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Older Adults’ Usage Of Social Media Platforms; Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, And Tiktok, L. Jarrar

Information Sciences Letters

The article aims to identify the uses of social networking platforms by the older adults in Jordan, their exposure habits, the gratifications, the topics that most attract them, and the platforms they prefer. The descriptive survey method that had been adopted was using a questionnaire distributed to (400) older people in Jordan. The results concluded that (78%) of the older adults use social media platforms (first Facebook, then WhatsApp, TikTok, and Twitter) and (49.8%) of them trust them. It also indicated that (74.7%) of them believed that these platforms increased their acquaintances, while (53.2%) considered them to have improved their …

The Level Of Marital Satisfaction Of A Sample Of Jordanian Couples In Light Of A Number Of Variables In The Petra Tourism Authority Commission As A Model, Anas Alkhlaifat, Mohammad Beirat

Al-Balqa Journal for Research and Studies البلقاء للبحوث والدراسات

This study aims to reveal the degree of marital satisfaction among a Jordanian sample and to reveal the existence of a correlation between the age of husbands and wives and the degree of their marital satisfaction, and to explore which of them achieved the highest level of marital satisfaction. The sample, which was chosen randomly, consisted of (390) husbands and (390) wives in the Petra region authority in Jordan. The researchers adopted the descriptive approach and developed a marital satisfaction scale, which involved (21) items distributed over four areas (financial, parental, emotional, and decision-making). The results of the study that …

Extent Of The Schools Principles Contribution To Enhance The Positive Thinking Of The Teachers, Lafie Saleh Aqil Al-Makhariz

Information Sciences Letters

This study aimed at finding out extent of the schools principles contribution to enhance the positive thinking of the teacher, the descriptive survey research method was used, and a sample of the secondary schools principals was selected, consisted of (26) male and female principles (13) male and (13) female principles, a questionnaire has been prepared regarding the positive thinking skills distributed to (5) fields, the questionnaire clauses number was (47) clauses, its validity and reliability were confirmed. The study reached that the extent of the schools’ principles contribution to enhance the positive thinking of the teachers was medium, and that …

Jordan Spring: An Analysis Of The Regime Survival Tactics Adopted By The Hashemite Kingdom, Saumyaa Gupta

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Inspired by the 2011 Arab Spring events in Tunisia, cries of the regional chant “al-sha’ab yurid isqat al-nizam” (the people want to bring down the regime) were echoing in several MENA countries. Targeted demonstrations were aimed to express people’s dissatisfaction with the political and socioeconomic conditions within their countries. Protestors demanded regime change and, as a result, authoritarian leaders in countries like Tunisia and Libya were deposed. Some regimes succumbed to their citizens’ demands, while others launched violent crackdowns and used their security forces to confront the demonstrators. However, countries like Jordan curbed major social unrest and avoided …

The Blue State: Unrwa's Transition From Relief To Development In Providing Education To Palestinian Refugees In Jordan, Alana Mitias

Honors Theses

Often referred to as the “Blue State”–due in part to its association with the United Nations’ trademark blue branding–the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has evolved since its creation in 1949 to become both a symbol of the Palestinian cause and an inimitable public service provider across its five areas of operation, especially in regards to education. In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan alone, the UNRWA education program educates more than 120,000 students in 169 schools with results comparable with, if not often superior to, Jordanian public schools.

The UNRWA regime …

The (Un)Sustainability Of Higher Education Institutions In Jordan, Sumaya Bint El Hassan, Kyle E. Cordova, Ghaith Rabadi, Wejdan Abu Elhaija

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Higher education in Jordan has been tied closely to the state-building process in the century since the modern Hashemite state's foundation in 1921, with its explicit purpose being to educate and train high volumes of students who are competent and capable to serve as contributors to the state's development. Though this purpose has largely been successful to date, it is becoming increasingly clear that more is needed than simply issuing degrees. In an increasingly globalized world, it is necessary to educate those who can contribute to future research arenas and labor markets over which a single state has limited control. …

The Development Of Psychological Resilience Scale For The Jordanian Environment, Mariam Al-Ziadat

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

This study amied at developing psychological resilience scale for the Jordanian environment. The sample of the study consists of (341) individuals (39) addicts, (39) psychopaths, (183) university students (36 males - 147 females) and (50) patients completed the scale in order to find it’s psychometric indicators. In addition to (30) University students participate in pilot study to investigate content validity indicators. The Results of the Study show that after making appropriate analysis the scale contains (30) statements distributed on (4) items and has got high validity and reliability indicators.

Roots Of Stability: Arab Civil-Military Relations During Times Of Political Crisis, Jonathan Andrew Barsness

Doctoral Dissertations

Militaries generally play a vital role in the survival of states, neutralizing both domestic and foreign threats. In addition, during moments of political crisis when political institutions and processes break down, militaries play an integral part of a particular regime’s survival. Each chapter of this study analyzes a critical component of military decision-making and regime survival in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Jordan is the central case study for each chapter. Through the collection of data from interviews with security personnel in Jordan, this study offers an in-depth investigation of civil-military relations in the MENA region. There …

Tall Hisban 2016 Expedition Season: Household Archaeology In The Medieval Village, Bethany Walker, Tarina Greer, Reem Al-Shqour, Aren Labianca, Robert D. Bates, Jeffrey P. Hudon, Warren Schultz, Julian Henderson, Chiara Corbino, Sofia Laparidou, Annette Hansen, Oystein Labianca

Faculty Publications

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The Syrian Refugee Crisis, Jessica Schneider, Molly Stark, Wendy Chen, Jillyan Misiak

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

Our primary goal in this presentation is to provide a comprehensive review of literature as it pertains to the influence of the Syrian Refugee crisis in Jordan, Turkey and Germany.These countries have experienced an enormous influx of refugees which has caused a need for economic and political concern. First, we will examine the history of Syrian Civil War that led to the displacement of Syrian individuals and families. Second, we will evaluate the effects of Syrian migration on the economical and political situation in Jordan, Turkey, Germany. We will discuss the various policies implemented in each of the countries that …

The Evaluation Of Educational Inclusion Programs For Students With Intellectual Disabilities In Jordan, Ahmad Salem Algolaylat

Wayne State University Dissertations

ABSTRACT

THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN JORDAN

By

AHMAD SALEM ALGOLAYLAT

August 2016

Advisors: Dr. Marshall Zumberg

Major: Special Education

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

This study aimed to evaluate the inclusive education programs for students with intellectual disabilities in Jordan, quantitative and qualitative research methods were utilized in this study to collect data. These methods included the Jordanian inclusive education scale and teacher interviews. The sample of the study consisted of thirty schools and eight teachers from both governmental and private sector, schools and teachers were selected from Amman. To achieve the aim …

The Hashemite Kingdom Of Jordan And Its Role In Middle Eastern Geopolitics, Elizabeth Heckmann

International and Global Studies Undergraduate Honors Theses

The Middle East is notorious for the seemingly endless series of conflicts, instances of internal unrest, and political insurrections it witnesses. From the Gulf Wars in the late 20th Century, to the Arab Spring that began in 2010, to the rise of the Islamic State in 2013, it appears that almost every state in the region is inescapably engulfed in violence and instability. However, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has proven itself to be the exception to that rule over the years. While Jordan is not unfamiliar with domestic conflict and political unrest, the kingdom has demonstrated a remarkable resilience …