Welcome to the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Teacher Training‘s Webpage! This page provides more information about the Faculty, its departments, its academic programs, its staff and its academic and non-academic events.
The Faculty of Educational Sciences was established at An-Najah National University in 1977, to support the University in achieving its objective of strengthening the relations between the different faculties and the students.
The Faculty is located in the old campus of the university and is equipped with a number of specialized laboratories including the psychology laboratory, and an advanced computer lab for teaching aids' workshops. The Faculty's staff and students conduct scientific research which serves the Palestinian society socially and psychologically. The Faculty also aims at providing students with the required competencies which enable them to actively participate in the community especially in the field of school teaching.
The Faculty’s goal is to prepare competent teachers who are able to teach the new generation using various teaching methods blended with technology in the teaching-learning process. It also aspires to produce teachers who would contribute effectively to the local and regional community. The Faculty provides academic programs such as teaching at kindergarten, Elementary, and Basic level which qualifies the graduates to teach the first four grades of elementary schools. The Upper Basic level Education qualifies the graduates to teach up to tenth grade at high schools. The programs offered by the Faculty match the international requirements as well as the local standards of the Palestinian Ministry of Education.