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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published March 2019 | Volume 7, Issue 3, pp. 76-85.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v7i3.19.102

 

An evaluative study of the 11th grade text passages and literature aspects with regard to values and social orientation

 

 

 

Ahmed Awad Amin Raba2*
Hisham Dweikat1


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  1. Al-Quds Open University, Ramallah Branch, Palestine.

  2. Faculty of Education and Teacher Training, An-Najah National University, Palestine.

 

 

 

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 Citation: Raba AAA, Dweikat H (2019). An evaluative study of the 11th grade text passages and literature aspects with regard to values and social orientation. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 7(3): 76-85.
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The study aimed at evaluating the availability of values and social orientation in the text passages and literature in the 11th Grade Palestinian English textbook. The study also examined the role of gender, qualification, experience and specialization on the degree of analyzing the textbook. To achieve the study purposes, the researchers used the descriptive analytical approach. The content analysis card is used for collecting and analyzing data regarding the availability of values and social orientations available in the reading activities of English for Palestine 11th grade. The researchers also used a 30-item questionnaire and distributed it among 16 male and female teachers of English who were chosen randomly from Nablus Directorate during the scholastic year 2018-2019. Results showed that there are some values and social orientation concepts which were included in the textbook in many fields few of the vales are a reflection of students' lives. The researchers recommended thinking of ways to make them all reflection of students’ life via their model teachers. In addition, curriculum designers should integrate more values with the language skills improvement.

 

Keywords  Palestinian   11th grade   textbooks   analysis   values   social orientation 

 

 

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