A Study on the Most Important Problems and Challenges Facing Learners and Teachers in Adult Education and Literacy Centers in Jordan, and Ways to Confront them

Authors

Mahmoud MashalFollow

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the reality of the services and the educational environment provided to learners in adult education centers and literacy in the directorates of education in Jordan, and to identify the most important problems and challenges facing learners and teachers in these centers in preparation for proposing appropriate solutions that would develop the mechanism of work in education centers Adult literacy, improving the educational services provided to learners, and improving the outputs of these centers.

The sample of the study included a group of teachers and students at adult education and literacy centers in various regions of the Kingdom, and after distributing the questionnaire to the sample and unpacking it, the results clarified the current reality of the centers, as it was revealed that there are a set of positive factors and measures presented in the centers such as the availability of books and stationery for learners, and the availability of lighting and ventilation. And the means of heating and cooling appropriate for the centers, in addition to the teachers' efforts to help the students in their lessons, and to abide by the conditions of public health and safety.

It also showed that there are negative factors in these centers such as the lack of suitable furniture for students, the lack of students' feeling of real benefit from the lessons they took, in addition to difficulties and lack of clarity in some of the topics of the books used, and the lack of attention and follow-up by the educational supervisors of the centers in many cases.

The results of the study also showed that there are many problems facing the centers, the most prominent of which is the lack of flexibility in determining the official working hours in proportion to the students, the disparity and the lack of convergence in the ages of the students and the impact of family obligations, social events and agricultural seasons in hindering the student's attendance to the center and commitment to time, in addition to the difficulty The transfer of students from their homes to the centers, and the lack of means of transportation for them.

The results also recommended the necessity to improve the centers' environment by intensifying supervisory visits to the centers, providing the necessary deficiencies for the centers, such as furniture and computers, honoring distinguished students and teachers in the centers, and shortening the duration of the adult education and literacy program in line with the developments taking place in the world and our society in a way that serves learners

Recommended Citation

Mashal, Mahmoud (2022) "A Study on the Most Important Problems and Challenges Facing Learners and Teachers in Adult Education and Literacy Centers in Jordan, and Ways to Confront them," Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات: Vol. 23: Iss. 2, Article 21.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jpu/vol23/iss2/21