The Impact of Using Service Learning in Developing the Concepts of Citizenship among the Tenth Grade Students in Jordan

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the impact of using service learning in developing the concepts of citizenship of the tenth grade students in Jordan. The study sample consists of (121) tenth grade - male and female students chosen from UNRWA schools, North Amman Area, Jordan during the scholastic year 2013/ 2014. The experimental group undergone the service learning consists of (64) male and female students; meanwhile the control group undergone the traditional method of learning and it consists of (57) male and female students. To achieve the objectives of the study, learning test has been prepared on the citizenship unit in the National and Civil Education subject. The reliability and credibility of the test has been verified accordingly. A citizenship project based on service learning has been prepared and the learning test has been first applied on the two groups of the study sample: the experimental and the controlling group. After the project has been implemented, the learning test has been later applied on the two groups. The results of the study have shown that there is a significant difference in developing the concepts of citizenship of the tenth grade students in favor of the experimental group. The results of the study have also indicated that there is a significant difference in developing the concepts of citizenship in the learning test as a whole in relation to the levels of remembering and understanding & comprehension of the students attributed to the interaction between the service learning and gender in favor of the female students and there is no significant difference in developing the concepts of citizenship in the learning test in relation to the application level attributed to the interaction between pedagogy and gender.