The Educational Practices of Students/ teachers In The Department of Geography / College of Education and Its relation with pupils Interests in Geography
Abstract
:1. / 2. 3. 70 4. / (24) / 2005-2006 (10) . / . (28) . :1. / 81.333% .2. 75.297%.3. / 70 .4. / . .The current study aims at answering the following questions: 1. What is the level of educational practices of student / teacher in the department of geography?2. What is the level of Interests of student in secondary schools towards geoqraphy .3. Is there a statically significant difference between the average of educational practices and the and hypothetical leavel (70) of total performance? 4. Is there a statically significant correlation between the student / teacher practice in the department of geography and the Interests of their students towards geography? The study sample consisted of (24) male and female students / teacheres in the department of geography for the academic year 2005-2006 who taught with ten pupils for each student / teacher.In order to achieve the aim of the study, the researcher relied on the performance evaluation form, a form which is widely adopted in evaluating the educational practices of the student / teacher the validty and reliability of this form was checked .Besides, the researcher prepared a measurment of pupils' Interests at the intermediate level towards the subject of geography this measurement consisted in its final form of (28) items and determined its reliabitity and validity. The statistical analysis of the results showed: 1. The level of educational practices of student / teacher is 81.3332. The level of Interests of pupils in secondary schools towards geoqraphy is 75.297.3. A statically significant difference exists between the average of educational practices and the hypothetical level( 70) of total performance .4. There is no statically significant correlation between the student / teacher practice in the department of geography Based on the results, the researchers suggested a number of recommendations and complementary studies to the current one.
