Blended- Learning as an Approach to Quality Standards Application in Teaching Weaving for Faculty of Specific Education Students

Scientific progress and rapid development of knowledge in various fields made  education quality, especially in teacher's preparation institutions, a necessity. These institutions face great challenges at the local and global levels, while preparing and qualifying a generation of teachers capable of global competition in the labor market. The current research aimed  at utilizing  blended- learning in teaching weaving as an approach to quality standards application for producing women's handbags as dress accessories. Quality standards application in  teaching weaving  leads to the improvement of students' performance through the production of innovative handbags in an easy and affordable way to enrich the women's dress aesthetic values ​​ with the least cost. The significance of the current research  might be due to utilizing  formative and aesthetic values ​​of weaving technology to produce innovative and cost-effective handbags that meet quality standards, opening new horizons for small projects at low cost and rapid return, achieving sustainable development and introducing experimental approaches to innovative industries for solving the problem of unemployment and increasing family income. The current research was limited to the use of some weaving techniques in the production of separate dressings (women's handbags). The study sample was selected from  the third- year students of the Faculty of Specific Education, Department of Art Education, Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate. The students were divided into two equal groups of 25 students each: experimental and control. The current research adopted a quasi-experimental design. An educational program based on blended learning  which followed scientific and educational criteria. The program lasted for a semester with a weekly meeting. The final products, innovative handbags, were submitted to a number  jurors of faculty members. Results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference at 00.05≤between the mean score of the experimental group in the pre and post application of the total  and  each of   the items  of the Woven Handbags Evaluation Checklist. There were, also, statistically significant differences at  00.05 ≤ level between the mean score of the experimental and control groups on the total and on each of the items of the Woven Handbags Evaluation Checklist.