Academic Standards - English Program

Program of Preparing Kindergarten Teachers in English

Knowledge and understanding:

• The graduate of the kindergarten teacher preparation program in English must have acquired the following knowledge and concepts:
• Principles of native and foreign languages and its literature.
• Theories of psychology and education.
  
• Curricula, programs and methods of child education.
  
• Management of Kindergarten and educational environment.
• The history of education and the philosophical and social foundations of education.
• Knowledge of childhood problems and methods of dealing with normal children and those with special needs.
• Characteristics and features of child development.
• Fundamentals of scientific research and psychological and educational measurement.
• Basics of orienting the child to learn different concepts.
• Child culture media.
• Performing arts related to child education.
• Citizenship rights and childhood legislation.
• Computer programs and information technology.
• Maternal and child health and nutrition and first aid principles.
• The characteristics of the vocal apparatus, its components, and its function.
• The process of oral communication: its foundations and skills.
• The social function of language.
• Text properties and elements.
• The nature of language and its origins.
• Requirements of the correct translation of the language.

Graduate Specifications
Professional skills:

• After successfully completing the kindergarten teacher preparation program in English, the graduate will be able to:
  
• Practicing various educational strategies inside and outside the kindergarten.
  
• Develop an implementation plan for safe and innovative teaching and learning activities.
• Practicing the ethics of the profession, and participating positively with the various institutions and agencies of society concerned with childhood.
• The use of scientific research skills and advanced research to solve childhood problems.
• Equipping the educational environment and learning centers with materials and devices, taking into account the needs of children and the individual differences between them, and
• discovering talents inside and outside the kindergarten.
  
• Producing educational tools and aids suitable for teaching and learning activities.
  Using methods of reinforcement and encouragement and stimulating the child's motivation to learn, and using appropriate evaluation methods.
  
• The use of concepts, theoretical knowledge and information technology in the development and learning of children's skills
• Determine the main idea and detailed ideas.
• Employing grammar in understanding and writing texts.
• Express the contents of different texts and their meanings with her voice.
• Writing in proper language in different situations and purposes.
• Renew and update their linguistic knowledge on an continuous basis.

Mental skills:

• After successfully completing the kindergarten teacher preparation program in English, the graduate will be able to:
  
• Observe, analyze, interpret and follow-up data and information related to the child accurately and objectively.
  
• Suggest creative solutions to face educational, life and professional situations.
  
• Practice leadership skills and make appropriate decisions.
  
• Extract knowledge in child-rearing curricula and programs, and integrate them with previous experience.
  
• Analyze and evaluate information in the field of specialization, and practice deduction skills.
  
  
• Text analysis.
  
• Understand the author's purpose.
  
• Elicit the meanings of vocabulary in context.
  
• Improvise language in different communication situations.

Generic and transferable skills:

• After successfully completing the kindergarten teacher preparation program in English, the graduate will be able to:
  
• The use and mastery of the native language and one of the foreign languages.
  
• Effective communication of various types with institutions concerned with the field of childhood.
• Manage time and resources in various activities.
• work within a team effectively.
• Seek continuous professional development opportunities based on self- and continuous learning.
• Use modern technology to obtain information and knowledge