Dealing with Wastage: Building the Capacity of Teachers
Dealing with Wastage: Building the Capacity of Teachers – 2019
Abstract: The education wastage has various manifestations (mainly the low level of academic achievement and performance of students) that leadings to academic failures and dropouts, which is a clear indicator of the low quality and inefficiency of education in most Arab countries. According to international scientific studies, the teacher is one of the most important factors behind the poor performance of the student compared to other external elements related to the institution, and this explains why we always see a disparity in the output of education in schools, despite the similar circumstances. Thus, appeared the thought behind using methods to prepare teachers to acquire the basic skills that will activate their role as an influential agents and a key players in the development of the educational system, and in particular thinking about developing programs for their in-service training. Based on indicators of the quality of education and student performance, this paper presents the idea of the TAMAM project at the American University of Beirut, which was launched in 2007. TAMAM adopts a school-based approach to develop beliefs that help educators access solutions to educational problems which is primarily the responsibility of the teacher. This paper presents the model designed by the TAMAM project to build the leadership capacity of teachers. It reviews the results of a procedural research conducted by the Project Steering Team directed to the project to examine the effectiveness of an approach that aims to develop the teachers ability to think, inquire, solve problems, and induce continuous sustainable reform within their institutions.