Browsing School of Education by Author "Stringer, P"

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    • Arabic in English-medium classes? Reasons and implications

      Riddlebarger, J; Dickson, M; Kennetz, K; Stringer, P; Tennant, L (TESOL Arabia, 2014)
      The use of L1 in L2 classrooms is a contentious issue (Auerbach, 1993; Cook, 2001; Macaro, 2001). Debate continues over its usefulness (or harmfulness) (Cummins, 2009; Morrow, 2011). Although research has been conducted ...

    • Arabic in English-Medium Classes? Reasons and Implications

      Riddlebarger, J; Dickson, M; Kennetz, K; Stringer, P; Tennant, L (2014)
      The use of L1 in L2 classrooms is a contentious issue (Auerbach, 1993; Cook, 2001; Macaro, 2001). Debate continues over its usefulness (or harmfulness) (Cummins, 2009; Morrow, 2011). Although research has been conducted ...

    • Capacity building for school improvement: a case study of a New Zealand primary school

      Stringer, P; Edwards, W (Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA), 2008)
      Capacity building is now mentioned synonymously with school improvement in much of the literature with an absence of debate on the implications of political, social and economic trends. The paper explores capacity building ...

    • Capacity building for school improvement: a case study of a New Zealand school

      Stringer, P (Springer, 2009)
      Capacity building is now mentioned synonymously with school improvement in much of the literature with an absence of debate on the implications of political, social and economic trends. This article explores capacity ...

    • Capacity building for school improvement: knowledge production and utilization

      Stringer, P (Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2010)
      Educational reform, focused on promoting student learning, depends on schools’ capacity to improve. Building capacity for school improvement is critical. This paper explores capacity building in one low decile, multicultural ...

    • Challenges and support factors of married Emirati students in teacher education

      Stringer, P; Saqr, S; Tennant, L (Quest Journals Inc, 2014)
      The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on the path to becoming a knowledge economy and the role women play as pioneers and innovators, not only in their own society but, also, in the global community is strongly advocated [1]. ...

    • Challenges and support factors of married Emirati students in teacher education

      Stringer, P; Saqr, S; Tennant, L (2014)
      The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on the path to becoming a knowledge economy and the role women play as pioneers and innovators, not only in their own society but, also, in the global community is strongly advocated [1]. ...

    • Challenges and support factors of married Emirati students in teacher education

      Stringer, P; Saqr, S; Tennant, L (2014)
      The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is on the path to becoming a knowledge economy and the role women play as pioneers and innovators, not only in their own society but, also, in the global community is strongly advocated [1]. ...

    • Challenges faced by novice Emirati teachers

      DIckson, M; Kennetz, K; Riddlebarger, J; Stringer, P; Tennant, L (TESOL Arabia, 2013)
      Novice teachers can face an array of hurdles when they enter a classroom for which they are fully responsible for the first time. Although teacher education aims to integrate the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching, ...

    • Challenges faced by novice Emirati teachers

      Dickson, M; Riddlebarger, J; Stringer, P; Tennant, L; Kennetz, K (Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ), 2014)
      The first years of teaching are well known as being the most challenging of new graduates’ careers, corresponding to the highest attrition rates. Numbers of novice teachers leaving the profession during the first three ...

    • Challenges faced by novice Emirati teachers

      Dickson, M; Riddlebarger, J; Stringer, P; Tennant, L; Kennetz, K (2014)
      The first years of teaching are well known as being the most challenging of new graduates’ careers, corresponding to the highest attrition rates. Numbers of novice teachers leaving the profession during the first three ...

    • Constraints and subsequent limitations to parental involvement in primary schools in Abu Dhabi: stakeholders' perspective

      Blaik Hourani, R; Stringer, P; Baker, F (Institute of Education Sciences, 2012)
      The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is developing its public schools by initiating reform agendas for school improvement. High on the list of reforms is the call to increase parental involvement in schools. For this reform to ...

    • From teacher preparation to classroom practice: perceptions of novice Emirati teachers

      Dickson, M; Tennant, L; Kennetz, K; Riddlebarger, J; Stringer, P (Natural Sciences Publishing, 2013)
      The teacher-training college where this research took place prepares Emirati primary school teachers to teach the subjects of English, Mathematics and Science through the medium of English. The college courses taught have ...

    • Home-school relationships: a school management perspective

      Stringer, P; Blaik Hourani, R (Springer, 2013)
      Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is in the process of initiating major education reform designed to improve schools. Parental involvement in support of student learning ranks high on the reform agenda. This study ...

    • "How did my teacher training help me?" Voices of newly-graduated Emirati teachers

      Dickson, M; Riddlebarger, J; Kennetz, K; Stringer, P; Tennant, L (British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013)
      This research study looks at the effectiveness of teacher preparation for Emirati teachers in their first year of employment as English medium teachers in Abu Dhabi public schools, and explores the reality of their working ...

    • Married Emirati students pursuing teaching careers for the perspective of their spouses

      Tennant, L; Saqr, S; Stringer, P (International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT Press), 2014)
      Women’s enrollment in higher education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has increased dramatically over the years. In this paradigm of change, gender role delineation and the repercussion this has on values, thinking and ...

    • Married female Emirati students pursuing Higher Education: striking a balance

      Tennant, L; Saqr, S; Stringer, P (Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2012)
      Opportunities for females to pursue higher education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been recognized as important and strengthened significantly over the last decade. Our research was an attempt to gain insight on ...

    • Motivation and challenges of married Emirati students in teacher education

      Tennant, L; Stringer, P; Saqr, S (Natural Sciences Publishing, 2013)
      This article provides an insight into the issues married female Emirati students face in pursuit of a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) teaching degree from the perspective of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) context. Their views ...

    • Perspectives of Emirati women in higher education

      Sumaya, S; Tennant, L; Stringer, P (Contemporary Research Center, 2014)
      United Arab Emirates (UAE) women have enthusiastically taken advantage of the educational opportunities available for all after the discovery of oil. Their access to higher education has expanded considerably, opening new ...

    • Practitioner Inquiry: Shifting the Role from Consumers to Producers of Knowledge

      Jhagroo, J; Stringer, P (Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), 2016)
      This paper emerges from the preliminary findings of study of a cohort of postgraduate initial teacher education alumni that are now practising teachers. We reflect on the potential of practitioner inquiry in positioning ...