In-Service Training Program for Newly-Recruited Teachers in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of the Case of Algeria Cover Image

Program stručnog usavršavanja za novozaposlene nastavnike u visokoškolskom obrazovanju - kritička analiza slučaja Alžira
In-Service Training Program for Newly-Recruited Teachers in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of the Case of Algeria

Author(s): Mohammed Ghedeir Brahim
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: Педагошко друштво Србије
Keywords: in-service training program; newly-recruited teachers; teachers’ professional development; higher education

Summary/Abstract: The need for in-service education of teachers, particularly newly-recruited ones, cannot beunderestimated. There is a constant need for teachers to obtain new knowledge about curricula, psychology, and pedagogy, and analyze and conduct new research regarding teaching and learning. Consequently, the Algerian authorities have attempted to introduce a comprehensive in-servicetraining program targeting novice teachers aimed at raising their efficiency in the profession. This studyaims to examine and evaluate the in-service program for newly-recruited teachers at the tertiary levelorganized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research between 2016 and 2020, and offerssuggestions on how to remedy and improve the current program to increase teachers’ professional skillsin Algeria. To achieve this aim, the views and suggestions of newly recruited teachers from different faculties of the University of El-Oued Algeria regarding the issue of in-service training were investigated. Thecurrent study is descriptive, and a structured questionnaire was administered to fifty (50) teachers, thecohorts of 2016/17 and 2017/18. The results demonstrated that the current in-service training programshould be subjected to successive modifications based on teachers’ professional needs.

  • Issue Year: 72/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 89-99
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English