The level of Perceived Awareness of the Palestinian Cause: A field study on a Sample of General secondary School Students in Gaza Strip

Abstract

The study aims at identifying the level of the perceived awareness of the Palestinian cause dimensions among the study sample, besides identifying the statistically significant differences at between the mean scores of the subjects on the scale to identify  the most perceived dimension of the Palestinian cause. It also aims at identifying the differences between the level of the perceived awareness and the hypothetical level 70%, in addition to differences attributable to the sex variable.

The Study sample consists of 104 secondary school students of whom (60 were males and 44 were females. The researcher designed a perceived awareness of the dimensions of the Palestinian cause test. Findings showed the following: The political dimension of the Palestinian cause has got the highest level of awareness among the students with a percentage of 92.5%. Findings also showed that the students' perceived awareness level is manifested when they connected their cause with the Arab and regional dimension. Moreover, there were no statistically significant differences attributable to the sex variable in the perceived awareness level of the Palestinian cause.