The Role of Middle School Teachers in Developing Students' Positive Thinking Skills in the Classroom

The present study aims to explore the extent to which middle school teachers practice their role in developing positive thinking skills among their students in the classroom from the teachers' own perspectives.The study also seeks to identify differences in the mean estimates of the sample members regarding the role of middle school teachers in fostering positive thinking skills among their students, according to the following variables: (gender, years of experience).The sample consisted of 80 teachers, including 38 male and 42 female teachers, from several middle schools in Ghardaia Province.The researchers adopted the Hanan Al-Sir Scale (2014), which consists of 42 items.The descriptive exploratory method was employed, in addition to the comparative method at a later stage.Data were analyzed using a set of statistical methods through the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, version 20).The study reached the following results: middle school teachers play a significant role in developing positive thinking skills among their students to a high degree.Additionally, there were no significant differences in the mean estimates of the sample members attributed to the gender variable.However, there were statistically significant differences 1 CC BY 4.0.