The Extent of the Acquisition of Geography Teachers of the Concepts and Skills Found in the First-Secondary Economic Geography Textbook in Jordan / Ibrahim Al-Qaoud,Muhammad Subeihi
This study aimed at answering the following questions:
1- To what extent did geography teachers acquire the concepts and skills found in the economic geography textbook? The following two sub-questions were also discussed: a- Is there a statistically significant difference related to sex between the acquisition of geography teachers of the concepts and skills of economic geography and the educationally - accepted standard? b- Is there a statistically significant difference related to teaching experience between the acquisition of geography teachers of the concepts and skills of economic geography and the educationally - accepted standard?
2- Are there any statistically significant differences related to sex and teaching experience and their interaction in the teachers' acquisition of the concepts and skills of economic geography?
3- The population of the study was all the female and male teachers in Al-Koora, Bani Kenana and Irbid First districts , N=118, Selected sample of 30 males and females were randomly selected.
The study used a sixty-item achievement test to measure the extent of acquisition of these concept and skills, and the results of the statistical analysis were as follows:
1- The acquisition of geography teachers of the concept and skills of economic geography is below the educationally-accepted standard , 75%, for males, females and teachers with a long or short teaching experience.
2- There are no statistically significant differences due to sex , teaching experience and their interaction in the acquisition of these concepts and skills.