Capabilities

The College of Education (CEDU) at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) is dedicated to continually engaging its faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students in research and scholarly activities that contribute to the knowledge base in teaching, learning, and educational leadership within their field of specialization. The CEDU fulfills a broad mission of enriching the research culture for faculty and students by supporting interdisciplinary collaborations, nurturing faculty research, and collaborating with internal and external agencies and universities.

Faculty research interests encompass four major specializations including Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Educational Leadership and Foundations of Education, and Physical Education.

Curriculum and Instruction Research Areas 

• Teaching/learning elementary and secondary subjects
• Literacy
• Higher order thinking skills
• Discourse analyses in early childhood education
• Curriculum development and integration
• Language development and morality
• Integration of technology in teaching and learning
• Active learning
• Children literature
• Psychology of mathematics learning
• Children’s Problem solving and reasoning abilities
• Performance

Special Education Research Areas 

• Inclusion
• Teaching and assessing students with special needs
• Multicultural education
• Mild/moderate disabilities
• Gifted and talented
• Language and communication disorders
• Behavior disorder
• Developmental disabilities
• Behavior management
• Research methods
• based assessments

Foundations of Education Research Areas 

• Philosophical, culture, and economical foundations
• Educational leadership
• Adult education
• Classroom management
• Educational administration
• Community of education

Physical Education Research Areas 

• Gene regulation in neurodevelopmental & neurodegenerative disorders
• Curriculum and teaching methods of physical education

Research findings are published in international journals and presented at national and international conferences. CEDU graduate and undergraduate students through their research, seminars, and capstone courses learn about current research, engage in research discussions, develop research proposals, and undertake research projects and theses. 

Opportunities

The College of Education is dedicated to continually engaging its faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students in research and scholarly activities that contribute to the knowledge base in teaching, learning, and leadership within their field of specialization. The CEDU fulfills a broad mission of enriching the research culture for faculty and students by supporting interdisciplinary collaborations, nurturing faculty research, and collaborating with internal and external agencies and universities.

Faculty members at the College of Education have received several funded research grants over the past years from some organizations including ADEK.

Internal Funding Sources

•  UAEU Research Grant Competition

External Funding Sources

• ADEK

Community Research Projects

Through various research projects, the College of Education’s researchers create new understandings of and develop new resources for learning and teaching. The CEDU researchers investigate ways to improve schools, increase student achievement and prepare teachers with the best curriculum.

Research Collaborations

The list of CEDU research partners includes:

• Shaikh Mohamed Bin Khalid Alnahyan Center
• ADEK
• Ministry of Education
• Hamdan Foundation

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• SURE+

CEDU Annual Research Activities

• Special Education Forum
• Language Forum
• Science and Mathematics Forum
• Foundations of Education Forum
• Students’ Educational Research Forum
• Graduate Students Forum

Publications

Please click here to view the Google Scholar Profile for the College of Education.  Please note that the publications listed on Google Scholar are categorized by faculty and not by their current place of employment. Therefore, some publications listed on this website may not have been done whilst the faculty member was employed at the United Arab Emirates University.

International Journal for Research in Education

The International Journal for Research in Education started in 1984 under the name of Magallat Kulliyyat Al Tarbia at the United Arab Emirates University. The journal publishes original research in Arabic and English and serves educational and academic researchers and policy makers. It’s a refereed periodical that is concerned with publishing empirical research. The journal publishes educational research that pertains to contemporary educational issues, interdisciplinary research in education, conference and symposia reports, reviews of recent educational and psychological books, and summaries of university theses and dissertations in different fields of education. Click here to visit the journal.

Industry

The College of Education maintains close relationships with educational agencies within the UAE and region, including the UAE Ministry of Education and the Department of Education and Knowledge in Abu Dhabi (ADEK).  The faculty provides expert advice and consultancy services pertaining to educational research, effective teaching practices, school leadership, special education, e-learning, and educational policy to government agencies, foundations, and private educational providers.  The College’s outreach mission is to enhance learning for all students.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Rhoda Myra Garces Bacsal
Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Education

Phone: +971 3 713 6217
Email: myrabacsal@uaeu.ac.ae