The Degree to Which Science Teachers in the Upper Basic Stage Practice the Required Roles in Light of the Digital Age Demands amidst COVID-19

The present study aimed to investigate the degree to which science teachers in theupper basic stage practice the required roles in light of the digital age demandsamidst COVID-19.To that aim, the descriptive survey approach was used in addition to a questionnaire of 30 items spread over 3 domains: technological, social and research, in a form of scale developed distinctly for gathering data. Reliability and validity of these items were verified. The sample of the study consisted of (143) male and female science teachers. The statistical treatment of data involved using the means, standard deviations, and three-way MANOVA.The results of the study showed that the degree to which science teachers in the upper basic stage practice the required roles in light of the digital age demandsamidstCOVID-19 pandemicwas moderate. Technological domainranked first with a mean of (3.90) and got a high degree.Social domainranked second with a mean of (3.31) while Researchdomain ranked last with a mean of (2.54) and both gota moderate degree. The findings also indicated that there were no statistically significant differencesin the science teachers'practice attributed to the variablesof gender, experience and education sector. The study reached several recommendations, the most important of which is educating teachers about the importance of practicing the required roles in light of the digital age demands amidstCOVID-19 pandemic.