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Abstract

Identifying the Relation between Educational Values of Art Education Teachers and Critical Thinking Skills in the 21st Century

The study is entitled " Identifying the Relation between Educational Values of Art Education Teachers and Critical Thinking Skills in the 21st Century". The goal of the study is to show the relation between educational values of art education teachers and critical thinking skills in the 21st century. To achieve this goal a sample of 132 male and female teachers are selected from the districts of Musaib, Hillah and Hashimiya. The population of the study is 550 male and female teachers. To answer the question of the problem of the study, statistical analysis is used including repetitions, percentages for all study tools items in order to tackle results statistically. The tool of the study is developed based on the theoretical framework indicators and experts. The tool of the study is designed to identify the relation between educational values of art education teachers and critical thinking skills in the 21st century in the art education curriculum.

The statistical methodology is used in three alternatives to analyze and organize a set of educational values using the tool developed for this purpose. The main terminology of this study is "values" defined as "a set of laws, goals and idols facing a man in his relations with the physical world." General skills are defined as the ability to perform a work in an easy and accurate way.

Chapter two, topic one, deals with the importance and features of educational values. There are several educational values features, which are very important to the educational process from the beginning of the basic education in primary schooling. The first topic ends with types and classification of educational values. The second topic concerns critical thinking skills in the 21st century. These skill are classified into:

Mental skills: they are divided into social, basic, linguistic and academic skills.

Dynamic skills: they are gained through sport and production activities, using feet, arms, legs and fingers in perfect harmony.

The third chapter tackles the procedures used by the researcher to achieve the goal of the study. The chapter starts with the study population, describing the original population; then, it describes the sample of the study and the study steps to identify the relation between educational values of art education teachers and the critical thinking skills in the 21st century in the junior and high schools in the province of Babil.  This chapter also includes the sport and statistic means used.

Main results of the study are:

There is an important and clear roles of the 21st century's skills in the educational process.

The importance of education technology lies in the educational means used.

There is an important role of the teacher as a designer, evaluator, and participant in the production of educational technology, including using the internet and remote education,