The Education Affairs Office at the Abu Dhabi Crown
Prince Court has announced the launch of an interactive training program to
develop the capabilities of teachers and support them in teaching the courses
of the moral education curriculum across all UAE schools.
The program aims at training 1,500 teachers nationwide
and has already trained its first group of 400 teachers in co-operation with a
number of partners and experts in this field.
The step responds to the needs of teachers and is
aimed at enhancing their educational performance across the UAE and hence
making the best of the Moral Education Curriculum, which was launched in 2016 under
the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown
Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
The training courses are designed for teachers of all
academic backgrounds, educational specialities and methodologies. Additionally,
the courses use an innovative approach that contributes to developing teachers’
abilities and means of communication with students. By this, teachers will be
able to enrich their teaching materials and communicate information to students
in a smooth and fun way, particularly that it is an exceptional curriculum at
the level of the region and the world and in the education sector in general.
The training program will be delivered in-person and
digitally and its content and methodologies will address the cultural diversity
of the UAE. It will also provide teachers with the required tools for modifying
and aligning examples and lessons in their classrooms with a view to streamlining
the engagement of all students for the ultimate end of ensuring the
availability of trainers of moral education curriculum in every school and
district.
Taught every day for 60 minutes to all students, the
Moral Education Curriculum is based on four pillars; namely, Character and
Morality, the Individual and the Community, Civic Studies and Cultural Studies.
The curriculum is an innovative and interactive
program designed especially for young students, irrespective of their nationalities
and ages, to be more familiar with such comprehensive values and principles that
reflect the shared experiences of humanity.