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A Call for Curriculum Reform to Combat Refugees Crisis: The Case of Lebanon
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Awada, Ghada; Diab, Hassan; Faour, Kawthar – Curriculum Journal, 2018
The study was set to elicit teachers' perceptions of adopting a new curriculum integrating Human Rights Education (HRE) into most school subjects and developing textbooks which could address the mainstreaming of the Syrian children into the Lebanese schools especially after the influx of more than 1.2 million Syrian refugees who migrated to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Refugees, Qualitative Research
Getting to "No": Locating Critical Peace Education within Resistance and Anti-Oppression Pedagogy at a Shi'a Islamic School in Lebanon
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Zakharia, Zeena – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2017
This paper critically engages observations from a school that was aligned with a resistance movement in Lebanon during a post-war period of sustained political violence (2006-2007). Focusing on the pedagogical practices at one community-centered and community-led Shi'a Islamic urban school, the paper draws on extensive ethnographic data to…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Power Structure, Foreign Countries
In Principle, It Is Not Only the Principal! Teacher Leadership Architecture in Schools
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Ghamrawi, Norma – International Education Studies, 2013
The purpose of this study was to lay the foundations of a conceptual model of the role dimensions of teacher leaders within the Lebanese private school context. Besides, the study aimed at distinguishing the prime architects of teacher leadership in such a context, highlighting the critical issues confronting its nourishment and development. The…
Descriptors: Principals, Teacher Leadership, Private Schools, Questionnaires
Principals' Views on Teachers' Professional Development
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Nabhani, Mona; Nicolas, Maureen O'Day; Bahous, Rima – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article is an account of a study that aimed to elicit the perceptions of school principals and middle managers in Lebanon on teachers' professional development (PD) and to promote an understanding of PD that extends beyond workshops. The study was qualitative and exploratory and used online interviewing to collect data. Questions were emailed…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Qualitative Research
Perceptions of Forgiveness among Palestinian Teachers in Israel
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Nasser, Ilham; Abu-Nimer, Mohammed – Journal of Peace Education, 2012
This article presents the results of a study conducted among Palestinian teachers in Israel to address their contextual understanding and perceptions of forgiveness. It sheds light on K-12 teachers' responses to daily cultural and social conflict situations in a Middle Eastern context. This research aims to contribute to our understanding of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Peace, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes
Lebanese Teachers' Views on "Continuing Professional Development"
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Nabhani, Mona; Bahous, Rima – Teacher Development, 2010
This study elicits Lebanese teachers' views on Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Seven hundred and thirty-nine teachers from across Lebanon responded to semi-structured questions about personal and school efforts to help stay up to date. They expressed their views on what constitutes effective CPD, why this is needed and how this…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Development