female teachers in ways and methods of teaching Olympic values, and directing the establishment of an Olympic Academy.
As for the fifth paper, "Administration for Adult Education" for girls, entitled "The extent to which female students of adult education can understand teamwork skills", Ms. Fatima Al-Khamis spoke about the importance of considering teamwork among the basics of adult education and submitting it as a proposal to the public administration in continuing education to include it in the organizational guide for education Adults, and the participation of education offices in training supervisors of continuing education in training programs that target female educational supervisors in the field of the professional development path.
The proceedings of the forum witnessed the implementation of 6 workshops for a group of male and female students in the governorate schools under the supervision of the educational supervisor at the Department of Student Activities, Professor Zafer Al Jarbu`, which are as follows: “We are all partners towards change” for students of Omair bin Wahab High School, “Newton''s apple” for students of Dur Al-Uloom secondary school, and 3D printing for "Jaafar Al-Sadiq High School students," "The Critical Notebooks and the Knowledge Code" for Halima Al Saadia High School students, and "Practical Poster Strategy" for the fourth secondary school students, and "Report Junior" for the primary students of Juatha.
The forum came out with 6 recommendations, which included training the new teachers on implementing the cooperative learning strategy in the classroom, enhancing the teamwork skills of the students, adopting the training of female students on teamwork skills in all activities that schools hold for students, and designing a training package that includes teamwork skills in teaching the deaf and Training teachers on teaching methods and teamwork skills with the deaf, raising the adoption of teamwork skills in the Organizational Guide for Continuing Education to the General Administration of Continuing Education, and implementing training programs on project learning strategy according to a planned scientific methodology.
