فاعلية استخدام الخرائط الذهنية في تنمية التحصيل الدراسي و التفكير الابتكاري لدى طلاب الخدمة الاجتماعية من منظور الممارسة العامة

Abstract EN

The present study aimed to test the effectiveness of using mind maps in developing academic achievement and innovative thinking among social work students from the Generalist Practice Perspective.

The type of study in a quasi-experimental study.

The researcher relied on the quasiexperimental method and its pre-posttest designs for two groups, one experimental and the other controlling.

The study was conducted during the period from 5/16/2017 to 1/13/2018, and the professional intervention program was conducted on a sample consisting of (60) students from the second year of Developmental Social work Faculty - Beni Suef University, and it was divided into a control group, their number is ( 30), and an experimental group number (30).

The study proved the correctness of the main hypothesis, which is "there are statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) between the mean scores of the students of the experimental group that studied the strategy of mind maps and the control group that studied traditionally in the post-application of the test of academic achievement and innovative thinking in favor of the experimental group".

The study recommended including the mental maps strategy and training on them within the programs of developing the preparation of the social workers in colleges and institutes of social work.