Khalifa Al Suwaidi

Assistant Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
UAE University
United Arab Emirates

Biography

Dr. Khalifa Ali Alsuwaidi is the Assistant Professor at Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Faculty of Education, United Arab Emirates University. He joined the Department in 1994. held a number of teaching and administrative positions at the UAE University. Dr. Khalifa worked as a Dean of University General Requirements Unit, Deputy Dean of Faculty of Education. Dr.Khalifa is the presenter and script writer at Abu Dhabi TV(step). Dr. Khalifa’s specialization is in Curriculum and Instruction. He has also been honored by Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed award for academic excellence (UAE), Excellence award for University and Community Service (1996-97), and Best UAE national teacher project award (2004) as well as best finalist National IT organizational award (2006) from the UAE educational IT challenge Khalifa Award for education 2008 Besides 15 research papers in the leading journals he has authored5 books . Dr. Khalifa holds a Bachelor Degree (Education/Psychology from United Arab Emirates University), Master Degree (Education-Curriculum & Instruction from The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA), and Ph.D. (Education-Curriculum and Instruction from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA).

Research Intrest

Curriculum and Teaching Methods and Developing thinking