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Glocal Community Engagement: The Impact Of Extra-Curricular Activities On College Students’ Self -Authorship, Noha Aly
Capstone and Graduation Projects
College students face a multitude of challenges that incorporate the need to think critically, explore potentials and interests, detect which path to follow, and develop intercultural maturity. Consequently, aiming at navigating life complexity, universities’ learning outcomes are required to correspond to epistemological, intrapersonal, and interpersonal dimensions of development, whose integration constitute what developmental theorists term self-authorship. The purpose of this research study was to examine the impact of college students’ engagement in community based extra-curricular activities on the development of their self-authorship. To achieve this, participants were recruited from three categories of extra-curricular activities practiced at a transnational university in …
Action Research For The Development And Integration Of Child Protection Policies And Practices At Private Schools In Egypt, Hana Abdelsalam
Action Research For The Development And Integration Of Child Protection Policies And Practices At Private Schools In Egypt, Hana Abdelsalam
Capstone and Graduation Projects
Violence against children is a widespread phenomenon in Egypt. The education sector has a large role to play in preventing violence and promoting child-wellbeing inside and outside schools. This study reviews the literature, assesses the current status and attitudes regarding School-Based Child Protection and documents a nine-month action research project conducted with International British Schools. Data is collected via six school visits, a baseline questionnaire administered to 60 respondents from 44 schools, field notes, participant feedback and participant reflections. The paper discusses lessons learned on the school’s needs, challenges and opportunities, as well as culture-specific aspects and contextual factors that …
Mentorship Programs: A Comparative Study On Mentoring Novice Teachers, Rana Elafify
Mentorship Programs: A Comparative Study On Mentoring Novice Teachers, Rana Elafify
Capstone and Graduation Projects
The study explores novice teachers’ mentorship programs’ frameworks in United Arab Emirates, Estonia, Kenya and China. An overview on the present utilized frameworks is presented to define mentoring from the country’s perspective, in order to shed light on the benefits and the type of mentorship programs provided to novice teacher. The study closely examines the program’s anatomy, while analyzing the assessment and evaluation methods used. The findings present the major challenges hindering the implementation and the consistency of mentoring programs in the selected countries. Recommendations are made to provide an altered sample framework that addresses the various areas of deficiencies …
Exploring The Ability Of Montessori Education To Achieve Sustainability And Global Citizenship Education, Howaida Sayed Mohamed
Exploring The Ability Of Montessori Education To Achieve Sustainability And Global Citizenship Education, Howaida Sayed Mohamed
Capstone and Graduation Projects
This research is exploring the ability of Montessori education in providing the children with skills that education for sustainable development and global citizenship education are calling for. The approach of this work is based on literature review. This research seeks to find an answer to three questions which are the following: To what extent does Montessori education, which became popular in Egypt recently, help in providing the young age children with skills that education for sustainable development is calling for? Does Montessori education have the potential to change the behavior of individuals and societies and provide them with skills that …
Language And Thought In Egypt's Schools Today: What Does Arabic Mean To Arabic Native Speakers? A Literature Review, Diego Dalle Carbonare
Language And Thought In Egypt's Schools Today: What Does Arabic Mean To Arabic Native Speakers? A Literature Review, Diego Dalle Carbonare
Capstone and Graduation Projects
Sociocultural education initiated by Leo Vygotsky strongly believes that language of instruction affects thinking. With regards to the present situation in Egypt, the present research explores the current literature on the value that Arabic has in the Arabic speaking world. Over against a wide-spread opinion that English should be used as the only medium of instruction in early years of literacy, literature shows that some forms of immersion have negative impact on the mastery of mother tongue, and on the very development of cognitive skills. The linguistic and educational scenario is further complicated by the fact that Arabic is a …