The Level of Ambition and Its Relationship to Some Variables Among Outstanding Students: A Field Study in International Schools in The Emirate of Sharjah

  • Iman Abed Rabou College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Fujairah, Fujairah, UAE.
  • Najeh Rajeh Alsalhi College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
  • Bushra Ahmad Alakashee College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
  • Ahmad Moh'd Tarawneh Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Amman, Jordan.

Keywords:

Level of Ambition, Outstanding Students, Emirate of Sharjah..

Abstract

This study investigated the ambition level among outstanding students by looking at the students’ opinions according to the multiple dimensions of ambition, exploring its prevalence and appearance among the sample members, and the order of its prevalence and appearance among the sample members, along with the extent of its prevalence among sample members. The importance of differences in the level of ambition depending on the research variables. To achieve these goals, the researchers prepared a scale to measure the level of ambitions among outstanding students, which included six dimensions. The research sample consisted of (177) students of academic excellence. The results of the study highlighted the level of prevalence of level of silt as medium and the order of emergence of the dimensions of ambition level in the targeted respondents was as follows: after taking responsibility in the first place, followed by the desire for excellence, the outlook to the future, after the study methods, after dependency and belief in luck, and finally after perseverance and diligence. Further, the results depicted no statistically significant differences according to the gender variable, but there were statistically significant differences according to the school year variable in favor of the third secondary in all dimensions except after dependency and belief in luck came in favor of the first secondary. There are differences in the order variable between the brothers in favor of the elder brother in all dimensions except after dependency and belief in luck came in favor of the average and youngest son.

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