An Evaluation of the Student Teachers' Performance at the College of Basic Education from the Specialists' Viewpoint

Abstract

This study aimed at evaluating the performance of student teachers  at the College of Basic Education from the point of view of specialists.

         As a tool, the researcher used a questionnaire which consisted of (30) items distributed over  (5) axes. The results of the study were analyzed using appropriate statistical means.

         The results of analysis have shown the following:

1.The number of the items which represent points of strengths are  (19) items, which constitute (63.33%) of the total number of the items, while the number of the items  that represent points of  weaknesses are (11) items, which constitute (36.67%) of the total number of the items .

2.The number of axes that represent points of strength  are (4) axes, while  only one axe represents points of weakness..

1. Planning and preparation of the lesson ranked first with a weighted average (3.34) and a percentage weight (66.8) ,while the axis of means and educational techniques ranked last with a weighted average (2.9) and a percentage weight (58).

The main conclusions of the study are:  

1.Staff members at the College of Basic Education are efficient in  providing  students with basic skills necessary for the education process.

1. Student teachers lack the principles of comprehensive quality . They also  lack the  mechanisms of  applying its standards.

3. Some student teachers are weak in using modern teaching strategies such as think , match, share , problem solving , learning based on problem solving, and others.