Factors Affecting Students’ Choices of Education Subjects as Elective Courses at King Saud Umversrty

• Main Author: Mostafa M. Metwally
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: King Saud University 1994-01-01
• Series: Journal of Islamic Studies
• Subjects: Students’ choices; Education Subjects; Elective Courses; King Saud University
• Online Access: http://jes.ksu.edu.sa/sites/jes.ksu.edu.sa/files/v6n11994-2.pdf
• ISSN: 1658-6301; 1658-6301

University education in Arab countries has witnessed several developments such as the applicaotion of both elective and credit hour systems. paying attention to individual differences and giving a largedegree of freedom to the students in choosing their subject matters. This study aims at defining factors that influence the students” choices to study the education subjectsas elective courses.to point out which of these subjects gained the students‘ interest and to examine thesignificance of sex. level of enrollment. andspeciality on the respondents’ views. The study comprises four sections: the tirst deals with its particulars. the second reviews the previousresearch in this respect. the third discusses the procedures of the empirical study. and the fourth sectionanalyses the results and sets its conclusion and recommendations. A questionnaire was answered by a random sample of 983 male and 561 female students representingnine colleges at King Saud University in Riyadh. The study reveals that education subjects were preferred as elective courses. Both the foundations ofIslamic education and the principles of educational research gained the students' interest. The studypoints out that raising the accumulative average. the acquisition of new experiences. the simplicity andexcitation of educational subjects. and their style in assessment are the predominant factors behind choos-ing education subjects as elective courses. It also reveals that there are significant differences among therespondents‘ views because of their sex and speciality.