فاعلية استخدام استراتيجية التعلم الخدمي لتدريس الدراسات الاجتماعية في تنمية الوعي بالتنمية المستدامة و المسئولية الاجتماعية لدى طالبات الصف الثالث متوسط

الملخص EN

The study aimed to identifying the effectiveness of applying the service-learning strategy in teaching social studies in the development of awareness of sustainable development and social responsibility of the students of the third-grade students at middle schools.

The sample of the study consisted of (60) students of the third grade, divided into (30) students for the experimental group, which studied using the service learning strategy, and (30) students for the control group, which studied utilizing the traditional method of teaching.

The subject matter to be studied was selected from a list of appropriate projects to teach the unit entitled (My country’s natural characteristics).

The service-learning strategy was adopted in conducting the unit.

It included five projects that were arbitrated and agreed on their suitability to teach the unit.

A teacher’s guide about using the service-learning strategy was also prepared.

It included an introduction, brief summary of the strategy, stages used in teaching the unit, the role of both teacher and student, the unit’s general objectives, time distribution, and unit lessons prepared according to the service learning strategy.

The tools of the study consisted of a scale of social responsibility (that included four basic dimensions aiming at measuring which social responsibility towards the environment, the self, the homeland, the group), and a scale of awareness of sustainable development that included three basic dimensions aimed at assessing(the environmental field, the social field, the economic field).

The study results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference at (0.05) between the mean scores of the students in the experimental and control groups in the post application in the social responsibility scale favoring the experimental group, which indicated the effectiveness of the service learning strategy in developing social responsibility.

The results also showed that there was a statistically significant difference at (0.05a) between the mean scores of the students in the experimental and control groups in the post application in the awareness measure of sustainable development favoring the experimental group and indicated the effectiveness of the service learning strategy in developing awareness of sustainable development.