دور معلمات رياض الأطفال في إكساب أطفال الروضة مفاهيم الثقافة الصحية في مديرية تربية قصبة إربد
This study aimed to investigate the role of kindergarten teachers in imparting health culture concepts to kindergarten children in the Education Directorate of Irbid Governorate. It also aimed to examine the impact of variables such as educational qualifications, years of experience, and specialization. The study utilized a descriptive approach, and to achieve its objectives, a questionnaire consisting of (39( items were developed covering areas of personal hygiene, healthy nutrition, and environment. The study sample consisted of )104( teachers. The results indicated that: 1) The perceived role of kindergarten teachers in imparting health culture concepts to kindergarten children in the Education Directorate of Irbid Governorate was high both overall and in sub-domains. Furthermore, 2) No statistically significant differences (α = 0.05) attributed to the variables of educational qualification and years of experience in their perceptions of imparting health culture concepts to kindergarten children across all domains and the overall score. 3) Statistically significant differences were found attributed to the specialization in all domains and the overall score, favoring the specialization in early childhood education. Based on the findings, the study provided a set of recommendations, including enhancing the role of kindergarten teachers in the field of healthy nutrition development to impart health culture concepts to children. (Authors’ abstract)