Science Education Development in the Sultanate of Oman

2009 ◽  
pp. 205-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Ambusaidi ◽  
Sulaiman Al-Balushi

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Shaher Rebhi Elayyan ◽  
Fakhriya Ibrahim Al-Shizawi

The current study falls in line with global and local mobility that aims to investigate the science teachers’ perceptions of integrating STEM approach in cycle 2 schools in AL Batinah North Governorate in Sultanate of Oman. To implement the study, descriptive methodology was used with a questionnaire of 19 items that divided into two parts: Achieving requirements of 21st century skills and linking science education with economic issues. After verifying the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaire, it was applied on the sample of 147 science teachers (71 male and 76 female). The findings showed a high perception of the science teachers towards integrating STEM in teaching science to acquire students the significant skills and competencies to help them to keep pace with modern scientific developments and have an opportunity to compete in the labor market. According to the findings, the study recommends to add engineering design steps to the science curricula and activating workshops to train the teachers to formulate classroom questions in real problems context.


Author(s):  
Dariusz Prokopowicz

In mid-2017, the International Institute of Innovation "Science - Education - Development" in Warsaw published a book entitled "Legal and social aspects of cyber security", written by Sylwia Gwoździewicz and Krzysztof Tomaszycki. This book describes the key issues of cyber security in the context of the aspects of the adjusted legal norms and social determinants of this issue. In this book, the authors indicate that innovations in information technologies permanently determine the tendencies to provide and create various cyber security frameworks. The content of the book shows that with the development of technology, national legal norms should be gradually adapted to international regulations, and in particular to EU law in the area of combating cybercrime and ensuring an adequate level of cyber security. The process of providing information via the Internet and the development of electronic banking generates many threats related to the crime of theft of secret data, interception of confidential information by cybercriminals and impersonation of funds in online banking systems. Therefore, individual entities, including institutions of the financial, public and business sectors, should constantly improve the security systems for remote access to information and transactions carried out via the Internet.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 120
Author(s):  
Margaret Foluso Ayeni

In spite of the numerous groundbreaking innovations and inventions that science education can achieve in Africa, its growth in the continent is stunted. This retardation in development is as a result of fundamental problems which are discussed in the paper under the following headings: Insecurity, corruption, Unavailability of Laboratory Equipment and Instructional materials, Inadequate Funds, Inadequate Teacher Quality and Teaching Method, Difficult concepts in science. The paper highlights the challenges crippling the development of science education and the prospects its growth will have in the growth of Africa as a continent. Also, this paper focuses on the challenges plaguing science education in African Countries. It intends to reveal how science education is being prevented from becoming prominent in the national and sustainable development of African countries. It also discusses the prospects science education will have in the development of the continent if it was not plagued with difficulties. Some recommendations were made on the steps to take to improve the development of science education in Africa.   Received: 2 May 2021 / Accepted: 15 June 2021 / Published: 8 July 2021


2018 ◽  
Vol XXI (Issue 3) ◽  
pp. 690-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.I. Gilmanshina ◽  
R.N. Sagitova ◽  
I.R. Gilmanshin

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