Teachers' Satisfaction with Kuwaiti Social Studies Curriculum Effects on the Educational Process
Abdullah Alhajri
Abstract
In this study, the researcher aimed to investigate Kuwait schools' teachers' satisfaction with the educational process's social studies curriculum effectiveness. The results have shown that Kuwaiti teachers' satisfaction was minimal. Male teachers did not differ from females in their dissatisfaction. Teachers of different teaching experiences did not differ as well. The teachers' school district showed a little difference in one district area in which satisfaction was noticed. The findings were seen as an alarming indicator to curriculum developers in Kuwaiti schools. It calls for reexamining its effectiveness and weaknesses that downsized teachers' satisfaction, mainly the quality of contents, enhancing students' competencies, and keeping up with educational trend developments. It recommended assigning the task of its development to more renovating people in place of the present ones. It invited future research to investigate the causes of this limited satisfaction among teachers to make the necessary corrections.
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