The study aims at identifying the reality of volunteer-work support in the General Directorate of Education (GDE) in the Eastern Province from the perspective of its educational supervisors in the following dimensions;(Value Dimension, Cognitive Dimension, Practical Dimension), and revealing the existence of statistically significant differences at the significance level (a ≤ 0.05) between the average responses on the support of GDE for volunteer-work due to participants’ variables ( gender, academic qualification, number of years of service). To achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive survey approach was used on a sample of (132) supervisors from the GDE who were selected in a random, stratified method, with a response rate of 100%. The study results show that the degree of support for volunteer-work in the GDE is achieved with a medium degree and an average of (3.42), and a standard deviation of (0.79). The result of participants’ approval on the study dimensions is as follows: First the “value” dimension with an average of (3.98), followed by the “practical” dimension with an average of (3.16), and last was the “cognitive” dimension with an average of (3.12). The findings also indicate no statistical differences (a
Key words: Volunteer-work; General Directorate of Education, Educational Supervisors, Saudi Arabia.
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