https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/36683 2026-04-05T07:23:56Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/18994 Title: Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies : Volume 7, Issue 1 Abstract: Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, Volume 7, No. 1 (2002) Description: Contents Include : Learning and Building a Nation: Adult Education in the First Jubilee of the State of Israel – A Critical Look edited by Eitan Israeli (Book Review) / Yaacov Iram - Easels of Utopia: Art’s Fact Returned by John Baldacchino (Book Review) / Ivan Callus 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/18992 Title: Prospective teachers' perceptions of the school psychologist's role Authors: Poulou, Maria S. Abstract: Acknowledging the importance of teachers’ implicit theories for the determination of school psychologist’s role, this study aims to elicit prospective teachers’ personal theories for the role of school psychologist. By using metaphoric pictures, 59 pre-service teachers described their perceptions of the school psychologist’s role in relation to other members of the school community, the expectations of both teachers and the school psychologist in relation to the role of the school psychologist, the variability of conditions in which the school psychologist’s role is undertaken as well as their feelings about the school psychologist’s role. Content analysis of data indicated that prospective teachers perceived the school psychologist’s role as being carried out within the school setting and as being prominent in relation to the teachers’ role. The school psychologist aims to help students and teachers to achieve their goals, while teachers perceive the school psychologist as a consultant. The school psychologist’s task is undertaken under continually changing conditions, depending mainly on the variability of people’s needs. Finally, prospective teachers described a variety of emotional responses in relation to the school psychologist’s role. These findings are discussed in terms of the expansion of the school psychologist’s role, teachers’ professional identity and the training programmes of both school psychologists and teachers. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/18991 Title: Changing classroom practice in science and mathematics lessons in Egypt : inhibitors and opportunities Authors: Monk, Martin; Swain, Julian; Ghrist, Mary; Riddle, Wendy Abstract: Egyptian science and mathematics teachers self-report shows that examinations are viewed as the dominant factor inhibiting changes to classroom practice. Although future reforms need to be focused on examinations, the analysis presented here suggests such work needs to be accompanied by changes to textbooks and classroom resources. As inhibitors to change are also located in students and their parents another task is helping them to reconsider what counts as education. The evidence comes from a postal survey of Egyptian science and mathematics teachers following their twelve week in-service programmes in the UK. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/18990 Title: 'The soul of a nation' : Abdallah Nadim and education reform in Egypt (1845-1896) Authors: Herrera, Linda Abstract: The historiography of educational reform in 19th century Egypt is driven largely by modernization approaches in which reformers are cast as ‘liberals’ and ‘westernizers;’ figures outside these paradigms tend to be overlooked. ‘Abdallah Nadim (1845-1896), a nineteenth century social reformer, experimented throughout his life with ‘educating the nation.’ He founded the first Islamic Benevolent Society school in Egypt and authored some of the most widely circulated articles on education and society of his day. In this paper we will review Nadim’s life history, examine the educational terrain of 1890’s Egypt with particular emphasis on girls’ education, and discuss a specific set of articles authored by Nadim on Muslim youth and European education. With his combination of anticolonial, proto-nationalist, conservative Islamic, yet ‘modern’ approach to educational reform, Nadim represents a populist – if neglected figure in Egypt’s educational history. 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z