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Dr Ambreen Mohammad

DBI - Lecturer in Education

Ambreen Mohammad

  • School Dubai - Business and Law

  • Department Dubai - Law and Social Sciences

  • Location Dubai

Research activities

Publications

  • Mohammad, A., & Borkoski, C. (2024). Organizational conditions and teacher turnover in private schools of United Arab Emirates. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 9, 100801.
  • Mohammad, A. (2017). Implementing systems to impact student engagement through cooperative learning. In Madden, J. Teachers teaching teacher: How teacher learning improves student learning (pp.31 – 44). Oxford Global Press.
  • Ahmed, A. (2009).Teacher’s Role in Improving Students’ Thinking Skills: Moving beyond the ‘sage on stage’. Teachers.Net Gazette. 6 (3). Available at http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN09/ahmed/
  • Ahmed, A. (2009).The Metaphor of Collaboration – What’s missing from group work. Teachers.Net Gazette. 6 (1). Available at http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN09/ahmed/

    • Presentations

  • Sep 2022. Leveraging technology and learning science to drive secondary literacy. Webinar at Teach Middle East
  • Oct 2022. The power of technology to implement learning science at scale. Session at Near East Asia Council (NESA)
  • Oct 2022. From micromanagement to talent management: Developing leadership in others. Session at GCC Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
  • March 2022. Teacher turnover: A needs analysis. Presented at Dubai Care, Expo 2020.
  • October- December 2020. Building high trust schools. Series of CPD sessions presented at Al Qasimi Research Foundation.
  • November 2019. Strengthening literacy through nonfiction writing. Presented at the International Community Schools.
  • October 2019. Implementing systems to improve student engagement. Presented at Middle East Leadership Conference.
  • May 2019. Student engagement through systems perspective: Presented at Emirates College of Advanced Education.
  • March 2019. It’s all about engagement! Presented at Abu Dhabi Teaching Conference.
  • January 2018 – June 2018. Curriculum and assessment alignment through PLC. A series of CPD workshops presented at Al Yasat Private School.
  • August 2017 – January 2018. Kagan cooperative learning, days 1-5 Certification Course. Presented at Al Yasat School.

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    Biography

    Dr. Ambreen Mohammad completed her doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, US with a specialization in entrepreneurial leadership. She is the recipient of a merit scholarship in leadership and management research from Johns Hopkins University. Before working in academia, she was the vice principal of two K-12 international schools in the UAE.Ìý

    Ambreen has consulted international edtech organizations and has served as a professional development designer and facilitator across the UAE and Asia. She is a certified Kagan instructional coach. Her areas of research include teacher retention, building high trust organizations, talent management, professional learning communities and cooperative learning.Ìý

    At Â鶹TVÍøÕ¾ University, Ambreen has taught areas spanning, Teaching and Learning, Leadership and Management, Higher Education, Technology Integration, Research Methods and Dissertation Writing. In addition to supervising master’s dissertations at Â鶹TVÍøÕ¾ University, she serves on the doctoral committee at Johns Hopkins University. In 2018, Ambreen was awarded the Innovation and Creativity Award for her work in increasing student engagement. Ìý

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    Publications