Assistant Professor

Bio

Dr. Sandra Baroudi joined Zayed University as an Assistant Professor in August 2020. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from the British University in Dubai (BUID), UAE. Dr. Baroudi provides mentorship, training, and professional development for in-service in the Taâlouf Program for Career Based Teacher Development, through the Al Jalila Foundation and also under the sustainable upskilling program to the National Charity Schools in partnership with HSBC Middle East. She was a Research Fellow for the Queen Rania Foundation in Jordan and the Education Endowment Foundation in the UK. She held the position of a visiting faculty member at UAEU in Al Ain in Spring 2019. She worked for  5 years as a researcher at the College of Education at Zayed University in Dubai. Her work explores leadership and management in education, teacher education and professional development, technology integration in the classroom, and the development of female leadership in the MENA region. She led the contextualization of the teaching and learning toolkit into the Arab world context. Dr. Baroudi has presented at national and international conferences and has published her work internationally in peer-reviewed journals. She is currently involved in various research projects. Her intellectual contributions are cited on her Google Scholar and ResearchGate profiles.

Office

Dubai Academic City, R-L2-030

Phone:

+97144021437

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Research and Professional Activities

Research and Professional Activities 

Hojeij, Z. & Baroudi, S. (2021). Engaging pre-service teachers in virtual field experience during COVID-19: Designing a framework to inform the practice. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 19(3), pp. 14-32.

Hojeij, Z., Atallah, F., Baroudi, S., & Tamim, R. (2021). Challenges for practice teaching in UAE schools: Supervisors’ and pre-service teachers’ perceptions. Issues in International Research, 31(2), 513-536. http://www.iier.org.au/iier31/hojeij2.pdf

Eppard, J., Rodjan-Helder, M., Baroudi, S., Reddy, P (2021). Integrating Flipped Learning into an English pre-sessional class at a Public University in the UAE: Reports from an SLL university classroom. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environment, 11(2). DOI: 10.4018/IJVPLE.2021070105

Baroudi, S. (2020). Implementing international large-scale assessment: A first step towards the improvement of the Lebanese educational context. In David, S.A., & Hill, C. (Eds.), Curriculum Innovation and Transformation: Studies on Design, Discourse and Development (pp.206-218). Beau Bassin: Scholar’s Press.

Baroudi, S., Tamim, R., Hojeij, Z (2020). A quantitative investigation of intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing teachers’ job satisfaction in Lebanon. Leadership and Policy in Schools. Doi: 10.1080/15700763.2020.1734210

Baroudi, S., & David, S. A. (2020). Nurturing female leadership skills through peer mentoring role: A study among undergraduate students in the United Arab Emirates. Higher Education Quarterly, pp.1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12249

Epard, J., Baroudi, S., Rochdi, A. (2020). A case Study on Improving Reading Fluency at a University in the UAE. International Journal of Instruction, 13(1), 747-766. http://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2020_1_48.pdf

Taha-Thomure, H., Kreidieh, S., Baroudi. S. (2020). Arabic children’s literature: Glitzy production, disciplinary content. Issues in Educational Research, 30(1), 323- 344. http://www.iier.org.au/iier30/taha-thomure.pdf

Baroudi, S. (2019). A closer look on the design of the Lebanese public education budget: A comparative analysis approach. International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 8(3), pp. 25-38. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IEJ

Baroudi, S., Rodjan-Helder, M. (2019). Behind the scenes: teachers’ perspectives on factors affecting the implementation of inquiry-based science instruction. Research in Science & Technological Education, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2019.1651259.

Eppard, J., Hojeij, Z., Ozdemir-Ayber, P., Rodjan-Helder, M., & Baroudi, S. (2019). Using Mobile Learning Tools in Higher Education: A UAE Case. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, 13(11), 51-69. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v13i11.10823

Baroudi, S., & Hojeij, Z. (2018). The role of self-efficacy as an attribute of principals’ leadership effectiveness in K-12 private and public institutions in Lebanon. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 23(4), 457-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2018.1529822

Hojeij, Z. & Baroudi, S. (2018). Student perceptions on peer feedback training using a blended method: A UAE case. Issues in Educational Research, 28(3), 655-678. http://www.iier.org.au/iier28/hojeij.pdf

Conference papers

Eppard, J., Hashi, A., Baroudi, S., & Rodjan-Helder, M. (2018). Social Media Platforms: Co-creating codes of conduct. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference e-Society, LISBON, 2018. Lisbon, Portugal: IADIS Press. ISBN: 978-989-8533-753 

Tamim, R.M., Borokhovski, E., El Saadi, L., Kanaan, S., Heilder, M., Pickup, D. I., & Bernard, R. M. (Under review). Scoping Educational Technology Research: Critical Review of Publications in Selected Journals from 2011 to 2017. Paper submitted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Toronto, Canada (April 5 – 9, 2019).

Conference Presentations of Refereed Papers 

Digital technology integration in K-12 classrooms in the Arab world- A literature review (2020). AUEIRC’20 (The 3rd AUE International Research Conference in the American university in the Emirates), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

The role of self-efficacy as an attribute of principals’ leadership effectiveness in K-12 private and public institutions in Lebanon (2018). The IAFOR International Conference on Education, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Factors that Affect Teachers’ Abilities to Implement Inquiry-Based Science Instruction in the Classroom (2018). Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching (ALLT) International Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

An examination of factors that make international large-scale assessments effective: a case study of Lebanon (2017). Best paper award for the category of education. BUID Doctoral Research Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Principal self-efficacy influence on teacher’s job satisfaction in Lebanon (2016). Best paper for arts, humanities, and social sciences for Sheikha Lubna Al Qassimi Recognition award, Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects Symposium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

An Examination of leadership style in one government authority in the UAE (2015). Best paper award for the arts, Humanities, and social sciences category, GSRC, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.