The Development of Faculties of Education in Egypt in Light of the requirements of applying Baldrige Criteria for Educational Excellence

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education , faculty of education, University of Sadat City, Menoufia, Egypt

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        This study aimed to develop faculties of education in Egypt in light the requirements of Baldirge framework to distinguish educational performance.  Therefore, the requirements for applying the criteria to educational excellence were determined. The study followed the descriptive analytical method. In the current study, a questionnaire was applied to a sample of 97participants consisting of deans, vice deans, heads of departments, professors, managers of projects and quality units. The study's most important results have proved that the requirements of developing faculties of education in the light of Badirge framework to distinguish educational performance came very important to all axes of the questionnaire (leadership, strategic planning, focus on beneficiaries, information analysis and performance assessment, human resources, operations and results).  In addition, the requirements of developing faculties of education in light of Baldirge approach to distinguish educational performance were found at a medium degree.  The results of the current study revealed that (1) there were statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the response rates of the study participants in all the axes of the questionnaire  as a whole, and each of its axes  attributed to the variable of the administrative function in favor of those who (occupy an administrative job). (2) There were statistically significant differences at the level (0.05) between the response rates of the study participants about the degree of availability of the requirements for applying criteria in the degree to distinguishing educational performance to develop faculties of education on the study instrument as a whole and in each of its axes separately due to the variable of (the state of the faculty). Finally, a proposed suggestion was developed to develop faculties of education in light of the requirements for applying criteria for educational excellence.

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