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{"title":"Proof of Disciplinary Violations during Administrative Investigation per Jordanian civil service Bylaw No. 9 of 2020: A Comparative Study","authors":"O. Al-Hilat, N. Alomran","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2238","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: this study sheds light on disciplinary evidence and defines its features to ascertain if an employee has committed a disciplinary violation while carrying out his job duties. It demonstrates how the Administrative Investigation Committee can establish the burden of proof. Further, the study offers crucial recommendations for the Jordanian legislator to perform its duties effectively. Research Problem: the adequacy of organising special rules of evidence before the Administrative Investigation Committee to detect behavioural violations. The Jordanian legislator addressed these rules in Article 146/b/2 of the Jordanian civil service Bylaw No. 9 of 2020. However, these rules are not integrated, as it is assumed that the administration has complete evidence of claims of behavioural violations. It does not have the right to accuse the employee of deviating from his job mandate without evidence. The employee is also entitled to present evidence refuting such claims. Thus, it falls to investigation committees to search for the necessary evidence to clarify the truth. The study demonstrates the legislator’s lack of interest in the rules that deal with evidentiary evidence in disciplinary violations and the failure of the Jordanian legislation to organise evidence to detect violations committed by public servants. Methods: this study adopts a descriptive and analytical approach that compares the Jordanian, Egyptian and Emirati legislation concerning the rules of evidence. Results and Conclusions: the paper concludes by with the following results such as: Jordanian civil service Bylaw fails to organise the means of evidence and administrative papers, as the legislator did not explicitly grant the Administrative Investigation Committee the authority to review documents related to the violation. In contrast, they were expressly formulated in the Egyptian and Emirati legislations. As well as, the Jordanian legislator did not deal with the method of inspection before the administrative investigation committee in the Civil Service Bylaw, unlike the Egyptian legislator who regulated that method in the law and provided instructions to the Administrative Prosecution. Such was also the case for the UAE federal legislator within the framework of the executive regulations of the human resources law in the federal government.\u0000 \u0000 -","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"52 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141693377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"-","authors":"Amer Al-Qobbaj, Haneen Hijab","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2232","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">-</jats:p>\u0000 \u0000 <jats:p xml:lang=\"ar\">-</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"11 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141702866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Degree of Implementation of Authentic Assessment Strategies as Estimated by Islamic Education Teachers","authors":"Mahmoud Ahmad Mustafa","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2235","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was twofold: to identify the degree of implementation of authentic assessment strategies from the point of view of Islamic Education (IE) teachers, and to determine whether any statistically significant differences between such sampled respondents’ estimations were attributable to gender or experience variables. Following the descriptive analytical approach and based on a questionnaire involving (198) male and female teachers, the study concluded that the level of IE teachers’ estimation of authentic assessment practice rated fair. Furthermore, study findings revealed no statistically significant differences related to gender or experience variables in teachers’ level of estimation. The study recommended that teacher development courses be conducted on authentic assessment strategies.\u0000 \u0000 هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى معرفة درجة تطبيق مدرسي التربية الإسلامية لاستراتيجيات التقويم الواقعي من وجهة نظرهم، والكشف عما إذا كانت هناك فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين تقديرات أفراد العينة لهذه الدرجة تعزى إلى متغير الجنس أو الخبرة، واتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، وتم استخدام استبانة طبقت على (198) معلماً ومعلمة، وتوصلت الدراسة إلى أن درجة تقييم المعلمين لتجربة التقويم الواقعي جاءت بدرجة متوسطة، كما أظهرت نتائج الدراسة أنه لا يوجد هنا فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في درجة تقييم المعلمين تعزى لمتغيري الدراسة (الجنس ، التخصص)، وأوصت الدراسة بعقد دورات تأهيل للمعلمين في استراتيجيات التقويم الواقعي واستراتيجياته.","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"21 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141699884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Syntactic Legal Features in Arabic- English Translation: A Case Study of Palestine Divorce Contracts","authors":"C. Khalaf, Mohamed Abdou Moindjie, Ilangko Subramaniam","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2233","url":null,"abstract":"This study deals with the translation of syntactic features in legal documents from Arabic into English. It aims to identify the syntactic features and to describe translatability of the syntactic features of Arabic and English Sharia divorce documents, accordingly, will help in assessing translators’ choices ad decisions. Being a qualitative descriptive study, samples of translated divorce contracts have been collected from Palestinian sworn translators and translation certified offices. Data is collected manually, and analysed using purposeful sampling, open-ended data collection, and personal interpretation. Analysis of the differences of syntactic features between Arabic and English divorce sharia court documents revealed that differences lie in the following aspects: the form of complex sentence structure, use of passive, use of nominal forms, binominals and triplets, modal verbs, conditional sentences, and the form of pronouns. The study concluded that the differences between Arabic and English syntactic features resulted in some problems of mother tongue influence, and using redundant synonyms and the literal translation of the successive dependent and parenthetical phrases which make the sentence long and complex, accordingly, not easy to be comprehended.\u0000 \u0000 تتناول هذه الدراسة ترجمة الخصائص النحوية في الوثائق القانونية من اللغة العربية إلى اللغة الإنجليزية، وتهدف إلى التعرف على الخصائص النحوية لوثائق الطلاق الشرعية العربية والإنجليزية، ووصف قابلية ترجمة هذه الخصائص في وثائق الطلاق الشرعية من العربية الى الإنجليزية، بالاضافة الى التعرف على تأثيراختلاف الخصائص النحوية بين العربية والإنجليزية على ترجمة وثائق الطلاق الشرعية. اعتمدت الدراسة المنهج النوعي الوصفي والتحليلي، حيث تم جمع عينات من عقود الطلاق المترجمة من المترجمين المحلفين الفلسطينيين والمكاتب المعتمدة للترجمة. تم جمع البيانات يدويا جمعا هادفا وتم تحليلها تحليلا وصفيا يدويا. كشف تحليل الخصائص النحوية بين وثائق الطلاق باللغة العربية واللغة الإنجليزية أن الاختلافات تكمن في الجوانب التالية: بنية الجمل المعقدة، واستخدام المبني للمجهول، واستخدام الاسماء،، المتلازمات اللفظية الثنائية والثلاثية، والأفعال الشرطية، والجمل الشرطية، والضمائر. وخلصت الدراسة إلى أن الاختلافات بين السمات النحوية العربية والإنجليزية أدت إلى بعض المشاكل في الترجمة منها: تأثير اللغة الأم، واستخدام المرادفات المتكررة والزائدة عن الحاجة والترجمة الحرفية والمتكررة للجمل المعترضة مما يجعل الجمل طويلة ويسبب صعوبة في فهمها.","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"17 34","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141700263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Online Self-Presentation and Its Relationship to The Level of Exposure to Cyber-Harassment Among A Sample of the University of Jordan Students","authors":"Randah Barakat, Islam Alzubi","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2237","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to identify the level of online self-presentation and its relationship to the level of exposure to cyber-harassment among a sample of the University of Jordan students consisting of (385) male and female bachelor's students from the Faculty of Arts. The questionnaires that are built for the level of online self-presentation and level of exposure to cyber-harassment were constructed and evaluated for their validity and reliability. The results indicated that the level of online self-presentation and the level of exposure to cyber-harassment among students were moderate, the level of online self-presentation was positively correlated with the level of exposure to cyber-harassment with statistically significant values, and showed that there were statistically significant differences in the level of online self-presentation attributed to sex in favor of males and the level of exposure to cyber-harassment are attributed to sex but was in favor of females, the average number of hours of Internet usage daily is in favor of 6 hours or more, and there are no differences attributable to the academic year.\u0000 \u0000 هدفت الدراسة الحالية التعرف إلى مستوى العرض الذاتي عبر الإنترنت وعلاقته بمستوى التعرض للتحرش السيبراني لدى عينة من طلبة الجامعة الأردنية، والتي تكوّنت من (385) طالبًا وطالبة في مرحلة البكالوريوس من كلية الآداب. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم بناء كل من مقياس مستوى العرض الذاتي عبر الإنترنت، ومقياس مستوى التعرض للتحرش السيبراني، كما تم التحقق من صدقهما وثباتهما. وأشارت النتائج إلى أن مستوى العرض الذاتي عبر الإنترنت ومستوى التعرض للتحرش السيبراني جاء متوسطًا، وأن مستوى العرض الذاتي عبر الإنترنت ارتبط إيجابيًا بقيم ذات دلالة إحصائية مع مستوى التعرض للتحرش السيبراني كما أظهرت وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في مستوى العرض الذاتي عبر الإنترنت تُعزى للجنس لصالح ذكور ووجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في مستوى التعرض للتحرش السيبراني تُعزى للجنس، ولكن لصالح الإناث، ومتوسط عدد ساعات استخدام الإنترنت يوميًا لصالح (6) ساعات فأكثر، وعدم وجود فروق تُعزى للسنة الدراسية.","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"19 S1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141715745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Common forms of communication among teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder in Jerusalem schools, and the challenges they face","authors":"Nora Alhaj Othman, Suhad Abd elrhman-Othman","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2234","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed at examining the forms of communication used by teachers with students of autism spectrum disorder in Jerusalem, as well as identifying the challenges that teachers face in communicating with students on the autism spectrum in Jerusalem. The two researchers relied on the questionnaire as a research tool, and they used the descriptive correlative approach as a method for the study. The study sample included (97) male and female teachers in kindergartens and schools on the autism spectrum, and the researchers concluded several results, the most important of which are: the arithmetic average of the field of verbal communication reached (3.89) with a percentage of (77.9) and a high value, and the arithmetic average of the field of non-verbal communication was ( 3.41) with a percentage of (68.3) with a high value. The arithmetic average of the field of challenges of communicating with the autistic child faced by teachers was (0.80) with a percentage of (80.5) with a high value. The results also showed that there were no differences in the responses of the study sample between the average responses of teachers to common forms of communication with children on the autism spectrum according to the variables of (gender, the level of educational qualification), and the presence of differences in the responses of the study sample according to the variables of (years of experience of 5 years to less than 10 years and the age of the younger age group of the sample from 21 to 30). Also, there are no differences in the responses of the study sample between the average responses of teachers to the challenges they face with children on the autism spectrum due to the variables of (gender, level of educational qualification, age), and there are differences in the responses of the study sample to the variable of (years of experience of 5 years to less than 10 years). The two researchers reached several recommendations, the most important of which are: increasing the awareness of educators on the importance of communication programs such as the Lovaz program, and working on training teachers on how to use programs that work on communicating with children with autism.\u0000 \u0000 هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى فحص أشكال التواصل المتبعة لدى مُعلِّمي اطفال اضطراب طيف التوحّد في مدارس القدس، وإلى تحديد التحدّيات التي يواجهونها في التواصل مع أطفال طيف التوحد في مدارس القدس. واعتمدت الباحثتان على الاستبانة كأداة للبحث، واستخدمتا المنهج الوصفي الارتباطي منهجاً للدراسة. وقد اشتملت عينة الدراسة على (97) معلماً ومعلمة في رياض ومدارس طيف التوحد، وقد توصلت الباحثتان إلى العديد من النتائج، أهمها: أنه بلغ المتوسط الحسابي لمجال التواصل اللفظي (3.89) وبنسبة مئوية (77.9) وبتقدير مرتفع، وبلغ المتوسط الحسابي لمجال التواصل غير اللفظي (3.41) وبنسبة مئوية (68.3) وبتقدير مرتفع، وقد بلغ المتوسط الحسابي لمجال تحديات التواصل مع طفل التوحد التي يواجهونها المعلمون (0.80) وبنسبة مئوية (80.5) وبتقدير مرتفع، كذلك أظهرت النتائج عدم وجود فروق في استجابات عينة الدارسة بين متوسطات استجابات المعلمين لأشكا","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"58 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141712273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Reality of Spreading the Culture of Entrepreneurship That Stimulates Development, The Viewpoint of Students of the Jordanian University of Science and Technology","authors":"Khaled Hammouri, Erwah Al Bataineh","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.7.2236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.7.2236","url":null,"abstract":"The study's results indicated the following: - The reality of spreading the culture of entrepreneurship that stimulates development, of students of the Jordanian University of Science students was rated high. - There were no statistically significant differences at (α=≤0.05) attributed to effect of sex on the culture of entrepreneurship that stimulates development, of students of the Jordanian University of Science students’ overall degree. - There were statistically significant differences at (α≤0.05) attributed to effect of achievement on the culture of entrepreneurship that stimulates development, of students of the Jordanian University of Science students’ overall degree, and differences were in favor of high achievers. - There were statistically significant differences at (α=0.05) between College of Engineering students, from a hand, and between College of Science and Arts and information technology students from another, where differences were in favor of College of Engineering students.\u0000 \u0000 تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى واقع نشر ثقافة ريادة الأعمال المحفزة للتنمية المستدامة من وجهة نظر طلبة جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجية الاردنية، تكون مجتمع الدراسة من طلبة جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية المسجلين في مساق ريادة الأعمال والابتكار والبالغ عددهم (570) طالبا وطالبة، فيما تكونت العينة من (230) طالبا وطالبة تم اختيارهم بالطريقة العشوائية، تم اعداد أداة لقياس واقع نشر ثقافة ريادة الأعمال المحفزة للتنمية المستدامة من قبل الباحثَين، وقد أشارت نتائج هذه الدراسة إلى ما يلي: - أن واقع نشر ثقافة ريادة الأعمال المحفزة للتنمية المستدامة من وجهة نظر طلبة جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجية الأردنية كانت بدرجة مرتفعة، في جميع المجالات والدرجة الكلية. - وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى (α ≥ 0.05) تعزى لأثر التحصيل الدراسي وجاءت الفروق لصالح الطلبة المتفوقين تحصيليا. - عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى (α ≥ 0.05) تعزى لأثر الجنس. - وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى (α ≥ 0.05) تعزى للكلية بين كلية الهندسة من جهة وكل من كلية العلوم والآداب وكلية تكنولوجيا المعلومات من جهة أخرى وجاءت الفروق لصالح كلية الهندسة .","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"87 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141690986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relevance of IFRS Accounting Information: Evidence from a Pure IFRS Environment","authors":"Muiz Abu Alia, Khairieh Amarneh, Islam Abdeljawad","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.5.2193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.5.2193","url":null,"abstract":"The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are supposed to raise the value relevance of accounting information and thus ensure its usefulness for users. Most of the studies on the relevance of IFRS-based accounting information were conducted in countries that had previous accounting standards before the adoption of IFRS. However, the relevance of accounting information is influenced by the accounting traditions inherited from previous practices. This study provides distinctive evidence on the relevance of IFRS accounting information by examining the association between accounting information prepared by Palestinian companies and share prices. Palestine represents a pure IFRS environment since IFRS is its first financial reporting framework. The study estimates the impact of accounting information, including book value of equity per share, earnings per share, and operating cash flow per share, on the market value of the share. Totally, the results show that the accounting numbers prepared by Palestinian companies are relevant. Precisely, earnings per share and book value of equity per share are the important variables in determining the share market value. Notwithstanding, no significant impact of operating cash flow per share has been observed. Moreover, evidence supporting the existence of conformity and predictive relevance is obtained, but the overall predictive relevance is higher. To enhance the relevance of IFRS information, this paper recommends local regulators and policymakers to work on improving the readiness of the Palestinian environment to fully benefit from the adoption of IFRS. On the other hand, the International Accounting Standards Board should adequately consider the circumstances prevailing in underdeveloped countries when issuing its standards. For future research, larger samples from several countries with different prevailing factors should provide insights into the mechanisms of the relationship between book and market values.\u0000 \u0000 تعتبر الملاءمة احدى الخصائص النوعية التي يفترض أن تتوفر في المعلومات المحاسبية المعدة وفقا للمعايير الدولية لإعداد التقارير المالية (IFRS). معظم الدراسات التي فحصت ملاءمة المعلومات الناتجة عن استخدام هذه المعايير طبقت في دول كانت تطبق معايير مختلفة قبل تبني IFRS، الأمر الذي قد يؤدي الى تأثر ملاءمة المعلومات المحاسبية بالمعالجات الموروثة من المعايير السابقة. هذه الدراسة تسعى الى فحص ملاءمة المعلومات التي تعدها الشركات المدرجة في بورصة فلسطين وفق IFRS من خلال فحص العلاقة بين المعلومات المحاسبية (ربحية السهم، القيمة الدفترية للسهم، ونصيب السهم من التدفقات النقدية التشغيلية) وسعر السهم. تعتبر فلسطين بيئة نقية لاختبار ملاءمة المعلومات المحاسبية الناتجة عن تطبيق ال IFRS، حيث لم يكن هناك معايير محاسبية سبق أن تم تطبيقها. بشكل عام، أشارت نتائج الدراسة الى أن المعلومات المحاسبية التي تعدها الشركات المدرجة في بورصة فلسطين تتصف بالملاءمة. حيث بينت النتائج أهمية كل من ربحية السهم والقيمة الدفترية للسهم في تحديد القيمة السوقية للسهم. بالمقابل لم يكن هناك تأثير كبير لنصيب السهم من التدفقات النقدية ","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"58 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141057998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors associated with autism spectrum disorder in Palestine: a case-control study","authors":"Mustafa Ghanim, Mariam AL-Tell, Samaa Staiti, Maha Rabayaa, Johnny Amer, Malik Alqub, Sameeha Atout, Nihad Al-Othman, Marwa Ismail","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.3.2203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.3.2203","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a multifactorial neurodevelopment disorder. Several prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors are suggested as risk factors for ASD. This study aimed to correlate prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal factors in a limited number of cases in Palestine. Methods: A case-control study involved 120 children (60 typically diagnosed with ASD and 60 healthy matched with the ASD group). The parents of the children in both groups were asked to fill out the questionnaire. Results: The study showed a higher male-to-female ratio in the ASD group. A family history of ASD was reported in 38.3% of the ASD group and 11.7% in the healthy group. Three prenatal risk factors, including maternal passive smoking, preserving follow-up prenatal visits, and experiencing psychological stress by mothers, were significantly associated with ASD. Most of the postnatal factors were significantly associated with increased ASD risk. The studied perinatal factors were not significantly associated with ASD. The parental factors, such as paternal age greater than 30 years and lower levels of education, displayed significant risk factors associated with ASD. Conclusion: This study found significant associations between several prenatal, postnatal, and parental factors and ASD in a sample of Palestinian children.\u0000 \u0000 -","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"21 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140086238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Level of including the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) in the Omani Science Curricula content for Grades 5-8","authors":"Ahmed Al-Shukaili, Mohamed Shahat, Sameh Said Ismail Ahmed","doi":"10.35552/0247.38.3.2176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35552/0247.38.3.2176","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to determine the level of including the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) in the Omani science curricula content for Grades 5-8. To achieve the objectives of the study, a content analysis card was prepared by using the educational literature of previous studies and research. It consisted of six main areas with (34) indicators. To ensure the content analysis card's validity, it was presented to a group of experts specialized in the field of education. Cohen Kappa equation was used to ensure the instrument's reliability, which was (0.87) across individuals and (0.92) over time. The results showed the level of inclusion of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) content in Omani school science curricula for grades 5 to 8. The total percentage was (37.83%), with a medium inclusion level, with a variation in the level of inclusion of these fields. The results also showed differences in the inclusion of STEAM fields in the Omani science curricula content for grades 5 to 8 according to the different grades. These differences were between (41.87%) for the fifth and (36.18%) for the eighth grades. The study recommended enhancing the level of inclusion of STEAM fields in the Omani science curricula content for grades (5-8) from an average inclusion level to a higher-than-average inclusion level, and not only paying attention to one domain of the STEAM curricula to the exclusion of other domains.\u0000 \u0000 هدفت هذه الدِّراسة إلى معرفة مستوى تضمين مجالاتِ مَنحى العُلوم والتكنولوجيا والهندسة والفنِّ والرياضيات \"STEAM\" في محتوى مناهج العُلوم العُمانيَّةِ للصفوف (5-8)، وتمثَّلت عيِّنةُ الدِّراسة في مجتمعها، واشتملت على محتوى مناهجِ العُلوم للصفوف (5-8) البالغِ عدَدُها (16) كتابًا. ولتحقيق أهدافِ هذه الدِّراسةِ تمَّ إعدادُ بطاقةِ تحليلِ المحتوى مِن خلال الاستفادة من الأدب التربويِّ للدِّراسات والبحوث السابقة، وتكوَّنت مِن سِتِّ مجالاتٍ رئيسة، واندرج تحتَها (34) مؤشِّرًا. وللتأكُّد من صِدق الأداة تمَّ عرضُها على مجموعةٍ مِن المُحَكَّمين ذوي الاختصاص في مجال التربية. كما تمَّ التأكُّد من ثبات الدِّراسة باستخدام مُعادَلة \"كوهين كابَّا\" (Cohen Kappa) للثبات عبر الأفراد الذي بلغ (0.87)، وأمَّا الثبات عبر الزمن فبَلَغ (0.92). وأظهرت النتائجُ مستوى تضمينِ مجالاتِ مَنحى العُلوم والتكنولوجيا والهندسة والفنِّ والرياضيات STEAM\"\" في مُحتوى مناهجِ العُلوم العُمانيَّة للصفوف (5-8)؛ إذ بَلَغت النسبةُ الكُلِّية (37.83%)، وبمستوى تضمينٍ مُتوسِّطٍ، مع وجودِ تبايُنٍ في مستوى تضمينِ هذه المجالات. كما أظهرت النتائجُ اختلافَ تضمينِ مجالات منحى STEAM في محتوى مناهج العُلوم العُمانية للصفوف (5-8) باختلاف الصفِّ الدراسيِّ ما بين نسبةِ (41.87%) للصفِّ الخامس، ونسبةِ (36.18%) للصفِّ الثامن. وأَوْصت الدراسةُ بتعزيز مستوى تضمين مجالاتِ منحى STEAM في محتوى مناهج العُلوم العُمانية للصفوف (5-8) مِن مستوى تضمينٍ مُتوسِّطٍ إلى مستوى تضمينٍ أعلى مِن المُتوسِّطِ، وبِعَدَمِ التركيز على بعض المؤشِّرات دون غيرها مِن المُؤشِّرات الأخرى لِمَجالاتِ منحى STEAM.","PeriodicalId":393703,"journal":{"name":"An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140084294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}