Primary Education – Discontinuous Undergraduate

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1-1 Definition and Purpose of the Program

The discontinuous undergraduate program in primary education is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of primary school teachers. This program is designed in such a way that the teacher, while recognizing their role in the teaching-learning process, familiarity with new educational methods, and understanding the need to keep up with the scientific and educational developments, will guide the young generation of the society towards the growth in all aspects, specially the development of the required basic skills.

– Familiarity with the principles, approaches, goals, contents, teaching and evaluation methods of primary school curriculum.
– Acquiring skills in reviewing and analyzing primary school curriculum and have an effective role in their implementation.
– Acquiring the necessary attitudes or new knowledge in the field of primary education.

1-2 Alumni's Mission and Ability

Upon completion of this program, alumni are expected to acquire the following competences and abilities:

1- Familiarity with how to acquire knowledge in order to develop students in school subjects.

2- Familiarity with the educational role of society, social and cultural institutions, family, and school.

3- Recognizing their role as a facilitator in the learning process.

4- Recognizing the basic parts of the thinking process.

5 – Familiarity with the ideas and principles of learning in primary school.

6- Familiarity with the principles of educational design in order to create flexibility in the implementation of curriculum appropriate to the learners’ conditions.

7- Familiarity with learning resources and how to use them in developing professional competencies.

8- Familiarity with the curriculum planning process.

9- Familiarity with learning resources, and how to prepare and use them in educational design.

10- Recognizing the growth specifications of students in primary school in order to facilitate their growth in all aspects.

11- Familiarity with study and research methods.

12- Recognizing the principles of primary education in order to use them in students' learning.

13 – Familiarity with different teaching methods and evaluation of students' performance in different areas of learning.

1-3 Program Curriculum

The length of discontinuous undergraduate program in this field is 2 years and all of the courses presents in “unit” educational system and during 4 semesters. Each semester is 16 weeks and the teaching time of each theoretical unit in one semester is 16 hours, each practical unit is 32 hours, and each workshop unit is 48 hours.

1-4 Number and Type of Courses

The total number of units is 70 as follows:
General Courses: 4 Units
Educative Courses: 9 Units
Core and Specialized Courses: 43 Units
Elective Courses: 10 Units

First Semester

Item	Course Title	Number of Units	Type of Courses	Prerequisite
1	Developmental Psychology	2	Core and Specialized	–
2	Psychology of Language (with a concentration on Teaching Persian Language)	3	Core and Specialized	–
3	Teaching Method of Physical Education	2	Core and Specialized	–
4	New Teaching-Learning Methods and their Application in Primary Education	3	Core and Specialized	–
5	Social-Educational Activities	2	Core and Specialized	–
6	Child Counseling	2	Elective	–
7	Principles and Philosophy of Education	3	Educative	–
8	English Language	3	General	–
	Sum of Semester Units	20

First Semester

Second Semester

Item	Course Title	Number of Units	Type of Courses	Prerequisite
1	Statistical Methods in Educational Science	2	Core and Specialized	–
2	Educational Design	2	Core and Specialized	New Teaching-Learning Methods and their Application in Primary Education
3	Design and Study of Learning and Teaching Issues	3	Core and Specialized	–
4	Specialized English Language (Specialized Texts in Primary Education)	2	Core and Specialized	–
5	Comparative Education	2	Elective	–
6	Learning Psychology	2	Core-Specialized	Developmental Psychology
7	Principles of Curriculum Planing	2	Educative	Principles and Philosophy of Education
8	Organization and Management in Education	2	Educative	–
9	Research Method with a Concentration on Educational Science	2	Educative	–
10	Physical Education II	1	General	–
	Sum of Semester Units	20

Second Semester

First Summer Semester

Item	Course Title	Number of Units	Type of Courses	Prerequisite
1	Game Psychology	2	Elective	–
2	Sociology of Education	2	Elective	–
3	Methods of Studying and Book-Reading	2	Elective	–
	Sum of Semester Units	6

First Summer Semester

Third Semester

Item	Course Title	Number of Units	Type of Courses	Prerequisite
1	Teaching Art in Primary Education	2	Core and Specialized	New Teaching-Learning Methods and their Application in Primary Education
2	Teaching Mathematics in Primary Education	2	Core and Specialized	New Teaching-Learning Methods and their Application in Primary Education
3	Teaching Experimental Sciences in Primary Education	2	Core and Specialized	New Teaching-Learning Methods and their Application in Primary Education
4	Teaching Social Studies in Primary Education	2	Core and Specialized	New Teaching-Learning Methods and their Application in Primary Education
5	Teaching Method of Religious Teaching	2	Core and Specialized	–
6	Analysis of Primary Education Curriculum	2	Core-Specialized	Principles of Curriculum Planing
7	Analysis of the Content of the Primary Education Books I	2	Core and Specialized	Analysis of Primary Education Curriculum
8	Analysis of the Content of the Primary Education Books II	2	Analysis of the Content of the Primary Education Books I	Core and Specialized
9	Application of Computer Softwares in Elementary Education	2	Core and Specialized	Educational Design
10	Achievement Test	2	Core and Specialized	Educational Design
11	The History of Islam	2	General	–
12	Islamic Texts	2	General	–
	Sum of Semester Units	24

Third Semester

Second Summer Term or Presentation to the Professor at the end of the Third Semester (for Students with Different Fields)

Item	Course Title	Number of Units	Type of Courses	Prerequisite
1	General Methods and Techniques of Teaching	3	Make-up Class	–
2	Educational Psychology	3	Make-up Class	–
	Sum of Semester Units	6

Second Summer Term or Presentation to the Professor at the end of the Third Semester (for Students with Different Fields)

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