Decision-making Skills and Their Relations to some Variables among Special Education Department Students at the Faculty of Basic Education in Kuwait

The purpose of the current study was to determine the extent to which the decision-making skills of the special education students at the Faculty of Basic Education in Kuwait were met and to identify the level of the decision-making skills development. The study made use of the descriptive method which was based on measuring the decision-making skills. The research was administered to a sample consisting of (105) at the Faculty of Basic Education in Kuwait. The results of the study revealed that the level of decision-making skills in general was high, while the levels of decision-making skills according to the decision-making scale varied (intermediate and high levels). The results also indicated that there were no differences in the study participants responses due to the variables of the study (the learners’ level, scientific specializations, university degrees, university specializations). Results recommendations were presented in the light of the results, namely, the inclusion of seminars within the courses to contribute in the promotion and development of the decision-making skills of students at the faculties of basic education, holding training courses focusing on the development of decision-making skills for basic education students and attention to the development of decision-making skills of the teachers via utilizing training centers of the Ministry of Education. The study also proposed conducting similar studies to identify the levels of decision-making skills of the students in other departments at the Faculty of Basic Education and the other faculties of education.