الحاجات التدريبية الضرورية لدى معلمات رياض الأطفال الحكومية في الأردن

الملخص EN

The purpose of this study was to find out the necessary training needs of government kindergarten teachers, and its degree of severity, and the relationship of both variables (specialty, years of experience).

The study followed the descriptive analytical method to try to investigate the training needs necessary for the implementation of the Interactive National Curriculum in public kindergartens.

The Sample of the study consisted of (100) teachers selected randomly from Irbid governorate.

To achieve the aims of the study, the researcher used a questionnaire which consisted of (67) professional competency items representing the training needs of participants.

These competencies were distributed to 8 domains, each was scored using a (5) point Likert scale to measure the training needs.

The internal consistency coefficient was (0.91) using Cronbach alpha The responses of the participants clustered around " the neutral gradation and general mean was (3, 13)".

30 competencies were considered urgent training needs representing (50%) of all items on the checklist.

In this respect, professional development was ranked first (M=3.85), then planning (M=3, 64), while managing learning environment was ranked last(M= 2.58).

The results of the study showed statistically significant differences at (α- 0.05) that could be attributed to the variables of experience and specialization to the advantage of less than (5) years of experience group and to the advantage of specializations other than early childhood education.

This means that the Teachers whose experience was less than five years, as well as those with other specialization were in greater need for training.

The study recommended the need for reconsidering the topics presented in early childhood education programs used for developing and promoting professional competencies of public schools kindergarten female teachers to promote their performances which were found to be very urgent in the context of the current study.

Finally, the list of competencies examined in the current study is useful for developing kindergarten teachers with effective teacher's education programs.