فاعلية نموذج نيدام البنائي في تدريس التكنولوجيا لتنمية مهارات التفكير المنتج والوعي التكنولوجي لدي طلبة المرحلة المتوسطة بفلسطين

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the effectiveness of using Needham's Constructivist Model in teaching technology to develop productive thinking skills and technological awareness among middle school students in Palestine. The study followed the semi-experimental approach. In order to achieve these goals, two study tools were prepared, which are a test of productive thinking skills, and a measure of technological awareness. The sample consisted of (90) female students, (45) students for the experimental group, and the other (45) students for the control group, from the ninth grade students at Ramez Fakhira Basic School for Girls. A teachers’ guideline was developed to guide them in teaching in the light of Needham's Constructive Model in the second semester of the year 2021/2022, and the study tools were applied on the two groups before and after using the guidline, and the results indicated that there is a statistically significant difference with a probability value  (p ≤ 0.05) between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group in the post application of each of the productive thinking skills test and the technological awareness scale, in favor of the students of the experimental group. The use of Needham's Constructivist Model in teaching technology had a great effect on developing productive thinking skills and technological awareness among ninth grade female students. Accordingly, the study recommended the need to use the Needham's Constructivist Model in teaching technological due to its effectiveness.