Browsing Educational Research Center by Author "Du, Xiangyun"
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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 ... -
Education Stakeholders’ Viewpoints about an ESD Competency Framework: Q Methodology Research
Chaaban, Youmen; Du, Xiangyun; Lundberg, Adrian; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah ( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Teachers are considered key drivers of the education for sustainable development (ESD) agenda. They play a critical role in ensuring the attainment of sustainability goals, yet require early opportunities to acquire the ... -
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 ... -
Engineering instructors' professional agency development and identity renegotiation through engaging in pedagogical change towards PBL
Du, Xiangyun; Naji, Khalid Kamal; Ebead, Usama; Ma, Jianping ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2021 , Article)This qualitative longitudinal study explored three engineering instructors' professional agency in implementing project-based learning (PBL), including multiple sets of data (18 interviews, observations, and written ... -
Examining engineering students' perceptions of learner agency enactment in problem- and project-based learning using Q methodology
Du, Xiangyun; Lundberg, Adrian; Ayari, Mohamed A.; Naji, Khalid K.; Hawari, Alaa ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2022 , Article)Background: Few studies have reported how students enact learner agency in a team setting or examined what elements of team settings students perceive as more supportive of their learning in problem- and project-based ... -
Exploring quality teacher education programmes in Lebanon, Qatar, and China
El-Abd, Maria; Chaaban, Youmen; Du, Xiangyun; Wang, Li ( 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
Chaaban, Youmen; Sawalhi, Rania; Du, Xiangyun ( 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 ... -
An integrated systems model for understanding experiences of academic leadership development in Qatar
Floyd, Alan; Qadhi, Saba Mansoor; Al-Thani, Hessa; Chaaban, Youmen; Du, Xiangyun ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)While leadership development is acknowledged as essential for institutional growth in the higher education sector, it remains poorly understood and under researched both empirically and theoretically. Although knowledge ... -
Mentoring approaches and opportunities for learning to teach: a comparative study of the practicum experience in Lebanon and China
Chaaban, Youmen; Wang, Li; Du, Xiangyun ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2021 , Article)We report a comparative qualitative study conducted in Lebanon and China on mentoring approaches, their compatibility with expectations, and their facilitation of learning opportunities. Data sources included interviews, ... -
A narrative inquiry of teacher educators’ professional agency, identity renegotiations, and emotional responses amid educational disruption
Youmen, Chaaban; Al-Thani, Hessa; Du, Xiangyun ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Employing a narrative inquiry, the study explored the way nine teacher educators responded temporally to the emotionally-laden challenges faced during the disruption to education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with a ... -
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 ... -
The role identities of discipline-specific facilitators in a multi-tiered professional development program in higher education
Chaaban, Youmen; Al-Thani, Hessa; Du, Xiangyun ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)The study explored the emerging role identities of eleven faculty who served as discipline-specific facilitators in a multi-tiered PD program, as well as the affordances and constraints which contributed to the (mis)alignment ... -
Student teachers’ agency in the transition to emergency online learning
Chaaban, Youmen; Qadhi, Saba; Du, Xiangyun (2021 , Article)This study was conducted during the transition to emergency online learning, imposed by the spread of a worldwide pandemic known as COVID-19. The study aimed to examine the factors that influenced student agency during ... -
Student Teachers’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing Learner Agency Working in Teams in a STEAM-Based Course
Chaaban, Youmen; Du, Xiangyun; Qadhi, Saba ( Modestum , 2021 , Article)The study adopted a sequential mixed-methods approach to investigate student teachers’ learner agency in a teamwork setting at Qatar University. In the qualitative phase, a total of 10 student teachers enrolled in a course ... -
Supports and constraints to middle leadership development in higher education: A Q-methodology study
Chaaban, Youmen; Qadhi, Saba; Al-Thani, Hessa; Floyd, Alan; Du, Xiangyun ( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2023 , Article)Middle leadership development in a Higher Education context can be understood as a complex endeavor, influenced by interactions and interrelations within multiple systems. We explored the perspectives of thirty-five male ... -
Teachers' self-efficacy and online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic in qatari governmental schools
Allouh, Amani M.; Qadhi, Saba M.; Hasan, Mahmood A.; Du, Xiangyun ( Society for Research and Knowledge Management , 2021 , Article)This study investigated primary school teachers' self-efficacy beliefs regarding online teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic and whether it determines any significant differences in self-efficacy levels based on different ... -
University Teachers’ Change Readiness to Implement Education for Sustainable Development through Participation in a PBL-Based PD Program
Du, Xiangyun; Guerra, Aida; Nørgaard, Bente; Chaaban, Youmen; Lundberg, Adrian; Lyngdorf, Niels Erik Ruan... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article)This study investigated university teachers’ perspectives on their change readiness to implement education for sustainable development (ESD) through their participation in a problem-based learning (PBL) pedagogical development ...