Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives: Volume 7 Issue 1 , Open Access

Editor’s Introduction

David Palfreyman

Awareness and perceptions of available Major programs by first year Zayed University students

David J. Gallacher, Angela Skuba, Roudha Al-Bahri

In recent years there has been a large increase of Higher education options in the United Arab Emirates. Emirati school leavers must choose among newly established institutions…

Using Web 2.0 technology for work experience: student perspectives on Tawasul

John Raven, Karen O’Donnell

This paper discusses the implementation of Web 2.0 technology for work experience (WE) in a tertiary context. The technology, specifically social networking software, was…

Teaching English as Discourse in Sultan Qaboos University

Khalid Mohammed Al-Balushi

In this paper, I argue that English could be of more relevance to the Arabian Gulf if we conceptualized it as an educational forum for familiarizing students with socio-linguistic…