Bachelor of Primary Education

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

  • The duration of the program is 4 academic years, i.e. 8 semesters. (Not counting the foundation year)
  • The student studies 5 or 6 subjects per semester, with a total of 41 courses. (Not counting the foundation year)
  • Program language: Arabic and English.
  • The duration of study for each course is a full university semester, meaning approximately 16 weeks according to the academic calendar of the University of Bahrain.
  • The student is granted a bachelor’s degree in primary education.
  • To graduate from the program, you must complete all courses successfully and obtain a cumulative academic GPA of no less than 2.0.

DETAILED STUDY PLAN

PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

  1. Gain the central concepts, tools of inquiry, subject-specific pedagogies, instructional planning strategies and assessment of primary-level subjects.
  2. Support pupils intellectual, social, emotional, moral, and general personal development.
  3. Providing learning opportunities and positive environments that suit diverse and special needs pupils.
  4. Take advantage of evidence based instructional strategies that encourage pupils’ development of twenty-first century learning skills.
  5. Leverage emergent ICT tools and techniques to foster active inquiry, engagement, interaction and collaboration.
  6. Use professional judgment and academic competencies to communicate and solve problems.

PROGRAM INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (PILOS)

  1. Students demonstrate understanding of the central concepts, tools of inquiry, subject-specific pedagogies, and instructional planning strategies of primary level subjects.
  2. Students promote equity by providing pupils with learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social, emotional, moral, and general personal development.
  3. Students create learning opportunities suitable for diverse pupils and those with special educational needs.
  4. Students use a variety of evidence-based instructional strategies to encourage pupils’ development of twenty-first century learning skills.
  5. Students manage safe learning environments that respect pupils and encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
  6. Students demonstrate knowledge and skills related to assessing and evaluating at primary level and how to influence pupils’ development with constructive feedback.
  7. Students demonstrate competence in leveraging emergent ICT tools and techniques to foster active inquiry, engagement, interaction and collaboration.
  8. Students use professional judgment and academic competencies to communicate and collaboratively solve problems to support pupils’ learning and wellbeing.

WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES

  • When a student wishes to withdraw from the study, they must follow the withdrawal steps during the withdrawal period specified in the academic calendar of the University of Bahrain:
  • Contact the Ministry of Education via email: training_btc@moe.gov.bh to obtain the Ministry’s approval and then initiate withdrawal procedures electronically through the Student Information System (SIS).

ACADEMIC ADVISOR

Each student will be assigned an Academic Advisor from the academic staff.

  • Your Academic Advisor will work with you and your professors to help you during your academic journey.
  • You can visit your supervisor during their office hours. If the times are not compatible with your time at the college, you must request an appointment to see them.
  • You can discuss with your advisor your academic concerns or anything that is not clear to you regarding the rules.
  • It is not the advisor’s job to help you if you feel that the results of your tests or projects are unfair, nor can they talk on your behalf with your professors about their teaching or evaluation methods.
  • If you encounter a problem with the course professor’s teaching or evaluation method, you must talk about your problem and discuss it directly with the course professor during their office hours or at a time you schedule with them. If the problem is not resolved, you can raise it to the department head for follow-up.