Administrative and Educational Challenges Facing Teachers of Speech Training in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Programs

Abstract

The Current Study aimed at identifying the Administrative and Educational Challenges facing Speech Training Teachers in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Programs. The Descriptive Approach was used, and the Study Sample Consisted of (174) male and female teachers of speech training in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The researchers developed a questionnaire as an instrument of the study. The study Concluded that the Speech Training Teachers have an (average) level of Administrative Challenges as a whole, with a mean score of 3.54. They also have a (medium) degree of Educational Challenges, with a mean score of (3.65) for the whole dimension. About the impact of demographic variables on Administrative Challenges, the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences attributable to the variables of gender, training courses and educational qualification in all areas, except for one field, in addition to the statistically significant differences attributable to the impact of years’ experience and the workplace in favor of both integration classes and centers for special education services. Regarding the impact of a set of demographic variables on Educational Challenges, the results showed no statistically significant differences attributable to variables of gender, workplace, training courses.