Counseling and guidance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia     

Mahmoud Abdullah Saleh 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》1987,10(4):277-286

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is striving to develop a counseling and guidance program to serve its nation. This study focuses on the educational goals of Saudi Arabia in general and the goals and objectives of the counseling and guidance program specifically. The study examines the development of the counseling and guidance program, the philosophical assumptions of the program, the administration of the program, and the training of the school counselor.  相似文献   

Integrating technology in English language teaching through a community of practice in the Sultanate of Oman: implications for policy implementation     

Al-Habsi  Tahani  Al-Busaidi  Saleh  Al-Issa  Ali 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2022,21(1):43-68

Educational Research for Policy and Practice - Much has been written, published, and presented about the important role and uses of technology in English language teaching (ELT) today and the...  相似文献   

The role of educational information systems for survival in information society and the case of Pakistan     

Farzana Shafique  Khalid Mahmood 《International Information and Library Review》2013,45(3):164-173

The study reviews the important role of information systems and their impact on educational planning and development. It also attempts to identify gaps in the provision of information needed by educational administrators who are key planners of education enterprise in Pakistan. It intended to determine their views about the development, objectives and needed services of a user centered information system for educational administrators. To achieve these objectives, a literature review, questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted. Thus, the educational administrators (i.e., registrars/deans/chairpersons in universities and principals of schools and colleges) were identified as the target population for the survey and were selected through cluster sampling. The respondents were from the Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory. In total, 297 (99%) responses were received and analyzed quantitatively. Interviews of purposively selected educational administrators were also conducted for a more in-depth understanding of respondents’ points of view. This triangulation of qualitative and quantitative methods helped in understanding the phenomena under study. Recommendations and conclusions are also drawn in the light of findings of the study. The study is the first one of its type that tried to probe the gaps in the process of accurate/valid information supply to educational administrators and planners. This gap is causing serious challenges for education in Pakistan.  相似文献   

“Reality Shock”: New Early Childhood Education Teachers     

Sehba Mahmood 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2013,34(2):154-170

Beginning teaching is challenging; this article examines the realities of practice for beginning early childhood teachers. Fourteen participants in their first year of teaching were interviewed; they worked in private and public early childhood education settings. Findings reveal that the reality of moving from the role of the student to teacher was disconcerting for these new teachers. This article reports the beginning teachers' views about the issues they faced, their perceptions of preservice teaching, and the impact that this had on their transition from student to teacher. While in college they were encouraged to start developing their philosophy of teaching, and they describe their experiences of putting their philosophy into practice. They also conveyed their opinions about working in environments where there was a lack of teaching and learning resources. The move to being a “real” teacher was a formidable experience for these participants and this should be recognized relatedly. Early childhood teachers work in a different context from teachers in general, so as beginning teachers the uniqueness of their concerns needs to be addressed.  相似文献   

Effects of manipulating relative and absolute motion information during observational learning of an aiming task     

Saleh A. Al-Abood  Keith Davids  Simon J. Bennett  Derek Ashford  Manuel Martinez Marin 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(7):507-520

In the visual perception perspective of observational learning, the manipulation of relative and absolute motion information in visual demonstrations optimally directs learners’ search towards appropriate task solutions. We assessed the effect of emphasizing transformational information and removal of structural information using point-light kinematic displays in approximating the model’s relative motion patterns. Participants viewed computer-simulated point-light demonstrations or normal video demonstrations before and intermittently throughout 100 acquisition trials with knowledge of results on an underarm modified-dart aiming task. On the next day, all participants performed 20 retention trials without demonstrations. The kinematics of spatial and temporal coordination and control variables were examined relative to the model’s action, as well as performance scores. The results indicated that approximation of the model’s spatial and temporal coordination and control patterns was achieved after observation of either type of demonstrations. No differences were found in movement outcomes. In a second experiment, the effects of manipulating absolute motion information by slowmotion demonstrations were examined relative to real-time demonstrations. Real-time demonstrations led to a closer approximation to the model’s spatial and temporal coordination patterns and better outcome scores, contradicting predictions that slow-motion displays convey intact relative motion information. We speculate that the effect of visual demonstration speed on action perception and reproduction is a function of task constraints ‐ that is, novelty or familiarity of relative motion of demonstrated activities.  相似文献   

A Visual Demonstration of the Sample Mean     

Munir Mahmood 《Teaching Statistics》2013,35(3):144-144

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Paths of technology upgrading in the BRICS economies     

Iciar Dominguez Lacasa  Björn Jindra  Slavo Radosevic  Mahmood Shubbak 《Research Policy》2019,48(1):262-280

This paper explores technology upgrading of BRICS economies based on a three-pronged approach, which distinguishes between the intensity of technology upgrading, structural change and global interaction. We develop a statistical framework based on patent indicators to measure technological upgrading and apply it to BRICS economies in the period 1980–2015. The paper shows that there is no single path of technology upgrading. Instead, we find several unique paths with different trade-offs between intensity, structural change and the nature of the global interaction. All BRICS economies display increased generation of frontier technological activities, while China and Russia have also increased the intensity of behind frontier technological activities. China has also diversified its technology knowledge base and entered into dynamic frontier areas. With increasing intensity of frontier technology activities of the BRICS, the relative, but not absolute, the importance of foreign actors and international collaboration has declined. However, BRICS economies seem to lack the organisational and complementary capabilities to match the extent of technology sourcing from abroad, observed in high-income countries. Our result represents the application of a new conceptual framework and contributes to assessing the sustainability of innovation-based growth among BRICS.  相似文献   

The technological system of production and innovation: The case of photovoltaic technology in China     

Mahmood H. Shubbak 《Research Policy》2019,48(4):993-1015

This research paper studies the Chinese technological system of production and innovation in the field of photovoltaics (PV). It contributes to a better understanding of the emergence and development of the system by utilizing three levels of analysis: the institutional framework of the system, the market dynamics of production and deployment, and the composition of innovation-related activities. The analysis demonstrates the interrelated roles of transnational factors, local government policies, and research and development (R&D) activities undertaken by the main actors in shaping the system dynamics. Tracking the relative position of China in the global PV manufacturing, installation and technological development, the analysis shows a gap between the growth of China’s market share and its modest share of transnational patent applications. This suggests a puzzle, which the paper attempts to answer by inspecting the individual companies in the system against four aspects. First, the dynamic development of their size and performance. Second, the nature of their international involvement through foreign direct investment and mergers and acquisition deals. Third, their technological specialization within the PV value chain over time. Fourth, the spatial scope of their patenting protection endeavours. The analysis recognises four periods of system development driven jointly by market dynamics and government plans. Behind the continuous growth of the system, there were different driving and moderating factors in each period.  相似文献   

Pre-micro RNA-499 Gene Polymorphism rs3746444 T/C is Associated with Susceptibility to Rheumatoid Arthritis in Egyptian Population     

Shaimaa A. Fattah  Maivel H. Ghattas  Samy M. Saleh  Dina M. Abo-Elmatty 《Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB》2018,33(1):96-101

Pre-miRNA-499 gene is associated with autoimmune disease. Mir-449 rs3746444 polymorphism is inconsistent for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to investigate association of mir-499 rs3746444 polymorphism with RA activity and severity in Egyptian population. The study population was conducted as case control study in 100 RA patients diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for RA, and the control group included 100 healthy subjects who were age-and sex-matched to the RA group. Different genotypes were assessed using polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism. 95% Confidence interval and odds ratio were defined to assess the strength of association. Regarding patients, thirty-three patients carried TT genotype, fifty-three patients carried TC genotype and fourteen patients carried CC genotype. So the frequency of the minor C allele in RA patients was significantly higher than the control subjects (P = 0.037). TC, CC genotypes and C allele frequencies were significantly associated with disease severity as they had high rheumatoid factor (55.78 µIU/ml) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (Anti-CCP) antibody (297.32 µIU/ml). Moreover, the heterozygote TC had more severe and more active form of the disease compared with homozygote CC or TT as they had high Anti-CCP antibody, and disease activity score 28 (score 5). Our work suggests that C allele of Pre-miRNA rs3746444 polymorphism contributes to heritability of susceptibility to RA compared to T allele. This polymorphism was associated with the activity and severity of the disease.  相似文献   

Rotary inverted pendulum with magnetically external perturbations as a source of the pendulum’s base navigation commands     

Gisela Pujol-Vazquez  Leonardo Acho  Saleh Mobayen  Amelia Nápoles  Vega Pérez 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2018,355(10):4077-4096

The main objective of this paper is to drive a rotary inverted pendulum by following a desired navigation instruction. This navigation is commanded by the user through a new electromagnetic device which is allowed to perturb the pendulum from its upright position. This apparatus consists of an electronic magnetic driving circuit to introduce commands and realized via two operated magnetic coils. So, the external programmed magnetic perturbation can be seen as external commandments. Therefore, the control problem statement is solved via a modified regulation control implementation, to maintain the pendulum on its upright position and giving free manipulation of the base of the rotary inverted pendulum. Hence, by using the corresponding H_∞-linear matrix inequality technique, a static state controller is designed and tested experimentally so supporting our findings.  相似文献