Future Elementary School Teachers
Modernization in Kurdistan

– TeachersMOD Final Conference –

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Welcome to TeachersMOD

TeachersMOD is a collaborative initiative involving five public universities in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, three European universities, and the UNIMED Institution. This project operates under the framework of Erasmus Plus, supported by the European Union. Its primary goal is to develop the syllabi of colleges of basic education. The project also aims at improving teaching in basic schools by training teacher educators.

This conference aims to showcase the outcomes of the TeachersMOD project, highlighting the progress made over the past two years. During this period, faculty members from colleges of basic education participated in specialized training programs focused on:

Methodology and curriculum review
Enhancing pedagogy centers
Updating the academic modules of colleges of basic education to align with contemporary developments

Background

In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, students enrolled in public elementary schools are educated by elementary school teachers; 90% of them are graduated from colleges of Basic Education of the HEIs in Kurdistan. Therefore, the Basic Education colleges in Kurdistan are the main providers of the primary government school teachers in the region. So, to raise the standard of the governmental schooling system, the first step is to raise the quality of graduates from the Basic Education Colleges in Kurdish universities. Elementary school teachers are trained with very old-fashioned techniques, and seldomly exposed to innovative teaching methodologies. As a consequence, the graduates from Basic Education colleges have no modern skills to eventually tackle the kid in the elementary schools and make the classroom a magnet and enjoyable time to the students rather than a poorly stimulating time. All Partner HEIs in the Kurdistan region agreed that the governmental primary school system needs to be changed through enhancing the quality of the future teachers.

Partnership

The TeachersMOD partnership is a collaborative initiative involving several prominent academic institutions and organizations. These include:

– University of Pavia (Italy)
– University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) (Portugal)
– University of Granada (Spain)
– Unimed – Mediterranean Universities Union
– University of Duhok (Iraq)
– University of Zakho (Iraq)
– University of Halabja (Iraq)
– University of Raparin (Iraq)
– Salahaddin University-Erbil (Iraq)

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