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

Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members

Article info

2017-09-10
2017-11-29
1803 - 1828

Keywords

  • doctoral dissertations
  • Scientific research
  • research problems
  • postgraduate students
  • master theses

Abstract

This paper has explored difficulties of Jordanian university postgraduate students in writing theses and dissertations, from the viewpoint of supervisors and discussion committees members. To that end, the researchers developed a nine-domain questionnaire: title, introduction, study problem statement and questions, findings and analysis, limitations and determinants, methodology, suggestions, recommendations, the relationship between student and supervisor, and references documentation. The researchers administered the questionnaire to faculty members in four public universities who have long experience in theses and dissertations discussion and supervision. The results have shown that the postgraduate students faced difficulties in nine areas in varying degrees, ranging from great difficulty to moderate difficulty, arranged in a descending order as follows: Introduction, results and analysis, title, problem statement and questions, suggestions and recommendations, methodology, references documentation, limitations and determinants, and the relationship between the postgraduate student and the supervisor. Moreover, it was also found that the degree of difficulty faced by postgraduate students in humanities and social sciences in five domains: (title, introduction, problem statement and questions, findings and analysis, and documentation) was higher than the degree of difficulty faced by postgraduate students in sciences colleges. In the light of study results, the researchers recommend to modify rules of awarding the higher degrees in the Jordanian universities, by allocating part for theses and dissertations discussion in thesis an hour. Furthermore, adding 3 hours to the compulsory courses for postgraduate students to introduce them to the basics of scientific research and scientific research writing methods.

Recommended Citation

Zoabi, T., & Kan’an, A. (2018). Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), 32(9), 1803–1828. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006
[1]T. Zoabi and A. Kan’an, “Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members,” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 1803–1828, Sep. 2018, doi: 10.35552/0247-032-009-006.
Zoabi, Talal, and Ashraf Kan’an. “Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in Writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 32, no. 9, Sept. 2018, pp. 1803–28. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006.
1.Zoabi T, Kan’an A. Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) [Internet]. 2018 Sep;32(9):1803–28. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006
Zoabi, Talal, and Ashraf Kan’an. “Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in Writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 32, no. 9 (September 2018): 1803–28. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006.

الصعوبات التي تواجه طلبة الدراسات العليا بالجامعات الأردنية في كتابة رسائل الماجستير وأطروحات الدكتوراة من وجهة نظر المشرفين وأعضاء لجان المناقشات

معلومات المقال

2017-09-10
2017-11-29
1803 - 1828

الكلمات الإفتتاحية

  • doctoral dissertations
  • Scientific research
  • research problems
  • postgraduate students
  • master theses

الملخص

يهدف هذا البحث إلى استقصاء الصعوبات التي يعاني منها طلبة الدراسات العليا بالجامعات الأردنية في كتابة رسائل الماجستير والدكتوراة من وجهة نظر المشرفين وأعضاء لجان المناقشات، من خلال استبانه مكونة من تسع مجالات (العنوان، والمقدمة، ومشكلة الدراسة وأسئلتها، وعرض النتائج وتفسيرها، وحدود الدراسة ومحدداتها، ومنهجية الدراسة، والمقترحات، والتوصيات، وعلاقة الطالب بالمشرف، وتوثيق المراجع) تم توزيعها على أعضاء هيئة التدريس في أربع جامعات حكومية ممن لهم الخبرة في مناقشة الرسائل والأطروحات والإشراف عليها. وأظهرت نتائج البحث أن طلبة الدراسات العليا يواجهون صعوبات في المجالات التسعة بدرجات متفاوتة تراوحت بين صعوبات كبيرة إلى صعوبات متوسطة، وقد رُتبت تنازلياً على النحو الآتي: المقدمة، عرض النتائج وتفسيرها، والعنوان، ومشكلة الدراسة وأسئلتها، والمقترحات والتوصيات، ومنهجية الدراسة، وتوثيق المراجع، وحدود الدراسة ومحدداتها، وعلاقة الطالب بالمشرف. كما توصلت النتائج إلى أن درجة الصعوبة التي يواجهها طلبة الدراسات العليا في الكليات الإنسانية في خمس مجالات (العنوان، والمقدمة، ومشكلة الدراسة وأسئلتها، وعرض النتائج وتفسيرها، والمراجع) كانت أعلى من الصعوبة التي يواجهها طلبة الدراسات العليا في الكليات العلمية. وفي ضوء نتائج البحث أوصى الباحثان بتعديل تعليمات منح الدرجات العلمية في الجامعات الأردنية وذلك بتخصيص عدد من ساعات الرسالة والأطروحة كحلقة في مناقشة الرسائل أو الاطروحات، وإضافة (3) ساعات ضمن المواد الإجبارية لطلبة الدراسات العليا تتطرق لأساسيات البحث العلمي وأساليب كتابة الأبحاث العلمية.

Recommended Citation

Zoabi, T., & Kan’an, A. (2018). Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), 32(9), 1803–1828. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006
[1]T. Zoabi and A. Kan’an, “Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members,” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 32, no. 9, pp. 1803–1828, Sep. 2018, doi: 10.35552/0247-032-009-006.
Zoabi, Talal, and Ashraf Kan’an. “Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in Writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities), vol. 32, no. 9, Sept. 2018, pp. 1803–28. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006.
1.Zoabi T, Kan’an A. Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members. An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) [Internet]. 2018 Sep;32(9):1803–28. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006
Zoabi, Talal, and Ashraf Kan’an. “Difficulties Facing Jordanian University Postgraduate Students in Writing Theses and Dissertations from the Viewpoint of Supervisors and Committee Members.” An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities) 32, no. 9 (September 2018): 1803–28. https://doi.org/10.35552/0247-032-009-006.

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