Program Structure 9 courses = 36 credit hours,
practical training = 18 credit hours
Ph. D. thesis = 36 credit hours
About the Academic Track
The PhD of “Education” is one of the postgraduate doctoral tracks in the Institute of Postgraduate Studies. It is mainly concerned with the educational process and learning process. It is concerned with the education process and its planning, design, development, methods of implementation, management, technologies, evaluation, supervision and follow-up. It is also concerned with the performance of the teacher, his professional development and his role in education, especially in the era of the Internet, and then works to rehabilitate him and provide him with modern educational, administrative, evaluative, supervisory and technological skills and strategies, according to the latest findings of psychological and educational studies in terms of knowledge and knowledge in the field of Education and multimedia educational technology (Multimedia of Instruction). It is also concerned with the student’s learning process, the learning strategies that he employs during his learning, his thinking skills, and how he learns (Learning and Cognitive Strategies), in order to know how to learn effectively so as to encourage him to be self-reliant in learning, and to use multiple technological educational media, especially in this technical age that depends on On technology in all areas of knowledge. Thus, this program focuses on the teaching and learning processes and examines the strategies that work to improve the performance of the teacher and everyone who works in the education system, raise his professional level and prepare him for the necessary preparation that qualifies him in the future to effectively meet the needs of the labor market in the field of education locally and regionally. This is so that he, in turn, can facilitate the student’s learning process effectively and raise his scientific level, and then graduate him as a well-equipped, educated, skilled, thinker, researcher in all fields of science and knowledge.
Objectives
- The academic track aims to provide qualifications for a doctoral degree in education to bridge the deficit in most universities.
- It also aims to provide many applied and field researches that are useful in planning and developing
- educational curricula and solving problems. Providing services and consultations to members of the local community in the field of education.
The First Stage
- The student studies nine courses, distributed as follows:
- √ Six compulsory courses.
- √Three elective courses from among the courses offered by the faculty for Ph.D. students.
- The study is conducted through research seminars in each course, and the research seminar relies on multiple references and is in accordance with the scientific research methodology and standards.
- The study of each of the eight courses takes four credit hours for a minimum of four weeks, and it may be more than that according to the abilities of each student, after which the student’s competency and knowledge test is held in the course he finished, then he starts in another course in the same way, and so on.
- Courses studied in the first year, the student has the right to extend the study for a period not exceeding a second year.
- If a specialization track is chosen within the general program, elective courses will have to be studied from the courses designated for the chosen specialization.
The Second Stage
● The student is assigned a virtual two course that the faculty chooses from among the courses that the student studied at the bachelor’s level. This is a practical training for the student, with ten credit hours. The student must divide this course into twelve to fourteen abbreviated lectures. The student presents each lecture in the form of a written summary of its topic in Word format, accompanied by a video recording of it in the student’s voice using the Power Point program. Its duration is not less than ten minutes and not more than twenty minutes.
The Thrid Stage
Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a Ph. D. degree in Education and Social Sciences
- Requirements for registering a thesis topic for a Ph.d degree in Education and Social Sciences The student must pass the prescribed academic courses with at least 70%.
- The student obtains a TOEFL certificate with a score of at least 450, or its equivalent, or obtains a corresponding certificate in the French language, with the exception of those who obtained a first university degree in one of the two languages, or in one of the two languages.
- The student submits a request to the university administration to register a Ph. D. thesis with a suggested topic in one of the sub-specialized tracks.
- If the initial approval of the subject title is achieved, the Faculty Council shall specify a supervisor to guide the student and follow him up in preparing the plan.
- The research plan includes the importance of the subject and a critical presentation of the previous studies in it, and a specification of the research problem, then defining the methodology of the study and its main hypotheses or the questions that you want to answer, and the division of the study and its sources.
- The student presents his proposed plan in a scientific seminar. The plan discusses a topic and methodology.
- The student amends his plan based on the notes of the professors in the seminar if he is asked to amend it.
- The plan is presented after the seminar to the Faculty Council to take its decision regarding the registration of the subject.
- In the event of approval, the decision of the Faculty Council is presented to the University Council to approve the registration, and the date of registration is calculated from the date of approval by the University Council.
Jury discussion and degree awarding
- The minimum period for preparing a Ph. D. thesis is 16 months, starting from the date of approval of the University Council to register the subject, and the maximum is 7 years, which can be extended for a third exceptional year upon the recommendation of the supervisor and The approval of the Faculty Council, provided that the total period of the student’s enrollment in the degree does not exceed four years.
- The supervisor submits a semi-annual report that includes what has been accomplished, and what is required in the remaining period.
- After the student completes the thesis and the supervisor reviews it, the supervisor submits to the university administration a report stating that it is valid for discussion, including an evaluation of the student’s performance during the thesis preparation period of 140 degrees, along with submission a full A copy of the thesis signed by him, and a letter with the names of the jury proposed by the professors of the discipline, for presentation to the council the faculty.
- It is required that before the student’s discussion, at least fifteen days have passed from the date of approval of the jury committee from the faculty.
- The jury committee formed to discuss the thesis is six months, which may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
- The period of validity of the committee formed to discuss thesis is six months. It may be renewed for a similar period based on a report from the supervisor and the approval of the Faculty Council.
- Each member of the jury writes a detailed scientific report on the validity of the thesis for discussion, and evaluates the thesis out of 100 grade, and the average of the three degrees is taken.
- The student may not be discussed unless he obtains at least 70% of the supervisor’s evaluation of his performance and the jury members’ evaluation of the thesis in the individual reports.
- Submit a post-dissertation group report signed by all members of the jury evaluating the thesis discussion out of 100.
- The thesis is approved after public discussion by the jury with one of the grades shown in the following table:
Definition Point Grade Excellent 4.00 A+ Excellent 3.75 A Very Good 3.50 B+ Very Good 3.00 B Good 2.50 C+ Average 2.00 C Pass on probation 1.50 D+ Pass on probation 1.00 D Fail 0.00 F
- The following grades are not taken into account for the semester or cumulative GPA.
Thesis or project in progress : DP Incomplete : I In progress : IP Registration has been suspended : L The grade has not been decided : NGR Did not take the final exam. : NP Transferred course. : T Withdraw from the course. : W The course covers two semesters, the degree is given at the end of the spring or summer semester. : YR There are no credit hours. : NC One credit hour taken as a private student. The credit hours and the degree do not count towards the degree : ND Re-submitted course, only the last grade is used in calculating the GPA. : R Credit taken as a special student. Credit hours and grade counted towards a degree. : S Credits
Before the 2016-2017 fall semester 1 credit point is equivalent to 1 semester lecture hour. In the 2016 – 2017 fall semester the University introduced the ECTS – European Credit Transfer System.Academic Calendar
International Suleiman University calendar is based on the semester system. Each semester has a duration of 15 weeks including the week of the final exam. The summer semester is 10 weeks long, including the final exam.
Core Courses for General Track
Advanced Studies in Scientific Research Methodology
Course code: DESS101
Course name: Advanced Studies in Scientific Research Methodology
Credit hours: 4.00
This course includes a general review of research methods and their components. It also includes the various research designs that are used in experimental studies conducted in the educational, psychological and social fields. It also introduces the characteristics, uses, and factors threatening their validity. This course deals with the use of well-known statistical software in analyzing educational data, such as SAS, SPSS, AMOS software. This course focuses on data entry and organization, and the use of software to examine and analyze data using advanced descriptive, inferential and correlational statistical methods such as ANOVA in its various forms, one-way and factorial. repeated measures, and analysis of variance (ANCOVA). The course also deals with the main correlational designs, such as simple and multiple regression analysis, and paths analysis.
Education Strategies
Course code: DEEL101
Course name: Education Strategies
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of strategy, learning theories and education theories, focusing on education for learning and motivating learners for self-learning. And student-based learning strategies such as cooperative learning, project learning, community learning, e-learning, research learning, drama, pioneering learning, and learning through groups. Learning takes place by integrating theory and practice. After discussing each strategy, it is applied within the framework of micro-education or research projects.
Advanced Studies in Education Planning and Design
Course code: DEEL102
Course Name: Advanced Studies in Education Planning and Design
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of education planning, its design, its fields, and its benefits for each of the teacher, the curriculum developer, and the student, and the items of the education plan according to the “Druze” model for designing education, such as general educational objectives, specific behavioral, and the type of educational content studied in terms of concepts, principles, procedures, and facts, and the educational and administrative strategy. , educational activities, electronic and non-automated automated teaching aids, mental stimulants, and corrective tools at the theoretical and practical levels. It also deals with the model picture of the education plan, which guarantees quality for each of its items, and consistency between these items. And the framework in which the planning process takes place, such as knowing the characteristics of the individual learner, the capabilities available in the educational environment, the timetable, and the appropriate budget.
Advanced studies in Measurement and Evaluation
Course code: DEEL103
Course name: Advanced studies in Measurement and Evaluation
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of academic evaluation and the difference between it and measurement and research. It also deals with alternative or original evaluation and its various tools. Knowing the internal and external standards that are conducted in light of it, and the patterns of evaluation processes: such as the evaluation with reference performance, the reference criterion, the formative evaluation, the collective evaluation, the confirmatory evaluation, the evaluation of student achievement, the nature of school achievement tests, the measurement tools in general, the steps for their design, and the types of their questions, such as editorial and objective. , semi-objective, open and restricted, specification (criteria) of good questions, consistency with measured objectives, and content studied. It discusses tools for measuring and evaluating learning for the learner and the institution. Considering measurement is a means of learning through the reference criteria that are set.
Employing Tchnology in Education
Course code: DEEL104
Course name: Employing Tchnology in Education
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with strategies for employing technology in teaching and learning, a discussion of several related concepts between open learning, e-learning, blended learning, and educational design for electronic courses. It also deals with the concept of open educational resources, the mechanism of their production and dissemination, and how to benefit from and access publications from them through databases and free open learning resources. In addition to getting acquainted with the principles and ethics of electronic publishing and the applicable publishing licenses.
Training and Qualification of Teachers
Course code: DEEL106
Course name: Training and Qualification of Teachers
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of teacher qualification and professional development, and the items that work to qualify him, such as training him on how to formulate general educational and behavioral goals, analyze the studied educational content and identify its components of concepts, principles, procedures, and facts, identify educational activities, and use electronic and non-educational means. electronic devices, setting mental stimulants, setting educational questions, evaluating student performance, how to manage the classroom and control riotous behavior, and provide a comfortable psychological climate for learning. This is in addition to the role of the teacher as an educator, evaluator, supervisor, planner, administrator, and academic as an interpreter of information, user of technology and multimedia, designer of lessons, and encourager of students to interact with the educational environment, including teachers, classmates, principal, educational material, and the local community. And a motivator for the student to adjust, control and direct his learning process. It also deals with pre-service and intra-service training programmes, the objectives of each, and a presentation and comparison of international models.
Educational Psychology
Course code: DEEL107
Course name: Educational Psychology
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of educational psychology as a field of general psychology and its importance for each of the teacher, student, school principal and educator in general, and the behavioral school and its principles and scholars: such as Pavlov, Skinner, Thorndike … etc., and their experiences and schedules of reinforcement, reward and punishment, erasure, discrimination, and generalization , shaping behavior, conditional learning, unconditional learning, trial and error learning, learning by imitation; The cognitive school, its principles and experiments, and its scholars: such as Koehler, Kofka, Worthmeyer, Levin, etc., and its modern scholars such as Ospel, Bruner, and Bloom, the concept of mastery of learning and its factors, motivation in learning and how to provoke it, and individual differences and how to take into account them.
Elective Courses for General Track
Educational Supervision and its Relationship to Education Design
Course code: DEEL151
Course name: Educational Supervision and its Relationship to Education Design
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of educational supervision, its theories, types, factors affecting its development and future, and the challenges facing it and its educational applications. It also deals with the relationship between the educational supervision plan and the items of the teaching design plan, in terms of educational and behavioral objectives, teaching method, teacher stimulation of student motivation, use of reinforcement, consideration of individual differences, classroom interaction, use of automated and non-automated teaching aids, proposed educational activities, and evaluation questions. , closing exercises, and a statement of the purpose and number of supervisory visits and how to direct the teacher accordingly. It also discusses patterns of educational supervision and its different methods in light of a renewed technological era.
Contemporary Issues in Teaching and Learning
Course code: DEEL152
Course name: Contemporary Issues in Teaching and Learning
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with contemporary issues and trends related to teaching and learning and all its fields such as planning, design, development, strategies, implementation, techniques, management, evaluation, supervision and follow-up according to the latest findings of the results of psychological educational studies in the field of education, and then discussing and analyzing them, and proposing solutions to them. its use, and how it contributes to the learning process.
Education for People with Special Needs
Course code: DEEL153
Course Name: Education for People with Special Needs
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of special education, strategies for teaching people with special needs and their learning styles. It also discusses integration with ordinary students and the requirements for that in terms of teachers, infrastructure, psychological care, preparation, educational curricula and appropriate textbooks. It also deals with the legal framework for the education of people with special needs and the international and local instructions and legislation to secure this.
Teaching Ethics and Standards
Course code: DEEL154
Course name: Teaching Ethics and Standards
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the ethics of the teaching profession, its concept, principles and values, the teacher’s duties towards his profession, his rights, and his role as an educator, supervisor, and facilitator of the educational process, and as an ideal for learners. And to identify the nature of the relationship between the teacher and the learners and the teacher and fellow teachers and all the school workers according to the laws and instructions of the study which are based on respect, democracy and respect for human rights. And the importance of his role in achieving citizenship, raising the status of his homeland, and creating a conscious generation that determines the future of his country through his enjoyment of literature, morals, science and knowledge.
Education Strategies and Thinking Skills
Course code: DEEL155
Course Name: Education Strategies and Thinking Skills
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with the concept of human memory, its divisions, functions, and how it works in storing information, defining cognitive strategies, meta-cognitive strategies, and learning strategies and thinking skills that students employ to help them understand. And learning and not forgetting, such as setting educational questions, taking class notes, planning under important ideas, making analogy comparisons, weaving suspenseful stories, stimulating mental fantasies, putting pen tips, sentences and headings, drawing information maps, tables and figures, and doing introductions, summaries Instructions, instructions, summaries, reviews, and iterations.
Advanced and Comparative Educational Studies
Course code: DEEL156
Course Name: Advanced and Comparative Educational Studies
Credit hours: 4.00
This course deals with global models of distinct educational systems, to compare them, draw lessons and lessons, and develop a Palestinian model after analyzing the local reality in the light of these models. This course is based on case studies, comparative research, surveys and lessons learned. Published scientific papers and international educational reports such as human development reports, Education for All reports, and UNESCO reports are studied and analyzed for comparison between countries.
Welcome to Institute of Postgraduate Studies
Degree: Ph. D. DegreeProgram code: PHD103ESStudy method: Distance LearningCredit hour: 90How long it takes: Full time: 3 years Part time: 6 years Limit time: 10 years