Qatar’s educational reform past and future: challenges in teacher development
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The Qatari educational system used the intrinsic-nationalistic and cultural traditions of Arabic schools until the late 1990s as mentioned in this paper, and the Qatari leadership and stakeholder was outdated; hence, they approach...Abstract:
Until the late 1990s, Qatar’s educational system used the intrinsic-nationalistic and cultural traditions of Arabic schools. The Qatari leadership and stakeholder was outdated; hence, they approach...read more
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