Facilitating competencies of in-service training for effective academnic learning in sport science

In-service training facilitates acquisition of skills and enhances teaching competencies, experiences and professional qualification of sports science lecturers. In the present study, competencies acquired from in-services training program were determined base on lecturers participation in planning, implementation and evaluation and lecturers competencies in planning instruction, conducting instruction, evaluating instruction that facilitate students growth were tested using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Results show that the convergent validity for all the loadings was statistically significant. The goodness-of-fit statistics suggest that the proposed model represents an adequate fit to the observed data with the exception that χ²/df which is slightly above 5.239. The critical ratios (t-values) were found to be significant and they were greater than (±1.96) or (±2.58) at 0.05 level or 0.01 level, respectively. Research findings shows that integration of in-service training program in sports science in Malaysia and Libya universities will enhance lectures professional competencies by sufficiently providing teaching skills and improved competency level needed to facilitate student's growth.