Program Specifications

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Overview of the Program and Its Core Topics

The Doctoral Program in Educational Psychology / Learning and Development was established alongside the founding of the Department of Educational Psychology in the academic year 1987/1988. The study plan for the program consists of 54 credit hours for both the thesis track and the comprehensive exam track. The compulsory and elective courses are distributed across three academic domains as follows:

1. Psychological and Educational Measurement and Evaluation, which includes the following courses:

• Theories in Test Development

• Measurement of Values, Interests, and Attitudes

• Classroom Assessment

• Child Growth Evaluation

• Personality Assessment

• Individual Assessment Methods

2. Research Methods and Statistical Techniques, which includes the following courses:

• Research Design and Methods

• Analytical Statistics

• Computer Applications in Data Analysis

3. Educational Psychology (Development, Learning, Childhood), which includes the following courses:

• Developmental Theories and Applications

• Educational Psychology

• Learning and Teaching Theories

• Child Psychology

• Teaching Thinking

Program Vision

Excellence in preparing researchers and specialists who seek in-depth, advanced knowledge that qualifies them to contribute to increasing the effectiveness of learning and teaching processes across educational institutions at all levels.

Program Mission

Preparing and qualifying specialists in the field of development and learning within Educational Psychology in a way that enables them to work in educational and academic institutions.

Program Objectives

1. Provide research personnel for Jordanian universities and research centers to conduct research in the fields of development and learning.

2. Supply society with experts in development and education to achieve balanced and integrated human growth.

3. Prepare qualified university instructors specialized in development and learning.

4. Train students in skills that enhance learning and development in working with children, and qualify parents in essential parenting skills.

5. Develop teaching and learning competencies among educational practitioners to improve classroom learning outcomes.

6. Enhance services provided to support gifted and talented learners, maximizing their learning and developmental potential.

7. Equip students with skills that raise the quality of child care services and foster appropriate environments for optimal growth and development.

8. Provide tools that identify learning characteristics, readiness for development, and learners’ potential in learning and growth to help achieve healthy development and learning outcomes.

9. Qualify students with knowledge and skills aligned with scientific and technological advancements in psychological and educational measurement and evaluation.

10. Develop research and inquiry skills related to contemporary issues in measurement and evaluation that contribute to scientific progress and offer solutions to theoretical and practical problems.

11. Train students in constructing, piloting, and standardizing psychological and educational measurement tools; adapting foreign measurement instruments to the Jordanian context; selecting appropriate measurement tools, administering them, interpreting their results, and writing professional reports.​