The role of learning communities professionals in developing professional competence vocational education teachers in Jordan

The study aimed to identify the role of learning community professionals in developing professional competence among vocational education teachers in Jordan and its relationship to the variables of gender, educational qualification, and number of years of academic experience. The descriptive approach was used, in addition to the questionnaire as a tool for the study, which was applied to 250 male and female vocational education teachers in Jordan in the second semester of the academic year 2022/2023. The study has found the role of professional learning communities in the development of professional competence for vocational education teachers in Jordan. It was average with an arithmetic average of 3,49. The study also found that there were no statistically significant differences due to the variables of gender and the number of years of experience, but it was found that there were statistically significant differences due to the educational qualification variable, which was in favor of postgraduate studies.