The Effectiveness of a Quality-Based Training Program in Developing the Professional Performance of Quran and its Sciences Teachers in Secondary Schools in the Capital Governorate

Abstract

The research aimed to reveal the effectiveness of a training program based on quality standards in developing inferential thinking of the Holy Quran and its Sciences Teachers in Amanat Al-Asimah Secondary Schools. To achieve the research objectives, the descriptive approach based on (construction and development) was used in preparing a list of quality standards, a list of inferential thinking skills, building a training program, and a scale for inferential thinking. The quasi-experimental approach was used in designing the experiment, which was based on a single group consisting of (16) teachers of the Holy Quran and its sciences at the secondary level in the capital city. The experiment was implemented on the sample members in the second semester of the academic year 2023/2024 AD. The research reached the following results: There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the sample members in the pre- and post-applications of the inferential thinking scale, and the differences were in the direction of the post-application. The results also showed that the training program based on standards was highly effective in developing inferential thinking among teachers of the Holy Quran and its sciences at the secondary level, as the value of the adjusted gain ratio for the size of effectiveness at the level of the instrument as a whole reached (1.27), which is a value greater than the ratio (1.2) that Black specified for high effectiveness. The research recommended the necessity of using the training program based on quality standards to train teachers in general. This includes teachers of the Holy Quran and its sciences in particular, at all levels, and the development of national standards for evaluating teacher performance in general, and Quran teachers' performance in particular, in light of international standards. It also involves preparing training programs for educational supervisors based on quality standards, to keep pace with the rapid developments in the field of education and to help them evaluate teachers according to these quality standards.