09-Nov-2014
AROQA Publishes First Issue of the Arab Journal of Quality in Education
AMMAN---- November 9, 2014------The
Arab Organization for Quality Assurance in Education (AROQA) has published the
first issue of the Arab Journal of Quality in Education (AJQE). The publication
is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal
supervised by an editorial board that is chaired by HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh,
chairman of AROQA, and a group of specialists and reviewers who are quality
experts in all patterns of education from the Arab countries and the world.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh indicated that the purpose of this Journal is to provide a platform for scientists and policy makers
all over the Arab region and the world to promote, share, and discuss various
developments and issues in different areas of quality in education.
He said, that the editorial board has received many research
papers from many experts in the educational institutions in the world, and all
have undergone the rigorous editorial process by reviewers who are acclaimed in
the field of education to ensure highest standards of quality.
He added that AJQE
aims to answer important questions for the relevant scholarly and practitioner
communities of education, including: Education service sector, Libraries,
Strategic managers of education services, decision makers and official
government, Educational quality and accreditation agencies, employers,
unions and community groups, and to bring new knowledge in the field of quality
assurance and accreditation in the Arab region.
The topics of e-learning took a space in the Journal, in
addition to the role of information and communication technology in applying
e-learning in education institutions and controlling the quality.
The first issue contains valuable
research papers including: educational policies and school
academic accreditation, consortia benchmark of quality management systems in
higher education exemplified by universities in the MENA region, and a hybrid
e-learning model for distance learning implementation, and more.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh encouraged experts from schools, universities
and all educational institutions to participate and submit their research
papers and articles to contribute to this scientific effort and benefit the
education programs in our countries.
The abstracts of the first issue will be available on the
Journal’s website ajqe.aroqa.org and a printed copy will be provided at a
nominal price upon request from AROQA.