Browsing by Author "Chaaban, Youmen"
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Problematizing constructive alignment in higher education in gulf cooperation council countries
Romanowski, Michael H.; Alkhateeb, Hadeel; Chaaban, Youmen ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)Constructive alignment (CA) has developed into one of the most significant concepts in higher education since its establishment in the late 1990s. CA is a powerful instrument for curriculum design that aligns learning ... -
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 ... -
School leaders’ perspectives towards leading during crisis through an ecological lens: a comparison of five Arab countries
Arar, Khalid; Sawalhi, Rania; Chaaban, Youmen; Zohri, Abdelaziz; Alhouti, Ibrahim ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)This qualitative study compared school leaders’ perspectives towards their leadership practices in times of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of twenty-seven school leaders from public and private schools ... -
Student teachers development as teacher leaders during the practicum experience
Chaaban, Youmen; Sawalhi, Rania ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of student teachers' development as teacher leaders during a 12-week practicum experience at Qatari government schools. Design/methodology/approach: The investigation ... -
Student teachers' perspectives towards teacher leadership
Sawalhi, Rania; Chaaban, Youmen ( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This qualitative study aimed to explore six student teachers' changing perceptions and understandings of teacher leadership during their participation in a practicum experience in Qatar. The practicum experience particularly ... -
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 ... -
A systems-thinking approach to evaluating a university professional development programme
Chaaban, Youmen; Al-Thani, Hessa; Xiangyun, Du ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)Using social constructivist theories of adult learning, the Faculty Pedagogical Development (PD) Programme was designed to offer faculty a unique professional learning experience at one university in (country name). This ... -
Technology integration in EFL classrooms: A study of Qatari independent schools
Chaaban, Youmen; Ellili-Cherif, Maha ( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of teachers' individual characteristics and perceptions of environmental factors on the extent of technology integration into EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classrooms. ... -
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 ...