Shaho Saeed Fathullah
A Short Bio / زانیاری کەسیی / سيرة ذاتية قصيرة
Shaho Saeed is an assistant professor of Research Methodology, Critical Thinking and Academic Debate at Komar University of Science and Technology. He has experienced in teaching, translating and researching since 2000. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern Criticism of Arabic Literature, M.A. in Comparative Literature and B.A. in Theology.
Shaho is a Fulbright- Humphrey alumnus of the Pennsylvania State University (2018-19) in the field of educational administration and Critical Thinking. During his Humphrey year in the United States, he had two intensive professional affiliations at Georgetown University as a visiting researcher and the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence as a critical thinking researcher.
He has also a legislative background and he was elected, in 2009, as a Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Committee for Culture and Archeology in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Shaho Saeed is the author of three books, eight book chapters, and seven academic articles in in Arabic Literature, philosophical criticism and comparative studies.
Category / پۆلێن / الفئة :
21st Century Skills / تواناكانی سەدەی 21 / مهارات القرن الحادي والعشرين
Seminar Title / ناونیشانی بابەت / عنوان الندوة : Learning and Innovation Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity and Collaboration
Abstract / پوختە / الملخص
Learning and innovation skills are essentially based on some educational strategies, such as enhancing critical thinking, igniting creativity and problem-solving potentials, motivating social communication and cultural collaboration. The outcomes of applying these strategies are necessary to prepare students and new generations in general for tomorrow’s leadership and future’s workforce.
Our century is characterized by the century of information flow, technology development, climate change, and worldwide conflict and competition spread. Such a century is promising and challenging at the same time. it would be promising if we develop and update our educational vision and pedagogy technics in parallel with the worldwide rapid developments.
Creating an environment for continuous learning and training based on the 21st educational skills is essential for garneting the promising sides of our century. In such an environment, educators are not mere instructors, but also motivators to ignite students’ hidden potentials and encourage them to learn how to think twice inside and outside the box, how to overcome their narrow egoisms and acquire a teamworking spirit, and finally how to invest what they learn for the sake of humanity and our planets as a whole.
Keywords / وشە سەرەکیەکان / الكلمات المفتاحية
Critical Thinking, Creativity, Problem Solving, Communication, Collaboration