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" Professional Development Needs of Arabic Language Teachers from Their Perspective: "
Alzahrani, Faisal S.
Meier, Retha
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1104540
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TLpq2237717190
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Alzahrani, Faisal S.
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Meier, Retha
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Professional Development Needs of Arabic Language Teachers from Their Perspective:\ Alzahrani, Faisal S.Meier, Retha
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Saint Louis University
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2019
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2019
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Ph.D.
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164
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| Abstract
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This dissertation addresses the differences in the needs of professional development programs and activities among Arabic language teachers based on gender, level of education, and years of experience in three teaching process of Arabic language lessons which are planning, implementing, and evaluating. The purpose of the study is to investigate Arabic language teachers’ perceptions of further professional development training needs to help them implement new knowledge in their classrooms after participating in professional development in all public and private schools in the Majmaah School District, Saudi Arabia. This study is a quantitative study; the data was collected through surveys that sent electronically to the sample of this study. The sample was selected by using convince sampling method. Descriptive statistic was used for demographic information and to analysis the survey responses. Also, MAONA was used to answer the research questions. Based on the participants’ perception, the findings of the study indicate that there were no statistically significant difference among Arabic language teachers based on gender, level of education, and years of experience in all process which are: the needs of professional development programs and activities for planning, implementation, evaluation. Replication studies were recommended but with a larger Likert scale and the use of random sampling instead of response rates so that the results can be generalized.
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Curriculum development
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Middle Eastern Studies
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Teacher education
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