Changing Instructional Strategies and the Role of the Principal
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation describes teacher-centered learning, offers tips for teachers to adapt their current methods to ensure that students are more involved in their learning, and then outlines the characteristics of active learning. Also included is an explanation of the "checking for understanding" technique.
Media Outreach - A Civil Society Approach to the Media
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This chapter covers ways to conduct media outreach for civil society organizations, including press conferences, promotional brochures, websites and new media.
Providing an Education to Students with Handicapping Special Needs
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation is an introduction on how to provide education for students with special needs. It describes the different categories of disabilities, the role of the various actors in providing education for these students and what leaders need to do to make schools more responsive to children with special educational needs.
Executive Guide - A Civil Society Approach to the Media
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This manual contains a table of contents, as well as an introductory section focusing on the manual's goals - who it is intended for and how to benefit from it. It also contains a chapter on "The Media and Us," covering the history, financing and importance of the news media.
Teacher's Guide - Grade 11, Unit 5: Space Geometry
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This document is a guide for teachers using active learning techniques as they teach space geometry. Included in the guide are activities and advice on how to implement them.
Ethical Leadership in Education: A Global Perspective
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This is a presentation on ethics as it applies to leaders in the field of education. It defines ethics, outlines the characteristics of ethical leaders and includes extracts from the Code of Ethics of the Education Profession. There are also case studies for reflection.
Data Driven Planning and Decision-Making for Continuous School Improvement: Developing a Program Evaluation Plan
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation explains what program evaluation is and gives standards for evaluation. Outlined are the important program evaluation steps as well as the questions that a person conducting the evaluation should pose.
Teacher Evaluation
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This is a presentation on teacher evaluation. It describes different types of teacher evaluation models (i.e., clinical and peer supervision) and the roles of observers during evaluations.
Teacher's Guide - Grade 11: Circular Motion
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This document is a guide for teachers using active learning and conceptual change techniques as they teach circular motion. Included in the guide are activities, advice on how to implement them and answer keys for exercises/homework.
Glossary - A Civil Society Approach to the Media
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This chapter contains an Arabic-English glossary of key media-related terms.
Leading Change
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation offers insight into the role of principals as culture architects and culture change agents. It also explains the importance of assessing a school's culture and defining a school vision. Finally, it goes over the eight-stage process of change.
Student Activity Book - English 11, Unit 6: Occupations
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a unit out of an English as a Second Language student activity book. The unit's theme is "occupations." There are activities and tasks for students to complete individually and in group settings.
Writing and Editing - A Civil Society Approach to the Media
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This chapter covers general guidelines on writing and editing a news report, including deciding what is newsworthy, investigating and conducting interviews.
Leadership for Innovative 21st Century Secondary School Reform: A Shifting Vision
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation explains the shift from traditional secondary school structure to "small learning communities." It presents the characteristics and advantages of smaller learning environments and touches upon the role of the principal within them.
Teacher's Guide - English 11, Unit 6: Occupations
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document provides a practical example of how Active Learning can be incorporated into the English curriculum. This guide offers various activities that can be used in the context of a class on occupations, as well as timeframes for the activities and answers to the activity book. There are also profile charts for teachers to track student attainment of objectives and portfolio requirements.
Involving Parents and Communities
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation is about the importance of involving parents in their children's education and school activities. Included are advice on how to best communicate with parents and reflection questions for trainees to assess how involved parents are in their schools.
Contemporary Assessment Practices Creating a Multi-Faceted, Data Driven Assessment Process for Student Learning
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation describes assessment practices. It offers a comparison of assessment of learning vs assessment for learning, focusing particularly on the latter. It offers teachers tips and tools on how to craft assessments for learning to more effectively measure students' understanding of taught materials.
Seminar Curriculum (Module 3)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
Building off the previous session, this curriculum walks learners through the process of clearly identifying the project by using previously discussed techniques.
Seminar Curriculum (Module 2)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document offers an overview of how to become a social entrepreneur, including techniques for starting a project, brainstorming and individual assets audits. It also describes tools such as social networking to ensure far reach. Self-reflection exercises are included, focusing on the process leading to social impact. It is to be used with the presentation prepared for the second module.
An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship (Module 1)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation offers an introduction to social entrepreneurship, walks learners through the first steps of identifying needs and gives examples of social enterprises. The instructor's notes provide answers to the questions posed on the slides.
Seminar Curriculum (Module 4)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This curriculum offers tips on how to connect to the audience and communicate vision through clear presentations. Included are activities and peer review worksheets to assess fellow trainees' performance. It is to be used with the presentation prepared for the fourth module.
How to Best Communicate your Vision (Module 4)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation offers tips on how to connect with the audience and communicate vision through clear presentations. Included are activities and peer review worksheets to assess fellow trainees' performance.
Tools and Tips to Becoming a Social Entrepreneur (Module 2)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation gives an overview of how to become a social entrepreneur. It offers techniques to starting a project, including brainstorming and individual assets audits, as well as tools such as social networking to ensure far reach. The instructor's notes help navigate the presentation.
How to Change the World Activity (Module 2)
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This slide presentation gives the answers to the "How to Change the World" activity from Module 2.
Best Practice Guide for Voluntary and Non-Profit Management
Langue(s): Anglais, Arabe
Publié: 2010
This manual covers best practices for operating a non-profit, including how to create a strategic plan, how to motivate new volunteers, how to apply for grants, and how to utilize mass communication and the media. It includes examples of documents and case studies.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 12: Humanistic Techniques
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Humanistic Techniques (week 12). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 3: Assessment
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Assessment (week 3). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Youth in Action
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This selection of handouts from a workshop on creating a violence-free environment includes guidelines on how to conduct effective interpersonal communication, how to negotiate effectively and how to create a strategic plan for implementing NGO projects.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 1: Task-Based Learning
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Task-Based Learning (week 1). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Humanistic Techniques -Week 12
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on Humanistic Techniques. It focuses specifically on three humanistic approaches - the Silent Way, Desuggestopedia and Total Physical Response (TPR). Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's twelfth session.
Coalition d’intérêt social
Langue(s): Français
Publié: 2010
Ce manuel présente une structure pour le planning stratégique et le développement des capacités locales en se servant de la méthode Planning d’objectifs (Program Planning Objectives – PPO). Cette présentation offre un plan d’action pour la planification de projet et guide le lecteur à partir de sa décision d’entamer un projet jusqu’à l’exécution de ce dernier. Il y a aussi des feuilles d’exercices pour accompagner le lecteur à travers le processus.
Overview of Weekly Learning Events - Structure
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document presents a structure for Moodle training sessions. It contains flow charts and diagrams that illustrate the steps trainers can follow when giving Moodle workshops.
Investigative Journalism
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation covers various topics in investigative journalism, including research, investigating, editing and publishing investigative news articles. It also includes suggested templates for formatting news articles in a descriptive, explanatory or narrative style.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 6: Writing -Part 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Writing - Part 1 (week 6). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Designing a Learner-Centered Course, Part II
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation was used on the fifth day of the Designing a Learner-Centered Course workshop and accompanies trainees as they complete the course activities. It outlines the big questions and tasks that trainees must complete during the session.
Planning
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation provides a brief overview of how to develop a strategic plan and goals for an organization. It outlines the benefits of having a strategic plan and details, step-by-step, how to set realistic goals and how to effectively utilize resources.
Moodle Midterm Exam Questions
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is the midterm for the Moodle trainees. The midterm is in multiple choice form. This is also the answer key as the correct answers are bolded.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 9: Grammar - Part 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Grammar - Part 1 (week 9). It offers a step-by-step outline of that class, including objectives, tasks and activities.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 4: Speaking -Part 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Speaking - Part 1 (week 4). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Introduction to Concepts in Citizenship and Public Life
Langue(s): Arabe
Publié: 2010
This presentation briefly defines the terms "citizenship" and "citizen" and the link to the concept of democracy. It also outlines the general rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democratic system.
Grammar -Week 9
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on grammar - how to incorporate grammar teaching in communicative tasks and different approaches to using grammar in English teaching. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's ninth session.
Designing a Learner-Centered Course, Part I
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation was used on the first day of the Designing a Learner-centered Course workshop and accompanies trainees as they complete the course activities. It outlines the big questions and tasks that trainees must complete during the session
Task-Based Learning Methods of Teaching English -Week 1
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on task-based learning. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's first session.
Développement local et des ONGs
Langue(s): Français
Publié: 2010
Cette présentation offre une vue d’ensemble sur la relation entre les ONGs et les communautés locales dans lesquelles elles travaillent. Elle traite du développement communautaire, de même que des avantages et des désavantages des ONGs dans ce contexte. Le document présente aussi des outils pour améliorer la relation entre ces acteurs.
Designing and Developing a Learner-Centered Course
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This manual guides trainees through the different steps of designing a learner-centered course. It is structured so that trainees can directly write in ideas and notes as they develop their class.
Methods of Teaching English -Week 11: Integrating Skills
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This presentation is to be used when giving the Methods of Teaching English course entitled Integrating Skills (week 11). It offers a step-by-step outline and includes objectives, tasks and activities for that class.
Writing -Week 7
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a second Moodle session on writing with feedback strategies and guidelines on correcting student writing assignments. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's seventh session.
Exemple fictif
Langue(s): Français
Publié: 2010
Ce document accompagne le manuel précédent et présente l’exemple fictif d’une entreprise ferroviaire ayant des problèmes pour illustrer comment se servir de la méthode «Planning d’objectifs » (Program Planning Objectives – PPO). L’exemple permet d’expliquer comment identifier un problème et développer une situation adéquate.
Learner Characteristics -Week 2
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This document is a detailed lesson plan for a Moodle session on learner characteristics - characteristics at various ages and the individual differences that students display. Included are activities/tasks, reading suggestions, objectives, expected outcomes, follow-up and handouts for the course's second session.
Student-Centered Learning Principles Matrix
Langue(s): Anglais
Publié: 2010
This manual describes the principles of student-centered learning. It gives teachers ideas and examples about how to make their classroom a more communicative learning environment that fosters independent thought. Each section explains the principles, how to prepare, how to implement various activities and how to best follow-up.