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Ministry of Education and Higher Education

Ministry of Education and Higher Education. Palestinian Curriculum Development Centre. Quality Education thru Quality Curricula. The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief Teaching for tolerance, respect and recognition in relation with religion or belief

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Ministry of Education and Higher Education

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  1. Ministry of Education and Higher Education Palestinian Curriculum Development Centre Quality Education thru Quality Curricula The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief Teaching for tolerance, respect and recognition in relation with religion or belief Global meeting of experts in Oslo, September 2nd – 5th 2004

  2. Global meeting of experts in Oslo, September 2nd – 5th 2004 • “Teaching for tolerance, respect and recognition • in relation with religion or belief” • The Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief • in cooperation with • UNESCO’s Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue Programme • Edited by Ingvill Thorson Plesner and Oddbjørn Leirvik

  3. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child Article 29 is about the quality, content and ethos of education i.e.: developing children to their fullest potential, respect for human rights and freedoms, respect for cultural identity, language and nationality, preparation for life in society, understanding, peace, tolerance and equity of the sexes, and environmental concerns.

  4. Quality Curricula Orientations Historical Back ground • POLICY • APPROACH • INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES • TEACHERS’ TRAINING • RELATEDNESS • ASSESMENT • METHODOLOGY • SUBJECT INNOVATIONS • VALUES • THINKING SKILLS • Techniques of Curricula Evaluation • National Assessment

  5. Historical Background 1990–91 Two UNESCO Sponsored Conferences on Curricula Change in Palestine1995 The establishment of the Palestinian Curriculum Development Center (PCDC)1998 The first Palestinian Curricula Plan was submitted by MEHE and ratified by the Cabinet and Legislative Council 1998–99 Subject syllabuses were developed by National teams1999 The teams for grades 1 & 6 first phase started

  6. Policy Centralized vs. Decentralized

  7. Textbook Provision Subject Specialists Authors PCDC Coordinator Scientific/Language Editing Designer Illustrator Printer Warehouse MOE/PCDC Approval Committees Schools Field Trialing Distribution to Schools

  8. Plan of Work Flowchart for Producing the Palestinian Curricula Year 2006 Year 2000 Year 2001 Year 2002 Year 2003 Year 2004 Year 2005 1st Grade 6th Grade 2nd Grade 7th Grade 3rd Grade 8th Grade 4th Grade 9th Grade 5th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed Underway 2006

  9. Approach • Objectives Pedagogy Based VS • Outcomes based • Competencies based

  10. Instructional Strategies • Advance Organizer • Teaching by Questioning • Role-playing • Simulation • Case Studies • Cooperative Learning • Abolish Rote Learning

  11. Teachers’ Training • Source of training needs • Resourceful • Material developer • Reflector • Student pedagogy oriented

  12. Relatedness • Reconstructionist • Language and style appropriateness • Relevant and Interesting • Related to development • Integrative knowledge

  13. Assessment • Questions What? (recall) Why? (analysis) How? (apply) • structured test items • No more paper pencil • Projects • Portfolio • Attainment not performance

  14. Methodology • Student-centered • Activity based • Issue based • Theme based

  15. Subjects Innovations • Additional Languages • Second Language: English from the 1st Grade • Third Language: French, Hebrew, German, Italian, etc. • Environment and Health • Christian Education • Management & Economics • Contemporary Issues • Home Economics • Technical & Vocational Education • Technology (ICT) • Civic Education, National Education • Free activities • In addition to the Core Subjects: Arabic Lang., Mathematics, Sciences, Social Studies, Religion Ed., Arts and Crafts, PE

  16. Values • National Values • International Values • Human Rights • Democracy • Citizenship

  17. Thinking Skills • Critical Thinking (logical, creative, lateral) • Problem Solving • Decision Making • Pluralism of Thinking

  18. Techniques of Curricula Evaluation • Textbook Teacher’s Focus group • Teacher’s Observation • Teacher’s interview • Student’s Feed back • Parent’s Feedback • National Evaluation

  19. National Assessment Purposes: - Compare National Achievement - Evaluate Teacher’s Performance - Evaluate School Performance

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