vol 24 no3 A, 2024

The Performance Level of Arabic Language Teachers in Light of the Teaching Practices Necessary for Developing Deep Understanding Among Middle School Female Students.

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The Performance Level of Arabic Language Teachers in Light of the Teaching Practices Necessary for Developing Deep Understanding Among Middle School Female Students.

Abstract:

The current study aims to know the level of Arabic language teachers' performance in the light of the teaching practices necessary to develop deep understanding among middle school students. The researcher used the descriptive (survey) method on a study sample consisting of (39) Arabic teacher in the middle school in Al-Kharj Governorate. To achieve the study aim, the researcher used a note card, which included (27) phrases distributed over five domains. The study results showed that the performance level of Arabic language teachers in the teaching skills necessary for developing deep understanding among middle school female students was moderate, with a mean score of 1.83, whereas the field of generative thinking came in the first rank, followed by the field of interpretation in the second rank, while the fields of explanation and taking perspective came in the third rank, and in the last came the field of application. The results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the performance level of female Arabic teachers in teaching practices and its sub-dimensions necessary to develop deep understanding among middle school students with different variables such as (teaching experience, educational qualification, and training courses). In light of these results, the study recommended identifying the training needs of Arabic language teachers in light of deep understanding skills, creating training programs necessary to develop their professional performance, adopting the deep understanding approach in Arabic language teacher preparation programs, and designing procedural guidelines for Arabic language teachers to develop their teaching performance related to the development of deep understanding.

Keywords: Teacher performance, teaching practices, deep understanding, female Arabic teachers

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