The Role of Academic Institutions in Instilling a Culture of Accepting Difference among Students: Universities as a Model

Abdalah  Gazan

doi:10.35516/hum.v49i3.1337

Authors

Abdalah Gazan Yarmouk University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i3.1337

Keywords:

Academic institutions, Acceptance, Difference, Jordanian universities

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the role of the academic institutions in instilling the culture of accepting in different domains (religion, women's rights, individual limits and boundaries) in the Jordanian society, and to identify the extent to which there are significant statistical differences among the academic institutions in instilling the culture of accepting differences according to various variables. A questionnaire was designed for stratified random sampling including (644) male and female students from the Jordanian universities in the Northern District. The results reveal that there is a medium level role for academic institutions in instilling the culture of acceptance in different domains (religion, women's rights, individual limits and boundaries). The results have also shown statistical indicative differences attributed to the influence of gender on all aspects except for the aspect of knowing the limits of individuals. However, there are no statistical indicative differences attributed to specialization, place of residence, university, income, father's education, mother's education in all domains of study.

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Author Biography

Abdalah Gazan, Yarmouk University

Department of sociology and social work, faculty of arts, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

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