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Educational Curriculum Design: Designing for Understanding

Program Overview

The Educational Curriculum Design Program: Designing for Understanding aims to empower teachers, instructional designers, and those with an educational background to create curricula based on deep understanding rather than mere content delivery. The program focuses on treating the curriculum as a comprehensive learning experience. It begins with analyzing the context and learner characteristics, proceeds through the formulation of clear learning outcomes, and culminates in the construction of content and instructional sequences, along with assessments that support understanding, contributing to sustainable educational impact.

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  • Training Duration: 16 hours
  • Lectures: 8
  • Language: Arabic
  • Program offered annually (February and August)

Why this program?

  • Transition from curriculum design as mere content to design as a learning experience
  • Develop curricula that target understanding, application, and transfer of learning to new contexts
  • Achieve true alignment between objectives, content, activities, and assessments
  • Design flexible curricula that are scalable and context-sensitive

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Program Content
The program covers the following topics:

  • Fundamental concepts in instructional design
  • Foundations and organization of the educational curriculum
  • Models of instructional design and Designing for Understanding
  • Educational analysis and formulation of learning outcomes
  • Performance tasks and content sequencing
  • Planning learning experiences and selecting strategies
  • Constructing instructional sequences
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● Teachers and educational facilitators
● Instructional designers
● Professionals involved in curriculum and educational program development
● Individuals interested in working in curriculum design
● Those working with students from K–12 through pre-university levels

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the principles of Designing for Understanding in curriculum development.
  • Analyze the educational context, learner characteristics, and their needs.
  • Formulate learning outcomes that focus on deep understanding.
  • Develop a coherent curriculum map and instructional sequence.
  • Design performance tasks and learning experiences that support understanding.
  • Select teaching and assessment strategies aligned with understanding goals.
  • Prepare a complete curriculum document that is applicable and scalable.

Educational background or practical experience in teaching, facilitation, or activity design.
● Commitment to attend lectures and participate in discussions and practical activities.
● Willingness to apply learned concepts to a real curriculum design experience.


● Excel in designing curricula that emphasize deep understanding.
● Enhance career opportunities in education and curriculum design.
● Develop professional practice as a teacher, trainer, or instructional designer.
● Add strong academic and professional value to your CV.

Final Task

During the program, the trainee will design a curriculum document for a course or topic of their choice. This reflects their ability to apply the principles of Designing for Understanding, evaluated according to clear standards for coherence and quality.

Certificates

  • Certificate of Attendance for participants who attended the lectures
  • Certificate of Completion for participants who fulfilled the program requirements and successfully completed the final task according to the set standards

Instructors

Heba Abdel Gawad

Curriculum Design Consultant. Master’s in Curriculum Design and Teaching Methods, with over 20 years of experience in curriculum design and educational project management

Heba Abdel Gawad

Curriculum Design Consultant

 This program includes:

  • 16 hours
  • 8 محاضرات
  • Language: Arabic
  • Program offered annually (February and August)
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