Browsing by Author "Romanowski, Michael H."
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All that glitters is not gold: Challenges of teacher and school leader licensure licensing system in Qatar
Ellili-Cherif, Maha; Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2012 , Article)In 2001, the Government of Qatar began a comprehensive education reform (Education for a New Era) based on RAND’s recommendations and options for building an educational system that would meet the country’s changing ... -
Arab Middle Eastern women in Qatar and their perspectives on the barriers to leadership: Incorporating transformative learning theory to improve leadership skills
Romanowski, Michael H.; Al-Hassan, Fatma Saeed ( Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals , 2013 , Article)The development of leaders is a high priority on the national agenda for countries around the world especially in fast-developing regions such as the Middle East. Qatar seeks to support and develop Qatari men and women ... -
Attracting High Achieving Secondary Students through Early Admission Call-Up in an American Style College in Lebanon: A Comparison with American Colleges
Naimy, Viviane Youssef; Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( National Association for College Admission Counseling , 2009 , Article)An early admission call-up was used to attract high-achieving students to a private university in Lebanon. The callup, which is essentially an offer of admission before the student takes any formal steps, was administered ... -
Burnout of primary teachers in Qatar government schools during an era of educational reform
Alloh, Maymona M.; Hasan, Mahmood A.; Du, Xiangyun; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Society for Research and Knowledge Management , 2019 , Article)This study examined the burnout levels of a broad cross-sectional sample of primary school teachers (n=1657) from Qatar within the three domains of the burnout syndrome: Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), ... -
Career Advancement, Job Satisfaction, Career Retention, and Other Related Dimensions for Sustainability: A Perception Study of Qatari Public School Teachers
Abu-Tineh, Abdullah M.; Romanowski, Michael H.; Chaaban, Youmen; Alkhatib, Hadeel; Ghamrawi, Norma; Alshaboul, Yousef M.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2023 , Article)The lack of teacher retention directly impacts the sustainability of a nation’s educational goals and educational system. There are several influences on the retention of teachers, such as career advancement opportunities, ... -
Challenges facing teacher education in Qatar: Q methodology research
Alkhateeb, Hadeel; Romanowski, Michael H.; Sellami, Abdellatif; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah M.; Chaaban, Youmen ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This study aims to identify the challenges facing teacher education in Qatar. Through Q methodology, it examines the ways in which schoolteachers, preservice teachers, teacher education faculty, and Ministry of Education ... -
Critical Thinking and Qatar’s Education For a New Era: Negotiating Possibilities
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( University of South Carolina Greensboro , 2012 , Article)In this essay, the authors use Foucauldian concepts to examine the State of Qatar’s unprecedented educational reform, Education For a New Era. One of the key components of this comprehensive reform centers on the development ... -
Drawing lessons from PISA: Qatar’s use of PISA results
AlKaabi, Nouf Abdullah; Al-Maadeed, Najlaa; Romanowski, Michael H.; Sellami, Abdellatif ( Springer , 2022 , Article)Worldwide, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has emerged as a valid and reliable benchmark for assessing students’ performance and for gaining significant influence over educational policy and ... -
Early years education in Qatar: The good practice guide in theory and practice
Al-Thani, Tamader; Al-Muftah, Esraa; Romanowski, Michael H.; Coughlin, Chris; Abuelhassan, Hadeel ( Consortia Academia Publishing , 2016 , Article)Qatar’s massive education reform, Education for a New Era has dramatically shaped the educational landscape by implementing professional and curriculum standards and introducing best pedagogical practices at all levels. ... -
EDUCATION FOR A NEW ERA: STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTION OF QATARI EDUCATION REFORM
Ellili-Cherif, Maha; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development , 2013 , Article)The paper reports the results of a qualitative research study that explores principal, teacher, and parent perceptions with regard to Qatar’s education reform, Education for a New Era (EFNE) launched in 2004. The study ... -
Factors affecting university image among graduate alumni: A case study of Qatar university
Khalifa A., Haza; Abdel-Salam, Abdel-Salam G.; Mollazehi, Mohammad D.; Mohamed, Radwa Ismail; Hasan, Mahmood A.; Al-Tameemi, Rusol A.; Bensaid, Ahmed; Johnson, Chithira; Romanowski, Michael H.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Various factors influence the students' perception of universities and university image. This study explores five factors affecting university image among Graduate Alumni. Surveys, administered to 597 graduate alumni were ... -
Faculty perceptions of academic freedom at a GCC university
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( Springer Netherlands , 2010 , Article)Massive oil revenues are currently fueling a surge in the number of educational institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, presenting leadership at all levels with many unprecedented questions. In ... -
A Habermasian Analysis of Qatar's National Teacher Professional Standards
Romanowski, Michael H. ( Macrothink Institute , 2014 , Article)The belief that implementing professional standards will improve teaching and learning has led many countries to embrace standards based educational reforms. Qatar is one of those nations implementing, Education for a ... -
How Critical Thinking is Taught in Qatari Independent Schools’ Social Studies Classrooms: Teachers’ Perspectives
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( Macrothink Institute , 2012 , Article)Qatar is in the midst of a massive systemic education reform Education For a New Era. A key aspect of the reform is the expectation of teachers to develop students’ critical thinking skills. In this paper, an open-ended ... -
Identity issues: expatriate professors teaching and researching in Qatar
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( Springer Netherlands , 2015 , Article)Today, academics are more transient, working outside their home countries, than at any other time in the history of academics especially in the Arab World were there is great demand for faculty members educated in Western’ ... -
The impact of Qatar national professional standards: Teachers’ perspectives
Romanowski, Michael H.; Amatullah, Tasneem ( Consortia Academia Publishing , 2014 , Article)Over the past twenty years, countries have embraced educational reforms that are driven by standards-based education that include professional standards for teachers. This is the case in Qatar where professional standards ... -
Men and classrooms in Qatar: A Q methodology research
Alkhateeb, Hadeel; Romanowski, Michael H.; Chaaban, Youmen; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah M. ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Globally, gender differences in the teaching profession are a longstanding public policy concern. International organizations and scholarly research routinely sound alarms concerning the low number of males joining the ... -
Online Teaching Strategies of Language skills during Pandemic: A Case of Self-Efficacy of Teaching Faculty in Qatar Universities
Qadhi, Saba Al; Al-Thani, Hessa H.; Hasan, Mahmood Ahmed; Romanowski, Michael H.; Du, Xiangyun; Al-Emadi, Ahmed... more authors ... less authors ( Hacettepe University , 2022 , Article)COVID-19 caused teaching to shifted online which emanated challenges for both teachers and students. To overcome such challenges, self-efficacy plays a vital role. The major objective of this study was to investigate the ... -
Predictors of Parental Involvement in Their Child's Education in Qatar
Sellami, Abdel Latif; Romanowski, Michael H.; Abu-Shawish, Reem Khalid; Bader, Lina; Al-Qassass, Haneen Basheer ( 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 ... -
Principal selection for Qatar's government schools: Policy makers', principals' and teachers' perspectives
Romanowski, Michael H; Sadiq, Hissa; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah M; Ndoye, Abdou; Aql, Mofed ( 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 ...