The Impact of Student Camps on Students’ Socialization from the Perspective of Middle School Teachers in Tehran

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effect of student camps in socialization of students from the perspective of middle school teachers in Tehran. It investigated the effect of camps in strengthening verbal skills, decision-making, and responsibility and its role in improving students' interpersonal relationships with peers. The sampling was conducted using simple random method. The sample consisted of 300 middle school teachers in Tehran. In this study, the applied and descriptive survey was used. The library and field study were used for collecting the data. The researcher-made social skills questionnaire was used for collecting the data related to teachers’ opinions. The findings showed that women involved in completing the questionnaire more than men. The education level of respondents was undergraduate degree. Most of the teachers were 40 to 50 years old and their managerial experience was 20 to 25 years. Also most of them were educated in the humanities fields. The social skills questionnaire had adequate reliability and validity. According to the results of nonparametric tests, there were positive and significant relationship between student camps and improvement of students' social skills. There was positive relationship between interpersonal skills of students and student camps. Also, there was a positive relationship between decision-making and verbal skills of students and student camps.