American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Ahmed Alanazi

 Online international collaboration has been significantly important in the last few decades especially with the evolving development of information communication technologies. This paper summarizes what is in the literature in support of the important dimensions that educational workforcesneed to implement to expand collaboration internationally. In particular, this paperbeginswith Dewey’s most basic argument, education is a process of communication. This paper sheds light on ways in which online international collaboration is educationally significant, whether academically, economically, or culturally throughout deliberating about significant salient key components in the body of literature in learning and teaching domains. These investigated ways include the importance of knowledge transmission, the revolution of technology in education, knowledge distribution, learning as a social activity, experts’integration, and diversity in online communities.

Bob Foster

 This study aims to determine if there is impact between the brand image of mineral water “Amidis” on purchasing decisions. The object of research conducted at the trading company by using accidental sampling method by distributing questionnaires to consumers and prospective buyers of mineral water. Then from the responses of the respondents, the data was processed by using SPSS 20.0. Brand image consists of three variables: the attributes, benefits and attitudes. Where the results of the research show that the attitude has the greater impact on purchasing decisions than the variable attributes and benefits. Overall, the impact of brand image on purchasing decisions only 7% means that the consumer purchasing decisions are more influenced by other variables than the brand image alone. 

Abdulaziz Alsolmi

Applied Behaviour Analysis and behaviour modification are tremendously important in the field of disability. There are many students with disability suffer from behaviour challenges and they are in great need of help them change their behaviour in order to enable them to learn and successfully engage with others in their social, educational and sport activities. In this paper, Ian has great behaviour challenges especially when he can not socially communicate with others and hitting wrist. Ian was observed to notice challenges and then treatment was given to help him overcome these difficulties. The behaviour was observed again to determine the functional relationship between the intervention and the behaviour change and there was great impact on Ian’s behaviour. 

Saleh Alanazi

The article starts by defining school curriculum then describing different ideologies that are included in the school curriculum. The past learning ideology is compared with the present learning style. The paper goes ahead to provide a comparison between the two ideologies of the school curriculum. The author proceeds to provide the purpose and significance of school curriculum in the learning institutions. More specific is the description of the underlying beliefs that the learner has about the past and the present curriculum ideology. In the next explanation are the assumptions of the learner-centered ideology on explaining the student knowledge. The learner-centered ideology offers the relationship between the students and teachers. The article also describes the assumption of the social efficiency about knowledge of the learner. The author offers the learning conditions basing his argument on the two ideologies. Lastly is the explanation of the stages of developing school curriculum in special education and a final conclusion of the paper

Husain R Alruwaili 

Despite the rapid development of special education services in Saudi Arabia, efforts towards the implementation of special education services must be intensified. The Ministry of Education plays a critical role in addressing the fundamental issues so that it can provide quality services for students with intellectual disabilities (ID). Improvement requires consideration of obstacles that still must be addressed. Substantially, these issues can be addressed through improvement in three main: intellectual disability programs services, education curriculum development, and specialized teachers. This paper discusses these issues and suggests strategies that can be implemented to overcome barriers.

Ahmed Alanazi

Perhaps one of the most powerful influences on students’ success in the classroom is the teaching method implemented by the instructor. This paper discusses the constructivist approach, how it has been criticized, and the subsequent evolution of the constructionist approach. Constructivism is most closely associated with the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) whose epistemological theory is considered one of the most influential constructivist theories in education. In the wake of Piaget, his student Seymour Papert put forth the more developed concept of constructionism. This paper discusses how learners construct knowledge on schemas of prior knowledge through the lenses of both constructivism and constructionism, posits critiques that assess the constructivist approach, summarizes how proponents of constructivism respond to those critiques, and outlines key components of constructivism. Although both constructivism and constructionism have supporters and opponents, further research is needed on the effectiveness of constructivist and constructionist teaching methodologies to ensure which approach is most effective for educational learning environments.

Sami Alharbi

This papers illustrates the specific need of assistive technology for teach students with learning disabilities when they inclusive them in public schools. This papers focus on use assistive technology in the classroom, but there are some barriers to use assistive technology and overcoming the barriers to implementing assistive technology for students with specific learning disabilities in the general classroom to teach them language arts so that its benefits can be realized. Also, to investigate the effectiveness of several intervention: training special and general education teachers and providing support in the schools through technical professionals and parents involvement.

Aryaf Alnasuan

This paper looks at developmental review on child art and the best representation of child art. The development of a child depends heavily on what their mind and body interacts with. Art is the best way for this interaction to be made possible and is almost natural for every child. The function of the brain, the sensory nerves, and the motor skills are enhanced through child art. The way a child communicates back to what they see around them is through art which can be seen at the different development stages. Further will look at the importance art, Art is important because it helps the child express their fears, ambitions and showcase their talent to the rest of the world. It can be used as a means of therapy to understand what the child is going through or what they may be struggling with. Also the role of gender and adults on children art, it should therefore be encouraged that every parent, guardian, or teacher should provide the materials for art and engage their children in a way that keeps their spirits high so that they may freely express themselves even as they grow older. Lastly is evaluation of stages of development on children. It is therefore important to acknowledge the stages of development in a child and especially through the use of art, from when they start to doodle unrecognizable lines to when they can balance their images and show their understanding of the world through art masterpieces.

Ibrahim Alfarhan

“Some students may be learning the lesson quite well, while others are missing key concepts and falling behind because they lack prerequisite skills for new learning” (Slavin. 2008). Curriculum, along with instructions and teachers are the three dimensions by which fine products, students, can be produced. In this paper, the researcher will withdraw some important points that are beneficial in order to make a clear understanding of curriculum ideology.