The Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on the Six Thinking Hats Strategy in Developing English Listening Skills of the Student Teachers at the Faculty of Education

This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a training program based on the six thinking hats strategy in developing some English listening skills of the student teachers at the Faculty of Education. The participants included twenty five student teachers drawn to be the study group. The experiment was carried out on the 3^rd of October and ended on the 4^th of December at the Faculty of Education, Arish University. The experiment was carried out during the first term of the academic year 2017/2018. The study group was trained on the use of the six thinking hats through the suggested study program. The instruments of the study included a listening comprehension pre-post-test to be administered to the participants. The six thinking hats based program (STHBP) was prepared by the researcher for the purpose of the study. The participants were given the pre-post-test on listening comprehension skills before experimentation. The pre-post test was administered again as a post test. The researcher analyzed the data statistically using mean scores, Chronbach’s alpha and Wilcoxon test. The results indicated that listening comprehension skills of student teachers were developed and that using six thinking hats based program was effective in developing the student teachers' listening comprehension skills.