The Degree of Career Polarization among Educational Leaders in the Jordanian Ministry of Education

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree of career polarization among educational leaders in the Jordanian Ministry of Education. The researchers adopted the descriptive -analytical approach for its suitability for such studies. The researchers used the questionnaire, as the study instrument, which comprised (20) items.\xa0 The researchers distributed the items in two domains, (10) items were for each domain as the study instrument. The sample of the study comprised(150) educational leaders for the first semester of the academic year (2019-2020). The study results showed that the degree of career polarization among educational leaders in the Jordanian Ministry of Education came with an average degree of rating in all its domains and for all items. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of statistical significance (α = 0.05) attributed to the two study variables. Gender and the number of years of experience are the two study variables. The researchers recommend the necessity of holding seminars, meetings, and workshops for educational leaders in the Ministry of Education to demonstrate the importance of career polarization and how to benefit from it in the educational domain. The study presented a set of suggestions and recommendations that would contribute to raising the degree of career polarization among educational leaders in the Jordanian Ministry of Education.