The Effectiveness of a Program Based on the Flipped Classroom Strategy in Developing Teaching Skills Among Pre-Service Teachers in the Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Education, Sana'a University

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a program based on the flipped classroom strategy in developing the teaching skills of pre-service teachers in the Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Education, Sana'a University. To achieve this objective, a descriptive approach based on a construction and development approach was adopted to prepare a list of teaching skills, to build the program in question, the scenario, and to create an observation checklist. Also, the quasi-experimental approach was employed in the experimental design based on the experimental and control groups, with pre and post-test measurements. The study sample consists of (60) students, randomly selected and divided into two equal and equivalent groups: the first was the experimental group that was subjected to a program based on the flipped classroom strategy, and the second was the control group that followed the traditional teaching method. The experiment was implemented on the participants in the first semester of the academic year 2023/2024. The results revealed statistically significant differences at the (0.0001) level between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group on the post-test observation checklist, favoring the experimental group. Moreover, there were statistically significant differences at the (0.0001) level between the mean scores of the experimental group on the pre-test and post-test observation checklists, favoring the post-test. The program based on the flipped classroom strategy was highly effective in developing the teaching skills of the pre-service teachers in the Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Education, Sana'a University, as the modified gain ratio for the effectiveness size at the level of the tool as a whole reached (1.4), which is a value greater than the ratio (1.2) specified by Black for great effectiveness The study recommended developing teacher preparation programs in faculties of education to include flipped classroom strategies and training teachers on how to prepare lessons, produce educational videos, and disseminate them online according to these teaching strategies.