مدى توافر مهارات القرن الحادي و العشرين لدى طلاب الدراسات العليا في جامعة حفر الباطن

الملخص EN

The study aimed to identify from the perspective of students at Hafar al-Batin whether the twentieth-century skills of graduate students at Hafar al-Batin university and to explore any statistical difference in their responses with regard to major, level of education, work and gender.

to achieve the goals of the study, the researcher launched an exploratory study by employing a survey.

the questionnaire was randomly distributed among graduate students at Hafar al-Batin university.

139 graduate students volunteered to take the survey.

the sample consists male and female graduate students.

the study reached several research findings.

first, from the sampled students’ viewpoint, the skills of the twenty-first century among graduate students at Hafar al-Batin university are present with them.

the average of their responses scored as high as (4.40) with s standard deviation of (0.401).

skills such as moral values, high productivity, comprehensive sustainability, effective communication are deemed of very high by the sampled students, while the skill such as creative / innovative thinking came with only high in importance from their perspectives.

the results also revealed that there are statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 ≥ A) between the averages of the responses of the sampled members toward the student’s possession of graduate students at Hafar al-Batin university of two skills namely creative thinking and comprehensive sustainability.

these differences are attributed to the sampled students’ majors favoring the students majoring in the college of applied sciences over students of the college of education.

there are no variations among the averages of student in other majors.

there are also significant differences with regard to creative thinking, effective communication that are attributed to the work variable, in favor of those who work.

this study offers many recommendations, including urging universities to focus on developing the skills of the twenty-first century and making them among the objectives and learning outcomes of the courses in graduate studies programs.

it also encourags graduate students at Hafar al-Batin university on self-educate themselves, especially athe skills of the twenty-first century, and encourages attending scientific conferences as well as academic seminars to refine and enhance their learning, technical and life skills.