scholarly journals SOCIAL NETWORK SITES UTILIZED IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

AGROFOR ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bander ALSAGHAN ◽  
Ahmed DIAB ◽  
Abdullah ALHOTAN
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
University Degree ◽  
Extension Personnel

The purposes of this research are to: i) Measure the degree of utilization of SocialNetworks (SNS) (Facebook, Twitter, Instgram, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Flicker,Tumblr, Hi5, Whatsapp, Snapchat, and Youtube) among agricultural extensionpersonnel in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), ii) Identify the role of SNSs inprovision of extension services from the viewpoint of respondents, and iii)Recommend interventions needed to enhance the utilization of SNSs in provisionof extension services. An online survey with 55 agricultural extension personnelrepresent 22% of the total number of extension personnel in KSA (250 personnel)was conducted in April-May 2016, frequencies and percentages were used for datapresentation. Sample was young (82% are less than 45 years old) and rather highlyeducated (75% were have university degree or postgraduate studies). Results showthat the majority of respondents (60%) have a medium level of SNS utilization,while the remaining 40% were divided equally between low and high levels ofutility. More than two-fifths (46%) declared that they highly prefer using SNS incontacting farmers, and the same percentage indicated that SNS is highly facilitatetheir work circumstances. Most of respondents (85%), stated that SNSs havepositive impact in facilitation of extension personnel communication capacities,most of them (96%) indicated the high and medium positive impact of SNSs in theextension employee’s acquiring knowledge. Also, most of respondents (91%)stated that SNSs were helped them in achieving their work tasks with medium andhighly base. Study recommends and concludes some interventions for better SNSbasedextension services in KSA.

scholarly journals Biological Yields through Agricultural Extension Activities and Services: A Case Study from Al-Baha Region - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khodran Hamdan Al-Zahrani ◽  
Mirza Barjees Baig ◽  
Mark Russell ◽  
Ahmed Hasan Herab ◽  
Abduaziz Thabet Mohammed Dabiah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

scholarly journals The effectiveness of a proposed training program based on active learning to develop teaching skills of Shari'a Sciences’ teachers and their attitudes towards it at the kingdom of Saudi Arabia: فاعلية برنامج تدريبي مقترح قائم على التعلّم النشط في تنمية المهارات التدريسية لدى معلمي العلوم الشرعية واتجاهاتهم نحوه في المملكة العربية السعودية

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahad Ayed Al Radaddi , Amal Mahmoud Ali ,   Iman Mohamed Ma
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Planning Implementation

Research Goal: To measure the effectiveness of the use of a proposed training program based on active learning to develop teaching skills of Shari'a Sciences’ teachers and their attitudes towards it at the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Research depended on the descriptive approach during building the program that based on active learning strategies, as assign experimental method when applying the program to identify its effectiveness in developing teaching of Shari'a Sciences’ teachers for the secondary school in the city of Medina and their attitudes toward it in teaching. Research instruments: The Card Note of teaching skills consisted of (45) sub-skill divided into three main areas which are (planning, implementation and evaluation). The measure of the attitude towards active learning in teaching included (26) phrases, therefore, the program is based on active learning in developing the teaching skills. After the researcher has checked the sincerity of research instruments, he began to be apply it to a stratified random sample, which consisted of (34) teachers of Shari'a Sciences’ teachers for the secondary school. The research contain a number of appropriate statistical methods, which are arithmetic averages, standard deviations, (T) test for the associated groups, the coefficient of Peerson, ETA square, the equation of the Blak, the coefficient of alpha Cronbach and the equation of Cooper. After conducting statistical analyzes, the research found the existence of Statistical differences among the average performance of the research sample in the Card Note of teaching skills in (planning, implementation and evaluation) Separated and combined in the light of active learning before and after the proposed training program for the benefit of the telemetric. In the light of the findings, the research recommended: Taking advantage of the current research program in training Shari'a Sciences’ teachers in different stages of education, especially Secondary School Teachers, because of its positive impact on the development of their teaching skills, and benefit from the list of teaching skills of the current research when assessing teachers' performance during service.   ، ، ، 

scholarly journals The effect of the Corona pandemic on the educational process from the point of view of public education students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-252
Author(s):  
ahood Moeed Alqahtani ◽  
◽  
Abdullah Mohammed Alharbi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to explore the impact of Covid 19 pandemic on the educational process in public education schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through three main aspects: The first aspect: the availability of distance learning resources and facilities for public education students during this pandemic, the second aspect: the capabilities and of public education students to use distance learning resources during the Corona pandemic, the third aspect: the extent to which the practice of educational activities has been affected by distance learning during the Corona pandemic. The study used quantitative methodology and the descriptive survey approach in order to explore theses aspects. This approach depends entirely on distributing the questionnaires electronically to the participants. A questionnaire tool was used in order to collect the study data. The results of this study yielded several results: Regarding the availability of learning resources for students during this pandemic, it was found that they are generally available to all students. As for the capabilities and abilities of general education students to use learning resources, it is clear that most students were able to use these resources effectively. Finally, regarding the extent of how the educational activities affected during this pandemic, the results showed that they were not affected in general and that there was a positive impact on educational activities during distance learning, however, this positive impact not as expected.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Knowledge of Diabetes and Attitudes towards Diabetic Students in the Primary Schools in Al Baha City in Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdullah A. Alzahrani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Chronic Diseases ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Research Questions

The lifestyle in Saudi Arabia has changed significantly during the last few decades since oil was discovered in 1938. This discovery led to an economic revolution in Saudi Arabia. However, this resulted in people changing their eating habits, which included eating fast food due to their new work responsibilities. Therefore, some chronic diseases such as diabetes, which is one of the most widespread chronic diseases in Saudi Arabia, became more common. This study aims to investigate teachers’ attitudes towards diabetic pupils and teachers’ knowledge of diabetes as a chronic disease in governmental primary schools in a city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a survey-based research study of the attitudes and teachers’ knowledge of diabetes and the research used a quantitative methodology to answer the research questions. The sample of the study consisted of 59 teachers in the governmental primary male schools with mixed background variables of, for example, majors, teaching experiences, and levels of education. The study used a questionnaire in order to achieve research questions. It included two scales: the teachers’ knowledge of diabetes and an attitude scale towards diabetic students as well as the items of these two-scale knowledge tests and attitude scale developed by the researcher. The findings demonstrate that there was not a statistical difference between the teachers’ knowledge test and their six different majors. On the other hand, the teaching experience had a positive impact on teachers’ attitude towards diabetic students. Although the negative correlation between teachers’ knowledge of diabetes and their attitude towards diabetic students was small, this value could still suggest a negative correlation. The current study can lead to increased awareness of teachers and educational policy-makers to take into consideration training teachers in some common chronic diseases such as diabetes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals Social Media and COVID-19 Rumors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saly Ibraheim
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Survey Approach

This study is intended to identify the public’s attitudes towards spreading misinformation about COVID-19 through social media sites in the Jizan region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Being a descriptive study, it depends on the survey approach. The field study was conducted using an intentional sample of those who follow the developments of the COVID pandemic through social networking websites. 300 users completed an online survey. The study found high public awareness of the meaning of “rumor,” its effects, the reasons for its proliferation, and the potential motives of its promoters. Study recommendations include the importance of confronting rumors by promoting media awareness campaigns. These campaigns can emphasize the risks of rumors to the individual and to society as a whole by confronting the rumors directly and limiting their spread.

scholarly journals The role of the governance of social welfare institutions in reducing abuse from the point of view of the abused: A study applied to vulnerable women in the governorate of Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Al-jawharah Abdulaziz Alzamil
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Academic Qualification ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
University Degree

This study aimed at examining the availability of the dimensions of governance within social care institutions to reduce the level of abuse in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  The survey method was used with random sampling and the sample was composed of (375) abused females in the provinces of Riyadh in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).  The data that was collected with a questionnaire that was designed to elicit information from abused females in the provinces of Riyadh and was statistically analyzed using SPSS17. The findings of the study showed that the majority of the abused females have a university degree (a bachelor degree) and their percentage was (35.5%).  According to age variable, most of the abused females were younger than 30 years of age and made up (34.7%) of the sample.  The study also showed that there are statistically significant differences between the dimensions of governance available within social care institutions to reduce the level of abuse from the point of view of the abused females in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the variable of academic qualification related to the dimension of social accountability, as the value of counted (P) was = 25.737.  In terms of the differences and years of benefiting from social care working in the field protection from abuse related to the dimension of social accountability, the value of counted (P) was = 16.107 whereas the value of tabulated (P) at the point of (374, 0.05) =1.19k.  In terms of the transparency dimension, the value of counted (p) was = 97.457; and in terms of the dimension of integrity, the value of counted (P) was = 37.636. The study concluded with some recommendations that may contribute in achieving better protection for those who are at risk of abuse.

scholarly journals Travel Characteristics of Female Students to Colleges in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
H.M. Al-Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Mode Of Transportation ◽  
University Degree ◽  
Traffic Rules

This study is focused on the problems faced by female students residing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Many of these female students live far from their colleges and they have to travel from villages to cities in order to obtain a university degree. In so doing they travel long distances everyday using various modes of transport. As they are not permitted to drive, these students depend on male drivers to take them to their colleges. The aim of this study was to investigate and identify problems associated with such modes of transport. Results show that most students experience some problems and encounter disproportionate levels of hardship. The findings were based on a survey carried out in the Kingdom and was distributed to representative sample of female students. This paper includes a detailed analysis of the data from which a number of conclusions and recommendations were made. The conclusions suggested that the travel situation encountered by female students who travel by passenger car could be improved in terms of time, cost and convenience. Thirteen percent of female students rated the vehicles they used to be in unacceptable condition for traveling while 6% marked the drivers as not violating traffic rules, and the majority (53%) was captives to their current mode of transportation. 

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