Islam is part of the source civilization for its adherents. It adjusted to term itself, which has meaning product activities in human life, both economic, social, political, educational fields, and so on. Thus, this case, as a religion, holy writings, also provides clue about things needed although not clear language. Enforcing implementation Arabic Islamic Sharia into society such Indonesia wi...

It has been well documented in educational literature that effective learning takes place if the whole brain is involved in learning. This paper introduces a model for understanding thinking styles and the important role that it has in teaching and learning. Cognitive functions are accommodated when teaching activities are constructed to comply with a learner’s preferred mode of thinking. Inter...

Compared to the other Arab countries, the United Arab Emirates is in an advanced position regarding ICT in the educational setting. Yet, more efforts are still needed to put the UAE in a global competitive status. This chapter is meant to investigate the current educational situation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to: a) discuss the impact of technology integration and the pr...

The paper focuses on a part of a new project Serious Games on a Global Market which focuses on language learning and teaching. Serious Games are digital games and equipment with an agenda of educational design. The paper makes a theoretical argument for a Serious Games product based on theories of educational design and learning in relation to games. Furthermore technology based perspectives on...

In knowledge-based economies, human capital is a major determinant of labor force participation and productivity and has received growing interest from researchers and policy makers alike. Recently, the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WiC) performed macro-level projections by age, sex and education for all countries in the world. Projections of education in this mod...

The Internet represents a wonderful opportunity to modify the teaching methods, and to redefine our notions of education. The aim of this paper is to present our teaching project, named Web Learning Environment (WLE), which studies the use of the “Net ” and its resources to develop a learning environment. We have involved a classroom (sixteen students, aged 16-17) of a technical institute in It...

The concept and meaning of futile care depends on the existing culture, values, religion, beliefs, medical achievements and emotional status of a country. We aimed to define the concept of futile care in the viewpoints of nurses working in intensive care units (ICUs). In this phenomenological study, the experiences of 25 nurses were explored in 11 teaching hospitals affiliated to Social Securit...

There are many questions that must be addressed in the design of teaching-learning situations/scenarios. They include: how to adapt content/activities to learner ́s specific needs; how to plan corrective feedback; how to fit teaching-learningassessment techniques to a specific educational context; how to choose the educational tools more appropriate to a teaching-learning-assessment method; how ...