The Role of Field Training in Developing Art of Teaching in Students Majoring in Early Childhood at Jordanian Universities

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role field training plays in developing the art of teaching in students majoring in early childhood at Jordanian universities. The study adopted the descriptive analytical method in which a questionnaire comprising (36) items was used. The items were distributed into three domains: (academic knowledge, teaching and learning, self-development and professional responsibility). The study sample comprised (97) students majoring in early childhood education at Jordanian universities (Petra, Zarqa, King Husein, and Jordan University). Findings of the study revealed that the role field training plays in developing the art of teaching in students of early childhood at four Jordanian universities was high in the three aforementioned domains as follows: self-development and professional responsibility ranked first, teaching and learning, second, and academic knowledge, third. The findings also revealed that there were differences with statistical significance for the role of training among sample members that might be attributed to academic level, besides cumulative average variables which ranked (excellent and very good) in all fields of study in favor of seniors. The study provides a set of recommendations, the foremost of which are: to spread good practice of field training program among students of early childhood at Jordanian universities, and to pay more attention to developing the art of teaching in such students at all levels.