DESIGNING AN INQUIRY-BASED AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING MODEL WITH ASSESSMENT MECHANISMS ALIGNED WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MISAN GOVERNORATE
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https://doi.org/10.62536/sjehss.2026.v4.i4.pp1-27Abstract
The education system faces numerous challenges that affect its outcomes, leading to a decline in educational standards. This is clearly reflected in the system's outputs, negatively impacting society. The Iraqi education system was once among the best in the region, but due to the circumstances it has endured since the 1980s, it has not reached a level that would allow it to keep pace with scientifically and economically advanced nations.
Since the demands of modern life no longer require merely acquiring knowledge or possessing academic skills, but have extended to actively dealing with the evolving environment and performing efficiently, it has been placed upon education officials worldwide to reconsider programs that are compatible with developments and changes.
Despite this, the development and improvement committees in Iraq began their role in presenting ideas to improve the English language curriculum to help students keep up with current and future developments by proposing the idea of integrated curricula, which calls for synergy, integration and cooperation to lead to psychological stability with others and the individual’s successful adaptation to his environment (Janet, 2001).
Although the curriculum has been revised several times to keep pace with developments and incorporate modern vocabulary, it has faced numerous obstacles related to printing, the lack of audio materials, wall charts, and other resources. Despite the financial support allocated by the Iraqi government since 2003 to cover operational and investment expenses for building schools and kindergartens, schools still share buildings with other schools, resulting in a decline in student enrollment and negatively impacting the quality of education (Iraqi Network, 2023). The majority of classrooms are ill-equipped for teaching English due to the lack of audio labs, and teaching methods remain traditional and fail to incorporate modern teaching approaches.
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