Training needs of faculty members in KSA universities after Covid-19 pandemic , according to Goldstein and Ford's model

Abstract

The repercussions of the Corona crisis (COVID-19) cast its shadows on the world, and the world’s systems joined forces to confront it, including, of course, the KSA, which presented a pioneering model in managing this crisis, and one of the lessons learned here is the change of the educational pattern and the trend towards electronic and virtual mode. Which calls for a change in the culture of the traditional work at the level of the entire university educational system. Therefore, the current study was concerned with identifying the training needs (TNA) of faculty members in Saudi universities according to the Goldstein and Ford's model to determine the necessary training needs for the post-COVID-19 period; to achieve the goal of the study. A questionnaire consisting of (36) items was applied (414) faculty members from (6) Saudi public universities. The field study reached a set of results, the most important of which are: The total percentage of the training gap in the proposed needs was (77.18%),And (79.22%) in professional needs, (78.74%) in administrative needs and (78.56%) in personal needs, and the most important proposed personal needs were (providing support and advice to injured students and their families during emergencies and pandemics according to the degree of risk (yellow - orange - red). The study recommended the establishment of a training unit to be located in the general office of the Ministry of Education under the Minister’s office, and its main function is to organize training programs for faculty members in universities to face crises imposed by emerging conditions such as the spread of pandemics, in addition to providing (frames) training competencies from faculty members to provide courses and provide Financial and logistical support for organizing these training.