Research Title: The Dialogue between the (Self) and the (Other): Analysis of Arab-American Dialectical Relation

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2019

Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, 86

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: The 'Self' and the 'Other' are two philosophic concepts that are represented in this study to reflect upon the relations between East and West, considering in particular the dialectical relation between Arabs and Americans. Analysis of selected history events introduces such inter-relations being mainly described on the basis of colonialism, terrorism, and peace on the other hand. Arab-American relations were questioned in the Arab region, where Arabs considered the relation in terms of American polarization as dominant and supporting the Jewish presence, which is mainly the reason behind the cultural clash that ended into a clear political clash by the rejection of the Deal of the Century. The study concluding that Arabs were used to decades of rejecting and denying the (other) in different stages of history because of their cultural heritage ; and that they should rather now reconsider their standings to make it more humanitarian seeking peace rather than hatred and violence .

Keywords: The 'Self' and the 'Other', Arab, American, colonialism, terrorism, peace, Arab-American relations, Arab region, American polarization, Jewish presence, Deal of the Century

Research Title: The Implications of the Use of Social Media on the Political Development: Jordanian University Students’ Perspective

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2018

Jordan Journal of Law and Political Sciences, 2

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: This study aimed at exploring the implications of the use of social media on political development from Philadelphia University students’ perspective. The researcher adopted qualitative research approach proposed by Strauss and Corbin on a sample of (200) students out of (12,000) as total population in the academic year (2016-2017). This approach incorporated three basic elements; the theoretical sensitive coding, that is, creating theoretical solid ideas from the information to clarify the phenomenon discussed; theoretical sampling, that is, choosing whom to meet or what to see next as indicated by the condition of the state of theory generation, and that implies starting data analysis with the first interview, and writing down early hypotheses; and the need to contrast phenomena and contexts to make the theory valid. The researcher concluded that it was the phrase of “Political participation” as a probable key category that led to the validation of the perceived hypothesis. https://dsr.mutah.edu.jo/index.php/jjlps/article/view/220/208

Keywords: Social media, political development, political participation, qualitative research, university students, Jordan

Research Title: guidelines to policy and regulatory impact assessment in Jordan EU

Author: Amani Ghazi Jarrar, Published Year: 2017

Faculty: Arts

Abstract: The study points out the role of regulatory assessment in developing participatory work in Jordan focusing on both civil society organizations and Ministry of Political & Parliamentary Affairs. Jordan, nowadays ,has a rapidly evolving policy and regulatory environment. The problem that is rooted in our societies and national institutions manifests in the absence or lack of coordination in order to achieve the desired results that are planned to reach, namely the efficiency and effectiveness of the institutional performance of all sectors, especially the development sectors. The study poses the questions dealing with empowering a decentralized RIA System in Jordan, mainly: Determining the policies to be achieved to solve the problem, identifying the problems to be treated, determining the appropriate option for policy enforcement, determining the type of legislation required, determining who is responsible for preparing these legislations, and identifying the necessary legal and administrative mechanisms required. The research used the descriptive analytical, methodology. The study proposes an institutional mechanism of the (RIA) in Jordan.

Keywords: regulatory impact assessment (RIA), participatory work, civil society organizations, political and parliamentary affairs, Jordan

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