The effectiveness of a professional development program to improve teaching performance and reduce injury complications by using multimedia in the artistic gymnastics lesson for physical education teachers

Summary

This research aims to "study the effectiveness of a professional development program using multimedia on:
- The cognitive aspect to reduce injury complications for physical education teachers (the research sample(
- Teaching performances of some artistic gymnastics skills for physical education teachers (the research sample(.
The research sample consisted of one experimental group consisting of (15) teachers from the Wasat Education Department whose years of experience range from more than (15) fifteen years. A professional development program using multimedia for the experimental group was implemented during the first semester of the academic year 2020/2021 by (6) Six lectures for a period of (6) six days at a time of (4) four hours for the lecture. The most important conclusions were that the professional development program using multimedia has achieved positive results in both cognitive aspects to reduce the complications of injury and the application of teaching performance. The most important recommendations included: Apply the professional development program to the rest of the educational departments, to qualify teachers to treat injuries that occur among students. And the interest in making similar training programs for physical education teachers. The necessity of holding courses and workshops to train physical education teachers on how to use modern educational programs to keep pace with educational developments and raise their efficiency