The Attitudes of Kindergarten School Teachers Towards the Kidsmart Program in Teaching and Learning in al-Rusaifa District
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https://doi.org/10.33977/1182-014-042-010Keywords:
Kidsmart program, attitude, Kindergarten teacherAbstract
The current study aims to identify the teachers’ attitudes towards the Kidsmart program. The author uses the descriptive analytical approach, where the study population reached 1365 female teachers. The study sample comprises 312 female teachers in the lower basic stage in Rusifa governorate in Jordan. The sample was selected using the available sample method, and the researcher adopted a questionnaire and an essay question as the study tool. The results of the study revealed that the total degree of the teachers’ attitudes in the higher basic stage towards the Kidsmart program was degree higher. There was no statistically significant difference in the attitudes of teachers of the higher basic stage towards the Kidsmart program due to the variables of gender, and educational qualification. Moreover, there is a difference in their attitudes towards the program depending on for the variable years of experience, where the difference was in favor of five years or less. The study detected a difference in their attitudes towards the program attributed to the variable of age. In addition, there is a difference was in favor of 20-30 years. The study reached a number of recommendations, the most important of which included the necessity of involving teachers in any program offered by the Ministry of Education, the program department, which will be reflected on the teachers’ motivation towards the teaching profession.
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