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Global warming awareness among the University of Bahrain science students

Authors: Freije A.M., Hussain T., Salman E.A.
This study was designed to investigate the awareness regarding global warming among the College of Science students at University of Bahrain. A total of 143 science students were examined using a questionnaire that covered three aspects of global warming including causes, impacts, and solutions. The study included 51, 28, 40 [...]

Contribution of citizen science to improve knowledge on marine biodiversity in the Gulf Region

Authors: Castilla A.M., Riera R., Ali Humaid M., Garland T., Jr, Alkuwari A., Muzaffar S., Naser H.A., Al-Mohannadi S., Al-Ajmi D., Chikhi A., Wessels J., Al-Thani M.A.F., Takacs Z., Valdeón A.
Monitoring marine biodiversity is costly and practical solutions have to be implemented to identify species and their preferred habitats, particularly in this era of rapid global change. Citizen science has proven to be effective and with high potential for monitoring efforts, and has been extensively applied to biodiversity. We have [...]

The impact of assistive technology on down syndrome students in Kingdom of Bahrain

Authors: Alammary J., Al-Haiki F., Al-Muqahwi K.
Assistive Technology is playing an enabler role in the life of Dawn Syndrome. Assistive Technology can allow Down Syndrome to engage in the normal life activities and be more social and independent. The Arab countries are providing vital effort on facilitating the life of Dawn Syndrome and encouraging their engagement [...]

Reflexivity in applying “inspiration economy” research: Changing the game to make the research groups “researchers”

Authors: Ahmed D., Buheji M.
The overarching aim of this research is to extend and examine the way in which the inspiration economy (IE) can be applied in different contexts and countries, bearing in mind how social and cultural contexts influence the way in which research methods and fields are utilized. This is achieved through [...]

Fitting school buildings to the requirements of physically disabled students in Algeria: An ergonomic study

Authors: Bouabdellah L., Kharbache H., Mokdad M., Mebarki B.
Achieving development in any country is a joint responsibility and needs intensive efforts from all citizens; the able-bodied and the disabled. But how can people with disabilities contribute to this development if their work and environment are not fitted to them? In Algeria, according to the Algerian National Office of [...]

Culture of Traits in Arabic language education: Students’ perception of the Communicative Traits Model

Authors: Hussien A.M.
The purpose of the research reported in this article is to present the notion of Culture of Traits (CoTs) and to develop a ‘Communicative Traits Model’ (CTM) in teaching, learning, and assessing of Arabic as a first language. The ultimate goal is to create a shared vocabulary, establish a common [...]

The effectiveness of social media and multimedia-based pedagogy in enhancing creativity among art, design, and digital media students

Authors: Al Hashimi S., Al Muwali A., Zaki Y., Mahdi N.
Rapidly growing technological advances in big data, cloud computing, social media, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and digital media have led many educators to embark upon the pursuit and deployment of various digital tools in the classroom. They started implementing a technology-centered educational system in order to expand their pedagogical approaches [...]

A multifunction reminder platform for an educational environment

Authors: Guerrouat A.
In this paper, I present a multifunction reminder platform that is dedicated to an educational environment. I consider the reminder as a two-dimensional function, i.e. depending on two variables, time and space. It automatically produces alarms with notifications whenever these variables take specific values. In other words, when a student [...]

Who Cares? Pro-social education within the programmes of the International Baccalaureate

Authors: Bailey L., Cooker L.
This article is a study of one aspect of the character education offered by schools following the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate – students’ pro-social development. Set against a background in which the development of inter-personal qualities is being marginalised by conservative governments across many national systems of education (Keddie, [...]

Co-designing storybooks for children, with children: An evaluation of the effectiveness of writing and illustrating stories inspired by children’s ideas

Authors: Al Hashimi S.
This research proposes a participatory co-design approach and employs a quasi-experimental study whereby university art and design students co-create stories with children. It attempts to evaluate the influence of the approach on the students’ writing, illustration, and creative thinking skills. The study endeavors to raise awareness about the participatory co-design [...]