Attitudes of the teachers of Primary Stage towards the Flipped Classroom Strategy among Students of Learning Difficulties in Nablus Governorate Schools

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching Methods, Department of Teaching Methods, Faculty of Teacher Education, An-Najah National University, Palestine

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the trends of the primary stage teachers towards flipped classroom strategy for the students of learning difficulties in Nablus Governorate schools. In order to achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of 30 items was developed and distributed to 191 primary stage teachers. The questionnaire was checked for validity and credibility by a committee of specialized arbitrators. Then, it was encoded and processed statistically using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences.
The study showed that there are significant trends for the teachers of the primary stage towards the strategy of flipped classroom for students of Learning Difficulties in Nablus Governorate Schools. It has been revealed that there are no statistically significant differences (=0.05)in the attitudes of the primary stage teachers towards the flipped classroom strategy among the students of learning difficulties in Nablus governorate schools that can be due to gender, academic qualification, years of experience or bachelor degree specialization.
Based on the results of this study, the researcher recommended that there should be a diversify in the strategies of teaching learners of of learning difficulties category. There is also a need to train teachers continuously on applying modern strategies with students learning difficulties to help them overcome their academic achievement problems.

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