Effectiveness of Teacher Education Program at Umm Al-Qura University in Introducing the Characteristics of Gifted Student in Social Studies to the Student Teacher in This Area

هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن مدى فاعلية برنامج الأعداد التربوي بجامعة أم القرى في تعريف الطالب المعلم بخصائص التلميذ الموهوب الذاتية والمتعلقة بكل من علاقاته مع الآخرين والعلاقات المكانية، في حقل الاجتماعيات. وتكونت العينة من (206) من الطلاب المعلمين والطالبات المعلمات أجابوا عن استبانة خصصت للدراسة، وذلك في نهاية الفصل الدراسي الثاني لعام 1418 هـ، تم اختيار الفصل الثاني بطريقة عشوائية أجريت بين الفصلين الدراسيين الأول والثاني لعام 1418 هـ. ولتحليل بيانات الدراسة تم استخدام التكرارات والنسب المئوية، و المتوسطات الحسابية، والانحرافات ا لمعيارية، واختبار (ت) (t-Test).ومن أهم النتائج التي توصلت إليها الدراسة: أن برنامج الاعداد التربوي بجامعة أم القرى يعرف الطالب المعلم المتخصص في حقل الاجتماعيات بخمس من خصائص التلميذ الموهوب في هذا الحقل بدرجة عالية، أربع منها من الخصائص الذاتية للتلميذ الموهوب، هي: قدرة التلميذ الموهوب على التركيز، قدرة التلميذ الموهوب على المثابرة، ثقة التلميذ الموهوب بنفسه، والدافعية الذاتية لدى التلميذ الموهوب، وواحدة منها من الخصائص المرتبطة بالعلاقات المكانية، هي: قدرة التلميذ الموهوب على تنظيم وتصنيف الأشياء. في حين أن البرنامج يعرف ببقية الخصائص التي شملتها الدراسة، وعددها خمس وعشرون بدرجة متوسطة ومنها: موقف التلميذ الموهوب من تقييم الآخرين لسلوكه، موقف التلميذ الموهوب نحو المساعدة في تعليم الزملاء، وطريقة التلميذ الموهوب في تصميم وبناء النماذج البصرية. وقد أوصت الدراسة بأن يزيد تركيز برنامج الاعداد التربوي بجامعة أم القرى في إبراز خصائص التلميذ الموهوب في حقل الاجتماعيات على مستو ى الدراسات العليا والجامعية، مع إقامة دورات عن الموضوع لكل من له علاقة بحقل الاجتماعيات من منسوبي التعليم العام.The present study is an attempt to discover the effectiveness of teacher education program at Umm Al-Qura University in introducing the characteristics of the gifted student to the student teacher in spatial ability , interapersonal ability , and interpersonal ability . The sample includs (206) male and female student teachers of social studies at the second semester of the year 1998. This second semester decided for the study was chosen randomly. The results indicate that the Teacher Education Program at Umm Al-Qura University for social studies is introducing five characteristics of the gifted student at the high rate. Four of them are related to the interpersonal ability and they are as follows: 1-ability to concentrate. 2-persistence on taskes. 3- self-confidence. 4- self-motivation. The fifth characteristics is related to spatial ability which is the ability of the gifted student to organize and classify objects . The program also introduces twenty five other characteristics of the gifted student at moderate rate such as: evaluation of his behavior by his peers , his ability of taking risks , etc. The study recommends that Teachers Education Program should focus more on introducing the characteristics of the gifted student to student teacher of the social studies as well as introducing In-service Program dealing with the characteristics of the gifted student in the field of social studies

Perceptions of knowledge of disaster management among military and civilian nurses in Saudi Arabia

© 2015 College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd. Background: It is generally accepted that nurses have insufficient knowledge about disaster preparedness due to a lack of acceptance of core competencies and the absence of disaster preparedness in nursing curricula.1 This study explored nurses' knowledge and sources of knowledge, and skills as they relate to disaster management in Saudi Arabia, where more than 4660 people have died, 32,000 people have been affected, and US$4.65 billion in damage has been caused by disaster since 1980.2 Methods: A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive research design. Results: Nurses in Saudi Arabia have moderate knowledge concerning disaster preparedness. However, nurses in military hospitals possess more knowledge than those who work in government hospitals. The majority of nurses gained their knowledge and skills from disaster drills. Conclusions: Nurses need more education in all areas of disaster management, most importantly in their roles during response to disasters. Nurses perceive themselves as not well-prepared but they are willing to improve their skills in disaster preparedness if educational opportunities are provided

Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Outbreak as Experienced by ICU Nurses: Manifest Qualitative Content Analysis

From the moment the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic, intensive care unit (ICU) nurses struggled to care for the COVID-19 patients. As the pandemic became increasingly critical, the task of daily care for critically ill patients fell upon the shoulders of ICU nurses. Understanding the lived experience of ICU nurses, as well as their perception of the experience, is important to identify key lessons to further improve ICU nurses’ psychological well-being and resilience. This study explored the lived experiences of ICU nurses who cared for COVID-19 patients using exploratory manifest qualitative content analysis. The findings of this study revealed that these ICU nurses offer important information concerning the crucial role of nurses’ family support and religious–spiritual practices in helping them to maintain well-being and cope with the intense situations caused by the pandemic. The lessons emerging from the study findings show that family support and religious–spiritual practices are resources for coping and resilience in times of future pandemics. This implies that ICU nurses who provide care during stressful emergency surges require relief by nurses working in other areas to provide them the opportunity to rest, reconnect with family and become emotionally re-energized

Captive broodstock development, breeding and seed production of Anthid fish (family: Serranidae) Marcia's anthias, Pseudanthias marcia in recirculation aquaculture system (RAS)

Marcia's anthias, Pseudanthias marcia Randall and Hoover, 1993, belonging to the subfamily Anthiinae (family: Serranidae) is a highly sought after marine ornamental fish mainly due to its vibrant pink shade. The present study reports the first successful captive brood stock development, spawning, and larval rearing of P. marcia. Brood stock was developed in a 5-ton recirculation aquaculture system (RAS) using 12 wild caught juveniles. After 6 months of rearing, the fish (8–9.5 cm size) started courtship behavior. Spawning occurred at 1900 to 2100 h. The eggs (mean size - 617.9 ± 14.9 μ) were transparent, pelagic, non-adhesive and with single oil globule. The eggs hatched out after an incubation period of about 14–16 h at a water temperature of 29 °C. Newly hatched larvae measured 1206.6 ± 100.02 μ in total average length and increased to 1852.9 ± 24.68 μ at 48 h post hatch (ph). Mouth opened at 48–50 h post hatch (ph) and measured 76 to 80 μ. Larval rearing trials were conducted using rotifer (L and S type), wild zooplankton, copepod nauplii, artemia nauplii and microparticulate diet. Primordial fin development started by the 10th day post-hatching (dph) (larval size ~2.9 mm) while the opercular and dorsal spines were fully formed by 15 dph (total length of the larva was 4.4 mm). Larvae metamorphosed to miniature adult shape by 32–34 dph and on 50 dph they reached the pink colored juvenile stage (42–43 mm) and at this stage, they were transferred to nursery rearing tank. Four treatments with different feed combination were tried and treatment III with wild copepod gave an average survival of 5.2 ± 1.07% and treatment IV with Parvocalanus crassirostris gave an average survival of 7.3 (±2.51) %