EPSY 201 : General Teaching Methods

Department

Academic Program

Type

Compulsory

Credits

Prerequisite

Overview

The student acquires some cognitive, emotional and skill aspects of education related to teaching and its methods that help them in teaching general education curricula. The student is characterized by the moral values and positive attitudes required by the teaching profession. The student has the ability to use modern teaching methods that emphasize the learners' activity and positivity and take into account the individual differences among them. The student formulates behavioral goals in its various fields (cognitive, emotional, and psychomotor): He has the ability to plan effectively (daily, quarterly, and annual), and he has the ability to manage the classroom effectively.

Intended learning outcomes

At the end of the residence the student will be able to:

1. list the characteristics of a successful teacher's prescriptions and duties

2. Learn the concept and features of class instructions, its foundations, and criteria for selection.

3. Explain the concept of goals and the importance of setting them.

4. List some examples of general teaching methods.

5. Apply the steps of planning instruction.

6. Distinguish between characteristics and duties of a classroom teacher.

7. Compare the characteristics of the methods of instruction, its foundations, and criteria for selection.

8. Infer the concept of goals and the importance of setting them.

9. Compare some models of general teaching methods.

10. To draw the steps for good lesson planning

11. Apply knowledge of the characteristics of a teacher in their profession.

12. Infer differences between features of methods in instruction.

13. To formulate various behavioral goals (cognitive, emotional, and skill)

14. Be able to use different teaching methods.

15. Plan for some general education lessons according to his/her field of study.

16. Be able to communicate, in written and in oral form

17. Be able to work on a group team

18. Self-learn and have the ability for continuous learning.

19. Use computer technology and the Internet to search for information.

Teaching and learning methods

The methods used to enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills and goals of the course.

- Lecture to demonstrate theoretical concepts and knowledge experiences.

- Discussion and dialog.

- Self-Learning

- Mini-Learning: Showing sample lessons.

Methods of assessments

1. First written test (multiple choice mode)

2. Second written test (multiple choice mode)

3. Final exam (multiple choice mode)

4. Oral Test

5. Structural (periodic) continuous assessment

6. Educational activities (e.g. writing a report or criticizing an exhibition)

7. Discussions

(Course contents)

Week	Topic Name
1	Teacher’s characteristics, traits, and duties
2	Concept of method and instruction
3	The advantages of a good method, its foundations and its selection criteria
4	objectives and the importance of identifying them as essentials of the learning process
5	First half Exam
5	Educational applications of Behavioral objectives by Bloom/
6	The emotional field and its educational applications
7	The psychological field as a dynamic (skills), and its educational applications.
8	Examples of some general teaching methods: Lecture, discussion
10	A second mid-term exam
11	Examples of some general teaching methods: Extrapolation. Measurement method, cooperative learning.
12	Discover, solve problems.
13	Computer education.
14	Plan and prepare class instructions. Its meaning and types, and evaluate learning outcomes.
15	Final exam

المراجع(References)

Reference Title	Publisher	Copy	Author	Where it is
Instruction note		2018	Al-Bashir Al-Qirouti	College Library
General pedagogy	Al-Massira Publishing and Distribution	2005	Tawfiq Ahmed Meri	Library
General teaching methods	Egyptian Renaissance	1998	Mohamed Abdel Qader Ahmed	Outdoor library
Fundamentals in Teaching Design	The Yazuri	2002	Abdul Hafiz Salama	External Library
Teaching Science Portal (Learning process Analysis)	University Book House	2003	Mohammed Al-Durayj	The eye
Teaching principles and skills	Al Rashed Library	2008	Maher Ismail Sabri Mohamed	Riyadh
Purposeful Instruction	University Book House	2004	Mohammed Al-Durayj	The eye
General pedagogy	The Culture House	2009	Adel Abu Al-Ezzz, Salama and others
Effective Pedagogy	Dar Al Safa'	2011	Muhammad Al-Khuza'a and others	Amman
Contemporary pedagogy	Book World	2012	Sonia Hanem	Cairo
General pedagogy	Al-Massira Publishing House	2013	Tawfiq Ahmed Meri	Amman
21st century Teaching Fundamentals	Al-Dadthought Publishing House	2014	Tadqan 'Obeidat and Suhaila Abu Al-Samad	Amman

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