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The Impact of Feedback for Lesson Observation on Improving Teacher Performance: A Study among Teachers and School Leaders at Selected Public Schools in Abu Dhabi
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-11) SHEHAB, AMAL SHAIKH ALAWI; Dr Solomon David
Giving constructive feedback is an essential skill that school leaders should have to help teachers develop and improve their teaching efficiency. This study aims to investigate the impact of feedback by school leaders in enhancing teaching performance from school leaders’ and teachers’ perspectives in selected public sector schools in Abu Dhabi. The main research question of the study probe: What is the impact of administrative feedback by school leaders in enhancing the teaching performance of teachers? The review of central concepts, theories, and related studies indicated that a constructive strategy for feedback focusing on teaching and learning for teachers is critical for achieving reforms and gaols of an education system. The current research was inspired by the research works of authors Balyera & Özcanb 2020, Cioppa 2020 and Alhosani 2015 associated with the present subject of the study. The study adopts a sequential explanatory mixed methods design articulated in three phases: The first phase was a quantitative process followed by a qualitative process. A survey method followed by semi-structured interviews and focus group discussion (FGD) method were used for data collection. Purposive sampling was used during the course of this investigation. 119 teachers and 17 school leaders participated in the survey process, and 10 teachers and four school leaders participated in the interview process. In addition to that, 6 participants were included in the FGD. The findings indicated that taking into account all of the components of constructive feedback (usefulness, accuracy, credibility, access to resources, responsiveness) is the most effective way to provide feedback and significantly impacts teachers' performance. These findings demonstrate a twofold advantage of assessment and feedback for teachers personally and for improving their teaching, which should be noted by policy makers, school leaders, school principals, and instructors. The findings of the current research work are limited to Abu Dhabi with a mixed research methodology based on the diverse sample of teachers and school leaders, irrespective of their cultural backgrounds. It is suggested for future research work to consider multiple aspects, including feedback that may affect the performance of teachers in different research settings. In the current study, it is asserted that feedback must be frequent and conducted several times during the school year, formal and informal, and focused on teaching methods and student behaviour rather than the teacher's personality. Performance improvement is only achievable if feedback is timely and accurate.
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Application of Machine Learning Algorithms to Enhance Money Laundering and Financial Crime Detection
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-09) HAMDALLAH, KHALID WAJIH TURKI; Professor Sherief Abdallah
The underlying idea of this thesis is to understand the current challenges and difficulties that financial institutions face with regards to the prevention and detection of financial crime and suspicious activities in relation to fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing. It sheds light upon contemporary developments in financial crime activities and the anti-money laundering regulations, policies and frameworks that have been set in order to address this issue and overcome the associated challenges and difficulties. The collection of information in relation to financial crime activities alongside adopted existing regulations would facilitate the identification of the weaknesses and flaws that constitute the areas for enhancement. The investigation process follows the scientific method approach and hence starts with a background (introduction) of financial crime history and its types including fraud, money laundering, market manipulation, insider trading which might be used to finance terrorist activities. The literature review would cover the details and particulars of each type of financial crime such as money laundering, fraud, market manipulation and insider training. It would also cover the current methodologies and technologies used to prevent and detect financial crime and suspicious financial activities. The background overview serves as pillars to support the research aim, objectives and questions. In order to analyze the performance of machine learning algorithms, data was provided by a bank to be used for educational purposes and shall remain undisclosed. The data was used as training and testing sets to analyze certain machine learning algorithms in terms of performance (cost / benefit analysis) and accuracy (mean error square and confusion matrix). The research is concluded with a conclusion section which recapitulates the results obtained and observations with regards to the current detection mechanisms and the applied machine learning algorithms. The recommendation section emphasizes the steps that can be taken and improvements to the existing methodologies and tools used in the prevention and detection of financial crimes.
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Analysing Factors Influencing AI Implementation Effectiveness in the UAE Public Sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-10) ALAWADHI, JASSIM; Professor Stephen Wilkins
This research examines factors influencing AI implementation effectiveness in the public sector. Governments globally compete to advance public sector services and transform public services to digital to fulfil continuous citizens and business demands to reach the expectation of state-of-the-art services. Thus, governments worldwide are racing to utilise advanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Hence, governments implement Artificial Intelligence systems to develop cutting-edge platforms, serving as a base for the government's journey to AI-based government transformation. Existing literature reveals that organisations' cognitive technology projects fail to meet their successful implementation. Therefore, the AI-deployed system fails to deliver the expected performance and objective outcome. Further, scholars discuss gaps in AI field literature and reveal the absence of public sector articles since most AI articles are technical. Also, there is a literature gap in empirical quantitative theory-based research and research measuring the effectiveness of AI system implementation. Moreover, scholars reveal that nations' AI strategies are inspirational and lack implementation guidance. Consequently, this research aims to fill the gap in the literature by creating a theory-based, quantitative study to examine factors that influence the implementation effectiveness of Artificial Intelligence in the public sector at the organisational level from a technology, organisation, and environment perspective. Based on the extensive literature review, the thesis formulates a theoretical framework that combines the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DOI), the Institutional Theory (INT), and the Technology – Organisation – Environment Framework (T.O.E) to act as the researcher's lens to view the study world. This study tested hypotheses based on literature and existing theories. Hence, the researcher adopted objectivist worldwide ontology, positivist epistemology, explanatory deductive reasoning, and a quantitative method as study philosophy to examine the relationship between the study factors. The research findings indicate a significant relationship between study factors. However, the results show a lack of significance between technology compatibility, usability, and effectiveness of AI implementation. Further, the study results reveal an insignificant relationship between culture impact and AI implementation effectiveness in the UAE public sector. The research implies that public sector top management is critical to AI system implementation; therefore, public sector top management must have cognitive technology knowledge and understand the Technology – organisation – Environment aspects for implementing AI systems. To effectively implement AI systems, top management should plan strategically to retain organisation data with quality, create a collaborative culture, strategically demonstrate the organisation's competitive advantage, cooperate with human resources to hire AI expertise to lead AI-based projects and adopt an implementation framework.
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The Impact of Leaders’ Collegiality on Teachers’ Engagement for Organizational Improvement: A Case Study in an IB School in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-11) AKIJIAN, ROUPINA; Dr Solomon David
The essence of this study arises from the developments observed in the 21st century, where researchers have dedicated substantial endeavors towards investigating the importance of collegiate leadership in elevating the standard of education within school environments. This study delves into the crucial role of leaders' collegiality in driving school improvement, emphasizing the necessity for positive school leadership practices in enhancing educational quality. The primary objective is to investigate how leaders' collegiality contributes to school improvement and students' academic achievement. Shedding the light on the main research question, which is: What is the impact of leaders’ collegiality on teachers’ engagement for school improvement in IB schools? Drawing upon a range of leadership theories and studies, with particular emphasis on selected key theories, the research employs a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative data from interviews with senior and middle leaders and teachers with quantitative data from surveys distributed to middle and senior leaders and teachers. This study does not only highlight the importance of leaders’ collegiality in Abu Dhabi schools but also ensures the importance of collegiality in IB schools since ADEC / ADEK evaluation forms as Irtiqaa that are utilized to evaluate schools’ performance in Abu Dhabi is one of the main aspects schools focus on in teachers’ performances to achieve during all school academic year. The findings of this study reveal that leaders' collegiality positively influences employees, fostering a conducive working environment and ultimately leading to improved student academic success. This study underscores the critical importance of leaders' collegiality in educational practice, offering insights for future research and emphasizing the need for positive school leadership practices in school improvement efforts.
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Re-Orienting Awareness to Human Sustainability by Integrating Indoor Spaces Strategies in Schools. Case studies from Sharjah and Ajman
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-12) ALZIR, NADIA AHMAD; Dr Wael Sheta
A combination of global and regional methods can lead to the sustainability of the entire universe; this may also require a massive, extensive effort on a larger scale. Environmental sustainability is defined as the planet's resistance to the universe's eventual expansion- as the planet's destiny-, which is brought on by the planet's rising temperature and the greenhouse gases that will eventually produce an explosion! Fighting against this fate will slow it down, but it won't stop it! In contrast, one way to change one's perspective on "what really needs to be sustained" is to consider for whom the environment is being maintained.It's crucial to understand that sustainability includes not just environmental considerations but also social, emotional, psychological, humanitarian, and economic ones. The lack of sustainability, internally and externally, has become a significant problem in today's society. Most of the time, Sustainability is typically associated with actions taken at a global level, but it is also vital to consider its effects in our immediate surroundings, especially, in indoor environments where we spend a big portion of our lives, as well as in the most important aspect among all, Our own selves. The integration between the sustainability of indoor strategies and individual well-being are two interrelated elements that affect the overall sustainability of our environment. By choosing strategies or objectives such as Feng Shui, Biophilic design, minimalism, and Islamic principles "FBMI" -as external strategies- and then studying how they will affect occupants' neuro programming and psychological well-being - the internal section- we can create indoor spaces that do not only prioritize sustainability but also enhance the psychology and well-being of individuals..Aim: This article examines the demand for human sustainability through the educational sector by focusing on Re-Orienting Awareness to Human Sustainability by Integrating Indoor Spaces Strategies in Schools. Methodology: Two schools were selected: The International School of Creative Science in Mueileh, ISCS and Al-Shola American School in Ajman, SAS. A voice recording of two Interviews of seven questions was done with the schools' principals, plus Two types of survey questionnaires -kids and adults- were distributed on 600 responders, as follows, 400 responses from SAS and 200 responses from ISCS. Surveys targeted these categories as follows,100 kids between grades 3-6, 150 adult students between grades 7-12, and 150 teachers in SAS, meanwhile, in ISCS were distributed as 100 kids, 50 adult students and 50 teachers. The agreement scale questionnaire which targets adults and the image choice questionnaire which targets the children are the two selected types of questionnaire. Data will be analysed after collection by software such as Excel sheet ,Nvivo and SPSS. Results: An average of 74% of the 400 adult respondents agreed that the external environment variables (airflow, site orientation, natural light, greenery, minimalism, and faith) can positively impact participants' psychology; furthermore, 73.74% of the same respondents disagreed on -the participants' psychology and well-being can be healed or enhanced by the external environment variables alone-; instead, there must be internal self-healing and enhancements. Any Indoor space strategies can't be effective if the three main human components are not well sustained. > 80% of the total 400 responses from both cases, agreed that Human sustainability is required and a vital core in sustaining the environment, which is considered a high rate of DEMAND for human sustainability through schools. Reorienting our awareness towards human sustainability is a Demand.