The Role of Jordanian Universities in Meeting the Requirements of Developing Students' Creative and Innovative Skills

Objectives: The research aims to elucidate the role of Jordanian universities in meeting students' requirements for the development of creative and innovative skills from their perspective. Methods: The research employs a descriptive survey methodology to achieve its objectives. A research sample of (448) male and female students in the Islamic Education course was selected using the random sampling method during the first semester of the academic year (2022/2023). A questionnaire was designed to serve as the research tool, consisting of (48) items divided into four domains: personal requirements, academic requirements, administrative requirements, and technical requirements. Results: The results indicate that the domain of administrative requirements occupies the first rank. Furthermore, the results reveal that the technical requirements domain comes in second place, while the academic requirements domain is ranked last. The results also show that the participants' responses to the questionnaire domains, as a whole, have a significant role with no statistically significant differences attributed to the variables of gender and academic degree. The results demonstrate statistically significant differences due to the university variable in favor of the responses of the “private” universities and the study program variable in favor of the “scientific” programs. Conclusions: Given the said findings, the study has formulated several recommendations, the most important of which include: the development of creative and innovative skills among students and the promotion of a culture of creativity and innovation through integrating courses that stimulate creativity and utilizing creative activities in the curricula.