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Exploring quality teacher education programmes in Lebanon, Qatar, and China
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2021 , Article)The present quantitative study explored pre-service teachers’ perspectives regarding the quality of their Teacher Education Programme (TEP) in Lebanon, Qatar, and China. The sample consisted of 326 pre-service school ... -
Exploring teacher leadership for professional learning in response to educational disruption in Qatar
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)The current study aimed to explore the way teacher leadership for professional learning was manifested during the disruption to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were recruited from three public and ... -
Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions of the Barriers to Teaching STEM in High Schools in Qatar
( MDPI , 2022 , Article)Understanding teachers’ attitudes and perceptions of STEM teaching is a key pathway to enhance effective STEM teaching. Inarguably, teachers are the cornerstone of educational quality and play a central role in students’ ... -
Exploring teachers’ perspectives on career development: Q methodology research
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Recruiting, preparing and supporting teachers remain a public concern in many countries, with similar concerns voiced in Qatar. Using a Systems Theory Framework, this study explored the systems of influence on Qatari ... -
Exploring teachers’ professional agency within shifting educational contexts: A comparative study of Lebanon, Qatar, Kuwait, and Morocco
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study explored teachers' professional agency in response to shifting educational contexts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across four participating countries. Findings from this qualitative comparative study revealed ... -
Exploring the challenges of virtual internships during the COVID-19 pandemic and their potential influence on the professional identity of health professions students: A view from Qatar University
( Frontiers Media , 2023 , Article)Introduction: COVID-19 has imposed many shared limitations on medical and health education. Just like other health professions programs at most institutions, the Qatar University health cluster (QU Health) applied a ... -
Exploring the concepts of fidelity and adaptation in the implementation of project based learning in the elementary classroom: Case studies from Qatar
( Society for Research and Knowledge Management , 2019 , Article)This study explored teachers' first-year experiences with Project Based Learning in the context of a system-wide initiative involving its implementation in Qatari elementary government schools. Participants were 11 English ... -
Face And Object Perceptual Deficits In Schizophrenia
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2014 , Conference Paper)Clinical studies in the face perception literature report that schizophrenics have a deficit in face identification. However, it is not clear whether this deficit is a part of a general cognitive impairment or is specific ... -
Face perception in schizophrenia: A specific deficit
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Introduction. Patients with schizophrenia have a large-scaled and severe cognitive impairment. This study examines whether a well-established deficit in face recognition in schizophrenia is a part of this general cognitive ... -
Facebook: A potential educational tool in higher education
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2015 , Conference Paper)Introduction: Facebook is the most frequently visited social media networking site worldwide (Ryan & Xenos 2011). Mason and Rennie (2007: 199) reasoned, "shared community spaces and inter-group communications are a massive ... -
Factors affecting university image among undergraduate students: the case study of qatar university
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2021 , Article)Worldwide there is an increase in competition between higher education institutions seeking to ascertain their position in the world ranking, resulting in universities introspectively reflecting on their image and student ... -
Factors influencing teacher leadership: voices of public school teachers in Qatar
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2021 , Article)This quantitative study used Teacher Leadership Inventory (TLI) to survey the views and perceptions of public (government-funded) school teachers on factors that influence teacher leadership in Qatar. The survey sample ... -
Factors that impact student usage of the learning management system in Qatari schools
( Athabasca University , 2011 , Article)In an attempt to enhance teacher and student performance in school, a learning management system (LMS) known as Knowledge-Net (K-Net) was introduced in Qatari independent schools. (All public schools in Qatar have ... -
Faculty perceptions of academic freedom at a GCC university
( 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 ... -
Feature instructions improve face-matching accuracy
( Public Library of Science , 2018 , Article)Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but important for applied settings, such as person identification at passport control. Finding techniques to improve face-matching accuracy is ... -
Feature-by-feature comparison and holistic processing in unfamiliar face matching
( PeerJ Inc. , 2018 , Article)Identity comparisons of photographs of unfamiliar faces are prone to error but imperative for security settings, such as the verification of face identities at passport control. Therefore, finding techniques to improve ... -
Female english teachers perceptions and experience of continuing professional development in Qatar
( MDPI , 2021 , Article)The Qatari government views English language learning as crucial to the country’s future success. Anecdotal evidence suggests, however, that English language teachers (ELTs) employed in Qatar may not necessarily have the ... -
FINANCIAL AID AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ITS IMPACT ON PERSISTENCE AND STUDENT SATISFACTION, THE CASE OF LEBANON
( Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Educational Research , 2009 , Article)Many private universities around the world sustain their growth and retain students through a system of ‘cost-sharing’ where fees and tuition are channelled back to students in form of financial aid. Not all students are ... -
Gender and age differences in life satisfaction within a sex-segregated society: Sampling youth in Qatar
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Recent decades have witnessed a surge of interest in the measures of subjective well-being, including mental and physical health, happiness and life satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine if there are ... -
Getting parents involved in children's play: Qatari parents' perceptions of and engagement with their children's play
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)The study investigates parents' perceptions of and engagement with their children's play in the context of Qatar. Quantitative data were collected using a questionnaire that was administered to parents of children aged 4-7 ...