The Role of the Military Sciences Course in Enhancing the Contents of Security Education among Students of the University of Jordan

Asmaa Daoud  Haddad; Manal Fathi  Anbtawi

doi:10.35516/edu.v49i4.3326

Authors

Asmaa Daoud Haddad Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-2951
Manal Fathi Anbtawi Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts, University of Jordan, Jordan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v49i4.3326

Keywords:

Military science, security education, University of Jordan

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to reveal the role of military science course in enhancing the contents of security education among students at the University of Jordan.

Method: The researcher chose (638) university student using the accessible sample Method during the second semester of the academic year 2019/2020. Students completed Security education scale, which consists of five dimensions: psychological security, social security, preventive security, political security, and intellectual security.

Results: The results of the study revealed the following. First, the role of the military science course in enhancing the contents of security education was high. Second, the study also indicated statistically significant difference due to gender. Third, the significant difference due to females, the study did not indicate any statistically significant difference due to major, or to interaction between gender and major.

Conclusion: The study recommended emphasizing the importance of the dimensions of security education by including them in more than one of the University's compulsory courses, as the Military Sciences course due to the large numbers of students and lack of time may not be able to cover all aspects of security education. The results of the current study showed that the role of the Military Sciences course in enhancing the contents of security education among students of the University of Jordan was high.

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