Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies: Home

Abstract:
Teaching profession is the most demanding and affective job among other jobs. Successful teachers by all means play a major role in shaping and formulating their students' thought, personality, and values. It is a complex process and lifelong learning; this study came to answer the following questions: Are there any significant differences among science teachers perceptions concerning their pedagogy in teaching? Are there any significant differences among science teachers' perceptions concerning learners' characteristics? Are there any significant differences among science teachers' perceptions of their professional development? A questionnaire adopted from two sources: 'Teacher as Educational Leader' by Riley (2002) and 'Teaching by Principles' by Brown (2000). Reliability and validity were conducted using content validity and construct validity; the data was collected then analyzed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results showed that science teachers characteristics made salient through the participants' responses can be considered as a framework for judging the efficiency of any teacher in general and science teachers in particular. This framework includes general characteristics of the science teachers and specific characteristics of subject matters teachers. These include that science teachers should be, Values flexibility, identifies examples of collaboration, develops effective instruction

Keywords: science, teachers, competencies, secondary schools

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