The Role of Youth in Comprehensive Development of Society from Students› Perspectives at UNRWA Higher Education Institutions in Jordan.

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the comprehensive development of

society, and the role of youth in this development from students’perspectives

at UNRWA higher education institutions in Jordan.A survey questionnaire

consisting of (58) itemswas developed by the researchers and was distributed

on four domains as follows: Political and Civic Development, Economic

Development, Social Development, and Administrative Development.The

survey questionnaire was applied to a sample of (312) students from the

aforementioned institutions.Study results showed that the majority of the

items of all the domains scored a high degree of approval, results also showed

that the respondents’ perspectives of the domains of the questionnaire are

mentioned in descending order as follows: Administrative Development, Social

Development, Economic Development, Political and Civic Development.

Results showed that there was a statistically significant difference that can be

attributed to gender on the domains of political development, administrative

development, and on the overall domains of the survey in favor of females.

Results also showed that there were statistically significant differences on

the type of college variable in favor of students of the Faculty of Educational

Sciences and Arts (FESA) , and Amman Training Center (ATC) .However, the

study did not show statistically significant differences on the variables of the

student’s GPA, and the parents’ level of education.The study put forward a

number of recommendations.