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|b In recent years, we have witnessed an increased interest in the field of Small Enterprises, thus, they are considered now as the backbone of the production process on both the local and international levels. Today, Small Enterprises are seen as paths of salvation, used to survive any economic crises, due to their high capabilities of developing the economy, modernizing the industry, facing the escalating unemployment problem, preparing a labor base, activating the role of youth, creating a spirit of integration and competition between the different projects, and developing the living standard of individuals. Nowadays, Embroidery has come to be a very important element in ornamenting' the different fabrics, whether it was manual or mechanical, due to what it adds of tenderness and beauty to the artistic pieces. Thus, the art of Hand Embroidery has become an important factor in supporting the economy of many countries that consider it as a major source of national income by exporting the embroidered products outside the country. Hence, the art of Embroidery has been used widely in ornamenting many clothes and several artistic pieces used as accessories to the clothes; and it. has also been used in ornamenting headdresses and furnishings, increasing the product's beauty and artistic value. In this regard, the role of Embroidery, as a technique of ornamenting the fabrics of different furnishings, is shown through many methods and different materials, such as threads with their different types including "the fabric, the color and the textile measurement". Therefore, Embroidery could be considered as one of the most appropriate methods for the artistic expression. On the foregoing, the development of curricula is considered to be a vital issue for everyone involved in the process of education. In addition, the training programs are considered as one of the most common forms of developing the curricula; thus, they are a previously planned scheme in a comprehensive form, including the educational material, the associated educational' activities and aids, the teaching methods, and the continuous processes of assessm.it; which as a whole result in reaching the desired goals. This process needs having certain experiences, so that the learner could acquire specific information and skills. Moreover, experimentation in the field of Embroidery is considered as one of the most important necessities in order to achieve the objectives of this field. In this sense, a training program had to be designed for the female students of the Third Year in the Faculty of Home Economics, with the purpose of training those students on producing furnishings with high value suitable to be the core of a Small Enterprise. Hence, the researcher had to determine the efficiency of this training program in providing the female students with the necessary knowledge qualifying them to execute furnishings suitable for the field of small industries. In addition, the researcher had also to determine the contribution of this training program in providing the female students with the necessary skills, qualifying them to execute furnishings suitable for the field of small industries. Thus, this training program shall contribute to solving the problem of unemployment and improving the economic level of both the individual and the family. In this regard, through the implementation of the proposed training program, the relevant tests and questionnaires and the statistical processing, the researcher found out that there are significant differences at the significance level of (<0.05) between the average scores bf the female students in both the pre and post implementations for the Knowledge Acquisition Test, in favor the post implementation. In addition, there is a statistically significant difference at the significance level of (<0.05) between the average scores of the female students on the Skillful Performance Evaluation Scale, with the mastery level of (80%) in favor of the female students' scores. Furthermore, there are statistically significant differences between the executed products in achieving the following in the executed products: (the suitability of the Smocking technique, the suitability of Stripes Embroidery and the furnishings quality), according to the opinions of the arbitrators. Moreover, there are statistically significant differences between the evaluation axes of the executed products, according to the opinions of the arbitrators; not to mention that there are statistically significant differences between the executed products, according to the opinions of the consumers. Finally, there is a correlation between the order of the arbitrators and that of the consumers for the executed products, with regard to enriching the furnishings through some Embroidery techniques in order to improve the economic level of the Egyptian families.
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