Proposed scenarios for the requirements of the professional electronic development of the teacher in the light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution"

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Sohag University - Strategic Planning Unit

Abstract

     The research aimed to identify the importance of electronic professional development of the teacher in the light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and to identify the methods of electronic professional development and its constraints in public education schools, and ways to overcome them in the light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and to reach the suggested scenarios for the requirements of electronic professional development in the light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution To achieve, the researcher applied the questionnaire to a sample of teachers of (primary, preparatory and secondary schools in Sohag, Cairo and Alexandria.
Search Results: The research revealed that:
1. Obstacles of electronic professional development, including: (Lack of provision of electronic training programs for teachers, and lack of attention to the importance of these programs, which is one of the most important requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - and increase the burden of teaching which requires teachers to do).
2. Requirements of electronic professional development, including the most important: (the ability to use information technology techniques- and create an educational climate suits the use of technologies - and the existence of plans to assess the current and future needs).
3. There are no statistically significance differences between the opinions of individuals and the sample of the study about (the axes of the study, except for the axis of the constraints of the professional development of teachers, teaching in light of the requirements of the age) according to the variable of geographical distribution.
4. There are no statistically significant differences between the opinions of the study sample about (the study axes) according to the variable of the study stage.
5. Developing the suggested scenarios for the requirements of electronic professional development in the light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including (Reference scenario: Extension scenario - Reform scenario - Root shift: Innovative scenario)

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