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PROGRAM SPECIFICATION
Master of Education in Curriculum and General
Teaching Methods
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Vision of the Program:
Uniqueness of the scientific research and its originality in the field of Curricula and Teaching Methods globally.
Mission of the Program:
To develop graduates professionally at the professional and research levels in order to meet the needs of the labor market and enable them to keep abreast with what is new in the Curriculum and Teaching Methods on the global stage.
Program Objectives:
Empowering students with scientific research skills in the field of Curricula and Teaching Methods, in order to achieve competitiveness in this field at all levels (local, regional, and global).
To enable students to keep abreast of developments in curriculum construction and development, in accordance with the latest scientific standards and developments in science in this field.
To enable students to study and analyze the interrelated educational issues related to the different education sciences and then to study them through research teams.
Preparation of researcher teacher who able to identify educational problems and find appropriate solutions to them.
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Target Groups:
Admission Requirements:
Program Requirements :
Attendance: The student is prohibited from continuing to study any of the program's courses and entering the final exam if his absence exceeds (25%) of the total number of lectures and practical lessons, and the field lessons, and is considered a failure in it.
The student is not considered successful in the course unless he receives at least a good grade.
The student does not graduate until after the completion of the
requirements of the degree, and at a cumulative rate not less than (very good)
General and special conditions for admission to the program are announced on the website of the Deanship of Graduate Studies
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The program aims at:
Employees in education, at all levels (Male and Female teachers, and supervisors).
Interested in scientific research in the field of Curriculum and Teaching Methods.
Male and Female teaching assistants in Saudi Universities in the field of Curricula and Teaching Methods.
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Program Components:
• It is an academic program that aims to enable the student to acquire the skills of scientific research and its tools, so that he can apply modern theories in building and developing curricula, and apply the appropriate educational theories in the field of teaching and help solve educational problems related to teaching and student achievement in stages of Public Education or University Education, through:
A. Regularity of study for (4) study levels.
B. Number of units of the program of the research project path (45) units of study, and the number of units of the thesis’s path (41) units of study.
C. The program consists of a set of courses, distributed as follows:
1. - Path of the Research Project Mandatory
Specialty
Selective Specialty / College
Mandatory/
College
Research Project
24 Unites 6 Unites 9 Unites 6 Unites
2. - Path of the Thesis
Mandatory Specialty
Selective Specialty / College
Mandatory/
College
Research Project
18 Unites 6 Unites 9 Unites 8 Unites
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