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Teacher leadership and virtual communities: Unpacking teacher agency and distributed leadership

Shal, Tarek; Ghamrawi, Norma; Abu-Tineh, Abdullah; Al-Shaboul, Yousef M.; Sellami, Abdellatif ( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)

This study explored the development of teacher leadership in collaborative online spaces, also called virtual communities of practice (vCoP). Employing a phenomenological research design with semi-structured interviews as ...

Cross-cultural Differences in Hallucinations: A Comparison Between Middle Eastern and European Community-Based Samples

Khaled S.M., Brederoo S.G., Yehya A., Alabdulla M., Woodruff P.W., Sommer I.E.C. ( NLM (Medline) , 2023 , Article)

BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: While literature indicates that culture modulates phenomenological characteristics of hallucinations in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, little is known about the extent culture modulates these ...

Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders: a cross-national analysis of population surveys from 29 countries

McGrath, John J; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Altwaijri, Yasmin; Andrade, Laura H; ... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)

Background Information on the frequency and timing of mental disorder onsets across the lifespan is of fundamental importance for public health planning. Broad, cross-national estimates of this information from coordinated ...

Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Alize J, Ferrari; Santomauro, Damian Francesco; Aali, Amirali; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)

Background Detailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury ...

A tailored innovative model of “research internship” aimed at strengthening research competencies in STEM undergraduates

Siby, Nitha; Ammar, Mohammad; Bhadra, Jolly; Elawad, Elmogiera Fadlallh Elsaye; Al-Thani, Noora Jabor; ... more authors ... less authors ( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2024 , Article)

Purpose: Research internships are integral components of undergraduate programs that nurture students' skill sets. However, the current trend of these internships adopting a direct apprenticeship model, often termed ...

Leadership styles and AI acceptance in academic libraries in higher education

Tarek, Shal; Ghamrawi, Norma; Naccache, Hiba ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)

This study explored the relationship between the leadership styles adopted by academic librarians and their openness to artificial intelligence (AI). The purpose was to discern whether particular leadership approaches ...

Parent’s Perceptions of Online Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Road Ahead

Shal, Tarek ( Online Learning Consortium (OLC) , 2024 , Article)

This study explored parents’ perceptions pertaining to online learning in the state of Qatar during COVID-19 pandemic. Six hundred and eighty-eight parents were surveyed, and data was analyzed statistically using SPSS 28.0. ...

Path analytic investigation of the intention to adopt open government data in Qatar (TAM revisited)

El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji; Al-Kubaisi, Ali ( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Article)

Purpose: This study aims to examine the factors that influence end users’ intention to adopt open government data (OGD) portals, envisioning this relationship through a path causal model. Design/methodology/approach: The ...

Webinars for teacher professional development: perceptions of members of a virtual professional community of practice

Shal, Tarek; Ghamrawi, Norma; Ghamrawi, Najah A. R. ( Routledge , 2024 , Article)

This study explores the significance of webinars as tools for supporting teachers’ professional development and growth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as perceived by the teachers themselves. The study employs a mixed methods ...

Feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews for the World Mental Health Qatar survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Khaled, Salma M.; Amro, Iman; Bader, Lina; Lee Holmes, John; Diop, Abdoulaye; ... more authors ... less authors ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2024 , Article)

Objectives: We investigated the feasibility of replacing face-to-face with telephone interviews conducted as part of the World Mental Health Qatar (WMHQ) survey and discuss the main methodological changes across the two ...