Dr. Mohamed Abdelaziz

Dr. Mohamed Abdelaziz is World Learning’s STEAM Discovery Center director in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Abdelaziz brings thirteen years of experience in teaching, teacher education and international development as he currently leads World Learning Saudi Arabia’s STEAM program in Riyadh. Since joining World Learning Algeria in 2012, Dr. Abdelaziz has been developing education and development programs under multiple U.S. Department of State projects in partnership with the Algerian ministries of youth and sports, national education, and higher education and academic research, engaging at-risk youth and building the capacity of local institutions that provide English, career planning, and civic engagement programming to disadvantaged youth.

Since 2016, Dr. Abdelaziz has been more involved in innovative STEAM education and has piloted and refined a model for STEAM learning centers in Algeria and co-founded the Algiers STEAM Center, Ouargla STEAM Center, and seven STEM Corners in Algeria. Combining his science acumen with his passion for teacher education, Dr. Abdelaziz has designed and implemented face-to-face and online STEAM teacher training programs based on Universal Design for Learning as an inclusive approach to teaching all students that continue to be delivered in Algeria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Prior to joining World Learning, Dr. Abdelaziz worked as a teacher and teacher educator with Hopeland Education Group in Algiers and led many training programs with the U.S. Embassy in Algiers and the British Council. Dr. Abdelaziz is an SIT TESOL certified trainer and PCELT licensed trainer. He holds an MD from the University of Algiers and BA in English literature from the University of Batna. Dr. Abdelaziz's current area of research is in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

Expertise: Teacher education, training of trainers, curriculum development, STEM education, Universal Design for Learning, international education development, youth engagement, English Language Teaching.