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  • From values to action: the role of personal and social values in shaping K−12 teachers' wellbeing and professional outcomes 

    Al- Thani, Hessa; Santhosh, Malavika E.; Al-Dosari, Mashael ( Frontiers Media , 2025 , Article)
    This systematic review explores the values upheld by K−12 teachers, examining their impact on teachers' wellbeing and their professional outcomes. Anchored in Schwartz's theory of human values, this study investigates the ...
  • Virtual Frontiers in STEM Education: A Systematic Review and SWOT Analysis of Virtual Reality-Based Interventions at the Preparatory School Level 

    Kamal Naji, Khalid; Al-Ali, Abdulla; Ayari, Mohamed Arselene; Santhosh, Malavika E.; Naji ,Abdellatif Khalid Kamal; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2025 , Article)
    This systematic review explores the potential of virtual reality-(VR)-based interventions in preparatory-level STEM education, incorporating Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis for a comprehensive ...
  • Aquatic Plyometric Drills for Children 

    Konukman, Ferman; Sortwell, Andrew; Filiz, Bijen; Tüfekçioglu ,Ertan; Hermassi, Souhail ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2025 , Article)
    Aquatic plyometric drills for children offer a promising avenue for promoting physical fitness and skill development. By following the guidelines recommended in this article, physical educators and coaches can ensure safe ...
  • Pathways to STEM Identity: High School Students' Perceptions in Qatar 

    Sellami, Abdellatif; Santhosh, Malavika E; Michaleczek, Igor ( Frontiers Media , 2025 , Article)
    Introduction This study delves into the intricate relationship between various constructs of student identity formation, which helps comprehend their subsequent impact on students' interest and persistence in Science, ...
  • Problematising PBL in Higher Education in GGC Countries: The Case of Qatar 

    Chaaban, Youmen; Al-Thani, Hessa; Du, Xiangyun ( Springer Nature , 2025 , Book chapter)
    In this chapter, we use Foucault’s problematisation approach to analyse the ways in which the concept of Problem- and Project-based Learning (PBL) is constructed and contested within the GCC higher education context, with ...
  • Teaching Sustainability in Qatar: Challenges for Teacher Readiness 

    Bruder, Jennifer; Hamwy, Noor; Sellami, Abdellatif; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Springer Nature , 2025 , Book chapter)
    The core obstacle in imparting knowledge about sustainability lies in teachers’ readiness, which encompasses an internal motivation and commitment towards sustainability, adequate knowledge, and teaching techniques, as ...
  • University students’ use and metalinguistic understanding of code glosses: A cross-linguistic study of students’ L1 Arabic and L2 English argumentative writing 

    Ahmed, Abdelhamid M.; Rezk, Lameya M. ( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)
    This study investigates the use of interactive metadiscourse markers, known as code glosses, in argumentative texts produced by Qatari university students writing in both their L1 Arabic and L2 English. An analysis of 390 ...
  • Accreditation and the Standardization of Syllabi: Critical Reflections from the College of Education at Qatar University 

    Al-Muftah, Esraa; Alkhateeb, Hadeel ( Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. , 2020 , Book chapter)
    Scholars studying international accreditation practices traditionally assess the successes and failures of such programs (e.g., Collins, 2015; Altbach & Knight, 2007). Still, others investigate the reasons behind the spread ...
  • Active learning engagement in teacher preparation programmes - A comparative study from Qatar, Lebanon and China 

    Du, Xiangyun; Chaaban, Youmen; Sabah, Saed; Al-Thani, Alanood Mubarak; Wang, Li ( Routledge , 2020 , Article)
    This study investigated student teachers' preferred active learning strategies, and those which they actually received during their teacher preparation programmes. An explanatory mixed methods research design was adopted, ...
  • The effect of family literacy programs on the development of children's early literacy in kindergarten settings 

    Ihmeideh, Fathi; Al-Maadadi, Fatima ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
    The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of family literacy programs on developing kindergarten children's early literacy skills in Qatar. Three hundred and twenty kindergarten children (166 girls and 154 ...
  • Exploring research ethics through the lens of critical posthumanism in the age of Artificial Intelligence 

    Chaaban, Youmen ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2025 , Article)
    Drawing on critical posthumanism, I attempt to theorize an alternative, non-linear conceptualization of graduate students’ experiences with AI ethics in the context of an educational research methodology course. The ...
  • Forms of implementation and challenges of PBL in engineering education: a review of literature 

    Chen, Juebei; Kolmos, Anette; Du, Xiangyun ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2021 , Article)
    During the last 40 years, problem- and project-based learning (PBL) has been widely adopted in engineering education because of its expected effectiveness in developing students' professional knowledge and transferable ...
  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

    Michael, Brauer; Roth, Gregory A; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Zheng, Peng; Abate, Kalkidan Hassen; ... more authors ( Elsevier Ltd. , 2024 , Article)
    Background: Understanding the health consequences associated with exposure to risk factors is necessary to inform public health policy and practice. To systematically quantify the contributions of risk factor exposures to ...
  • Middle and High School Students’ Attitudes towardDistance Education: The Case of Qatar 

    Alshaboul, Y. M.; Abu-shawish, R. K.; Alazaizeh, M. A. ( ASR Research India , 2022 , Article)
    Countries worldwide have been facing an unprecedented virus that viciously sweptthroughout society, drastically changing everyday life. Governments enforced new safety measures to protect their citizens; many ...
  • Enriching computing identity frameworks: integrating current constructs and unveiling new dimensions for today’s tech-savvy world—a systematic review 

    Santhosh, Malavika E.; Siby, Nitha; Sellami, Abdellatif; Bhadra, Jolly; Ahmad, Zubair ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2024 , Article)
    This systematic review seeks to improve the existing framework for developing students’ Computing Identity (CI) by integrating contemporary elements and identifying new dimensions. A meticulous selection of 31 articles ...
  • Understanding the Relationship between Students’ Perception of Environmental and Psychological Variables and Their STEM Learning in Qatar: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach 

    Sellami, Abdel Latif; El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji; Santhosh, Malavika Elaveetil; Al-Thani, Maryam Fahad; Al Emadi, Noor Ahmad ( Lectito , 2023 , Article)
    This research sought to investigate the relationship between students’ perceptions of various environmental and psychological factors and their STEM learning. The study incorporated quantitative exploratory design, including ...
  • Differentiated instruction between application and constraints: Teachers' perspective 

    Al-Shaboul, Yousef; Al-Azaizeh, Manar; Al-Dosari, Nasser ( Eurasian Society of Educational Research , 2021 , Article)
    This study aimed to investigate the degree to which teachers in Qatar implement differentiated instruction as well as the impact of years of experience, qualifications, grade, school subjects and training on teachers' use ...
  • Drawing lessons from PISA: Qatar’s use of PISA results 

    AlKaabi, Nouf Abdullah; Al-Maadeed, Najlaa; Romanowski, Michael H.; Sellami, Abdellatif (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 ...
  • A systems-thinking approach to evaluating a university professional development programme 

    Chaaban, Youmen; Al-Thani, Hessa; Du, Xiangyun ( Taylor and Francis , 2024 , 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 Qatar. This study ...
  • Teacher educators’ simplex system in navigating the process of responding to disruptive education–a case from Qatar 

    Al-Thani, Hessa; Chaaban, Youmen; Du, Xiangyun ( Taylor and Francis , 2022 , Article)
    The study explored teacher educators’ experiences in navigating the process of responding to disruptive education due to the COVID 19 pandemic. From a complexity theory lens, the concept of simplex system was used to examine ...

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