Certificate awarded
Bachelor of Arts and Education
Major
Kindergarten
Program outcomes
The benefits to the community from establishing the program include creating an innovative and stimulating educational environment that contributes to fostering education that endures through different life stages. This is achieved by graduating outstanding teachers with high competence in working with children and developing the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare them comprehensively in all educational, psychological, physical, and health aspects. Additionally, it involves enhancing professional competence during service and improving educational research in the field of early childhood studies.
Program objectives
- Instilling and embedding values of patriotism and community belonging.
- Preparing academically and professionally qualified kindergarten teachers in the field of early childhood education.
- Keeping up with modern educational trends in line with quality education requirements.
- Developing skills in using educational technology and employing it in the service of the educational process.
- Enhancing scientific research skills to keep up with recent developments in child education.
- Organizing workshops, training courses, and qualification programs for students before and during their service.
- Improving and developing the educational process in the kindergarten stage.
- Developing personal skills through staying updated with advancements in the field of specialization.
Job Market
Coordination is made with neighboring education authorities at the college to provide specialized kindergarten and early childhood education teachers.
Description
"The Department of Early Childhood Education at the Faculty of Education aims to prepare specialized professionals in the field of child education by equipping students with personal, behavioral, cognitive, scientific, professional, and research skills. This preparation ensures they can meet the demands of the early childhood field. The program focuses on three main components: (1) General Culture, which provides a broad knowledge base; (2) Specialized Knowledge in early childhood education; and (3) Practical Field Experience in early childhood education."
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Program content
Duration
8 Terms
General credits
39
Elective credits
12
Compulsory credits
82
Total credits
133
Subject code | Subject name | Credits | Subject type | Subject prerequisites |
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ARIS101 | Islamic Studies. | 1 | General | - |
"This course is one of the university requirements and provides the student with many topics related to Islamic culture, which aim to instill the principles of Islam, belief in its values, and understanding its systems. It helps the student contribute to scientific and technological advancement, understand the correct and proper method for a Muslim to interact with their era, its offerings, and challenges. It strengthens the connection with the past and with other cultures and examines how Islam addressed various aspects related to the individual or society." |
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ARIS102 | Islamic Studies 2 | 1 | General | ARIS101 |
"This course is one of the university requirements and provides the student with many topics related to Islamic culture, which aim to instill the principles of Islam, belief in its values, and understanding its systems. It helps the student contribute to scientific and technological advancement and understand the correct and proper method for a Muslim to interact with their era, its offerings, and challenges. It strengthens the connection with the past and with other cultures and examines how Islam addressed various aspects related to the individual or society in terms of beliefs, worship, transactions, and personal status." |
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ARIS103 | Arabic Language 1 | 2 | General | - |
"The course introduces the student to skills in reading, expression, dialogue, summarization, and text analysis. It also helps the student master writing skills, recognize common spelling mistakes, and properly use punctuation marks and understand their impact on meaning. Additionally, it teaches the use of rhetorical techniques according to basic grammar principles." |
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ARIS104 | Arabic Language 2 | 2 | General | ARIS103 |
"Course Description and Topics Covered to Introduce the Nature of the Course: The course covers Arabic writing, its concept, understanding the Arabic letters, Hamzat al-Wasl and al-Qat', alif, and other aspects related to Arabic writing. Additionally, it introduces functional writing in its various forms, the art of the essay, and its benefits." |
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CS100 | Computer 1 | 1 | General | - |
"This course covers the essential skills and key concepts related to information and communication technology, computers, hardware, and software. It serves as an introduction to the basic concepts and skills related to using devices, creating and managing files, networks, and data security." |
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CS101 | Computer 2 | 1 | General | CS100 |
"This course covers the essential skills and key concepts related to using spreadsheets, including the use of standard mathematical formulas and functions. Additionally, it introduces the basic concepts and skills necessary for working with presentation software to create and utilize presentations." |
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NL100 | National Culture | 2 | General | - |
"The course contributes to enhancing Libyan identity and shaping the national cultural awareness of the student by highlighting Libya's status, location, and role in the past and present. It also aims to instill a sense of patriotism and pride in belonging to the homeland." |
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ARIS105 | Arabic Language 3 | 1 | General | ARIS104 |
This course introduces Arabic writing, including its concept and the Arabic alphabet, such as the use of the Hamza (both connected and disconnected), and other aspects related to Arabic writing. It also covers functional writing in its various forms, the art of writing essays, and its benefits. |
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ARIS106 | Arabic Language 4 | 1 | General | ARIS105 |
This course introduces Arabic writing, including its concept and the Arabic alphabet, such as the use of the Hamza (both connected and disconnected), and other aspects related to Arabic writing. It also covers functional writing in its various forms, the art of writing essays, and its benefits. |
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ST100 | Principles of Statistics | 2 | General | - |
This course covers some general statistical concepts, including tabular and graphical presentation of statistical data, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, correlation, and regression. |
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EPSY100 | General Psychology | 2 | General | - |
This course aims to equip the student-teacher with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through an introduction to the principles of general psychology, the concept of general psychology, the historical stages it has gone through, its importance and objectives, its major theoretical and applied branches, its basic methodologies, and its most important traditional and contemporary schools. It also covers the basic determinants of human behavior, the different classifications of motives, the relationship between motivation and individual achievement, and the essential cognitive variables that shape human behavior such as sensation, attention, perception, memory, learning, and intelligence. |
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EPSY101 | Foundations of Education | 2 | General | - |
To provide the student-teacher with the knowledge and skills, and instill values and attitudes that contribute to preparing and qualifying them for the teaching profession through understanding the concepts, types, characteristics, and functions of education. This includes exploring the educational views and ideas proposed by scholars throughout history, highlighting the role and educational philosophy of Islamic education by presenting examples from notable Islamic thinkers, understanding educational philosophies and their impacts on the educational system, and identifying the cultural and social foundations, their concepts, and elements, in order to uncover some issues related to education and its educational applications. |
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EPSY201 | General Teaching Strategies | 2 | General | EPSY101 |
To equip the student-teacher with the knowledge, skills, values, and positive attitudes required for the teaching profession, helping them understand the nature of the teaching-learning process, understand the relationship between different teaching situations, and provide them with the most important modern teaching strategies that make the learner the center of the educational process. |
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EPSY202 | Foundations of Educational Curriculum | 2 | General | - |
"Equipping the student teacher with knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding the curriculum, including its origins, development, significance, and meaning. It covers the components of the educational curriculum, the foundations of its construction, the characteristics of modern curricula, their organization, models, and ultimately, curriculum development." |
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EPSY203 | Educational Psychology | 2 | General | EPSY100 |
"This course covers the study of educational psychology and its importance in the teaching process, with a focus on educational objectives, their levels, and formulation. It also addresses the understanding of psychological development and its role in the educational process, including Piaget's theory of cognitive development and Erikson's theory of emotional and social development." |
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EPSY301 | Educational Research Methods | 2 | General | - |
Providing the student-teacher with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through understanding the nature of knowledge, its types, and objectives, and distinguishing between scientific research and scientific activity and its fundamentals. This includes how to procedurally address the steps of scientific research, starting from identifying the problem, through design, methodology, tools, and measurement, and ending with writing and presenting it according to scientific principles. |
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EPSY302 | Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 2 | General | ST100 |
Measurement and evaluation are essential skills that teachers must master and integrate into their professional behavior. Therefore, it is considered a fundamental educational requirement within the teacher preparation requirements. This aims to clarify and distinguish between basic concepts such as assessment and evaluation. Additionally, it educates the student that evaluation is a means, not an end, and is used for the purpose of learning. This distinction highlights the difference between summative evaluation and continuous evaluation. |
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EPSY303 | Educational Technology | 2 | General | EPSY201 |
The contents of this course have been distributed across five main modules: communication skills, educational media, educational technology, systems approach, and e-learning and teaching. These are essential and necessary skills for any teacher in the twenty-first century. |
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EPSY400 | School Administration | 2 | General | - |
Providing the student-teacher with essential knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes in the field of modern school administration, its technical and human requirements, and its levels towards its staff. This includes the means by which it can perform its tasks through the study of school and classroom management, reviewing the most important administrative patterns, understanding the administrative and technical tasks and skills of the principal, and the processes of school and classroom management and their roles in achieving a safe and attractive learning environment. Additionally, it involves acquainting the student with the concept of technical supervision, its role in the educational process, and its most important methods. |
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EPSY401 | Mental Health | 2 | General | EPSY203 |
Providing the student-teacher with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through understanding the concept of mental health and its manifestations, and psychological adjustment from the perspective of different psychological schools. The course also explores normal and abnormal behavior, manifestations of a healthy personality, and the factors influencing it. It reviews the relationship between social institutions and the achievement of mental health in terms of the roles each plays and the types of services they provide. Additionally, it presents examples of psychological problems and disorders. |
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EPSY402 | Practical Training | 4 | General | - |
Practical education is an educational training program through which student-teachers apply what they have learned theoretically in a direct, performance-based manner within educational institutions. This is to acquire the necessary competencies to qualify them for the teaching profession. It is a fundamental requirement for preparing teachers for various educational stages. |
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KG100 | Introduction to Early Childhood Education | 2 | Compulsory | - |
The course aims to provide the student teacher with the fundamental elements of the kindergarten stage, represented by the significance of kindergarten for the preschool child and its educational objectives. It covers the developmental characteristics of the preschool child, the curriculum of kindergarten with all its elements and inputs, and the environment of the kindergarten with its specifications and characteristics. These topics constitute the essential pillars of the early childhood education system. |
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KG101 | Basic Skills in Art Education | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables the student teacher to understand the importance of art education and its scientific terminology in light of its historical development. It aims to develop the sense and aesthetic appreciation among the student teachers, instill the spirit of scientific research, and use their skills to discover knowledge about art education. |
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KG102 | Child Health and Nutrition | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course provides the student teacher with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for child health and nutrition. It emphasizes the importance and components of health and nutritional education, the essential nutritional elements for child health, the factors affecting child health, infectious diseases and their impact on children, as well as prevention and treatment methods. Additionally, it highlights the role of the kindergarten teacher in caring for the child and educating the family about nutrition. |
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KG103 | Music Education and Songs | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course provides the student teacher with the importance of music education and songs, which are considered essential skills that a teacher must master and include in their professional behavior. Therefore, it is considered a fundamental specialization requirement within the preparation requirements for kindergarten teachers. |
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KG107 | Recent Trends in Early Childhood Education | 2 | Compulsory | KG100 |
This course provides the student teacher with modern trends in child education through the educational views of both Muslim and Western scholars on educating kindergarten children. It equips them with the educational knowledge and skills necessary to interact with children and develop their own abilities and skills. The course also covers various educational theories related to child education and their impact on kindergarten children. Additionally, it presents educational models such as parental education and sensory education for kindergarten children and their effects on building a child's personality. |
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KG105 | Aesthetic Education | 2 | Compulsory | KG101 |
This course provides the student teacher with the importance of the need for aesthetic education and deepening it in the hearts of preschool children. It is based on aesthetic appreciation and sound perspectives to perceive beauty in everything around them. The aim is to enhance and develop the child's personality in all aspects. |
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KG202 | Kindergarten Administration | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course aims to equip student teachers with administrative skills for kindergartens and to implement their plans in light of contemporary changes and future aspirations. Administrative leaders in managing kindergarten institutions are required to have the functional competencies to ensure an unwavering educational service and administrative discipline that provides a climate for expansion and excellence by regulating and developing the administrative system in the kindergarten. The course aims to identify the importance, goals, and characteristics of kindergarten management, understand the elements of the administrative process, management patterns in kindergarten institutions, and the challenges facing kindergarten management. |
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KG201 | Special Teaching Strategies | 2 | Compulsory | EPSY201 |
"This course provides the student teacher with specific teaching strategies to recognize suitable learning strategies for kindergarten children. It also helps them acquire skills in preparing various and diverse activities to advance the educational and developmental process, as well as in developing the child’s personality, modifying their behavior, and achieving the desired objectives." |
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KG308 | Children for Psychological Guidance and Counseling of Children | 2 | Compulsory | - |
"This course enables the student teacher to acquire the concept of child psychological counseling, understand its goals, and become familiar with the most important methods and strategies of psychological counseling for children, including how to use them. It also covers key theories of child psychological counseling, identifies some models of psychological problems in kindergarten children, and explores the counseling methods employed." |
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KG403 | Legislation and Childhood Institutions | 2 | Compulsory | - |
"This course enables the student teacher to gain knowledge about childhood legislations and institutions, including the principles and laws that protect and care for children. It provides professional benefits by understanding children's rights and the requirements for providing them in kindergarten institutions. Additionally, it covers international institutions and organizations that are active in the field of childhood and children's rights." |
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KG401 | Development of Scientific and Mathematical Concepts | 3 | Compulsory | - |
"This course enables the student teacher to acquire scientific and mathematical concepts, as these are essential for understanding the environmental surroundings and recognizing the relationships between different living creatures. It also involves interpreting and solving symbols and problems encountered in daily life through the preparation of various and diverse activities to advance the educational and developmental process. Additionally, it supports the development of the kindergarten child's personality, modification of their behavior, and achievement of the desired goals." |
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KG417 | Family Law | 2 | Elective | - |
"This course provides the student teacher with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes related to family law. It includes information on marriage regulations, the proper criteria for choosing a spouse, and the associated rights and responsibilities. It covers the legality and rulings regarding dowries, as well as the negative consequences of divorce and related issues. Additionally, it addresses the rules and wisdom of the waiting period (iddah), maintenance obligations, and its duration." |
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KG402 | Childhood Assessments and Measures | 4 | Compulsory | EPSY302 |
"This course provides the student teacher with knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the field of tests and measurements. It includes exposure to individual and group assessments related to childhood and training in their application, as well as writing psychological reports for each test administered." |
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KG405 | Multiple Intelligences in Preschool Children | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables student teachers to acquire knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes by understanding the importance and characteristics of Multiple Intelligences Theory and its educational applications in the kindergarten stage. It contributes to identifying intelligent children and their multiple intelligence patterns, using methods and strategies that correspond to their learning approaches, and ultimately determining authentic assessment methods to achieve the desired goals. |
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KG203 | Educational competencies for kindergarten teachers | 2 | Compulsory | - |
Providing student teachers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for the educational competencies of kindergarten teachers by understanding the concept of competency and its related concepts, the foundations and sources of deriving educational competencies, and the methods of determining them. This leads to identifying the types of educational competencies necessary for kindergarten teachers in light of the twenty-first century. |
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KG416 | Development of historical and geographical concepts | 2 | Elective | - |
The course aims to equip student teachers with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes through the curriculum of historical and geographical concepts for kindergarten children. It provides them with everything related to the stages, foundations, and conditions of concept formation and familiarizes them with the most important theories. Additionally, it focuses on developing historical and geographical concepts for kindergarten children and the foundations and methods of acquiring them, supported by some activities included in the unit and corner curriculum. |
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KG303 | Early childhood issues | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables student teachers to acquire skills, knowledge, and attitudes by understanding behavioral problems in kindergarten children, how to identify them, and methods of prevention. This is achieved through learning about psychological, emotional, and behavioral disorders in early childhood during the kindergarten stage. |
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KG412 | Discussion circle in early childhood education | 2 | Elective | - |
This course enables student teachers to acquire scientific research skills to investigate the latest studies and research conducted in the field of early childhood. It serves the educational process and contributes to solving local community problems by applying the scientific method and adhering to its rules and techniques. |
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KG409 | Teaching applications | 4 | Compulsory | - |
The Teaching Applications course aims to equip student teachers with the essential skills for interacting with kindergarten children in educational activities and programs. These can be implemented and practiced within the College of Education and include skills in (planning, formulating behavioral objectives, implementation, evaluation, and educational technology). This leads to applying teaching models in cooperative, individual, and interactive groups that contribute to achieving the desired goals. |
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KG414 | Children's theater | 2 | Elective | - |
This course enables the student teacher to understand the importance of children's theater in using theatrical illusion to teach and instill values. This is achieved through engaging in educational scenarios, role-playing games that combine play and theatrical situations, and educational games that involve both play and information. Additionally, it involves transforming academic subjects into knowledge games that children actively share among themselves, moving away from rote memorization and focusing on embedding fundamental societal values. |
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KG302 | Children's library | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables the student teacher to understand children's libraries, their importance, objectives, and types, as well as the scientific and educational services they provide, which encompass all aspects of a child's personality. The presence of a library contributes to the development of children's culture, scientific, social, emotional, and physical aspects, and enhances their abilities. It offers essential educational services through information, artistic competitions, acting, drawing, music, storytelling, and recreational trips. |
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KG415 | First aid | 2 | Elective | - |
This course enables the student teacher to learn about the various methods of handling minor injuries in kindergarten children. The primary goal is to prevent the condition of the injured child from worsening until they can be taken to the hospital for treatment by specialized doctors. Examples include dealing with foreign objects swallowed by the child, cuts, bruises, fractures, burns, and other injuries. |
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KG404 | Communication skills | 4 | Compulsory | - |
This course equips student teachers with communication skills due to their significant impact on the development of a child's personality. It is essential to prepare student teachers for effective and successful communication with themselves and others. Additionally, teachers and parents contribute to enhancing their children's communication skills by understanding the psychological foundations of communication and perception, communication from the behavioral perspective, and communication from the cognitive perspective. The course covers essential communication skills, techniques for developing listening skills in kindergarten teachers, and diagnosing speaking and listening skills in children to foster these abilities in kindergarten children. |
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KG413 | Physical education for children | 2 | Elective | - |
The Physical Education course enables kindergarten students to acquire essential physical skills. It addresses the training needs of young children to develop their large and small muscles and aims to bring joy and happiness to the children through sports competitions. |
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KG306 | Motor education for children | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables the student teacher to understand the importance of motor education for preschool children by explaining the concept of motor education and its cognitive and emotional dimensions, as well as its role in socialization. It also highlights the significance of motor education in kindergartens, the conditions for providing motor experiences to young children, and includes various exercises and games that have educational and psychological benefits for the child. |
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KG204 | Development of linguistic concepts and skills | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables the student teacher to understand the development of language in children, studying the structure and evolution of language, and how language is learned. It includes recognizing the child's vocabulary, readiness, and skills to equip future kindergarten teachers with the necessary concepts for preschoolers. The course provides essential experiences for forming and developing concepts in young children, along with practical applications for language learning and enhancing communication skills in children. |
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KG301 | Cognitive and moral development of the child | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course provides the student teacher with the importance of moral and cognitive development and the essential knowledge related to developmental cognitive theory. It helps them acquire practical skills in teaching and guiding children in cognitive and moral domains, understanding the skills needed to diagnose and assess mental performance and ethical behavior. The course also equips the learner with methods to develop various concepts throughout the stages of a child's mental and cognitive growth. |
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KG406 | Learning difficulties in preschool children | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course provides the student teacher with the most important theories related to learning disabilities and the key characteristics of this group. It equips the student with knowledge about the theories concerning learning disabilities, including their historical development. The course focuses on identifying the learning disabilities experienced by kindergarten children within the educational environment, recognizing developmental difficulties, and formulating remedial plans to address them. |
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KG106 | Child psychology | 2 | Compulsory | EPSY100 |
This course provides the student teacher with theoretical knowledge about child psychology, including the concept of child psychology and the nature of development. It covers the purpose of studying child psychology, factors influencing development, developmental requirements, and characteristics of growth, such as physical and motor development, social, cognitive, linguistic, and emotional development. |
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KG205 | Environmental education | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course provides the student teacher with an understanding of the interaction between humans and the environment. It covers the concept of environmental education, highlights the key environmental issues in Libyan society, and emphasizes the importance of environmental education for children. The course also explores the relationship between development and the environment, identifies various types of environmental pollutants, and discusses ways to preserve the environment. |
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KG307 | Psychology of giftedness and creativity | 4 | Compulsory | KG106 |
This course equips the student teacher with skills to work with gifted and creative preschool children. It provides information and theories explaining gifted individuals, methods for identifying creative abilities in gifted children, and ways to discover gifted and creative children through appropriate educational and guidance programs. |
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KG104 | Introduction to social psychology | 2 | Compulsory | - |
By studying this course, the student teacher gains knowledge about the nature, goals, and foundations of social psychology. It increases their awareness of the mutual influence between the individual and their society. The course enables them to interpret social phenomena and behaviors, develop skills to manage and control these interactions positively, and achieve psychological and social adjustment, along with their general aspirations and successes. |
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KG407 | Designing preschool programs | 4 | Compulsory | - |
This course covers educational programs for kindergartens, including their definition, importance, objectives, types, and the educational and psychological foundations of their design. It also addresses how to design and produce these programs effectively. |
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KG206 | Child play psychology | 2 | Compulsory | KG107 |
This course covers educational programs for kindergartens, including their definition, importance, objectives, types, and the educational and psychological foundations of their design. It also addresses how to design and produce these programs effectively. |
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KG304 | Psychology of children with disabilities | 2 | Compulsory | KG106 |
This course provides the student teacher with the different types of disabilities and the distinctions between them. It defines the concepts specific to each type of disability and explains how to identify them. |
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KG305 | Child cognition psychology | 3 | Compulsory | - |
This course aims to enable the student teacher to learn the knowledge, skills, and patterns and theories of thinking to improve the mental and cognitive abilities of kindergarten children. |
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KG408 | Methods for Behavior Analysis and Modification | 2 | Compulsory | - |
This course enables the student teacher to gain an understanding of the concept of behavior modification, its historical background, and the theoretical foundations on which it is based. It focuses on how to use methods for modifying undesirable behavior, building good behavior, reinforcing it, and generalizing it. |
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EN100 | English Language 1 | 1 | General | - |
"This course covers the basic grammatical rules of the English language and how to use them, including the basic tenses, forming interrogative and negative sentences, and affirmative statements. It introduces the use of the language in daily conversations and teaches how to write sentences in English with correct spelling and grammar." |
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EN101 | English Language 2 | 1 | General | EN100 |
"Developing the student's ability to communicate effectively in writing in English, and equipping the student with language skills that enable them to use the language correctly." |
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KG207 | Culture and Literature for Kindergarten Children | 2 | Compulsory | KG107 |
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KG410 | Graduation Project | 4 | Compulsory | - |
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