This research study examined how Groupthink affects educational decision making for building level administrators by identifying the most prominent symptoms of Groupthink and by exposing the characteristics that create an increase of vulnerability to Groupthink. Participants for…
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The Philosophy and History of Al-Khalwa in the Sudan begins with a brief general introduction to Islamic education so that Al-Khalwa can be seen in context. The history of Islam in the Sudan and the institution of Al-Khalwa until the end of the Funj period demonstrates how the u…
This study investigates the bully and the bullied from 1950 to 2010. It begins by presenting a historical background of each decade with the major historical events that defined our culture. Each decade can be characterized by a particular zeitgeist, or spirit of the times. Duri…
Morocco wants desperately to find her place amongst the twentieth century nations of the world. When one hears of Morocco one immediately thinks of Africa and of a culture foreign to the European nations, However all one has to do is to know a little about Morocco's history, geo…
This study, which was conducted with a mixed methods approach, identified specific teacher behaviors that enhance student engagement as perceived by the students. Students were asked to rate the behaviors they found as boosting their engagement in class as exhibited by their bes…
The purpose of this study is to introduce and explore the five-year generalist teaching cycle in Turkey from the elementary teachers' perspectives. The five-year generalist teaching cycle is the model in which a generalist teacher teaches the same group of students from 1st grad…
The goal of Universal Basic Education (UBE) launched by the federal republic of Nigeria in 1999 for the purpose of Education for All by the year 2015 is in doubt. A large body of literature has identified the challenges to its successful realization, namely: poor funding, infras…
This study explores the future Palestinian educational system as envisioned by the Palestinian leadership and educators in the new Palestinian self-ruled areas. The study provides a vision and a set of guidelines to develop an educational system and a broad-based curriculum phil…
Teacher turnover in international schools creates difficulties in hiring, raises viability questions about the schools, and has large financial implications. The research on teacher satisfaction and dissatisfaction is substantial, but the population of American school teachers w…
Change is constant in organizations. Turnover, particularly at the administrative level is a concern to the educational profession. Saudi Arabian International Schools-Dhahran District (SAIS-DD) experiences significant leadership turnover. The purpose of this study is to examine…
This study examines the reform undertaken by Israel's higher education system in the 1990's in an attempt to provide its disadvantaged population with equal access to higher education. Sephardic Jews of African-Asian origin had been Israel's disadvantaged population, lagging beh…
This study investigates the current status of microcomputer technology utilization among Saudi Higher Education Administrators (SHEA). It describes the current situation at four Saudi universities: King Saud University (KSU), King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUP…
This study examined the issue of burnout among special education teachers in Saudi Arabia. The level of burnout among teachers, the relationships between selected demographics and the three components of burnout, and the differences in the level of burnout among teacher categori…
This study examined language planning in education reform in the North African country of Morocco. To answer some of the questions raised about Arabization—the replacement of French by Classical Arabic in the educational system, a questionnaire survey of high school and universi…
Education has become a major thrust throughout the world. If a country is to advance and prosper economically, it has to participate in international trade and involve its citizens in cultural supplementation. Then, education becomes a need for the masses rather than a privilege…
In the last decade, particularly with the rise of terrorism, the link between education and propensity to approve of political violence has received renewed attention. In the context of violent extremism in Pakistan, this investigation has manifested itself in the intense attent…
For years, researchers, practitioners, legislators, parents, social workers, and community activists among others have toiled with the underachievement of urban students compared with their counterparts. It is well documented in the literature the high-risk environments to which…
This study investigates two Illinois High School districts from the years 1986-2011 and their extra-curricular Codes of Conduct. It begins by reviewing the evolution and background history of extra-curricular Codes of Conduct in Illinois High Schools. The specific development, e…