Assessing Teaching Skill Development in Field Training Students at Jordanian University's College of Educational Sciences Using Pedagogical Foundations

Abstract

The process of providing students with cognitive skills contributes to strengthening and developing their personalities, and providing them with experiences that are compatible with the needs and requirements of the labor market, in addition to forming positive attitudes among students towards the work environment. Accordingly, this study came to explain the reality of educational skills among field training students in the College of Educational Sciences in Jordanian universities.This study relied on a descriptive approach, and the research community was represented by field training supervisors in universities and teachers of the schools concerned with receiving these students. The size of the study reached 131. Individuals were selected by random sampling, and a questionnaire tool was developed to collect their responses about the reality of educational and soft skills. The results of the current study revealed that the field training students’ possession of educational skills, from the point of view of their supervisors and teachers, was at a high degree, as the arithmetic average was estimated at (2.87), and the students’ possession of soft skills was at a moderate degree, as their arithmetic average reached (2.55), as indicated by the results of the study. There were statistically significant differences in the responses of study individuals according to the job description variable regarding the fields of study, and they were in favor of teachers in the field of educational skills and favor of supervisors in the field of soft skills. pect of scientific research related to field training for university students, in addition to its contribution to helping training supervisors identify the strengths and weaknesses of the trainees by observing and evaluating their performance and the extent of their competence. The extent of their acquisition of skills, in addition to its role in assisting the competent authorities in developing an evaluation form for field training students on scientific and personal skills.