The Ministry of Education stated that it will implement the "My Optimum Time" initiative, which includes canceling homework and merging two classes for a number of school subjects, as a pilot phase in schools, the school operations sector (2), and there are 256 government schools, including 23 schools in Dubai, and 233 schools in Abu Dhabi, From the 16th of this month, in preparation for its circulation.
In its response to a question for "Emirates Today", the ministry said that "the initiative targets students of all levels of general education, except for the kindergarten stage", pointing out that the initiative applies a set of strategies to ensure investment of student time during the school day, and increase the length of the study period to 90 minutes, instead of 40, starting on the 16th of this month, providing evening learning resource centers and evening office hours for teachers, and turning homework into enrichment tasks (optional).
The Ministry stressed not to change the dates of the school day, whether to attend or leave, explaining that the merging of two classes will be for a number of subjects, which are Arabic and English, mathematics, science, design and technology, and the class time is divided into five minutes for mental stimulation of students, and 50 minutes for applying lesson skills , The rest is distributed over the activity.
In the guide to the proposed strategies for investing student time, the Ministry clarified that the "double classes" system is the scheduling of the weekly lessons in the school schedule, so that two consecutive classes for one subject are combined into a period of 90 minutes, with the aim of making the best use of time in support of the teaching and learning process.
The guide identified seven goals for the dual classes system, which is to support the teacher to be able to provide integrated lessons of high quality by reducing the time spent between classes, and helping him focus on a smaller number of students during the school day, and ensure the optimal use of time and educational resources during the school day In improving the teaching and learning processes, and organizing the time of the study session, in order to provide greater opportunities for the student to develop reading, writing and numeracy skills, and to provide greater opportunities for applying collaborative learning, developing communication skills, problem solving, critical thinking and innovation, and ensuring the employment of a platform T learning and intelligent program «A» effectively, and to ensure good academic planning double rations and quality classes, and enable the teacher to provide greater support to students on an individual level or smaller groups and provide feedback to students in a timely manner.
The evidence indicated that the OECD reports on the results of the PISA tests show that there is no clear relationship between the amount of homework and higher academic achievement in the PISA tests.
The evidence indicated that the student may perform specific skills training as part of the school assignment several times in a wrong way, and then the exercises do not lead to academic progress, so their implementation must be followed by timely feedback from the teacher, as well as research indicates that no There is a relationship between homework and the progress of the level of kindergarten students and the first cycle, while confirming the close relationship between the time the student spends reading at home and his academic progress.
The Ministry has identified six strategic goals of the "My Optimum Time" initiative, as it aims to take into account the diversity of the daily life of different families after the school day, taking into account the different needs and interests of each student, and giving the student and his guardian the freedom to choose to complete the enrichment tasks, establish a culture of reading, exploration and self-learning, and guide the teacher Towards constructive enrichmental tasks, the importance of guiding feedback to improve student performance, and building better partnerships with the home to achieve better academic and personal progress for learners.
The guide explained that the enrichment tasks include three types, which are training in the skills that the student has learned in the class, such as training in solving mathematical problems, applying the skills that he learned in the classroom in daily life, reading and research.
8 tips for applying "double shares"
The double-quota system guide outlined eight guidelines for its application, which include applying the system to all seminars in all government schools in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and applies to all subjects (if possible), especially the subjects of Group A, taking into account what came in the study plan for the current academic year And the balance of the distribution of the double classes between the subjects of group (A) and the materials of group (B), during the school day, per week, and the school leadership teams must take into account the shares of the lessons for each subject taking into account the tracks applied in the school and the third language schools, with The need to see the policy of gosling Rh in the quota shares for all subjects.
4000 students participate in IQ tests for the first Emirates Scientists Award
4000 citizen students, children of female citizens, and the Gulf Cooperation Council, from the ninth grade to the 12th, and in all educational tracks participate in the IQ tests of the first Emirates Award for young male and female scholars in its 11th session, which started yesterday.
The exams are organized in cooperation between the Emirates Association for the Gifted and the Ministry of Education in a number of state schools, under the auspices of the Minister of Education, Hussein bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, under the direction of the Deputy Chief of Police and Public Security in Dubai, and the Chairman of the Emirates Society for the Gifted, General Dahi Khalfan Tamim.
Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, emphasized that the Emirates Prize for Young Scientists is one of the leading educational awards on the local scene, as it has become a means of researching and exploring talented students, besides its uniqueness with inspiring educational standards, goals and vision, that contribute to enhancing educational mobility in the country through embracing Talented and innovative students, opening the way to enhancing their skills and abilities, and making way for them to develop their creative ideas.
Hussein Ibrahim Al-Hammadi. From the source