Teacher Training and Education in the GCC (eBook, PDF)

Unpacking the Complexities and Challenges of Internationalizing Educational Contexts
Redaktion: Bakali, Naved; Memon, Nadeem A.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Schools of Education are emerging academic units in higher educational institutions in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. Most of these teacher training programs are in their infancy stages. Modern day educational discourse across teacher training programs globally, including the Middle East and in the GCC, have predominantly focused on student-centered approaches to teaching and learning. This approach to teacher training is infused with critical scholarship and marks a shift away from positivist approaches to educational scholarship. Integrating critical scholarship in GCC teacher training programs brings about a number of challenges, as this approach to education is a departure from traditional cultural and social norms for schooling in the region. This multidisciplinary volume highlights some of the challenges and complexities that inevitably arise from this paradox. Professors, researchers, and specialists working in the GCC have contributed to this volume with the intent of empowering educators with authentic and contextualized research and insights to advance collective understanding of the complexities and challenges of teacher education and training in the GCC. Ultimately, this work will serve as a practical tool and resource that can be employed by schools of education to provide authentic insights, strategies, and research to further develop teacher training in the GCC and globally.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978788077
• Artikelnr.: 74842723

Autorenporträt

Naved Bakali is assistant professor of Education at the American University in Dubai. Nadeem A. Memon is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE) in Education Futures at the University of South Australia (UniSA).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: GCC Teacher Education: Mapping Challenges and Complexities by
Naved Bakali and Nadeem A. Memon
Part I: Cultural Barriers in Teacher Education
Chapter 1: The Challenges and Complexities of Religious Education in the
UAE by Naved Bakali and Mariam Alhashmi
Chapter 2: Developing a Reflexive Teaching Identity in a Cross-Cultural
Teaching Context: The Experience of Islamic Studies Teachers in an
International School in Qatar by Mohammed Adly Gamal
Chapter 3: Shifting Paradigms in Arabic Pedagogy and Policy in the UAE:
Opportunities and Challenges for Teacher Education by Jessica Tsimprea
Maluch and Hanada Taha Thomure
Part II: Pedagogical Approaches and Praxis in Teacher Education
Chapter 4: Teachers' Preparedness for Inclusive Education in Oman:
Exploring the Role of Teachers' Agency for Inclusive Practices and
Professional Skills by Mahmoud Mohamed Emam and Ali Hussain Al-Bulushi
Chapter 5: Special Education and Teacher Training in Abu Dhabi: Reality and
Prospects by Ahmed Hassan Hemdan, Mar