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Download full textShatha Abdullah Alfayez; Sabha Hakim Allehyani – South African Journal of Education, 2024
Early education helping young children manage prejudiced attitudes towards themselves and others is urgent. Early childhood (EC) teachers in Saudi Arabia are making significant changes by applying an anti-bias approach to deal with such issues with young children. In the study reported on here we used a quantitative approach to explore anti-bias…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Social Justice, Teacher Attitudes
Jehan Alghneimin; Attila Varga; Monika Kovacs – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2024
In recent years, the integrated approach of STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) has been adopted in the Middle East to improve students' scientific capacities and their formative thinking. Nevertheless, this approach encounters complications in the application, including many due to gender differences. Middle…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Gender Differences, Gender Bias
Direct linkWinkel, Carmen; Strachan, Laura; Aamir, Siddiqua – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of Saudi Arabian university students returning home after having spent time away studying internationally. The investigation focused exclusively on female students who for diverse reasons were unable to complete their studies abroad. Design/methodology/approach: A thematic analysis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Study Abroad, Cultural Differences
Alghamdi, Rahma Ali; Hegazy, Shereen Hassan – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
The current study aimed to explore the effectiveness of a vocational guidance program in improving vocational awareness toward handicrafts among female breadwinners. Also, it aimed to understand the impact of the vocational guidance program on the attitude toward life among female breadwinners as well as community service through training on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Program Effectiveness, Career Guidance
Ebtssam Mohammad H Alqhtani – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Textbooks are an important aspect of formal education, and education and gender-related research clearly demonstrates that "within schools, textbooks play a significant role in the gender socialization of children" (Lee & Collins, 2010, p. 121). The goal of the current study is to look at textbooks that are used in Saudi social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Textbooks, Grade 4, Textbook Content
Pilotti, Maura A. E.; Al Ghazo, Runna; Al Shamsi, Sami Juma – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The present field research aimed to assess whether gender differences exist in academic entitlement among college students of a society in rapid transition from a patriarchal system to one fostering gender equity. It then aimed to determine whether particular dimensions of academic entitlement or a simplified one-factor measure can be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Social Influences, Gender Bias
Alghamdi Hamdan, Amani K.; Mustafa, Rami F. – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
English is now widely considered the most powerful and influential language in the world. Saudi Arabia believes that its transition from oil to a knowledge-based economy is dependent on its citizenry learning English as a foreign language (EFL). To play their role, Saudi women need access to EFL, access that is affected by their agency and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Females, Second Language Learning
Al Lily, Abdulrahman Essa; Alhazmi, Ahmed Ali; Alsubaie, Merfat Ayesh; Alzahrani, Saleh; Bukhamseen, Amani Mohammed; Aldoughan, Eman Abdulaziz; Almudhafar, Fuad Ahmed; Maher, Eman Ahmed; Al-Abdullatif, Ahlam Mohammed; Kotb, Ahmed Abdel hamed; Amira, Mostafa Samy; Al Khateeb, Ebrahem Abdullah; Alshehri, Layla Abdulrahman; Aldoomi, Raed Ali Bani; Al Dafar, Awatef Abdulaziz; Alarfaj, Maher Mohammed; Alholiby, Mossab Saud; Mahgoub, Yassir Mohammed; Boreqqah, Abeer Abdulmohsen; Ali, Asma Margeni; Al-Sababha, Khairi Mahmoud; Al Youssef, Ibrahim Youssef; Abouzaid, Enam Mohammed; Ali, Hasnaa Hamdy; Batal, Ahmed Elsayed Mohamed; Alhassan, Omer Musa; Ibrahim Atta, Ibrahim; Alqatam, Mohammed Ahmed; Al-Aqtash, Ala'a Yahya; Alshoura, Mohammad Ahmad; Selim, Hossam Saad; Abdelrahman, Mohmed Abdelmoneim; Bahrawi, Atef Abdalla; Alarfaj, Abdulhamid Abdullah; Aladsani, Abdullah Mohammed; Almaiah, Mohammed Amin; Ata, Sobhi Noureldin; Hamad, Nahid Hassan; Hamad, Awatif Mahmoud; Elsherif, Khaled Hassan; Ahmed, Mohammed Keshar; El-Zeki, Ahmed Abdelfattah; Elrefee, Enas Mahmoud; Ali, Abeer Farouk; Melhem, Tareq Yousef; Alsaeed, Maha Saad; Hegazy, Ahmed Zakaria; Alhuwaiji, Khalel Ibrahim; Ahmed, Hatem Tawfik; Alboray, Hanem Mostafa; Hassan, Marwa Mohamed; Alnoer, Lubna Noaman; Elmorsy, Ghada Nasr Huisen; El Koshiry, Amr Mohamed – Studies in Continuing Education, 2021
This piece theorises the limitations of transitioning reflection from individualistic to participatory practice. It addresses the question: what are the challenges of introducing crowd-reflecting into Arab academia? To answer this question, 140 Arabs from an academic organisation were invited to crowd-reflect, online, on their institution, using a…
Descriptors: Arabs, Barriers, Cultural Influences, Reflection
Aljuaid, Alanoud – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a workforce shortage and a huge gender disparity in the cybersecurity profession globally and Saudi Arabia. Enabling women to access these opportunities involves bolstering training and implementing reforms to give women the go-ahead to access these opportunities. With only a paltry 5% of women being in cybersecurity in the Middle East…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Computer Security, Information Security
Hersi, Mustafa A. – English Language Teaching, 2021
Writing in a second language is considered extremely challenging for several reasons. Concerns that perplex second-language learners include cognitive complications, the composing process, building arguments, and constructing an identity as a writer. Cultural issues related to writing also pose problems for second-language writers This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Females
Mozahem, Najib A. – Research in Education, 2021
The underrepresentation of females in certain fields has been studied extensively in many countries. Similar to other parts of the World, the number of females graduating each year from universities in the Arab World now exceeds the number of males, yet gender differences in educational fields persist. The objective of this study is to review the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Females, Arabs, Career Choice
Alhawsawi, Sajjadllah; Jawhar, Sabria Salama – Gender and Education, 2023
The Saudi 2030 vision states it is committed to empowering women through education and employment, but the literature scarcely addresses their everyday realities. This paper utilises a critical realist perspective to examine the mechanisms emerging from the interplay of structural and cultural factors that impact women's empowerment concerning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Empowerment, Womens Education, Females
Peter, Dimity; Knabe, Barbara; Alem, Sarah – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2021
The purpose of this research was to explore the educational experiences of women with disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This study analysed interviews from women with disabilities who have successfully negotiated the educational system in the KSA and highlights the participants' skills/abilities and connections while at the same…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Capital, Females, Students with Disabilities
Izzuddin; Dalimunthe, Reza Pahlevi; Susilo, Sulistiyono – SAGE Open, 2021
The portrayal of gender in a textbook is able to influence students' understanding of the concept of gender equality (GE). The unfair portrayal of women in textbooks will have a negative effect on students' conceptions of gender. Although some previous studies have found that textbooks portray a fair and constructive picture of women by…
Descriptors: Females, Sex Fairness, Sex Stereotypes, Sex Role
Sarah Abdullah Alhoian – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Saudi Arabian women are underrepresented in higher education leadership positions. To take advantage of opportunities and have lasting effects on future generations of women, women must learn to attain leadership positions such as academic deanships. Deans are in a uniquely influential position as they engage in many significant aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disproportionate Representation, Females, Higher Education
