فاعلية برنامج قائم على النظرية التوسعية في الدراسات الاجتماعية لتنمية مفاهيم و قيم التراث الشعبي لدى تلاميذ المرحلة الابتدائية

Abstract EN

The current study aimed at identifying the effectiveness of a suggested program based on Elaboration Theory in Social Studies in developing Folklore concepts' and values' of primary stage pupils.

Materials of the study were : a checklist of Folklore concepts, a checklist of Folklore values with its behavioral indicators, and the program based on Elaboration theory, whereas the tools were represented in: Folklore concepts' test and Folklore values' tests.

The study followed the quasi experimental curriculum and adopted “one group pre- post test" design.

The unit entitled “Innovations from our Folklore” was chosen and applied on a group of sixth-grade (N=37)pupils enrolled at Al Sheqefi primary school at Abu tisht, Qena.

Results of the study indicated that there was a significant difference between the means of the scores of pre and post tests of both Folklore concepts and values tests’ in the favor of post test.

This result revealed the effectiveness of a suggested program based on Elaboration Theory in Social Studies in developing Folklore concepts' and values' of primary stage pupils .Based on the results, a number of suggestions and suggested researches were presented.