The Professional Identity of Students at Hebron University

Abstract

This study aimed to find out students’
professional identity level at Hebron University.
To achieve the goal of the study, a questionnaire
consists of 40 items has been designed and
modified. The questionnaire has the same grading
as Likert scale, and it includes five areas: teaching
and learning, student growth, school development,
relationships and professional services, and growth
and personal development. A random stratified
sample was chosen, and it consists of 258 fourthyear
students, including 44 males and 214 females.
To achieve the purpose of the study; the descriptive
approach was used. Results indicated the presence
of a high level of professional identity of Hebron
University students with a mean reached (3.90) . The
results also showed that there are no statistically
significant differences in the professional identity
level due to the gender, but there are significant
differences in the professional identity level between
Faculty of education students and Faculty of Arts
and Sciences students for the benefit of Faculty
of Education students. According to these results,
many recommendations were presented , such as
developing Educational programs for students
in the Faculties of Arts and Sciences contributes
to increase the level of professional identity
awareness. This research also recommended to
conduct other researches in the field of developing
the professional identity among university students
and measure the professional level of identity
among students in other disciplines such as, law,
counseling and nursing.