Journal of Educational Sciences > Volume 25, No. 2, 2013

The problems of novice mathematics teachers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from their perspective and their educational supervisors / Mohammed Sanat Al-Harbi, Khaled Abdullah Al-matham

This study aimed to determine the problems that face the novice mathematics teacher from their perspective and their
educational supervisors. The study followed a survey descriptive methodology and its sample consisted of (310) of novice teacher and (115)
educational supervisors. The Study used the questionnaire. The results showed that the most prominent curriculums-related problems of
novice teachers are: the weakness of the novice teacher on each of the use of modern teaching strategies, dealing with exploration and
expansion lesson and the formulation of objectives that measure the levels and dealing with the issues of higher-order thinking skills. While
the physical environment-related problems are: lack of mathematics lab, lack of availability of school references of teaching mathematics , a
large number of students in one class, lack of teaching aids. Also lack of maintenance for equipment , and lack of facilities used to teach
mathematics in LRC and school. Meanwhile; the most prominent moral environment-related problems of teachers was the teaching overload
for the novice teacher. While the most prominent students and their parents-related problems of teachers are: lack of follow-up children's
learning by parents and lack of knowledge of the teacher about the social background of students. The most prominent problems related with
their personality are: the poor knowledge of teachers about rules and regulations, the lower job degree which the teachers deserve better
systematically, the long distance between the teacher's home and work and feeling bored of monotony and routine of teacher's job.
Key Words: Mathematics Curriculum, Physical environment, Abstract environment, Teacher personality, Student , Parents.