This study aimed to identify the extent of using modern technologies for the purposes of scientific research by faculty members at Tishreen University, and the impact on the degree of psychological satisfaction they have. To achieve this, a random sa
mple was selected of Tishreen University teachers, it consisted of 185 members. Questionnaire has been used as a tool to survey of members of the study sample after it was ascertained that the sincerity and persistence.
The study results showed the low level of use of modern techniques in scientific research by faculty members at Tishreen University, and that the computer and Internet are in the front of technology most commonly used, then CDs and E-mail service came in the intermediate level, the video conference and mobile phone technique did not yet started as an assistant means in scientific research at the university. The results also show that the use of modern techniques in scientific research may help to raise the level of self-esteem among the members of the teaching staff and allow sufficient time for them to accomplish and complete the work as if their existence was optimal, in addition to that most of the sample members responses coincident with the availability of these technologies contributes also to know the results of their work and raise the level of positive appreciation by their departments, thus contributing to achieve an acceptable degree of job satisfaction, which is a form of psychological satisfaction.
The findings also revealed the weakness of the technical equipment needed to conduct scientific research in the laboratories of the university, and a lack of awareness of its importance, in addition to existence technical problems accompany the (lack of regular maintenance and the lack of technicians and the necessary updates) and the lack of sufficient time for faculty members to carry out scientific research.
The results showed the presence of statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the psychological satisfaction of the members of the teaching staff at Tishreen University due to the use of modern techniques for the purposes of scientific research variable depending on the sex and Grade and of experience years, while there were no differences according to the type faculty variable.
The main recommendations of the study: equipping laboratories of faculties with modern techniques to help to conduct scientific research, and work on updated them and provide with the necessary maintenance constantly, and training the teaching staff members on how to use the techniques of scientific research.
This research aims at identifying the obstacles facing graduate students when they
use the Internet for the purposes of scientific research by answering the following
questions:
1 - What are the obstacles faced by graduate students while using the
Internet for
research purposes?
2 - Is there a difference between the answers of graduate students as
regardschallenging the obstacles they face when using the Internet for the purposes of
scientific research?
The research employs descriptive analytical method by using questionnaires
composed of (30) distributed over three areas, the research found the following results:
1 - Most resolution phrases constituted obstacles to graduate students when using the
Internet for the purposes of scientific research substantially and medium.
2 - There are no statistically significant differences between the mean of graduate
students’ answers at the University of Damascus concerning their challenge for degrees of
constraints of Internet use in scientific research; there are significant differences between
the mean of students’ answers concerning their challenge for degrees of constraints of
Internet use in scientific research due to the academic variable level in favor of Ph.D.
students.
Scientific Research is considered the basic dimension in the sustainable
development, and it has the important role in the national upgrading project. It is not just a
feeder for the economic and social process, but it is at the core of its texture
because it is
the formula of progress by which the home countries are built. From all the foregoing
comes out the importance of the study which has concluded that the reasons of the local
and Arab delay in the field of scientific research are attributed to the non-availability of the
general constituents of the scientific research which can be determined by the following :
First: The enabling environment of the scientific research that includes all what is
necessary to activate and to apply the scientific research. Second: The human element
(researcher), since the qualifications and educational degrees are not adequate to make a
researcher. However, the scientific research requires the building up of special capacities in
research, and also the spread of the scientific research mentality among those working in
the scientific medium in general. Third: The necessary material support which is
considered the essential foundation of scientific research, in addition to providing the
demand on scientific research which requires providing the developmental model at the
level of the Country, that includes in its plans the reliance on science and technology as a
tool for development.
This study aimed at identifying the reality of scientific research in Tishreen
University from the perspective of postgraduate students in the Department of sociology,
the study is divided into five key areas related to the process of scientific re
search which
are: services and facilities, scientific staff, financing of scientific research, scientific
research and community development, and the quality of scientific research. The
researcher used the descriptive analytical method, comprehensive inventory method for all
postgraduate students. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to the members of the
universe. Data had been analyzed with the help of SPSS programme, Likert quintuple scale
was also used to answer the questionnaire, in addition the test of averages and factor
analysis was applied. The result of data analysis showed that the dissatisfaction of
postgraduate students in the Department of Sociology on the reality of scientific research
in University, and that the services and facilities and financing of scientific research are the
most important factors from the perspective of postgraduate students in the Department of
Sociology.
The purpose of the study was to identify the perceptions of faculty
members at the Jordanian universities of their academic freedom, and to
investigate its relationship with research output. The study population
consisted of all 4789 faculty membe
rs at the Jordanian universities, while
the sample consisted of 510 faculty members. Data gathering were done
by a questionnaire to identify perceptions held by faculty members
regarding their academic freedom.
Our study shows that only 31 % of the world issue the chemical periodicals
/1058/. Out of the 1058, 92 % are issued by the third of these countries (20
countries which is equal to 10 % of the world), in which the number of refereed
periodicals is
higher than the unrefereed ones. The ratio was the same when the
periodicals were categorized by the spoken language.
The present study aims to find out the reality of postgraduate students' use of printed
learning resources and its role in serving the scientific research. The sample of the study is
all postgraduate students enrolled in Tishreen University college
s. The researcher has
relied on the descriptive approach and used the questionnaire as a research tool in order to
find out the reality of postgraduate students' use of printed learning resources and its role in
serving the scientific research. The study has found that the most important printed sources
used by the postgraduate students at Tishreen University are printed books, followed by
periodicals.
Moreover, there were statistically significant differences at (0.05) among the answers
of the research sample members, Tishreen postgraduate students, concerning the services
provided by the libraries of the scientific research, especially the printed sources, and
regarding the difficulties of using the libraries in the scientific research, especially the
printed sources, according to the variable of College Type. However, there were no
statistically significant differences among the answers of the research sample members
regarding the previous two topics according to the variable of the Academic Year.
This study aimed to determine the reality of scientific research in Syria compared to Arab Countries, and some developed countries, by comparing the proportion of expenditure on research and development of local output, the number of researchers and
technicians working in research and development, the number of research articles published in international journals, the number of Syrian researchers registered in the Google Scholar search engine, the number of citations to their researches, the number of researches published in Tishreen University, in addition to the number of researches registered and completed for postgraduate students at Tishreen University during the period 2008-2018, the number of Syrian researchers registered in the Researchgate research site, as well as the number of applications for patents for accreditation in the Arab Countries, the value of exports of high technology and the proportion of those exports of transformative exports; and determine the components of scientific research to be available to create added value to the Syrian Universities.
The researcher adopted the survey methodology and distributed the questionnaire to 289 members of the teaching staff at Tishreen University.
The most important result of the study was that, the participation of the Syrian Universities in attracting talent, participation in local, Arab and international conferences, seminars and workshops, providing research labs, modern computers, participation in search engines, research sites, databases and financing of external publications are effective Foundations for creating added value.
Then, some recommendations were presented that would contribute to the creation of added value, the most important of which are: increasing the percentage of expenditure on scientific research, employing researchers, encouraging researchers to publish in international journals, establishing cooperation relations with local, Arab and international research organizations and developing them.
