Head of the Department of Educational Psychology

 Dr. Waleed Mohamed Abu Al- Meaty                        the biography

About the Department of Educational Psychology

The Department of Psychology is one of the pedagogical scientific departments at the Faculty of Education, Mansoura University. The Department specializes in the educational qualification of student teachers through a set of courses that enrich the educational and psychological preparation of teachers, whether through a sequential or integrated system. It also specializes in preparing researchers in the fields of psychological research, through various graduate studies and their diverse programs.The department also seeks to enrich educational knowledge through the scholarly output of faculty members, represented by academic theses, educational research, intellectual writings, and other publications. This is in addition to its participation in local, regional, and international scientific conferences and seminars, as well as training courses and workshops that serve the educational process and address various psychological issues. The department participates in preparing student teachers for all college programs, in addition to preparing teachers specialized in educational psychology for work as teachers and school psychologists. The department offers a master's and doctoral program in the following tracks: Educational Psychology, Giftedness and Excellence, Special Needs, Educational Measurement and Evaluation, Physiological Psychology, and Psycholinguistics.

 Mission of the Department:

Qualifying the high schools graduates, both educationally and emotionally, so that they would become teachers specialized in different academic fields.
Qualifying the non-educational faculties, both emotionally and educationally, so that they would be able to practice the profession of teaching if they wanted to.
Emotionally qualifying the high school graduates who have joined the Psychology section so that they would become Psychology teachers in High School and other similar certificates.
Qualifying the graduates of the faculty of education and the two-year and the one-year general diploma so that they would be able to become specialized teachers in different fields teaching students with special auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and mental needs. This is to be done by implementing the professional diploma in education, special education section.
Qualifying the graduates of the faculty of education and the two-year and the one-year general diploma so that they would be able to become efficient psychological school counselor. This is to be done by implementing the professional diploma in education, psychological school counseling section.
Emotionally qualifying the graduates of the different professional diplomas in the special diploma in the fields of educational psychology and mental health.
Conducting the theoretical and applied psychological studies in the fields of educational psychology and mental health through the Masters and Doctoral theses and the researches done by the staff members in the faculty.