AUC School of Continuing Education
Cairo, Egypt
http://www.aucegypt.edu/

Lifespan Development & Life Skills

In this course, parents will learn about development throughout the adolescent period, beginning with the pre-teen years and continuing through the completion of secondary school and start of university. Discussions will focus on how parents can enhance their mentoring skills in key areas that are essential to successful education outcomes: self-knowledge, life skills, education development, at......
 

As children move into adolescence, parenting skills necessarily undergo significant changes, in terms of styles of communication; how to “negotiate boundaries� achieving a balance between independence and the teenager’s continuing need for guidance; helping teenagers to develop essential life skills, among other important changes. The courses offered in parenting adolescent learners provide pa......
 

Participants will learn about the development of children from birth through age eight, in relation to care-giving in these key developmental areas: cognition, language, social and emotional, motor, self-help, health and safety....
 

People constitute a major source of organizational advantage and success. This course deals with the leadership challenges of managing, motivating and energizing people in human service organizations such as education. Drawing upon research and effectual/ineffectual exemplars, participants will consider people management strategies from a variety of perspectives: recruitment and induction, supe......
 

Students will examine the impact on learning communities of changing instructional and learning needs in relation to concepts of quality, effectiveness, improvement and accountability. Critical influences of learning contexts on learning outcomes will be considered. Students will explore recent developments in learning and teaching theory in terms of the enhancement of reflective and self-dire......
 

The topics, case studies, and projects in this course are selected to develop effective leadership strategies for implementing change in educational organizations. They include: characteristics of effective change; environmental scans; the critical role and importance of staff in implementing effective change; working through HR strategies to achieve effective change strategies for planning, im......
 

This core course provides students with a range of foundation knowledge essential for understanding the leadership function in educational organizations. The content covers the main areas of knowledge which underpin effective ’futures oriented’ leadership, by developing conceptual understanding of: policy context and planning; sociological pressures; futurism; economic realities and e......
 

The educational leadership certificate focuses on new and changing demands of schools. This certificate includes leadership skills, awareness of the goals of the education system, and approaches for motivating teachers and other staff to achieve educational system goals; administrative management skills, information based decision making and problem solving. The certificate will also explore co......
 

The certificate program in teaching diverse learners will assist professional educators in understanding and fostering the development of the learning skills of diverse learners in the classroom, at home and within the community. The focus is on the inclusive education classroom. Participants will acquire knowledge and skills in the areas of child development in relation to the educational nee......
 

Selection and utilization of technology in assessment and evaluation of student progress and teaching practice are the focus of this course. Topics covered include the range of technologies available and the assessment/evaluation purposes which they might be used for; how to identify, evaluate and select from among them, for a given purpose; how to use technology in data management, including c......
 

This course will focus on the implementation of curricula and on the application of technology to maximize student learning. Topics include implementing standards-based use of technology in learning situations; using technology to develop students’ higher order skills and creativity; and managing learning activities in a technology-based environment....
 

This certificate is intended to provide classroom teachers at all stages with fundamental knowledge, skills and values in the area of educational technology, so that they may integrate their knowledge and skills into their daily classroom practice. Courses will cover operations and concepts, planning and designing learning environments and experiences, curriculum and instructional strategies, i......
 

Prospective upper elementary and middle school teachers will learn about the essentials of assessment relevant to their level of learners. Topics include: selecting and developing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions; administering, scoring and interpreting the results of assessment methods; using assessment results when making decisions about individual students, planning......
 

Prospective upper elementary and middle school teachers will gain knowledge about the fundamentals of how learners at this stage acquire knowledge in the areas of science, math, social studies, and language arts, as well as about a range of pedagogic methods relevant to these processes....
 

In this course, prospective classroom teachers will acquire essential knowledge about how children develop during the upper elementary and middle school years, in these key developmental areas: cognition, language, social-emotional, motor, and self-help. Theories of child development relevant to upper elementary and middle school education are included....
 

Teaching (for Non-Education Majors) The Teaching Program will assist participants in understanding and fostering the development of learning skills in upper elementary and middle school children, in classrooms, at home and within the community. Participants will acquire knowledge and skills in the area of child development in relation to classroom instructional contexts; fundamentals of l......
 

Ten main themes have been identified by social studies professionals as providing a sound basis for examination of key issues in the social sciences and humanities. This course will provide opportunities for secondary social studies teachers to explore each of these areas in depth, with the purpose of providing a knowledge base from which they can facilitate student learning in the social studi......
 

Science teachers need to understand the relationship of science to the citizen, in terms of the processes used to analyze and make decisions on critical social issues created by science, so that they can engage their students in discussions of the costs and benefits, risks, alternative solutions, and the relationship of these issues to the knowledge, goals and values of the students. A second k......
 

This course will assist science teachers to develop an understanding of the historical and cultural development of science, as well as the assumptions, goals, and values of science, compared to other ways of knowing the world. Participants will learn how to critically evaluate materials written about science. They will also learn how to derive concepts and relationships from observations, data,......
 

Math teachers will learn about the essentials of assessment for secondary classrooms. Topics include selecting and developing assessment methods appropriate for instructional decisions; administering, scoring and interpreting the results of assessment methods; using assessment results when making decisions about individual students, planning teaching, developing curriculum, and school improveme......
 

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