درجة تمثل طلبة كليات العلوم التربوية في الجامعات الأردنية لخصائص الخريجين من وجهة نظر أعضاء هيئة التدريس

Azhar Tayseer  Samara; Ayat Mohammad  Al-Mughrabi

doi:10.35516/edu.v51i1.4913

Authors

Azhar Tayseer Samara Department of Administration and Curriculum, Faculty of Arts and Educational Sciences, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3676-2864
Ayat Mohammad Al-Mughrabi Department of Administration and Curriculum, Faculty of Arts and Educational Sciences, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1777-6553

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v51i1.4913

Keywords:

Educational sciences faculties students, graduate attributes, Jordanian Universities

Abstract

Objectives: The current study aimed to assess the representation degree of students from colleges of educational sciences in Jordanian universities regarding the characteristics of graduates from the perspective of faculty members.

Methods: A descriptive survey methodology was adopted. A questionnaire was prepared consisting of (48) items distributed across (4) domains: (personal characteristics, cognitive characteristics, professional characteristics, and technological characteristics). The study sample comprised (151) members of the faculty working in government and private universities in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in the second semester of the academic year 2021/2022, in the capital, Amman.

Results: The results indicated that the representation degree of students from colleges of educational sciences in Jordanian universities regarding the characteristics of graduates, from the perspective of faculty members, was moderate overall and across the four domains. There were no statistically significant differences in the characteristics of graduates from the perspective of faculty members attributed to variables such as the educational sector and years of experience. However, there were statistically significant differences attributed to the gender variable, favoring females in the cognitive and professional characteristics domains and overall.

Conclusions: There is a need to focus on enhancing personal, cognitive, professional, and technological characteristics for graduates of colleges of educational sciences to enable them to perform their roles efficiently and effectively in the educational field.

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