Wash-back effect of Iranian students’ pre-university English textbook and university entrance examinations: Teachers-based perspectives

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of the Islamic University in Gaza governorate in achieving social peace for its students and ways of enhancing it. The researchers used the descriptive approach, the analytical method. The study population consisted of all 15792 students. The sample of the study was 392 students. A questionnaire of 25 items was administered to the sample members. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Analysis Program (SPSS). The results of the study showed that the role of the Islamic University in the Gaza Governorate in achieving social peace for its students was moderate with a percentile of 67.40%. There were no statistically significant differences of the sample responses to the role of the Islamic University in the governorate of Gaza in achieving social peace for its students due to the variable college, and the variable sex. There were differences of statistical significance attributed to the variable of the level of study in favor of the second level. On the light of the results, the researchers proposed a set of ways to enhance the role of the Islamic University in achieving social peace for its students, such as, Providing students with social responsibility, knowledge of citizenship rights and participation in decision-making, the need to train students on the principle of initiative, and the practice of integrated scientific thinking to solve serious problems facing society.

Keywords: Social security, Palestinian universities, students, Gaza governorate.

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