The Role of School Manager in Encouraging the Teachers to Apply Self-Education Process Among Students in Jordanian Schools

Abstract

The Jordanian education system is categorized into the pre-primary, primary, secondary or vocational, and tertiary education. In the Jordanian educational system, school managers are bestowed with the primary responsibility of ensuring that the education program is successfully implemented in schools and in enhancing effective teacher-student cooperation. The main objective of this research is based on creating an understanding of the role of school managers in encouraging teachers to apply self-learning process among students in Jordanian school. In this vein, the research adopts a conceptual framework which identifies how an effective teacher interacts with students in classroom setting by elaborating the specific personal and professional characteristics of the teachers that enhance self-learning. Further, the literature review section summaries the findings of other studies relevant to this topic and that supports the conceptual framework adopted in this study. Based on the study objectives, the research question adopted for this research is to establish what roles the school managers play in encouraging teachers to apply self-learning process in Jordanian classes? In line with the findings of the reviewed literature, the study recommends the school managers to provide teachers with training courses to enhance their professional skills and to provide a supportive teaching and learning environment in schools.

Keywords: Educational system, self-learning process, teaching, student-centered learning, teacher-student cooperation.