Abstract:
The current study aimed to diagnose the level of encouragement of Arabic
language teachers in the Sultanate of Oman on critical thinking skills and
creative thinking among 12 grade students. The conclusions were made while
by answering the following questions:
- What is the level of encouragement of Arabic language teachers in the
Sultanate of Oman on critical thinking skills and creative thinking among
12 grade students.?
- Are there statistically signifcant differences between the level of
encouragement of Arabic language teachers in the Sultanate of Oman on
critical thinking skills and creative thinking of 12 grade students due to the
gender variable )male, female(?
To achieve this goal, an observation card was designed for the performance
of Arabic language teachers in literature classes of literature for 12 grade
students. The sample of the teachers who applied on this tool was 16 teachers
from the governorates of North Batinah and south of the Sultanate of Oman.
The most prominent results of the study indicate that Arabic teachers
encourage critical and creative thinking skills - in general - at a high level. At
the same time, they encourage critical thinking more than creative thinking
skills. Arabic teachers also encourage general skills for critical thinking at a
high level, as for the general skills of creative thinking; they all have a high
level of encouragement, with the exception of fexibility..
The current study recommended investing in the general high level of
teachers in encouraging creative and critical thinking skills of students
by encouraging them to continue through various training programs and
harmonizing their performance and the nature of the knowledge content that
fgure in textbooks.