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Nation Boundedness and International Students' Marginalisation: What's Emotion Got to Do with It?
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Hayes, Aneta – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2018
This paper contributes to an understanding of the ways in which not being bound to the nation of education, in legal and cultural terms, excludes international students. Based on narrative interviews with 20 students from 6 countries, the paper considers a range of difficulties international students encounter in social and educational domains in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Interviews, Barriers, Emotional Response
Omani Girls' Conceptions of Gender Equality: Addressing Socially Constructed Sexist Attitudes through Educational Intervention
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Al Sadi, Fatma H.; Basit, Tehmina N. – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
This paper is based on a quasi-experimental study which examines the effects of a school-based intervention on Omani girls' attitudes towards the notion of gender equality. A questionnaire was administered before and after the intervention to 241 girls (116 in the experimental group; 125 in the control group). A semi-structured interview was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Sex Role, Gender Bias
Shades of Cosmopolitanism: EFL Teachers' Perspectives on English Accents and Pronunciation Teaching in the Gulf
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Buckingham, Louisa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Research suggests that passing for a native English speaker (NES) is often perceived as desirable by teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and employers, and students may claim to prefer certain NES accents as learning models. While this may be partly motivated by the prevalence of a particular regional accent in ESL contexts or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation, Dialects
Alcohol and Substance Use Knowledge, Attitudes, Subjective Norms, Self-Efficacy, Perceived Behavioral Control, and Behavioral Intentions among Omani College Students
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Bait Ajzoon, Muna S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Alcohol and/or substance use among college students is a serious public health issue. In Oman, studies addressing college student's alcohol and/or substance use are limited. The purpose of this study was to identify knowledge, attitudes, subjective norms, self-efficacy, and perceived behavioral control associated with alcohol and/or substance…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, College Students, Student Behavior
Educational Change in Oman: A Design Research Study of Personal, Institutional, and Societal Reactions to Collaborative Knowledge Building
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Porcaro, David S. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2014
While collaborative problem-solving has been suggested as a solution for linking classroom learning with workforce skills, it is still not entirely clear how personal, institutional, and national factors work together to influence student and teacher acceptance of this pedagogical strategy. Oman provides an appropriate case for exploring this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving
Religious Tolerance in Oman: Addressing Religious Prejudice through Educational Intervention
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Al Sadi, Fatma H.; Basit, Tehmina N. – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
This paper examines the impact of a school-based intervention entitled "Our Brothers and Sisters in Humanity" on 10th grade female Omani students' religious tolerance. A questionnaire was administered before and after an intervention to a sample of 241 girls, of whom 116 were in the experimental group and 125 in the control group. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Discrimination, Intervention