Students' perceptions of educational environment in the faculties of nursing at Assiut, Sohag and South Valley Universities

Abstract EN

Learning environment is an important stone ؛or the success of learning processes.

This study aimed to assess the student perception of educationaJ environ-ment in the Facuities of Nursing at Assiut, Sohag and South Vally Universities.

Using a descriptive research design and convenient sample technique.

The total number of the studied sample was 328.

A self-administered questionnaire was adopted to collect the needed data.

The questionnaire contains the following ١١١٥ main parts: ‘ and data related to educational environment which include physical environment and non physical environment.

The mean age was 21.1 year, and the vast majority of students were females.

66.8%, 18.و% and 13.4% respec-tively were from Assiut, Sohag and Qena City.

Their is a statistically significant relation between the three faculties about classroom size, suitability between num-ber of students and the size of classroom, the availability of modern technolo^ in teaching and noise level.

According to the total score of perception about educational environment it was found that more than two thirds of nursing students at Assiut, Sohag, and Qena had poor level of perception, nearly one third had satisfactory level and only (1.5%) of the students perceive their educational environment is good.

The present study concluded that all groups of the studied nursing students perceived the learning environment negatively.

The study also indicated a widespread and large defects in the educational environment in these faculties as perceived by students, so;