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How Critical Thinking is Taught in Qatari Independent Schools’ Social Studies Classrooms: Teachers’ Perspectives
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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 ...
Critical Thinking and Qatar’s Education For a New Era: Negotiating Possibilities
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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 ...
All that glitters is not gold: Challenges of teacher and school leader licensure licensing system in Qatar
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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 ...
Attracting High Achieving Secondary Students through Early Admission Call-Up in an American Style College in Lebanon: A Comparison with American Colleges
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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 ...
Teacher perceptions of professional development in the context of national educational reform: the case of Qatar*
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2011 , Article)
In light of nationally mandated educational changes in Qatar, this study investigates in-service teachers' perceptions of professional development (PD). The aims are to identify challenges facing teachers' PD. The respondents ...
Identity issues: expatriate professors teaching and researching in Qatar
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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’ ...
Faculty perceptions of academic freedom at a GCC university
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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 ...