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Managing Sustainable Global Events: Sustainability Practices of Expo 2020 See

There has been increasing international interest in the impact of hosting mega-events and the sustainability and legacy considerations during the Event Life Cycle (ELC). This research aims to understand the sustainability practices that a host city should adopt along with the legacy considerations. Hosting a sustainable mega-event requires attaching equal importance to the three pillars of sustainable development (economic, social, and environmental). However, focussing on these three pi...

The Effects of Inquiry-based learning on the Development of High School Biology Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in the UAE See

Background: Critical Thinking (CT) skills are believed to be essential skills that would enable people to improve the quality of their lives. Being a strong critical thinker is a major characteristic required for future job seekers. Educators agree that people can develop critical thinking skills through training and practicing core critical thinking skills. A suitable environment where CT skills can be implemented is in science education, as it is one of the strongest tools that can be utili...

Suggested Approach to Bridge the Gap between Grade 4 and grade 5 throughdeveloping the English Language Reading skills in Madar International School based on CCS standards See

This study comes under the title “Suggested Approach for Developing the English Language in Madar International School MIS (Bridging the Gap between Primary and Middle School) Based on the Common Core ALE Standards (CCS).” As the titled indicates, this study aims mainly to analyze the content of the English language curriculum followed by Madar international school (MIS) to determine the main reason behind the students’ low achievements in both internal and external standardized tests. It al...

Impact of Implementing STEM PBL Approach on Elementary Students’ Science Academic Achievement in Sharjah See

Nowadays, STEM education is trendy due to high demand for its professions: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. As the future is in need of improving students with a variety of required skills, many countries are improving their educational systems to meet such high demand. Project Based Learning (PBL), in the STEM education is considered as one of the best practices where the United Arab Emirates is paying a great deal of attention in order to improve the educational system. Th...

A Practical Framework for Delay Claims in the UAE What are the key topics that a legal practitioner should be aware of? See

Undoubtedly, construction disputes could be considered as one of the most complicated disputes in the legal community. It includes tremendous arguments from both technical and legal perspectives. Such complexity leads to extending the time of the dispute which means more costs on both employers and contractors, and definitely more loss to one of them. In 2017, it was reported that the main causes of the construction disputes in the Middle East, relate primarily to delay. The report also show...

The Cultural Impact on the Use of ABA as an Intervention Tool for Learners with ASD in Dubai and Lebanon (Comparative Study) See

This research set out to carry out a mixed methods study on the cultural impact on the use of ABA as an intervention tool for learners with ASD in Dubai and Lebanon. The survey responses intended for use in the collection of quantitative data were so small, the research was only able to use these results for triangulation value. However, the collection of qualitative data through semi-structured interviews (3) and questionnaires (3) were quite instructive. Ultimately this research findings co...

Social Commerce Trust Factors and Users' Perspectives: A Study in UAE Based on Trust-Extended Technology Acceptance Model See

Nowadays, social commerce has been turned into the most interactive and the most convenient way in online shopping. Despite having multiple risks when performing a purchase through social networks, yet it is becoming the trend of the era. For that, the significance of trust has arisen along with the need to recognize the elements that influence trust in social commerce. These basic elements were identified as familiarity, electronic word-of-mouth, high knowledge in internet and social network...

Reliability and Utility of Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Test and Its Impact on Students' Learning: A Study in an American Curriculum School in Dubai See

Education has been given a major focus by educators and educational authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the launch of the National Agenda (NA) by His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in 2010. Accordingly, the education reform started to pave its way towards internationalism and national emulousness. Educational authorities were established to contribute to this reform. All Dubai private schools are supervised and followed up closely and regularly by the Knowledge...

Transnational Education and Employability Development See

The dissertation at hand aimed at investigating the advantages and disadvantages of Transnational Education and its impact on employability development. The researcher was able to answer the research questions in the literature review. The researcher was able to answer the question about the relevance between the TNE program and the curriculum design and pedagogy. Besides, the question about how aware TNE students are of the effect of curriculum on employability was answered. The researcher a...

DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE: INVESTIGATING THE IMPORTANCE OF BRANCH CAMPUSES OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES See

The spread of research universities over the globe especially to areas such as Dubai has warranted further scholarly enquiry. This research set out to investigate the phenomenon of branch campuses of research universities in other countries. A qualitative research approach was used and complemented with an exploratory research design. The population for the study was branch campuses of research universities based in Dubai. A sample of four branch campuses were purposively selected for case st...

The Manipulation of Digital Technology into The Classroom Settings: The Various Effects on The Teacher’s role and Practices See

This study aims to explore the reception of digital technology as an educational tool among teachers. Undoubtedly, the introduction of digital technology into Education has proven essential in a world that is governed by technology. However, the smoothness and success of this introduction seem to greatly vary based on the attitudes that teachers hold toward it and their performance in it. To assess these attitudes, this study has taken the case of one school in the UAE and performed extensive...

The new accounting standard IFRS 9 and its impact on how banks should provision for credit losses See

On Jan, 2018 the new accounting standard International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9) was implemented aiming in simplifying calculation of impairment and other financial measurements. The aim of this study is to examine the new accounting standard and its impact on how banks should provision for Expected Credit Losses (ECL) and its effect on other financial assets. The dissertation is based on qualitative approach where set of interviews with finance and corporate teams of banks and ...

Towards Evidence-Based Practice: Investigating Attitudes, Practices and Perception of Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students at a Higher Education Institution in Abu Dhabi See

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an essential component in health care related practices. It is crucial for all students undertaking programmes in these areas to develop appropriate attitudes, practices and perceptions to enable them to operate effectively as professionals after training. A review of available literature shows a gap in research about physiotherapy students’ propensity to adopt EBP in the undergraduate clinical practice within the United Arab Emirates. The purpose of this stud...

Students’ perceptions of Kahoot!: An exploratory mixed-method study in EFL undergraduate classrooms in the UAE See

In recent years, game-based student response systems (GSRS) such as Socrative, Quizlet, and Kahoot! has become a popular tool to increase motivation, enhance classroom engagement, and facilitate collaborative learning. Despite the popularity of GSRS, little research has attempted to understand student perceptions and experiences using these platforms for language learning across higher education in the Middle East. The purpose of this exploratory mixed methods research was to examine undergra...

Investigating High School Boys’ Academic Underachievement in Second Language Classrooms See

This paper examines boys’ low-achievement in comparison with girls in the high school section at a private school in Dubai. The researcher includes four questions to be answered. The first question seeks to explore the factors that contribute to boys’ underachievement in an ESL setting. Furthermore, the second and third questions in this paper seek to conceive the teachers’, students’, and leaders’ perspectives of the reasons that impact the boys’ achievement in the ESL setting, while the fou...

“DO FIDIC RED BOOK 1999 AMENDED CONTRACTS IN THE UAE FAVOR THE EMPLOYER OVER THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CONTRACTOR OVER THE SUBCONTRACTOR AND PROVIDE AN UNREASONABLE RISK, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE CIVIL LAW IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES COMPARED TO THE COMMON LAW OF THE UNITED KINGDOM?” See

This dissertation looks at the amended FIDIC 1999 red book contract in the United Arab Emirates and see if the amended FIDIC Red book favours the Employer over the Contractor or the Contractor over the Subcontractor, which provides unreasonable risk to the Contractor or the Subcontractor, and whether the amended FIDIC red book contract is supported by the Civil Law in the United Arab Emirates and the Common Law in the United Kingdom. The dissertation briefly looks into the FIDIC 2017 Red book...

Application of Balance Scorecard for Assessing and Improving School Teacher’s Performance: A study in a Public School in Al Ain See

The balanced scorecard is a performance management tool to assess the performance of the teacher by considering four different aspects. The schools in Al Ain are evaluating the performance of the teachers by analysing financial, customers, child development growth and staff improvement as these factors encourage the teachers to engage in their work and perform at their level best. The research was conducted with aim to evaluate the implication of balanced scorecard in the schools to analyze t...

Investigating the Influence of the Individual Empowerment and Cultural Intelligence on the Emergence of Innovation in the Public Sector. See

Based on the necessity to transform public sector higher education service providers to become more innovative and responsive to the market’s dynamic needs, and in response to the rapid changes and challenges caused by the impact of the 4th industrial revolution and the globally connected economies that require dynamic, flexible, and syncronised systems to accommodate their continuous evolutions. This research investigates the influence of employee empowerment and Cultural Intelligence (CQ) o...

Exploring the Influence of Expatriation on Individual Identities and Shopping Behaviours in the UAE See

With the arrival of globalization, the amount of expatriation is constantly increasing. While adjustment of expatriates to a new environment has gained great attention in literature, few studies are available on expatriate shopping behaviour. Particularly in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the expatriate population is much higher than the local population, studies on expatriation remain limited and tend to be descriptive in nature. Furthermore, a basic tenet of existing literature state...