Research Title: The Level of Political Reform Awareness in Jordan from the Perspective of Jordanian Political Parties' General Secretaries

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2014

Public Policy and Administration Research , 4

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: The study aimed at determining the level of awareness of the general secretaries of the Jordanian political parties' to the concept of political reform. The study sample consisted of (18) secretary-generals of different Jordanian political parties, thereby, a questionnaire was designed for this purpose, consisting of two dimensions; first: the concept and the implications of political reform with (20) paragraphs, second: the political parties with (26) paragraphs. The results showed that the level of awareness of the general secretaries of the Jordanian political parties to the concept of political reform was positive, with the arithmetic mean of (4.21) to the concept of political reform dimension and (3.98) to the political parties dimension, these results represent a high degree of orientation towards the degree of awareness of the general secretaries of the political parties towards political reform. The study showed the presences of statistical significant differences to the variables: gender, age, income and educational level, and the study also showed no statistically significant differences attributable to the variables: duration of membership in the party, the duration of a secretary general of the party or type of the political party. In light of the findings, the study recommended to conduct more studies, workshops and conferences on the subject matter to consolidate political awareness among the greatest number of citizens, members and leaders of the parties to the concept of political reform. https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/PPAR/article/view/11081/11382

Keywords: General Secretaries, Political Parties, Political Reform

Research Title: The Impact of teaching political science on political awareness of Petra University students : A Jordanian case

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2013

Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 3

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: The study aimed at identifying the impact of teaching political science on the political consciousness of Petra University students, and to answer the study questions , a sample of the 131 students was selected , those enrolled in three sections in the first quarter of the academic year 2012/2013 ,a questionnaire was developed to collect information ;it was built of 30 paragraphs and distributed , but only 87 of these were valid and analyzed . Results showed that the degree of political awareness among students was high with a mean of (3.70), in addition to the presence of statistically significant differences in the degree of impact of teaching political science on the political awareness of those students from their point of view, in terms of the gender variable, while no statistically significant differences appeared in terms of faculty, nor in terms of the variable grade point average –GPA. In the light of the results, the study recommended further studies on the subject, in order to disseminate the teaching of politics to be included in all universities that do not teach or enlist this topic within their programs

Keywords: political awareness, the principles of political science, political participation, political education

Research Title: The Relationship between Values, Environmental concern & Behaviour: A Jordanian sample

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2013

Research on Humanities and Social Sciences , 3

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This study aimed at identifying the system of human values ??of Petra university students according to Schwartz theory of values; it also aimed at identifying the correlation between environmental concern & behavior. The study sample consisted of 218 students, using three questionnaires to collect data. The first questionnaire included the 40 paragraphs ??using Schwarz model; the second questionnaire included 20 paragraphs to measure environmental concern depending on the scale of Thompson and Barton, whereas the third questionnaire included 22 paragraphs to measure the environmental behavior. Results showed that students own a system of values ??in four dimensions, but tend more to be towards the traditional values ??and less towards the human values; students' interests were centered on nature. Findings also showed a positive correlation between general values in two dimensions (conservatism, and self-transcendence), and environmental values whether (eco-centric, or anthropocentric) and a weak correlation between the general values in two dimensions (Openness, Self enhancement) and the environmental values. Keywords: eco-centric, anthropocentric, environmental concern, values, Environmental behavior

Keywords: eco-centric, anthropocentric, environmental concern, values, Environmental behavior

Research Title: Factors Affecting Teachers' Excellence from the Perspective of Queen Rania Award

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2013

Journal of Education and Practice, 4

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: The study aimed at investigating factors affecting teachers' excellence from the perspective of Queen Rania award -winning teachers as a Jordanian case. Recently, Jordan is committed to educational reform with a comprehensive plan called Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy (ERfKE). The study tries to answer questions about the most influential factors of educational excellence according to teachers' gender, level of education, and years of experience. In order to answer the study questions, a questionnaire was developed by the researchers as a major tool for collecting the data needed, so as to evaluate the teachers' perception of factors of excellence. Data is analyzed using descriptive statistics. ANOVA is used to determine the factors that affect teachers' excellence due to the study variables. The findings indicated that teachers' most important factors are related to Queen Rania Award criteria. The results show that the highest item mean in this domain was “Queen Rania award for educational excellence is considered to be a good motivation for teachers' performance”. There were no significant differences between teachers on the domain of Queen Rania Award criteria due to their gender, level of education and years of experience. Results show that gender, level of education and years of experience are not significant. In the lights of the findings, the study recommends more care of QRA criteria, and the need to study more factors which may influence teachers' excellence. https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/view/5189/5307

Keywords: Teaching excellence, Jordan, Queen Rania Award

Research Title: Positive Thinking & Good Citizenship Culture: From the Jordanian Universities Students' Points of View

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2013

International Education Studies, 6

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This study aims at identifying the nature of the relationship between the mode of thinking among the students of Jordanian Universities if positive, and the extent to which that is related to their culture of citizenship, and therefore their positive practices towards the community. A sample of (654) students were selected randomly. And to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was developed consisting of (40) items distributed in two areas: culture of good citizenship, and positive thinking. The results showed that Jordanian University students showed a high degree of awareness in the culture of citizenship, and that the level of positive thinking prevailing among the students was high. https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ies/article/view/25192

Keywords: positive thinking, citizenship, Jordanian universities, civic education, teaching thinking skills

Research Title: Peace Concepts in Civic Education Curriculum: A Jordanian University Sample

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2013

Journal of Education and Practice, 4

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This research addresses the problems of peace education after the emergence of contemporary educational dilemmas facing our societies in an era we seek to realize peace. The research addresses a number of concepts in ideology and education facing the challenges for a culture of peace education in our teachings. The study shows the role of education and politics as needed together in collaboration to make further efforts to bring the concepts of peace into practice, through the promotion of dialogue in the framework of an integrated education for the political security and positive change that is needed to save humanity, especially in our Arab Jordanian culture. The study tries to address the problems of peace education with the significant impact on the social, moral and political levels .It focuses on highlighting the positive function of education to address the questions raised in the educational thought and political education by reviewing the curriculum and courses -related, and in particular the structure of Civic Education in Jordanian Universities. The study concluded that the average degree of covering peace concepts in Civic Education at Jordanian Universities was high, and that is including both the total scale and sub-total score of the scale, with a difference recognized in the (method of teaching the course, impact of the course on students, and the total score) according to gender, so that the averages of males were higher than those of females, while in terms of the course content of civic education there were no differences according to gender, but there appeared a difference in the field of (Method of teaching the course),as the averages of scientific stream students were higher compared to the humanitarian stream students. While when considering the field of content of the course of civic education, and the field of the impact of the course on students, no significant differences appeared depending on the specialty, also no significant differences appeared in the dimensions of (the method of teaching the course, the content of course of civic education, and the impact of course on the students), nor in the total degree depending on the variable of thought belonging .Perhaps the most recommended results are the need to review strategies for future development of peace education in Jordan in order to create a Jordanian citizen who aspires peace education on the human level. https://www.academia.edu/49434859/Peace_Concepts_in_Civic_Education_Curriculum_A_Jordanian_University_Sample

Keywords: Civic Education, Jordanian universities, peace curriculum

Research Title: Moral Values Education in Terms of Graduate University Students' Perspectives: A Jordanian Sample

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2013

International Education Studies, 6

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This study focuses on how moral values differ and vary according to variants such as education, culture, thoughts, religion, gender and family relations .It handles the issue of moral education in Jordan, from the perspective of graduate students in Petra University. Since we are facing new challenges in this era and region of the world, we are more affected by cultural and environmental effects that change our moral system. This ethical issue is highly important in a world where materialistic values are more pressing on our behavior. This study directly tackles Jordanian culture and mainly youth in universities, so that a specially tailored questionnaire was built to study the moral value educational system that Jordanian youth in private universities believe in, taking Petra University as a sample. This questionnaire covers all areas of morality and all issues dealing with ethical dilemmas, and their answers were analyzed according to certain dimensions that have to do with moral education, moral dilemmas, moral choice, moral crises, moral sensation, moral awareness, the awareness of right, and justice from the perspective of Jordanian graduate students. Many factors were being taken into consideration, especially the eastern, Muslim, Jordanian culture, the youth mentality affected by education, the Arab culture, information systems, and human rights issues. The study ends with a description of the moral value education system of graduates in Petra University as a special model of private universities. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1067140.pdf

Keywords: moral education, moral values, ethics, arab culture, moral behavior

Research Title: Political Concepts in Jordanian Schools Curricula of the Scientific and Literary Streams ( Grades 11th and 12th)

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2014

Elsevier, Procedia-Social and Behavioural Journal , www.wces.info , 116

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: The study aims at identifying political concepts in Jordanian schools curricula for grades 11th and 12th in the scientific and literary streams .Books were analyzed according to the content analysis approach. The results showed that political concepts were more obvious in the 12th grade of the literary stream if compared to the 11th grade. It was concluded that more attention to political concepts should be given in the scientific stream in order to contribute to developing students' political understanding, so as to be able to deal with global issues, in addition to teaching concepts renouncing ideological extremism. The study recommends that more quality political concepts should be introduced in the scientific stream curricula. https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/277811/1-s2.0-S1877042814X00108/1-s2.0-S1877042814002146/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=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&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20231211T130713Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTYZKCYVO7N/20231211/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=43c843f4db62e136a5746cff2e8d1c6eb07ca603d785eadb437dae815276d279&hash=dda330340436eb354cf76d24dbf72605b98dc8d8f10d62a15f5074fbe97b909a&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S1877042814002146&tid=spdf-deb6e9f2-1692-49ef-80ec-d5ed7cc37c4a&sid=6e52694930cfe34c464bb087b33ec49a5c83gxrqb&type=client&tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&ua=10095e545d0b0452535507&rr=833df304f86232ae&cc=jo

Keywords: Political concepts, School curricula , Content analysis,Scientific stream, Literary stream, Education in Jordan.

Research Title: Global Citizenship Education in Jordanian Universities

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2012

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences Journal , 47

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to establish the foundations of education for global citizenship. It is mainly built on four themes: world citizenship education, key issues and challenges of contemporary human thought, philosophical and analytical approach, and then an attempt for global citizenship educational planning. This paper uses a descriptive qualitative approach in considering as Jordanian case study, in terms of the philosophy of National Education of Jordan. The paper concludes with the suggestion that to achieve the humanitarian component of global citizenship in education, one must start from the moral value system of human identity. https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/277811/1-s2.0-S1877042812X00181/1-s2.0-S1877042812026602/main.pdf?X-Amz-Security-Token=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&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20231211T123359Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAQ3PHCVTYVVPTLZWR/20231211/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=42ebea6fe029cacab2c54f978925c2faf295b500963c2badf6f11f002f521779&hash=c9018f1d53c3928ced7c6f7279babcb0f43d71608b054e10016799492b7a8ef1&host=68042c943591013ac2b2430a89b270f6af2c76d8dfd086a07176afe7c76c2c61&pii=S1877042812026602&tid=spdf-29f1fa1e-f192-42ff-beb5-a373aa6cf1e7&sid=6e52694930cfe34c464bb087b33ec49a5c83gxrqb&type=client&tsoh=d3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkaXJlY3QuY29t&ua=10095e545d0b0153565700&rr=833dc256ac8732ad&cc=jo

Keywords: Global citizenship education, national education, civic education, human rights education, Jordan.

Research Title: Pathways to Mainstream and Advance the Concept of Global Citizenship Education in the Arab World, Global Citizenship foundation, 2022

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2021

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: Thinkers and planners for education and higher education agreed on the need for education to serve global citizenship as a potent force in bringing economic, social, and political change, and in enabling the nation to face challenges, and this is clearly affirmed through education for human rights and world education for global citizenship. One can divide the Arab thinkers into five categories, each with a point of view different from the other (Altbach, 1999). The first category of Arab intellectual's rejectionists, who believe that globalization, reflects the higher stages of colonialism created by the technological revolution and information that dominates the capitalist market, as governed by the United States and Western countries. (Jarrar, 2012). The second category of Arab intellectuals is those who welcome globalization. The third category of Arab intellectuals represents the neutral position, which calls for finding an appropriate form of globalization consistent with the interests and aspirations of the Arab countries. The fourth category of Arab intellectuals represents a positive vision being pragmatic and utilitarian (Muasher & Faour, 2011). They think of globalization as a historical phenomenon that Arab nations should treat with caution and prudence. Globalization emphasizes the sovereignty of Arab intellectuals and establishes the Arab cultural identity in order to spread the values of tolerance. https://www.globalcitizenshipfoundation.org/article/pathways-to-mainstream-and-advance-the-concept-of-global-citizenship-education-in-the-arab-world

Keywords: Global Citizenship ,Education,Arab World