مستوى فهم طلبة التربية العملية في تخصص معلم الصف للمفاهيم العلمية الواردة في كتب علوم الصفوف الثلاثة الأولى

Abstract EN

This study aimed to investigate the level of understanding of student teachers major in "class teacher" of the scientific concepts included in science textbooks for the first three classes compared with the educationally acceptable level of (80%).

The study also sought to identify the co-relation between the student teachers' level of understanding of scientific concepts on one hand and their university cumulative average and secondary education stream in the other hand.

To achieve the objectives of the study , a 30-item multiple choice test of the scientific concepts included in science textbooks was prepared.

The test covered physics, Biology, and Earth Sciences disciplines.

Upon ensuring its validity and reliability, the test was administered to (91) student teachers.

The results revealed that the level of student teachers' understanding of scientific concepts fell in the "moderate" category on the test as a whole, and on Biology, and Earth sciences in specific, whereas their performance on the test fell in the "Low" category which is below the acceptable educational level of (80%).

The results also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at (0.05=α) in the level of student teachers' understanding of the scientific concepts attributed to their cumulative average at the university on the test as a whole and on each science discipline.

However, significant statistical differences attributed to secondary education stream on the test as a whole, and on each discipline (physics, biology, earth sciences) were found in favor of student teachers of the scientific stream.

Moreover there were no significant differences in the level of students' understanding of scientific concepts among literary stream and information management students on the test as a whole and on each discipline