University Teaching As Formation: Modern Arabic Poetry Course 445, as an Example

This research aims to demonstrate within the framework of the constructivist theory how the teaching of modern Arabic poetry can be conducted as formation through an extensive workshop in which students learn to analyze poetic texts in relation to the trends peculiar to Arabic poetry. By involving students in small groups in choosing poets themes, analyzing various texts, evaluating, presenting them individually and answering various questions and comments from the whole class, each student will be able to learn through formation, which is ultimately reflected in the student's main research work. To complete each student's formation in the course of modern Arabic poetry, Bahraini poets are added to the course in which each student is required to write a short brief paper analyzing the poetic model of a poet of his/her choice and utilize all their prior formative experience as well as the practical experience gained during the collective and individual work done in this formative course. In view of the present circumstances of COVID-19 in which students are not physically able to attend classes, it has become a must to turn to e-learning technology to help solve the problem in relation to teaching as formation in the Modern Arabic Poetry Course of Arab 445. Fortunately, Blackboard Ultra application has the required suitable features to conduct such workshops as it can efficiently be utilized to achieve the aims of the course.