The Effectiveness of a Guidance Program for Developing the Physical Self and Improving the Social-Emotional Competence of The Student Teacher in The Kindergarten Department

Muhammad, Khadija Abdel Aziz Muhammad

doi:10.21608/jsrep.2025.450772

The Effectiveness of a Guidance Program for Developing the Physical Self and Improving the Social-Emotional Competence of The Student Teacher in The Kindergarten Department

Document Type : Original Article

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Khadija Abdel Aziz Muhammad Muhammad

Lecturer at the Faculty of Human Studies - Kindergarten Department - Al-Azhar University - Girls in Cairo

10.21608/jsrep.2025.450772

Abstract

The aim of this research was to prepared a guidance program for developing the physical self and improving the socio-emotional competence of female student teachers in the kindergarten department, and to verify the program's effectiveness. The research sample consisted of (60) female student teachers from the fourth year of the kindergarten department at the Faculty of Humanities at Al-Azhar University, divided into (30) female student teachers as an experimental group and (30) female student teachers as a control group. The researcher used the following tools: the physical self scale (prepared by the researcher), the socio-emotional competence scale (prepared by the researcher), and a guidance program for developing the physical self and improving the socio-emotional competence of female student teachers in the kindergarten department (prepared by the researcher). The results of the research showed that the experimental group members outperformed the pre-test on the physical self scale and the social-emotional competence scale in the post-test, and that the experimental group members outperformed the control group members in the post-test on the physical self scale and the social-emotional competence scale, and that the experimental group members’ scores were stable in the post-test and follow-up tests of the program on the physical self scale and the social-emotional competence scale, which indicates the persistence of the program’s effect.

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