The Effect of an Educational Program Based on Reception Theory on the Development of Critical Thinking

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to identify the impact of the educational program based on the theory of reception in the development of critical thinking among students of the Institute of Fine Arts. The experimental design was used with two equal experimental and control groups, and the total sample of the research was (40) students, (20) students like the experimental group. (20) students like the control group. The researcher prepared the research tool represented by the critical thinking test, consisting of (25) items distributed over (5) fields, and it was characterized by honesty and stability, and the experiment lasted (8) weeks, after applying the tool and using statistical methods in data processing. The results showed that there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) between the average scores of the students of the experimental group who studied according to the (educational program) and the average ranks of the students of the control group who studied according to the (usual method) about their answers to the thinking test. The critic of technical analysis and criticism subjectively in favor of the experimental group.