Kindergarten Department

 Head of the kindergarten department:

Dr.Ahmed nazim

Kindergarten concept

It is one of the university educational specializations that is considered a branch of the purposeful specializations that are concerned with qualifying and empowering teachers who are able to raise the child and prepare him with the appropriate qualification required to enter the depths of the first or primary educational life, pave the way for him to move from home to outside it, and also crystallize his personality to delve into the depths of the outside world. Without fear and isolated from his parents, family, and home, which was his total world, this was done by providing them with the skills and knowledge that would enable them to do so. The kindergarten specialization falls under the category of educational and social specializations, where successful high school graduates from the scientific, literary, and applied arts branches can join this specialization according to the average set by each university. It includes several courses that include the studied and combined foundations and methods that qualify the teacher to deal with children on the basis of unlocking their freedom to express themselves and their energies and practicing all curricular and extracurricular activities under the supervision of specialists and teachers in this field. It also works to provide him with many skills, knowledge, and pieces of information that change his mental structure and expand his horizons and perceptions in the age range of three to the child's fifth.

Section definition:

The Kindergarten Department was opened in the College of Basic Education at Kirkuk University based on the esteemed University Council in 2016. The Kindergarten Department is the first building block in the establishment of the College of Basic Education, alongside the English Language Department. The department began in the same year to actually accept female students, and the department includes an integrated organizational structure. Represented by the headship of the department, the rapporteur, the secretariat, and members of the teaching staff in the precise and supportive specializations, the scientific committees, the educational awareness and guidance committee, the examinations committee, and the committee for following up on the absence of female students were also formed.The number of female students accepted in the first year of creation reached 66, but now the department includes four stages of morning and evening studies.

Department vision:

1- Graduating specialized teachers in the educational field to serve children and meet the children’s different needs.

2. Spreading cultural awareness about the philosophy of kindergarten and the importance of the stage and its goals.

The department's vision is achieved by providing students with the academic and professional knowledge and skills necessary for professional performance through advanced school programs to prepare kindergarten teachers and by benefiting from global developments in this field in cooperation with the concerned authorities locally, regionally, and internationally through three axes:

-Educational axis:-

It aims to provide the student with academic educational foundations and cognitive and professional skills related to the principles, curricula, programmes, methods and methods of child education, and various teaching and learning technologies to improve skills, abilities, information and trends to qualify them to work in the field of kindergarten.

-Psychological axis:-

It is responsible for providing the student with academic knowledge related to psychological and mental characteristics in order to prepare programs that are compatible with these characteristics, including how to early detect psychological and social disorders and various disabilities, dealing with people with special needs, modifying aspects of behavior related to the child within the kindergarten, and methods for developing the child’s abilities.

-Cultural axis:-

It is responsible for providing the student with general and specialized culture and developing her cognitive and performance skills in the cultural, artistic, health, and technological fields, which will later help her perform her mission in kindergartens through the Basic Sciences Department.

-Kindergarten Department Message:-

The Kindergarten Department at Kirkuk University graduates distinguished teachers to work with children in the kindergarten stage to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare a distinguished child educationally, psychologically, physically, and health-wise, ensuring his excellence in all current and future fields, through programs aimed at providing them with the foundations of knowledge and skills in accordance with international standards in the field of specialization, with full awareness of the problems of society, the environment, and professional ethics.

The department’s mission extends to include raising the capabilities of non-specialized kindergarten teachers through training courses and workshops to keep up with developments in the field of kindergarten. The department also contributes to enriching educational sciences through participation in conferences and competitions through scientific research carried out by female students with faculty members.

- Teaching Providing female students with educational and academic knowledge, in addition to field visits, will qualify them to carry out their role in the field of kindergarten. 

- Developing the spirit of creativity and innovation among female students in creating purposeful educational means that serve the methodological aspects and utilize environmental resources.

- working to link academic work and the field of specialization with the requirements of the labor market.

-  constantly striving to develop the department’s work by keeping pace with technological development and learning about everything new in the field of specialization. 

- Strengthening the relationship between the department and the various kindergartens and following up on field visits.

Objectives :-

1. Preparing scientific cadres and competencies to serve the field of childhood.

2. Encouraging female students to discuss, dialogue, and think critically.

3. Holding training and educational courses to spread cultural awareness in the field of childhood.

4. Giving female students the ability to assume responsibility and carry out the assigned role.

5. encouraging female students and training them to practice manual labor and developing methods at the lowest cost of consumed environmental materials.

6. Creating what is called a productive unit so that the kindergarten department within the college is an outlet for serving the local community and kindergartens in the region.

7. Working on developing teaching methods and strategies and developing new ones.

8. Activating the role of office hours and spreading the spirit of cooperation between students and professors.