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ARBN       Arabic Language (0) Credit Hours
The course focuses on teaching students the rules of Arabic grammar and morphology, including original and secondary case markers, verbal sentences, nominal sentences, the subject and predicate, "كان" and its sisters, "إن" and its sisters, verbs of approximation, hope, and commencement, as well as conjunctions such as pronouns, relative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, and others. The course also covers spelling rules, Arabic handwriting, and the analysis of selected literary texts.
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CEF101      Introduction to Early Childhood (2) Credit Hours
The concept of early childhood, its objectives, and its importance - the historical development of its emergence across different eras - pioneers of early childhood - stages of child development - the teacher, her role, and her characteristics - the role of the caregiver, and his characteristics - the reality of early childhood in Egypt and the Arab world - the relationship between the teacher/caregiver and the family - the most important experiences and programs of Arab and international countries in early childhood development.
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CEF102      Educational Games (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: the historical development of educational games; the objectives and functions of educational games; the types of educational games and their relevance to children's lives in various settings; the roles of teachers, parents, and caregivers in implementing educational games; the impact of educational games on different learning styles; and proposed models for designing and creating educational games that are age-appropriate.
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CEF103      Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body (2) Credit Hours
Introduction to human body anatomy/composition - Anatomy of body systems, and their growth from birth - Components of the human body from different elements - Composition of the living cell - Components of blood, and its functions - Composition of the circulatory system, and its functions - Composition of the digestive system, and its functions - Composition of the nervous system, and its functions - Composition of the urinary system, and its functions - Applications of anatomy, and human body function (physiological changes during fitness training - cleft lip).
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CEF104      Outdoor Activities and Recreation (3) Credit Hours
Modern education for children - the concept of recreation - the relationship between education and recreation - levels of participation in recreational activities - the goals of recreation, and the most important features of recreational activities - the social effects of recreational activities, and the psychological effects of recreational activities - recreation in the open air - the social factors that help in the spread of recreation in the open air - the benefits of outdoor activities - forms of recreational activity in the open air - the outdoor school - the cellular program - the open air, and the risks - the philosophical foundations of camps - the goals of camps, types of camps, and their ethics.
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CEF105      Fundamentals of Early Childhood Curricula and Programs (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following topics: the concept of curriculum, its components, organization, and significance; the concept of curriculum theory, its models, historical development, and applications; global trends in early childhood education; the concept of early childhood programs and the philosophies of various scholars; the foundations of designing early childhood programs; and the expected roles in planning, implementing, and evaluating early childhood programs.
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CEF106E      Sensory Education (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes definitions and objectives of sensory integration, the functions of the senses, and key sensory skills (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory). It will also explore the child's self-awareness through the senses and body awareness. Furthermore, the course will examine the relationship between sensory integration and physical education, as well as art education (e.g., clay modeling). The course will present various examples of sensory-motor activities for children and discuss international and local standards and practices in sensory integration and psychomotor development.
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CEF107E      Health Education (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the scientific and methodological principles of child health and safety. It will delve into strategies for improving children's diets and connecting the learning process with the child's physical and health development. Additionally, the course will focus on increasing early childhood educators' awareness of healthy eating habits, child growth stages, and their relationship to nutrition, as well as strategies for promoting child health and nutrition.
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CEF219      Analysis of Children's Drawings (2) Credit Hours
This course delves into the intricate world of children's drawings, exploring the underlying psychological, social, and developmental factors that shape their artistic expressions. Students will gain a deep understanding of the theoretical frameworks that underpin the study of children's art, the historical evolution of this field, and the diverse motivations that drive children to create. The course will also cover various assessment tools, such as the Draw-a-Person and Family Drawing tests,
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CEF220      Music Education (1) (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover the concept, importance, and functions of music education. It will explore various music activities and teaching methods suitable for young children. The course will focus on developing musical skills such as listening, musical appreciation, and performing. Additionally, the course will introduce different musical elements like pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics. Practical components of the course will include singing scales, participating in beginner-level music exercises, performing songs, creating group musical performances, and using movement and rhythm in musical activities.
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CEF221      Arts and Handicrafts for Children (2) Credit Hours
Stages of development of artistic expression in children - The nature of manual and artistic skills, their importance, and types - Various environmental materials in artistic activities - Visual art work, and its development in children - Methods of teaching artistic and manual skills - Evaluating artistic and manual skills - Applications of basic manual and artistic skills necessary in early childhood..
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CEF222       Planning and Organizing the Learning and Teaching Environment (2) Credit Hours
the educational environment, its classification, and its impact on the child's growth and way of thinking - managing the activity hall, and providing safety and security factors for the child's learning environment - scientific foundations for organizing the child's learning environment - organizing educational corners - time management strategies, and its organization - criteria for evaluating the child's learning environment - organizing the child's learning environment; using educational technology and multimedia.
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CEF223      Motor Education for Children (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the definition of physical education, its goals, and its scientific foundations. It will also explore the elements of physical education, its challenges, and the qualifications of effective physical education teachers. The course will address how to create movement stories and sports demonstrations, as well as safety measures in physical education.
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CEF224E      Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders in Children (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: concepts of mental health and menThe course will cover the following: an introduction to early childhood programs in the context of contemporary educational trends; the goals, importance, components, and types of early childhood programs; the philosophical foundations of early childhood programs; the importance, content, components, principles, and goals of physical activity programs for children; the integrated curriculum approach; the daily program for children, including its components and the teacher's role in each; and the design and evaluation of children's programs.tal illness; common neurodevelopmental disorders, including anxiety, separation anxiety, stranger anxiety, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, selective mutism, language and speech disorders, and intellectual disabilities; common treatment approaches for these disorders; and the role of caregivers in implementing treatment plans, such as school-based therapy, behavioral therapy, family therapy, and play therapy
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CEF225E      Aesthetic Appreciation for Children in the Digital Age (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover the psychology of art and aesthetics, theories of taste, methods for developing aesthetic sense in children, the role of sensory experiences, research skills using the internet, and strategies for promoting artistic and aesthetic awareness. It will also delve into the concepts of art, beauty, aesthetic appreciation, and aesthetic values in children.
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CEF344      Music Education (2) (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover percussion instruments, their educational objectives, and effective teaching methods for young children. It will address common challenges in percussion performance and provide detailed descriptions of various percussion instruments and their roles in music-making. The course will explore criteria for selecting appropriate musical pieces and provide guidance on teaching them. Additionally, students will learn basic music notation for reading and writing simple musical passages.
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CEF345      Visual Arts for Children (3) Credit Hours
Concepts of fine art; such as printing, textile works, fabric shaping, composition with raw materials, collage, decoupage, puppets, and dough shaping - planning skill, represented educationally in an aesthetic experimental list in artistic shaping; to be able to find it in the child - arts corner - new, new innovations; such as brushes, colors, printing, dyes, and iPad; such as space, natural and manufactured artistic images, colored doughs, and methods of preparing them - using different rollers in the environment, and nature in the artistic formation of the army of artists' works - integrated in the art talk, and the child's activities at home, nursery, and kindergarten.
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CEF346      Child Rights and Citizenship (2) Credit Hours
The concept of rights and children's rights - the historical development of children's rights - international charters and agreements related to children's rights - types of rights; according to the provisions of the Child Law - laws regulating children's rights in Egypt - the concept of citizenship, its dimensions and components - the role of community institutions in instilling the values ​​of citizenship in the child in the early childhood stage.
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CEF347      Principles and Philosophy of Montessori (2) Credit Hours
Montessori philosophy - Montessori objectives - Characteristics of the Montessori class - The child in the Montessori context (from 0-3 and from 3-6 and from 6-9) - The principles of directed Montessori - Montessori tools, and the child's method of using them - Montessori, and the child's life skills - Preparing the child for language, and the principles of arithmetic using the Montessori method.
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CEF348E      Quality Performance and Accreditation in Early Childhood (2) Credit Hours
Clarifying the internal systems for achieving quality standards in kindergartens in light of their measurement indicators, and conducting current situation analysis processes, through evaluation and self-questioning processes at various levels, and identifying strengths and weaknesses to build a plan aimed at raising the level of the kindergarten based on the results of the environmental analysis.
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CEF349E      Community Participation in Early Childhood (2) Credit Hours
principles of effective participation between the kindergarten administration, the children's families, and the local community, and the mechanisms of their cooperation and participation together in implementing activities for kindergarten children, and the kindergarten administration's interest in implementing projects and seminars that teach families how to deal properly with their children.
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CES110      Psychology of Play in Children (2) Credit Hours
The concept of play, and its importance for children - play in psychological theories - types of play - characteristics of play - play and growth - play and education - individual differences and play - play therapy - play and technology - play and talent - technological games and their impact on child development.
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CES111      Art Education for Children (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover the concept of art education, its goals, and the nature of fine motor skills. It will also discuss the significance of art education for child development, methods for developing artistic skills, stages of children's art development, and the elements of visual composition in art activities. Additionally, the course will cover skills such as drawing, coloring, design, printing, and mixed media.
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CES112      Child Health (2) Credit Hours
Child health in Egyptian law - growth standards and development from birth to 8 years (physical growth - psychological growth - social growth - motor growth - mental growth) - the importance of monitoring (height, weight, and head circumference) from birth, and applications of that until the age of 8 years - growth for people with special needs - maternal health and child growth - child nutrition - nutritional guidelines for the child (programs directed at the child and the teacher) - assessing the child's nutritional needs - school nutrition - applied nutrition - malnutrition diseases - some misconceptions about child health - emergency health problems and procedures for dealing with them - the school health environment - the teacher's health and child safety - child-friendly schools.
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CES113      Language Skills for Kindergarten Children (2) Credit Hours
the nature of language, its forms - pre-reading and writing skills, and appropriate educational activities for the child in the early childhood stages - designing appropriate activities to develop reading and writing skills, and the relationship between care settings (home - nursery - kindergarten - school ...) in language development, and the relationship between language and thinking - preparing appropriate assessment tools to evaluate linguistic development and reading and writing skills for children in the early childhood stages - the development of learning to read and write over the ages, reading and writing problems, and appropriate practices in learning functional reading and writing.
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CES114      Directed Motor Play Activities for Children (3) Credit Hours
The concept of motor play and its importance for the child - The objectives of motor play - The stages of motor play - The types of motor play - The functions of motor play - The physical characteristics of the child - Learning methods through motor play - The effect of motor play on the child's development (physical - motor - psychological - mental) - Basic motor skills - Elements of physical fitness (strength, speed, flexibility, agility, endurance, balance ....) - Division of motor skills (stages) - Applications on motor play.
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CES115E      Children’s Library (2) Credit Hours
The course reviews the concept of libraries, introduces children's libraries, their types, and objectives. It also covers the fundamental principles of establishing, preparing, and equipping libraries, including site selection, design criteria, and collection development. Additionally, the course delves into the process of providing libraries with resources and the criteria for selecting children's books, as well as cataloging them. Furthermore, it explores the activities and services offered by libraries, both print and electronic information sources, and their role in broadening children's horizons, encouraging them, and fostering a love of reading.
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CES116E      Educational Singing Games (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: an introduction to educational singing games, their definition, objectives, and types; methods of presenting singing games; the use of singing games in the teaching and learning process; selecting appropriate singing games for children; developing skills in implementing educational singing games for preschoolers; and practical applications of singing games in home, preschool, kindergarten, and the child's external environment.
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CES231      Music Education (2) (3) Credit Hours
The course will examine the importance of children's songs from the perspectives of philosophers, educational thinkers, and musicians. It will explore the objectives of children's songs and children's responses to music. The course will cover the reading of simple music notation and solfege singing. It will delve into the characteristics of children's songs and effective teaching methods. Additionally, the course will differentiate between children's songs and other musical activities. Students will learn correct singing techniques and basic instrumental accompaniment for children's songs. The course will cover criteria for selecting children's songs and addressing common vocal challenges in children. Finally, the course will provide students with the skills to teach children's songs and identify musically gifted children. It will also explore universal music principles.
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CES232      Motor Programs for Children (3) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: an introduction to early childhood programs in the context of contemporary educational trends; the goals, importance, components, and types of early childhood programs; the philosophical foundations of early childhood programs; the importance, content, components, principles, and goals of physical activity programs for children; the integrated curriculum approach; the daily program for children, including its components and the teacher's role in each; and the design and evaluation of children's programs.
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CES233      Foreign language skills for kindergarten children (2) Credit Hours
What are the child's foreign language skills - Educational activities appropriate for the child - Designing appropriate activities to develop these skills - Awareness of the practical content of the foreign language course in the kindergarten curriculum - Preparing appropriate assessment tools to evaluate the foreign language - Problems of the child practicing the foreign language.
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CES234      Children's Stories and Tales (2) Credit Hours
Introduction to children's stories and tales - The concept of stories - The concept of tales - The importance of stories, their objectives, and their types - Stories and child development - How to tell stories to children, and types of narration - Characteristics of children's stories, and their relationship to the characteristics of the age group - The art of storytelling - Employing environmental materials in preparing stories and tales - Developing skills in preparing stories and tales appropriate for children in the early childhood stage, and applying them.
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CES235      Children's Literature (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: the origins and global and local development of children's literature; the concept, goals, and significance of children's literature; the characteristics of children's literature; a study of literary genres for children; folk literature, including its concept, performance, and impact on children; and an exploration of various forms of children's literature.
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CES236E      Smart Applications for Children (2) Credit Hours
This course will explore the significance of educational apps for children, their various types, and how they can be effectively utilized. It will delve into specific examples such as digital storytelling, educational games, and multimedia resources. The course will also examine the role of children's websites and the principles of effective educational communication. Additionally, it will explore the historical development, goals, and functions of educational games and digital stories, and discuss the role of educators and caregivers in their implementation. Finally, the course will provide practical guidance on designing and developing educational games and digital stories.
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CES237E      Strategies and Programs for Early Detection and Intervention (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: the concept of early detection and intervention; the importance, rationale, and scope of early intervention; target populations for early intervention; early intervention services; barriers to early intervention; early intervention team composition and characteristics; early indicators of disabilities; common challenges related to early detection; and the use of advanced technology in early detection and intervention to address these challenges.
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CES355      Scientific and Mathematical Concepts for Kindergarten Children (2) Credit Hours
Introduction to concepts in education - Theories that deal with the growth of concepts and stages of their development in children - Factors affecting the growth of concepts in children - Teaching strategies based on modern learning theories in teaching concepts - Approaches to choosing concepts and evaluating them. Basic scientific and mathematical concepts and skills - Tools for evaluating scientific and mathematical concepts - Scientific and mathematical concepts for child development.
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CES356      Museum Education (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the definition, history, and development of museums. It will explore different types of museums and their significance. The course will delve into the principles of designing children's museums, including those for children with special needs. It will also examine local and international museum models. The course will discuss the role of museum education in fostering cultural awareness, archaeological awareness, and a sense of citizenship and belonging in children. Finally, the course will explore the relationship between museum education and educational objectives.
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CES357      Child Posture Education (3) Credit Hours
What is posture and its importance - criteria for good posture - causes of posture deformities, and the mother's role in caring for the child's posture - the role of the teacher in caring for the child's posture (foot - spine - upper limb - lower limb) - therapeutic and preventive exercises, tools, and devices used in detecting posture deformities.
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CES358      Media and Children's Culture (2) Credit Hours
The course will cover the following: the concepts of culture and media; the relationship between culture, media, and child personality; the impact of culture and media on child development; the role of social institutions in educating children; the role of communication media in child rearing; and the effects of electronic games on children's culture.
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CES359      Theatre and Drama in Early Childhood (3) Credit Hours
Theater as a form of human expression - Theater, its function, and its nature - The emergence and development of theatrical arts - Basic theatrical performance methods - Topics that clarify the role of drama in raising and refining children's talents - Writing the theatrical script - Elements of building the play - History of children's theater - Types of children's theater - Foundations of theatrical directing - Complementary elements of the theatrical performance - Models of educational plays.
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CES360E      Self-Directed Learning and Professional Development in Early Childhood (3) Credit Hours
This course will explore the significance of self-directed learning for early childhood educators. It will delve into the psychological and pedagogical foundations of self-directed learning, and equip participants with practical skills such as critical thinking, information literacy, and technology integration. The course will also explore strategies for lifelong learning and the application of these skills in the classroom.
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CES361E      Historical and Geographical Concepts and Activities for Kindergarten Children (3) Credit Hours
concepts, theories that dealt with the growth of concepts, and stages of their development in children - factors affecting the growth of concepts in children - teaching strategies based on modern learning theories in teaching concepts - approaches to choosing concepts, and evaluating them - educational activities appropriate for the child in the early childhood stages - designing appropriate activities; to develop historical and geographical concepts, and tools for evaluating them - the role of historical and geographical concepts in the development of the child.
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DF 101      Reading for the deaf (2) Credit Hours
This course aims to familiarize deaf and hard of hearing students with reasons and circumstances that lead to deteriorate their educational levels particularly in reading, introduce the historical development of instructing them reading, and analyze the stages of education and pre - education since their birth in learning to read, Train deaf and hard of hearing students on methods of detecting their reading defects, improving their reading level. This course aims also to provide them with a set of guidance and guidance to help them overcome the problems of reading and the adoption of innovative programs.
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DF 102      Islamic Education for Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to define deaf and hard of hearing students with all Islamic issues in a way that suits the needs of the deaf and hearing-impaired students. This course also aims to reply to all their inquiries about religious issues such as heritage, marriage issues, social relationships, and understanding the Islamic economy. This course aims to define the concept and characteristics of society and family in Islam. Additionally, it provides students with the skills of negotiation and dialogue as methods of dealing with the community and the family. This course introduces the student to the prayer of ascites, Aid and funeral, the rules of engagement, marriage and divorce, ways and means of enhancing social and family life and stability, as well as the rights of parents, neighbors and the rights of Muslims. This course also aims to help students recognize the most important issues and challenges of contemporary society.
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DF 103      Arabic Language Skills (2) Credit Hours
This course in all its levels deals the language skills in a balanced way and gradually in away that suits the development and the growth of students as well as their thinking level. Instruction the language skills should take into consideration the psychological and mental characteristics, and suits their readiness and capacities. It also should meets their needs and ambition. This course aims to achieve the communication objectives, enable them to acquire an appropriate level of linguistic, communicative, and cultural competency. This course also focuses on the uses of the functional language rather than grammatical and syntactical ones which their normal equivalents learn. It is important to mention that it is significant to acquire the deaf and the hard of hearing students the functional language rather than grammar and syntactic.
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DF 104      Self-Learning Skills for the Deaf (2) Credit Hours
This course deals with the methods and strategies of thinking used by the individual in dealing with all aspects of life, whether educational, social or professional. it also focuses on developing psychological skills and helping students to increase their abilities to solve the specific problems they face as well as providing students with new ways that rely on flexibility and richness, with a special focus on the characteristics of deafness as a basis for choosing these methods. This course mainly aims at developing students’ skills of analysis the problematic situation and reduce its negative effects, skills of developing performance , flexibility of learing and study, self-development and self-evaluation skills. This course also provides deaf and hearing impaired students with skills to help them adapt to the school environment and their requirements and achieve appropriate rates of academic success.
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DF 105      History of Deaf Education (2) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable the deaf students to learn about the efforts of the Arab countries in general and the country in which the student studies the program in particular, so that they will receive sufficient information about the efforts of states, governmental institutions and civil society organizations to provide educational and rehabilitation opportunities for the deaf students. This course also aims to identify the future plans of these countries with all their institutions so that they can benefit from them educationally and functionally. This course contains topics dealing with the development of the education of the Deaf people in Arab countries, which provide services and exert efforts to the Deaf and identifying the promising future aspirations for the development of these efforts. This course also provides a model for the development of efforts in the education of Deaf people at the university level, especially in Saudi Arabia, as it is the first country that establish a university education program to deaf students in the region.
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DF 106      Employment of technology in Deaf Education (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to familiarize students with how to employ educational technology in the instructional situation, know what hard of hearing diagnosis technology, and the bases of their employment in the educational situation, and know the technological devices used while dealing with hearing disability, as well as introducing program that transfer the sign language into written language and vice versa, as well as expanding employing them. This course also aims to know the interactive optical techniques (digital cameras, virtual life).
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DF 110      Writing for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (2) Credit Hours
This course aims at identifying the reasons and conditions that lead to deteriorate deaf and hearing-impaired students’ levels of learning writing from birth to the present. Define deaf and hearing-impaired students on the causes and conditions that led to the deterioration of their educational levels, especially in writing. This course also aims to define the deaf and hearing-impaired students with the historical development they experienced in their teaching writing. This course focuses on training deaf and hard of hearing students on methods of discovering the writing defects, and how to improve it. This course aims also to provide them with a set of guidance and guidance to help them overcome the problems of reading and the adoption of innovative programs.
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DF 111      Arabic Language Skills (2) (2) Credit Hours
The content of this course is to continue what students have already studied in the previous level, the course deals the language skills in a balanced way and gradually in a way that suits the development and the growth of students as well as their thinking level. Instruction the language skills should take into consideration the psychological and mental characteristics, and suits their readiness and capacities. It also should meet their needs and ambition. This course focuses on the uses of the functional language rather than grammatical and syntactical ones which their normal equivalents learn. It is important to mention that it is significant to acquire the deaf and the hard of hearing students the functional language rather than grammar and syntactic. By the end of this level, it is expected that the deaf and hard of hearing students will be able to differentiate between the types of verbs, and other kinds of structures.
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DF 112      Communication Skills in English (1) (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at providing students with the basic skills of oral and written communication in English. At the end of the course, the student will acquire some secondary skills such as using letters, words and English reference to obtain certain information and use the vocabulary correctly in different social situations. This course also aims at providing deaf and hearing impaired students with a set of terms and phrases that help the deaf and hearing impaired deal appropriately with other in social and official situations as well as dealing with people in governmental bodies and institutions which English language is an official one. This course enables students to understand and translate vocabulary, terms and phrases in English that help him to interact with the working environment and with the largest number of situations such as travel, treatment and study abroad.
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DF 113      Health and Food (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide deaf and hard of hearing students with healthy and nutritional information which they need, and help them to encounter the problems of malnutrition and Obesity. This course also aims to help students to be familiar with the nutritional attributes of food and its importance to the body of human being to be healthy. The course focuses on how to select the appropriate food, its quantity, preparation, and time of having it. This course aims to introduce the services that different governmental and non-governmental provided especially those related to health, medicine, well-being of the deaf and hard of hearing students.
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DF 114      Hearing Science (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide scientific information that explains how hearing is performed through the dissection of areas responsible for hearing. It also aims to identify the causes of hearing impairment from the reality of deaf and hearing-impaired people. It also aims at understanding the methods of diagnosis of auditory disabilities and treatment methods followed with a case-by-case Understanding the causes that lead to hearing impairment, both physiological, health, social and educational. This course also focuses on the medical interventions like cochlear implantation or installation of digital devices and others.
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DF 115      Self-learning Skills for Deaf (2) (2) Credit Hours
This course aims to develop deaf students' skills through training in strategies for dealing with others and groups in the community and abroad, to increase self-confidence, work under pressure and accept and understand the others' differences. It also focuses on the development of self-management skills, self-control and control of emotions and anger. This course aims at developing the skills of Self-assessment and evaluation of others, developing interpersonal skills and understanding others, risk-encountering skills, feasibility studies and project management. This course also focuses on marriage skills, family formation, bringing up children and social relations development. This course is concerned with a set of mechanisms based on the survey of the needs of deaf students so that the priority is given to the basic skills they mainly need using workshops, specialized training courses and mini-modules.
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DF 201      Writing Communication Skills for the Deaf (1) (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at developing writing skills of the deaf and hard of hearing by training the deaf how to use writing texts programs. These exercises depend on the deafs' abilities to do the self-visual scanning, and interacting with the interactive books and video. This course considers a remedial one for those who have writing difficulties in spite of that the deaf students do not have difficulties in writing.
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DF 202      Arabic Language Skills (3) (2) Credit Hours
This course aims at providing deaf and hard of hearing students with some amount of functional language information that students could use in all life situations particularly writing them, and developing their reading comprehension skills so that students could read language texts correctly. This course is considered a kind of development of the language skills acquired in the previous level. The course deals the language skills in a balanced way and gradually in a way that suits the development and the growth of students as well as their thinking level. Instruction the language skills should take into consideration the psychological and mental characteristics, and suits their readiness and capacities. It also should meet their needs and ambition. Therefore, at this level the main focus is to provide deaf and hearing impaired students with linguistic knowledge and skills that help them to read and write in an easy, correct and uncomplicated manner, for example, students can write subjects in its diverse cases, and according to its pronouns in simple structures and sentences.
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DF 203      Communication Skills in English (2) (3) Credit Hours
This course in its second part of the English course levels, which students studied in the first semester of the previous year aims at developing deaf and hard of hearing students' skills of conversation by training them in basic rules of conversation, reading short and varied sentences, developing reading skills and good writing skills After the revision of the basic rules of the tenses and articles, prepositions and linking words. This course also aims to focus on how to use the tenses in English language appropriately, and the use of nouns, conditionals, and comparisons. The course also includes exercises and assignments that allow students to overcome the obstacles they encounter and to learn advanced grammar skills. It aims to use English in important social situations such as hotels, airports, and public places to be able to adapt with the society.
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DF 204      Introduction to Deaf Habilitating (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide deaf students with knowledge related to the integrated and comprehensive concept of the process of rehabilitation, its types, and its different programs as well as its stages and the steps of rehabilitation. This course also aims to provide the deaf and hard of hearing students with skills that help students to adapt with the working environment, its demands, and achieve high levels of professional success and rising their awareness of the rules and regulations of the profession.
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DF 205      National education for the deaf (1) (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at building the students' loyalty, social responsibility, upholding values and principles, enhancing morals and virtues. This course also focuses on supporting the participation in the good work activities helping others, protecting their homeland in ganger times. This course aims also at raising students' awareness about their homelands' issues, protecting its institutions, creative participation in building their future, and proposing new solutions for its problems, more interest in developing the local communities, providing services, for the disabled persons. This course focuses on preparing effective staff in the social, economic, and political field.
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DF 206      Art Education for the Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to train deaf students on a range of arts and practical skills that develop their mental, practical and functional abilities. This course includes practical courses and applied projects in plastic arts, decoration, handicrafts, carpentry, maintenance of electrical and electronic devices, and training in the establishment of small industrial projects. This course aims to organize production and marketing exhibitions for deaf students at the end of the semester.
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DF 210      Writing Communication Skills For Deaf (2) (3) Credit Hours
This is the second level of written communication skills, it is based on the development of communication skills and increased life situations that use written communication skills, as well as workshops and models of microteaching. This course also shows the attitudes that’s the deaf students could havein his social and professional life and how to confront sing written communication skills. Students are also trained on a range of field visits to practice these skills.
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DF 211      Arabic Language Skills (4) (2) Credit Hours
At this level, the course provides students some amount of functional language information that students could use in all real life situations and students could write about them. This course also aims to develop students' reading comprehension skills so as to read many language texts correctly. Therefore, at this level, the course focuses on providing deaf and hearing impaired students with linguistic knowledge and skills that help them to read and write in an easy, correct and uncomplicated manner.
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DF 212      Developmental Psychology (3) Credit Hours
This course examines the theories of growth in various stages of human development and includes physiological, cognitive, economic, social and personal aspects. The focus of this course is on the life of the deaf in the family and the role of society in caring for him during his life stages, especially the educational, professional and social services. This course aims to provide the student with information and knowledge relevant to the nature of developmental processes in different stages of the individual's life and the influence of the factors of the environment through which he grows in determining the course of growth and emphasizing the impact of the family and social environment, highlighting the importance of his experience in the family and the school. This course aims to develop the theories of growth psychology, its perceptions and methods applied in practical life. It also aims to familiarize students with some of the professional applications of childhood psychology, adolescence, guidance, aging, and enable them to recognize their status in education and society.
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DF 213      Social Sciences for the Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable deaf students to learn about social, economic and political issues in Arab countries. This course also aims to increase the affiliation and active participation in the service of the Arab community as a whole and the community to which he belongs and the local community close to him. This course also contributes to increasing deaf students' understanding of the problems they face at the family level and at the level of social relations. In addition to that, This course aims at increasing knowledge of the geographical, natural, demographic, economic, political and historical variables of the Arab countries. It also gives students an overview of the rights and duties that every good citizen must know in his community. Teaching is done through a series of films, maps, tables and illustrative forms of these issues.
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DF 214      Language development and functional oral language (3) Credit Hours
This course deals with the concept of linguistic development of ordinary people and people with special needs with a focus on the linguistic development of the deaf. This course also aims at identifying the effects of hearing loss and weakness. The course mainly focuses on the role of educational institutions in the development of sign language and language problems, and the methods that contribute to lessening the linguistic weakness of the deaf, and being familiar with the professional sign language , and its importance in decreasing the language weaknesses in the life of the deaf and hard of hearing students.
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DF 215      Introduction to the Science of Interpretation (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at spotting more light on how to understand the general issues in the national, regional, and international levels, particularly those affect us now and in the future, and deaf and hard of hearing students need to understand them and how to deal with them. This course mainly aims to help the deaf and hard of learning students understand international issues like problems of pollution, famine, and drought, serious diseases, political and economic crisis, terrorism, unemployment, refugees and illegal immigration. This course aims to train the deaf and hard of hearing students to use the scientific methodology to understand the problems and the general issues, and know their causes and negative effects. This course also aims at knowing the way of dealing with these issues and solutions that could be presented by students, This course also aims at developing discussion skills of these skills through sessions of interactive dialogue by using such techniques like brain storming.
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DF 301      Psychology Learning and Instructional sciences (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at providing definitions of learning and teaching processes and determining factors contributing to learning and theories explaining the phenomenon of learning especially learning to people with special needs, especially deaf and hearing impaired. This course also aims at enabling the deaf students to use the principles of learning and learning psychology to achieve their professional and social goals, enabling them to acquire modern psychological knowledge and their applications in different areas of life. Develop their performance in order to improve their ways of gaining knowledge and its applications and developing their performance in order to improve their ways of acquiring of knowledge. This course focuses on raising the awareness of students with the importance and the value of learning in the light of rules, the psychological principles, and reach them to the level of learning how to learn.
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DF 302      Arabic language skills for the deaf (5) (2) Credit Hours
This is the fifth level after finishing the previous four levels of Arabic language series for students of this program. This course deals with the linguistic skills in an integrated and balanced way. It involves various activities and linguistic practices. It is hoped that the deaf or hard of hearing students reach to an advanced level in the skills of reading and writing. This will enable them to use Arabic language to meet their needs, communicate effectively, with their normal peers, and interact with them. It is also aimed to enable students understand the various reading texts, that have social, cultural, and administrative implications, and to be understood by deaf and hard of hearing students.
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DF 303      Translation of Terms and Text (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to increase the information of students including terms and texts related to jobs and works, whether in Arabic or English through the provision of simplified and varied texts that address the interests of deaf and hard of hearing students. Translation is not intended to be a translation from English or other languages. However, it is intended to train students on texts such as those relating to professional laws, methods of dealing with regulations, the use of machines, follow-up of the latest products and markets, and recent news in professions and businesses. This course also aims to focus on the most important issues in terms of careers. The training is to be translated in a language that deaf and hearing impaired can deal with; we may rely heavily on sign language to simplify these terms and texts.
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DF 304      Education and Communication Technology (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable the deaf student to know concepts associated with communication processes, its means and the development of communication techniques. This course aims to provide deaf students with models and ways of communication between individuals and groups, and between the individual and the local and global community. This course aims to provide recent information on the methods of communication between deaf people through global sites to increase awareness of the deaf culture around the world.
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DF 305      Management of Work Environment (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable the deaf student to know the requirements of dealing with the work environment, especially with the changing work environment and the quality of work. This course also aims to familiarize Deaf and hearing-impaired students with the elements of this environment and with the possibility of encountering negative aspects in dealing with them. This course also includes introducing the administrative and organizational aspects related to the tasks of their work to achieve an appropriate functional environment. The course aims at providing the deaf student with the knowledge, skills and experiences that make him a successful element in his work and not on him. This course aims to train students on how to deal intelligently with the characteristics of the human and material work environment and the ability to communicate and communicate with others in the work site. There are qualitative goals that are distributed throughout the course of the book, which are integrated in their terms, dimensions and fields to achieve the general goal.
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DF 306      Community services for the Deaf (2) Credit Hours
This course aims to investigate the nature of the needs of the Deaf community and determines how to deal with them starting from the family, school and the local community, determining the role of the media in disseminating the appropriate culture about the deaf, paying attention to sign language education in state institutions, especially the Ministries of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Labor and Tourism, centers of sale, purchase and entertainment centers. The Ministry of Awqaf and other government departments whose services relate to the deaf. This course also aims to show more interest in the development of assistive technologies and scientific research in the field of medical services for the treatment of hearing impairment.
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DF 310      Psychological Counseling and guidance for the Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide the required skills to help the deaf and hearing impaired to deal with psychological problems and how to overcome them. This course aims to emphasize on family and community care centers and the rights and duties of the deaf in the society. This course also aims at providing a range of guidance programs appropriate to the problems of deafness, especially problems related to the lack of audio and verbal functions. The topics addressed in this course include the problems of social, psychological and educational adjustment of the deaf and the hearing impaired, and the identification of the consequences of maltreatment and problems resulting from mutual misunderstanding between the deaf and hearing-impaired community. The course also deals with theories, principles and laws explaining the psychological disorders and developmental and non-developmental mental illnesses that occur to humans.
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DF 311      Arabic language skills for the Deaf (6) (2) Credit Hours
This is the sixth level in which students start acquiring deep linguistic skills especially reading and writing after finishing the previous five levels of Arabic language course in the program. Students receive in this level more intensive and non-classroom linguistic practices and assignments. Students are required to accomplish regularly additional linguistic tasks at home. Students are also exposed to various texts which vary in their length, and their content also varies in their topics and methods. Texts also suit their characteristics, and meet their communicative needs. They are the base for training them on the advanced editing skills as well as training them on how to comprehend and understand texts.
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DF 312      Instructional Strategies for the deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide a range of educational strategies suitable for the deaf and hearing impaired students such as a bilingual learning strategy (combining sign language and written language) with a sentence system in which the deaf student translates sign language into written language, adopting the Body language strategy in strengthening sign language, the systematic expansion of education focusing on family participation and the emphasis on teaching parents the unified sign language, especially the sign language adopted by the Ministry of Education, begins early since the birth of the deaf child, teaching using visual and multilayered learning in the teaching of language marks, letters, trappings, punctuation marks and conceptual construction of sentences, focusing on an organizational strategy to teach standardized sign language interpreters and ensure the proficiency of the standard reference dictionary and training on the academic reference dictionary on which education depends on educational institutions, and apply the basics of visual working memory as a tool for organizing teaching methods and educational curricula.
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DF 313      Building and Modifying Deaf behavior (3) Credit Hours
The course aims at shedding light on the strategies of modifying behavioral, psychological and social problems by presenting these behaviors and problems and clarifying their nature, causes and ways of coping with them, with a focus on behavioral modification methods being effective and practical methods and achieving the desired therapeutic and educational goals relatively quickly. Although changing the behavior of a deaf child may often be difficult, behavioral modification technology offers a variety of therapeutic alternatives that can be verified objectively. The course focuses on providing the deaf student with knowledge in two basic aspects of behavior modification: first, strategies to strengthen and maintain the desired behavior, and second, non-adaptive behavior reduction strategies. The course aims to provide the deaf students with the preparation and implementation of programs to modify the behavior of deaf students with a focus on modifying common behavioral problems such as aggressive behavior, chaotic behavior, self-harming behavior, activating activity, and social withdrawal.
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DF 314      Introduction to Mathematics for the Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable deaf students to identify the structure of the total set (non-negative integers), acquire the skill of conducting various calculations, identify the basic concepts related to fractures and operations on them, have problem solving skills and employing appropriate strategies. This course also aim to familiarize students with the basic concepts of flat geometry, and acquire basic skills related to statistics and probabilities, as well as acquiring knowledge of the principles of measurement and its basic units of lengths, areas, volumes, weight and heat.
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DF 315      Constructing and designing individual programs for the deaf (2) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide theoretical and practical information on how to prepare and implement individual programs by providing the student with a number of educational competencies that may help students to prepare and implement individual programs suitable for the deaf and the hearing impaired students within their different professional situations. This course aims to identify the foundations of building individual programs to change the weaknesses and increase the strengths of the deaf and deaf, determine their educational, professional and social needs so that an appropriate individual program can be established as well as accepting the results whatever it works to make use of them and build on them.
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DF 316      Communities Services for the deaf (2) Credit Hours
This course deals with the needs of the deaf society and identifies the way of dealing with them in their families and in the society. In addition to that, this course identifies the role of mass media in disseminating an appropriate attitudes about the deaf, increasing the interest in teaching them the sign language in all the private and public institutions particularly the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of interior, the Ministry of foreign affairs, customs, the Ministry of labor, the Ministry of tourism, entertaining centers, and bookshops. Additionally, leveraging the level of the technologies and the scientific research that improve the medical services of treating the hard of hearing students.
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DF 401      Issues and Trends in the Deaf Society (3) Credit Hours
This course addresses the global, regional and local efforts that address deaf and hearing-impaired issues. This is reflected in the encouragement of scientific research and studies to provide innovative solutions to the problems of deaf and hearing impaired people. It is also interested in studying the advanced laws, regulations and regulations developed by the developed countries in this field and assisting in solving the problems of the deaf and the hearing impaired and integrating them into their social and scientific environment. This course aims to hold workshops, training courses on sign language, development and access to the level of standardization and dissemination of the Arabic reference dictionary. In addition to the importance of the existence of reference dictionaries specialized in all branches of science as issues of concern to the deaf.
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DF 402      Arabic language skills for the deaf (7) (2) Credit Hours
This is the seventh and final level of Arabic language course for students in this program, and if specifically focused on writing skills without neglecting reading comprehension. Writing skill is the essential activity that this course should focus on, and process it thoroughly. This course also focuses on the complex linguistic structures, and the targeted linguistic uses that enrich the linguistic background of the deaf and hard of hearing students, train them intensively to understand words and structures in different contexts, enable them to employ them while writing correctly. This course also aims to provide students functional information, practices, and advanced linguistic activities that students could use in all situations in their life. This course deals with the reading competency of students and they will receive sufficient training on reading skills to be able to read texts and understand them thoroughly.
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DF 403      Family Empowerment for the Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to reveal the importance of the role of family in early stage in diagnosing thr deaf or hard of hearing cases, the necessity of training families programs to help the deaf in early stages of their ages. This course focuses on the importance of urging families to effectively respond and participate positively to train them again to lessen the educational problems that the deaf face by time. This course aims to increase the family's interest in opening the field of interaction with the surrounding environment and increase the encouragement of their children in communicating with the local community, and increase the family's acceptance of the hearing disability and deal with it positively and consider it not to cause failure in life and encourage their children permanently.
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DF 404      National Education for the Deaf (2) (3) Credit Hours
This course designed to build on the conscious personality of the homeland in national, regional and international issues, understand the international covenants, laws and agreements related to human rights whether man or woman, young or old. This course also reveals the interest in Such issues like pollution, climate change, nuclear dangers, issues of war and peace, refugee and famine issues, and international trends that pose a threat to the future of mankind, such as the Middle East problem and atomic and chemical weapons. This course also aims to promote awareness of political issues, international organizations and governance. This course also aims to formulate public opinion towards these issues and increase the global culture and concepts of globalization and global economic crises.
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DF 405      The theater of the Deaf (3) Credit Hours
This course is designed to understand the nature of theatre, and its benefit in the creative ability of the deaf and the hearing impaired, especially when they undertake the work and implementation of a play texts and training. This course also aims to understand how to compose a theatrical play and what the efforts behind the text of the play, and the impacts on the deaf and hearing impaired. This course aims to enable the deaf and hard of hearing students participate in the plays, and act important roles to increase their self- confidence and to be able to interact with other.
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DF 406      Special Projects Management (3) Credit Hours
The course aims at providing the deaf student with all the processes involved in the knowledge and management fields of any project from the start of the project until the completion and closing of the project. This course also aims to familiarize students with the project operations, how to manage the integration and time of the project, and human resources management in projects, and how to manage the projects' cost, risks, and quality. The course will be offered by a business administration specialist. This course also offers applied field experiences for deaf students who hope to manage a personal project after graduation.
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DF 410      Multitasks field training (12) Credit Hours
This course is described as a course that focuses on practical side of knowledge in which deaf and hearing impaired people can enter the labor market during the training period, and students could be engaged in the field of work, so that they could stay at least four months in the field of work, which they select depending on the experience they have got from the courses they have taken or providing them advanced experiences in case they want to start their personal project. 12 hours weekly. ences they got during several previous courses, in which students hope to carry out this economic project. The course that will be applied in about twelve hours weekly divided into two parts: - The first one is an academic in which the course provides students with sufficient information about the professional fields students choose by hosting experts from the labor institutions in the Saudi market, where students could attend workshops and discuss specialists and experts so that they can know everything related to the future profession. - The Second one: Applied and professional career in which the students is entered into the institution of work based on an agreement between them and the university to host the students and be under the direct training of specialists and evaluation, this requires the cooperation between experts in the institutions with the university staff and focusing on creating student's' portfolio . The student should attend the training regularly at least two months.
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ECD 510      Child Education and Management Systems (3) Credit Hours
This course is linked to the environmental, cultural and social contexts in which the children arise, mainly through family, social, economic and psychological conditions. Therefore, child education systems vary from community to community, including strategies for dealing with children, managing child behavior, parenting counseling, and mentoring kindergarten teachers. This requires the kindergarten teacher to know the different aspects of child-rearing systems.
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ECD 511      Child Psychology: Growth, Learning and Counseling (3) Credit Hours
Child psychology includes many issues that make up the child's psychological structure, age, and psychological characteristics of each stage. It also relates to the problems and behavioral disorders experienced by the child and the causes of how to overcome them. It also identify patterns of behavior, determinants of psychological distress, the impact of the surrounding environment, mechanisms of controlling parent behavior and various strategies to guide the child's behavior.
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ECD 512      Child Health, Safety and Nutrition (3) Credit Hours
This course is based on taking care of the health and safety of the child and the scientific and methodological basis for improving the quality of food in the child in order to link the process of teaching and learning with the physical and health structure of the child. In addition to working to increase the awareness of the kindergarten knowledge of the proper nutrition systems and the stages of the physical development of the child and its relationship to the quality of children's food and raise awareness of strategies to care for the physical health of the child and nutrition.
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ECD 513      Special Needs Learning and Inclusion (3) Credit Hours
This course includes the definition of children with special needs, methods of care, patterns and mechanisms of inclusion with the ordinary children concerning the educational and social context. Understanding their psychological and physical structure and techniques to deal with them. In addition to how to increase factors of social acceptance towards them.
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ECD 514      Modern Communication and Information Technology for the Child (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the importance of ICTs and the mechanisms of employing them in teaching and learning for kindergarten children. In addition to the possibility of designing electronic programs of various objectives which will be attractive to children, taking into account individual differences and serve children with special needs.
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ECD 515      Planning Early Childhood Teaching and Learning Programs (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to identify the foundations of the design of kindergarten programs in the light of the psychological and social context experienced by the child in this age group, and the characteristics of his growth and development at this stage. In addition to how to design extra-curricular programs to improve the behavior of the child taking into account the individual differences. Moreover setting up criteria for the design of guidance programs for those how deals with children in kindergarten.
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ECD 517      Scientific and Mathematical Concepts and Skills of the Child (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to identify the scientific and mathematical concepts suitable for the child, and to identify the skills and strategies necessary to apply these concepts, the role of the teacher or facilitator or educational counselor in the delivery of the kindergarten child, and its role in the development of creative thinking skills of the child in addition to how to build a scientific project for pre-school children.
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ECD 518      Musical Skills and Child Theater (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at forming musical and artistic skills of the child that develops the spirit of taste and musical sense, which appears in the dealings of the child refinement in dealing with others, and works to solve the problems of the child through music therapy. In addition to the art of drama represented for children aimed at the development of the child mentally, intellectually, socially, psychologically, linguistically and physically. Where the child's theater carries a system of educational values, moral, educational and psychological in a vibrant way through the characters on the stage, making it an important means of education.
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ECD 519      Artistic and Motor Skills for Children (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the importance of motor and technical skills for kindergarten children, how to learn the skills of playing, practicing multiple activities, and the development of spatial intelligence through motor practices, and stimulate his physical fitness, and the impact on his physical and mental development. In addition to the development of his artistic skills of creations related to drawing, engineering design, and the work of paintings, and others that require the realization of mind, thinking and creativity and contribute to the development of multiple intelligence for kindergarten children.
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ECD 520      Field Training (3) Credit Hours
This course is based on the application of the student's knowledge, theories and skills, practice and application to ensure the mastery of those skills, and emphasize the importance of corrective procedures for the practices followed by the student during the field training, and ways and methods of dealing with the kindergarten child. In addition, this course includes all the applied activities and experiences organized in the framework of rehabilitation programs to prepare competent persons capable of dealing with children by giving them practical application opportunities under the supervision of specialists in this field who have the ability to evaluate and follow-up and training in the application of the principles and theories studied, and empower them Of the techniques needed for a kindergarten teacher.
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ECD 521      Multiple Intelligences and Development of Creativity (Thinking, Problem Solving, Projects) (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the development of multiple intelligences in preschool children, according to Gardner's multiple intelligences theory, the most important of which are linguistic, logical and mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, spatial-visual, social, musical, body-kinesthetic intelligences, among others. And how these different types of intelligences contribute to the development of the cognitive, emotional behaviors and skills of kindergarten children. And the strategies used to develop these intelligences in addition to how the kindergarten teacher employs these intelligences to develop the different types of high order thinking skills for the children.
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ECD 523      Arabic and Foreign Language Concepts and Skills (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to develop the language skills of the child and the development of language fluency that enables them to express himself and his ideas fluently, and depends on the mechanisms of building linguistic concepts in the child, whether Arabic or English, and how to master, and the use of diverse techniques to develop the ability to express self and communicate with others and learn Diverse cultures through mastering language skills.
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ECD 526      Arabic Language in Kindergarten (3) Credit Hours
The course is concerned with the basics of teaching Arabic to the child in kindergarten stage, and the importance of preserving the cultural identity of the child. And the development of his native language through teaching and learning strategies. The course also focuses on the concept of language and speech and the development of child linguistic abilities with a focus on increasing his language skills and his ability to express himself as well as the development of creativity and storytelling.
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ECD 527      Foreign Language in Kindergarten (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to teach the child foreign languages as skills to communicate with other communities, and develop his ability to read in a language other than his mother tongue (English), and work to develop the capabilities of expressive language fluency through writing and storytelling in foreign language, and the ability to communicate with foreigners in their own language while maintaining On the national language.
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ECD 528      Psychology of Play (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the importance of play for kindergarten children, and the role of the teacher in the use of educational approaches to achieve the targeted learning outcomes through play, and the practice of diverse activities, as well as the skills acquired by the child through play, merit performance, treatment therapy, and the development of creative imagination. It also help the child to acquire diverse experiences and the impact of play on the child's normal personality and his contribution to the integration of psychological construction.
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ECD 529      Child Culture and Information (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the formation of media culture in kindergarten children using strategies to build media awareness. This will be done through expanding its cognitive awareness and linking education with the surrounding environment, developing his ability to educate himself, and qualifying the kindergarten teacher to help the child to form his own media through the establishment of a daily newspaper or a magazine that includes his activities and daily practices, in addition to the preparation of a children's newsletter.
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ECD 530      Parental Education (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the importance of parenting methods, how to design a guide for parents in order to develop their attitudes in raising children, and holding counseling programs.. It also focuses on the technical guidance of parents to care for children and raise children socially sound, and focus on methods and strategies of parents to communicate with the child. In addition to focusing on the role of kindergarten teacher in building awareness of parents and guide them to the best pedagogical methods of child care, and the importance of awareness of the role of media in parenting education, and its impact on the development of children in all areas.
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ECE 102       Parenting and Children’s Rights (3) Credit Hours
The course aims to consolidate the concept of the socialization process based on children's rights, which includes children, parents, teachers, the community, and the roles of each in the child's development in light of his rights as recognized by Omani and international law. The course also focuses on the necessary skills to guide parents towards the optimal utilization of children's rights by directing them to deal correctly with the challenges that parents may face in the stages of child-rearing. It enhances cooperative work methods and skills with children and family members through active listening, continuous communication, providing necessary support, guiding them to solve problems, and developing effective personal sk
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ECE 201      Child Health, Safety and Nutrition (3) Credit Hours
The course enhances concepts of health, safety, and appropriate nutrition for children, and reviews fundamental knowledge of physical growth and its aspects in various developmental stages. It also focuses on outlining legislation and laws related to child health, safety, protection from diseases, mechanisms to protect against infection and abuse, children's nutritional needs, methods of food provision, ways to prevent food contamination and malnutrition diseases. Additionally, the course covers the vaccination process, first aid, and its key principles.
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ECE 202      Special Education in Childhood (3) Credit Hours
This course includes an introduction to various types of disabilities that children may experience, their characteristics, available educational programs for children, and the role of the family and their needs in order to provide optimal care for children with disabilities. The course also addresses the definition of observation and assessment tools for children with disabilities, early intervention, its importance, and strategies for early detection of children at risk of disabilities in early childhood years. It also discusses methods to enhance the development of this group of children and interact with them to achieve their educational growth.
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ECE 203      Children’s Language Development (3) Credit Hours
The course highlights the essential knowledge necessary for developing children's language skills. It aims to familiarize students with the stages of linguistic development in children from birth to the time they can speak fluently, as well as the stages of emergent literacy. Additionally, students will learn about the integrative nature in developing language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) in both the native language and English (as a second language) in early childhood curricula. They will also apply various theories for acquiring and developing Arabic language skills, understand individual differences in language learning, and learn about child growth stages and language characteristics.
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ECE 204      Early Intervention in Childhood (3) Credit Hours
This course includes defining the concept of educational integration for children with disabilities, its advantages and disadvantages, integration criteria and conditions, its effects, and the educational services necessary to achieve integration in regular environmental conditions at school. The course covers methods of integrating children with various disabilities: physical, intellectual, visual, and auditory, with their typical peers and the needs of each group.
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ECE 205      Early Intervention in Early Childhood (3) Credit Hours
The course reviews the concept of early intervention in early childhood and its importance in therapeutic and educational fields. It explains how early detection of gifted children and disabilities can mitigate their impact if discovered and addressed early on, perhaps even preventing them. It also covers the skills that teachers need in this stage to be able to take necessary steps to identify potential disabilities in children and determine the appropriate intervention to help the child and refer them to specialists. The course also aims to familiarize students with cases that require intervention, as well as with detection, diagnosis, support, ancillary services, guidance, family training mechanisms, and the design of family service plans, in addition to various multi-domain preventive services.
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ECE 206      Language Teaching Methods for Children. (3) Credit Hours
The course reviews appropriate teaching methods for language instruction for children using learning theories in early childhood. This course covers the teaching skills required when teaching language to children, where students will be introduced to strategies that enhance their understanding of various teaching methodologies used with children in selecting and evaluating materials prepared to address differences and educational needs of children. The aim of this course is to develop students' knowledge of the reciprocal relationships between listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The curriculum includes assisting students in understanding the relationship between language development and appropriate educational activities to help children develop it. Additionally, students will also become familiar with language curriculum standards in Oman. The course outlines the most appropriate teaching methods for teaching languages to children (mother tongue and acquired language) using learning theories in childhood. The course also focuses on variables that influence second language acquisition and language transfer processes. The course includes a mini-teaching session in which students apply a teaching plan.
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ECE 207      Measurement and Evaluation of Child Growth and Learning. (3) Credit Hours
This course includes studying and applying various assessment and evaluation methods used with children to assess their comprehensive growth. It involves defining students' skills and methods of collecting observations specialized in child growth, analyzing them, and building upon them to improve the educational process and document children's skills and progress in all developmental aspects. Additionally, the course aims to enhance students' understanding of measurement and evaluation in child growth and progress, introducing them to different methods of assessing children such as observation and performance-based assessment. The course also includes a practical application for measuring and evaluating children's growth and learning.
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ECE 208      Early Childhood Curriculum (3) Credit Hours
This course covers the study of methods for designing and evaluating educational curricula for children from birth to the age of five. It explores appropriate methods and curriculum development to meet the developmental needs of children. Students will also learn how to plan both long and short curricula by identifying general and specific objectives and constructing thematic integrated units.
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ECE 209      Early Childhood Institutions management (3) Credit Hours
This course includes defining childcare institutions, their establishment requirements, necessary supervisory tasks, roles of personnel within them, their management philosophy, and administrative procedures required for early childhood institutions. These contribute to creating a suitable environment for the holistic development of children. The course also introduces students to local childcare institutions in the Sultanate of Oman, as well as some Arab and international institutions, allowing them to explore the services, achievements, and contributions of these institutions in the field of early childhood care.
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ECE 301       science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Early childhood (3) Credit Hours
This course examines the most important principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that a child should be aware of in childhood. Students learn the basic skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, planning methods and teaching methods, in addition to identifying the environment and the organisms that live in it, how to classify them, the basics of mathematics in terms of shapes, sizes and other mathematical and engineering concepts, technology applications and basic technological skills for this age group.
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ECE 302      Educational Technology in Early Childhood (3) Credit Hours
The course covers the basics of using technology, multimedia, and the internet in early childhood education. It also includes understanding the principles of software design in early childhood through integrating theories of teaching and learning, programming languages, and evaluating software important for educational purposes. In addition, it involves designing educational applications and games and assessing software suitable for this stage.
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ECE 304      Methods of Care and Education in Early Childhood (3) Credit Hours
This course enhances the practical aspect of caring for and educating children, highlighting the student's personality and enabling them to provide care, education, and upbringing in early childhood through the practical application of all theories previously studied in a safe indoor environment for students, consisting of one student acting as the teacher/caregiver, the rest of the students playing the role of children, under the supervision of a faculty member. It involves mini-teaching sessions, visits, observations, and professional practices in early childhood institutions that represent an applied model of reality in nurseries and kindergartens.
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ECE 305      Field Training with Children (6) Credit Hours
This course enhances the practical aspect of caring for and educating children, highlighting the student's personality and enabling them to provide care, education, and upbringing in early childhood through the practical application of all theories previously studied. It involves mini-teaching sessions that represent an applied model of reality in nurseries and kindergartens. Following that, there is a practical application of educational theories, interaction skills, and child rearing in real educational situations through practical application in childhood institutions such as nurseries and kindergartens.
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ECE101       Child Growth and Care (3) Credit Hours
This course covers the study of the stages of human development from infancy to age six (the prenatal stage, the newborn stage, the infant stage, the toddler stage, the preschool stage), and the theories, principles, and demands of child development with a focus on the importance of these early years of life in terms of physical, mental, social, and psychological growth. It sheds light on the developmental characteristics of each stage of growth (the prenatal stage, the crib stage, the breastfeeding stage, the preschooler) with a study of various aspects of growth: physical growth, mental growth, emotional growth, social growth, and human needs during each stage of different growth stages
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ECE103      Learning through Art and Play (3) Credit Hours
This course includes an introduction to visual arts and play, and their importance in the holistic development of the child. Students will learn about the role of creative drama, movement, music, children's theater, and children's literature in guiding children's emotional and cognitive development. Additionally, they will become acquainted with criteria for selecting appropriate content for children's age and interests. Moreover, students will learn about the important characteristics, types, objectives, and effects of play on various areas of children's development.
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ECE104      Childcare, Education, and Guidance (3) Credit Hours
The course examines the necessary skills for preparing an effective educational environment by recognizing the fundamental components of a daycare room and a classroom, and how to arrange and organize them by utilizing appropriate equipment for the age group. Additionally, it illustrates the extent to which a suitable environment influences directing children's behaviors and creating a positive atmosphere that aids in enhancing emotional growth and self-regulation. This is achieved through guiding children and regulating their behaviors using appropriate methods.
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ECE303      Design and Implementation of Developmentally Appropriate Activities (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on applying learning theories and teaching methods that employ cognitive games to assist in the development of concepts, thinking skills, and fine motor skills in children. It involves creating sensory activities using simple materials available in the environment and recycling other materials to produce and design educational materials.
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ECF343      Pediatric Diseases (2) Credit Hours
Health, disease - pathogens - ways of spreading infectious diseases, and their complications - ways of caring for a sick child - infectious diseases (1) diseases transmitted; by droplets (measles - mumps - chickenpox) - (2) diseases transmitted; by contaminated food and drink (intestinal flu) - (3) diseases transmitted; by blood (malaria) - (4) diseases transmitted; by contact (scabies - lice) - non-infectious diseases: non-infectious respiratory diseases (chest allergy) - endocrine diseases (diabetes - hypothyroidism) - common neurological diseases from birth (cerebral palsy - epilepsy) - cancer - vitiligo - common symptoms of diseases in children, and procedures for dealing with them.
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ED 111      Foundations of Education (3) Credit Hours
Introduction to Education provides a fundamental starting point to various cognitive activities for students and teachers in the field of education. This course includes teachings of basic principles of education sciences in different aspects for students and scholars in the field of education. It offers coherent and integrated knowledge about different educational premises. It provides a systematic approach for learners that develops gradually and integrates with harmonic definitions of various aspects of educational life and its principles. Students are also provided with a good knowledge about the roots and history of education methodology, psychological, social, economic and cultural upbringing assets in that field.
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ED 121      Psychology of Child Growth (3) Credit Hours
It has become clear that an interaction of various factors affect the development and growth of individuals’ abilities and skills. This course explains the most important factors that affect development, while describing its trajectory across development. Understanding child development helps provide appropriate educational conditions that help expand and develop a child’s abilities. This course explains how modern psychological knowledge can shed light on understanding human development, which will help us better understand child growth across the various stages of development. It also demonstrates how we can understand human development from a psychological standpoint. This course covers the basic theories of development, including physical, motor, social, and emotional development in the context of the family and community. It also addresses cognitive and language development and the factors that may affect their development. Finally, one of the main issues that this course addresses is the role of child development in the educational context, especially in regards to the daily problems children face and ways they can be solved across development. In light of the latest international research on these topics, this course aims to provide a new understanding of childhood, in general, and child development, more specifically.
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ED 212      Elementary Education (3) Credit Hours
Primary Education is a program that deals with the practical side of learning applied on the field. It is supervised by Teacher Training and Rehabilitation Institutions in Educational Colleges. This course allows student/ teacher the opportunity to apply what they have learned from the principles and theories of education in class and in the real world. It introduces the student / teacher to actual school environments and their various activities through observation and practicing various educational exercises in different positions.
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ED 221      Psychology of Learning and Instruction (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the importance of psychology of learning and teaching. The course also helps emphasize the importance of understanding the nature of learning and teaching. This includes learning relevant educational procedures and strategies in the light of behavioral, cognitive, social, and other theories related to the educational process. Hence, this course is designed to familiarize the student with the basic concepts related to theories of learning and teaching, including relevant definitions and principles that govern the processes of learning and education. Finally, the course reviews modern perspectives in educational psychology to ensure that students are aware and capable of understanding the nature of educational activities and evaluating their results.
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ED 222      Psychology of Learning and Instruction (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the importance of psychology of learning and teaching. The course also helps emphasize the importance of understanding the nature of learning and teaching. This includes learning relevant educational procedures and strategies in the light of behavioral, cognitive, social, and other theories related to the educational process. Hence, this course is designed to familiarize the student with the basic concepts related to theories of learning and teaching, including relevant definitions and principles that govern the processes of learning and education. Finally, the course reviews modern perspectives in educational psychology to ensure that students are aware and capable of understanding the nature of educational activities and evaluating their results.
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ED 241      Curricula & General Instructional Methods (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable the learners of understanding the concept of curriculum and its elements and concepts of learning and teaching process and the factors affecting them, and to use the modern teaching techniques in the learner’s job including the development of learners understanding skills, attitudes and values: Also this course deals with philosophical, psychological and social foundations. It also addresses the learning and teaching process and the role of both teacher and learner, and the education skills and modern strategies in the fields of teaching planning, and the class room questions and, investment of teaching and learning recourses, grouped and individual education, and to teach thinking and to teach concepts, skills, attitudes, and values. It also deals with education evaluation.
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ED 247      Social Sciences for Teachers of Elementary School (1) (3) Credit Hours
This course is designed to familiarize the students with the concept of social studies. It provides a comprehensive overview of these studies including the associated definitions, fundamentals, objectives, methods of teaching, and its importance for preparing good citizens. In addition, this course addresses the relation between social sciences and social studies, the contemporary trends and the recent topics in social studies and its teaching resources.
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ED 248      Social Sciences for Teachers of Elementary School (2) (3) Credit Hours
This course provides students with an overview of the field of history, the most important historical events and developments, historical periods, human evolution, and sources of historical information. Besides, it deals geography and focuses on its fundamentals and the types of human and physical geography. In addition, this course is concerned with the basics and importance of Civil Education and the civil society organizations. It also provides a bright idea of the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from old civilizations on the land of Jordan until the present era, its geography, principles of civil education, the political system and the democratic process.
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ED 249      Islamic Education for Teachers of Elementary School (1) (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide religious knowledge related to Islamic sciences, in a manner devoid of complexity and ambiguity, and provides religious terms related to Islamic sciences that suits Arab student, linked to what is happening in reality and contemporary world.
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ED 250      Islamic Education for Teachers of Elementary School (2) (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to equip them with the necessary scholars in the field of Islamic science and scientific knowledge, and the development of attitudes toward studies and thought, and linking student’s religious and intellectual heritage, to help them understand contemporary issues in the field of Islamic sciences, and the development of mental skills in relation to science, in the teaching of Islamic education at the primary level. This course includes clarifying Biography of the Prophet and Islamic history Science, Science and Islamic Jurisprudence and related to worship and transactions, and the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, and the related contemporary issues. Students should be aware of Islamic Science contained in this doctrine and relate it to clarify the major concepts in this area, such as the concepts of faith and disbelief, and clarification of the pillars of the Islamic faith and the educational implications of their faith. It also includes the study of science and ethics of the most important virtues called for by our religion. Finally, the Islamic Education and related child-rearing and opinions of thinkers Islam in some educational issues. This course includes a number of educational activities that aim to install religious information, and deepen and most importantly use sources, lexicons, and the global network of information.
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ED 252      Methodology of Islamic Education for Elementary School (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable the students to acquire theoretical and practical skills necessary for them to teach Islamic education curriculum at the elementary level, address scheduled Islamic education curriculum requirements at the elementary level, the objectives of teaching Islamic education at the elementary level, concepts, values ​​and principles necessary for the teaching of Islamic education at the elementary level and skills, general methods for the teaching of Islamic education at the primary level, methods of teaching Islamic education at the primary level, Evaluate aspects of learning in Islamic education at the primary level, religious activity in the primary stage and planning of Islamic education lessons in primary school with their models and applications.
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ED 254      Methodology of Social Sciences (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the social studies curriculum, the most important methods and strategies for teaching and analyzing the social studies curricula and syllabus. In addition, it explains the characteristics of the social studies, teachers, the issues that they come across during the teaching process and the assessment principles of social studies.
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ED 255       English for Elementary School Teachers (4) Credit Hours
This course integrates the basic language skills, both spoken & written. It aims at improving the level of proficiency in English to intermediate/upper intermediate level. The materials have been designed to meet the needs of students enrolled in the first semester, third year at the Open University. The course consists of language skills.
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ED 313      Class management and Teaching environment (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at enabling the student to know the shift in the role of the teacher and a major source of information to the manager and coordinator of the educational process in the classroom in a democratic and appealing way to students. Clarifying that his role is not limited to the academic side but it also includes administrative and organizational aspects related to tasks done to achieve the appropriate learning environment in the classroom. So the student for this decision should have the ability to classroom management and communication with students and renewal in its article writing using modern techniques to deliver educational material interesting and attractive ways and mastery of competencies classroom management. The study of this course is a prerequisite not only for teachers but for the educational director and the supervisor and all relevant groups to develop teacher performance and evaluation to improve the learning environment to achieve the objectives of the educational process.
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ED 331      Instructional Technology (3) Credit Hours
This course addresses the development of instructional technology with emphasis on instructional design. It also highlights the importance of instructional media in the teaching learning process. The course also aims to equip students with the necessary skills to produce traditional media and employ tools of the second generation of the web such as Blogs, and WebQuests. The course is also concerned with the technological innovations, such as Mobile Learning and the proper use of modern equipment such as the interactive whiteboard.
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ED 332      Computer –Assisted Instruction (3) Credit Hours
This Course clarifies the role of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in Education and the use of technology in support of the learning process. It focuses on the common uses of computers in Education and it addresses the use of technology with classroom instruction. It covers ICT in Education, Computer development and its application in Education; using the internet in Education; A detailed use of PowerPoint, Excel and Multimedia in Education. It also covers Social Media in Education. This course also shows a practical way on how to use Google and Open Source courses. Finally, it covers some of the most important issues when it comes to using computers in Education such as ethics, security, computer crime and intellectual property.
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ED 347      Arabic Language for Teachers of Elementary School I (3) Credit Hours
This course seeks to provide the student with a degree of linguistic knowledge on Arabic grammar and vocabulary. It introduces Arabic language grammar from different sources based on the context, product, and type. The course also allows the student to differentiate between Arabic words in terms of their root and use. The course also addresses different modes of speech in terms of singularity, duality, or plurality. Finally, the course reviews other grammatical issues that are specific to the Arabic language.
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ED 349      Arabic Language for Teachers of Elementary School II (3) Credit Hours
This course seeks to provide the student with a degree of linguistic knowledge on the Arabic language and its methods. It introduces various aspects of Arabic language grammar that are specific to the language. For instance, the course helps students understand the difference between sentences that begin with a noun and sentences that begin with a verb, analyze the components of sentences, understand the difference between various types of letters and words, and identify the appropriate time and place to include accents on letters.
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ED 354      Methodology of Arabic Language for Elementary School (3) Credit Hours
This course seeks to offer students with as much knowledge about the educational foundations of teaching the Arabic language, including the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Arabic. The course deals with the characteristics, perspectives, and the educational implications of the Arabic language. The course addresses different skills such as listening, reading, writing, and speaking in terms of the specific concepts, goals, components, student educational levels, and fundamentals of teaching Arabic. The course also reviews methods, attitudes, and proposed activities, all while highlighting the role of the teacher and student. The course teaches composition and grammar in an attempt to ease methods used in teaching. The course presents modern fundamentals in teaching the Arabic language (e.g., the role of new technologies), linguistic activities and exercises, and responsibilities in teaching the Arabic language.
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ED 359      Mathematics for Teachers of Elementary School I (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at providing learners with basic concepts, generalizations, skills and problem solving concerning math topics. This course integrates with ED-364 in its spirit. NCTM standards are addressed clearly. The course consists of the following topics: sets, logic, natural numbers, integers, rational and real numbers.
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ED 360      Mathematics for Teachers of Elementary School II (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at providing learners with basic concepts, generalizations, skills and problem solving concerning math topics. This course integrates with ED-364 in its spirit. NCTM standards are addressed clearly. The course consists of the following topics: Statistics, Probability, Geometry, mensuration, problem solving.
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ED 364      Methodology of Mathematics for Teachers of Elementary School (3) Credit Hours
This Course aims at providing learners with essential knowledge and skills to prepare them to be successful math teachers at the elementary level. In this course learners learn about innovations in math education. NCTM standards are a core curriculum. This course provides novice teachers with educational strategies concerning problem solving, critical thinking, geometrical thinking, mathematical reasoning and using technology in math education. The course provides learners with basic methods and strategies for teaching numbers, fractions, decimals, geometric concepts and world problems. The course provides learners with a comprehensive look at lesson preparation and assessing students’ achievement in math.
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ED 421      Principles of school counseling and Guidance (3) Credit Hours
This Course studies the importance of counseling guidance, foundations and principles as well as the theories and applications of educational guidance that addresses the scheduled program of guidance and counseling at school, the Counseling processes, in addition to the role of teacher and counselor to develop the mental health in the school environment.
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ED 423      Measurement, Evaluation and Construction of tests (3) Credit Hours
This course deals with the historical development of measurement and evaluation, concepts and general principles for measurement and evaluation and statistical concepts and applications in metrology. Also addresses the terms and conditions of a good test (test the reliability and validity) and analysis of the paragraphs of the test. Also this course deals with the types of achievement tests and construction, design and ways to evaluate such tests.
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ED 431      Designing and Production Educational Software (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce students with the importance of design, production, and use of electronic educational programs in the teaching and learning process. This course covers: theories of learning and teaching, principles of Instructional design, its relationship to computer technology; Educational multi-media Instructional design and Production Steps; Power Point applications in designing and production educational software; The tools of educational Multimedia production such as image editing through Adobe Photoshop software, audio editing through Gold Wave software, and movies editing through the Movie Maker software; Authoring tools like Macromedia Flash software. Also this course focuses on the practical part in the field of designing and production a Multimedia educational software according to the approved standards in this field.
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ED 441      Practical Education -1 (3) Credit Hours
Practical Education is a course that deals with the practical and applied side of Education. Students/ teachers will be introduced to school environment, different activities, and various classroom situations where they shall be asked to write reports and fill in special applications forms to be found in the Practical Education Guide. Students/ teachers are also asked to deliver a microteaching session in which they analyse a teaching unit/ lesson in Primary Education. In addition to the assessment of the Portfolio, students shall be examined twice throughout the course.
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ED 442      Scientific research methodology (3) Credit Hours
This course covers the basic concepts in educational research procedural types and their problems and ways to identify research problem society ,and samples .It also planning to conduct research including all the research elements taking into account the right methodology , and stress the necessary skills , for research , including the defining the samples , variables , methods of collecting data., analysis and discussion in order to take decisions related to improving educational performance.IT also consentrate on the educational problems in the teacher’s environment.
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ED 449      Practical education 2 (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the practical field supervised by the teachers, training institutions in the educational colleges, and designed to familiarize the students with the practical experience, and lead them to recognize the schools environment . In addition, it provides students with the experience of actual teaching.
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ED 456      Children literature (3) Credit Hours
This course examines the nature, origins, and historic development of children’s literature over the years. The course covers the main objectives of children’s literature, including novels, drama, poetry, and story characters and content. The course also evaluates different methods for teaching children’s literature. Different types of children’s books are also reviewed in this course, all while considering the characteristics of each type of book and the methods necessary to teach them. The course looks at other issues related to children’s literature such as language development, its relation with reading, and how reading may help enhance children’s vocabulary. The course also defines testing standards and evaluation methods for the form and content of successful literary work. The course reviews various ways to present children’s literature, such as auditorily, visually, and textually. Finally, the course analyzes some of the global works in children’s literature and compares it to regional and local works in Jordan.
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ED 460      Science for elementary school teachers I (3) Credit Hours
This course covers the essential scientific concepts that deal with the natural life processes in the two major areas of science, chemistry and physics. Much of the Course content concentrates on the practical application of these sciences on daily life, in the field of energy, atomic structure, material science, chemical bonding, and organic compounds.This course consists of six units that cover the following: forms of energy and the changing processes between different types of energy, properties and units with some mathematical laws related to energy concept ,the three states of matter, forces between molecules, Atomic structure , theories about the building of modern atomic structure and the sub atomic particles, the main types of chemical reaction and the concept of balancing chemical equations are also addressed, the nature of the chemical bonding ionic or covalent on various types of chemicals, relate the bonding with the shape of molecules ,and the nature of organic compounds, naming them, the structure and uses of the organic compounds are also discussed.
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ED 462      Science for elementary school teachers II (3) Credit Hours
This course covers the essential scientific concepts that deal with the natural life processes in the two major areas of science, biology and geology. Much of the Course content concentrates on the practical application of these sciences on daily life, such as cell structure, human body, genetics, plants, and earth and planet structure.This course consists of five units; cell structure which addresses the main concepts related to cellular parts and functions, including meioses and mitoses, human body which covers the main parts of human body and describes their functions. Genetics introduces the primary concepts of genetics, and the theories and laws of inheridity. Plant anatomy covers the structure of plants and the function of each part of the plant, and earth science covers the nature of earth structure, and the planets, the rock cycle, the volcanoes and earth quakes.
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ED 468      Methodology of science for elementary school (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide students with the essential skills in methods of teaching science for elementary school teachers by introducing several teaching strategies and modern approaches for instruction as well as various methods of teaching styles such as lecturing, discussion, group works, projects and problem solving. It also introduces examples of science lesson plans with proper objectives .The course content also emphasizes the importance of performing practical activities in classes or experiments in the laboratory, and how to address the misconceptions of understanding science theories, finally the course emphasizes on the importance of the process of evaluation of students work as a cumulative or as ongoing students assessments.
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ED 482      Environmental and health science (3) Credit Hours
In this course many important topics related to health and environmental science are covered including the essentials of environment components and the interactions of these components with the ecosystem, and the relationships of these components with the living organisms in the environment. The course has three main goals, first to learn how the natural environment works, second to understand how humans interact with the environment at homes and schools or work places, and also to determine the effect of the environment on human health. The third goal is determining how humans affect the environment and the effect of the environment on human health.It also includes finding ways to deal with these effects.Students will learn about factors that affect human life such as consuming different types of natural resources: renewable and nonrenewable resources, rapid population increase and its effect on the natural resources, climate change, and depletion of ozone layer, air pollution, healthy food choices, infectious diseases, types of health poisoning and protective or mental health.
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ED 601      Curriculum Analysis and Development (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the principles, components, and approaches of designing curriculum aligns with the learning outcomes. Also, it aims to leverage the skills of students in terms of analysing, developiing and evaluating curriculum. In each part of the module, it is highlighting the role of technology in enhancing curriculum.
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ED 613      Educational leadership (3) Credit Hours
• This course deals with the theoretical background of educational leadership within a systematic framework with its multifaceted dimension. It discusses the various societal and institutional applications and dimensions which are the basis for the study of educational leadership and its components. • This module provides learners with the appropriate knowledge and training about concepts, theories, and implementation of educational leadership in the educational institutions. It acquires learners needed skills for leading, guiding, and motivating individuals.
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ED 614      Educational Supervision (3) Credit Hours
• This course deals with the multi facts of educational supervision in its modern concept through theoretical frames and varied applications. It also deals with the most important obstacles that hinder the realisation of the objectives of educational supervision in the Arab Region. It presents and studies effective strategies which help improve work in the educational environment in the region. • This module provides Learners with the appropriate knowledge and training about concepts, theories, and implementation of educational supervision in the educational institutions. It acquires Learners needed skills for supervising, leading, guiding, and motivating individuals.
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ED 617      Educational Planning (3) Credit Hours
• This module deals with the study of educational planning, its objectives, importance, and basic constituents. This course also deals with the types of educational plans and major approaches to educational planning. • The module discusses the stages of general development plans for selected countries. It participates in developing the planning abilities of learners in the areas of curriculum, in-service training, and school buildings. It also studies the most important obstacles that face educational planning in the Arab countries.
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ED 620      Leadership and Group Dynamics (3) Credit Hours
This course discusses and evaluates theories of leadership and dynamics of human groups. It deals with issues such as group integration and motivation, individual and group behaviour, situation in the educational institutions (schools) and factors affecting individual and group behaviour inside those institution. The course exposes students to future trends in leadership and application in education. It also explores the various stages of group development (working stages and the ending stages) as well as ethical and multicultural reality/ issues.
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ED 621      Educational Policies in the Arab Region (3) Credit Hours
• This course studies educational policies in selected Arab States. It explores and analyses the philosophy behind those policies, as well as historical developments, social factor, political factors, and economic factors causing those developments. Learners are allowed access to the “Strategy for the Development of Arab Education” approved by the Arab League for Education, Science and Culture (ALESCO) in 1979. The outcomes of the Strategy, which was published by ALESCO in 1995, is also studied in the course. • This course studies educational policies in selected Arab States. It explores and analyses the philosophy behind those policies, as well as historical developments, social factor, political factors, and economic factors causing those developments. Learners are allowed access to the “Strategy for the Development of Arab Education” approved by the Arab League for Education, Science and Culture (ALESCO) in 1979. The outcomes of the Strategy, which was published by ALESCO in 1995, is also studied in the course. • The study of educational policies in the Arab region delves into the intricate landscape of educational systems across diverse countries, exploring the guiding principles, strategies, and challenges that shape the learning experiences of millions of learners. This course typically equips learners with a comprehensive understanding of historical foundations, comparative perspectives, and key policy areas.
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ED 622       Contemporary Issues in Educational Leadership (3) Credit Hours
This Course is designed for Learners to develop their skills to support reflective practice and critical analysis of related issues such as: accountability & equality in education, parent- Tutor relationships & the possibility of parent's contribution in solving Learner problems (dress codes, drugs, school violence), school reform, multiculturalism, and total quality management. It covers the latest trends, emerging issues, and effective strategies for addressing them. The course also helps Learners create a professional knowledge through studying such issues. Several tools of are used to address and clarify the links between education as input-operation-output, and Contemporary Issues in Educational Leadership, accountability & equality in education, parent- Tutor relationships & the possibility of parent's contribution in solving Learner problems (dress codes, drugs, school violence), school reform, multiculturalism, and total quality management.
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ED 623      Educational Psychology (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the theoretical background in Educational Psychology including different theories and pedagogical applications. Also it provides them with basic understanding of Educational Psychology principles and raises their skills in relying on empirical data in the field when seeking to create new educational technology software.
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ED 624       Institutional Educational Development (3) Credit Hours
This course explains & elaborates the concept of organizational development and enables learners to translate it into approaches for leading changes in the educational institutions. The course also explains & analyses contemporary issues involved in the process of change such as information overload, population increase, leisure time, improvement in communication means, multiculturalism and swift change The course possibly enables learners to examine selected issues related to the institutional educational development to make them more knowledgeable about such issues and learn how to apply the tools of institutional educational development to such issues
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ED 626      Economics of Education (3) Credit Hours
The central aim of this course is to enable students to view the process of education through an economic perspective. Several tools of economic analysis are used to address and clarify the links between education as input-operation-output, and economic growth, consumption and investment. The course possibly enables students to examine selected issues related to the economics of education (employment, unemployment, equity,….) to make them more knowledgeable about such issues and learn how to apply the tools of economic analysis to such issues.
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ED 636      Internet Applications in Education (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the theoretical background in e-learning and educational web including different theories and pedagogical applications. Also it provides them with basic understanding of contemporary web-related terminologies, different web applications, and their pedagogical use for optimizing teaching and learning. Throughout the module, students acquire the skill of creating web tools for teaching & Learning and are expected to develop educational web based applications to deliver teaching in traditional and in distance learning environments putting related theories into practice. • In general, the module enhances students’ technological skills and provides them with the fundamentals of using web-based technologies in optimizing teaching and learning especially in distance learning settings. This will help in working with other modules that deals with technology and its design. • The module provides a flexible open learning opportunity to students and combines both face-to-face instruction (67%) and interactive distance learning (33%).
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ED 637       Advanced Research Methods for Educators (3) Credit Hours
This course deals with a major part of the preparation of graduate studies learners in general and learners of educational leadership in particular. It emphasizes the research side of the preparation of the learners. The course requires learners to select, present and discuss related issues in classroom to explore different aspects/factors affecting those issues. Learners are required to apply and develop the scientific methods in introducing and discussing such issues
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ED 641      Computer Applications in Statistical Analysis (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform statistical analysis procedures for different types of data and statistical designs using the SPSS package. Students will be able to deal with data gathered from statistical tests in entering, modifying values, sorting, selecting and describing it.
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ED 642      Planning & management of instructional technology projects (3) Credit Hours
·         This module provides students with comprehensive knowledge and skills of project planning and management in instructional technology operations. Where students will be able to participate in instructional technology projects in their institution.
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ED 644      knowledge Management (3) Credit Hours
• This course introduces learners to the key aspects related to knowledge management such as history, aims, etc. It also provides learners with considerable information about different types and levels of knowledge; how knowledge management supports & improves decision making process in education, basic information skills as well as dealing with different sources of information. • In general, the module can play a paramount importance in developing the competencies of learners in knowledge Management.
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ED 645       Organizational behaviour in educational institutions (3) Credit Hours
• This course explains the characteristics of organizations and the "culture" created & adapted by them. The relation between organizational culture and the culture of the community/ society where schools are found; School as a societal organization and its impact on the society; The role of educational leadership in developing & improving required behaviour among those who are working in the field of education.
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ED256      Methods of Teaching English for Elementary School (3) Credit Hours
This is a practical course that links the findings of research on English language learning to classroom methodology. It exposes the student to the old and current approaches of teaching English as a foreign language, such as the communicative approach, and their implications in teaching methodology. It also gives practical approaches for teaching, listening, comprehension, reading, writing, and vocabulary. In addition, the course covers the way the computer can be used in the classroom for teaching English. It also shows how individual learners can make use of the computer to promote their learning. All this information is mainly given in the form of practical examples. Each part of the course is followed by tasks of practical nature.
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ED40F      Graduation Project (3) Credit Hours
The course includes the concept of the graduation project and its objectives, the steps and methodological procedures involved, writing a specific plan for a project focused on a field problem related to teaching and learning practices, constructing data collection tools, and writing the project report.
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ED40S      Graduation Project (3) Credit Hours
The course includes the concept of the graduation project and its objectives, the steps and methodological procedures involved, writing a specific plan for a project focused on a field problem related to teaching and learning practices, constructing data collection tools, and writing the project report.
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ED41F      Action Research – Extended Course (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of educational research, its skills, the concept of action research, its origins, importance, and characteristics. It covers the different types of action research, the differences between action research and other types of research, models of action research, the role of reflection in each phase of the research process, the challenges associated with action research and how to address them, as well as examples of areas for action research.
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ED41S      Action Research – Extended Course (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of educational research, its skills, the concept of action research, its origins, importance, and characteristics. It covers the different types of action research, the differences between action research and other types of research, models of action research, the role of reflection in each phase of the research process, the challenges associated with action research and how to address them, as well as examples of areas for action research.
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ED513      Educational Administration (3) Credit Hours
This course aims at enabling students to know what educational management means and how effective educational management can be applied in his field work. Students are to be introduced to the nature of management, main factors affecting educational management, as well as educational leadership; its types, requirements and skills, how educational decisions are made and what basic theories should be taken into account in this respect. Students are also introduced to the main aspects of effective in educational communication as well as educational advisory, its nature, role, and evaluation.
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ED521      Educational Psychology (3) Credit Hours
This course presents the theories and principles of the concepts and topics related to educational psychology in a school setting. The topics are specifically related to the processes of learning and teaching, which are reviewed in light of behavioral and cognitive theories as well as empirical methods on improving student motivation and skills given the current context of our schools. This course also defines and discusses topics related to learners’ emotional, social, cognitive, and other relevant developmental milestones. Finally, this course includes a review of the procedures and tools necessary to assess the educational process, considering the nature of educational assessments and its benefits.
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ED523      Educational Measurement and Evaluation (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the historical development of measurement and evaluation, concepts and general principles in this field as well as its statistical concepts, methods and applications. It also addresses the terms and conditions of good tests (testing reliability and validity) and analysis of test items. This course also deals with the types of achievement tests design, construction, and methods of evaluation. The main concern of the course is to provide students with the main skills related with testing, measuring and evaluating their students’ performance at the various instructional and educational levels.
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ED531      Curriculum planning and development (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to address students to the concept of curriculum, its elements, construction, its development, and various methods of planning of student centered, knowledge centered and society centered curriculum and their strategies. It also addresses the characteristics of various types of curriculum such as the application and blended curriculum as well as future challenges. It provides students with the basics and characteristics of Islamic Curriculum, as well as its aims and models and strategies.
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ED532      Educational technology and educational application (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to address students to the practical applications to the main theories that form the bases for Instructional Technology, such as education, learning, communication, human development and system theory. It stresses on the integration of new technology to curriculum, and how it affects teaching methods and strategies in order to acquire the stated cognitive, affective and psychomotor objectives. It also addresses students to the latest innovations in digital technology and its applications in education, such as E Learning, Open, Blended, Mobile and Virtual Learning. The course stresses the practical application of Instructional Design using new Computer and Information Technology in choosing the most appropriate means, methods, and strategies to encourage students’ self learning and knowledge production.
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ED533      Curricula and Methodology of Islamic Education (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce Islamic education curricula at the secondary level in details, to familiarize students with the goals of teaching in each branch of these curricula, religious and educational principles, methods, planning, means and educational activities that contribute to the achievement of these goals. It also provides students with the needed skill to design and construct daily and annual teaching plans, as well as evaluating the methods to achieve these goals. These include the following branches: the Quran, the Hadith, the Islamic Faith, Islamic jurisprudence, Discipline and Values, and Biography of the Prophet.
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ED534      Field and Practicum Education (6) Credit Hours
This course aims to stress the practical performance applied by teacher training institutions in general. It stresses on the application of theoretical principles that students/ teachers have already learned in other courses in real school settings. This gives the students/ teachers a real access to look deeper in the school life and daily educational performance and activities at various levels.
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ED535      Curricula and Methodology of English Language (3) Credit Hours
This is a theoretical and practical course that links finding of research on English language learning to classroom mythology. It exposes the student to the old and current approaches of teaching English as a second or foreign language. It also introduces students to the characteristics of classic and modern curricula. In addition, the course provides the chance to understand the teacher’s and student’s role in the instructional process. In addition, it covers the analysis and evaluation of each lingual skill as well as its characteristics. It also shows how individual learners can make use of the computer to promote their learning. All this is mainly given in the form of practical examples. Each part of the course is followed by practical tasks.
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ED536      Educational Research Methods (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide students with a deeper look to the basic concepts in educational research that they have already studied at the graduate level. It covers the methods to identify a research problem, society and samples. It also covers the different instruments of research, methodology, variables, and methods of collecting data; such as interview, questionnaire, tests and observations, as well as conducting analysis and discussion of results, in order to make decisions to improve an educational performance. This course stresses on how to conduct procedural research, how to document references, and how to achieve reliable results.
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ED537      Curricula and Methodology of Science (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide students with the essential skills in using methods of teaching science for in-service teachers who need to gain skills in teaching pedagogy and class management by introducing several educational theories, teaching strategies and modern approaches of instruction, with examples of various teaching methods. It also introduces examples of science lesson plans with proper objectives, The course also emphasizes on the methods of scientific thinking like inquiry and problem solving. Finally, the course emphasizes on the importance of teachers education programs as an ongoing developmental process to improve their competencies.
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ED538      Curricula and Methodology of Mathematics (3) Credit Hours
This Course aims to provide students with the essential knowledge and skills needed for successful math teachers at all educational levels. In this course, students learn modern innovations in math education at the local and international levels. NCTM standards are a core curriculum. This course provides teachers with the educational strategies concerning problem solving, critical thinking, geometrical thinking, mathematical reasoning and using technology in math education. The course ends with a comprehensive look at lesson preparation and assessing students’ achievement in math.
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ED539      Curricula and Methodology of Social Sciences (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on the social studies and curriculum, the social curricula and the most important methods and strategies for teaching and analyzing social studies, curricula and syllabus. This course addresses the relation between social sciences and social studies, the contemporary trends and the recent topics in social studies and its teaching resources. In addition, it explains the characteristics of social studies teachers, issues that they come across during the teaching process and the assessment principles of social studies that may lead to the improvement of his teaching skills.
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ED540      Curricula and Methodology of Arabic Language (3) Credit Hours
This course helps prepare students for the mission of teaching Arabic language. Students are introduced to information related to Arabic curriculum and methods by which they can analyze curriculum. The course helps students master the necessary skills and methods to teach Arabic in terms of listening, reading, literature, calligraphy, spelling, written expressions, and grammar. It includes topics that cover issues related to methods of teaching Arabic as well as planning and evaluating the teaching process.
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ED541      Counseling and educational guidance (3) Credit Hours
This course stresses the importance of foundations and principles of counseling and guidance in improving the educational environment and acquiring its goals, especially for teachers. It also addresses theories and applications of educational guidance in school and in the educational in general. It also covers the counseling skills needed in class management and in solving problems related to the school environment, as well as the role of teachers and counselors in developing the mental health in the school environment.
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ED542      Educational Psychology and Learning (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce students to the importance of the psychology of learning and teaching, highlighting the necessity of understanding the nature of the learning and teaching processes through reviewing fundamental theories such as behaviorism, cognition, and social cognition, among others, along with the principles and laws governing these processes. The course also aims to familiarize students with key concepts related to developmental theories and their educational applications, including the laws and aspects of development, while providing them with knowledge about motivation, its types, and its functions in education. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of critical and creative thinking, and problem-solving in teaching, with an understanding of models for preparing and processing information in memory
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ED543      Curricula and General Teaching Strategies (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide students with an understanding of contemporary school curricula, their structures, and developments. It covers curriculum models, essential curriculum components, and curriculum design. Students will learn about teaching and learning processes, the roles of teachers and learners, and key teaching principles, focusing on 21st-century skills and digital-age competencies. The course outlines teachers' roles in planning, teaching, fostering self-learning through e-learning, and conducting assessments. It emphasizes creating effective assessments and tools to measure student achievement and practical skills, aiming to enhance educational performance through targeted evaluation.
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ED544      Classroom Management (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to help students understand the shift in the teacher's role from simply transmitting information to being a manager and coordinator of the educational process in an engaging and democratic manner. It highlights the teacher's responsibilities beyond academics, encompassing administrative tasks to foster an ideal learning environment. The course emphasizes effective classroom management, communication, use of modern technology, and interactive teaching methods that promote critical and creative thinking and active participation. It stresses building positive teacher-student relationships and addressing individual learning needs. The course is essential for teachers, administrators, and educational supervisors to enhance teaching performance, develop leadership skills, and improve educational strategies.
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ED545      Educational Technology (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable students to understand the field of educational technology and its applications, as well as the components of the educational situation and the factors that influence it. The course focuses on the importance of instructional design as a means of organizing and activating the educational process according to systems theory, and it highlights the role of educational media in enhancing the learning and teaching process. The course also seeks to develop the student’s ability to classify educational media and recognize the criteria for their effective selection. Additionally, it aims to equip learners with the necessary skills to apply innovative educational media, including the use of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, knowledge journeys, mobile learning, and interactive whiteboards in the educational process.
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ED546      Teaching Practicum - 1 (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to equip the student/teacher with the necessary skills to enhance critical thinking and raise awareness about educational practices, including teaching methods, assessment, and classroom management. The course also provides an opportunity for the student/teacher to observe educational situations within classrooms, review various tests and activities, and then write reports and fill out specialized forms from the field education guide. Additionally, the student/teacher will deliver a micro-teaching session in the classroom and analyze a unit of study from the secondary education curriculum.
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ED547      Measurement and Evaluation in Education and Psychology (3) Credit Hours
The course on Measurement, Evaluation, and Building School Tests aims to provide students with an understanding of the historical development of measurement and evaluation, highlighting their differences and recognizing various measurement tools and levels. It enhances skills in calculating central tendency, dispersion, and correlation coefficients, and emphasizes their application in data analysis and interpretation. The course also focuses on verifying test validity and reliability, understanding item quality indicators, and accurately analyzing tests. Additionally, it covers the purposes of evaluation, preparing achievement tests, formulating diverse test items, and various assessment methods. Students will learn to use software for data analysis and report preparation, supporting the continuous improvement of the educational process.
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ED548      Design and Development of Educational Software (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce students to the significance of designing, producing, and utilizing computer-based educational programs in the teaching and learning process. It covers learning theories, principles of instructional design, and their connection to computer technology, alongside the steps for creating educational multimedia. Students will learn to use tools such as PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop for image processing, and Gold Wave for audio processing. The course emphasizes developing skills to create interactive content with modern tools like Nearpod and Classpoint, aiming to provide customized learning experiences. It also focuses on adapting to changes in educational software and offers practical applications that enhance communication and interaction in the classroom. Furthermore, the course enhances students' ability to develop educational content that meets global quality standards, encouraging innovation in digital learning environments to improve student experiences in both traditional and virtual settings.
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ED549      Ethics in the Teaching Profession (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to enable students to understand the values and ethical principles that teachers should embody in their profession. It also seeks to cultivate awareness of the importance of integrity and ethics in education, as well as to encourage positive and responsible behaviors in interactions with students and the school community. Additionally, the course strives to enhance effective communication skills and good relationships among teachers, students, colleagues, and parents, while guiding students in developing values of social responsibility and leadership. Ultimately, the course addresses the theories, concepts, and standards related to the ethics of the teaching profession, ensuring that teachers are committed to their mission and improving their performance level by raising their awareness of the significance of their role in educating future generations and shaping their futures.
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ED550      Teaching Practicum - 2 (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to focus on the final field application aspect supervised by teacher preparation institutions in educational colleges. It provides students preparing to become teachers with the opportunity to apply the principles and educational theories they have acquired. Through this course, the student/teacher becomes familiar with the school environment and its diverse activities, beginning with partial implementation of certain educational situations, followed by full implementation of lessons using the teaching strategies learned from theoretical courses. The connection between theory and application forms the essence of practical education. Additionally, the student/teacher will have the opportunity to prepare, implement, and analyze a sample test
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ED618      Instructional Design (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with main theories, concepts, and basic steps of Instructional Design. Also it allows students to understand Systematic approach in education and explore different design models in relation to various educational environments especially in distance and blended learning environment. Students will acquire the skills of analysing, designing, and evaluating instructional models.
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ED627      Educational Communication (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the appropriate knowledge and training about technology and different communication strategies and models to optimize learning experience. It helps in developing students’ skills planning for using technology, to enhance different communication styles, for better performance in education by applying related theories into practice. Students are encouraged to discover the effect of different communication models in optimizing education in distance learning environments.
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ED631       Open and Distance Learning (3) Credit Hours
This module explore contemporary trends in blended, open and Distance learning. It provides students with the appropriate knowledge about OERs and Creative Commons License. Students in this module critically explore learning design, evaluate delivery techniques and utilise instructional technology to promote independent learning in blended, open and distance learning contexts. Students are encouraged to examine the consequences of employing ICT on the various sectors of society, in general, and in blended, open and distance learning sector in particular.
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ED632       Research Methodology (3) Credit Hours
This module provides students with the appropriate knowledge and training about concepts and fundamentals of scientific research as well as various educational research methodologies. It acquires students needed skills for planning research projects and writing their report.
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ED633       Technology and Internet Applications in Education (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the theoretical background in e-learning and educational web including different theories and pedagogical applications. Also it provides them with basic understanding of contemporary web-related terminologies, different web applications, and their pedagogical use for optimizing teaching and learning. Throughout the module, students acquire the skill of creating web tools for teaching & Learning and are expected to develop educational web based applications to deliver teaching in traditional and in distance learning environments putting related theories into practice.
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ED634      Designing and Producing Educational Software (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with a theoretical framework about designing educational software as well as introducing them to suitable tools and techniques that help them in the production process. • In general, the module is considered one of the basic modules that provides students with applications based on the knowledge and skills learned in ED618 (instructional design) and ED635 (Multimedia) • The module provides a flexible open learning opportunity to students and combines both face-to-face instruction (67%) and interactive distance learning (33%). • Students admitted to the module will avail themselves of excellent up-to-date teaching and support materials conducive for self-learning. Successful candidates will qualify not only for the AOU Masters degree but for the UK OU Masters degree as well, which will provide graduates with ample opportunity to continue their PhD study abroad, particularly in international universities in English-speaking countries and of course in Arabic-speaking countries
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ED635      Multimedia (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the appropriate knowledge and training about wide range of interactive multimedia. It allows students to critically explore, evaluate, develop and integrate interactive multimedia within a teaching plan in real teaching situations either online (MOOC) or offline (blended learning)
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ED639      Special Topics in Instructional Technology (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the theoretical background about emerging topics in instructional technology, where they can examine the consequences of employing new trends in the field on the various sectors of society, in general, and the educational sector in particular. It allows them to research new topics and report them in a scientific way.
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ED640      Instructional Technology for Students with Special Needs (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with the theoretical background about students with special educational needs and helps them develop their skills in selecting and employing instructional technology tools and assistive technology in enhancing teaching and learning for them.
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ED643      Artificial Intelligence Applications in Education (3) Credit Hours
• This module provides students with comprehensive knowledge and skills of various issues in artificial intelligence (AI) that are of concern to teachers when coming to understand the various aspects involved with the field, and how they relate and can be applied to those in education.
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ED698      Comprehensive Exam (0) Credit Hours
This module provides students with an opportunity to sit for the comprehensive exam. The exam shall be of a comprehensive nature and seeks to assess the student's ability to synthesise the different basic and developed concepts she/he had acquired from the different modules in a manner that reflects the application of acquired knowledge in resolving scientific and applied problems.
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ED699      Dissertation (6) Credit Hours
This module provides students with an opportunity to complete an extended in depth study in a topic area of interest within the field of instructional technology. The student will identify a sharply focused issue related to instructional technology for which they have not previously submitted work for assessment within this programme. The module allows students to identify a topic area which has relevance to their own professional development, to draw extensively on their own experience and to include a strong comparative dimension to the study.
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EDE 501      Introduction to Education in Emergencies course (3) Credit Hours
An Introduction to Education in Emergenciescourse provides comprehensive image of education in case of emergency, in terms of the quality, characteristics, importance, characteristics to be met, educational environments, teachers and other educational staff in emergencies; roles, responsibilities, mechanisms and criteria for their selection, employment and working conditions In addition to the mechanisms of psychosocial support and supervision. In addition, the course includes clear and specific references to the community contexts of emergency situations in terms of laws, treaties, charters, local policies and less. And international organizations to provide equal education opportunities in various emergency contexts, as well as emergency education plans and their implementation and development mechanisms
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EDE 502      Engineering and adaptation of the curriculum in emergencies (3) Credit Hours
This course includes two main axes: First: It proposes the psychological, social, cultural and economic requirements of the learners in emergencies and its effect on the curriculum Second: It is related to the adaptation of the curricula to suit the learners in emergencies that are already available in the hosting countries. It sheds light on the status quo of the curricula presented to learners in cases of emergencies. Third: It builds the curriculum and designs it according to specific conditions and standards and in light of theories that have been determined to suit the nature of emergencies and the needs of learners. This axis includes three main processes: design, implementation and evaluation.
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EDE 503      Psycho-social support for students in emergencies (3) Credit Hours
The psycho-social support program meets basic needs that the student must achieve in the education of the students in emergencies to expose them to many psychological and social problems that limit their psychological and social compatibility and weaken their mental health. This course deals with the impact of conflicts and conflicts on learners in emergencies and presents the problems that result from them and a diagnosis of the required needs in preparation for training the teacher to meet the learners. This is achieved through teacher training on the proposal, design and implementation of psychosocial support programs that help learners overcome crisis and achieve recovery, which is the very education in emergencies.
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EDE 504      Community participation and volunteer work in emergency cases (3) Credit Hours
The course encourages students to participate actively in the service of emergency areas, according to their abilities and readiness, and the consequent realization of the objectives of education in emergency cases of psychological, social and educational support for learners through communication, coordination and work with a number of national, regional and international voluntary institutions.
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EDE 505      Teaching Strategies in emergency cases (3) Credit Hours
Teaching strategies in emergency cases course helps, through a clear and specific plan, the student teacher to practice and employ teaching approaches, and knows a number of teaching strategies which are suitable for education in emergency cases, to achieve educational outcomes. In addition, s/he is trained to use different sources of learning according to the needs of learners, designing and implementing various activities within the framework of effective classroom management and learning time.
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EDE 506      Practical Applications of Teaching Performance (Specialization) (3) Credit Hours
The curriculum combines the theoretical frameworks of teaching skills and applied aspects in the light of the needs and requirements of teaching in emergency and crisis environments. The course includes the development of the professional knowledge and skills required for teaching in such environments, training, guidance and evaluation, which requires continuous support, and allows to develop the professional performance of students teachers through simulating the reality of the problems and pressures of the profession and the implementation of teaching skills in the light of those problems in order to solve them. The course also includes the recruitment of student teacher to the strategies of teaching and educational activities and technology supporting the psychological and social aspects of learners in emergency situations Suitable for their needs and the requirements of their education. In addition to training the student teacher to adapt the curriculum and implement it to achieve the objectives of education in emergency environments, and skills of good evaluation in proportion to the educational situations in different contexts.
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EDE 507      Strategies for Coexistence and Peace building (3) Credit Hours
The curriculum of coexistence and peace-building strategies will meet the basic needs that the teacher student needs to achieve in the learners in the emergency situations due to the nature of the community contexts in which they live. It therefore provides a clear and targeted vision on the concept and importance of promoting coexistence and peace-building strategies and mechanisms for their application in diverse contexts. This is done through a comprehensive framework for the development of a system of human and global values that must be learned by the learners before developing their values and skills of coexistence: values of human rights, tolerance, democracy, belonging, loyalty and other values necessary to achieve positive coexistence and peace building.
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EDE 508      Merging Disability in Emergency Cases (3) Credit Hours
The course of merging disability in emergency situations meets the needs of the student teacher in terms of basic concepts and professional skills related to the integration of disability in emergency situations, and the most important educational, social, psychological and environmental needs of the different categories that can be merged in the framework of the activation of their international rights and non-discrimination among ordinary people. The course also focuses on developing the attitudes of the students towards the disabled and dealing with them professionally and effectively, in accordance with the latest visions and programs and modern technologies for the rehabilitation of children with special needs..
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EDE 509      learning environments in emergencies (3) Credit Hours
The course for emergency education environments is one of the new courses in teacher training in areas of conflict. Due to the different environments in which the graduate is expected to work in this program, the learning environment is varied in terms of design, equipment and services. The course provides a vision to prepare the teacher in terms of the concept and the criteria for the establishment and availability of learning environments and how to adapt them to the needs of learners in terms of protection and safety and psychological support. In addition, it helps the student teacher to participate in the preparation of facilities and services to achieve the objectives of education in cases of emergency.
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EDE 510      Education Management in Emergencies and its resources (3) Credit Hours
The course of Education Management in Emergencies and its funding provides a clear and specific vision for the student-teacher on the concepts, trends, mechanisms and activities of the management of Education, coordination and analysis of the response, plans and policies, and the areas and mechanisms of evaluation and follow-up of the emergency education processes, explaining its roles and responsibilities. In addition to this, the course provides the teacher with types of resources its classification and his roles in its preservation and good exploitation. This course also shares other courses in providing the teacher with mechanisms of human resource recruitment, selection and working conditions and supervising them.
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EDE 511      Life skills and entrepreneurship for learners in emergencies (3) Credit Hours
The Life Skills course focuses on preparing the teacher to meet the basic needs of learners in preserving their lives and protecting them from the various hazards surrounding them due to the nature of the emergency environments. Accordingly, the course deals with the theoretical and applied principles of life skills in terms of importance, methods of development and educational and evaluation methods.
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EDE 512      Evaluation of learning outcomes in Emergency Cases (3) Credit Hours
The course evaluation of learning outcomes in emergencies achieves the professional performance of the student in terms of access to the knowledge and skills related to the approaches and theories of evaluation, the identification of educational outputs, the adaptation of the existing assessment tools (cognitive, skills and emotional) and the construction of new ones using technological applications. This is in addition to helping the student teacher to apply the tools of evaluation, analysis and discussion of the results with the stakeholders and the design of improvement plans in the framework of non-discrimination.
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EDE 521      Arabic Language (1) (3) Credit Hours
This course provides the student/teacher with the skills and basics of Arabic language in grammar, dictation, rhetoric and literature. Based on the functional integrative approach. The student\ teacher applies and employs these skills in communicating with learners, practicing their expected roles, and expressing their ideas, needs and suggestions in such a way as to help solve the problems of emergency education in a grammatically, orthographically and stylistically proper language. This course also promotes the student’s\ teacher’s expressive capabilities and increases their linguistic wealth. It further contributes to the realization of several expected learning outcomes related to community participation, developing learners’ life skills, providing psychological and social support for them, and promoting their tendencies to small businesses, through a proper linguistic content.
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EDE 522      Arabic Language (2) (3) Credit Hours
This course provides the student teacher with the basic applications and principles of the contemporary use of Arabic language in everyday life, and links it to the sciences of Arabic language (including grammar, morphology, dictation, rhetoric and literature) in accordance with the functional integrative approach. It also helps him to apply the skills of Arabic language in everyday life, express learners’ thoughts, needs and suggestions, and communicate with the concerned parties in the field emergency education in a proper language that is free from grammatical, orthographic and stylistic mistakes. Further, it contributes to the realization of a set of expected learning outcomes related to community participation, developing learners’ life skills, providing them with psychological and social support, and promoting their tendencies towards small businesses, through a proper linguistic content.
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EDE 523      English (1) (3) Credit Hours
The course is designed so that the learner can handle the basics of the English language through a limited range of social language in a controlled situation for a variety of everyday purposes. S/he can ask simple questions and express basic facts. S/he can comprehend the main points of a short message, and write simple sentences and simple text.
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EDE 524      English (2) (3) Credit Hours
The course is designed to develop intermediate level basic English knowledge and skills for everyday communication and transactions for the diverse range of adult learners of English language who need to develop their English language proficiency skills in order to access a wide range of community participation، employment، and dealing with learners in emergencies contexts.
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EDE 525      Teaching science and mathematics in English (3) Credit Hours
A teaching course for science and mathematics in English or French in emergency situations, through a clear and specific plan for the teacher to practice and employ teaching entries, teaching strategies suitable for the nature of science or mathematics for emergency education in English or French, and training in the use of educational outputs. In addition to training in the use of terms and sources of learning according to different needs of learners, and the design and implementation of various activities in the context of effective classroom management and learning time in English or French.
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EDE 526      L’enseignement de sciences et de maths en langue française (3) Credit Hours
Ce programme présente au futur-enseignant un plan de travail clair et précis qui l’aide à utiliser les différents approches et stratégies d’enseignement convenables pour l’enseignement, en français ou en anglais, des sciences et des maths en cas d’urgence ; en vue d’atteindre les objectifs visés. En plus, le futur-enseignant s’entraine à utiliser les différents concepts et sources d’apprentissage selon les besoins des apprenants ; ainsi que la préparation et la mise en œuvre de diverses activités tout en gérant la classe et le temps.
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EDE 527      Adult Education in emergencies (3) Credit Hours
The adult education in emergencies curriculum is designed to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes of students in the field of adult education in emergencies in terms of its concepts, programs, theories, psychological and social foundations for adults. It is also intended to propose a number of efforts and projects related to adult education in emergencies. This course focuses on the importance of developing the awareness of teachers to the need to support adults in educational emergencies in order to be active and supportive of learners in different stages of education to achieve the objectives of education in emergencies.
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EDE 555      Practical Education (4) Credit Hours
The practical education component provides the teacher in emergencies with a comprehensive picture of the educational environments for education in emergencies in terms of the quality, characteristics, importance and attributes of education that must be met in order to achieve the completion of the professional preparation requirements of the teacher, and it provides the opportunity for the student teacher to link the practical and theoretical aspects in his preparation programs. It employs the educational theories and principles that he studied in an applied and practical manner in its field in order to achieve the realism of teacher preparation programs; by providing the student with the opportunity to get acquainted with the true potential of the education environment in emergency situations and working conditions in it through dealing with teachers, administration, parents and community organizations The various supporting bodies and agencies to assist him in practicing administrative skills and teaching skills at their levels through his major operations of planning, implementation and evaluation; Such as preparing lessons and methods of good planning, living with the educational situation and realizing the relationship between its components, practicing evaluation skills, as well as mechanisms of psychological and social support and supervision over them, and the application of laws, treaties, charters, local, regional and international policies for providing equal education opportunities in different emergency contexts, in addition to education plans in Emergency situations and mechanisms for their implementation and development
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EDE 556      Graduation Project (4) Credit Hours
The component of the graduation project for the teacher in emergencies emphasizes the nature of education in an emergency situation and builds a comprehensive picture of it in terms of its quality, characteristics, importance, features that must be available, the educational environments in which it is practiced and its types, how to design them, the problems they face and how to overcome them, and clarifies the role of teachers and other educational staff in Emergency cases; In terms of roles The responsibilities, mechanisms and criteria for their selection and employment, the conditions and conditions of work in which they work, and the problems they face is directed towards searching for various solutions to them, as well as developing mechanisms for psychosocial support and supervision over them, in addition to analyzing the societal contexts of emergencies in terms of laws, treaties, charters, and local, regional and international special policies. Providing equal education opportunities in different emergency contexts, along with plans for education in emergencies and mechanisms for their implementation and development.
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EDF108      Active Learning Strategies (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of active learning and its theoretical foundations, its objectives, importance, and characteristics. It also covers models of active learning strategies and techniques such as discussion, brainstorming, collaborative learning, inquiry-based learning, scaffolding, educational games, and educational drama.
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EDF109      The Teaching Profession and the Roles of the Teacher (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes understanding the concepts and skills related to the teaching profession and the work of teachers, the historical development of the teaching profession, recognizing its components and significance, and the relationship between the teaching profession and society. It explores the role of teaching in social reform, the future of the teaching profession, and the culture of professional empowerment within education. Additionally, it covers quality standards and institutional accreditation in pre-university education, the future of the teaching profession in the digital age, contemporary developments and trends, the pressures of the teaching profession and ways to mitigate them, dimensions of professional development for teachers, and communities of professional practice.
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EDF213E      Education for Sustainable Development (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concepts of sustainable development and its goals (Sustainable Development Goals), as well as education for sustainable development. It addresses global challenges such as climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, poverty, and inequality. The course also focuses on how to make informed decisions and take individual and collective actions to effect change in our communities and care for our planet.
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EDF226      Developmental psychology (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of developmental psychology, its objectives, its importance, the stages of growth, the characteristics of each stage, the factors affecting it, the growth needs of each age stage, the principles of growth, and some theories of growth. Such as: Piaget's and Erikson's theory, the stage of adolescence and its characteristics, some problems of childhood and adolescence, and how to overcome them.
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EDF227E      Educational and Administrative Theories (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of learning, its theories, conditions, and its relationship with emotions, motivations, and perception. It addresses individual differences in learning and achievement, memory and forgetting, and practical applications in modern psychology. The course also focuses on utilizing educational, psychological, and administrative theories to improve learning outcomes, the conditions for learning and control, types of intelligence, individual differences, the retention and transfer of learning effects, social interaction within the school, the educational climate, classroom management systems, administrative activities, and concepts related to leadership behavior.
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EDF228E      Talent and Creativity Development (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the fundamental differences between terms used in the field of talent and creativity, identifying the various behavioral traits of gifted individuals across different categories, and determining the factors influencing talent development. It covers theoretical models of talent and creativity, recognizing psychological and behavioral issues in gifted and creative children, applying methods to identify and recognize gifted and creative individuals, and understanding their strengths. Additionally, the course involves developing enrichment programs to enhance talent and excellence among learners, understanding the roles of teachers in talent development, and exploring contemporary global practices in the field of talent and creativity development.
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EDF229E      Introduction to Positive Psychology (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes an introduction to the study of positive psychology and its functions, the power of positive emotions and feelings, positive forces, positive education, self-efficacy and achievement, emotional intelligence, life satisfaction, optimism and hope, happiness, the psychology of wisdom, and readings in positive psychology research related to talent and creativity.
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EDF230      Micro Teaching (1) (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of micro teaching, the differences between it and traditional teaching, its importance, types, and stages. It introduces teaching skills such as planning, implementation, and evaluation, the concept of lesson planning, its levels, elements of a lesson plan, techniques for content analysis, writing learning objectives in the area of specialization, and preparing daily lesson plans.
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EDF350      Contemporary Trends in Psychology (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes some modern trends in psychology such as information processing theory of memory, cognitive strategies and learning methods, various educational models like cognitive learning: Ausubel, Bruner, Gagne, and social cognitive learning models: Rotter, Bandura. It also covers the role of cognitive processes in innovation, contemporary theories in educational psychology, mastery learning and innovation skills, and the applications of psychometric theories in daily life.
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EDF351      Inclusion of Individuals with Special Needs (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes an introduction to the education and learning of individuals with special needs, types of disabilities, and the evolution of special education strategies from segregation to inclusion. It covers levels of inclusion, principles and methods of inclusion in teaching, adapting activities, and modifying the classroom environment for special education teams working with individuals with mild to moderate disabilities. Additionally, the course addresses key support programs used in mainstream schools for inclusive education, resource rooms, their concepts, and the material and human resources required, as well as assessment and evaluation methods within the inclusion system.
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EDF352E      Alternative Assessment and Its Applications (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of alternative assessment and its importance, studying the differences between traditional assessment and alternative assessment. It covers strategies and tools for alternative assessment such as student portfolios, performance-based assessment, observation, writing tests, concept mapping, and projects. It also discusses alternative assessment tools including checklists, rating scales, rubrics, and learning logs, as well as applications of alternative assessment strategies.
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EDF353E      Education and Entrepreneurship (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes an introduction to entrepreneurship, creativity and idea generation, project identification, an introduction to business plans and feasibility studies, marketing the project, identifying customers, operational planning, capital, estimating expected costs, projected income, skills for presenting entrepreneurial projects, modern trends in entrepreneurship, and the entrepreneurial environment.
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EDF354E      E-Learning (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of e-learning and related concepts such as learning resources, innovations in educational technology, their characteristics, types, classifications, and foundations for their use. It addresses the challenges of e-learning in education and strategies for overcoming these challenges, the concept of distance education, instructional design and its theories, designing teaching and learning situations in the area of specialization, social networks, educational platforms, and smart learning environments and their applications in teaching and learning.
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EDS117      Educational Leadership (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of educational leadership, mechanisms for interacting with leaders, administrative activities, and the technical and behavioral factors associated with them. It covers concepts related to leadership behavior such as motivation and related work incentives, job satisfaction, and managerial motivations. The course explores the nature of leadership personality, distinguishing between positive, negative, participative, and autocratic leadership behaviors. It also addresses school communication styles and their applications in school work, strategic thinking skills, conflict management, decision-making, and negotiation.
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EDS118      Educational Technology and Digital Transformation (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of educational technology and related concepts such as learning resources, innovations in educational technology, their characteristics, types, classifications, and conditions for their use in education. It also covers the concept of distance education, instructional design and its theories, designing teaching and learning situations in the area of specialization, the role of social networks in education, and educational platforms and electronic learning environments.
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EDS214E      Partnership Between Kindergarten and (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes knowledge and concepts related to parenting education, the concept of partnership, its importance, objectives, areas, and the participating parties. It covers the foundations and criteria for partnership between kindergarten and school, key strategies and obstacles to effective partnerships, concepts and methods of educational support for families, and enhancing the relationship between parents and kindergarten to meet the basic, psychological, and social needs of kindergarten children.
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EDS238      Learning Assessment (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes assessment as a part of the teaching and learning process, the importance and objectives of assessment, determining what to assess and how to assess it, reliability and validity of the assessment process, objectivity and impartiality, objective tests, essay tests, performance assessment, portfolio assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, standardized and international assessments, assessment for learning, and the use of technology in assessment, including electronic testing.
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EDS239E      Psychological and Educational Guidance (2) Credit Hours
This course covers the origins of guidance psychology, its fields, and educational applications, as well as its relationship with student guidance and counseling. It includes the process of psychological counseling, its importance, and the skills involved, the stages of the counseling process, identifying cases that require guidance assistance, diagnosing them, and how to address them.
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EDS240E      Contemporary Trends in Teaching the Major (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes modern trends in teaching the major and their relation to various learning theories, including behavioral theory, cognitive theory, and social theory. It covers teaching strategies associated with contemporary educational trends and their implementation in teaching the major, as well as evaluation methods. The course also addresses the roles of the teacher and the learner in integrated technology within the teaching and learning processes, types of digital and interactive learning resources, and their application in education. Additionally, it explores the use of augmented reality technology in education, applications of artificial intelligence in teaching, and the ethics of technology along with scientific standards for dealing with technology.
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EDS242      Micro Teaching (2) (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of lesson preparation and its types, its importance, and the differences between preparation and introduction. It covers explanation techniques and their types, diversifying stimuli, verbal and non-verbal interaction, motivating students, formulating and managing questions, their levels, using educational media and tools, and evaluating learning, including its types, methods, and tools.
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EDS243E      International Organizations and Education Development (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the importance of international organizations and their development, objectives, functions, and competencies, particularly those working in the field of education such as UNESCO, UNICEF, and the World Bank, as well as regional organizations like ALECSO and ISESCO. It covers the initiatives targeted by these organizations, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and Egypt's commitments regarding various educational areas. The course also examines educational indicators that measure a country's ability to fulfill its obligations to these organizations, compares educational indicators among different countries, and analyzes Egypt's ranking on these indicators.
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EDS362      Comparative and International Education (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes the origins of comparative education, its concept, historical development, and key pioneers. It covers the objectives of comparative education, its importance, and various fields, as well as the research methods used in comparative education. Additionally, it addresses the techniques and methods of comparative educational research, factors influencing educational policies and systems, the reciprocal relationships between educational systems and their societies, various international assessments and how to benefit from their results, contemporary issues in different educational systems, and their implications for the educational reality.
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EDS363      School Curriculum (1) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concepts of traditional and modern curricula, curriculum design and development, and the various foundations for curriculum construction (philosophical, psychological, social, and cultural foundations). It covers curriculum elements (objectives, content, teaching methods and educational activities, learning resources, and assessment), curriculum organization, best global practices in school curricula, and curriculum issues in Egypt.
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EDS364E      Reflection and Guidance in Professional Practices (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of reflection, reflective practice, its importance, models, methods, and tools, as well as its relationship to metacognition and creative problem-solving in professional contexts. It also covers improving professional performance, the concept of mentorship, its significance in professional development, its areas, stages, and methods. Additionally, the course addresses the skills and roles of the mentor, the roles of the mentee, and the challenges of mentorship and how to confront them.
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EDS365E      Specialization-Based and Interdisciplinary Education (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the concept of interdisciplinary education, its importance, characteristics, and the differences between specialization-based education and interdisciplinary education. It discusses how to activate interdisciplinary education, its objectives, strategies, and the skills necessary for its implementation. Additionally, the course covers activities and applications related to both specialization-based and interdisciplinary education, as well as issues and challenges associated with these approaches.
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EDS366E      Multiple Intelligences (2) Credit Hours
The course content includes the theory of multiple intelligences, its origins, significance, and the various types of intelligences along with their characteristics, including linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, musical intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, naturalistic intelligence, and others. The course also covers how to recognize these intelligences in learners, as well as learning strategies, activities, and educational tools suitable for each type of intelligence.
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EL111      Communication Skills in English (1) (3) Credit Hours
The course teaches students how to introduce themselves in simple language and use basic welcoming phrases. It also includes exercises, conversations, examples, and effective activities. Additionally, the course covers essential and straightforward English grammar rules (such as the verb "to be," the simple present tense, the present continuous tense, the simple past tense, etc.) along with commonly used vocabulary and phrases.
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EL112      Communication Skills in English (2) (3) Credit Hours
The course covers the study of basic grammar rules, conversational skills, and writing techniques in English. It also includes reading topics that help students acquire new vocabulary, contributing to their linguistic growth. Overall, the course aims to enable students to master all aspects of the English language, ensuring they reach an advanced level that facilitates effective writing and conversation.
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ENF101      Listening and Speaking (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: effective communication through the correct use of language, practical applications in everyday situations, and enhancing listening skills by understanding oral excerpts through recorded materials.
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ENF102      Reading and Comprehension Strategies (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of reading, its stages and types, its importance, characteristics of a good reader, the definition of comprehension and its significance, reading strategies and skills, the differences between skimming and detailed reading, and the study of excerpts from reading texts.
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ENF103      Phonetics (1) (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the definition of phonetics and its importance across various fields, articulation points, analysis of linguistic sound studies, consonants and vowels, classification of sounds based on articulation location, manner, and state of vocal cords, and practice in reproducing words and sentences using phonetic symbols.
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ENF104      Introduction to Linguistics (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: The nature of linguistics, its history, speech in language, the tongue, the nature of human language and its components, linguistic conflict: its causes and consequences, the various fields of linguistics, and the basic concepts in each field.
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ENF105      Introduction to Drama and Story (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: The concept of the play, its distinguishing features as a literary genre different from novels and poetry, elements of the dramatic text, prose and its forms and history in the English language, and applications related to the elements of prose literature, particularly those related to storytelling.
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ENF106      Principles of Writing and Written Translation (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: Key principles of writing, its skills and stages, components of sentences, types of sentences and phrases, how to use punctuation marks, and essential principles of written translation through translating several texts in various fields from English and into it, along with studying fundamental concepts of approaches
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ENF107E      Children's Literature: Perspectives (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of children's literature, its origins and development, analysis of literary texts in English for children, evaluation of these texts based on selection criteria, and the extraction of educational values from the literary text.
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ENF108E      History of English Literature (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the nature of studying English literature (theater, novels, poetry), its roots, and its historical and cultural origins.
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ENF217      Grammar and Language Exercises (2) (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: communication skills in English: their foundations, skills, and principles of communicating correctly in the language.
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ENF218      Morphology and Syntax (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of the morpheme, types (roots, prefixes, suffixes), various types of suffixes from derivational to inflectional, the system of derivation, and the morphological system in English.
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ENF219      Writing (2) (Argumentative) (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of argumentative writing, writing analytical and argumentative essays characterized by coherence and logical organization, and applications to enhance the ability to arrange ideas logically, adopting a scientific and literary methodology in argumentative writing, and properly documenting references.
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ENF220      Art of Storytelling (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: literary trends in storytelling in the 18th century through selected novels from various novelists, along with literary criticism of the works.
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ENF221      Drama (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: characteristics and elements of classical theater, study of several dramatic texts, and the literary style of Shakespeare's plays.
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ENF222      Oral Presentation (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of oral presentation, its foundations, objectives, fields, and forms, skills for spontaneous speaking, presentation skills, discussions, and group debate sessions.
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ENF223E      Reading and Writing Essays (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: skills for inferring facts and perspectives from reading passages, writing analytical and argumentative essays characterized by coherence and logical organization, and adopting a scientific and literary methodology in writing.
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ENF224E      Introduction to Linguistics (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: The emergence of linguistics, its nature, the nature of human language, its components, the various fields of linguistics, and the fundamental concepts in each field.
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ENF333      Analytical Reading (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of analytical reading, its skills, significance, strategies, and skills for inferring facts and perspectives from reading passages.
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ENF334      Translation into English (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: characteristics of English texts, key principles of translation from Arabic to English and their applications, simultaneous and oral translation, and translating scientific, literary, and journalistic texts from Arabic to English, as well as the challenges of translating into English.
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ENF335      Modern and Contemporary Poetry (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: poetry in the 20th century, its characteristics, key features, famous poets of the period, influences on their writings and thoughts, and examples of poems reflecting the era and its poetic schools.
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ENF336      Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: foundations of sociolinguistics, its methodologies and areas, especially those related to language variations, the relationship between structure, function, idea, language, age, and social and cultural context, and concepts of psycholinguistics, including the relationship between linguistic behavior and psychology, and stages of language acquisition.
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ENF337      Discourse Analysis (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: fundamental concepts such as discourse, text, utterance, and speech; an introduction to text linking and its tools; semantic and logical coherence; discourse analysis; and theories of speech acts.
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ENF338      Rhetoric (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: basic concepts in rhetoric, the relationship between language and context, and applications in stylistic analysis of various texts across different fields.
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ENF339E      Multicultural American/British Literature (3) Credit Hours
Course Content: definitions of multicultural American and British literature (theater, novels, poetry), its origins and development, study of various literary terms, analysis of diverse literary texts from American and multicultural British literature, and understanding the interaction between cultures and global literatures.
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ENF340E      History of the English Language (3) Credit Hours
Course Content: the nature of the English language and its historical and cultural origins.
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ENGN       English Language (0) Credit Hours
The course covers the basic rules of the English language, writing formal and informal letters, constructing paragraphs using linking words and relative clauses, reviewing books, and writing postcards. Additionally, students will learn how to communicate in social situations, engage in shopping, and answer the phone. They will develop the ability to express themselves using English expressions for daily interactions and become familiar with common words and essential phrases in the language.
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ENS109      Introduction to English Poetry (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: Basic terms related to English poetry, the history of English poetry, various forms of poetry, differences among them, and analysis of different poetic texts from important works by several poets.
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ENS110      Language Exercises (1 (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: using English vocabulary and structures through exercises designed to promote correct usage of words, phrases, and idiomatic expressions, as well as improving writing and speaking skills.
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ENS111      Writing (1) (Descriptive and Narrative) (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of descriptive and narrative writing, crafting a variety of grammatically correct sentences into coherent paragraphs, and professionally handling scientific data and information in English.
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ENS112      Introduction to Literary Criticism (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: The concept of literary criticism, important terms related to literary criticism and their differences, and highlighting the fundamental changes in criticism through significant critics and theorists in the history and fields of literary criticism and their directions.
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ENS113      Grammar (1) (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: essential rules of English grammar and morphology, basic structures in English, nominal and adverbial phrases, and various tenses.
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ENS114      Phonetics (2) (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of the syllable, types of syllables, their notation, nature of diphthongs, classification, characteristics distinguishing them from vowels, intonation, and its types.
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ENS115E      Media and Journalistic Discourse (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: components of media discourse, its characteristics, schools of media discourse, its tools and challenges, with practical applications through various examples.
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ENS116E      Integrated Language Skills (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: Study of integrated language skills, communication skills in English, and training students on practical foundations for communicating in correct English.
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ENS225      Shakespeare (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: an introduction to the famous English writer Shakespeare through a selection of his comedies, tragedies, and historical plays, understanding his approach to building plays, characters, and ideas, as well as the social, political, and cultural conditions that contributed to his genius, along with the study of his most notable poems.
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ENS226      Translation into Arabic (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: characteristics of the Arabic language, key principles of translation from English to Arabic and their applications, simultaneous and oral translation, and translating scientific, literary, and journalistic texts from English to Arabic, as well as the challenges of translating into Arabic.
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ENS227      Critical Reading (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: critical reading skills, skills for thinking about what the text says, describes, and means through examining writing style, structure, content, and language used
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ENS228      Romantic and Victorian Poetry (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the art of Romantic and Victorian poetry in the 19th century, its characteristics, key features, famous poets of the period, influences on their writings and thoughts, and the study of representative poems from this era and their schools.
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ENS229      Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the theory of linguistic contrast versus error analysis, the role of each in foreign language teaching, their importance for foreign language teachers, the causes of errors in foreign languages in general and in Arabic specifically, and applications for analyzing language errors made by learners of Arabic who are native speakers of other languages.
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ENS230      19th Century Novel (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: novels from the 19th century, analysis of literary trends in novel writing during that period, and training in analyzing literary themes and their components, including artistic styles and their application.
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ENS231E      Rhetoric and Composition (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the importance of rhetoric and its rules, the artistic features of literary texts, essential skills such as discourse, text, utterance, and speech, an introduction to text linking and its tools, semantic and logical coherence, and discourse, along with theories of speech acts.
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ENS232E      Western Civilization (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: examining the political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Western society during the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as understanding the factors that influenced poetry, prose, and theater during these two centuries.
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ENS341      Advanced Writing (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: foundations, objectives, significance, and stages of constructive writing, with applications for writing cohesive and interconnected essays by relying on scientific and literary methodology, and training on proper documentation of references.
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ENS342      Comparative Literature (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of comparative literature, its fields, importance, history, trends, and the interaction between different global literatures, as well as understanding the position of Arabic literature within this context. The course seeks to reveal the significance of influence and interaction between various cultures and literatures.
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ENS343      20th Century Drama (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: an introduction to modern theater in the 20th century, its various schools such as absurd theater and symbolic theater, and developments in modern dramatic art.
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ENS344      Semantics and Pragmatics (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the origin and evolution of semantics, the relationship of semantics to linguistic sciences, the significance of semantics in levels of linguistic study, the connection between semantics and semiotics, types of linguistic meanings (phonetic, morphological, syntactic, lexical, contextual), pragmatic meaning, and its relationship to social and cultural context.
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ENS345      Modern Criticism (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: The concept of literary criticism in the modern era (the twentieth century and contemporary), important terms related to literary criticism in the modern era, their differences, and highlighting the fundamental changes in criticism through showcasing critics and theorists active in the history and fields of literary criticism and their directions.
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ENS346      Modern and Contemporary Novel (2) Credit Hours
Course Content: the concept of the novel, modern and contemporary novels, the essential elements of a novel, analysis of novels from the 20th century and modern times in English and American literature, literary trends in contemporary novel writing across various themes, and the emergence of new types of novels that reinvent myths to express modern topics within a unique framework.
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ENS347E      Advanced Grammar (3) Credit Hours
Course Content: studying the most important advanced rules of English grammar and morphology, as well as basic and advanced grammatical structures, nominal and adverbial phrases, and various tenses.
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ENS348E      Applied Linguistics (3) Credit Hours
Course Content:: studying concepts of applied linguistics, communication skills in English: their foundations, skills, and applications of effective communication in the language.
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FTF32      Field Training (2) (2) Credit Hours
The practices of the course include analyzing textbooks in the area of specialization, utilizing relevant resources, preparing daily lesson plans, selecting educational and learning media, and assessment tools, participating in school activities, collaborating with peers, interacting with students, teachers, and school administration, reflecting on field training practices, participating in discussion groups to evaluate their effectiveness, as well as engaging positively with the guidance of field training supervisors.
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FTF44      Field Training (4) (2) Credit Hours
The practices of the course include analyzing textbooks in the area of specialization, utilizing relevant resources, preparing daily lesson plans, selecting educational and learning media, and assessment tools, participating in school activities, collaborating with peers, interacting with students, teachers, and school administration, reflecting on field training practices, participating in discussion groups to evaluate their effectiveness, as well as engaging positively with the guidance of field training supervisors.
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FTS11      Field Training (1) (1) Credit Hours
The practices of the course may include observing teaching and learning situations, school activities, evaluating them, interacting with school teachers, administration, and students, as well as discussing and analyzing experiences resulting from reflecting on observations of the school environment and interacting with it, and participating in some of its activities. (If needed, the practices of the course may also involve micro-teaching or watching teaching-centered videos, discussing and analyzing them through seminar sessions.)
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FTS33      Field Training (3) (2) Credit Hours
The practices of the course include analyzing textbooks in the area of specialization, utilizing relevant resources, preparing daily lesson plans, selecting educational and learning media, and assessment tools, participating in school activities, collaborating with peers, interacting with students, teachers, and school administration, reflecting on field training practices, participating in discussion groups to evaluate their effectiveness, as well as engaging positively with the guidance of field training supervisors.
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FTS45      Field Training (5) (2) Credit Hours
The practices of the course include analyzing textbooks in the area of specialization, utilizing relevant resources, preparing daily lesson plans, selecting educational and learning media, and assessment tools, participating in school activities, collaborating with peers, interacting with students, teachers, and school administration, reflecting on field training practices, participating in discussion groups to evaluate their effectiveness, as well as engaging positively with the guidance of field training supervisors.
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GR 100      Computer and Internet Skills (3) Credit Hours
This Course introduces students to the basic knowledge and skills of using computers and applications. Students learn about software information systems and their components, end-user applications, essentials of computer networks, computer security and ethics.
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GR 101      Self Learning Skills (3) Credit Hours
This Course aims at providing students with the necessary knowledge for self-learning and its psychological educational foundations that will provide students with a number of practical skills such as understanding, thinking, information processing, reading and writing, besides dealing with the information and self-learning technological skills, in addition to the adoption of self-learning strategies for life.
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GR 110      Islamic Culture Mandatory Course (Sudan) (3) Credit Hours
This course aimed at providing students with the knowledge of Islam as a religion, along with introducing them to the challenges that threaten the Islamic Ummah and identity.
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GR 111      Arabic-Islamic Civilization (3) Credit Hours
This course looks at an overall view in the history of the Arabic-Islamic Civilization. This includes the exploration of several concepts and social issues, as well as Islamic arts and architecture.
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GR 112       Issues and Problems of Development in the Arab World (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the study of development, specifically looking at the status of human development in the Arab World and its social indicators.
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GR 115       Current International Issues and Problems (3) Credit Hours
This course examines the issues and problems which stand as global concerns in the interaction of civilizations, North-South relations, human rights and illegal immigration.
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GR 116      Empowerment of Youth (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to empower and prepare the youth to engage in political, social and economic life, raising awareness in these aspects and developing their leadership skills.
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GR 117      Empowerment of Women (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on empowering women and activating their role in leading political, economic and social development.
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GR 118       Life skills and Coexistence (3) Credit Hours
This course focuses on developing the capabilities that enable individuals to engage in adaptive and positive behavior, and enable them to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life. It aims to enhance academic, personal and communication skills among Arab Open University students, and help them apply these skills in their university and professional lives. These skills, along with the cognitive courses offered by the university, contribute to refining students' capabilities and enhancing their growth. The course specifically seeks to introduce the concept of skills and how to acquire and develop them, such as self-awareness, stress management, effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, leadership and team building skills. It also covers topics such as diversity, democracy, women's rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, artificial intelligence skills and their applications in the university and various aspects of life.
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GR 121      Environment and Health (3) Credit Hours
The course focuses on introduction social and natural sciences which study the relationship between human activity and human environment. Looking at various topics using a case-study approach.
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GR 131       History and Civilization of AOU branch country (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the historical background of the AOU branch country, its political, socioeconomic development and democratic experience.
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LAW 107      Human Rights in the International Law Mandatory Course (Bahrain) (3) Credit Hours
The course presents the origin and development of the concept of Human Rights and its reverences in international low. Addressing the nature of states’ obligations on implementing Human Rights.
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SP 100      Introduction to Special Education (3) Credit Hours
This course explores the historical development of child-rearing practices for children with disabilities, emphasizing its significance in shaping both theoretical and practical frameworks. It aims to familiarize students with the concepts of special education and the disabled child, as well as the relationship between the two. Additionally, the course addresses the most important categories of disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, physical disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, learning disabilities, and communication disorders. It highlights the causes of these disabilities and discusses various methods for providing educational services for each category. Furthermore, the course examines talent and excellence, focusing on cognitive, psychological, physical, and emotional characteristics, along with the most important programs available to support these individuals.
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SP 202      Early Intervention in Special Education (3) Credit Hours
The course aims to help students identify the fundamental principles of early intervention, assess developmental processes in early childhood, and reduce the impact of disabilities. Additionally, it seeks to train students to evaluate family interactions within early intervention and understand the family's role in these programs. This course also aims to help students identify the categories involved in early intervention and understand the role of a multidisciplinary team in the diagnosis and evaluation of children. To achieve the objectives of this course covers a variety of topics, including general concepts of early intervention, specific groups of children targeted in early intervention programs, and the qualifications required for the team involved in this work. It also addresses the importance of early screening for disabilities and the assessment forms used, in addition to reviewing the activities employed in early intervention programs. It discusses the role of the family and the educational environment in these programs, as well as the preventive and curative measures provided and the extent of predictability for the future.
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SP 205      Assessment and diagnoses of learning disabilities (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to provide students with fundamental concepts related to the assessment and diagnosis process, as well as the skills necessary for applying evaluation methods and interpreting results, including their reliability in making educational decisions. To achieve these objectives, the course covers the goals of evaluation and diagnosis, as well as the factors that must be considered. It also addresses diagnostic mechanisms and tools, along with formal and informal methods for individuals with learning disabilities, emphasizing the special considerations that must be considered when diagnosing and assessing each category of learning disabilities.
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SP 230      Language and Communication Disorders (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to define the concept of language and its functions, explore rhetorical devices, examine the language development of children and the stages of their growth, and investigate the psychology of language. Additionally, it will cover communication strategies for individuals with various disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments, visual impairments, and learning disabilities.
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SP 233      Building and behavior modification (3) Credit Hours
This course describes the concept of behavior modification, its historical background, and its theoretical foundations. Also, it focuses on how to use different behavior modification methods with typically developed and individuals with disabilities, whether in building new behavior, strengthening and generalizing desirable behaviors, or modifying undesirable behaviors, as well as employing technology in designing, implementing, and evaluating behavior modification and building programs using the computer.
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SP 241      Curricula and methods in Special Education (3) Credit Hours
This course covers several interconnected concepts, including the definition of the curriculum, its components, and its objectives. It also addresses how to differentiate between ordinary children’s curricula and other educational materials, as well as strategies for developing curricula for children with disabilities. Additionally, the course will focus on measuring current performance levels, preparing individual educational plans, creating individualized instructional plans, and implementing evaluation methods.
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SP 302      Learning Disabilities (3) Credit Hours
This course provides a general idea of the concepts of learning difficulties and its relationship with other sciences. In addition, it introduces the recent approaches, and the resources used for teaching it, and the differences between the terms of slow learning and learning disabilities and clarify the developmental and academic support to students with learning difficulties. The course illustrates the academic and developmental characteristics of the learners who have learning difficulties.
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SP 325      Learning through playing (3) Credit Hours
This course examines theories and educational methods related to play in childhood. It will instruct students on how to integrate play into the curriculum while enhancing children's creative and innovative thinking. Additionally, the course will explore the use of technology and play in specific subject areas, all aimed at developing effective methods for incorporating play into educational practices.
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SP 334      Teaching Methods in Learning Disabilities (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to teaching methods for individuals with learning disabilities across various academic fields, including language, mathematics, and social sciences. It also defines the skills and strategies necessary for students with learning disabilities to enhance their academic performance and social behavior. Additionally, the course covers educational programs designed to develop the cognitive functions essential for the growth of language, literacy, and mathematical skills.
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SP 336      Developmental Learning disabilities (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces students to the definition of developmental learning disabilities in children at the pre-primary school level, including types such as motor, intellectual, social, and emotional disabilities. It will also focus on identifying these disabilities and exploring effective strategies for addressing them. The course will cover developmental aspects related to learning disabilities, including attention deficits, hyperactivity, visual perception issues, auditory perception challenges, and memory impairments. Additionally, it will address various developmental problems that students may encounter and the importance of family involvement in managing these challenges.
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SP 337      Learning disabilities and academic educational programs (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce students to the nature of reading and writing, as well as to address the concept of learning disabilities related to these skills. It will cover the most important guidelines for improving proficiency in reading and writing. Additionally, the course will explore learning disabilities in mathematics, including common types of errors, and the characteristics of learners with these disabilities, and will suggest various strategies and activities for teaching mathematics effectively.
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SP 340      Working with families of individuals with special needs (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to identify the counseling relationship, the stages of the counseling process, and the essential skills required for advisors to work effectively within this process. Additionally, it will explore the reactions of families with disabled children, as well as the nature of parental involvement and their responsibilities.
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SP 343      Practicum (1) in the field of learning disabilities (6) Credit Hours
This course aims to equip students with the knowledge they have gained through various academic courses. It includes a visit to a facility for individuals with learning disabilities, where students will write a detailed report on their observations. Additionally, students will conduct practical observations at these centers to learn how to effectively support students with learning disabilities. They will also be required to create a case study about actual students at the center.
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SP 405      Contemporary Issues in Special Education (3) Credit Hours
This course addresses several key issues, including definitions, classifications, and labeling within the field of special education. It also covers measurement and diagnosis, early intervention, and preschool programs for individuals with special needs. Additionally, the course examines rights and legislation, the preparation of professionals, educational alternatives, rehabilitation programs for individuals with special needs, and the practical application of integration. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of collaboration between special education teachers and regular education teachers, as well as the use of computers for the development and evaluation of programs.
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SP 410      Management and supervision in Special Education (3) Credit Hours
This course aims to introduce students to the principles of educational administration , its historical development , its theories and their importance. It also aims to introduce students to the concepts of educational supervision, and its role in raising the educational process level also. Beside, it aims to improve the quality of education through the provision of better conditions that enable teachers to do their roles effectively.
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SP 415      Integrating students with special needs in regular schools (3) Credit Hours
This course introduces the foundational concepts of educating specific categories of students within regular schools. It will define the concept of comprehensive integration and the regular education initiative, as well as explore educational alternatives in special education, forms of integration, and the justifications for these approaches. Additionally, the course will cover the main elements that contribute to the effectiveness of the integration process in regular schools, along with a definition of integration programs in the HKJ.
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SP 499      Practicum (2) in the field of learning disabilities (6) Credit Hours
The course aims to apply everything that students have learned through various academic materials by conducting both formal and informal assessments, preparing individual educational plans and instructional plans, and utilizing methods that achieve the established goals under the supervision of the collaborating teacher and academic supervisor at the university.
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TECN       Information and Communication Technologies in Education and Research (0) Credit Hours
The course covers the principles of computer science, concepts of e-learning, and interaction with the university's educational platforms such as Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS). It aims to enhance students' skills and abilities to communicate effectively online and complete academic assignments. The course also includes concepts of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and cybersecurity, as well as the use of the internet in education and scientific research.
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