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This multidisciplinary edited volume examines the complexities and challenges of internationalizing education in the GCC. This book is a practical tool and resource to provide educators and schools of education with authentic insights, strategies, and research to further advance teacher education and training in the GCC and globally.
List of contents
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, Maria Efstratopoulou, and Ashraf Moustafa
Chapter 6: The Triple Helix of Teacher Quality after the Pandemic: A Case-Study from Bahrain by Lucy Bailey
Chapter 7: The Intangibles of Teacher Education in the UAE by Nadera Alborno
Part III: Ways Forward in Teacher Education and Development
Chapter 8: Reshaping Teacher Education in the Gulf Region by Catherine Hill
Chapter 9: Critical Consciousness in TVET Teacher Professional Development: A Framework for Socio-Political Agency in the Arabian Gulf by Samah Abdulhafid Gamar
Chapter 10: Removing Cultural Barriers and Advancing an Asset-Based Pedagogy in Higher Education by Fatima Hasan Bailey, Jenny Eppard, and Herveen Singh
Chapter 11: Stimulating High Intellectual Challenge through Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: United Arab Emirates (UAE) Educator Perspectives by Nadeem A. Memon, Deborah Price, Deborah Green, and Dylan Chown
About the author
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).
Summary
This multidisciplinary edited volume examines the complexities and challenges of internationalizing education in the GCC. This book is a practical tool and resource to provide educators and schools of education with authentic insights, strategies, and research to further advance teacher education and training in the GCC and globally.
