Sorry it's in arabic, I wish I can find an english version of it!! Anyways, it's a comparison between the old version of teaching books and the new ones by one of the Shura members or consultation board.

Enjoy listening!!


New books!! (http://www.omania2.net/avb/showpost.php?p=3843425&postcount=5)

Looooooooooool ...

I liked how the member of Shura council was very specific and came up with more than one example. Great job from this member of the Shura council...

He Makes Sense :) which is very hard to find in the Shora Council.

Why is this topic put in this thread. I think it should be in the local sabla and it's worth discussing the new curriculums in Oman schools seriously. Are the new books fit or not !

I dont know about the Arabic ones but the English ones although better are still not up to standard. In my experience the problem here in not really about the books, its the teachers - a lot of the teachers here are still using teaching methologies from the 80's and 70's! Jeez ppl an awful has changed since then and until we sort out the problem in primary education theres very little that can be done about the levels in tertiary education

I agree the system needs improvements but that doesn't mean that we didn't come a long way!!!

Amjad, ditto :yes:

He Makes Sense :) which is very hard to find in the Shora Council.

Very true, when I downloaded this file the first thing I thought .. oh this might be something hilarious that happened in the council..something the whole nation would laugh about because of the stupidity of the members there .. but turned out the other way around. I hope the Minister takes action

مضحك-مبكي (Makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time)

One big change that we couldn't take when we were in Prep school was the change in Poems.

Our poems were about Religion, Palestine, Morals, etc.

And suddenly they replace it to silly love poems. I still remember how our faces went red when we simply read the poem. Slowly, the redness faded. I wonder how our future generations will be, with the Hayaa slowly being slipped away from them.

And another thing: Why is this in Trivia?

I agree the system needs improvements but that doesn't mean that we didn't come a long way!!!

Amjad, ditto :yes:

Absolutely! When you consider thats its only been a couple of decades, the developments in the field of education here in Oman are astounding! But that doesnt mean we should stop now or even slow down, theres still a long way to go. Theres so much potential out there, so many students with passion and drive that it would be a pity if we didnt provide them with the skills they'll need to prosper in the "real" world. (And right now, we're not)

Im glad there are some members of the Shura council who recognise that and are trying to make a difference.

I think the only thing that is better in the Arabic books for secondary is the design. Other than that ... salam aleikom.

Moved to local sabla

^ Ahla hinaak :p.

The curriculums need to be changed substantially. Students do not want a fancy book with cool designs, colors and what not. The change must be in the content of the books themselves and the way knowledge is presented in all possible ways.

The question is: Who make the current curriculums. Who approve and disapprove them ? And on what bases ? Whenever we know the answers of these questions we will know everything about our curriculums.

^ From my understanding, its prepared by "Da2irat tatweer al manahij".

I think the biggest problem is that we dont allign what we teach with how we want our country to advance .. each area works in isolation.
What do we want those young Omanis to gow up to be? or what the country needs?
Scientiest? then we should focus on them having the scientiest mind in all areas.
Artists? then we should encourage creativity.
combonation of all, then we should make that clear in our books.
If the ministry have that in mind already, then it should be clear to the public .

i completely agree with him. i've had a million discussions about our current curriculum. the only improvement i've noticed is the design, is that supposed to make students more interested in studying? i don't think so, not according to my observation anyway.
books are getting thinner and thinner, page-wise and knowledge-wise just the same. and are hugely dependent on the teacher. now with all due respect, but i don't really think the majority of the Omani teachers are that competent, specially the recently graduated. i study among girls who are going to be future teachers and truth be told, they're very very few who would make good teachers.
when i look at the rest i just think: god help our young generations.

i think the only curriculum that's better than the former is the English Language curriculum. the books are not about drawing anymore, and students start learning English at the age of six, instead of nine. which is a great improvement.
but regarding other textbooks, especially Islamic studies, don't get me started!

^ From my understanding, its prepared by "Da2irat tatweer al manahij".

I think the biggest problem is that we dont allign what we teach with how we want our country to advance .. each area works in isolation.
What do we want those young Omanis to gow up to be? or what the country needs?
Scientiest? then we should focus on them having the scientiest mind in all areas.
Artists? then we should encourage creativity.
combonation of all, then we should make that clear in our books.
If the ministry have that in mind already, then it should be clear to the public .

Which drags another question: are they qualified to make a curriculum ?