The Degree of Secondary Public School Principals’ Application of the Knowledge Management Strategies at the Directorate of Education for Zarqa Area: Teachers’ Perspective

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the degree of secondary public school principals’ application of the knowledge management strategies at the directorate of education for Zarqa area from teachers’ perspective. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the study population consisted of 1263 male and female teachers for the academic year 2019/2020.The study sample consisted of 193 teachers. To achieve the objectives of the study and answer its questions, the researcher prepared a 30-item questionnaire.The researcher explained the results using the descriptive analytical method. The researcher used arithmetic means, standard deviations and (T) tests to determine the significance of differences according to study variables. The results showed that the degree of secondary public school principals’ application of the knowledge management strategies at the directorate of education for Zarqa area from teachers’ perspective was within the high grade. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 and less due to the difference of gender for females. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of 0.05 and below due to educational qualification and experience.In the light of the previous results, the researcher recommended increasing the training workshops for school principals and staff to make knowledge management successful, benefit from it in the educational field, work on the application of the strategy of knowledge management as received from the Ministry of Education and train all concerned on its items and contents.

Keywords: Knowledge Management Strategy, School Principal, Public High Schools.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-8-07

Publication date:March 31^st 2020