درجة مراعاة مساق التربية الوطنية في الجامعات الأردنية لمبادئ الديمقراطية من وجهة نظر طلبة المساق

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The objective of the study was to investigate the inclusion of democracy principles in national education courses in Jordanian universities from students’ point of view.

To achieve the objective of the study، the researchers developed a questionnaire containing the democracy principles to be provided in national education courses.

The questionnaire was administrated to a sample consisting of (1658) students.

The researchers used Democracy Principle Checklist containing (22) .

Results of the study indicated that opinion free expression ranked first، then social responsibility، while justice and equity ranked third.

Results of the study indicate that students reported moderate levels for the inclusion of national education courses in Jordanian universities for the democratic principles.

Results of the study indicated significant differences due to major، academic level and gender، in favor of males in students’ perceptions about inclusion of national education courses in Jordanian universities for the democratic principles.

The study concluded with some important recommendations; including the necessity of school textbooks، especially national education textbooks، to promote the concept of democracy and its principles among students.