The degree of application of the gamification strategy and the obstacles to its application from the point of view of early childhood teachers in the Al-Ahsa city

Abstract

The study aimed to show the extent of application of the gamification strategy and the obstacles to it from the point of view of the early childhood stage teachers in Al-Ahsa Governorate according to the variables (years of experience, educational stage, training courses). The study uses the mixed approach to collect quantitative data by means of interview and a questionnaire consisting of (45) items distributed on the five principles of the gamification strategies to collect the qualitative data. The results of the study showed that the degree of application of the gamification strategy in the study sample was very high. Also, there were no differences due to the variable of the educational stage, and there were statistically significant differences attributed to the variable of the training courses and in favor of the female teachers who enrolled in the training courses. That the most prominent obstacles to the use of gamification strategy is the lack of an Internet network that enables female teachers to use technologies in the educational process.