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Basic education

Course Description: The course includes the concept of basic education, its philosophy, objectives, and structure, its origins, characteristics, and justifications for its adoption. The competencies that basic education seeks to impart to its students, and the curricula of basic education, the basic education teacher: their characteristics and roles, basic education administration, the child in the basic education stage and their developmental characteristics, basic education and the development of work values, the reality of basic education in the Kingdom, its problems and ways to address them, and Arab and international experiences and models in the field of basic education.

Credits: 2

Objectives of the course :

The student should be knowledgeable in the theoretical knowledge and basic concepts of basic education, its philosophy, goals, structure, and its fundamental elements: the teacher, the child, curriculum and its administration, its reality and problems, the competencies of basic education students and educational innovations witnessed in the 21st century, and the experiences and practices of some countries in the field of basic education. .

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
- Extract the concept of basic education and its associated core concepts.
– Highlights the historical development of basic education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Explains the philosophy, goals, and basic structure of primary education.
– Identifies the reality of basic education in the Kingdom and its problems.
– Analyzes the competencies of basic education students in the 21st century.
– It surrounds the educational reforms that basic education has witnessed at the global, Arab, and local levels.
– Classifies the basics of scientific research in the origins of education.
Skills:
-.Assesses the competencies of primary school students in the 21st century.
Compares different structures of primary education.
– Develops a future vision for how to develop primary education in the Kingdom. .
- Deduce the justifications for educational innovations in primary education in the Kingdom. .
Analyzes the causes of primary education problems in the Kingdom and how to address them. .
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
- Adheres to the professional ethics of an elementary school teacher.
– Utilizes self-learning skills and modern techniques to search for foundational knowledge related to primary education.
He adheres to the etiquette of discussion and dialogue in his relationships with others.
Possesses leadership skills for work teams within the job or within his profession.
His performance and the performance of his colleagues are based on what he studied in the course.

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Last Updated: 2026-05-11