United Arab of Emirates Country Notebook

When many people think of elementary education, they think of reading small passages and learning the difference between addition and subtraction in easy, creative ways. Now, with the new Common Core State Standards implemented, today’s kids will have more things to worry about. They are asked more challenging questions and expected to have more rigorous answers. This does not set a steady learning pace for the average child.

If you were to go to the Middle Eastern North African region (MENA), you most likely won’t see females with education or equality. According to the MENA-OECD, the literacy

For over two decades, New York State has been refining and fine tuning the learning standards that teachers use for their students daily. It is no surprise that countries were education is a “high-performing ability”, pinpoint their success to curriculum that is strictly focused and coherent for one goal; to improve the achievement of students as whole. The challenge of “creating a sequence of topics and performances that are logical and reflect the sequential or hierarchical nature of the content from which the subject derives” was one presented to teachers amongst others. Such standards needed to be coherent and must evolve from the previous ones to deeper structures in which students would be challenged by higher-level thinking (NYS Common Core Learning Standards in Mathematics, 2010, p.1). This paper examines the New York State Teaching and Learning Standards and follows the shift to the New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards and its continuous growth from here on.

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries were among the countries that gave remarkable importance and attention to reforming their education systems. Some GCC countries ventured taking highly ambitious and radical measures to reform its education system. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a good example and is the context that this paper focuses on. Christine Thorne (2011) reports that “it is clear that the leadership of the country is exerting great pressure for reform in schools and there is a sense of urgency about the need for large-scale change”. Some of the measures taken by the educational leadership were really successful and obviously led to other successes on smaller scales i.e. seeking professional development on the part of teachers; while some other measures were seen as disastrous i.e. sacking a considerable number of really qualified math and science teachers due to their failure

Learning is a lifelong endeavor in which people experience continually: learning new information and techniques every day. The world revolves around the nurturing and growth of future generations. Each person repeatedly develops and accepts new strategies to accurately exude knowledge into adolescent lives. Over the last decades, the United States has developed new teaching practices to assist in the education for young minds. Using documents such as the Common Core Standards, established in 2001, or the Every Student Succeeds Act, established in 2015, has aided in the updating of school curriculum by requiring districts “to put state standards into place so all students have access to high-quality content and instruction” (Academic). The

These days, education is most important for people to improve their life . All countries need the education and care about it because it helps in development and improvement rapidly in all field especially in the economy area . the education system in Saudi Arabia and education system in Australia have same school system and age of school . however , they have some difference in the time table and the school year calendar.

many third world countries do not have public education. Free education -- up to a certain grade -- is something young American students often take for granted. Though it is a right,

In the UAE, most schools are single-sex. Some people believe that this kind of school offers more benefits for the student. However, others think that coeducational ones are better. This essay will examine the pros and cons of co-ed and single-sex schools.

The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) is a federation of seven Emirates that was formed on December 2 1971. It is located between the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and it is bordered by Saudi Arabia and Oman. The country has a total population of 3,740,000 as of 2004. Approximately 85% of those resideing the in UAE are not native to the country. Arabic is the official language,

The implementation of the plans had been inspired by the education system that is taught in the world’s most successful schools. This includes countries such as; Hong Kong, Singapore, Finland and the UK. According to the Department for Education (2013) the main aim of the new National Curriculum is to raise standards and to produce productive, creative and well educated students. As a result of this, schools had to reform towards the demanding curriculum which has also had direct impact upon my practice this year.

The economy in the United Arab Emirates has experienced substantial increases in the last 40 years. The UAE’s capabilities with the pearling and oil industries have given the region its necessary budgets to expand so rapidly. The economic policies in the UAE have gone through stages, since the birth of the region in 1971. Changes in economic welfare of the markets, and privatization policies are also key aspects in understanding the UAE’s economic liberalization and growth. In order to understand the UAE’s economic standard, economic liberalization must be analyzed. The argument of this paper will discuss how economic liberalization has occurred in the United Arab Emirates and is continuing to grow.

The United Arab Emirates is one of the most important tourist destinations in the region. The Arab spring had a very minor effect on the country’s tourism as it did not have a revolution but tourists in countries such as the Americas and Eastern Asia and some European countries were still slightly worried to visit any Arab country as it could be hit by the domino effect of the Arab Spring. UAE is not a neighboring country of any of the countries that had revolutions but it is in the same region.

Education remains to be the priority of all nations around the globe. Most countries devote vast resources to guarantee equal education opportunities to all their students. Most education systems are developed to meet the economic and social demands of the country, both locally and globally. As the world’s 8th highest education spender, Saudi Arabia initiates an overhaul on the education system. It is the largest country in the Middle East. The Saudi Arabian education has gone through an astounding transformation. Initially, education was only available to few people who were children of the wealthy families. However, the transformation of the Saudi Education is now offering education to all children regardless of their social status.

I was employed here as a Mathematics Lecturer in the University General Requirements Unit (UGRU) from September 2005 until June 2007. This was a foundation program for all students entering the university. The foundation program was the equivalent of a one year Arts and Sciences program that some Canadian Universities are now offering. A key difference is that the UGRU Program deals with underprepared, unmotivated students who are second language learners at the very least. All governments of the oil-rich Arabian Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, The UAE, Qatar) have been for a very long time trying to motivate the younger generations to obtain education so that they can develop a locally

UAE is located at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Arabian Gulf sometimes referred to as Persian Gulf, bordering Oman , and Saudi Arabia to the south, sharing sea borders with Qatar and Iran (CIA World Factbook). The population is estimated to be 9.446 million and consists of 1.4 million Emirati citizens and 7.8 million expatriates, majority of whom came from India, Pakistan, Philippines and other Arab countries. It was established in 1971 as a federation of seven emirates (states). Each emirate is governed by a monarch; together, along with some elected representatives, they form the Federal Supreme Council – legislative organ. One of the monarchs is selected as the President of the United Arab Emirates.