The Patterns of Values among Jordanian University Students in light of the Technological Challenges from the Students’ Perspectives

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the patterns of values amongst university

Jordanian students in light of the technological challenges from the students’

perspectives. The study investigated the effect of the variables of the student’s

gender type of faculty he or she is studying in, the student’s study level at

university, and his or her accumulative grade point at the university on the

student’s absorption of the patterns of values. The study sample consisted of

(1128) freshman and senior students in both public and private Jordanian

universities. Results showed that the degree of students’ absorption of the

patterns of values was high on the total items of the survey questionnaire.

Students’ compliance with patterns of values were ordered as follows: religious

values, political values, practical values, social values, and economic values.

The study revealed that there were no statistically significant differences that

can be attributed to the participants’ gender in their absorption of the social,

economic, and practical values on the total items of the study instrument

from their perspectives Whereas, results showed that there were statistically

significant differences in the students’ absorption of religious and political

values that can be attributed to gender in favor of females. The study also

showed that there were statistically significant differences that can be attributed

to the participants’ faculty in favor of students of the scientific faculties in

their absorption of social, economic, religious values, and practical values

on the total items of the study instrument. Whereas, results showed that there

were no statistically significant differences in the students’ absorption of

political values that can be attributed to the participants’ faculty. However,

the study showed that there were no statistically significant differences that

can be attributed to the participants’ seniority of study at university in their

absorption of social, economic, religious, and practical values on the total

items of the study instrument from the students’ perspectives. Whereas, results

showed that there were statistically significant differences in the students’

absorption of political values that can be attributed to their seniority of

study at university in favor of freshman students. Finally, results showed that

there were statistically significant differences that can be attributed to the

participants’ accumulative grade point at university in their absorption of social, political, and practical values on the total items of the study

instrument in favor of students who got a very good AGP. Results also

showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the students’

absorption of economic and religious values that can be attributed to the

students’ AGP.

In the light of findings, the study came up with a number of

recommendations:

1. The plans include courses at universities related to globalization in all

its dimensions, and to be taught functionary to help understanding these

dimensions, and deal with them awareness and ability to choose what

fits the social and economic values that derive from religious values.

2. To combine the efforts local community institutions, the media and

educational institutions at different educational levels of the educational

role of individuals and society for the importance of the family as a basis

to build community, and demonstrate its role as one of the basic references

in the education of adolescents .