Teacher's Role in Developing Values of Civilization among High School Students in Buraydah City in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the extent to which teachers practice their role in developing values of civilization among high school students in Buraydah city form the teachers' perspective. To achieve this objective, the study followed the descriptive method. A questionnaire, consisting of 35 items and distributed over 3 dimensions, was designed to collect relevant data. The questionnaire was administered to a random sample of 300 teachers, who represented 30% of the whole population. Major findings revealed that the degree of practicing the role of developing civilization values by teachers was high at a mean of (3.96). Further, there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the study level. However, statistically significant differences were found at (α≥ 0.05) in the participants' responses regarding their assessment of the teacher's role in developing civilization values attributed to major in favor of education major.  Finally, there were no statistically significant differences with regard to the variables of years of experience and training courses.