This descriptive research aims to explore the state of affairs of the top students in Lattakia high schools and the factors that led to their eminence. It also aims to identify the role of some socio-educational, familial, and economical factors (as
independent variables), and educational achievement (as a dependent variable).
The researcher followed social survey approach to collect data for each of the research's variables concerning top students from Ghassan Harfouche, and Ezz Al-deen schools in Lattakia. Data was collected by a questionnaire addressed to one hundred top students. School registers of the above mentioned schools showed that 9% , 35%, 43%, and 13% of students obtained 90% , 89-70%, 69-50%, and 13% of the total degree respectively in all disciplines.
The research showed that eminence is related to the educational level of the parents, family income, and the way the students spend their free time. In addition, factors such as gender, and teacher appeal, and genetic factors affect educational achievement positively. However, large number of family members affect achievement negatively. Another factor that affects the student's achievement positively is the numerous studying hours per day.
This study aimed to recognize the importance of identifying the
requirements for achieving decentralization in elementary and secondary
schools in Syrian Arab Republic as perceived by headmasters.
The study used the descriptive method; A Questionn
aire was
constructed for this purpose, which consisted of (50) items.
Hypotheses dealt with the importance of decentralization according
to the headmasters points of view in elementary and secondary schools
and according to the variable of experience scientific and educational
qualification of the headmasters experience).
The research aimed to identify the level of job satisfaction of teachers in secondary
schools in Tartous governorate, as well as their level of job performance, and to identify
the impact of job satisfaction on the performance of the sample members
. The descriptive
approach was used. The sample included (440) teachers, ie (88.53%) of the original
community of the selected schools, for the Academic year 2016/2017. In order to achieve
the objective of the research, two questionnaires were designed, The first one consisted of
(37) sections divided into five axes to measure job satisfaction. The second consisted of
(29) items to measure the job performance. The research reached several results, most
importantly: job satisfaction of the sample members came at medium level, and the axis of
The nature of work) ranked first, While the axis of (work environment) ranked last. As
well as job performance of the sample members came at medium degree with average of
(3,31) and a relative weight (67,54). The result also shown The effect of job satisfaction on
job performance of the sample members. The research presented some of conclusions and
proposals, including: provide an emotive and lovely atmosphere for teachers to enable
them to perform their tasks to the fullest, and improve the work environment by providing
educational equipment and tools to facilitate the work of teaching, as well as conducting
similar studies in other educational stages and in other governorate.
