اتجاهات طلبة تخصص الطفولة المبكرة في الجامعة الهاشمية نحو التخصص و علاقتها بجنسهم و مستواهم الدراسي و التحصيلي

Attitudes of early childhood specialization students at the Hashemite University towards specialization and its relationship to their gender, academic level and achievement

This study aimed at identifying the attitudes of Early Childhood Program Students at the Hashemite University toward their specialization. In addition, the study attempted to examine whether students’ attitudes differ significantly according to their gender, academic and achievement levels. This study utilized a questionnaire with 25 items. A cluster random sample composed of 238 students enrolled in early childhood program at the second semester of the academic year 2004-2005 was used. In general the descriptive statistics results revealed some differences in students' attitudes toward early childhood specialization according to variables students' gender, their specializations and their achievement levels. In addition, the results of 3-way ANOVA indicated significant differences in students' attitudes toward early childhood specialization according to their gender, their academic levels, as long as to some interactions between or among the variables students' gender, their academic levels, and their achievement levels. (142 words).