The current study focused on examining the developmental stages of preschool teachers in the Arab Gulf region. Specifically, the needs and concerns of teachers were investigated using a pretest/posttest (12-month interval) design. Participants included two groups of preschool te…
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This inquiry explores the work life of Iqbal, a government secondary school headteacher in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. In particular, it examines the nature of his school improvement challenges, how he addresses these challenges and his overall role as a school developer. I …
This study analyzes the policy documents of an educational transformation initiative for a high school system in Malaysia known as Maktab Rendah Sains MARA Bitaras (MRSM Bitaras). This school system is established for the Bumiputras (“Sons of the Soil”), including the Malays, wh…
Educational researchers agree that the leadership of the principal is a vital component to the overall success of educational reform. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among the teachers' perceptions of the leadership provided by the elementary school pr…
The purpose of this study was to survey the opinions of students, administrators, and faculty at three Nigerian universities on what constitutes primary educational goals for students and on effectiveness of related programs and services. The opinions of students were compared w…
This study was undertaken to obtain the perceptions and attitudes of employers, faculty, and students toward the cooperative education programs at two-year post-secondary technical and vocational institutes in the State of Kuwait. To accomplish this, four groups affecting cooper…
The first purpose which guided this study was to determine the perceptions of the present personnel at NWFP Agricultural University, Pakistan regarding the past and present use of models of decision making and their preferences for future decision making. The university was crea…
This study investigated factors that influence the perceptions of secondary school teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) regarding the supervisory practices in the United Arab Emirates (UAESS). A 40-item questionnaire was distributed to 300 EFL teachers currently emplo…
This study investigated the teacher-principal perceptions of the organizational climate in elementary and intermediate public schools in the district of Benghazi, Libya. The data for this study were obtained by using the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ), d…
The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences between the perceptions held by students, teachers, and administrators regarding single, pregnant girls in the public secondary schools of the State of Alabama. The perceptions of males and females, composing t…
The level of education in a country is an accurate indicator of its level of social development. The Ministry of Education in the UAE is a clear testimony to the fact that this country is still a developing nation. This nation is exerting efforts to improve its status through ma…
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe factors that affect Nigerian students in the United States and relate how students were being prepared to assume positions of greater importance to their nation's economic development upon their return. The study was prompte…
Significance of the Problem. In Kuwait investment in human resources is crucial. Education must be among top priorities of any general plan. Planning, in general, and educational planning, in particular, must play a major role in solving immediate and future problems. Four criti…
Institutions of higher education during the last two decades have experienced a period of unprecedented growth, restricted financial support, public calls for accountability, and an increase in the complexity of the educational system. In an effort to obtain better management an…
This predictive validity study was undertaken to determine the best operational combination of predictor variables of university performance of a population of 1031 Malaysian government-sponsored students in the Institut Teknologi MARA (ITM)/Texas International Education Consort…
In Malaysia, preferential policies have been given a constitutional status. Article 153 of the Constitution authorizes a mechanism "to safeguard the special position of the Malays through a system of quotas" applied, among others, to scholarships and to educational training. In …