The attitudes of parents and students towards teaching English in the secondary stage at public and private schools in Jordan

Other Title(s)

اتجاهات الآباء و الطلبة نحو تدريس اللغة الإنجليزية للمرحلة الثانوية في المدارس الحكومية و الخاصة في الأردن

Dissertant

Abd al-Wahid, Raghad Muhammad Suud

Thesis advisor

Jafar, Fatimah Abd al-Halim

University

Amman Arab University

Faculty

Faculty of Educational Sciences and psychological

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2017

English Abstract

his study aims to investigating Parents’ and Students ‘attitudes towards Teaching English at Public and Private Schools for the Secondary stage in Jordan through answering the following questions: 1 - What are the attitudes of parents towards the process of teaching English for the secondary stage in public and private schools in Amman? 2- What are the attitudes of students towards the process of teaching English for the secondary stage in public and private schools in Amman? 3-Is there any statistically significant difference due to the type of school in the attitudes of parents towards the process of teaching English for the secondary stage in Amman? 4-Is there any statistically significant difference due to the type of school in the attitudes of students towards the process of teaching English for the secondary stage in Amman? To achieve the aim of the study, the researcher designed a questionnaire to measure parents’ and students’ attitudes towards Teaching English at Public and Private Schools using the descripted method.

This questionnaire included four domains having (37) items; the curriculum domain that included (10) items; the teacher domain that included (10) items; the teaching methods domain that included (11) items; and the communication with parents domain which included (6) items.

The sample of the study consisted of (114) students from public and private schools, and 37 parents.

Means, standard deviations and T-test were used to analyze the data.

The results revealed that:- 1.

Parents of public and private schools students show neutral attitudes towards English language teaching.

2.

Students have medium level attitudes towards teaching English in public and private schools.

3.

There are no statistically significant differences in attitudes towards teaching English from parents' views due to the type of school (public / private).

4.

There are no statistically significant differences in attitudes towards teaching English from students opinions due to type of school (public / private).

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

No. of Pages

68

Table of Contents

Table of contents.

Abstract.

Abstract in Arabic.

Chapter One : Introduction.

Chapter Two : Literature review.

Chapter Three : Research and methodology.

Chapter Four : Findings of the study.

Chapter Five : Discussions and recommendations.

References.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Abd al-Wahid, Raghad Muhammad Suud. (2017). The attitudes of parents and students towards teaching English in the secondary stage at public and private schools in Jordan. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Amman Arab University, Jordan
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Abd al-Wahid, Raghad Muhammad Suud. The attitudes of parents and students towards teaching English in the secondary stage at public and private schools in Jordan. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Amman Arab University. (2017).
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Abd al-Wahid, Raghad Muhammad Suud. (2017). The attitudes of parents and students towards teaching English in the secondary stage at public and private schools in Jordan. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Amman Arab University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-948056

Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-948056