Abu Dhabi: Public school teachers are being trained this week in various subject areas before the start of the 2016-2017 school year, the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) announced in a statement sent today (August 22).
According to the emirate’s education sector regulator, the training will focus on the teaching and assessment methods for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects, including physics, chemistry, biology, maths and digital technology innovation. This year on, maths and science subjects for Grade 9 pupils will be taught in English. This leaves just three more grades, Grade 10 to 12, that are taught STEM content in Arabic.
The training is being delivered by faculty heads, academic quality experts and Adec curriculum developers. In addition to STEM subject workshops, there is also additional training for teachers of subjects such as Arabic, Islamic Education, Social Studies, Geo Science, Art, Music and English.
At the same time, health safety officers are being briefed on their roles and methodologies, while psychology experts at Cycle 3 schools (Grades 10 to 12) are being trained to provide career counselling advice to pupils.
Teachers have also begun their classroom preparations this week in anticipation of pupils returning to school next Sunday (August 28).
