Research Groups

Name of Research Group

Head of Group

Citizenship and Social Studies Education

Prof. Saif Nasser Al-Maamari

Education Through Art

Prof. Mohammed Hamood Al Amri

Creative Ways in Teaching and Learning the English Language

Prof. Saleh Salim Al-Busaidi

 

 

Funded Projects
  • Dr. Mohamed Shahat
  • Prof. Sulaiman Al-Balushi
  • Dr. Sameh Said Ismail
  • Dr. Fawziya Al-Siyabi
  • Dr. Fatma Al-Busaidi
  • Dr. Abdullah Al-Hashmi
  • Dr. Wafaa Abd-El-Aal

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Developing a National Training Framework of STEM-based Competencies in Oman: Impact on Teachers’ Content Knowledge (CK), Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK), Students’ Achievement, and Motivation

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Strategic Research -His Majesty's Trust

2022-2025

Designing Suggested Science Units based on Entrepreneurial Education and Future Skills and Measuring their Impact on the Creative Solution to Problems، Entrepreneurial Thinking Skills، and Entrepreneurial Intentions among Eighth-Grade Students

Strategic Research - Ministry of Education

2022-2025

Students' Engagement in Science Learning in relation to NGSS Practices and Academic Achievement Levels: A Video Analysis Study in Oman and Qatar

International projects

funded in cooperation between SQU and QU

2022-2025

Effects of a Science-Focused STEM Intervention on Fourth Grade Students’ Problem Solving Skills: Towards Better Motivation for Learning Science

TRC

2022-2025

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AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Exploring Complexities of Learning Science and Mathematics in Multilingual Contexts: Towards Building a Resilient Learning Environment

TRC

2022-2025

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Developing a platform for producing e-portfolio in College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University and Measuring its Effect in Developing the Learning Skills and Achievement Motivation from the Perspective of Faculties and Students

Internal Grant

2023-2025

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Investigating assessment literacy among Omani public-school teachers: a national study

Internal Grant

2023-2025

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Perceived Competence on the Use of English Language in Mathematics and Science Teacher Preparation Program and its Impact on Teaching Performance: A Study of a Culturally Specific Context such as Oman

Internal Grant

2023-2025

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Evaluating reading comprehension levels and developing teachers? skills in preparing reading activities

Internal Grant

2023-2025

PROJECT TITLE

AWARDING BODY

GRANT PERIOD

Health Awareness among Female Adolescents with Intellectual Disability in Oman

Internal Grant

2023-2025

Recent Publications
2023

• Abd-El-Aal, W. M. M. and. Steele, A. (2023). Incivility in science teacher education: What are we actually teaching and learning? In Christine, L. C. and Corkett, J. (Co-Eds). Global Perspectives on Microaggressions in Higher Education: Understanding and Combating Covert Violence in Universities, Routledge.

• Al Kaaf, Fatma; Ismail, Sameh (2023). Evaluating the educational qualification diploma program at the College of Education, Sultan Qaboos University in the light of the systems approach from Students’ and graduates’ perceptions. The Journal of Arts, Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, 89, 39-60.

• Ismail, Sameh said (2023). BARRIERS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF E-PORTFOLIO IN EDUCATION BASED ON THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 22(4), 512-540. https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.4.28  
• Al Maqbali, D. Mohammed,  Asmaa (2023): Post Cyclone Shaheen: The Impact of Natural Disasters on the psychological Health of Students in Grades (5-12) in the Affected Areas of the Sultanate of Oman and the Role of Curriculum in facing Them, Educational Journal - Scientific Publishing Council - Kuwait University.

• Shahat, M.A., Al-Balushi, S.M., & Al-Amri, M. (2023). Measuring preservice science teachers’ performance on engineering design process tasks: Implications for fostering STEM education", Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/AGJSR-12-2022-0277

2022

•    Chokri Smaoui & Mayada Al-Maktari (2022). Gradual limitation within harmonic serialism: Annales de l’Institut Supérieur des Langues de Tunis, 14, 39-48.
•    Abd-El-Aal, W. M. M. & Corkett, K. J. (2022). Investigating Omani in-service science teachers' perception of climate change, climate change anxiety level and its relationship with their teaching practices. Fayoum University Journal of Education and Psychology, 11, 607- 634. 
•    https://doi.org/10.21608/jfust.2022.166545.1775  
•    Ahoud Al Mamari, Abdo Mohammed Al-Mekhlafi, Fawzia Al Seyabi and Ehab Omara (2022). Exploring the Practice of Action Research among English Language Teachers in Omani Public Schools and Factors Affecting its Implementation, Vol. 12, No. 5
•    Mohammed, Asma Abdel-Sabour (2022). The effectiveness of using mind maps in teaching school songs to students of educational qualification at Sultan Qaboos University, Journal of the College of Education in Educational Sciences, (47).
•    Al-Ayasra, Muhammad Abdel-Karim; Al-Ajmi, Zainab (2022). The degree of Islamic education teachers in the Sultanate of Oman practicing emotional intelligence skills according to the Golman Golman model and its relationship to their professional competence in the light of some variables, International Journal of Educational Research, UAE University, 3 (46), 252-281.
•    Al-Salmi, Mohsen; Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Al-Moussawi, Ali Sharaf; Al Bassami, Khaled; Al-Sinani, Muhammad (2022). The educational effects of the new Corona (COVID-19) pandemic on school education from the point of view of teachers and students, Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences, University of Bahrain.
•    Al-Maamari, S., Al-Hadabi, R. (2022). The level of awareness of sustainable tourism among ninth grade female students at Al-Rumais School for Basic Education, Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 13 (1), 23-41
•    Ismail, Sameh. S., & Abdullah, S. A. (2022). Using Screen-Capture Technology to Authenticate IT Online Learning and Assessment. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 12(1), 71-76. 
•    Fawzi, Yasser, Al-Amri, Muhammad, and Al-Yahyaei, Fakhriya. (2022). The impact of designing a digital visual library on teaching plastic arts from students’ point of views in the pre- and post-basic education stages in the Sultanate of Oman. Saudi Journal of Art and Design, 2(2), 91-138.
 

2021

•    Al-Busaidi, S. & Al-Seyabi, F. (2021). Project-based learning as a tool for student teachers’ professional development: A study in an Omani EFL teacher education program. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 20(4), 116-136. 
•    Al-Issa, A. (2021). Using English language teaching professionalism to bash cultural imperialism in the Sultanate of Oman: Response to Wyatt and Sargeant. Changing English, 28(3), 341-352. DOI: 10.1080/1358684X.2021.1904381.
•    Mohamed, Asma Abdel-Sabour (2021). Piano Composition Performance Style, rated 47 by Charles Wakefield Cadman, Journal of Research in the Fields of Specific Education, 7 (32).
•    Alkaaf, F. & Alkaaf, N. (2021). Employing the requirements of a knowledge-based economy in the Arabic language curricula from the point of view of its teachers and supervisors in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Educational Sciences, 29(1), 23-45.
•    Al-Ayasra, Muhammad Abdel-Karim, & Al-Shabiba, Thuraya (2021). The effect of using the flipped classroom strategy on students’ application in Islamic education of the provisions of recitation and memorization of Quranic verses in the light of their academic achievement, Studies Journal, Educational Sciences, University of Jordan. 2(48), 413-434.
•    Al-shannaq, M. (2021). Gender and School Location Differences in Mathematics Achievement Using TIMSS Test for the Grade Eight in Jordan, IUG Journal of Educational and Psychological sciences, 29 (2), 542-553 
•    Nasr, M. (2021). Insights towards Multisensory Enhancement Learning Approach during the Pandemic Times. Journal of studies and researches of sport education, 66, 401-409.
•    Al-Maamari, S (2021). Perceptions of students of the global citizenship course at Sultan Qaboos University about the aspects of learning they acquired during the implementation of service-learning initiatives, Arabic studies in education and psychology. 138, 39-60
•    Fawzi, Yasser, Al-Amri, Muhammad, and Al-Yahyaei, Fakhria (2021). A proposed model for training students at Sultan Qaboos University to employ metacognitive strategies in teaching arts, Scientific Journal Amesea (Education through Art), 7(25), 799-825.