Academic Standards

Preparing Vocational Rehabilitation Teachers for Children with Special Needs

Knowledge and understanding:

• Graduate of Preparation Program of vocational qualification teachers have to acquire the following knowledge and concepts:
• Principles of native and foreign language and literature.
• Theories of Psychology and Education.
• Curricula, programs and methods of child rearing.
• Management of kindergartens and the educational environment.
• History of education and philosophical and social origins of education.
• Knowledge of childhood problems and methods of dealing with normal and special needs children.
• computer programs and information technology.
• Maternal and child health and nutrition and first aid principles.
• Disabilities: their categories and diagnosis, their causes, and their method of care.
• Educational and community inclusion for people with special needs.
• Characteristics and manifestations of child development.
• Basics of scientific research, psychological and educational measurement Foundations of preparing the child to learn different concepts.
• Children's culture media.
• Arts related to the education of the child.
• Citizenship Rights and Childhood Legislation.
• Talent and transcendence concept, categories, and styles of care. Development programs for people with special needs.
• Arts and cultural media and their applications in the care of children with special needs.
• Local, regional and international laws, legislations and charters on the rights of children with special needs.

Intellectual Skills:

After the successful completion of the Preparation Program of vocational qualification teachers, the graduate is able to do the following:

• Observe, analyze, interpret, and follow up data and information related to the child accurately and objectively.
• Propose 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 it with previous experience
• Analyze and evaluate information in the field of specialization, and practice deduction skills.
• Understand the psychological effects associated with children with special needs.
• Interpret emotional and behavioral problems for special needs children.
• Anticipate the behaviors of special needs children, and deal with them.
• Suggest appropriate educational activities to treat children with special needs..

Professional skills:

By successfully completing the Preparation Program of vocational qualification teachers, the graduate will be able to do the Following:

• Practice diverse educational strategies within and out the kindergarten.
• Develop an implementation plan for safe and innovative teaching and learning activities.
• Practice professional ethics, and participate positively with the various institutions and bodies of society concerned with the children .
• Employ scientific research and cutting-edge skills to solve childhood problems
• Equip the educational environment and learning centers with materials and devices taking into account the needs of children, individual differences between them, and discovering talents inside and outside the kindergarten.
• Produce appropriate teaching tools, teaching aids and applied work for teaching and learning activities.
• Use endorsement and encouragement methods and stimulation of the child's motivation as well as employ appropriate evaluation methods.
• Use theoretical concepts and knowledge and information technology in the development of children's skills and learning.
  Evaluate special needs children using scientific methods and appropriate tools.
• Participate in the preparation of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic programs to meet the needs of children with special needs.
• Apply methods of qualification and inclusion of children with special needs.
• Train children with special needs in life skills and self-protection.
• Employ arts and cultural media in the field of caring for students with special needs..

General and transferrable skills:

• successfully completing the Preparation Program of vocational qualification teachers, the graduate will be able to:
• Use and master the native language and one of the foreign languages.
• Communicate effectively with institutions concerned with the field of childhood.
• Manage time and resources in their various activities.
• Work effectively in a team.
• Seek Continuous professional development based on self-learning skills and continuous learning.
• Use modern technology to obtain information and knowledge.