The Role of the School Principal in Motivating Female Teachers of First Cycle Schools in Ajman Educational Zone in The United Arab Emirates as Seen By Teachers, and Its Relationship to Teachers\u27 Attitudes towards the Teaching Profession

This study aims to identify the reality of the role of the school principal to motivate female teachers in the first cycle schools in the Ajman Educational Zone as seen by teachers, and its relationship to teachers\u27 attitude towards the teaching profession. This study will also show the relationship between academic qualifications and experiences as independent variables and attitudes of teachers towards the teaching profession as dependant variable. The researcher prepared the questionnaire which consisted of three main axes, the first axis deals with the reality of the roles of the school principal, while the second axis has dealt with teachers\u27 attitudes towards the teaching profession. The third axis and the latter has to do with other factors that help to motivate teachers. The applied research questionnaire used a sample of (160) teachers in cycle 1 schools in the Ajman Educational Zone. By using the SPSS program, the researcher conducted statistical analysis of the data and calculated means and standard deviations. The researcher also used (Kruskal Wallis) test; in order to know the relationship between variables and to find out if there were statistically significant differences, as well as the application of linear regression analysis to determine the strength of the relationship between the role of the school principal and the teachers\u27 directions. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship between academic qualifications and teachers\u27 attitudes among toward the teaching profession as the results show that there is a positive relationship between the reality of the role of the school principal and the teachers\u27 attitudes towards the teaching profession. The results of the analysis also showed that the directors of schools of cycle 1 in the Ajman Educational Zone are keen to focus on specific roles such as a culture of cooperation, the opportunity to express opinions, building social relationships between the governing body of teaching. While paid less attention to other roles such as giving descriptive feedback to teachers, participatory decision-making process, as well as the weak delegating some of his powers. As a corollary to this fact, teachers\u27 attitudes were based around the teaching profession in certain themes including increased self-esteem at work, and motivation to work under certain managers, and are not motivated by the profession itself: whoever the manager. The results also show that teachers believe that the teaching profession is very cumbersome, they do not feel satisfied when they go to work

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Speed Cameras on Road Safety in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Roads

The problem of road safety in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is eminent. According road crash data from the Ministry of Interior, from 1999 to 2007 the average percentage of deaths due to road crashes in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi was 42 percent of the whole UAE. The high death rate due to road crashes has enormous economic and financial loss to the Emirate. The previous research on road safety in the UAE reported that the aberrant driving behavior is one of the major causes for road crashes in the UAE. The aberrant driving behavior includes careless driving, speeding, tailgating, flashing, and disregarding traffic regulations. To control the aberrant driving behavior, and consequently, improve the road safety, a number of strategies have been implemented in the UAE over the last seven years. One of the strategies has been to increase traffic surveillance by installing speed cameras. Speed cameras have been recognized as an effective measure in improving the road safety in many countries including UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and European countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of speed cameras in reducing road crashes on some selected roads in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The road crash data of six years (from 2002 to 2007) was collected from the Road Traffic Safety department in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Using the before and after with comparison group methodology, the data was analyzed to assess the effectiveness of speed cameras. The study found that the speed cameras have been effective in reducing the crashes as well as severity of crashes along the selected roads. However, in order to realize maximum benefits of speed management strategies along these roads, the study recommends: 1) increasing the speed cameras. 2) Using other mechanism of traffic surveillance such as regular police patrol as this would help in detecting various types of traffic violations that cannot be detected by speed cameras such as: sudden deviation, wrong overtaking, following too close to the vehicle in front and tailgating etc… In addition, it is recommended that in order to enhance the effectiveness of speed cameras on these roads and the entire road network in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the following actions could be taken: Appraising current road safety performance through high-level strategic review; Adopting a far-reaching road safety vision or goal for the longer term; Analysing what could be achieved in the shorter term; Agreeing targets and ensuring accountability across the road safety partnership; Setting Safety Performance Indicators (SPI); Continuous monitoring of targeted and other safety performance indicators; Establishing the effectiveness of specific road safety measures by carrying out before and after studies; and Reviewing and updating of policies and measures with re-distribution of resources towards more cost-effective measures; identifying delays in implementation requiring corrective actio