The Degree of Democratic Relationship between University Teacher and Student in the Internet Age from Student's Point of View

Afnan  Nathir Darwazeh

doi:10.35516/hum.v49i1.1645

Authors

Afnan Nathir Darwazeh An-Najah National University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i1.1645

Keywords:

Democracy; teacher and student relationship; academic domain; social domain; An-Najah University; Arab-American University; Palestine-Technical University/Khaduri.

Abstract

A random sample of (632) male and female undergraduate students was taken from northern Palestinian Universities: (239) from An-Najah (NU), (200) from Arab-American (AAU), and (109) from Palestine-Technical University/Khaduri (PT/KU). A questionnaire of (37) items measuring the teacher-student democratic relationship in two domains: academic and social domains were administered on the sample. The data was manipulated by using the descriptive statistics on one hand, and the analytic statistics using "t-test" and "f-test" at (p<.05) level of significant on the other. Accordingly, the study founded that the general mean of democratic relationship between the teacher and student in three universities was (3.46) pints out of five. F-test revealed that the mean of (PTUK) was higher significantly than (AAU) and (NU). The results also revealed that the mean of democratic relationship in the academic domain was higher significantly than that in the social domain. With respect to the other related independent variables, the study revealed that the means of democratic relationship of freshmen and sophomore were higher than that of junior and senior; that of students whose age between 18-20 was higher than that of older ones who aged between 21-23, 24-26, or 27 and more; that of students who had a scientific background in General High School Exam was higher than that of students who had a literature or commercial back ground; and that of students who see themselves as cultured was higher than that of those who see their culture medium or weak.

These results came along with discussions, recommendations for further future studies.

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Author Biography

Afnan Nathir Darwazeh, An-Najah National University

Department of Methods of Teaching, An-Najah National University, Palestine

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