Abstract:

Aim: This survey study aims at identifying the level of scientific research in the academic programs and study plans of the department of Graduate Studies for Humanities at An-Najah National University and the need for developing them based on opinions of program coordinators and students to evaluate the effectiveness of research and its validity for future enhancement for the university status. The study hypothesized weak levels of interest in research in study plans, which negatively affects student research skills and the quality of their research production.

Methodology: The study adopted the analytical approach using two questionnaires distributed to program coordinators and students via the university portal zajel to identify their opinions with a 100% response rate from all 40 coordinators and 502 responses from students. In addition, study plans for all humanitarian graduate programs were analyzed to identify the level of interest in research and the need for developing them.   

Results: The results of the analyses of program plans and responses of study samples confirmed the study hypothesis and coincide with the researchers' expectations assuring that courses on scientific research present in study plans are insufficient and require further enhancement.

Recommendations: This led the researchers to suggest a number of suggestions to overcome the weaknesses and enhance the level of research including offering independent scientific research courses, having experienced teachers teach the        courses and increasing the amount of required research assignments for each course.

Key words: Scientific research; study plans; humanitarian graduate studies; An-Najah National University.

Title

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

Publisher

An-Najah University

Publisher Country

Palestine

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Online only

Volume

39

Year

2024

Pages

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