EVALUATION OF FEMALE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD THE VALUE OF CITIZENSHIP FOR THE EIGHTH-GRADE BOOK OF NATIONAL AND CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE GOVERNORATE OF AJLOUN

Abstract

The paper is an attempt to evaluate female students’ attitudes towards the value of citizenship in the book of national and civic education in Jordan. It is mainly built on the key issues surrounding the book of national and civic education. The study aims to identify female students’ attitudes towards citizenship values for the eighth-grade book of national and civic education. The study population consists of (120) eighth-grade students at Anjara Elementary Girls School. They were selected by a simple random method. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a study tool consisting of (37) items was developed, divided into two areas, values towards women and society, religious, moral and social values, and then applying pre- and post-test for control and experimental sample. The results of the study showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the average performance of female students in the experimental and control groups on the scale of students' attitudes towards the post values of citizenship traced to the teaching of national and civic education book in favour of the experimental group. The study recommended that the values of citizenship in the national and civic education book for secondary schools needs to be developed in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to measure the impact of female student attitudes toward it.