Overview

Welcome to the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, United Arab Emirates University. An important goal of the Department is to advance knowledge and professional practice in teaching, learning and community service. The Department is committed to ensuring excellence in education through preparation of outstanding students to join the education field in the UAE. This is accomplished by a focus on  creative practices, contemporary teaching models and new learning approaches.

The Department offers an undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education to prepare students to work with children from birth to eight years of age.  Masters programs are available in: Early Childhood Education; English Education; Mathematics Education; Arabic Education; Science Education and Social Studies Education.  PhD programs are offered in: Science Education; Mathematics Education; and Language and Literacy Education. 

Faculty members in the Department are involved in a wide range of scholarship and activities, with research specifically addressing issues of concern and interest to the UAE context. The findings and recommendations of those studies are put forward to assist policy-makers in taking appropriate measures and decisions to improve education in the country.Like teaching and scholarship activities, the Department participates in community service at the local, national, regional and international levels. The academic international recognition of the College of Education enables the Department to offer consultancies to a wide range of high profile organisations.  Taken together, and with the support of colleagues from other departments and the University, the Department will continue to improve its services to its community and work assiduously to develop academic and research policy agenda to achieve and maintain the UAE University mission.