Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers

Hosah Almelweth; Amel Alkahtani

doi:10.29333/ejmste/92016

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Hosah Almelweth ¹ ^* , Amel Alkahtani ²

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¹ King Khalid University, KSA² Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, KSA^* Corresponding Author

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ABSTRACT The current study aimed to identify the most important training needs in the light of the digital revolution to develop the skills of social studies female teachers. It was applied to a randomly selected sample of social studies female teachers in Asir who responded to the electronic questionnaire. It concluded that the level of the training needs in all domains (i.e. teaching in the electronic environments, technology and the educational activities, skills of the digital teacher, using learning materials and resources, skills of the action research, and evaluation) was high. In addition, it provided a proposal according to the training needs of the female teachers. Finally, it recommended holding courses and training programs by the end of each academic year according to the training needs of the female teachers in the light of the variables of the age.

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training needs
digital revolution
social sciences female teachers

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 14, Issue 10, October 2018, Article No: em1568

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Almelweth, H., & Alkahtani, A. (2018). Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(10), em1568. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92016

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Almelweth H, Alkahtani A. Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(10):em1568. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92016

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Almelweth H, Alkahtani A. Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(10), em1568. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92016

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Almelweth, Hosah, and Amel Alkahtani. "Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 10 (2018): em1568. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92016

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Almelweth, H., and Alkahtani, A. (2018). Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(10), em1568. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92016

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Almelweth, Hosah et al. "Training Needs in Light of the Digital Revolution to Develop the Skills of Social Studies Female Teachers". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 10, 2018, em1568. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92016