التطوير المهني الذاتي لأعضاء هيئة التدريس في الجامعات السعودية من وجهة نظر القيادات الأكاديمية

الملخص EN

The study aims at identifying the requirements, methods and obstacles of professional self-development for faculty members in Saudi universities through exploring the opinions of a representative sample of the community of academic leaders in Saudi public universities.

the study findings showed that the tool got an overall average of 4.00 out of 5 with a very high rating.

furthermore, the respective axes came in the following order : (1) methods of professional self-development for faculty members in Saudi universities with an average of 4.26 out of 5, (2) requirements of professional self-development for faculty members in Saudi universities with an average of 4.25 out of 5, (3) obstacles of professional self-development for faculty members in Saudi universities with an average of 3.88 out of 5, and the most statistically significant differences in light of the study variables.

the study community consisted of all academic leaders at king Abdulaziz university, king Saud university, and prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz university during the first semester of the academic year 1443 ah.

the descriptive method has been applied based on a questionnaire as the basic study tool.

based on the study findings, a set of recommendations have been offered to contribute to achieving the professional self-improvement of faculty members, including developing a long-term strategic plan that ensures the continuity and evaluation of faculty members’ professional self-development programs, developing effective solutions to the physical and human obstacles that impede the implementation of faculty members’ professional self-development programs, relying on experts in the field of building training programs that meet the needs of faculty members, setting a plan for evaluating the current training programs and the programs that will be implemented to ensure their continuity and to achieve their goals equally and efficiently.