The Formulation and Validation of an Educational Package of Academic Resilience Based on an Integrated Monotheistic Approach for Second High School Students

Abstract

The aim of the present research was to formulate and validate an educational package of academic resilience based on an integrated monotheistic approach using Oser and Baeriswyl's educational model. The research was applied in terms of purpose and is qualitative in terms of method. For validating the package, by the snowball sampling, the formulated protocol along with the questionnaire of package evaluation was sent to fifty people among the population of university professors, expert teachers, psychologists, and counselors. They responded to the questionnaire and it continued till the saturation stage, when finally 24 people answered it. Content Validity Ratio (CVR) was 0.548 that confirmed an appropriate validity according to experts' view. One-sample t-test was applied to calculate the validity of the educational package. The results showed that all the elements of the package were significantly (α ≤ 0.01) higher than the mean (M = 2) and were confirmed by the respondents. Finally, one-sample t-test on closed eight sessions regarding the elements of package content, including relevance, clarity, and simplicity, was significantly higher than the mean, and according to the respondents, the elements making up the meetings had the criterion of relevance, clarity, and simplicity.

Keywords

• academic resilience
• integrated monotheistic approach
• students