The Reality of Creative Teaching among Teachers of Islamic Education in the United Arab Emirates

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the reality of creative teaching among teachers of Islamic education in the United Arab Emirates in fields of (planning, implementation, evaluation) and to detect the significance of statistical differences between the mean score of teachers of Islamic education and the practice of creative teaching skills attributed to years of service in teaching and training courses. The study followed the descriptive methodolgy. A list was drawn up to identify indicators for measuring the practice of creative teaching skills by presenting them to the arbitrators and verifying their validity and reliability by applying them to a pilot sample from outside the original study sample. The study was applied to 30 teachers of Islamic education. The reality of creative teaching among the teachers of Islamic education in the United Arab Emirates was medium. The results also revealed that there are no statistically significant differences between the mean score of Islamic education teachers to practice creative teaching skills due to years of service in teaching and training courses. The study recommended working on the development of creative teaching skills among the teachers of Islamic education through training them and employing creative teaching skills in the teaching of Islamic education.