Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to identify the degree of availability of performance quality standards in the practical education system at the Faculty of Education at Al-Quds Open University from the perspective of student teachers. Methods: The researcher used a descriptive analytical method and relied on a questionnaire that included the four performance quality standards of the practical education system, which are (Program Management, Academic Supervisor, School Principal, and Associate Teacher). The questionnaire contained (37) indicators of performance quality and was distributed to a sample of (132) male and female students from the Faculty of Education at Al-Quds Open University, Gaza branch, during two consecutive academic years (2022/2023). Results: The study concluded that the availability of performance quality standards within the practical education system at the Faculty of Education at Al-Quds Open University, from the perspective of student teachers, was high. The quality of assistant teacher performance received the highest relative weight of the four areas, followed by the quality of performance of the practical education program management, then the academic supervisor, and finally the quality of performance of the school principal. Conclusions: The study recommends continuous improvement in the performance of both faculty members supervising training at the College of Education and cooperating school principals with regard to the training process for student teachers, in accordance with quality standards. It also recommends adopting the performance quality standards scale for the components of the practical education system developed by this study, which has been validated and proven reliable, with the possibility of building upon it and developing it to enable its application in different circumstances.