Abdulghani Muthanna
Biographic Data
| ID | 1434177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdulghani Muthanna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdulghani |
| FAMILY NAME | Muthanna |
| SIGNATURE | MUTHANNA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5843-6964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
International Student Mobility and Study Choice
This study aims to explore the main factors for Yemeni international students’ choice and motivation for selecting China as their study destination. We employed a qualitative case study approach, and conducted twenty-five semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Yemeni international students. The analyses provide new insights into the dynamics behind selecting China as the students’ study destination. Further, the analyses contribute to the iden…
Perceptions and experiences of female academics on barriers in obtaining and continuing leadership roles at higher education
Explores the perceptions and experiences of female academics on the main barriers in obtaining and continuing leadership roles at higher education. • The main barriers for obtaining leadership positions relate to socio-cultural barriers, the struggle to balance between professional and family responsibilities, the violation of work ethics and less collaboration between colleagues, and the invisible barrier of glass ceiling. • The factors for demo…
Mapping Arabic human rights discourse
The Arab world faces serious challenges in the protection of human rights. Merely criticising government policies towards human rights has long meant risking one’s freedom, if not life. Yet despite the myriad threats, there is a long and powerful history of efforts to address human rights from multiple perspectives that has largely been ignored outside the region (and even by many human rights scholars and practitioners within it), in good measur…
Um modelo da inter-relação entre ética em pesquisa e integridade em pesquisa
Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é explorar a inter-relação entre ética em pesquisa e integridade em pesquisa, com foco nas principais formas de má conduta em pesquisa, incluindo plágio, fabricação e falsificação. Também detalha os principais fatores para sua ocorrência e as possíveis formas de mitigar seu uso entre os pesquisadores acadêmicos. Métodos: O método empregou um exame detalhado dos principais dilemas éticos, conforme delineados na li…
A Conceptual Model of the Factors Affecting Education Policy Implementation
Implementing education policy is crucial for achieving policy goals, and several factors lead to the success or failure of this vital endeavour. Drawing upon a policy document critical review, observational research and in-depth, audio-recorded interviews with 93 participants, this article reports on the key factors that hindered the implementation of the national strategy for the development of higher education (NSDHE) in Yemen; the main factors…
The Interaction of War Impacts on Education
Education, the backbone of any nation’s development, demands the presence of not only infrastructure and facilities but also a peaceful environment. The war in Yemen has had a strong, negative impact on education. In our study, we employed narrative inquiry and developed a structured interview guideline to explore the experiences of school teachers and leaders regarding the war’s impacts on education. After collecting and analyzing one hundred wr…
A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of the K-12 Education Policy Making in Sudan and the Need for Reforms
By following the qualitative evidence synthesis, this article reports on how education policy is made in Sudan by considering the contextual, socio-economical background of Sudanese education in the pre –post colonial era. Out of 39 published and unpublished documents, 33 documents were synthesized to answer these research questions: (1) who is responsible for education policymaking, and (2) how is the education policy made in Sudan? The analyses…
Understanding Rural School Teachers’ Professional Agency and Its Relationship to Social Structure
Research on the role of teacher agency has been growing significantly during the last decade. Agentic teachers act purposefully and constructively to direct their professional development and contribute to the quality of education, especially in rural areas. Professional development is mutually constituted between teachers and socio-cultural conditions (e.g., circumstances, physical artifacts, power relations, and school cultures) that constrain …
A Thematic Review on Research Integrity and Research Supervision
This article focuses on reporting the relationship between research integrity and research supervision. Initially, it briefly discusses the positive research supervision. By following a detailed thematic analysis methodology, 66 published sources were compiled, disassembled, reassembled and interpreted. The findings of this study highlight that maintaining research integrity is the responsibility of all, and that more responsibility falls onto th…
Conflict and international education
The ongoing conflicts in Yemen have affected the entire community. This article focuses on students from Yemen and the continuing impact of the conflict on their educational experiences in China. A case-study methodology and in-depth interviews with ten participants reveal a combination of pre-departure, travelling, registration and financial challenges, the loss of opportunities and hopes, and social and psychological pressures. As a result of t…
Conflict at higher education institutions
This is a qualitative case study focusing on reporting the dynamics that cause conflicts between academics and administrators in higher education in Yemen. Drawing upon a critical review of two policy documents, observational research and in-depth interviews with 59 administrators and academics, the article presents the key factors for conflict in higher education and provides a model for resolving it
Higher education challenges in Yemen
Conflict and international education
The ongoing conflicts in Yemen have affected the entire community. This article focuses on students from Yemen and the continuing impact of the conflict on their educational experiences in China. A case-study methodology and in-depth interviews with ten participants reveal a combination of pre-departure, travelling, registration and financial challenges, the loss of opportunities and hopes, and social and psychological pressures. As a result of t…
Conflict at higher education institutions
This is a qualitative case study focusing on reporting the dynamics that cause conflicts between academics and administrators in higher education in Yemen. Drawing upon a critical review of two policy documents, observational research and in-depth interviews with 59 administrators and academics, the article presents the key factors for conflict in higher education and provides a model for resolving it
Understanding Rural School Teachers’ Professional Agency and Its Relationship to Social Structure
Research on the role of teacher agency has been growing significantly during the last decade. Agentic teachers act purposefully and constructively to direct their professional development and contribute to the quality of education, especially in rural areas. Professional development is mutually constituted between teachers and socio-cultural conditions (e.g., circumstances, physical artifacts, power relations, and school cultures) that constrain …
Higher education challenges in Yemen
Conflict at higher education institutions
This is a qualitative case study focusing on reporting the dynamics that cause conflicts between academics and administrators in higher education in Yemen. Drawing upon a critical review of two policy documents, observational research and in-depth interviews with 59 administrators and academics, the article presents the key factors for conflict in higher education and provides a model for resolving it
Conflict and international education
The ongoing conflicts in Yemen have affected the entire community. This article focuses on students from Yemen and the continuing impact of the conflict on their educational experiences in China. A case-study methodology and in-depth interviews with ten participants reveal a combination of pre-departure, travelling, registration and financial challenges, the loss of opportunities and hopes, and social and psychological pressures. As a result of t…
A Thematic Review on Research Integrity and Research Supervision
This article focuses on reporting the relationship between research integrity and research supervision. Initially, it briefly discusses the positive research supervision. By following a detailed thematic analysis methodology, 66 published sources were compiled, disassembled, reassembled and interpreted. The findings of this study highlight that maintaining research integrity is the responsibility of all, and that more responsibility falls onto th…
The Interaction of War Impacts on Education
Education, the backbone of any nation’s development, demands the presence of not only infrastructure and facilities but also a peaceful environment. The war in Yemen has had a strong, negative impact on education. In our study, we employed narrative inquiry and developed a structured interview guideline to explore the experiences of school teachers and leaders regarding the war’s impacts on education. After collecting and analyzing one hundred wr…
A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of the K-12 Education Policy Making in Sudan and the Need for Reforms
By following the qualitative evidence synthesis, this article reports on how education policy is made in Sudan by considering the contextual, socio-economical background of Sudanese education in the pre –post colonial era. Out of 39 published and unpublished documents, 33 documents were synthesized to answer these research questions: (1) who is responsible for education policymaking, and (2) how is the education policy made in Sudan? The analyses…
Understanding Rural School Teachers’ Professional Agency and Its Relationship to Social Structure
Research on the role of teacher agency has been growing significantly during the last decade. Agentic teachers act purposefully and constructively to direct their professional development and contribute to the quality of education, especially in rural areas. Professional development is mutually constituted between teachers and socio-cultural conditions (e.g., circumstances, physical artifacts, power relations, and school cultures) that constrain …
A Conceptual Model of the Factors Affecting Education Policy Implementation
Implementing education policy is crucial for achieving policy goals, and several factors lead to the success or failure of this vital endeavour. Drawing upon a policy document critical review, observational research and in-depth, audio-recorded interviews with 93 participants, this article reports on the key factors that hindered the implementation of the national strategy for the development of higher education (NSDHE) in Yemen; the main factors…
Mapping Arabic human rights discourse
The Arab world faces serious challenges in the protection of human rights. Merely criticising government policies towards human rights has long meant risking one’s freedom, if not life. Yet despite the myriad threats, there is a long and powerful history of efforts to address human rights from multiple perspectives that has largely been ignored outside the region (and even by many human rights scholars and practitioners within it), in good measur…
Um modelo da inter-relação entre ética em pesquisa e integridade em pesquisa
Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é explorar a inter-relação entre ética em pesquisa e integridade em pesquisa, com foco nas principais formas de má conduta em pesquisa, incluindo plágio, fabricação e falsificação. Também detalha os principais fatores para sua ocorrência e as possíveis formas de mitigar seu uso entre os pesquisadores acadêmicos. Métodos: O método empregou um exame detalhado dos principais dilemas éticos, conforme delineados na li…
Perceptions and experiences of female academics on barriers in obtaining and continuing leadership roles at higher education
Explores the perceptions and experiences of female academics on the main barriers in obtaining and continuing leadership roles at higher education. • The main barriers for obtaining leadership positions relate to socio-cultural barriers, the struggle to balance between professional and family responsibilities, the violation of work ethics and less collaboration between colleagues, and the invisible barrier of glass ceiling. • The factors for demo…
International Student Mobility and Study Choice
This study aims to explore the main factors for Yemeni international students’ choice and motivation for selecting China as their study destination. We employed a qualitative case study approach, and conducted twenty-five semi-structured, in-depth interviews with Yemeni international students. The analyses provide new insights into the dynamics behind selecting China as the students’ study destination. Further, the analyses contribute to the iden…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Politics (4 works)