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WEEK 4
Instructor evaluated:
Anna Kimberly
Date: 24th. April, 2012
(Tuesday)
Course: 12:00 - 13:45 English
Business Documents
Number of students present:
10
Evaluator(s) Misfer Alqahtani
(The Ocean)
Classroom Observation 3
The lesson observed was about writing a CV and a
letter of application. The class met at room 2204.
The major task of the lesson was to prepare
students to write CVs and letters of applications
as their assignment. The teacher started her
lesson by having her students look at a written CV
template reflected on the whiteboard by the
documentary camera and she discussed it with
her students, asking them specific and detailed
questions about each part in the template.
From observation, the teachers teaching
philosophy in her class can be revealed mainly
through the following aspects
. First, she believes that class should be studentcentered
and
interactive. This is particularly obvious in her design of class
activity,
which depends totally on her frequent questions and
comprehensive
discussion about the lesson main idea. However, the negative
side was
that, there had been only one teaching activity applied in
the
classroom, which failed to encourage students to be involved
actively in
the discussion. I think it would be successful if some different
activities
used, such as, brainstorm (at the beginning of the lesson),
dividing
students into groups or in pairs and encouraging them to make
their
discussion.
In my opinion, alternative teaching activities are very
necessary for the
teacher to change his teaching way if he needs that, especially
when
the students are not attentive and do not participate. So,
some
alternative teaching activities were urgent in her class.
Second, the lesson was carefully prepared and the objectives and
aims
were very clear. As a result, she was confident and no
hesitation during
the class discussion or when she were asked by her students
and
observers. Also, it had been clear to me through her discussion
that she
used the multi-social media with her students and she had asked
her
students to be prepared for making presentations about
different
cultures. In fact, I could see that the teacher tried to do her
best and
she would achieve her goals.
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Mining sectors job potential for Saudi youth
highlighted
News
RIYADH: Job opportunities for Saudi youth and technology
innovation for diversified industrial development
were in focus on the second day of the Saudi Mining and Minerals
2015, here on Wednesday.The event, the first
international mining and minerals conference and exhibition in
the Kingdom, was essentially dedicated to
brainstorming on critical market intelligence with experts
providing insight into the potential of the Kingdoms
mining and mineral sector in terms of job opportunities and
innovation.The conference discussed desired
outcomes from mining upstream and downstream activities,
including employing local talent in mining and
metal projectsThe first session of the day explored skills and
professional base development strategies for the
sector to encompass the current and future plans and vision of
vocational training to develop human resources
(HR) for the industry, including collaborations to meet talent
requirements.In his keynote address, Fouzi A.
Bubshait, Maaden vice president HR, emphasized the need for
attracting and developing local talent in order to
fulfill the vision and mission, and shared the experiences about
challenges and rewards while working with the
Saudi mining company.Abdulkarim Al-Nujaidi, executive deputy
director general, Human Resources
Development Fund (HRDF), in his keynote address, shared his
strategic vision to enable national HR with proper
training to meet the development and growth objectives of the
mining and mineral sector.The forum also aims
to raise awareness in the private sector about the new labor
regulations and the ongoing policy of regulating
the labor market, he added.The Technical and Vocational Training
Corporation (TVTC) also highlighted the policy
framework of the Ministry of Labor seeking to fill the gap with
qualified and professional Saudi work force and
shared TVTC approach in developing local talents to meet the
mining and mineral sector needs.The days
second session focused on the role of technology and innovation
for further enhancing the quality of the mining
and mineral sector to help diversifying the economy and also
utilize its abundant mineral resources for
sustainable development to become a leading global
supplier.Examining the Kingdoms options in developing,
promoting and embracing innovation in technology, Peter
Stegmaier, executive vice president of the Swiss-
based Hexagon Mining, highlighted the automation and development
of technologies in themining sector
worldwide and integrated it with the mining solutions for the
Kingdom for optimizing its short- and long-term
vision.Sharing his ideas and expertise on operations, safety
integration and fleet management, he asserted that
safety is the primary concern in the mining and minerals
industry, which is progressing rapidly in the Kingdom to
catch up with its oil industry, the mainstay of the
economy.During a panel discussion on applied exploration
technologies and innovation, Emad Al-Saadawi, director for
exploration and technical services, Maaden, shared
various aspects of exploration and innovation applied by the
Kingdom in its mining and mineral
industry.Differentiating between the values of green field
project on virgin land and brown field areas for the
mining industry, he elaborated on extraction and supply of
minerals to the viable laboratories for efficient
working of the industry.Mark Campodonic, principal resource
geologist, SRK consulting (UK), shared his ideas on
mining operations and highlighted the importance of hydrologist
in helping to coordinate with the idea of water
table, which is of immense value in the mining sector.Jason Cox,
director of mine engineering, RPA Canada,
highlighted the importance of data collection and analyzed it to
optimum utility in the mining and mineral
industry.The session was moderated by Jonathan Coates, executive
geo-science adviser to Maaden.The three-
day conference, which ends Thursday, is a forum to boost the
mining and mineral sector that offers $19 billion
worth of opportunities in upstream and downstream projects.
