A suggested unit in social studies based on the use of historical places approach to develop visual identity and touristic awareness among primary school students

Document Type : Original research article

Authors

1 Social studies teacher in Education

2 Professor of Curriculum and methods of teaching history - Faculty of women - Ain Shams University

3 Assistant Professor of Curriculum and methods of teaching history - Faculty of women - Ain Shams University

4 Lecturer of Curriculum and methods of teaching - Faculty of women - Ain Shams University

Abstract

The current research aims to reveal the effectiveness of proposed unit using the approach of Historical places to develop visual identity and tourism awareness among primary school students.
To achieve this goal, a list of tourism awareness dimensions was prepared – a teacher guide – a student booklet – a test of visual identity – situations test to measure tourism awareness according to the historical places approach. The research group was selected containing of 40 students of the  fifth grade primary students where a pre – and – post test was done for the experimental group , and the result group showed that there was a statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 ) between the mean scores of the experimental group in favor of the post-application of the visual identity test and the tourism awareness scale , Historical places in the development of visual identity and tourism awareness among primary schools students fifth grade , from the culture of memorizing and writing to the formation of coherent and coherent knowledge structure.

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