Thursday, December 10, 2015
CLO5
LSC 2533 Research
Methods
E education in
UAE
Name: Ali Yousef
Al-Mansoori.
ID: H00277716.
Section: CIY.
Instructor: Hadliy .
Article 1
Section 1
Source: HCT Libraries page >Discover>Electronic
Resources
Search terms: education in
UAE
Section 2
Title: The market
route to higher education in UAE: its rationales and implications
Abstract:
Externalities with regards to higher education have
increasingly being debated across the world, with many countries shifting part
of the higher education responsibility to the individuals on the premise that
it generates private benefits. The transformation of higher education from
elite to mass system and inability of the government to shoulder the ever
increasing burden of higher education; is cited as one of the reasons for
adopting the market route to higher education and treating students as
consumers. This consumerist turn to higher education has raised concerns about
quality, critical pedagogy and the perception amongst employers that graduates
lack skills. The market of higher education in UAE (United Arab Emirates) is
relatively free and there are substantial numbers of higher education
institutions giving consumers fair choice in deciding whether to pursue their
education at public, private or University Branch Campuses (IBC). The purpose
of this exploratory study is to evaluate the market of higher education in UAE
with regards to quality and market acceptability of universities and colleges.
As the higher education sector in UAE is predominantly teaching oriented, this
exploratory study is intended to assess perceptions of employers about private
higher education and thereby assess the effectiveness of market route. The
study revealed that the employers prefer graduates from public universities or
IBC's as compared to private ones citing the concerns about student's
preparation for the world of employment. The policy implications for State and
universities are discussed.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Ref:
Bhayani, A. (2014). The market route to higher education in
UAE: Its rationales and implications. International Review on Public and Non -
Profit Marketing, 11(1), 75-87. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12208-013-0108-6
Section 3 :
Population
The populations were used in
this article by interviewing
employers.
Research Approach
The article takes a quantitative
and qualitative methods approach and it’s of employers about private higher
education and thereby assess the effectiveness of market route. And there briefer
of public universities or privet ones
Participant selection
From to
many employers he get a small number of respondents, in total of 34 respondents
from 23 organizations.
Main results
The barriers to effective
between employability skills and graduate employment is weak. A small group of
the employers recruited more than 40 graduates, with smaller organizations
handling lesser numbers. About more than the half was satisfied with the
quality of the graduated recruited in last 3–5 years. However, one third of the
respondents felt dissatisfied with the quality of graduates coming out of
universities and colleges and one fifth of the respondents felt very
dissatisfied with the quality of the graduates coming out of universities.
Section 4
Ranking: bottom
Article 2
Section 1
Source: HCT Libraries page >Discover>Electronic
Resources
Search terms: education in
UAE
Section 2
Title: education
in the UAE
Abstract
This purpose of this paper is to examine the organization of the UAE
educational system, its components, their goals, and finally their
effectiveness. Three elements of the UAE education system were examined: the
development; delivery; and evaluation and feedback. On analysis, it was found
that there is poor alignment among what the system was developed for, how it
was delivered, and what was evaluated. In order to align this system
significant efforts are needed to ensure that extensive documentation in terms
of teachers' guides, training sessions for teachers and supervisors, and
relevant evaluation instruments must be designed with systems thinking as the
guide. An orientation to goals rather than textbooks, to systems thinking, and
to the vision developed for the system (and perhaps some form of strategic
feedback to the respective committees established in the structural framework
delineated by the ministry) might be worth consideration to erase the
misalignment indicated by this research. This paper will be of interest to
those involved in education and in particular, those involved in the education
system within the UAE.
Ref:
Gaad, E., Arif, M., & Scott, F. (2006).
Systems analysis of the UAE education system. The International Journal of
Educational Management, 20(4), 291-303. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513540610665405
Section 3 :
Population
The populations were used in
this article by interviewing
teachers.
Research Approach
The article description and analysis of the system, and
interviews with people involved in implementing the system and using surveys
and validity method.
Participant selection
A small-scale pilot study of three teachers (one primary, one English
language secondary, and one special needs class teacher in a government school)
was conducted. A total of 27 teachers.
Main results
They found at the first question
of survey was so bad because out of 27 teachers no one knows about national goals,
however, In response to the second
question about the subject goals, only two out of 27 teachers aware of subject
goals.
Section 4
Ranking: middle
Article 3
Section 1
Source: HCT
Libraries page >Discover>Electronic Resources
Search terms: education
in UAE
Section 2
Title: Transformative learning: UAE, women, and
higher education
Abstract
Purpose -
Research on education for women in the Arab world is just beginning to unfold.
In some countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, higher education for women
has only been encouraged for the last few decades. Research that explores the
perceptions of women in college learning environments is important to discover
better ways of educating Emirati women for lifelong learning. This paper aims
to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach - An online quantitative
survey (English and Arabic) was used to explore these perceptions, and 294
students participated. Findings - The paper uses transformative learning theory
to investigate potential influences or factors on the transformation of female
Emirati students during their college years. Originality/value - This and other
research does support the assumption that transformative experiences for
individual students within higher education can result in interest, intention,
and action toward varying degrees of social transformation. Higher education,
while having no explicit political or activist agenda, has resulted in some
degree (among these respondents at least) of a redefinition of the role of work
for women and their broader role in Emirati society, and in some ways have
challenged prevailing social constructs based on male-female stratification.
http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.hct.ac.ae/docview/609946565?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=1215
Section 3:
Population
The populations were used in this article by interviewing
student.
Research Approach
The article used an online quantitative survey (English and Arabic) was used to explore
these perceptions.
Participant selection
The participant that how participate all of them study in Women
College, 294 students participated
all of them females.
Main results
The majority of
the respondent population (n =294) were between the ages of 20-25 (76
percent) and nearly 71 percent of the participants were single. Nearly, 65
percent of the respondents had not received a diploma and 22 percent had
completed their diploma/higher diploma and were now working on their bachelor's
degrees. There is variety among participants in the number of years they have
been enrolled at ADWC with approximately 54 percent being at the college for
three years or less. Of the program fields offered at ADWC, the majority of
participants were either business or information technology students (76.8
percent).
Section 4
Ranking: TOP
I think this is the best article between all the three articles,
because I found much information about how education is related to gender and
how to give female the best envoirment to study. The writer in the article
chooses specific ages to study them, and to find how they can work with each
other and how the surrounding is effective, and how they improve their team
work. However he talk about women been unfold in the UAE and discover better ways
of education in the UAE.
Also in this article he mentioned
positive and goods methods of educating that is better than the old system that
has much negativity, and can last for a lifetime that will help the country and
the job market batter than before. And the spirt of the women can change a lot
of things in the UAE and the system.
The
analysis presented to find new solutions from young women works to join the market
of jobs and also how the managers can train there staff in a good way and guide
the to be effective at their jobs.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
CLO 3
Section 1 – Research Questions
Primary
research Questions:
-What do you think about driving in
the UAE?
Subtopic
Questions:
4-what do you know about death
rate?
5-if it is high how to make it low?
6-it is hard to get the driving
lessons in the UAE?
Section 2 – Background Report Summary
Seeking an effective ways to make the UAE roads safer through
driving behavior of all drivers in the UAE, most of them think that driving in the UAE is unsafe, so they think that the death rate is high. Can we make it low? It can happen by many different ways to
change the bad driving behavior in UAE roads first by educating the young and adult
drivers about the risks of it, secondly by setting strict rules and high fines,
because nowadays most people care for money more then caring about them self, however getting the driving lessons is somehow easy so making the driving
lessons test a little bit harder can be better for all.
Section 3 – Questionnaire Results
This survey was conducted among 30 people in the UAE.
The purpose of the survey was to investigate the driving behavior in the
UAE. The
survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire given to the people of the UAE
to complete; the first part of the survey talks about their own driving and how
good their driving is; however the second part of the survey talks about
the death rate and how to lower it, Finally the last part of the survey
talks about the public transport and private cars. The most significant
items the charts illustrate are as follows. In the first section 79.31% of
the participants think that their driving is safe; however 62.02%
sometimes go above the speed limit. In the second part most of the
participants know about the death rate in the UAE, 44.83%; however
there is a minority of participants, 34.43% who don't know about it. On
the other hand 23 of the participants give some good ideas in how to
lower the death rate. The last part 81.31% of the participants prefer to use
the private cars; however 44.50%of them have used the public transport
once or twice, but most of the participants think that the public transport is
safe and clean.
Section 4 – Discussion
As to the results of the survey questionnaire that was distributed
to the 30 random people living in the UAE, the most interesting results were
how people are willing to help the community to have safer roads. As it showed,
most of the participants were agreed to make strict rules that have high fines
and educate young drivers in schools about the risks of driving in high speed,
however, most of them cross the speed limits but they want the best for the
country and they think that they driving is safe!
However most of them have an idea of the high rate of death.
On the other hand most of them are willing to use the public
transport that they know is safer but not as clean as the private cars.
Sunday, October 11, 2015
result report
https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-ZMCJRVP2/
This survey was conducted among 29 people in the
UAE. The purpose of the survey was to investigate the driving behavior in the UAE.
The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire given to
the people of the UAE to complete; the first part of the survey talks about
their own driving and how good their driving is; however the second part
of the survey talks about the death rate and how to lower it, Finally the
last part of the survey talks about the public transport and private cars.
The most significant items the charts illustrate are as follows.
In the first section 79.31% of the participants think that
their driving is safe; however 62.02% sometimes go above the speed limit.
In the second part most of the participants know
about the death rate in the UAE , 44.83% ; however there is a minority of
participants, 34.43% who don't know about it. On the other hand 23 of
the participants give some good ideas in how to lower the death rate.
Finally in the last part 81.31% of the participants prefer to
use the private cars; however 44.50%of them have used the public transport once or twice, but
most of the participants think that the public transport is safe and clean.
Finally the major part of the participants have ideas for how to make
the driving in the UAE safe.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
CLO1 phase 2
Justification
The high rate of fatalities in roads is one of the reasons that I choose this topic; first of all our families cross the road every day so you get worried about them all the time because of the high rate of fatality ,so we try do get people to know about the risks so that they don't risk their own life only, they put other people life at risk too; so I think all people in the UAE want to lower the rate of fatalities in the UAE, but there is not enough education about driving.
The high rate of fatalities in roads is one of the reasons that I choose this topic; first of all our families cross the road every day so you get worried about them all the time because of the high rate of fatality ,so we try do get people to know about the risks so that they don't risk their own life only, they put other people life at risk too; so I think all people in the UAE want to lower the rate of fatalities in the UAE, but there is not enough education about driving.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
driving CLO1 - Phase 2
LSS 2533 Research Methods
10-what you prefer public transport or privet
cars?
CLO 1 – Phase 2 – Background Report and Justification (drivers behavior in the UAE)
Source 1 :
Drivers behavior in the UAE
Description:
This website has a full brief about driving behavior; in the first place the statistics show the UAE is a country that has a high fatality rate in car crashes; generally the high rate because of cutting in front of moving cars, changing lanes without indicating and high speed on crowded roads.
reference :
Source 2:
The rapid development of roads and transport network
Description :
This website shows a brief in one city of the UAE; because of the high fatality rate, the road management have added major rules that have a high penalty and sometimes may get an arrest by the police; however in the last couple of years public transport has developed and has a high technology. But still the rate is so high because of the arrogance of young people that don't now what is good .
reference :
Source 3:
Education of driving in the UAE
Description :
If the rate needs to go down there are more ways than strict rules, like educating the drivers about the risk of high speed and the danger of it; on the other hand give the young students lessons in how to drive safely. However education about the driving will give good results.
reference:
1-What do you think about driving in the UAE?
2- Do you drive fast then the speed limit?
3-what do you think about your driving?
4-what do you know about death rite?
5-if it is high how to make it low?
6-it is hard to get the driving lessons in the UAE?
7-Do cross between cars in high speed?
8-what do you think about public transport?
9-did you use public transport?
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Opening Activity
The majority of the questions have a yes responses, an the
other hand one question only had a “no” response. The question number two had
one “no” response against sixteen yes’s responses. So I think that the students
have a good experience in questionnaires.
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