Arab Educational Information Network

Public, private and foreign schools face difficulties that prevent them from achieving their objectives effectively. Foreign schools face their own problems, Foreign schools in Jordan face some problems and difficulties; So this study aimed at discovering these problems and difficulties and the ways of solution through case study of American academy of technology which is a foreign school in the province Zarqa in Jordan, and use the semi-open interview to collect data and information from the school principle, (12) teachers and (12) students about the problems and difficulties facing this school. The results of the study revealed That there are many problems and difficulties facing foreign schools, including: the use of foreign schools for English language in the teaching of all subjects, the recruitment of cadres of foreign teachers who speak English fluently and quickly, and the different curricula in foreign schools from the curricula of public schools which increase the gap between students of foreign schools and students of public schools, and many activities and examples do not conform to the customs and traditions of Jordanian society, in addition to the limited number of foreign schools in Jordan, making it more difficult for students to access it, and the high cost of study in foreign schools, so that not any students can study where, and the large individual differences among students, especially in the English language, the study recommended that the Department of Curriculum supervise the foreign schools curricula to make common factors among students in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (Published abstract)