Instructor

Bio

Sarah’s teaching experience is in Interdisciplinary courses that include life skills, Innovation, Strategic learning, and Positivity & Wellbeing. Additionally, she works closely with students to develop soft skills, emotional intelligence and help students recognize and achieve their educational goals, apply knowledge and skills gained in co-curricular participation to meet short-term and long-term goals. Her passion is teaching and bringing the best out of students. Her research interests encompass student success through goal setting and self-regulation. She holds several certificates from the Higher Education Academy in UK. Sarah is a fellow of the UK higher education and a Mental Health Ambassador supported by the board of directors of the national board of certified counsellors NBC. She is also a Blackboard Certified Associate in Fundamentals of Digital Teaching and Learning. Blackboard Certified Practitioner for Designing Digital Teaching and Learning.

Office

Abu Dhabi - Khalifa City, MF3-1-053

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Teaching Areas

Interdisciplinary studies
Positivity and Well Being
Critical Thinking
First year success
Student Engagement

Research and Professional Activities

Mohsin Ali Khan, J., Anilkumar, S., Azzam, S., Farooq, S. and Mahmoud, L. (2021), "Book review: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration", Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Gulf Perspectives, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 67-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/LTHE-03-2021-056 

“First-Year College Success Through Goal Setting and Self-Regulation” Presented in 5th annual scholarship of teaching and learning (January 2020)

“Getting Creative in the Classroom.” Presented in (ALLT) Applied linguistic and language Teaching forum (September 2019)

“Plan for your success, Think outside the Box”AL Ittihad Newspaper (June, 2018)