Damascus Governorate First Cycle Teachers' Knowledge of Basic Education of the Students’ Reading and Writing Disabilities

This research aims at acquainting with the level of teachers’ knowledge in thefirst stage in basic learning of reading and writing disabilitiesin Damascus Government and knowingthe significance of differences on the level of teachers`knowledge according to the variable of training Courses. The sample of the study consisted of (152) teachers who were selected purposelyfrom the official schools in Damascus governorate. Twoquestionnaires were applied on this sample, related to the knowledge reading and writing disabilities, and prepared by the researched after they were tested for theirvalidity and reliability. This research comes up with the following results: • There was a low level of knowledge at first stage teachers in basic learning of reading disabilitiesand the rate was (%37, 91). • There was a low level of knowledge at first stage teachers in basic learning of writingdisabilitiesand the rate was (%36, 89). • There were statistical significant differences at the knowledge level of first stage teachers in basic learning of reading disabilitiesaccording to the variable of training courses, on the side of teachers` who followed training courses. • There were statistical significant differences at the knowledge level of first stage teachers in basic learning of writing Disabilitiesaccording to the variable of training courses, on the side of teachers` who followed training courses.