السجلات المعروضة 121 -- 140 من 434

    • Transporting Problem-Based Learning to the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC): Using Cultural Scripts to Analyze Cultural Complexities 

      Romanowski, Michael H.; Karkouti, Ibrahim M. ( Purdue University Press , 2021 , Article)
      The globalization of education has increased large-scale education reforms worldwide. Over the past 15 years, Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC) have invested significant resources in reforming their education systems. ...
    • Policy borrowing and developing knowledge economies in GCC countries: a critique from a Human Capital Theory perspective 

      Abu-Shawish, Reem Khalid; Romanowski, Michael H.; Amatullah, Tasneem ( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2021 , Article)
      Globalization presents Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with opportunities for economic growth and transformation, as many of these nations face economic challenges such as the need for a diversified knowledge-based ...
    • Internationalization and CAEP accreditation: replicating US teacher education programs abroad 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)
      The Internationalization of Higher Education has led to uneasiness among non-US universities about their international reputation, ranking, and local legitimacy generating a growing interest in US accreditation. Specifically, ...
    • The idolatry of accreditation in higher education: enhancing our understanding 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Routledge , 2022 , Article)
      Worldwide accreditation systems for higher education are used by institutions and programmes to demonstrate their legitimacy to deliver quality education. Although there are many perceived benefits and criticisms of ...
    • Teachers’ understandings of the social and professional support needed to implement change in Qatar 

      Karkouti, Ibrahim M.; Abu-Shawish, Reem Khalid; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)
      Currently, Qatar is implementing an educational reform to enhance teaching and learning in public and private schools. The Qatar National School Accreditation significantly impacted Qatar's private schools, requiring ...
    • Controlling higher education from a distance: using foucault’s governmentality to better understand accreditation 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2022 , Article)
      The Internationalization of Higher Education (IHE) has expanded significantly in quantity, scope, and complexity over the past two decades, advancing into a complex system able to influence and control numerous aspects of ...
    • United States accreditation in higher education: does it dilute academic freedom? 

      Romanowski, Michael H.; Karkouti, Ibrahim M. ( Routledge , 2024 , Article)
      US higher education accreditation agencies provide external quality evaluation for institutions and programmes to deliver quality control and assurance. Although there is ample discussion about the benefits and drawbacks ...
    • Making the strange familiar and the familiar strange: A critical reflection on teacher educators and the coronavirus crisis 

      Abu-Shawish, Reem Khalid; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Springer International Publishing , 2022 , Book chapter)
      This chapter uses the framework of making the strange familiar and the familiar strange to discuss the sudden shift from face-to-face to online instruction in higher education during the coronavirus crisis. Educators should ...
    • CAEP Accreditation: Educational Neocolonialism and Non-US Teacher Education Programs 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2022 , Article)
      Under the facade of globalization, educational neocolonialism occurs through the transferring of educational theories and practices from the global north to the global south, potentially challenging and undermining indigenous ...
    • Preservice Teachers’ Perception of Plagiarism: A Case from a College of Education 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022 , Article)
      Few studies examine plagiarism in a Middle Eastern context, specifically from the perspectives of preservice teachers. As future gatekeepers of academic integrity, preservice teachers need to understand plagiarism. This ...
    • 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 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 ...
    • Using social capital to develop South African principals and schools 

      Romanowski, Michael H. ( Springer Science and Business Media B.V. , 2022 , Article)
      One feature of deprived communities is a lack of social capital. Yet, research reports that social capital contributes to poverty reduction and positively impacts schools and student educational outcomes. In South Africa, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Examining Qatar’s private and public-school teachers’ readiness for teaching about sustainability 

      Bruder, Jennifer; Hamwy, Noor; Sellami, Abdellatif; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)
      Understanding teacher readiness for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) instruction is crucial. This study investigated Qatar’s preparatory and secondary public and private school teachers’ perceived readiness to teach ...
    • Globalisation, policy transferring and indigenisation in higher education: the case of Qatar’s education city 

      Romanowski, Michael H.; Tok, Evren; Amatullah, Tasneem; Amin, Hira; Sellami, Abdellatif ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)
      Qatar’s transition from a hydrocarbon-based to a knowledge-based economy spurred the development of Education City, which houses several International Branch Campuses and one home-grown university, Hamad bin Khalifa ...
    • Challenges to Teachers Implementing Sustainable Development Goals Frameworks in Qatar 

      Hamwy, Noor; Bruder, Jennifer; Sellami, Abdellatif; Romanowski, Michael H. ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      Teachers play an essential role in teaching sustainable development to students. Consequently, understanding the challenges that hamper effective instruction is crucial. This study explored the challenges preparatory and ...
    • Problematizing Accreditation for Teacher Education 

      Romanowski, Michael H.; Alkhateeb, Hadeel ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2023 , Article)
      This essay aims to problematize US accreditation of teacher education. Foucault’s notion of problematization is used as a theoretical framework to explain how accreditation emerged in the past as a solution to perceived ...
    • 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 ( 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 ...
    • 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 ...