واقع الممارسات الديموقراطية للتعليم من وجهة نظر الطلبة بجامعة الأقصى بغزة

الملخص EN

The aim of this study was to measure the level of democratic practices at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza from the students' Point of view, and to investigate the impact of sex, academic level, and type of college on students' responses.

Then to propose some recommendations to improve democratic practices.

To achieve this aim, the researcher used the descriptive analytical method and developed questionnaire which was standardized to insure its validity and reliability.

The questionnaire was then administered to sample of (520) students which was chosen through stratified technique to represent the variables of the study.

The results of the study revealed that the level of democratic practices was average on the total scale and on each domain separately.

There also were statistically significant differences at (oo < 0.05) in students' ratings of democratic practices due to sex of student in favor of male students, while there were no statistically significant differences in students' ratings of democratic practices due to either academic level, or type of college.

The researcher recommended that : University administration and academic staff should encourage the democratic interaction with students, to show respect to students' personalities and thoughts , to respect the academic freedom of students, to provide the needed facilities for student, to implement their activities, to introduce democratic values through curriculum, and to conduct more studies about academic democracy from other perspectives.