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Effect of professional development on teaching behaviors and efficacy in Qatari educational reforms
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
Qatar is undergoing major educational reform that is shifting its educational policy toward an instructional orientation grounded in constructivism and student-centered instruction. Differences in cultural conceptions of ...
Qatar's LNG: Impact of the changing east-asian market
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Blackwell Publishing Inc.
, 2017 , Article)
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Examining changes in beliefs and practices: English language teachers' participation in the School-based Support Program
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
This article examines changes in teachers' beliefs and practices over the course of a professional development (PD) program concerned with the implementation of a constructivist-oriented pedagogy in English as a Foreign ...
Amna Mahmoud Al-Jaydah, a pioneer in the struggle for female education in Qatar: A biographical research study
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
Much of the historical data, often narratives, on 19th and early 20th century women teachers in the West highlights the ways in which these women educators were influenced by religious institutions and/or the cultural, ...
Women with disabilities in the state of Qatar: Human rights, challenges and means of empowerment
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International Journal of Special Education
, 2017 , Article)
This study explored human rights for Qatari women with disabilities, challenges and means of empowerment as perceived by females and males both with and without disabilities. The Questionnaire of the Rights of Women with ...
The psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) across three Arabic-speaking Middle Eastern countries
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
The nature and extent of the influence of culture on psychopathology have long been studied, with a central emphasis on whether abnormal behavior is etic (universalized) or emic (cultural based). This study aimed to examine ...
Technology integration in EFL classrooms: A study of Qatari independent schools
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of teachers' individual characteristics and perceptions of environmental factors on the extent of technology integration into EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms. ...
Chinese business students’ changes in beliefs and strategy use in a constructively aligned PBL course
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
This study adopted a longitudinal retrospective case study approach to investigate Chinese business students' transitional learning experience in a problem-based learning (PBL) course with innovative assessment practices. ...
Reading social stories in the community: A promising intervention for promoting children's environmental knowledge and behavior in Jordan
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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 ...
Collaboration with Families of Children with Disabilities in Qatar: A Parent's Perspective
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OMICS
, 2017 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives of parents of children with disabilities in regard of the components of true collaboration practices in different educational institutions. As well as to solicit ...