The Ability of Arts and Crafts Curriculum on the Development of Creative Abilities of Ninth Basic Grade Students from Students Point of View in Qalqilia District

This study aims at identifying the ability of arts and crafts curriculum on the development of creative abilities of ninth basic grade students from students point of view in Qalqilia District. Also, it aims at identifying some study variables like (gender, academic achievement, place of residence and family income). For achieving the study purpose, a questionnaire consists of 50 items has been developed, distributed among 400 students out of 1952 of ninth basic grade which are the study community . Only 352 students (88.0% ) from the study sample which consists 20.0% out of the study community responds on the study tool which was gathered, codified, entered the computer and statically processed by using the Statistical Package of the Social Science (SPSS). The study results showed a medium response on the ability of arts and crafts curriculum on the development of creative abilities of ninth basic grade students from students point of view in Qalqilia District. Also, the study results showed that there are significant differences at ( α=0.05) level among the responses means about the ability of arts and crafts curriculum on the development of creative abilities of ninth basic grade students from students point of view in Qalqilia District due to the variables of gender and academic achievement for the females and for ( 85-100). On the other hand, there are no significant differences at ( α=0.05) level among the responses means about the ability of arts and crafts curriculum on the development of creative abilities of ninth basic grade students from students point of view in Qalqilia District due to the variables of place of residence and family income. According to the study results, several recommendations have been suggested, included the necessity for developing the teachers' abilities throughout the workshops and sessions and developing the ability of curriculum for enhancing the ninth grade students' creative abilities, involving new strategies of teaching and improvement of the logistical environment accompanied to implement the lesson. Key words: Arts and crafts curriculum, Creative abilities, Ninth grade students, Art curriculum abilities.