SCHOLARLY & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES |
Books
Qablan, Ahmad. (2009). Education for sustainable development at the university level: interactions of the need for community, fear of indoctrination, and the demands of work. VDM Verlag: Germany.
Qablan, A., Southerland, S., & Saka, Y. “Using Activity Theory to Identify Barriers to Education for Sustainable Development”. In: Hand book of diversity in environmental education research, 2009, D.B. Zandvliet (ed.), Sense Publishers: New York, 77-102.
Haik, Yousef., Sawafta, Reyad., Ciubotaru, Irina., Qablan, Ahmad., Tan, Ee Lim., and Ghee Ong, Keat. “Magnetic Techniques for Rapid Detection of Pathogens. In Hand book of Principles of bacterial detection; biosensors, recognition elements, and Microsystems, 2008, Zourob., Souna Elwary., & Anthony Turner (Eds), Springer publishers: New York, 415- 428.
Refereed Published Papers
Qablan, A., Jaradat, S., & Al-Momani, I. (2010). Elementary Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Educational Reform in Relation to Science Teaching in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences. Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences, 6(2). 161-173.
Qablan, A., Khasawneh, S., & Abu-Tineh, A., & AL-Omary, A. (2010). Measuring the level of Pedagogical Discontentment among Jordanian Science and Vocational Student Teachers. The Educational Journal, 24(95),1-24.
Qablan, A. & Al-Qaderi, S. (2009). How to Change University Faculty Members’ Attitudes and Behavior in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development. Applied Environmental Education and Communication 8,184-194.
Qablan, A., Abuloum, A., & Abu Al_Ruz, J. (2009). Effective integration of ICT in Jordanian schools: An analysis of pedagogical and contextual impediments in the science classroom. Journal of science education and technology, 18(2), 291-300.
Qablan, A., Abu Al Ruz, J., Khasawneh, S., Al Omary, A. (2009). Education for Sustainable Development: Liberation or Indoctrination? An Assessment of Faculty Members’ Attitudes and Classroom Practices. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 4(4), 401-417.
Qablan, A. & Khasawneh, S. (2009). Digging Deep: Understanding the Practice of Mentoring Prospective Science Teachers in an Urban School Context in Jordan. PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, Vol. 18.
Qablan, A., Balinsky, M., Caruthers, S., Myoung-ok Kim., Saka, Y., Southerland, S. (2009). Why are we doing this? Preservice Science Teacher’s Interpretations of the Role of Open Inquiry in Understanding Teaching. Journal of Intuitional Research, 14(1), 24–42.
Qablan, A , AL-Ruz, Jamal, & De Baz, Theodora., and Al-Momani, I. (2009). I Know It's So Good But I Prefer Not To Use It: An Interpretive Investigation of Jordanian Preservice Science Teachers’ Perspectives about Learning Biology through Inquiry. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 20(3).
Qablan, A., Khasawneh, S., & Al-Omari, A. (2007). Awareness of Sustainability Issues among Science and Vocational Education Students at the Hashemite University: An Empirical Investigation. Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, 12(2), Malta.
Qablan, A. (2006). Understanding the Dynamics of Internship Experience: The Case of the Hashemite University Preservice Elementary Science Teachers. Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences, 2(4), 271-28.
Jaradat, S., & Qablan, A. (2010). Increasing Flexibility and Value of Management Education During the Present Economic Downturn. Strategic Change, 19: 259–274.
Al Basheer, A., Khasawneh, S., Abu-Loum, A., & Qablan, A. (2009). Online Testing: Perceptions of University Students in Jordan. Journal of Institutional Research South East Asia, 7(2), 56-70.
Kasawneh, S., & Qablan, A. (2008). Assessing the Level of Emotional Intelligence among Future Vocational Workforce in Jordan. Jordan Journal of Educational Sciences, 3(2), 193-201.
Ihmeideh, F., Al-Basheer, A., & Qablan, A. (2008). The Characteristics of the Role of Early Childhood Education Mentors in Jordan. Research in Post Compulsory Education, 13(1), 19-38.
AL-Omary, A., Qablan, A., Kasawneh, S. (2008). Faculty Members’ Intention to Stay in Jordanian Public Universities. International Journal of Applied Educational Studies, 1(1); 27-43.
Kasawneh, S., & Qablan, A. Abu-Tineh, A, & Olemat, M. (2009). Perceptions of vocational teachers regarding the extent of application of curriculum standards for selected vocational programs in Jordan utilizing the state of California standards for vocational programs quality and effectiveness. Dirasat, 36(1), 706- 718.
AL-Omary, A., Qablan, A., & Qaraeen, K. (2008). Academic Dishonesty among Students at the Hashemite University in Jordan. The Educational Journal, 23(91).
Khasawneh, S., Qablan, A., Olimat, M., & Abu-Tineh, A. (2008). Measuring the perceptions of vocational education students regarding the application of national vocational teacher standards in the university classroom: The key to human resource education in Jordan. International Journal of Applied Educational Studies, 2(1), 24-37.
AL-Omary, A., Qablan, A., Khasawneh, S., Khasawneh, A. (2008). Leadership and adaptability styles of deans at public Jordanian universities. Al-Najah University Journal, 22(6), 1922-1948.
Saleh, H., Khasawneh, S., Qablan, A., & Al-Omari, A. (2008). Sustaining the national workforce in Jordan: An investigation of factors impact students’ enrollment in vocational education majors. International Journal of Applied Educational Studies, 2(1), 62-70.
Al-Qaderi, S., Al-Momani, I., & Qablan, A. The epistemological beliefs of teachers of the first three grades to learn scientific concepts and its relationship with their level of expertise. Qustantinah Journal. Algeria.
Papers Accepted for Publication
Qablan, A., & Southerland, S., & Saka, Y. “My job isn’t to tell them what to think”: The Fear of Indoctrination and How it Shapes Education for Sustainable Development. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education.
Saleh, H., Khasawneh, S., Qablan, A., & Al-Omari, O. (2013). Resolving the Shortage of Vocational Workforce In Jordan: An Islamic Perspective. Dirasat, 40(1).
Jaradat, S., & Qablan, A. (2010). An Activity Theory Approach to Analyze Barriers to a Virtual Management Information Systems (MIS) Curriculum. Turkish Journal of Educational Technology.
Papers in Review
Qablan, A., Abu Al-Ruz, J., & Abuloum, A. (2009). ICT and Science Education: Lessons Learned from Jordanian Experience. Journal of Science Education and Technology.
Qablan, A., Abuloum, A., & AL-Ruz, Jamal. Assessing Science, Mathematics, and Arabic teachers’ Competences in Using ICT Equipment. Computer and Human Behavior Journal.
Qablan, A., & Haik, Y. The Detection of the Severity of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Using Magnetic Microsphere Technology. Science, USA.
Qablan, A., & Southerland, S. Understanding the Dynamics of Education for Sustainable Development in the University level: An analysis of the personal and contextual contradictions. Science Education Journal.
Qablan, A., & Haik, Y. Glucodetermination and detection of E.coli Bacteria. Science, USA.