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Events and Meetings at College of Arts and Social Sciences to get ready for the new

Academic year 2020-2021

College of Arts and Social Sciences held several lege, presented an informative lecture about Bloom
meetings to prepare for the new academic year. Taxonomy implications in teaching. Also, Dr. Issam
An orientation meeting was held by Dr. Abdullah Al Lawati, Head of Department of Psychology in the
Al Toobi, Dean of the College, to welcome the new College of Arts and Social Sciences, presented a lec-
academics. He also highlighted the College’s vision, ture about effective teaching in higher education in-
mission and educational philosophy. Besides that, stitutions. Dr. Amjad Jumaa and Dr. Said Al Soudi,
he introduced the new academics to the programs Assistant Lecturers at the Department of Psycholo-
taught in the college, its operational plan, its key gy, co-presented a lecture on evaluating educational
committees and the academic accreditation mech- outcomes. All the lectures were delivered in both Ar-
anisms. abic and English language.
The Dean of the College held another meeting with As part of this preparation, Dr. Qasim Al Ajmi, As-
the students, via Microsoft Teams, to introduce sistant Lecturer at the College of Education, con-
them to the Academic Staff in the College, the taught ducted a workshop on the optimal use of Microsoft
programs and the plan for each program. Heads Teams for online and blended learning. The present-
of Departments were in charge of introducing the er showed the Academic Staff the way of creating
students to the University’s Departments. Then, virtual classes.
the floor was opened for students’ discussions and
questions. The students admitted in different aca-
demic programs were interviewed, e.g. First Circle
teachers, Second Circle teachers, student from BA
in Arabic Education, BA in Mathematics Education,
Teacher Training Diploma and MA students of Cur-
riculum and Teaching Methods. In addition to that,
the students of the new released programs were
interviewed, e.g. MA in Education: Educational Psy-
chology and Evaluation, Measurements and Psycho-
logical Counselling.

It is worth mentioning that the teaching staff at the
College participated in the Professional Develop-
ment Week, in which a series of lectures were de-
livered. Dr. Abdullah Al Toobi, the Dean of the Col-

Precautionary Measures

By Taking All the Precautionary Measures, The Administrative Affairs Implements an Awareness
Program for the University’s Security Personnel

The Administrative Affairs Department, represent- were taken to avoid the spread of Covid-19 disease
ed by the Security and the Health andSafety De- on campus facilities. The implementation of this pro-
partment, conducted a two-days awareness pro- gram is part of the requirement of the annual plan
gram for the university’s security personnel. The of the Department of Administrative Affairs to raise
program included learning the basics and mech- awareness regarding security, health, safety and the
anisms of security work, the basics of health and environment for the department’s employees, to de-
safety, types of fires and the way of fighting them. velop their security skills and knowledge of the im-
During this program, precautionary measures portance of health, safety and environment.

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