تصفح حسب المؤلف "Nasser, Ramzi"
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A qualitative study of student attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, outlook and context in Qatar: Persistence in higher education
Khalifa, Batoul; Nasser, Ramzi; Ikhlef, Atmane; Walker, Janet S.; Amali, Said ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Article)This study attempts to address the challenges of students in higher education in Qatar. The study draws on student perceptions, beliefs, outlook, and context; we approach the study through grounded means by posing leading ... -
A Qualitative Study of Student Perceptions, Beliefs, Outlook and Context in Qatar: Persistence in Higher Education
Khalifa, Batoul; Nasser, Ramzi; Ikhlef, Atmane; Walker, Janet S.; Amali, Said ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Qatar has gone through an educational reform in year 2000; its educational and particularly schooling system went through a major overhaul from K-12 reaching higher education providers. The major reasons for the educational ... -
Adjustment to College in the United States: Perceptions of Qatari Students
Walker, Janet; Blakeslee, Jennifer; Khalifa, Batoul M; Nasser, Ramzi; Ikhlef, Atmane ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Given the rapid growth of Qatar's economy over recent decades, workforce demand for highly-skilled Qatari nationals has increased (Berrebi, Martorell, & Tanner, 2009; Qatar General Secretariat for Development Planning, ... -
All that glitters is not gold: Challenges of teacher and school leader licensure licensing system in Qatar
Ellili-Cherif, Maha; Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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
Naimy, Viviane Youssef; Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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 ... -
Critical Thinking and Qatar’s Education For a New Era: Negotiating Possibilities
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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 ... -
Factors that impact student usage of the learning management system in Qatari schools
Nasser, Ramzi; Cherif, Maha; Romanowski, Michael ( 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
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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 ... -
FINANCIAL AID AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: ITS IMPACT ON PERSISTENCE AND STUDENT SATISFACTION, THE CASE OF LEBANON
Nasser, Ramzi; Nauffal, Diane; Romanowski, Michael ( 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
Al-Attiyah, Asma; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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 ... -
How Critical Thinking is Taught in Qatari Independent Schools’ Social Studies Classrooms: Teachers’ Perspectives
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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 ... -
Identity issues: expatriate professors teaching and researching in Qatar
Romanowski, Michael H.; Nasser, Ramzi ( 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’ ... -
RISK FACTORS, LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH HABITS OF YOUNG ADULTS IN QATAR
Al-nakeeb, Yahya; Trad, Wafa; Al-maadeed, Asma; Al-qahtani, Alanod; Al-shammari, Dalal; Eisss, Loula; Al-ghanim, Hassan; Ali, Mustafa; Mansour, Mohamad; Al-emadi, Ahmad; Nasser, Ramzi... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Background & Objectives The state of Qatar has witnessed significant lifestyle changes due to rapid urbanization, the introduction of labour-saving devices and the availability of high-caloric density food. This has impacted ... -
Teacher perceptions of professional development in the context of national educational reform: the case of Qatar*
Nasser, Ramzi; Romanowski, Michael H. ( 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 ... -
Women perceived practices of mothering in a socially changing Qatari society
Nasser, Ramzi; Viruru, Radhika; Al-Attiyah, Asma; Abuiyada, Reem ( Medwell Journals , 2016 , Article)This study proposes to examine the ways in which motherhood as a social phenomenon is constructed within Qatari culture. Understanding the role of mothers in society as well as the mothering practices could lead to ...