Attitudes of teachers towards the Palestinian resistance literature (PRL)‎ : Jerusalem city as a model

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The study investigated whether the attitudes of teachers towards Palestinian Resistance Literature and the role of some variables (sex, specialisation, academic qualification and experience) in determining teachers’ attitudes towards Palestinian resistance literature.

The study population consisted of all teachers in the schools of Jerusalem.

The sample (299) was taken using the cluster random method.

We constructed a questionnaire comprised of 58 items to measure the attitudes of Palestinian teachers towards Palestinian resistance literature.

We used descriptive and analytical statistical methods; the descriptive methods are characterised in mathematical averages, standard deviations and percentages ; the analytical methods are characterised using t-test and one-way ANOVA.

The findings show that the level of teachers’ attitudes towards Palestinian resistance literature in general were positive in all aspects, poetry, prose and educational environment rich of Palestinian resistance literature.

In addition, the results indicated that there are no statistically significant differences in attitudes towards resistance literature among teachers in Jerusalem attributed to the sex variable and the specialisation variable.

On the other hand, there was a statistically significant difference attributed to the specialisation variable was more interested of the bachelor's degree and the experience variable was more interested of 5-10 years’ experience.