Browsing Educational Research Center by Author "Romanowski, Michael H."
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CAEP Accreditation: Educational Neocolonialism and Non-US Teacher Education Programs
Romanowski, Michael H. ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2022 , Article)Under the facade of globalization, educational neocolonialism occurs through the transferring of educational theories and practices from the global north to the global south, potentially challenging and undermining indigenous ... -
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 ... -
Challenges to Teachers Implementing Sustainable Development Goals Frameworks in Qatar
Hamwy, Noor; Bruder, Jennifer; Sellami, Abdellatif; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)Teachers play an essential role in teaching sustainable development to students. Consequently, understanding the challenges that hamper effective instruction is crucial. This study explored the challenges preparatory and ... -
Controlling higher education from a distance: using foucault’s governmentality to better understand accreditation
Romanowski, Michael H. ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2022 , Article)The Internationalization of Higher Education (IHE) has expanded significantly in quantity, scope, and complexity over the past two decades, advancing into a complex system able to influence and control numerous aspects of ... -
Do EFL Teachers Reduce the Reading Gap in Qatar? A Study of Strategy Instruction in Government Schools
Morsy, Wafaa H.M.; Romanowski, Michael H.; Du, Xiangyun ( Society for Research and Knowledge Management , 2021 , Article)Teachers' instructional practices are crucial to students' achievement in reading comprehension. Students' low English reading competence in Qatar's government schools raises concerns about not only reading comprehension ... -
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 ... -
Education transferring and decentralized reforms: The case of Qatar
Romanowski, Michael H.; Du, Xiangyun ( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022 , Article)Nations transfer educational reform models for the systematic improvement of education. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, which have implemented primarily Western decentralized reform ... -
Examining Qatar’s private and public-school teachers’ readiness for teaching about sustainability
Bruder, Jennifer; Hamwy, Noor; Sellami, Abdellatif; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)Understanding teacher readiness for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) instruction is crucial. This study investigated Qatar’s preparatory and secondary public and private school teachers’ perceived readiness to teach ... -
Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city
Romanowski, Michael H.; Tok, Evren; Amatullah, Tasneem; Amin, Hira; Sellami, Abdellatif ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)Qatar’s transition from a hydrocarbon-based to a knowledge-based economy spurred the development of Education City, which houses several International Branch Campuses and one home-grown university, Hamad bin Khalifa ... -
The idolatry of accreditation in higher education: enhancing our understanding
Romanowski, Michael H. ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)Worldwide accreditation systems for higher education are used by institutions and programmes to demonstrate their legitimacy to deliver quality education. Although there are many perceived benefits and criticisms of ... -
Internationalization and CAEP accreditation: replicating US teacher education programs abroad
Romanowski, Michael H. ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)The Internationalization of Higher Education has led to uneasiness among non-US universities about their international reputation, ranking, and local legitimacy generating a growing interest in US accreditation. Specifically, ... -
Making the strange familiar and the familiar strange: A critical reflection on teacher educators and the coronavirus crisis
Abu-Shawish, Reem Khalid; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Springer International Publishing , 2022 , Book chapter)This chapter uses the framework of making the strange familiar and the familiar strange to discuss the sudden shift from face-to-face to online instruction in higher education during the coronavirus crisis. Educators should ... -
The McDonaldization of CAEP accreditation and teacher education programs abroad
Romanowski, Michael H.; Alkhateeb, Hadeel ( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)McDonaldization is the processes of the fast-food industry that dominate segments of societies worldwide. Few studies address how McDonaldization applies to the accreditation of teacher education programs. This article ... -
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 ... -
Neoliberalism and Western accreditation in the Middle East: A critical discourse analysis of Educational Leadership Constituent Council standards
Romanowski, Michael H. ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of neoliberalism and the accreditation of educational leadership programs in one Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) country by contextualizing the accreditation process ... -
Novice teachers’ challenges and coping strategies in Qatari government schools
AL-Naimi, Shaikha R.; Romanowski, Michael H.; Du, Xiangyun ( Society for Research and Knowledge Management , 2020 , Article)This study examined the challenges novice teachers encountered in Qatari government schools and the coping strategies they adopt. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 15 novice teachers ... -
Policy borrowing and developing knowledge economies in GCC countries: a critique from a Human Capital Theory perspective
Abu-Shawish, Reem Khalid; Romanowski, Michael H.; Amatullah, Tasneem ( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2021 , Article)Globalization presents Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with opportunities for economic growth and transformation, as many of these nations face economic challenges such as the need for a diversified knowledge-based ... -
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 ... -
Preservice Teachers’ Perception of Plagiarism: A Case from a College of Education
Romanowski, Michael H. ( 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 ...