The Impact of the Principal Leadership Style on Teacher Job Satisfaction among Arab Teachers in Israel: A Qualitative Analysis

This study examines the impact of the management and leadership style of a school principal on teachers’ satisfaction in the Arab sector in Israel. The article presents central concepts of the research and the influence of each of the leadership and management styles of principals on teachers’ satisfaction within an Arab school in Israel. Teachers’ satisfaction (the dependent variable) refers to various variables related to teachers’ well-being at school, such as organizational commitment and motivation in the workplace, that are also linked to the teacher satisfaction (Arar & Masri-Herzallah, 2016). Accordingly, these variables are presented with reference to their definition, their impact, and the way they are affected by the management and leadership styles. The research is based on the qualitative methodology, in which we conducted observations in these Arab schools in Israel in and around the Arab city of Nazareth. In these observations, we visited the schools and observed how teachers and principals communicate and whether teachers were satisfied from their interaction with the principal.

Satisfaction of Arab school teachers in Israel for distance learning and the difficulties they face during the pandemic Corona: مدى رضا معلمي المدارس العربية في إسرائيل عن التعلم عن بعد والصعوبات التي تواجههم أثناء انتشار جائحة كورونا

The current study aimed to examine the extent of teachers ’satisfaction in Arab schools in Israel with distance learning during the period of the spread of Corona disease, and the difficulties they face using the quantitative survey descriptive approach. The tool was represented in a questionnaire distributed to a sample of (30) teachers from Arab schools in Israel from the age group (22-45) years, and the research results found that teachers ’satisfaction with the use of distance learning programs obtained an overall average of (4.05 out of 5), meaning that the degree of satisfaction is (high). The difficulties and challenges facing teachers during distance learning obtained an overall average of (4.16 out of 5), meaning that there are big difficulties are, and finally, the results revealed that there are no statistically significant differences in the degree of teachers' satisfaction about distance learning during the period of the spread of Corona disease due to variables (gender, educational qualification), Curriculum, grade, and years of experience), and the existence of statistically significant differences in the degree of teachers' satisfaction attributed to variable of (receiving training related to distance education systems) in favor of teachers who had training on using distance education systems, and the difficulties related to distance education were less than those who did not receive training. Based on these results, the researcher presented a set of recommendations and proposals to train teachers, alleviate difficulties, and enhance their approaches to distance education.

degree of practicing Islamic administrative thought among Arab school principals in AL- Naqab region from the teachers' point of view

The study aimed to identify the degree of Islamic administrative thought practice among Arab school principals in the Negev region from the teachers' point of view. Male and female teachers and the study sample consisted of male and female teachers who were chosen by the available random method at a rate of (5%). The results revealed that there were no statistically significant differences in the degree of practicing Islamic administrative thought among Arab school principals in the Negev region due to the variable (gender, practical qualification), and the presence of statistically significant differences in the variable (experience), which came in favor of (10 years or less). In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommends that the principle of Arab schools in the Negev region should continue to practice Islamic administrative methods because of their positive effects on work.

Perceptions of Children's Literature in the Writings of Sheikh Abi Al-Hassan Ali Al-Nadwi

India is one of the most famous non-Arab countries in the world where the Arabic language and Arabic literature has grown, developed and flourished on a large scale. During the period of Arab rule in the Indian lands, Arabic was an official language of government and a means of learning about Arab-Islamic heritage and literary achievement. Moreover, many Arab schools and cultural institutions of higher education were established that produced a large number of poets, writers, Islamic thinkers, and interpreters of the Qur’an and Hadees scholars. Among those great writers was Allama Abul-Hassan Ali Al-Hasani Al-Nadawi, who was an outstanding imam whom the twentieth century saw and one of the great personalities of India, served Islam and Muslims. This study concerns the problem of Arabic teachers in Sri Lanka and India, who do not follow an appropriate methodology for teaching Arabic children and tries to make sure that children’s literature writers take into account the psychology of children in their compositions. To achieve these goals, the researcher has followed the descriptive and analytical approach to complete this study and reach the required results. This study concluded that Allama Abul-Hasan Ali al-Hasani al-Nadawi, may God have mercy on him, had a huge role in contemporary Arabic literature. Especially in children's literature, where he showed his value theory while following wonderful methods in his literacy works, concerning the psychology of children and their childhood, which helps students to read and understand through a very easy way.

ASSESSMENT OF THE TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY LEVEL IN ARAB SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MALAYSIA USING TWO DIMENTIONAL SCALE OF SELF-EFFICACY

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of self-efficacy among teachers in Arab Secondary Schools in Malaysia and to validate the two-dimensional scale of self-efficacy including academic and social self-efficacy. Methods: A quantitative research methodology was adopted in this study. Data was collected using random sampling from 101 teachers working in Arab schools in Malaysia. The collected data were statistically analysed using the SPSS. Findings: The findings show a low level of academic self-efficacy and a high level of social self-efficacy among the teachers. Further, this study also validated the two-dimensional scale of teachers’ self-efficacy with social and academic self-efficacy. Originality: To the best of the current study author's knowledge, this study is one of its own kind and no such study has been conducted before.

KohaILS:AnEfficientOpenSourceApplicationof Integrated Library System

Most public and private libraries are inclined to adopt using Koha ILS around the globe. However, several Arab schools could not implement the Koha ILS application to automate their school libraries for ease of use. Deploying technology in managing libraries can solve several identified issues in public and private schools. This provides efficiency, ease and improves the performance of library services. Therefore, this paper is based on qualitative research that implements an efficient open-source application known as Koha ILS in two Arab schools, namely Baseerah International School (BIS) and International Modern Arab School (IMAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In our analysis, we consider analyzing the proposed Koha ILS by providing backend accessibility so as library consumers can make a further enhancement to upgrade the application. The proposed Koha presents several positive impacts such as an efficient cataloging system, remote management of library consumer records such as books or room reservations and customizable searching interface for efficient usage. The application also presents multiple operating system support for a user’s flexibility. In our results, an analysis was made by comparing the two schools based on gender, position/ranks available in the school library, and IT gadgets. Toward this end, some limitations were noted and recommended as a future research direction.