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Associate Professor

Dr. Khadeega Alzouebi

Dr. Khadeegha Alzouebi is an Associate Professor of Education at the School of Education, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University. She has a PhD in education from the University of Sheffield, England. She also has an MEd and an MA in Education from the University of Sheffield, England. Dr. Khadeegha has worked extensively on educational policy, school reform, school effectiveness and innovate change management both in the U.K and in the United Arab Emirates. She has over 25 years of experience in the education field in many capacities from working on educational policy, to leading educational reform to working in governance with local governments, and higher education public and private think-tank organisations. Dr. Khadeegha has worked extensively with school leaders to create an effective school climate.

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Academic Biography

  • Instruction and Curricula
  • Educational Leadership and Improvement
  • Testing and Assessment in Education
  • Research and Policy in Education
  • Teacher professional development
  • E-learning
  • Monitoring, evaluation & learning
  • Strategy design & implementation
     
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK (2008)
  • Master of Arts, University of Sheffield, UK (2004)
  • Master of Education, University of Sheffield, UK (2001)
  • Bachelor of Arts, Sheffield Hallam University, UK (1999)
     

Dr. Khadeegha Alzouebi is an Associate Professor of Education at the School of Education, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University. She has a PhD in education from the University of Sheffield, England. She also has an MEd and an MA in Education from the University of Sheffield, England. Dr. Khadeegha has worked extensively on educational policy, school reform, school effectiveness and innovate change management both in the U.K and in the United Arab Emirates. She has over 25 years of experience in the education field in many capacities from working on educational policy, to leading educational reform to working in governance with local governments, and higher education public and private think-tank organisations. Dr. Khadeegha has worked extensively with school leaders to create an effective school climate.

Dr. Khadeegha is an active researcher with an interest that is particularly concerned with enhancing the effectiveness of educational leaders and school managers through the use of innovative technological practices while looking at factors that influence organisational learning and the different leadership styles with a strongly international perspective.

Dr. Khadeegha has devoted her career to education. She is passionate about the transformative power of education. She has served as the chair for the board of Governors at the Dubai International School for over 10 years. 25 years at the forefront of supporting teachers, young people, school leaders, programme and curriculum designers and policy makers with educational initiatives.

Dr. Khadeegha has a reputation for consistently meeting challenging targets and delivering quality professional development training and resources for teacher and school leaders.  Focused on long-term impact and sustainability and being able to measure this. Dr. Khadeegha has a style of management that is empathetic, compassionate, and inclusive.
 

Recent Publications

Fostering Tolerance and Respect for Diversity through the Fundamentals of Islamic Education.

Aderibigbe, S.A., Idriz, M. Alzouebi, K. AlOthman, Hamdi, W. B and Companioni. A. A. (2023)

Understanding student perceptions of social computing and online tools to enhance learning

Aderibigbe, S.A., Hamdi, W.B., Alzouebi, K., Frick, W. and Companioni, A.A. (2022)

An examination of the factors and challenges to adopting gamification in English foreign language teaching

Demirbilek, M., Talan, T. and Alzouebi, K. (2022)

Accountability and quality assurance for leadership and governance in Dubai-based educational marketplace

Ben Jaafar, S., Alzouebi, K. and Bodolica, V. (2022)

Collaborative Business Intelligence: A Case Study of the Dubai Smart City Strategy

El Khatib, M and Alzouebi, K. (2021)

An examination of the emotional intelligence of school principals and the impact on school climate in public schools in the United Arab Emirates

Al Shehhi, M., Alzouebi, K. and Ankit, A. (2021)

Teacher readiness: Cultivating leadership skills among primary schoolchildren in the United Arab Emirates Public Sector

Al Shehhi, H. and Alzouebi, K. (2021)

The Recruitment Process of Principals in Public Schools in the United Arab Emirates: Practices and Policies

AlShehhi F. and Alzouebi, K. (2020)

Political Discourse Analysis: Repetition as a Rhetorical Strategy in Simultaneous Interpreting of Obama’s Speech in Cairo

Abu Assi, H. and Alzouebi, K. (2020)

Educational Background and Identity: Factors Influencing Arab Women Learning English

Alzouebi, S; Ridley, D. and Alzouebi, K. (2020)

Electronic Portfolio Development and Narrative Reflections in Higher Education: Part and Parcel of the Culture?

Alzouebi, K. (2019)

Teachers Perceptions on the use of tablets in mainstream classroom in the United Arab Emirates

El Shaar, S. and Alzouebi, K. (2019)

Assessing Attitudes towards Career Guidance in United Arab Emirates Girls’ Schools: Practices and Challenges.

Alfalasi, S. and Alzouebi, K. (2019)

Political Discourse Analysis: Repetition as a Rhetorical Strategy in Simultaneous Interpreting of Obama’s Speech in Cairo

Abu Assi, H. and Alzouebi, K. (2019)

The Islamic Studies Teachers’ Perception of Integrating ICT into the Teaching and Learning in the UAE Public Schools: Challenges, Opportunities and Practices

Al-Gumaei, G. Alzouebi, K. and Abdelaziz, H. (2019)

Examining the association between educational attainment and life expectancy in MENA region: A panel data analysis

Hamidi, S. Alzouebi, K. Akinci, F. and Zengul, F. (2018)

Digital and Social Learning: Transforming Education for the Next Generation

Alzouebi, K. and Salhat, S. (2016)

Transforming Education through Social Learning: A Case Study of Social Learning at Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates.

Alzouebi, K. and Salhat, S. (2014)

Sustainability of International Branch Campuses in the United Arab Emirates: A Vision for the Future. Journal of General Education

Franklin, A. and Alzouebi, K. (2014)

Transforming Education through Social Learning: A case study of Social Learning at Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates

Alzouebi, K. and Salhat, S. (2014)

Exploring learner perspective of social Media in Higher Education in a UAE Context: Experience beyond Knowledge

Alzouebi, K. and Isakovic, A. (2014)

The Instructional Power of Game-Based Learning and Simulation in Education. International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems

Sharabas, K. and Alzouebi, K. (2014)

Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Moodle to Enhance the Quality of Teaching and Learning in K-12 education

Naser, S. and Alzouebi, K. (2014)

Identities and Roots: A Historical account of the Yemeni Community in the South Yorkshire town of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Alzouebi, K. (2014)

Putting Words into their Mouths: Ethnographic encounters of Multilingual Literacy Practices in a British-Arab home

Alzouebi, K. (2013)

An Ethnographic Exploration of Narrative Methodologies as a way of Retrieving Marginalized Voices through Multilingual Stories of Arab Women’s Literacy Practices

Alzouebi, K. (2013)

Language and Power: Translators as Intercultural Agents in Ethnographic Educational Research.

Alzouebi, K. (2013)

Empowering Arabic speaking Learners: Textual Equalities for Arab Women

Alzouebi, K. (2012)

The Splintering Selves: A Reflective Journey in Educational Research

Alzouebi, K. (2010)