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Predictors of Parental Involvement in Their Child's Education in Qatar
( International Journal of Early Childhood Learning , 2022 , Article)Research indicates that parental involvement provides numerous benefits that increase students' academic performance. Therefore, it is important to understand why some parents are involved in their children's education and ... -
Predictors of parental use of private tutoring in Qatar
( Common Ground Research Networks , 2020 , Article)The aim of this study was to identify the factors likely to influence parents' desire to use a private tutor for their children in the State of Qatar. Drawing on insights from the relevant literature, a survey questionnaire ... -
Preoperative Physical Activity Level and Exercise Prescription in Adults With Obesity: The Effect on Post-Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article Review)This systematic review summarizes current evidence on the relation between preoperative physical activity (PA) levels with bariatric surgery (BS) outcomes and on the beneficial role of preoperative exercise/PA program among ... -
Preparing foundation-year students for medical studies in a problem-based learning environment: Students׳ perceptions
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)PurposeTo contribute to the field of preparing new students for their medical studies and to investigate how foundation-year medical students perceive the progression of appropriate learning skills for studying in a PBL ... -
Preservice Teachers’ Perception of Plagiarism: A Case from a College of Education
( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022 , Article)Few studies examine plagiarism in a Middle Eastern context, specifically from the perspectives of preservice teachers. As future gatekeepers of academic integrity, preservice teachers need to understand plagiarism. This ... -
Primary school teachers' knowledge, attitudes and views on barriers to inclusion in Jordan
( International Journal of Special Education , 2016 , Article)This study explores teachers' knowledge and attitudes toward the inclusion of students with special education needs (SEN) in mainstream schools in Jordan. It also examines the barriers the teachers perceived to hinder ... -
Principal selection for Qatar's government schools: Policy makers', principals' and teachers' perspectives
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Article)Research indicates that principals are critical in school reform since the implementation of policies and practices is to a large extent determined by the role that principals play in educational change. This study examines ... -
Principals’ perspectives on faculty diversity in Qatar’s government schools
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Article)Globalization requires the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) to experience numerous economic, social, and educational changes. In particular, Qatar’s unprecedented economic growth has created a flow of high- and low-skilled ... -
Problematizing Accreditation for Teacher Education
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2023 , Article)This essay aims to problematize US accreditation of teacher education. Foucault’s notion of problematization is used as a theoretical framework to explain how accreditation emerged in the past as a solution to perceived ... -
Problematizing constructive alignment in higher education in gulf cooperation council countries
( Routledge , 2023 , Article)Constructive alignment (CA) has developed into one of the most significant concepts in higher education since its establishment in the late 1990s. CA is a powerful instrument for curriculum design that aligns learning ... -
Promoting reading in the Arab world: The book club model
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2018 , Article)Despite their proliferation in many parts of the world, book clubs have received little attention from academic researchers. This study seeks to understand the status of book clubs particularly in the Arab world. An in-depth ... -
The Qatar National Professional Standards for School Leaders: a critical discourse analysis using Habermas’ theory of knowledge constitutive interests
( Taylor & Francis , 2013 , Article)Qatar is in the midst of a massive educational reform, Education for a New Era. Influence by neoliberalism, one principle of the reform is the development of a standards-based system including the adoption of the Qatar ... -
Qatar's educational reform: Critical issues facing principals
( IGI Global , 2015 , Book chapter)Launched in 2004, Qatar's massive educational reform, Education for a New Era, has introduced numerous changes to the K-12 educational system forcing school leaders to face challenges and issues in their role of leading ... -
Qatar's LNG: Impact of the changing east-asian market
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Qatari women in a corporatized higher education setting: International reforms and their local bearings
( Institute for Education Policy Studies , 2017 , Article)Discussions of the difficulties Qatari women experience in higher educational settings are unlikely to be found in international organization or government reports on the State of Qatar. Instead, recent reports have tended ... -
Qatar’s Educational Reform: The Experiences and Perceptions of Principals, Teachers and Parents
( Macrothink Institute , 2013 , Article)This study describes the implications of the massive Qatari educational reform, Education For a New Era (EFNE), from the perspectives of teachers, principals, and parents provides insight into these stakeholders perceptions ... -
Quality of llife of Qatar university students with disability and its relation to their academic adjustment and performance
( International Journal of Special Education , 2018 , Article)This study aimed at assessing the quality of life of Qatar University students with disability and its relation to their academic adjustment and performance. Seventy (70) students, 31 males, and 39 females participated in ... -
Ramadan intermittent fasting induced poorer training practices during the COVID-19 lockdown: A global cross-sectional study with 5529 athletes from 110 countries
( Institute of Sport , 2022 , Article)Ramadan intermittent fasting during the COVID-19 lockdown (RIFL) may present unique demands. We investigated training practices (i.e., training load and training times) of athletes, using pre-defined survey criteria/questions, ... -
Ramadan Observance Exacerbated the Negative Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Sleep and Training Behaviors: A International Survey on 1,681 Muslim Athletes
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)Objective: Disrupted sleep and training behaviors in athletes have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed at investigating the combined effects of Ramadan observance and COVID-19 related lockdown in Muslim ... -
Reading social stories in the community: A promising intervention for promoting children's environmental knowledge and behavior in Jordan
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)Traditionally, education in various forms has been used as a tool to change values and behavior in children regarding the environment. This study reports findings from the We Love Reading Program that utilizes the reading ...