About Department
The Psychological and Educational Science department established in 1923. It has admitted students from Iraqi high schools regardless their backgrounds (Natural Science and Social Science field) and accepted the primary schools’ teachers who they on educational leave. After the graduation, students will be granted a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education. In addition, there was a post-graduate study in this department. This includes three main branches which divided into three area of studies .
Department vision:
(A pioneering and distinguished department that produces knowledge that competes on the Arab, regional and global levels)
Department message:
An integrated scientific system of ancient psychological and educational disciplines for primary and postgraduate studies, consisting of four psychological disciplines and three educational disciplines. Creating an educational environment that stimulates the abilities of students, preparing qualified teachers, and curricula that facilitate dealing with the labor market and modern information technology, and is committed to preparing graduates who are self-reliant in the learning process, and is interested in enlightening minds and discovering creative people, and is open to the problems of the local community to find scientific solutions to them, and also emphasizes the integration of theoretical and applied knowledge And the relentless pursuit of academic accreditation.
Department Goals:
1. Developing academic majors and academic programs according to the needs of the labor market.
2. Developing academic curricula in accordance with academic accreditation standards.
3. Contemporary teaching methods that enhance the learning process.
4. Activating scientific research and marketing research towards reaching publication in reputable international journals.
5. Developing the reality of postgraduate studies and linking them to the problems of society.
6. Building students' capabilities and developing their skills to compete in the global market.
7. Quality assurance and university performance in accordance with international standards.
8. Obtaining academic accreditation for undergraduate and postgraduate study programs.
9. Adopt global competition standards and achieve an advanced classification.
10. Developing human resources and administrative leaders and providing them with knowledge and skills.
11. Promote community service initiatives.
12. Enhancing the department's capabilities and infrastructure.
13. Cooperation and international relations with the corresponding departments and research centers.
14. Promoting blended education to keep abreast of scientific developments in all disciplines.
Under_graduate Study
First: The Epistemological Objective which include the following:-
1. Preparing students scientifically, professionally, and culturally to enable them to understand and analyze the concepts and theories of education and absorbing the basic principles of education that qualify them for teaching, scientific research, psychological and educational guidance in the institutions of the Ministry of Education and other social, psychological, and educational institutions.
2. Enabling students to follow and apply scientific methods in dealing with life and professional problems. We also aim to improve students’ analytical capability to analyze and solve these problems according to scientific criteria.
3. Enabling our graduate students to pursue their studies in post-graduate level and apply for master and Doctor of Philosophy programs at the department. Those students will participate in the scientific developments of the field of education and psychology and conducting scientific research in the future.
4. Enhancing scientific cooperation inside and outside educational between college of education and other social institutions. This cooperation can be implemented through organizing and holding symposia, seminars, linkages shared lectures and courses as well as and workshops in the field of continuing education related to educational and psychological sciences.
Second: - Passionate Objectives which consist of:-
1. Assisting students in acquiring skills and values that derived from Arab and Islam principles as well as international norms and best practices. The main goal is to lead students to reach the highest levels of progress, intellectual and psychological maturity.
2. Developing students’ tendencies, needs, and desires so that they can improve their scientific capabilities which can help them in developing their teaching profession, scientific research, and educational and psychological guidance. This process will help them facing the contemporary moral, epistemological, and intellectual challenges as well as the problems of the times.
3. Develop and improve the ethical and values dimensions, especially in the teaching profession, scientific research, and psychological counseling, and prevent misuse of teachers’ responsibilities in the educational and psychological fields.
Third: - The Psychological Dynamic (skills) which consist of:-
1. Enabling students to acquire basic skills related to teaching profession, scientific research, educational and psychological counseling, and work to develop and improve them to perform their work successfully to encounter the challenges with high efficiency while practicing their profession.
2. Instructing and developing students and other society member towards acquiring self-education skills, expanding their horizons, and developing their competencies to be able to reach and benefit from sources of knowledge and culture on their own.
Post-graduate Study
This includes three main branches which divided into three area of studies as follow:-
Firstly: - Psychological Groups which consist of
1. Evaluation and Measurements
2. Educational Psychology
3. Developmental Psychology (Cognitive)
4. Psychological Counseling and Guidance
5. Personal Psychology and Health Psychiatric
Secondly: - this educational group consist of:-
1. Methodology and General Methods of Teaching
2. Principles of Education
3. Educational Administration
Thirdly: - Method of Teaching group which consist of:-
1. Arabic Language Methodologies
2. English Language Methodologies
3. Geographical Methodologies
4. Historical Methodologies
