Electronic twinning as an entry point for the professional development of pre-university public education teachers in Egypt: a proposed vision

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ASSUIT UNIVERSITY , FACULTY OF EDUCATION , FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION DEBARMENT

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The aim of the current research is to identify the intellectual and conceptual framework for electronic professional twinning, and to present the models of some countries in the application of electronic professional twinning, to identify the requirements for the application of electronic professional twinning in Egypt, and to present the proposed vision for the application of electronic twinning in Egypt as an entry point for the professional development of teachers.
The researcher used the descriptive approach to suit the research topic. The researcher applied a questionnaire to a sample of faculty members in the Faculties of Education, Sohag University, Assiut and Minya, to identify the requirements for applying electronic twinning
The responses of the sample members regarding the requirements of applying electronic twinning came to a large degree of agreement about spreading the electronic twinning culture through awareness of its objectives, enacting electronic twinning policies, electronic infrastructure, trained human resources, and designing electronic societies.
The researcher presented a proposed vision for the application of electronic twinning as an entry point for professional development for teachers that included the formulation of the proposed vision, its goals, principles, characteristics, dimensions, components and implementation mechanisms.
The researcher advised on the importance of a flexible and conscious leadership of the importance of electronic twinning, and convincing political leaders of the necessity of having electronic twinning as an entry point for the professional development of teachers and raising the quality of the educational process,

Keywords: electronic twinning- professional development for teachers

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