Evaluating Educational Programs in Combating Indecent Behaviors Among University Students Using Structural Equation Modeling (Field study: Northern Border University)

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate educational programs efficiency in applying the best educational practices to educate students from the dangers of indecent behaviors, in line with higher education policy and the appropriateness of educational program dimensions to spread awareness among students to not fall into the indecent behaviors clutches. The study adopted the inductive exploratory approach through structural equation modeling and the descriptive analysis of the collected data from randomly selected sample (n=385) from educational academics at Northern Border University in the Saudi Arabia using a specially designed survey tool to meet study purposes to evaluate dimensions of teaching methods, evaluation tools, training courses, course descriptions, and technology use. Findings showed that overall means were medium, and regression coefficients of the five dimensions of current educational program were acceptable and less than (0.5), which confirms the efficiency of the educational program in combating indecent behaviors, with exception of significance impact of both course description and technology use from females' perspectives. The course description had the lowest percentage of saturation in terms of confirming factor analysis with a value of (0.26) and its negative correlation with the use of technology. In addition the study set many recommendations.