The effect of using local environmental materials to improve students' skills in the technical works material

Abstract

Summary

The aim of the current research is to know the effect of using local environmental materials in improving students' skills in the technical work subject. As for the research problem, it is summarized in answering the following questions: What is the effect of using the materials available in the local environment in technical work lessons on student achievement? The second chapter (theoretical framework) included two topics, the first topic: environmental materials and their role in artistic work, and the second topic: the importance of artistic works in art education. As for the research procedures in the third semester, the study community consists of the fourth stage students in the Department of Art Education in the College of Fine Arts - University of Babylon, for the academic year (2018/2019), and to achieve the research objectives, the sample was chosen by the systematic random method, and the study sample consisted of (40) male and female students, and the students were randomly distributed into two control and experimental groups. In paper, leather, textile, and natural wood works, the study concluded, after analyzing the results of the dimensional tests on the study sample, that there are statistically significant differences between the control group and the experimental group for all skills on achievement in the subject of technical works in favor of the experimental group. Among the most prominent of these results: 1- The presence of statistically significant differences between the control group and the experimental group for paperwork skill; Where the significance level was (0.037), which is less than (0.05), and the differences were in favor of the experimental group