Professional Development Needs of Arabic Language Teachers from Their Perspective:
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Alzahrani, Faisal S.
Title Proper by Another Author
In the Majmaah School District, Saudi Arabia
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Meier, Retha
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Saint Louis University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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164
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Body granting the degree
Saint Louis University
Text preceding or following the note
2019
SUMMARY OR 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.