An overview of Master’s Degree Program in kindergartens

     In this age where the calls of experts, researches, and educators increase regarding the need for disseminating knowledge among Arab youth, to enable them to advance in higher education in order to be productive and active in the development system. Since the university is an essential partner in planning and implementing successive plans in any society, Isra university continues to serve the various sectors of the local community and to meet the needs of its sons, through probing their problems. Hence, among the aspirations of the university was an M.A kindergarten program which prepare qualified specialists who are able of caring for and teaching individuals in order to become more understanding, more conscious of their problems, and more receptive for being distinguished from the various layers of the society.

The M.A degree program seeks to prepare the workers in the kindergarten field offering a comprehensive scientific program which employs educational and psychological theories and their concepts to serve one of the most vital layers of the civil society, the child, according to scientific and practical bases. The program aims at the following:

- Enhancing kindergarten in order to provide kindergarten teachers with information and specific knowledge.

- Preparing studies and finding solutions for the obstacles which might face administrative and educational development in kindergartens schools.

- Enabling students to benefit from outcomes of recent studies and researches in the field.

- Paving the way for doctoral programs to secure specialized higher education

Introduction
This department which is an important branch of the faculty of education was instituted concurrent with that of the college . It started its programs and plans to boost the urgent educational needs dictated by the nature of (2002) scholastic year . The department actively helps promote education and science at all levels

Vision
The Child education department in the faculty of education at Isra University aspires to be a pioneer on the local , regional and international levels in preparing academic and education specialized cadres who help develop the educational and qualitative services given to Children Such a thing contributes to community services .

Message
The Message of the department consists of three goals :
1- To prepare cadres of students who are professionally and educationally qualified to be teachers . It also prepares successful ,researchers, leaders, and administrators for graduate studies .
2- To prepare research projects, supervise them in order to contribute Scientific research in the kindergarten
3- To provide consultation and training services to government and national institutions , in addition to providing enlightenment and education programs which will make community members know how to deal with children at different stages .

Objectives
1- Securing information and necessary experiences which enable the students understand the nature of the child and his development at several stages and to prepare them for teaching and supervising nurseries and kindergartens in government and national institutions
2- Training students on modern methods of teaching in this field and providing them with modern practical training which acquaints the children to the necessary basic concepts of education and behavior
3- Contributing to students’ understanding of the nature of kindergarten curricula ,basics of child's activities, and new experiences .
4- Conducting research and studies in childhood area that contribute o the development and modernization of teaching .
5- Training female kindergarten teacher to raise her professionalism through training courses which help her to be aware of the new in the kindergarten field .