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papers. Following, we shall report essentially on the Teaching Methods course in
the Natural Science department. A module intended for the integration of
Education in Population Matters was developed. (4). It is a flexible, adjustable
module intended for the trainers, which takes into account the spirit of the
Natural Science Teaching Methods program for fifth-year students (5) in the
Biology-Geology section. Three kinds of objectives are involved: notion
acquisition, methodology, and attitude. This module, which is progressive in its
approach, groups together different activities related to the ecological-
environment context. It is structured into six stages: 1 - study of teacher-
trainees’ conceptions related to the ecological-environment concept; 2 -
exploration and identification of problems related to the ecological environment.
3 - planning of a strategy for solving the specified problems; 4 - completion of a
research project; 5 - communication of specific research-project results; 6 -
assessment by means of a log. Each stage includes the objectives that are to be
reached, activity proposals, and assessment instruments. This module was
experimented at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Higher Teacher- Training School)
at Rabat and that at Fes, and at the CPR in Casablanca in 1992/93. (6)
Comments The data on this experimentation is currently being processed. The
various reports seem to agree on the fact that the teacher trainees were very
motivated by the proposed activities. Nonetheless, some trainers have requested
training in group-activity techniques. The Ministry has therefore, on their
request, planned for 1995/96 a series of seminars to provide this type of
training. Notes: 1. The various training centers for teachers are: CFI: Centre de
formation des instituteurs (grade school teachers) CPR: Centre pédagogique
régional (middle school) ENS: Ecole normale supérieure (secondary school) CFIE:
Centre de formation des inspecteurs de l’enseignement (school inspectors) 2.
Khadija Zaim-Idrissi is a member of the EPM Central Committee. 3. L’Education
en Matière de Population, Ministère de l’Education Nationale, Société
d’Impression: Voix de Meknès, 1986. 4. Zaim-Idrissi, K., Intégration de l’EPM
dans le cours de Didactique des Sciences Naturelles des ENS, Al Maarif. 5. The
students have a degree in Biological Science or in Earth Science and have passed
the entrance examination to the ENS for a year of professional training, the
elements of which are: Teaching Methods, Psychology and Education,
complementary training, training sessions, and a dissertation. 6. Souad Kassou
oversaw the experimentation of the module in the ENS at Rabat