ممارسة معلمي التعليم ما بعد الأساسي للعلاقات الإنسانية وعلاقتها بدافعية لدى الطلبة وصحتهم النفسية في سلطنة عمان

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the extent of the relationship between post-basic education teachers’ practice of human relations and its effect on students’ learning motivation and their psychological health in the Sultanate of Oman, according to students’ gender variable. The study population represented eleventh and twelfth grades' students of post-basic education(11-12) in government schools of South Al Batinah Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman for the academic year 2019/2020 with a total of(10591) students. The study sample consisted of(1156) students from South Al Batinah Governorate, representing 10% of the study population. To achieve the study's goals, the researcher used the descriptive analytical correlative approach and designed a questionnaire for human relations, consisting of six axes and two scales for learning motivation and mental health. The study showed that the post-basic education teachers’ practice of human relations in the educational process came to a high degree which is(3.98). The results also showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between post-basic education teachers ’practice of human relations and students’ motivation towards learning, and there is a statistically significant relationship between post-basic education teachers ’practice of human relations and students’ mental health. The study also showed that there are statistically significant differences between the sample individuals’ estimates of students’ motivation towards learning according to the gender variable(male\ female) which came in favor of females, and there was no statistically significant differences in mental health according to the gender variable. Therefore, the researcher recommended the importance of employing human relations' teachers for students’ motivation towards learning, their mental health, changing their attitudes positively, and modifying their behavior. The researcher also recommended providing teachers, administrators, social and psychological workers in schools with educational publications related to human relations, the importance of these relationships, and their role in motivating students’ learning and mental health. The researcher also recommended, conducting a similar study on teachers’ practice of human relations in the educational process across other educational stages in the Sultanate(such as the first cycle and the second cycle), besides running workshops for the target group(teachers) via pre-planned programs