This qualitative study was designed to explore the phenomenon of non-standardized modern Israel education in Jewish pre-collegiate educational settings across North America. Moreover, it intended to illuminate how lack of standardization in this field could have implications for…
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Due to the numerous learning adaptations, a number of faculty and graduates within higher education are experiencing advent practices of marginalization. One of these challenges students face is learning to coupe with marginalization practices that tend to arise in the classroom…
The demographics of the American K-12 student body population have changed and include a growing number of students with limited English proficiency (LEP). These students require special instruction, but the prevalence of specialized English as Second Language (ESL) teachers is …
The purpose of this study was to determine which sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) model strategies best meet the needs of Arab English language learners (ELLs). Additional research was necessary to determine necessary modifications when using the SIOP model with…
An exploration into teachers’ understandings and operationalization of Academic Language and Explicit Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction for secondary English learners. It has been established that language is at the heart of teaching and learning (Dicerbo et al., 2014),…
A leadership concern relevant in today’s public education system is the disparity of scores also known as the achievement gap between the general education population and the English Language Learner (ELL). This qualitative study addressed administrators’ perceptions of transiti…
There are three main research goals of this study. The first one is to examine the level of technology integration into teaching by Saudi university faculty members. The second goal of this study is to investigate Saudi university faculty members’ perceptions of educational tech…
In its 2012-2016 Global Education Strategy, the UNHCR introduced a new paradigm of refugee education that called for inclusive refugee education. In this model of schooling, refugees study the curriculum of the host country, from local teachers and, often, alongside local studen…
With the increasing use of modern technological media in various areas of life, it has become necessary to develop teaching methods to deal with this change. One key to modernizing teaching methods is the integration of digital visual media into the educational process. The use …
Over the last decade, an extensive body of literature has demonstrated the essential role of formulaic language in learning and teaching a second language (L2) (Martinez & Schmitt, 2012). Educators and policy makers in the Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia have expressed the…
Students in Saudi Arabia need opportunities to develop higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills, but teachers typically rely upon knowledge transmission in face-to-face teaching. Flipped learning (FL), which integrates the features of online and face-to-face learning, ha…
The study examined the acculturation experiences of Asian Indian immigrant math and science teachers in a K-12 urban school district. The study was preceded by a pilot study in 2008 to develop a protocol for dissertation, which examined the acculturation experiences of professio…
This study investigated how curriculum can develop students’ ability to critically engage with cultural difference, specifically with regard to learning about Islam and Muslims. The significance of this study lies in its synthesis of both academic and practitioner perspectives o…
Reading is considered a foundation of learning, playing a vital role in the students' achievement at schools through the academic years. Teaching reading is a demanding task that requires extensive work and effort from teachers to develop reading and writing skills throughout th…
This study highlights the experiences of former high school students in learning and using their Heritage Language (HL) in their homes, communities, and community schools. The study also reveals the major challenges in maintaining and promoting Arabic language proficiency as vie…
This dissertation addresses the differences in the needs of professional development programs and activities among Arabic language teachers based on gender, level of education, and years of experience in three teaching process of Arabic language lessons which are planning, imple…
For many years, the Saudi national curriculum focused on memorization and exam-based, teacher-centered instruction. After recognition of the ineffectiveness of this traditional system, the Ministry of Education introduced a major curriculum reform in 2011, based on constructivis…
The fast growth of globalization and internationalization of businesses have necessitated developing intercultural business communication. Professionals in today's global job market, particularly those working in multilingual environments, need to be able to communicate with peo…
Buffalo, New York is the quintessential Rust Belt city. The spirit of hope deferred has hovered over the city from the days when Buffalo seemingly fell from grace, hemorrhaging the population from nearly 600,000 in 1959 to less than 260,000 in 2018. Buffalo is now rising from th…