Evaluating the Educational Administration Master Program in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University from the Graduates' and their Employers' Perspectives

This study aimed to evaluate the master program of educational administration offered by the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University. Two questionnaires were used to achieve the study objectives during the academic year 2012/2013. The first one was applied to 24 graduates from the program. It included the following themes: vision, mission, goals of the program, courses and their contents, students’ assessment, efficiency of material resources in support of the program, graduates’ competencies, and the efficiency of faculty members. The second tool was applied to a sample of 21 supervisors and included the following themes: the efficiency of the graduates at work place, relationship between the institutions where the graduates work the department of educational foundations and administration in the college of education. The results indicated that the theme of graduates’ efficiency got high degree from the graduates’ perspective themselves. However, participation in the formulation of the vision, mission and objectives of the program was low. The relationship with the department had earned a medium level, but all questionnaires’ items got low level from the perspective of employers. In light of the results, a set of recommendations were proposed to develop the program and the relationship with employers

Organizational socialization for new teachers in public schools in Sultanate of Oman: Field study

This study aimed at explore the reality of Organizational socialization for new teachers in public schools in Sultanate of Oman and to know the impact of gender, the educational governorates and the school's principal academic qualification variables. The study used a descriptive approach. To reach the objectives of the study, the questionnaire was developed utilizing the Organizational socialization content scale, and the organizational socialization methods scale. It was distributed to a random sample consisted of (304) teachers "males and females" whom have been appointed at the school year (2013-2014) in five educational Governorates in the Sultanate of Oman. The study used averages, standard deviations, Independent Sample T-Test and One-way ANOVA analysis and found out the following: The responses of the participants regard the reality of organizational socialization of new teachers in Omani public schools as a whole were "medium". The degree of responses in all dimensions of organizational socialization was "high" except for "the school’s history" dimension, which was "medium". As for the Organizational socialization’s methods, the degree of the participants' responses was "medium". There is no significant statistical significant difference at the level of significance (α≤0.05) between the participants towards Organizational socialization of new teachers in public schools in Sultanate of Oman in terms of sex, educational governorates and the academic qualification of the school's principal. Based on the findings, the researchers proposed several recommendations to activate Organizational socialization of new teachers in public schools in Sultanate of Oman including: converting Omani schools into professional learning communities, activating the role of the school as a unit for professional development, forming a qualified team to support new teachers, and adopting an introductory program for new teachers by school's administrations

Evaluating the Educational Administration Master Program in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University from the Graduates' and their Employers' Perspectives

This study aimed to evaluate the master program of educational administration offered by the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University. Two questionnaires were used to achieve the study objectives during the academic year 2012/2013. The first one was applied to 24 graduates from the program. It included the following themes: vision, mission, goals of the program, courses and their contents, students’ assessment, efficiency of material resources in support of the program, graduates’ competencies, and the efficiency of faculty members. The second tool was applied to a sample of 21 supervisors and included the following themes: the efficiency of the graduates at work place, relationship between the institutions where the graduates work the department of educational foundations and administration in the college of education. The results indicated that the theme of graduates’ efficiency got high degree from the graduates’ perspective themselves. However, participation in the formulation of the vision, mission and objectives of the program was low. The relationship with the department had earned a medium level, but all questionnaires’ items got low level from the perspective of employers. In light of the results, a set of recommendations were proposed to develop the program and the relationship with employers.