الحاجات النفسية و التربوية للطلاب الوافدين الدارسين في الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة في ضوء متغيري المعدل الأكاديمي و القارة التي ينتمون إليها

الملخص EN

The present study investigated the order of psychological and educational needs of the international students of the Islamic University in Madinah, according to the continent they belong to.

The study investigated, also, the differences in psychological and educational needs of the students of Islamic University according to academic achievement and continents.

Sample of the study consisted of (315) undergraduate students enrolled in the Islamic University in Madinah.

Participants were allocated as follows: Africa (146 students), Asia (123 students), Europe ( 31 students), and America (15 students).

The authors prepared two measures (a Scale of the Psychological Needs and a Scale of the Educational Needs).

Findings of the study revealed that the most important needs of international students in the Islamic University is the intellectual field, followed by educational orientation.

In the third place comes the social filed, then the psychophysical field, the emotional field, and the school support, whereas the least important psychological and educational need is the vocational orientation.

European students are the highest in the intellectual filed, followed by Asian students, whereas the American students came in the last place regarding the intellectual needs.

Findings revealed statistically significant differences in the psychological and educational needs regarding achievement, intellectual field, and psychophysical field, between students who got grade "A" and those who got grade "C" in favor of those who got grade "C".

There are no statistically significant differences in the psychological and educational needs between students related to their continents.

Findings of the study indicated that all psychological and educational needs are correlated to each other.