مدى توافر المتغيرات البيئية في أهداف ومحتوى مقرر الجغرافيا للصف الثالث الإعدادي بسلطنة عمان
The Availability of Environmental Elements in the Geography Course’ Objectives and Content of Third Grade Preparatory School at Sultanate of Oman
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https://doi.org/10.33102/abqari.vol14no1.60Keywords:
environmental variables, objectives, content, geography course, المتغيرات البيئية, أهداف, محتوى, مقرر الجغرافياAbstract
The Sultanate of Oman has a great interest in preserving the environment, based on the strong link between geography and the environment; The problem appears in the poverty of the geographical decision of the preparatory stage in fulfilling the segnifance of the environment.After surveying the views with a sample of teachers on the course content, this study found that there is an urgent need to review the objectives and content of the geography course and enrich it with environmental subjects. The study choses to conduct this study, to discuss the availability of environmental variables in the objectives and content of the geography course. A list of (48) environmental variables was developed, which is divided into four axes: environment and environmental resources, environmental changes, environmental risks, environmental conservation, which must be reflected in the geography course at the preparatory stage. The objectives and content of this course were analyzed. The findings revealed that; the repetition of the normative bases in the objectives of the third grade was 8%. For the analysis of the course content, the normative bases for environmental changes in the content of the geography course for the third grade of the preparatory stage were presented by 12.6%.
Keywords: environmental variables, objectives, content, geography course.
الملخص
نظرا لأهمية البيئة على الصعيد الدولي، فقد أولت سلطنة عمان اهتمام الكبير للمحافظة على البيئة، واستناداً للصلة القوية بين مناهج الجغرافيا والبيئة؛ فإن المشكلة تبدو في فقر مقرر الجغرافية للمرحلة الإعدادية في استيفاء أهمية البيئة. وبعد استطلاع آراء عينة من معلمي المادة حول مضمون المقرر، وجد البحث أن هناك حاجة ماسة لمراجعة أهداف ومحتوى مقرر الجغرافيا وإغناءه بموضوعات بيئية، باعتبار أن الجغرافيا مادة بيئية من الدرجة الأولى. لذا كان من الضروري القيام بهذه الدراسة، بهدف مناقشة مدى توافر المتغيرات البيئية في أهداف ومحتوى مقرر الجغرافيا. تم بوضع قائمة بالمتغيرات البيئية، تضمنت (48) بندا مقسمه إلى أربعة محاور، هي: البيئة والموارد البيئية، التغيرات البيئية، والمخاطر البيئية، والمحافظة على البيئة، التي يجب أن تنعكس في أهداف مادة الجغرافيا بالمرحلة الإعدادية. وتم تحليل الأهداف ومحتوى هذه المقرر. بينت النتائج: إن نسبة تكرار الأسس المعيارية في أهداف الصف الثالث الإعدادي بلغ 8 %. أما بالنسبة لتحليل محتوى المقرر فقد وردت الأسس المعيارية الخاصة بالتغيرات البيئية في محتوى مقرر الجغرافيا للصف الثالث الإعدادي كلية بنسبة 12.6 %.
كلمات مفتاحية: المتغيرات البيئية، أهداف، محتوى، مقرر الجغرافيا
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