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Evidence shows that working mothers in today’s world face several challenges such as work demands, domestic responsibilities, and raising children. This research investigates the difficulties working mothers come across in their daily lives. It particularly looks at working mothers in the educational field in the United Arab Emirates. A small-scale study was carried out using both qualitative and quantitative methods in the form of questionnaires and interviews. The main findings revealed...

It is noticeable that the UAE represents a unique context where many social and economic changes have been made over the last few decades. These considerable changes have undoubtedly put pressure on the education sector which has to respond to new demands for varied teachings methods and curricula to be used with all students to meet international standards. On the other hand, there is an obvious need for improvement in schools’ inclusive practices. The expectations of the special and inclusi...

The aim of the study is to investigate the students and teachers’ perceptions about the effects of classroom discussion on teacher’s performance and student’s achievement. The importance of this study comes from the pedagogic reasons that classroom discussions are an effective strategy for learning ought to be imparted to students expressly. Students come into science classes expecting lectures. There are distinctive learning speculations built up in view of how students learn. Among these le...

This Dissertation explores all issues about construction delays, its definitions, causes and impact. Delay is considered as one of the fundamental issues that impinge projects due to its negative impact not only on time of delivery but also due to its associated ramifications, additional cost and losses. Its causes are spanned between the Contractor, Employer, third parties and project conditions. Concurrent delays are considered as one of the law notoriously problematical areas and most com...

Data has beneficial impacts on teachers’ and schools’ performance, hence, it a customary matter for schools since the past time to collect data from a variety of sources. The core of this research is to assess the extent of data availability, its use in decision-making process and assess the decision-making process’s participatory. Other core is to assess the stimulating and hindering factors that affect decision makers’ use of data in Dubai’s public and private secondary schools. ...

Knowledge management (KM)considered as project asset that add value to the projects and organizations as its useful in delivering the project on time , within budget and with high quality standards to satisfy projects owner. The main purpose of this study to (1) investigate the awareness level of the concept of Knowledge Management (KM) in the construction industry in United Arab Emirates (UAE) andthe important benefits of using KM system in both employees and organization, (2) explore the re...

With the current international focus on enhancing and improving STEM education, the United Arab Emirates is one of the developing counties that is paying attention to STEM education. This study was conducted to investigate STEM-related subjects’ teachers’ perceptions and implementations in American-system schools in the UAE. No research has been conducted in the UAE context on this topic. A mixed-methods approach was used to collect data; a questionnaire was developed to examine the perceptio...

It is clear that the population is growing drastically causing an increase in urban development and landscape expansion which as a result increase the demand for water. In the GCC region, water is becoming a threat with the impact of climate change and the lack of water resources. The main source of water is mostly desalination plants. Irrigation system can reduce water consumption but the current system might not solve the issues of water in the near future. This study is an evaluation to th...

Designing a proper daylight is very crucial when it comes to engineering and architecture. Such considerations provide various benefits in terms of increasing visual comfort and decreasing energy demands. The purpose of this study is to develop a new daylight performance metric that is suitable for dynamic facades. To fulfill this purpose, a modified daylight metric has been developed which consists of Dynamic Useful Daylight (DUD) to measure the work plane area that receives a desired day...

Electrical energy consumption is dramatically increasing due to industry developments and expanding of urban areas. Fossil fuels as an energy resource has many environmental and human health effects. Consequently, the demand for utilizing renewable clean energy arises. Wind energy is a significant source of energy since it is clean, renewable, and cost effective in comparison with other renewable resources like photovoltaic which has higher costs in production and maintenance. This research w...

The objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of inquiry-based learning and project-based learning approaches in the science and language at the high school level and their effectiveness. The researcher used a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach in order to accomplish this objective. A two-part survey questionnaire was used to examine the suitability of IBL and PBL to different subjects and the respondents’ perceptions about their use. A comparison of pre and post-tes...

The decision process related to the budgeting and selection of transportation infrastructure projects is considered one of the most complex tasks due to its dynamic interrelation with other Social, Economic, Environmental, Political, and Technological life aspects (Veryard, D., 2016). In this paper, we will explore the key literature and best practices worldwide related to the appraisal of transportation infrastructure projects, and develop a framework that includes all the related cost and ...

Purpose: The Project Management Office has become in trend in many organisations, although its role and maturity level differs from an organisation to another. There is extensive research that claims a direct correlation between PMO existence (within the organisation) and the successful delivery of projects (within the organisation), however a critical review of the literature does not actually articulate which precise attributes of PMO’s contributes to specific elements of project success. T...

This study attempts to expand the existing literature on modelling enterprise fragility and enterprise resilience and their impact on risk management performance. This research employed a quantitative method to collect data from risk management practitioners. It attempted to investigate the contribution of risk events on inducing enterprise fragility and the contribution of risk attributes on enhancing the enterprise resilience to the risk events that induce enterprise fragility. Severity ind...

This thesis investigates the influence of project manager innovation competencies on the delivery of successful innovation in projects in the United Arab Emirates. The objectives of this thesis are to critically investigate the impact of the project manager innovation competencies on the delivery of successful innovation in projects, and to analytically examine the mediation effect of the project manager innovation personality traits and the project manager innovation environment on the relat...

This study represents several types of research and investigation on learning styles and strategies in an academic environment and the reinforcement of Student-Centred programs to modify teaching and learning methods. Students support programs such as inclusion or EAL in education is probably one of the most common issues in various regions of the world. This issue is not fresh; therefore teachers are required to utilize different approaches and teaching methods to achieve tangible results, d...

This research sought to investigate the key drivers influencing the performance of Green Building (GB) in the UAE construction industry and whether these drivers are being changed over time or not. A quantitative research was executed using the survey methodology with stakeholders in various industry roles including consultants, contractors, and clients among others drawn from government, semi-government, and private organizations. The findings show that readiness in GB understanding was high...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of young Emirati high school and college students towards teaching as a career choice, and to reveal the changes that need to be done to the educational system in the UAE that could help in making teaching a more appealing career choice to these students. The problem addressed in this research paper is the lack of motivation among young Emirati students to join the field of teaching resulting in a severe shortage of nationals in this...

Although many studies have concentrated on grammar teaching, most of them has investigated how teachers verbally teach grammar and how their talk impacts on the learning process; thus this study fills the gap in this area. This dissertation aims to explore the impact of teacher talk on learning and acquiring English grammar in a natural interaction. Together with a qualitative realistic approach, the required data were collected. Fourteen EFL teachers of both genders were recorded conversing ...