Enhancing Intellectual Security in the Educational Curricula in Light of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030

Authors

  • Afnan Ali ALWadey PhD researcher Philosophy in Education specializes in curricula and methods of teaching science - College of Education - King Khalid University Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Abdulrahman Mohammed N ALHarthi Faculty member Assistant Professor of Fundamentals of Education - College of Education - King Khalid University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59325/sjhas.v6i4.180

Keywords:

Intellectual security, Educational curricula, Saudi Vision 2030.

Abstract

The study aimed enhancing intellectual security in the educational curricula in light of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's vision 2030, and to achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive analytical approach and analysis of the content of the Saudi Vision 2030 document were used in light of the dimensions of intellectual security, Of the curricula and intellectual experts, (48) of them were chosen randomly, and the second study community was formed from the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 document with the three pillars (a vibrant society, a prosperous economy, and an ambitious homeland), and the results revealed the agreement of the study subjects on the importance of enhancing intellectual security in the educational curricula in light of the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where agreement was shown on the importance of (24) indicators distributed on (4) dimensions (religious National, political, cultural, and social) and the highest was the religious dimension (97%), then the national and political dimension (96%), then the social and cultural dimension (91%) for each of them, and their suitability as criteria for selecting the content of educational curricula in light of the dimensions of intellectual security 2030 was shown. The arithmetic averages for their relevance reached the religious dimension (97%), the national and political dimension (96%), then the cultural dimension (94%), and finally the social dimension (93%). It was found that there was a discrepancy in the percentage of including the dimensions of intellectual security based on “a vibrant society” (39.05%) with a medium estimate, a prosperous economy (39.28%) with a medium estimate, and an ambitious nation (21.67%) low, and the percentage of including the dimensions of intellectual security (religious and national, where they were the highest for the economic dimension and the lowest for the religious dimension and all of them are in low degrees except for the economic dimension which is high, which means a lack of compatibility between the dimensions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the dimensions of Intellectual security. The study recommended the inclusion of intellectual security standards in the educational curricula, focusing on the economic dimension, and the inclusion of economic intellectual security in the general concepts of the curricula.

Author Biographies

Afnan Ali ALWadey, PhD researcher Philosophy in Education specializes in curricula and methods of teaching science - College of Education - King Khalid University Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

PhD researcher Philosophy in Education specializes in curricula and methods of teaching science - College of Education - King Khalid University

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman Mohammed N ALHarthi, Faculty member Assistant Professor of Fundamentals of Education - College of Education - King Khalid University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Faculty member Assistant Professor of Fundamentals of Education - College of Education - King Khalid University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Published

2023-10-28

How to Cite

ALWadey, A., & ALHarthi, A. (2023). Enhancing Intellectual Security in the Educational Curricula in Light of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. Al Saeed University Journal of Humanities Sciences, 6(4), 120–146ِ. https://doi.org/10.59325/sjhas.v6i4.180
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