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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...

Enablers and Barriers to Knowledge sharing in the UAE infrastructural projects See

The sharing of knowledge could be a catalyst for achieving organisational goals more quickly, or it could also be a means to a poor ending of a project. Recent researches have recognised the complications of knowledge sharing (KS) practices in projects due to their temporal nature and unaccountability of clients and beneficiaries in regard to projects. This thesis aims to examine how KS is successfully utilised to create successful projects in the infrastructure development sector. The resear...

Developing a Framework for improving Business Continuity Management success (BCM) in UAE Construction Industry See

The main purpose of carrying out this study was to explore the concept of Business Continuity Management (BCM). Research even determines ways for Business Continuity Management (BCM). The study identifies alternative for BCM in UAE Construction industry. At the end, research recommends Frame work for the effective implementation of BCM in UAE that can be used by UAE’s construction industry to ensure BCM. Research methodology The researcher has emphasized on implementing deductive method wh...

Evaluating and Optimizing the Indoor Environment Quality of Historical Museums in UAE See

With the important role of museums in preserving the history for future generations in different societies, ancient historical artifacts are the main factor differentiating the indoor environments of museums from all other buildings environments. This study identifies the current on going practices of UAE historical museums indoor environments in terms of artifact safety and preservation, intelligence and integration level of the different components, as well as the sustainability leve...

Employer's perceptions and Higher Education Institutions initiatives towards UAE Graduate Employability See

The purpose of this study investigates the employability of UAE graduates by i) confirming what initiatives Higher Education Institutions are currently implementing to improve UAE graduate employability, ii) determining what initiatives Employers require Higher Education Institutions to implement to improve their employability, iii) identifying the main influences for Employers when deciding to employ UAE graduates. The UAE government is focused on developing a knowledge economy as the use o...

The Role of Governmental Educational Institutions in Implementing Talents’ Development Programs in the UAE: An Explanatory Study See

UAE educational institutions implement gifted and talented development programs; therefore, this study was the first to examine the application of these programs in UAE schools. The main research question of the study was to examine the efficiency of this implementation and the accuracy of outcomes of the applied programs over several stakeholders. The study adopted a qualitative explanatory method design to collect the data. The collection method included interviews with parents of the gifte...

Decision-making Bid or Not to Bid in Construction project – UAE See

The definition of bidding in construction filed is the ability of the company to make offers or tenders for a job opportunity. The construction filed. Construction in the UAE accounts for 14% of the UAE's total GDP (Gross Domestic Product). The economy performance can be measured by GDP’s indicator. Growth in GDP it means strong economy and high standard of living. This strong relationship between the construction tenders and the country's GDP growth highlights the importance of improving the...

A Comparative Study of Students’ Experiences of Formative and Summative Assessment Types and Students’ Perspectives about Using Them in EFL High Schools in Turkey See

This comparative study reports on the analysis of students’ experiences of summative and formative assessment types in order to come up with new insights based on the probable ways of assessing students in the most efficient and effective ways in EFL classrooms in Turkey. Recent literature was surveyed and the research questions were underpinned accordingly. Qualitative methodology is applied which gives the researcher the opportunities in the most suitable way to assess the learning process ...

Will There Be A Spark In The Dark? See

This study aims to investigate and evaluate critically the present status of Inclusion for students with Autistic Syndrome Disorder (ASD) within the mainstream in primary section of three private schools in Dubai, UAE, and determine how much support is rendered to such students and can we term it as “A Spark in the Dark”. The goal of incorporating students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) into the regular streamline of education is to bring about awareness and understanding within students...

Impacts of technology assisted science teaching on students learning outcome for 9th grade students in a private school in Dubai See

The search for learning and teaching methods has led to the exploration of various methods such as traditional and technology integrated. In addition to that, there has been controversies surrounding the use of technology in the classroom. This study is conducted to determine the effectiveness of integrating technology methods over the traditional teacher-centered way of teaching science classes. The aim of the study is test how effective integration of ICT is in the classroom. Key studies co...

Managing behavioural challenge among learners with SEND in Primary Private Schools in Dubai: Teachers’ perspective See

Education is one of the constitutional rights guaranteed by law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to all without discrimination. The provisions of the Federal Law No. 29 of 2006, as amended by Federal Law No. 14 of 2009 on the Rights of the Disabled, affirm that this right is guaranteed to persons with disabilities. The most important initiatives adopted by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in this regard are the "School for All" initiative, an initiative to promote the integration of persons...

Industrial Processes Performance Improvement using Six Sigma Principles and Tools See

For the block bottom paper bag company, the main areas to consider were paper quality, printing, slitting, and glue type. In this project, TQM and Six Sigma DMAIC methodology were used to improve the process of paper bag making to make sure that the output of the manufacturing process meets the demands of customers. This dissertation was implemented in Falcon Pack, a company that is located in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The data collected from the Falcon Pack Company was used to make an a...

Investigating the Use of “Lughati Tablets” to Promote Arabic Reading Skills to Students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: A case study at The Sharjah City of Humanitarian Services (UAE) See

Acquiring reading proficiency starts at early ages and develops throughout the years however with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) children, this process does not on the whole move along standardized norms for reading development based on chronological age. This study examines the reading development of SEND students who are using Lughati tablets as Assistive Technologies (AT) to support their reading progress in Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services (SCHS). Investigating...

Director Engagement with Corporate Purpose: The Contribution and Potential of Institutional Investors See

This thesis develops an improved conceptual understanding of when and how directors, as key corporate governance actors, engage with corporate purpose as a company’s raison d’être, and how institutional investors contribute to their engagement. There is a gap in the corporate governance academic literature as to how corporations and investors can enable director engagement, as a condition for corporations to create value for society as well as for investors. The thesis examines how institut...