The Actual Use of English Language Teachers For the Educational Aids in Hebron Governorate and its Relation to their Knowledge of Brain-Based Learning

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2021-07-17
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Ahmad Jamil Ahmad Abukhiran
أحمد جميل أحمد أبو خيران
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Al-Quds University
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This study aimed to identify the reality of using educational aids by teachers of English in the Hebron Governorate and its relationship to their knowledge of brain-based learning. The researcher adopted the descriptive-analytical method, as it is suitable for this study. The study population consisted of all teachers of English in the Directorate of Hebron Governorate, where the researcher applied the study electronically via Google forms by sending the electronic link of the questionnaire to all members of the study community. The researcher retrieved (168) valid questionnaires for statistical treatment, including (104) male and (64) female teachers. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher prepared a questionnaire consisting of two instruments: the first instrument to measure "the reality of using educational aids by in Hebron Governorate". It consists of (33) items divided into three domains: (educational aids preparation, using educational aids, evaluation). The second instrument to measure "the level of knowledge of teachers of English in brain-based learning in the Hebron Governorate" that consists of (21) items. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were verified and applied to the actual study sample. Then, the retrieved questionnaire forms were processed through the SPSS statistical packages. The results of the study have shown that the degree of using the educational aids by teachers of English is high, with a mean of (3.99 out of 5). The results also have shown that there were statistically significant differences between the means of the responses of the study sample about the reality of using educational aids according to (gender, years of experience, district) variables and there were no statistically significant differences between the means of the responses of the study sample about the reality of using educational aids according to the academic qualification variable. Besides, the level of knowledge of teachers of English in brain-based learning is high, as it reached a mean of (2.65 out of 3). The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the arithmetic averages of the responses of the study sample about the knowledge of brain-based learning according to the variables of (gender, years of experience, directorate), and there were no statistically significant differences between the means of the responses of the study sample about the level of knowledge of brain-based learning according to the degree variable. Finally, the results of the study have also shown the existence of a direct, statistically significant, correlation between the reality of using teaching aids teachers of English, and their level of knowledge of brain-based learning.
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