This course studies the main concepts of the educational process, its development and relation to the school curriculum. It presents the concept and development of curriculum as well as the traditional and modern concepts of the curriculum and compares between them. The course also studies and analyzes the factors, which lead to curricular development, the philosophical, social, psychological and cognitive bases of the curriculum, and the types and organizations of academic curricula. The course points out the following elements of the academic curriculum: objectives, content, experience, activities, concept of teaching, general methods of teaching and assessment, school tests and curricular assessment. The course also addresses the types and organizations of school curricula in addition to the process of planning for curricula, future vision and curricular development.

This course has been designed to assist students and qualify them as teachers so that they shall get acquainted with advanced topics on technology, using educational technologies and modern technology in the teaching process and the advantages of using technology for educational purposes. Students shall be taught and trained on preparing educational aides in terms of planning and execution. The course shall also include the development of technology applications and multimedia in classrooms and the implementation and inclusion of educational technologies in order to reach the best educational methods and approaches. Attention shall be paid to developing the students’ skills in striking a relation between technology and the development of curricula on the one side and the professional development of teachers on the other side. The course shall include issues related to the different concepts, skills, types and sources of educational technologies and how their mechanisms are integrated into various educational situations. In addition, students shall get acquainted with the means of using standards of international educational technologies as an assessment criterion in order to guarantee the quality of educational applications. Students shall differentiate between the contemporary models of educational design in terms of the effectiveness of the integration of technologies in the field of learning and discovering the field of technological applications to cope with the individual learning needs. Besides, students shall carry out the available applications in terms of effectiveness in specific educational environments. The use of interactive mass media, the Internet, and the integration and effectiveness of technology shall not contradict with moral and legal values and issues.

This subject is concerned with studying the behavior of both the learner and teacher in class learning situations and the developmental prerequisites related to learning especially cognitive development. It also addresses educational objectives, learning, its basic concepts, models, learning the concept, problem solving, transfer of the learning effect, information processing, motivation, intelligence and innovation. Students shall get acquainted with the basic concepts of educational psychology and its application in learning and teaching. Attention shall be paid to the relation between teaching and the application of the fundamentals of educational psychology including its connotations related to understanding the biological rule of behavior and mental issues of behavior such as comprehension and understanding, memory and learning, Emotional aspects that drive behavior, anxiety, the need, ‎achievement, Social aspects of behavior, communication, standards and leadership. The most recent scientific orientations related to the learning process, components and influential factors of the educational situation, the significance of interaction between the learner, teacher and teaching environment of the learning process, learner’s development, concept of educational psychology and its significance in the teaching process, learning theories, behavioral and field knowledge, principles of theories and their educational applications, and learning models and strategies shall be studied as well.

This course aims at qualifying students on the scientific management of the class by providing them with the necessary knowledge, information and skills and introducing the concept and significance of class management and developing the skills of class management and control. The course addresses the concepts of class management and organization, human relations, class environment, class interaction, class problems and the strategies used in overcoming them. In addition, the course aims at equipping students with the skills of controlling behavior by carrying out the teacher’s duties and functions, applying control rules and mechanisms and developing the effective educational environment by using modern strategies and principles in cooperative learning and partnership.

Additional readings: The teacher shall supervise and distribute the additional materials required for the lesson. These materials include readings and problem solving … etc.

Prerequisite: completing 9 credit hours including one of the mandatory specialization courses

This course introduces to the learners the real atmosphere of learning and teaching at schools, scientific applications in the classroom and discussion of class events. Learners shall be trained on a number of teaching skills such as qualification for teaching, stimulating the learners’ previous learning, planning the lesson, activity management, asking questions, group management, various teaching methods, various assessment methods, development of work papers, simulating motivation and considering individual differences.

This course also aims at enabling learners to practice the actual teaching process by applying the knowledge learnt at the various courses. The learner shall be trained on striking a relation between theory and application and implementing the skills on which he / she received a theoretical training. In addition, the course targets at developing and improving the level of performance and the skills of learners whether teachers or employees by basically training them on applying what they have learnt such as modern knowledge and methods of teaching, assessment and the inclusion of children with special needs. Besides, learners shall be familiarized with the nature of applied education including the implementation of the educational and psychological principles in the field of planning, the development of educational aides, use of modern technologies and execution of all components of teaching.

This course addresses the implementation of the most important theories of learning and teaching, assessment methods in teaching Information Technology, and the formulation of the objectives of the Information Technology curricular lessons. It also deals with planning the Information Technology curricular lessons, class and laboratory management, means of dealing with the students, and using the teaching methods compatible with the Information Technology curricula such as minimal teaching, cooperative teaching, using the Internet, distance education, programmed education and individualization of education. The course also addresses the problems which face the junior PC teacher, how to overcome them and constructive and target-oriented assessment and evaluation of the colleagues’ teaching methods. Teaching shall be conducted in the PC laboratory.