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Developmental Stages Of Preschool Teachers In Selected Arab Gulf Countries, Najwa Mounla

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The current study focused on examining the developmental stages of preschool teachers in the Arab Gulf region. Specifically, the needs and concerns of teachers were investigated using a pretest/posttest (12-month interval) design. Participants included two groups of preschool teachers, trained (n = 35) and untrained (n = 122)

Contrary to expectations, the sequential nature of development stages of teachers did not emerge. Instead, the results showed that teachers become less concerned about teaching as they progress in their careers.

When data from the present study were factor-analyzed they yielded only two areas of concerns that seemed applicable cross-cultrally. …