اتجاهات طلبة كلية التربية الأساسية بدولة الكويت و كلية البحرين للمعلمين نحو استخدام العقاب البدني في مدارس التعليم العام : دراسة مقارنة

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Objectives : The study aimed to examine attitudes of stu dents of college of basic education in Kuwait and students of Bahrain teacher's college toward corporal punishment at schools.

Method : The study followed descriptive compar ative methodology, and applied a questionnaire to measure students' attitudes toward corporal punishment.

A sample of 381 students at the College of Basic Education and 241 students at Bahrain teacher's college was chosen randomly.

Results : Results showed that students of College of Basic Education had neutral attitudes toward using corporal pun ishment at school, whereas students of Bahrain teacher's college had negative attitudes toward the same.

In addition, the study found that there were statistically significant dif ferences at the level of a ≤0.05 in attitudes toward corporal punishment among students of College of Basic Education attributed to sex, and in favour of male students.

The study also found statistically significant differences at the level of a<0.05 in attitudes toward corporal punishment among students of Bahrain teacher's college attributed to sex, and in favour of male students, besides statistically significant differences at the level of a ≤0.05 in the means of attitudes toward corporal punishment between students of College of Basic Education and students of Bahrain teacher's college, in favour of students of College of Basic Education.

Conclusion : The implications of the current study shed light on the importance of enhancing the role of professors, cur ricula, and extra-curricular activities in clarifying the nega tive effects of corporal punishment on students, which may also lead to negative attitudes toward corporal punishment.