Under the patronage of Dr. Ghurmallah Al Ghamdi, Director of Arab Open University- Bahrain, The Scientific Research Council (SRC) at AOU, chaired by Prof. Ghada Abdel Hafeez, organized a seminar titled: “Teachers in the 21st Century – Where we Came from and Where We’re Going”. The seminar was presented by Mr. Richard Rooze, British Council Director, on Thursday, January 27th, 2022. Numerous tutors, graduates, students, and even representatives from other academic institutions participated in the Seminar.
Mr. Rooze started the seminar by giving brief notes on the historical development of the teaching profession throughout time, highlighting the main teaching methods, approaches and technologies used at several stages of the human history. Then he shed more light on the challenges that teachers would face due to the unexpected circumstances at different contexts in various cultural settings, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. He concluded with a set of practical suggestions; many of which were contributions from the attending participants, who boosted the interactive nature of the seminar.
The seminar was finally ended with a questions-answers session during which different perspectives were positively shared.