Interactive Educational Activities and Their Impacts on Student’s Innovation, Teaching and Learning at Jubail Industrial College (KSA)

M. Alsawalha^1,

¹Department of Chemical & Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Jubail Industrial City, KSA

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M. Alsawalha. Interactive Educational Activities and Their Impacts on Student’s Innovation, Teaching and Learning at Jubail Industrial College (KSA). American Journal of Educational Research. 2018; 6(2):117-122. doi: 10.12691/education-6-2-4

Abstract

Jubail Industrial College (JIC) located at the Jubail Royal Commission (RC), eastern province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Jubail industrial college organized an in house Engineering Open Day of academic student activities. Undergraduate engineering students from different JIC specializations presented scientific projects to pupils from secondary schools in an interactive and fun learning way. The Engineering Open Day included engaging, enjoyable science competitions, open group discussions sessions on the topics of science and technology. It also provided the opportunity for some capable JIC students to improve their communication and presentation skills. In addition, the day’s sessions provided a fantastic opportunity for educators to observe student participation at close hand, to discover and to help develop their talents. In turn, the activities encouraged greater creativity and innovation among the groups of visiting secondary students through the exploration of areas of science and new subject areas not usually available at the high school level. In general, it is suggested through this article other type of arrangements when it comes for promoting student’s skills and creativity worldwide. It was demonstrated in figure one most necessary requirements for publishing in international journals of education.

Keywords:
high School introductory chemistry interactive education and innovation outreach Second-Year undergraduate demonstrations interdisciplinary/ multidisciplinary continuing education Cooperative Learning discovery learning Jubail Industrial College (JIC) Promoting Innovation for Industrial Growth'

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