The Extent to Which Middle School Science Teachers Possess Active Open-Minded Thinking Skills

Abstract

The goal of the current research to get to know Building an observation card and finding the criteria (grades and levels) for the observation card for science teachers at the intermediate stage. In order to achieve the goal of the research, the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach, following the following steps: Building an observation card for active open-minded thinking skills to measure the extent to which science teachers possess in the intermediate stage in the light of analysis indicators, and then presenting them to a group of experts and specialized arbitrators to achieve the apparent validity of the observation card.
The clarity of the paragraphs of the observation card and its relevance to the teachers’ scientific levels, and calculating the coefficient of discrimination and difficulty in order to apply the observation card to the exploratory sample consisting of (6) teachers of science teachers, then the researcher applied the observation card to the basic research sample consisting of (26) teachers in the classroom The second of the year (2021-2022), who were deliberately selected from the schools of Al-Rifai district, and the results showed using the statistical bag for science (SPSS-V23) and the (Microsoft excel) program, as well as the following frequencies and percentages: Science teachers at the intermediate stage possessed skills Active open thinking
In light of the research results, the researcher came up with a set of recommendations:
1- Recommending teachers in general and science teachers in particular to work on developing themselves by continuing to review modern scientific books for educational curricula and beyond, so that they can keep pace with scientific development and thus benefit their students.
2 - Holding scientific seminars for science teachers on the skills of open and active thinking and how to develop them for their students. The researcher made some suggestions, including: Conducting a study to find out the extent to which physics teachers of the preparatory stage possess the skills of open and active thinking, taking into account the differences between males and females.