The Extent to which the Arabic Language Book of the Fourth Grade for Preparatory School Considers the Foundations of Building Curricula in the Light of the Integrative Approach

Abstract

This research aims to know the extent of the first part of the Arabic language book of the fourth grade of the secondary school takes into consideration the foundations of building the curriculum in the light of the integrative approach. The researchers have followed the descriptive analytical method in order to verify the aim of the research. The researchers have

prepared a questionnaire that included the foundations of the integrative approach. The details of the questionnaire are derived from the theoretical literature and previous studies.

This questionnaire which was classified into three kinds (valid, invalid, need a modification) was distributed to the experts to show their points of view regarding its validity. In addition, the questionnaire can show its apparent sincerity and it was modified in the light of their scientific observations and linguistic formulation.  Therefore, in its final form it consisted of two fields:  the first field is the field of integration knowledge and it includes fourteen items. The second field which is the field of integration of experience and personality includes ten items. After calculating the frequencies and extracting the percentages, the results showed that there were foundations that were achieved in high percentage. On the other hand, there were foundations achieved with lower percentage and others that were even not achieved. There were also foundations that did not get any repetition therefore they were not included in the study.

The researchers have recommended the necessity to train the Arabic language teachers of secondary schools of using the appropriate methods in teaching new curriculum. Because of the importance of the new methods in activating the integration, the researchers have recommended to use them in an effective way which should be checked previously by officials. The researchers also have suggested to conduct a similar study about intermediate grade books