Mohammed Kabiru Farouk |
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| Academic Rank & Title: | Associate Professor & Director, Global Awareness Program |  |
| Department: | Curriculum and Instruction | |
| Office Phone: | (305) 348-3199 | |
| Department Fax: | (305)348-2086 | |
| E-mail: | faroukm@fiu.edu | |
| Office#: | ZEB 314 | |
| Program Affiliation: | Curriculum and Instruction; Social Studies
Education |
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| Terminal Degree: | Ed.D. | |
| Date: | 1990 | |
| Degree Program: | Curriculum & Instruction/Social Studies Education | |
| Institution: | West Virginia University | |
| Courses Taught: | Developing a Global Perspective; Seminar in Social Studies Education; Social Studies in Other Nations; Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School; Practicum in Social Studies; Directed Studies in Social Studies Education; Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School (graduate and undergraduate); Early Childhood Social Studies; Curriculum Development; Secondary School Curriculum; Curriculum in Childhood Education; Directed Study in Elementary Education; Senior Seminar in Elementary Education; Issues in Elementary Education; Research in Social Studies Education; Doctoral Seminar in Social Studies Education; Doctoral Dissertation. | |
| History at FIU: | Dr. Farouk started working at FIU in 1991 as a tenure-earning Assistant Professor in Social Studies/Global Education and Curriculum Studies. He became a tenured Associate Professor in 1997. He served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Education, Chairperson of the Departments of Subject Specializations and Curriculum and Instruction, and Director of the Global Awareness Program. | |
| Brief Vita: | Dr. Farouk received his Doctoral and Master's degrees in Curriculum and Instruction/Social Studies Education. He has published a number of articles and book chapters mostly on social studies/global education. He has presented numerous refereed papers and invited addresses at various local, national, and international professional conferences, organized seminars and workshops, served as a consultant to school districts on global and multicultural education, and served in leadership positions in professional and community organizations at the local, national, and international levels. | |
| Research Interests: | Global Education; Multicultural Education; Teacher Education; Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction; Comparative Education | |
| Personal Philosophy Statement: | "I strongly believe that teacher education candidates should be empowered with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to facilitate learning and teaching in a diverse, multicultural, and interdependent world and become reflective practitioners and change agents in the schools and outside." | |