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Document Type : Thesis 
Document Title :
Saudi Woman and The Knowledge System In The Higher Education InstitutionsA study of Enabling Mechanisms between Change Trends and Development Requirements An Empirical Model from the Western region""
المرأة السـعودية والمنظومة المعرفيةفي مؤسسات التعليم العالي دراسة في آليات التمكين بين اتجاهات التغيير ومتطلبات التنمية" أنموذج ميداني من المنطقة الغربية
 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : This study aims to identify the relation between Saudi academic female members and the knowledge system in the higher education institutions by monitoring the important Enabling mechanisms in terms of technology and information as a part of factors to balance between change trends and development requirements. The study has four goals; indicating fields and methods of using information, telecommunication technologies, monitoring differences of utilizing those technologies, identifying difficulties of technologies usage as challenges cause defects of usage benefits, and anticipating requirements of facing challenges and responding to the knowledge system. The hypothesis of study were three. First, existing differences in using technologies and information system due to geographical, population and professional factors. Second, technologies and information usage was affected by social, individual and professional variations. The third, was connected with effectiveness and participation support of the educational bodies and their relation with social, institutional and individual indicators. The descriptive - evaluative study was guided by structural - functional theory, Used social survey through sample of academic female stuff with various scientific qualifications and specifications among six higher educational institutions in the western region. Study scale had achieved high rates ranged between (0.769) to (0.935) for validity, (0.877) to (0.967) for reliability. Study results were referred to Adoption of self-expertise, training programs in teaching methods, techniques, research, educational curricula, knowledge utilizing, Shortcomings in educational tools and techniques due to time, level of efficiency, competence, using of most enduring teaching techniques, information sources in complementary actions of professional duties associated with inadequate use of knowledge lack of continuous training, skepticism about advantages or effectiveness, weakening of use desire, lack of potential development and effectiveness of operational programs . The differences of using, implementing technology and informatics- although there are positive trends about it- have been noticed through variance of universities, specializations, scientific qualification, academic degree, years of service, Service durations using the means of information, appropriate means, various efficiencies of infra structures, level of their performance, and heavy professional burden, in addition to other obstacles resulted from the defects in identifying and fixing effective factors. So, recommendations of supporting using, implementing technology and means of information covered individual and institutional levels by improving infra structures of universities, updating syllabuses and developing their educational contents, updating academic evaluation methods, providing courses of improving untraditional skills both of quantity and quality, developing foreign languages, reducing administration and teaching burden, providing permanent incentives, dealing with concerns resulted from differences of skills and professions, activating role of computers, internet laboratories, ensure safe environment for protecting electronic intellectual rights. On social level, recommendations included developing national data and translating it into Arabic, activating policies, possibilities of using technology in learning and teaching, supporting social trends for women using technologies by increasing educational specialties, companies' interest in education institutions and women work bodies, interest of researches recommendations legally and Executively With a focus on integration and balance of individual and community efforts to ensure the knowledge system requirements activation by educational, professional and research usage 
Supervisor : Mohamed bin Othman A. nouri 
Thesis Type : Doctorate Thesis 
Publishing Year : 1430 AH
2009 AD
 
Number Of Pages : 441 
Co-Supervisor : Mohamed bin Saeed Al-Ghamdi 
Added Date : Thursday, November 7, 2013 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
هيفاء فوزي كبرهKabra, Haifa FawziInvestigatorDoctorate 

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