Bachelor of Education in Elementary Education

This program provides students with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to become highly qualified educators at the elementary school level. The study plan includes a combination of academic and professional coursework with field experience in the classroom that prepares graduates for teaching in the real world. The program gives the students the opportunity to select a concentration track within four areas of Elementary Education. These concentration tracks include English Language, Islamic Studies and Arabic, Mathematics and Science, and Social Studies and Civics.

Program Objectives

• Understand the concepts, principles, theories, and research related to the development of children to construct learning opportunities that support individual students' development, acquisition of knowledge and language, and motivation.
• Demonstrate knowledge of instructional strategies and media communication techniques based on knowledge of students, learning theory, subject matter, curricular goals, and community to assist students in developing critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
• Understand the formal and informal assessment strategies to plan, evaluate, and strengthen instruction that assist in promoting continuous intellectual, social, emotional, physical and health development of children in elementary schools.
• Develop awareness of lifelong professional development, professional ethics and partnerships and collaboration with colleagues, stakeholders, parents and community at large.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Describe major concepts, principles, theories, and research in specialized disciplines at the elementary education level.
• Develop instructional strategies based on knowledge of students, learning theories, subject matters, curricular goals, social norms, and different standards developed by stakeholders and specialized international agencies for elementary education.
• Employ formal and informal assessment strategies to plan, evaluate, and strengthen instruction in the elementary school.
• Use recent media communication techniques to foster active collaboration, and supportive interaction in the elementary schools to conduct research projects using appropriate research methods.
• Create learning opportunities that support individual students' development, acquisition of knowledge and motivation in the elementary school.
• Plan for elementary school instruction based on knowledge of diverse students, learning theories, subject matters, curricular goals, institutional and ethical standards and community.
• Use a variety of teaching and learning strategies and recent media communication techniques to encourage elementary school students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, research skills and performance skills.
• Demonstrate willingness, competence and strategies to work independently and in a team to respond to different situations and problems.
• Develop awareness, willingness and practices for lifelong career professional development.
• Develop relationships and partnership with families, colleagues and stakeholders to enhance elementary school children’s intellectual, social, emotional, and physical growth.