The Adoption of Tablet and e-Textbooks: first grade core curriculum and school administration attitude

This study aimed to investigate the effect of using e-textbooks, activities, games, and worksheets that loaded onto students tablets on first grade students’ achievement on their core curriculum (science, math, English, Arabic) compared to the use of the traditional teaching method. It also, investigated the school administration reflection toward the use of Tablet as a teaching tool. The study used a quasi-experimental control group design. The study sample was formed of (80) male and female first grade students who are studying at one private school in the city of Irbid-Jordan, during the first semester of the scholastic year 2014/2015.  An open interview was conducted with the school principle and the principle assistants. A selected software and e-textbook for students’ core curriculum were saved on each student’s tablet. Participants of the study were divided into two groups: the control groups (40 students) were taught using the traditional textbook, and the experimental group (40 students) was taught using Tablet.  Both groups had given a pre-test and a post-test to measure their achievements in their core subjects. The motive for this research was to move from using traditional teaching tools to use tablet as a new teaching tool that can deliver class materials to improve learning outcomes.  The result of the study showed that using e-textbook as a teaching tool had improved students learning and motivated them. School administration reported that using e-textbook on teaching was a good idea. Keywords: core curriculum, tablets, e-learning, elementary education, educational technology, school administration

The degree to which public school teachers in Ajloun governorate practice the Islamic education values system from the point of view of principals and supervisors

The study aimed to identify the degree to which public school teachers in Ajloun governorate practice the Islamic education values system from the point of view of principals and supervisors. The study sample consisted of (123) principals and (30) supervisors from the government schools and directorates of Ajloun Governorate during the first semester of the academic year 2021/2022. The study reached several results, the most important of which are: The degree of practice of the school teachers in Ajloun governorate of the Islamic education values system from the point of view of school principals and supervisors came to a (high) degree, It indicated that there are no statistically significant differences at the significance level (0.05 = 0.05) between the average estimates of the sample members on the total degree of the degree of practice of Ajloun school teachers\u27 practice of the Islamic education value system due to the differences in the variables (gender, educational qualification, job title) and their presence in the experience variable. . In light of the findings of the study, the researchers recommend strengthening the application of the Islamic education values system in the schools of the Ministry of Education by highlighting them through the various training programs carried out by the Ministry

The Bullying of Junior High School Principals in the Negev Region from the Point of View of Teachers الاستقواء لدى مديري المدارس الإعدادية في منطقة النقب من وجهة نظر المعلمين

Abstract: The aim of this study was to reveal the degree of bullying among principals of junior high schools in the Negev region from the point of view of the teachers. To achieve the objectives of the study the descriptive descriptive method was used through the development of a questionnaire has been verified the validity and stability. The results of the study showed that all areas of bullying were low and no statistically significant differences were found )≤0.05) due to the effect of sex in all fields. There were no statistically significant differences (≤0.05) due to the effect of the academic qualification in all fields, and the absence of statistically significant differences )≤0.05) due to the effect of the years of experience in all fields, and the absence of statistically significant differences )≤0.05) except in the area of social bullying, and the differences came in favor of the city Among the most prominent recommendation = Administrators benfit from the scale that the researcher prepared to face bullying. ملخص: هدفت هذه الدراسة الكشف عن درجة الاستقواء لدى مديري المدارس الإعدادية في منطقة النقب من وجهة نظر المعلمين. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم استخدام المنهج الوصفي المسحي من خلال تطوير استبانة تم التأكد من صدقها وثباتها. طبقت الدراسة على عينة عشوائية نسبية تكونت من (260) معلماً ومعلمة, وأظهرت نتائج الدراسة أن جميع مجالات الاستقواء جاء بدرجة منخفضة كما تبين عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية (≤0.05) تعزى لأثر الجنس في جميع المجالات, وعدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية (≤0.05) تعزى لأثر المؤهل العلمي في جميع المجالات, وعدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية (≤0.05) تعزى لأثر سنوات الخبرة في جميع المجالات, وعدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية (≤0.05) تعزى لأثر المنطقة في جميع المجالات, باستثناء مجال الاستقواء الاجتماعي, وجاءت الفروق لصالح المدينة, وكان من ابرز التوصيات استفادةُ الإداريين من المقياسِ الذي قام الباحثُ بإعدادِه لمواجهة الاستقواء