Attitudes of general diploma students in educational qualification centers in Al-Azhar Al-Sharif towards blended learning during the Corona pandemic

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Foundations of Education Department, Faculty of Education, Al-Azhar University in A.R.E.

Abstract

     The study aimed to: reveal the attitudes of general diploma students in the educational qualification centers in Al-Azhar towards blended learning during the Corona pandemic, find out whether these attitudes differ according to the variables of: gender, qualification, qualification rate, and the geographical location of the center, and finally present proposals and recommendations through which the attitudes of those students towards blended learning during the Corona pandemic can be developed. The study used the descriptive method through a questionnaire applied electronically to a sample of (1337) students from the general diploma students in the educational qualification centers following the College of Education for Boys in Cairo, Al-AzharUniversity, in the academic year 2020/2021 AD. The study reached several results, the most important of which were that the attitudes of general diploma students in the educational qualification centers in Al-Azhar Al-Sharif towards blended learning during the Corona pandemic were positive in the three axes, and that the axis of attitudes towards the importance of blended learning came first at a positive level, while the axis of attitudes towards Blended learning problems came last on a positive level as well. The results of the study also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (05.) in the responses of the study sample members to the total attitudes towards blended learning according to the variables of gender, qualification, qualification rate, and geographical location of the center, in favor of male, bachelor, very good and above, and the capital students' categories on the order.

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