Attitudes of middle school geography teachers towards globalization

Abstract

Summary of the research

 The current research aimed to know the attitudes of teachers of geography for the preparatory stage towards globalization by building a measure of globalization.

 In order to prepare the final version of the scale, instructions were prepared for it showing male and female teachers how to answer using the answer sheet. As for the psychometric properties of the scale, the researcher gave indicators of the scale’s validity and stability. Validity was verified through the following:

 1- Apparent honesty, through which the scale was presented to a group of experts and the items that did not have the approval of the majority were excluded.

 2- The validity of the construction through the following:-

 A- Calculating the coefficients for distinguishing paragraphs, their validity coefficients, and excluding weak items.

 b- Calculating the correlation between the sub-scales of the scale.

 As for the stability of the scale, it was calculated in two ways: the method of re-testing and the method of split-half.  The current research has found

 - In order to achieve the first goal, which is to know the attitudes of teachers of geography for the preparatory stage towards globalization, as it was found through the statistical analysis of the answers of male and female teachers that their attitudes were positive.

 - It was found through the second objective that there are no statistically significant differences towards globalization according to the gender variables (males, females) and academic achievement, which were positive.

 In order to complete the desired benefit from the current research, which is to know the trends of the teachers of geography for the preparatory stage towards globalization, the research came out with a number of recommendations and proposals for subsequent research and studies.  Which I missed in light of the search results