Methods for Mitigating Educational Pollution in General Secondary Schools from the Perspective of Principals and Teachers:( A Field Study in the City of Latakia)

Abstract

This study aimed to identify methods to reduce the phenomenon of educational pollution in general secondary schools from the perspectives of principals and teachers in Latakia, Syria. The researcher employed the descriptive approach and designed a questionnaire consisting of (36) items distributed across the following domains: physical school environment, school administration, school curriculum, assessment, teaching methods, school activities, and moral education. The questionnaire was administered to a random sample comprising (10) principals and (85) teachers.

  The most important findings revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the sample members according to the job title variable (principal vs. teacher) across all measured domains. Furthermore, no statistically significant differences were found between the mean scores of principals and teachers according to the school type variable (public vs. private) in the following domains: school administration, assessment, and moral education. However, statistically significant differences emerged between the mean scores of the two groups according to the school type variable in the domains of physical school environment, school curriculum, teaching methods, and school activities, in favor of private schools.