Postcorona Pandemic Educational Science Research in Saudi Universities
Table 7
Study participants’ responses about the challenges facing the scientific research in the area of educational sciences during corona pandemic in Saudi universities in descending order as per the approval averages.
No.
Item
Arithmetic mean
Standards deviation
Category
Rank
10
Throughout the year, faculty members are busy with teaching loads
4.40
0.950
Strongly agree
1
12
The large amount of administrative work implied in academic work distracts the faculty member from scientific research
4.33
0.914
Strongly agree
2
3
Lack of financial allocations to support scientific research
4.27
1.001
Strongly agree
3
15
The weak partnership between research centers and scientific research authorities in universities
4.27
1.012
Strongly agree
4
11
Lack of cooperation between the universities and various development sectors in the field of scientific research
4.24
0.943
Strongly agree
5
1
The difficulty of reaching the study sample due to repercussions of the corona pandemic
4.21
0.936
Strongly agree
6
9
The long time it takes to arbitrate and publish research
4.18
0.962
Agree
7
7
Weak cultural and intellectual exchange with other cultures and languages
4.18
1.044
Agree
8
2
The separation of scientific research from the applied field and the problems of society
4.15
0.903
Agree
9
14
Lack of incentives to engage in research groups
4.15
1.025
Agree
10
13
Lack of channels for advertising scientific conferences to the faculty
4.11
0.984
Agree
11
4
Lack of databases and information on up-to-date references
4.08
1.111
Agree
12
6
Promotion requires publication in ISI or Scopes, which leads the faculty to be a reluctance to conduct research and publish it
4.08
1.089
Agree
13
8
Poor community support and encouragement
4.04
1.081
Agree
14
5
Many faculty members are reluctant to conduct research due to difficult conditions for the promotion
3.80
1.228
Agree
15
General average
4.17
0.801
Agree
4.17 is the General average and 0.801 is the General Standards deviation.
