TRAINING NEEDS FOR FACULTY MEMBERS AT AL-ALBAYT UNIVERSITY FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVES IN THE LIGHT OF SOME VARIABLES

Abstract

The aim of this study is to detect the training needs of faculty members at Al-albayt University from their perspectives in the light of some variables. These variables include: Faculty, Gender, and the last eassessment degree. This is in a view of identifying the appropriate training programs for them during the first semester of the academic year 2015/2016, which will held by the Faculty Development Center (FDC) at Al-albayt University. To achieve this, a questionnaire consisted of 25 items was built and distributed in three fields, namely: teaching skills, research skills, and technological skills. The questionnaire was applied to a cluster sample consisting of 102 faculty members from Al-albayt University which was chosen randomly. Appropriate statistical methods was used to analyze the data. Results of the study showed that faculty members gave high importance to all the skills covered in the questionnaire. Thus, the most important field is the technological skills, followed by research skills, and finally by teaching skills. It was found that the most prominent training needs of technological skills is the “Use virtual labs”. “Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using statistical programs” was the most prominent training needs of research skills, whereas “Development of thinking skills and solving students' problems” was the most prominent training needs of teaching skills. Also, results revealed statistically significant differences on the total tool due to the last e-assessment degree of member electronic questionnaire assessment which assess its performance in favor of the first level (which is less than or equal to 82%). There is no statistically significant differences due to the variables of the faculty. The gender were revealed in the total tool and in the fields of research and technological skills. In light of the study findings, a number of conclusions and recommendations were suggested.