Evaluating the Teaching Performance of Faculty Members in the Department of Education and Psychology from the Perspective of Students at the Abu Issa

Abstract

 The current research aimed to identify the reality of the actual teaching performance of faculty members in the Department of Education and Psychology at the College of Education, Abu Issa, from the perspective of eighth-semester female students (graduation stage), in addition to uncovering the statistical differences attributable to the academic specialization variable (humanities / applied sciences). To achieve the objectives of the current research, the descriptive-analytical approach was relied upon, and the questionnaire consisting of (38) items distributed across four main axes was distributed: (Personal Traits and Human Relations, Lecture Planning and Execution, Activating Activities and Evaluation Methods, and Scientific Competence and the Use of Reinforcement Methods), to a purposive sample that reached (70) female students from the two humanities departments (Classroom Teacher, Kindergarten), and the two applied sciences departments (Mathematics and Biology). Where the statistical results, after data processing by the Statistical Package (SPSS), showed that the level of students' evaluation of teaching performance came with a high degree in the axes of: Lecture Planning and Execution, Activating Activities and Evaluation Methods, and Scientific Competence, while the evaluation of the Personal Traits and Human Relations axis came with a moderate degree. The results also indicated the presence of statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) in the evaluation of teaching performance on the scale as a whole and in favor of the humanities female students compared to the applied sciences female students. Based on what the research results showed, the researcher recommended the necessity of enhancing professional development programs for professors in mentoring aspects and human interaction, while intensifying attention to the teaching and technical requirements for female students of the applied departments.