The Trends of Primary School Teachers towards the Use of Caricatures in the Educational Process "A Field Study in Lattakia City"

Abstract

   The current research aimed to determine the trends of primary school teachers towards the use of Caricatures in the educational process in the city of Latakia, and to reveal differences in teachers' attitudes towards their use of those drawings according to the variables of years of experience and scientific and educational qualification. The research sample consisted of (125) male and female teachers. To achieve the research objectives, the descriptive method was used, and a questionnaire consisting of (20) items was adopted, and its validity and reliability were verified. The data were processed using the statistical computer program (SPSS).

   The most prominent findings of the research were:

_ Positive attitudes among teachers towards the use of caricatures in primary schools in Latakia.

_ There were no statistically significant differences between the average scores of the research sample members in their attitudes towards the use of caricatures based on the variable of years of experience.

_ There were no statistically significant difference between the average scores of the sample members in their attitudes towards the use of caricatures based on the variable of academic and educational qualifications.