Towards Excellent and Quality Teaching and Learning Practices for Faculty members in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Dr. Omar Mohammed Muammar¹, Dr.Asmaa Rady khanfar²

¹Associate Professor, College of Education, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, [email protected]

²Associate Professor, Deanship of University Education Development, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University

Volume:13 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 22-39 | https://doi.org/10.54940/ep16284657 | June 2021 | PDF

Received: 31 March 2020 | Accepted: 7 April 2021

Abstract:

The higher education in Saudi Arabia is moving towards excellence and quality assurance responding to the fast changing in global and market needs. This study examined the educational needs for faculty members in a higher education at a public university in Saudi Arabia. Participant institute (N = 1728). data were analyzed over a five-year period using statistical analyses (t-test & ANOVA procedures) of nine essential core competencies in teaching and learning. A scale consisted of 46-item in nine competencies was validated and used. The results showed statistically significant needs in all nine competencies with various degrees of priorities. Also gender difference was found favoring females in three areas: curriculum design, learning theories, & educational technology. The results also showed that the needs for continuous education is more urgent for those with less experience in academia and low in academic rank. Recommendations and implications for future faculty education were discussed.

Keywords:

competencies, faculty development, higher education, Training, Saudi Arabia

How to cite this paper:

Muammar, O; khanfar, A (2021). Towards Excellent and Quality Teaching and Learning Practices for Faculty members in Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Educational and Psychological Sciences, Vol (13), No