The Effect of Using Blended Learning Strategies on Developing Teaching Skills for Biology Department Students in Practical Curriculum

Abstract

The Current research aims to identify the impact of using strategies of blended learning on developing teaching skills for students of biology Department of Life Sciences in practical curriculum. To verify this, the researchers put four null hypotheses to measure teaching skills of fourth stage students in practical lessons for a sample of (78) male and female students from Wasit University /college of education with 39 students fell evenly in both groups of research . The researchers made tool with (24) paragraphs in three fields ( introduction , presentation 5 items, teaching and use of techniques 10 items, effective communication and class management 9 items) after researchers verified their validity and reliability. One of the researchers implemented the experiment by himself in the first semester of the academic year 2021-2022 Using the appropriate statistical means, results showed a statistically significant difference in teaching skills in general , effective communication and class management in particular in favor of experimental group who used blended teaching strategies and absence of statistically significant difference between both groups in (introduction, presentation, teaching and using techniques).Finally, researchers presented a number of recommendations like adopting blended teaching strategies to teach students , as well as a number of suggestions such as writing a research dealing with blended teaching strategies in cognitive motivation and attitudes of students towards scientific specialization