The Role of Informatics in Developing Vocational Performance of Vocational Teachers in Industrial Schools in Palestine: from the Principles and Vices Point of View

This study aimed to define the the role of informatics in developing vocational performance of vocational teachers in industrial schools in Palestine from the views of the principals and teachers, and tried to determine the effects of certain variables on evaluating the role of informatics in developing vocational performance of vocational teachers in industrial schools in Palestine. Concerning the variables related to the principals and teachers; they are (gender, job, academic qualification, family of scientific specialization, years of experience, sponsor, governorate, internet availability, computer availability, LCD availability, local computer network availability, educational software availability), also it aimed at determining the problems of informatics utilizing in industrial schools in Palestine. For the purpose of this study, available sample was used for the principals and teachers. The sample consisted of (188) principal and teacher forming (83%) of the study population. Questionnaire was developed to fulfill the aims of the study; it consisted of (4) parts, part 1 included primary information, part 2 included general information a bout what exist in school, part 3 included (44) items of questionnaire, these items were distributed over (3) areas(knowledge-ware, soft-ware, hard-ware). Part 4 included a question about problems of informatics utilizing in industrial schools in Palestine. For establishing the instrument reliability, the reliability coefficient was computed using cronbach Alfa formula for questionnaire. The obtained reliability coefficient was (0.89). This value was so reliable to fulfill the aims of the study. To analyze the data statistically, means percentages, t-test, One way Anova analysis of variance and (LSD) test were used. The findings of the study indicated the following: - Concerning the total degree of the role of informatics in developing vocational performance of vocational teachers in industrial schools in Palestine from the views of the principals and teachers was very great, it was (83.2%). - Lack of technical and specialized training for vocational teachers came first among the existing problems of informatics utilizing in industrial schools in Palestine., while the difference of equipments in industrial schools came last. The percentages of these problems were (15.9%) and (1.3%) in order. - There were no significant differences (α= 0.05) related to the evaluation of the role of informatics in developing vocational performance of vocational teachers in industrial schools in Palestine from the views of the principals and teachers due to(gender, jop, sponsor, governorate, internet availability, LCD availability, local-computer-network availability, educational software availability). - There were significant differences (α= 0.05) related to evaluation the role of informatics in developing vocational performance of vocational teachers in industrial schools in Palestine from the views of the principals and teachers due to (academic qualification, family of scientific specialization, years of experience, computer availability).The differences were between Diploma and Master in favour of Master, and between the family of Electricity and otherwise family in favour of the family of Electricity, and between less than (5) years experience and more than (10) years experience in favour of less than (5) years experience, and between computer availability and not computer availability in favour of computer availability. On the basis of these findings, the researcher recommended the following: 1.Saving of informatics component in industrial secondary schools in Palestine (knowledge-ware, soft-ware, hard-ware). 2.Utilizing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in all activities of the industrial secondary schools in Palestine. 3.Great interest of human resources development in industrial secondary schools in Palestine in order to update new technologies and cope information pollution.