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The Demographic And Environmental Factors Affecting The Social Responsibility Among University Students, Fawwaz Ayoub Momani Aug 2017

The Demographic And Environmental Factors Affecting The Social Responsibility Among University Students, Fawwaz Ayoub Momani

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aimed to identify the social responsibility (SR) and its relationship with some environmental variables in a sample of students from the University of Jordan where the study sample consisted of (420) male and female Departments of Social Work and the Economy at the University of Jordan. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed a measure of social responsibility. The researcher used means, standard deviation, and t-test in order to answer the questions of this study. The results indicated that the level of social responsibility was moderate on the scale as a whole. The results showed …

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Concept Of Self-Esteem Among Orphan Students In Jerusalem’S Suburb Schools, Omar Rymaouy Aug 2017

Concept Of Self-Esteem Among Orphan Students In Jerusalem’S Suburb Schools, Omar Rymaouy

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This study aimed to examine self-esteem among orphan students in Jerusalem’s suburbian schools and identify the correlations between this situation and some variables such as gender, age, and academic achievement (in terms of grades). The study’s population consisted of a sample of (73) orphans, using a questionnaire of (37) items covering various aspects of the study. The results of the study showed no differences in the concept of self-esteem among orphan students attributed to the gender variable, except for the orphans’ perception of the future, and in favor of males. The results also showed absence of differences due to the …

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The Influence Of Arts On The Development Of Children’S Mentalcapacities, Marwan Imran Abdul-Majeed Aug 2017

The Influence Of Arts On The Development Of Children’S Mentalcapacities, Marwan Imran Abdul-Majeed

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This paper examines the potential benefit of developing children’s mental capacities through art (painting, music, crafts, and visual perception). The paper shows that art can be properly used with different age groups. The art work of 11 year old children can be analyzed to discover their intellectual capacities and psychological traits. The study recommends that parents and educators study the problems that face Arab children in general and Omani children in particular through the use of arts. This paper also looks into the various ways of developing cognitive and practical skills of special needs students and how to communicate with …

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Modern Transformations In The Urban Social Structure In Muscat City, Belgacem Mokhtar Aug 2017

Modern Transformations In The Urban Social Structure In Muscat City, Belgacem Mokhtar

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This study intends to gauge the framework of factors and mechanisms that contributed to the restructuring of social setup of Greater Muscat and the thereof ensuing economic, social and environmental disparities between the different residential quarters of the city. In order to produce an approximated model of the old and contemporary social structure of the city, the study used field surveys, interviews, real-estate values and types of housing, in addition to available official data. The study demonstrates clearly that locational criteria of the distribution of households in urban space have shifted from the traditional social values and practices towards predominantly …

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Differences In “Study Skills” Among A Sample Of Squ Students In Light Of Some Variables, Hilal Zahir Al-Nabhani, Ahmed Mohamed Shabeeb Aug 2017

Differences In “Study Skills” Among A Sample Of Squ Students In Light Of Some Variables, Hilal Zahir Al-Nabhani, Ahmed Mohamed Shabeeb

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The importance of “study skills” has been increasingly emphasized by several researchers particularly at the university level where the student is independent and bears the responsibility of his/her own learning. Relevant research findings have indicated that positive changes in academic achievement are attributable to the various study skills possessed by the learners as relevant to the learning process. This study aims to investigate differences in “study skills” among a sample of SQU students in light of some variables. The measurement tool for the present research is a study skills measure that has been prepared and validated through factorial validity, and …

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The Role Of Civil Society Organizations In Supporting Social Welfare Services In The Omani Society: Necessities And Provisions, Abd El Rahman Sofy, Mahmoud Mahmoud Erfan Aug 2017

The Role Of Civil Society Organizations In Supporting Social Welfare Services In The Omani Society: Necessities And Provisions, Abd El Rahman Sofy, Mahmoud Mahmoud Erfan

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This research aims to determine the characteristics and functions of civil society in the Omani society, focusing on its most important constraints, and determining the mechanisms for its activation. The research is descriptive and analytical, and is based on social surveying of members of the boards of directors of civil society organizations in Muscat governorate. The research uses an interview schedule, which was administered during Fall 2012 semester. The research found out that civil society organizations face a range of obstacles that prevent them from achieving their goals. These include, constraints due to the goals of the organization, administrative and …

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The Role Of United Nations’ Radio Stations In Promoting The Culture Of Peace & Development In Developing Regions, Ali O. Nejadat, Mohammad N. Shatanawi Aug 2017

The Role Of United Nations’ Radio Stations In Promoting The Culture Of Peace & Development In Developing Regions, Ali O. Nejadat, Mohammad N. Shatanawi

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This study aims to identify the role of United Nations Radio Stations (represented by Maraya Radio in South Sudan) in promoting the culture of peace and development, and to know if this broadcast service contributes to promoting awareness of such concepts. The study uses appropriate descriptive methodology to measure and analyze the characteristics of media content which are related to these concepts. In addition to that, it examines the effect of these concepts on the audience of such a broadcasting service. This is a descriptive study in which the researchers analyzed the content of the programs related to the concepts …

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The Problematic Of Innovation In The Thought Of Hssan Hanafi, Karima Karbia Aug 2017

The Problematic Of Innovation In The Thought Of Hssan Hanafi, Karima Karbia

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The Exchange Of Prisoners Between Muslims And The Crusaders (1097-1191), Mona Hamad Aug 2017

The Exchange Of Prisoners Between Muslims And The Crusaders (1097-1191), Mona Hamad

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This is an ongoing research project on the issue of prisoners during the Crusades. There is an evident lack of information in the sources on this issue, scarcity of modern scholarship on the subject and inconsistency of the reports written in the primary sources. The researcher was able to gather enough information to try to present a comprehensive synthesis on the subject. The study first attempts to define the principles that regulate the issue of prisoners in both Islam and Christianity, and show how these principles changed during the Crusades. Then, I discuss how prisoners were captured on both sides, …

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Online Website-Based Communication Strategies Used By Public Relations Departments In Government Institutions In The Sultanate Of Oman, Muna Sulaiman Abdullah Al-Zadjali Aug 2017

Online Website-Based Communication Strategies Used By Public Relations Departments In Government Institutions In The Sultanate Of Oman, Muna Sulaiman Abdullah Al-Zadjali

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aims at identifying the online website-based communication strategies used by Public Relations Departments in government institutions that are subject to the civil service law and its executive regulations in the Sultanate of Oman. This study is descriptive and the researcher used Content Analysis to describe and analyze the contents of all the websites of the governmental institutions, and the communication patterns and technical tools used. The research design also aims to identify the communication strategies on which these contents focused. The most important findings of this study show that there is an increasing number of government institutions using …

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Why Do We Still Read George Orwell?, Neil Mcbeath Aug 2017

Why Do We Still Read George Orwell?, Neil Mcbeath

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This paper approaches Orwell’s writing from the perspective of the 21st century and asks whether Animal Farm, his satirical fable of the USSR, and the dystopian vision of Nineteen Eighty-Four remain relevant. It dismisses the suggestion that these last two novels can be regarded as the natural culmination of Orwell’s earlier work, principally by examining these other writings demonstrates that there is no natural trajectory. The paper also refers to key dates in Orwell’s life and comments on his career at those particular moments. Orwell remains relevant, the paper concludes, because the forces of oppression he so vehemently opposed remain …

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Conversational Maxims Of Cooperation In Jordanian Newspapers Socio-Political Interviews, Nawaf Obiedat Aug 2017

Conversational Maxims Of Cooperation In Jordanian Newspapers Socio-Political Interviews, Nawaf Obiedat

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This paper investigates the status of Grice’s (1975) conversational maxims of cooperation in Jordanian socio-political newspapers interviews. It also discusses the fundamental norms and conventions that shape conduct in these kinds of interviews and recurrent practices through which journalists balance competing professional demands for both objective and an adversarial treatment of public figures in the present case two former Jordanian Prime Ministers (PMs). The paper also explores how, in the face of aggressive questioning, the PMs struggle to stay “on message”, so to speak, and pursue their own agenda. Through a pragma-linguistic analysis of these interviews, the study reveals that …

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Recovery Of An Early Evidence Of Castor Plant, Ricinus Communis L. From The Central Sudan And Its Positioning Within A World-Wide Context, Anwar A-Magid Aug 2017

Recovery Of An Early Evidence Of Castor Plant, Ricinus Communis L. From The Central Sudan And Its Positioning Within A World-Wide Context, Anwar A-Magid

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Evidence of castor plant R. communis, L. is recovered from the Early Holocene archaeological site of Kabbashi Haitah in the Central Sudan and dated to c. 7700 - 7200 bp. This evidence represents the earliest botanical evidence recovered –so far- from the Central Sudan and elsewhere in Eastern Tropical Africa and the World. No evidence is found in the material culture remains which might indicate the likelihood of its being imported. Most of the ancient and traditional utilizations of castor plant are strikingly similar despite their being practised at different times in different and far apart regions in the World. …

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Job Satisfaction Of Public Relations Practitioners At Saudi Arabia Hospitals ( A Survey Study), Hatem Alawnah, Abdullah Alenezy Aug 2017

Job Satisfaction Of Public Relations Practitioners At Saudi Arabia Hospitals ( A Survey Study), Hatem Alawnah, Abdullah Alenezy

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The aim of this study is to identify the degree of job satisfaction among practitioners of public relations in Saudi Arabia hospitals. This aim is best achieved through studying the relationship between the degree of job satisfaction and certain demographic variables, that include: gender, academic qualifications, level of experience and hospital category. Furthermore, the study aims to examine the views of top hospital administrators towards the nature of public relations in their institutions , and the obstacles facing these departments based on the views expressed by the sample population of the study. The sample consisted of (155) practitioners of public …

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Camels In Rock Art Scenes In Dhofar, Ali Tigani Elmahi Aug 2017

Camels In Rock Art Scenes In Dhofar, Ali Tigani Elmahi

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The region of Dhofar in southern Oman is rich in rock art scenes that widely portray the camel. This paper examines these rock art scenes and looks into their cultural signification. It examines the camel scenes to highlight this animal’s characteristics and its role in the economy, trade and transport. Furthermore, the paper draws from an ongoing ethnoarchaeological study to establish certain analogies in order to explain the significance of these scenes and their denotation. The study regards the scenes as a representation of a wide spread rock art camel culture that parallels traditional camel culture in Dhofar.

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Ethnomusicology: Issues And Possibilities, Majid Hamdoon Al Harthy Aug 2017

Ethnomusicology: Issues And Possibilities, Majid Hamdoon Al Harthy

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study investigates and analyzes the relationship between the development of the field of Ethnomusicology in United States, since the 1950s, and its predecessor known as Comparative Musicology, which emerged during the last two decades of 19th century Germany. Tracing the theoretical bases for Comparative Musicology, it becomes clear that certain fundamental issues caused researchers to distance themselves from the ideologies of traditional musics that, eventually, led to the emergence of Ethnomusicology. Furthermore, by exploring certain aspects of Comparative Musicology and Ethnomusicology, one cannot but notice the central role publications played in the establishment of both fields. However, unlike Comparative …

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Factors Influencing Career Decision-Making Among Tenth Grade Students In South Batina Governorate, Mohammed Nasser Al-Saqri, Hafida Suliman Al Brashdiah Aug 2017

Factors Influencing Career Decision-Making Among Tenth Grade Students In South Batina Governorate, Mohammed Nasser Al-Saqri, Hafida Suliman Al Brashdiah

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The purpose of the present study was to investigate factors that influence the career decision-making of tenth graders in the South-Batina governorate and the extent of influence of each, in addition to the effect of gender, level of achievement, field of specialty, and parents educational level variables on those factors. A quantitative method approach was used for data collection. A questionnaire of career decision-making factors was applied to a random cluster sample of (350) tenth grade students (52.3% male, and 47.7% female). Factor analysis yielded three subscales for self-efficacy, family and social factors, and school factors. The results of the …

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Intertextuality In Habib Al Zayoudi’S Poetry, Awni Subhi Al Faouri Aug 2017

Intertextuality In Habib Al Zayoudi’S Poetry, Awni Subhi Al Faouri

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This research paper discusses intertextuality in Habib Al Zayoudi’s poetry. Intertextuality is considered one of the recent techniques used in modern Arabic criticism. The study shows that the poet is fully aware of pre- Islamic poetic and cultural works. He is also fully aware of the poetic and intellectual output of the Arabs since early Arabic and Islamic times until today. The study also shows that the poet is also aware of the overall human legacy. The study found that Al Zayoudi invested his encyclopedic knowledge and utilized it in his unique poetic production, which earned him a prominent position …

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The Question Of “Death” In Three Stories: A Comparative Study, Ehsan Sadiq Mohammed Al Lawati Aug 2017

The Question Of “Death” In Three Stories: A Comparative Study, Ehsan Sadiq Mohammed Al Lawati

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ries representing two different cultures and two different historical periods. The first one is a story from Persia, dating back to the seventh Century AH (13th Century AD), by the well- known Iranian writer Sa’di Al-Shirazi. The other two were written by the two Arab writers; Yosuf Idrees and Abdu Salaam Al ‘Ojaily. The presence of “Death” as a theme in these three stories constitutes a distinctive and common feature that cuts across these three stories despite the differences among them in terms of setting, time, details and characters. This, in turn, vividly demonstrates that human beings have a common …

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Assessing The Status Of Drought Using Remote Sensing: An Empirical Study In The Western Areas Of The Taif District In Saudi Arabia, Halima Ibrahim Ali Al-Zwbaidi Aug 2017

Assessing The Status Of Drought Using Remote Sensing: An Empirical Study In The Western Areas Of The Taif District In Saudi Arabia, Halima Ibrahim Ali Al-Zwbaidi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aimed to utilize spectral indices in investigating the current drought of Taiff district in the 26 years (1984-2010). The study relies on processing and analysing of satellite data through several professional computer programs including ER Mapper, ERDAS and ArcGIS, where several spectral indices were used to evaluate the extent of the drought. The indices used in this study are OSAVI, VCI, TCI and VHI. Considering the results of the study, the indices: VIC, TCI, VHI and OSAVI which generally illustrate the deterioration in the ecosystem in the study area that can be considered now in a critical state. …

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An Analytical Study Of The Pedagogical Views Of Carl Czerny Dedicated For Piano Performing Skills, Rami Haddad, Nabil Al -. Darras Aug 2017

An Analytical Study Of The Pedagogical Views Of Carl Czerny Dedicated For Piano Performing Skills, Rami Haddad, Nabil Al -. Darras

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Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was a composer and music educator who made nearly a thousand musical compositions. He was a piano performer, a teacher of the instrument and a theorist. His achievements in the field of education are considered a solid foundation to teach beginners and skilled performers. The study aims to shed some light on the educational point of view of Carl Czerny from a theoretical analytical perspective, in addition to highlighting the principles and methods developed by him that can provide and help both students and teachers to achieve their goals more effectively. The study brings out Czerny’s ideas, …

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Evaluation Of Higher Diploma In Medical Librarianship Programme Offered By Squ Department Of Information Studies In The Light Of The Professional Competences Approved By Mla, Sabah Mohammed Kallow Aug 2017

Evaluation Of Higher Diploma In Medical Librarianship Programme Offered By Squ Department Of Information Studies In The Light Of The Professional Competences Approved By Mla, Sabah Mohammed Kallow

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The paper aims to evaluate the programme of Higher Diploma in Medical Librarianship offered by the Department of Information Studies, Sultan Qaboos University, in the light of the professional competences approved by the Medical Library Association (MLA). The process covers the offered courses and their instructors, labs and existing sources of information in this area. The study is based on surveys conducted to identify the competences and specifications of medical librarians as defined by medical informatics professional associations. It has applied the analytic, descriptive approach to assessing the programme’s course descriptions and the extent to which the courses conform to …

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A Conceived Proposal For The Contribution Of The Social Services In The Development Of Women’S Awareness Of Their Health, Psychological And Social Appearances During Advanced Age, Hanan Almasoad Aug 2017

A Conceived Proposal For The Contribution Of The Social Services In The Development Of Women’S Awareness Of Their Health, Psychological And Social Appearances During Advanced Age, Hanan Almasoad

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The study aims to identify the extent of women’s awareness of the meaning of advanced age and the nature of the psycho-social aspects of health that they face in the advanced stages of life to come up with a suggested proposal for the contribution of social services to the development of women’s awareness of aspects of advanced life stages from a cognitive perspective. The samples of the study are women older than 40 who are either in their perimenopause or menopause phase. The size of the sample is (208) woman; (104) women from the health center Al-Olaya and (104) women …

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Dynamics Of Confrontation Between Popular Mobilization And State In Jordan: An Analytical Social Conflict Approach, Mohammad Horani Aug 2017

Dynamics Of Confrontation Between Popular Mobilization And State In Jordan: An Analytical Social Conflict Approach, Mohammad Horani

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aimed at analyzing the dynamics of confrontation between popular mobilization and state in Jordan from the sociological perspective of an analytical social conflict. It also concentrated on the factors that led to the emergence of popular mobilization and its Legitimacy and the variables that guided the peaceful confrontation between mobilization and state. The study results showed that economic deprivation was the main factor behid the emergence of the popular mobilization, and the political demands were emerged when the state didn’t achieve the economical Reforms , and the mobilization derives its legitimacy From its objective economical demands, the Arab …

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The Allegiance-Offering Ceremony Of The Caliphs And Their Heirs In The Second Abbasid Era (550-656 Ah / 1155-1258 Ad), Mohammad Alkadhat Aug 2017

The Allegiance-Offering Ceremony Of The Caliphs And Their Heirs In The Second Abbasid Era (550-656 Ah / 1155-1258 Ad), Mohammad Alkadhat

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

The period of this study witnessed a revival of the Abbasid Caliphate Institution after getting rid of foreign control. This was accompanied by a desire to revive the ceremonies that had stopped since the beginning of the fourth century AH. The ceremony of allegiance-offering to the Caliphs and their heirs was among several ceremonies that were revived during this period. The allegiance-offering ceremony was organized according to certain arrangements which begin on the day the former Caliph passes away, and end with a public allegianceoffering ceremony. This study attempts to trace those ceremonies, highlighting the religious and the media dimensions, …

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Contemporary Trends In Art Education, Mohammed Al-Amri Aug 2017

Contemporary Trends In Art Education, Mohammed Al-Amri

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This research aims to present the most important contemporary trends in Art Education focusing on the analysis of the relationship between these trends and their related concepts. It also aims to revive some traditions of art education that are based on a scientific approach, with the aim of improving current practices to achieve quality in both art teaching and art production. The aim is also to offer recommendations for developing the teaching of art in accordance with the most recent approaches in the field. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach to review and analyze these trends. The study shows …

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Style In Literary Translation: A Practical Perspective, Ali Almanna, Mohammed Farghal Aug 2017

Style In Literary Translation: A Practical Perspective, Ali Almanna, Mohammed Farghal

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This paper explores a stylistic approach to translating literary texts from Arabic into English and vice versa. It is held that in order to be in a position to render literary texts effectively and accurately, one needs to: (1) analyze and describe varieties of language, (2) identify and discern all important aesthetic aspects of text in order to interpret and appreciate texts properly, (3) activate processes and experiences of reading along with one’s intuitive responses to the text, and (4) activate all aspects of knowledge stored in one’s mind on language, text-typological demands, generic conventions, sociological roles of participants in …

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Beyond Theoretical Education: The Prospects For National Wealth In Dhofar, Ali Tigani Elmahi Aug 2017

Beyond Theoretical Education: The Prospects For National Wealth In Dhofar, Ali Tigani Elmahi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Dhofar region in southern Oman possesses a wealth of livestock. This wealth is managed traditionally by different Dhofari groups in a distinct landscape and ecological conditions. By the seventies, development addressed all aspects of live in the Sultanate. Education turned out to be a prime objective in development plans. In Dhofar, young generations of pastoralists found their way into education. It is known that the route of education starts directly from primary school level to the university level. Consequently, theoretical university education detach and disengage young Dhofaris from their forefathers’ traditional profession and most of all their wealth. Dhofar’s livestock …

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Omani Folk Tales: Anthropological Approach To Understand Social Culture Meanings, Aida Fouad Elnabalawi Aug 2017

Omani Folk Tales: Anthropological Approach To Understand Social Culture Meanings, Aida Fouad Elnabalawi

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aims to provide an anthropological reading of some Omani folk tales and discusses them within their context and by their methodological dimensions. The study is also an attempt to classify folk tales. The research paper argues that folk tales have significant social and cultural semantics disclosed by the contents of their events. Folk tales have an important role in supporting the system of social values and cultural norms. Methodologically, this study is a descriptive research from an anthropological approach and uses its tools in the field study. The population study is located in the District of Bahla in …

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Egyptian Revolution And Its Impact On Work Values Among A Sample Of Teachers In Assiut Governorate, Ahmed Kamal Abd Elwahab Elbahnasawy Aug 2017

Egyptian Revolution And Its Impact On Work Values Among A Sample Of Teachers In Assiut Governorate, Ahmed Kamal Abd Elwahab Elbahnasawy

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

This study aims to identify the difference on work values and its constituent dimensions according to some variables: study sample (first sample immediately after the revolution, second sample 3 years after the revolution), gender (male and female), urban vs. rural, and interactions between these variables among a sample of teachers in Assuit. Sample of the study (N= 1121) includes male and female teachers (first sample N= 641, second sample N=480). Results show significant differences between the two samples in management, setting, supervision relations, life styles, safety, autonomy, multiplicity, economic return and general work values on behalf of the first sample. …

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