Papers by abderrazak dammak
English Language Teaching Theory, Research and Pedagogy, 2022
Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
This paper investigates teachers’ exclusion from designing exit tests and the justifications of d... more This paper investigates teachers’ exclusion from designing exit tests and the justifications of different stakeholders. Teachers and decision-makers can justify exclusion from different perspectives. This small-scale critical exploratory study, which was conducted in a vocational institute in the United Arab Emirates, aims at problematizing the issue of depriving teachers from designing exit tests. It also intends to raise teachers’ awareness about this issue. According to proponents of the critical theory, questioning perpetuated situations and raising others’ awareness about similar experiences can lead to a change in the dominating culture of many workplaces. In this study, the researcher used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews as tools of data collection to problematize this issue and compare the various justifications of the two main stakeholders: Teachers and decision makers. Results of this critical exploratory study showed that most teachers are not allowed to participate in designing exit tests. Results also revealed that most of the excluded teachers are assessment literate, aware of the objectives and principles of testing, which may refute the alleged assumptions about teachers’ incompetence. Moreover, results of the study showed that the impact of the study was immediate as most of the excluded teachers expressed their intention to discuss this issue with decision makers.
10 6.1.3 What do English language teachers think about their participation in professional develo... more 10 6.1.3 What do English language teachers think about their participation in professional development activities? 6.2 Implications 6.2.1 The need for professional environment 6.2.2 The need for systematic participation 6.2.3 The need for partnership 6.3 Contributions to existing knowledge 6.4 Recommendations for future research 6.
Conducting educational research studies is a daunti ng and challenging experience for novice rese... more Conducting educational research studies is a daunti ng and challenging experience for novice researchers. The novice researcher is not only haun ted by the ambiguity of the new research experience but also challenged by the difficult cho i e of research paradigms and compatible research methodologies and methods that are often p r sented as competing paradigms and therefore as against each other. This paper is a hu mble attempt to discuss and clarify research terminologies and help novice researchers choose ap propriate research methodologies and methods as seen compatible with the positivist, int erpretive, and critical paradigms.
Exclusive and Inclusive Professionalism- An Endless Debate, 2016
Teachers’ professionalism has always been confusing and controversial to theorists and teachers. ... more Teachers’ professionalism has always been confusing and controversial to theorists and teachers. Since its emergence, this field of professionalism has been problematic as it faced challenges that impeded its implementation in educational institutions. Teachers strive to become professionals by developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Teachers’ working environment and managerial support play a vital role to help teachers develop and implement the skills that they have learned. From that background, this paper will tackle the issue of professionalism and will illustrate the various meanings given to professionalism, the multiple challenges to professionalism, and the potential solutions that may help teachers in their endeavour to become professionals.
Journal of Somali Studies, 2014
In order to understand the dialectics of education in Somalia, particularly at the levels of prim... more In order to understand the dialectics of education in Somalia, particularly at the levels of primary and secondary studies, it behooves us to shed some light on the background: the traditional Qur’anic school where the task of conventional learning starts. The reason for this is, before formal school learning, the Somali child undergoes a traditional pedagogical system in which s/he starts learning Islam’s Holy Scripture in a Qur’anic school as young as from age four. Here, s/he learns how to read and write the Arabic alphabet, which is the basis for Qur’anic as well as Arabic-language studies. In due course, the learners are expected to master the reading of the Qur’an, usually based on rote memorization, to “commit the Quran – as much of it as possible – to memory”, but without comprehension of the text (Hersi, 1977:38).
Veritas: The Academic Journal of St Clements Education Group, 2014
Case studies have been subjected to both positive attributes and negative criticisms. Accordingly... more Case studies have been subjected to both positive attributes and negative criticisms. Accordingly, there has been a growing academic discussion and debate about the usability of the case study with regard to its reliability. It has been accused of being a less rigorous, undependable, and ungeneralizable research method. The condemnation has led scholars and professionals among the researcher community to raise viewpoints
that represent different schools of thought. Each school demonstrated its perception regarding the debate, of course with some concern. Whereas a section of researchers or scholars encourages the method as a useful approach, the other emphasizes its argument based on, among other things, what they call ‘lack of reliability’ of the case study, particularly external validity – whether a study carried out in the approach
could indeed be generalized.
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Papers by abderrazak dammak
that represent different schools of thought. Each school demonstrated its perception regarding the debate, of course with some concern. Whereas a section of researchers or scholars encourages the method as a useful approach, the other emphasizes its argument based on, among other things, what they call ‘lack of reliability’ of the case study, particularly external validity – whether a study carried out in the approach
could indeed be generalized.
that represent different schools of thought. Each school demonstrated its perception regarding the debate, of course with some concern. Whereas a section of researchers or scholars encourages the method as a useful approach, the other emphasizes its argument based on, among other things, what they call ‘lack of reliability’ of the case study, particularly external validity – whether a study carried out in the approach
could indeed be generalized.