Educational competencies required for teachers of accelerated education

Abstract

Accelerated education is a new case that has entered the reality of education in Iraq for the purpose of reducing the problem of illiteracy in Iraq. Therefore, it was necessary to pay attention to the educational competencies of these teachers, as they are one of the important pillars for the development and success of this important project. The importance of the research: The importance of the research is represented in the following points:- 1- The importance of education as an indicator of the progress of countries. 2- The importance of educating adults and educating them to keep up with the process of scientific progress. 3- The importance of the educational competencies required for teachers of accelerated learning centers, which help teachers to apply many contemporary trends in educating students and achieving goals. 4- The results of this study provide a list of educational competencies that work with can be an indicator for educational supervisors who specialize in guiding teachers in their centers in the light of these competencies. The current research aims to: 1- Determine the educational competencies necessary for teachers of accelerated education. 2- Arranging the educational competencies of accelerated education teachers in terms of their importance from their point of view. In order to achieve the objectives of this research, the researcher prepared a questionnaire of (33) paragraphs distributed over six fields to determine the necessary competencies for teachers of accelerated education. It was applied to the basic research sample of male and female teachers in accelerated education centers, which numbered (08) male and female teachers, and after collecting data and processing them statistically. Using the Pearson correlation coefficient, the weighted average and the weight percentile, the results appeared as follows: The field of educational objectives ranked first among the fields with a weight percentile of (01'65) and a weighted mean of (1'52) and the field of scientific competence and professional growth ranked sixth Among the domains, the weight percentile was (31'31) and the weighted average amounted to (1'43). In the light of the research results, the researcher recommended the following: 1- Benefiting from the list of educational competencies that were identified in the current research when designing accelerated education teacher preparation programs. And when planning their in-service training programs. 2- These competencies can be used to evaluate teachers of accelerated education by educational supervisors and specialists.