اتجاهات طلبة جامعة النجاح الوطنية نحو ممارسة الأنشطة الطلابية

ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate An-Najah National University the students' attitudes of towards involvement in students' activities . It attempted , in particular, to answer the following questions: 1. what are the students' attitudes towards involvement in students' activities ? 2. Do the students' attitudes differ according to demographic factors as sex , faculty , study level and place of residence during study ? 3. what are the most important activities practiced at An-Najah National University? 4. What are the students' suggestions regarding efficacy of students' activities ? Accordingly , the study hypotheses were drawn up as follows : 1. There is no significant difference amongst An-Najah National University students' attitudes involvement in students' activities at the 0.05 significance level , attributed to sex , faculty , study level and residence during study. 2. The correlation matrix amongst the students' activities equals the placed matrix of Ho : R = [I) H1 : R = The stratified , random study sample consists of 298 students ( 10 % of the study population - 2nd , 3rd and 4th year students at An-Najah National University ) in the second semester , 1993\94 . The descriptive method is used . The researcher prepared a questionnaire with reference to the educational literature and Al-Ajjour questionnaire , (1985) , after being verified by the reviewers. Then , the questionnaire was applied to an experimental sample - other than the study sample - to test reliability and after using Pearson coefficient , the reliability coefficient obtained was 86. The data were processed by computer using the SPSS , and the statistical methodology is employed to verify reliability of hypotheses : the one - way analysis variance to test the first four hypotheses , Pearson Correlation Coefficient and the factorial analysis to test the fifth hypothesis . The findings showed : 1. There was A statistically significant difference amongst An- Najah National University students' attitudes towards participation in the students' activities at 0.05 significance level attributed to sex and faculty. 2. There was no significant diference amongst the students' attitudes towards participation in the students' activities at 0.05 significance level attributed to study level and residence during study. 3. There was a significant positive correlation amongst the students' activeties at = 0.01 significance level . 4. It was found that the scientific, sports , social , political and cultural activities were the most prevoided one. 5. As for efficacy of the students activities , the students suggested : a. Support of the university administration through allocating sufficient financial resources for students' activities. b. Providing places , equipment and other facilities required for the students' activities, c. Neutralizing students' activities from political idiologies. d. Holding cultural and scientific seminars , e. Encouraging cooperation between all students to enhance and support activities In the light of the findings , the researcher recommends that the University should: 1. Provide the facilities and places required for practicing the students activities. These facilities and places should cope with the number of the students at the University . The absence of these facilities is considered a discouraging factor. 2. Study , along with the students' affairs dean, the convenient time for the students activities to enable the students to participate in these activities. 3. Provide the students' affairs dean with the qualified personell to supervise the activities , and establish sub-departments for cultural , social , artistic and student service-related activities to help the students understand the educational value of the students' activities. 4 Carry out studies that deal with bigger populations and test other variables like the economic status and cumulative average and their relation with the students' activities.