Professional Competencies and Thinking Methods among High School Teachers in Iraq

Abstract

The importance of the current research is that it is the result of what is called for studies at the present time is the development of the human mind in all its aspects, which comes through the use of thinking methods and the development of professional competencies, which encourages teachers to use their mental abilities and energies and employ the brain to serve the educational process at the present time. Objective: is to learn the professional competencies and thinking methods of secondary school teachers in Iraq. The sample consisted of (60) teachers and schools distributed among 30 males and 30 females, to achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher used the professional competency scale (lesson planning, implementation and classroom management, educational teaching aids, evaluation), the highest level of professional competencies for teachers was (implementation and classroom management), which reached a relative weight (35.301) and the lowest level is (teaching aids), which reached a relative weight (19.009). The scale of thinking methods was also used, the realistic thinking method was the highest method for teachers with its relative weight of (22.280) and the lowest method of thinking among teachers was the ideal with a relative weight of (17.275).