A Suggested Proposal for Activating the Academic Advising in the Egyptian Open University Education

A Suggested Proposal for Activating the Academic Advising in the Egyptian Open University Education A Dissertation Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The degree of Doctorate of philosophy Foundations of Education)) By Hanan Ahmed EL-Rouby Mohammed Assistant teacher in the education principle department Supervised by Prof Dr. Abd Al Moneim Mohammed Mohammed Prof. of Foundations Education Department and the Dean of Faculty of Education in Bani-Suef University 1434H – 2013s Abstract Study title: "A Suggested Proposal for Activating the Academic Advising in the Egyptian Open University Education" Researcher's name: Hanan Ahmed EL-Rouby Mohammed Granting Body: Foundations of education, Faculty of Education, Beni Sweif University. Year of granting: 1434H – 2013s Study language: Arabic language Academic degree: Doctorate of philosophy in education – specialty of Foundations of Education. Supervisor: Abd Al Moneim Mohammed Mohammed Prof. of Foundations Education Department and the Dean of Faculty of Education in Bani-Suef University Abstract: This study aims to Be acquainted with the philosophy of the open education , its targets and its programs, Be acquainted with the philosophy of the academic advising , its importance , its characteristic and the role of the academic advisor in open education, Be acquainted with the reality of the academic advising in open learning centers in Egypt. Put a suggestive plane to activated the academic advising in open education in Egypt. This recent study uses questions to collect information about the requirements it is applied on some sample of universities staff member academic coordinators in open learning centers in Egyptian universities in (Cairo – Assiut -Bani-suef )to know to targets , requirements and the barriers of activating academic advising in open education this questions happened or applied in theoretical frame and depending on EX-studies. Findings of study: The findings have concluded the following: The suggestive researches in the field of academic advising can be concluded in : (1) Suggestive study to activate the partnership between all open learning centers to build an open Egyptian university (2) Comparative study for the services of academic advising in open education in the light of the previous experiences of some countries (3) A suggestive study to build academic advising offices in open education. (4) Evaluative study to the all role of staff member as (academic advisors ) in open education in Egypt. Summary Introduction Most world countries have been interest about universities and have seek to develop their educational performance and its quality. and also seek to update the administrative structure in universities to active the effectiveness of performance at all levels .open education is considered one of the most important innovations in the patterns of higher education as it aims to provide varied opportunities for different groups of adults to enroll in open education away from formal education with its traditional barriers. Considered that the services of the academic advising that provided in open educational Center, which is integrated around the educational experience of the learner for the services provided to students such as providing a helping hand to students about the problems of subject and introduce to students about the open education and the study programs and study system and address the difficulties that hinder the academic achievement of the students and try to resolve it. So that it was necessary activate the academic advising in the center of open education in Egypt because of its importance in success of open education and Achieving its aims. The Problem: Students of open education in Egypt need to academic advising because it considered as academic educational process &The essential main core for education. though the academic adviser is not practiced in the actual image in the open educational centers at Egyptian universities as the regulations and study planes stipulated it . It provides an academic coordinator for each study program and don’t deal with students and limit its role to provide faculty member from different collages programs to teach at the open learning centers. and many studies and researches confirmed that academic advisors are not willing to work as academic advisor be side the ambiguity of some roles of academic advising for both advisor and students. Also the weakness of freedom which granted to academic advisor and not being able to solve problems which students are exposed to in open education. thus the academic advising should be activated in open learning centers in Egypt. So we can formulate the problem of the study in the following Questions : (1) What is the nature of open learning education and its philosophy , targets , beginnings ,advantages and programs (2) What is the nature of academic advising and its philosophy , targets importance , characteristics ,types and the role of academic of academic advisor (3) What is the reality of the academic advising in open academic education in Egypt (4) What the suggestive plane to active the academic advising in open education in Egypt The Aims of Study: This study aims to (1) Be acquainted with the philosophy of the open education , its targets and its programs. (2) Be acquainted with the philosophy of the academic advising , its importance , its characteristic and the role of the academic advisor in open education. (3) Be acquainted with the reality of the academic advising in open learning centers in Egypt. (4) Put a suggestive plane to activated the academic advising in open education in Egypt. The Importance of the Study: The study is real important because (1) The increase of the number of the students in open education and the importance of developing it, updating it to cope with the international changes. (2) Carry out the orientations to developing the academic advising for open education students. (3) Improve the academic advising services which offered in open learning centers for the students . (4) To overcome some problems which face the open education in Egypt through academic advising. (5) The studies and research on the subject of the study focused on the existence of deficiencies and weakness in the academic counseling services and recommended that its activation. And thus contribute to the current study provide a suggested to activate academic advising in open education in Egypt. Study Methodaloer: To achieve the targets of this study , the descriptive approach has been adopted to describe the recent situation of open education in Egypt and to describe the academic advising ,its targets, its philosophy , its roles and its reality in open education in Egypt. The Tools and Sample of the Study This recent study uses questions to collect information about the requirements it is applied on some sample of universities staff member academic coordinators in open learning centers in Egyptian universities in (Cairo – Assiut -Bani-suef )to know to targets , requirements and the barriers of activating academic advising in open education this questions happened or applied in theoretical frame and depending on EX-studies. The limits and Justification of the Study: This study is applied only in some open learning centers in Egypt universities which included: Cairo university Assiut university, Bani - Suef university. That is why this study focused on Cairo university as it is the oldest pattern in the experience of open education on the country Bani - suef is taken as it is the most recent universities in this experience beside it is the main or original the researcher.For Assiut, it is the representative op upper Egypt in this study The Steps of the Study: This study has the following steps : (1) First step includes the main and general frame of the study it has an introduction of the research, its targets, its importance, previous experience, the approach of the research, the limits of the research and its steps. (2) Second step theoretical presentation A- To the concept of the open education and its philosophy ,its beginning , its advantages , its reflections and its systematic structure B- Present some social changes and its reflections contemporary on open education C- Presentation some patterns to open learning centers in the world in different countries (3) Third step : theoretical presentations A- To academic advising philosophy , its beginning , its development , its targets its importance ,its types and the organized patterns of academic advising B- Present different type of academic advisor , his role , his job , elicit some roles of academic advisors in some foreign and Arab countries. (4) Fourth step theoretic analysis to the reality of open education in Egypt , in open learning centers in Cairo university , Assiut university , Bani-suef university (5) Fifth step: Field study to have suggestive plane to active the academic advising in open education in Egypt (6) Sixth step : this suggestive plane includes open education is basics, its principles, its tools, its barriers and the suggestive outcomes. Results and Recommendations: The recent study has ended to offer suggestive plane to activate the academic advising in open education in Egypt and recommended the following : (1) The culture of academic advising should be prevailed between staff members and students (2) Be aware of the importance of academic advising (3) Prefer the result of non centered. The pattern of staff member to work as academic advisors in open learning centers in Egypt • It should be decided the academic roles and practice which academic advisors are doing in each stage in the study of open education • Put regulations to choose and train academic advisors by having academic places in which academic advising offers some requirements to the students this can happened through the following stages : (1) First stage: this is introductory stage before activating open education open learning centers should admit of the importance of academic advising and put a clear policy and regulations for it (2) Second stage Enacting stage A- This stage includes and train the academic advisors and evaluate them B- Prepare about the students and it should be given to the academic advisors (3) Third stage follow up and Evaluation this stage activated the role of academic advising by evaluating the advisors holding annual conference to gain benefit from specialized experts from different places in the field of academic advising. The Studies and the Suggestive Researches: The suggestive researches in the field of academic advising can be concluded in : (5) Suggestive study to activate the partnership between all open learning centers to build an open Egyptian university (6) Comparative study for the services of academic advising in open education in the light of the previous experiences of some countries (7) A suggestive study to build academic advising offices in open education. (8) Evaluative study to the all role of staff member as (academic advisors ) in open education in Egypt.