Name: Kamal Abouchedid

E-Mail: Kabouchedid@ndu.edu.lb

Degree:
Ph.D. in Education
University of Manchester, U.K., 1997

Current Position:
Associate Professor at Notre Dame University - Louaize

Specialty and Research Interests:
Gender Ethnicity and Attributional Personality Style Research, Group Processes

Publications (since 1990):

• (2008): Nasser, R., Singhal, S. & Abouchedid, K. Gender Differences on Self Estimates of Multiple Intelligences: A Comparison Between Indian and Lebanese Youth. Journal of Social Sciences (JSS), Vol.16(3), pp. 235-243.

• (2008): Nasser, R., Khoury, B., & Abouchedid, K. University students’ knowledge of services and programs in relation to satisfaction: A case study of a private university in Lebanon. Quality Assurance in Education, Vol.(16) No. 1., pp. 80-97.

• (2007): Abouchedid, K. Correlates of religious affiliation religiosity and gender role attitudes among Lebanese Christian and Muslim college students. Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 26(3), pp.193-208.

• (2007): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. Effects of gender and religiosity among Christians and Muslims on “Gendered” role attitudes towards ability and equality:  The case of Lebanon. Electronic Journal of Sociology,  Vol. 7, pp.1-18.

• (2007): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. The academic ‘Patras’ of the Arab World: creating a climate of academic apartheid. Portal Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Vol. 4(1), pp. 1-16.

• (2006): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Job-seeking behavior and job outcomes among Lebanese university graduates in private and public universities. International Journal of Educational Vocational Guidance. Vol. 15, pp. 1-14.

• (2006): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. Info-bias mechanism and American College Student Attitudes towards Arabs. International Studies Perspective Journal (ISPJ), Vol. 7, pp. 204-212.

• (2006): Abouchedid, K. The state of ‘Academic Apartheid’ in Arab universities: A radical pedagogical analysis. Near and Middle Eastern Journal of Research in Education, Vol. (1) no. 1, pp. 1-10.

• (2006): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Locus of control and the attribution for poverty: comparing Lebanese and South African university students. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, Vol. 34, no 7, pp. 777-795.

• (2006): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Effects of gender and choice of major on estimates of multiple intelligences for self, mother, and father among Lebanese youth. Current Issues in Social Psychology, Vol. 11(9), pp. 127-142. 

• (2005): Nasser, R., Singhal, S., & Abouchedid, K. Attributions of poverty among Indian youth. Current Research in Social Psychology, Vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-13.

• (2005): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Graduates’ perception of university training in light of occupational attainment and university type: the case of Lebanon. Education & Training Journal, Vol. 47, no 2.

• (2004): Abouchedid, K. & Eid, G.  E-learning Challenges in the Arab World: Revelations from a Case Study Profile. Quality Assurance in Education Journal, Vol. 12, no. 1. pp. 15-27.

• (2004): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. Info-bias mechanism and American college student attitudes towards Arabs. International Conference on Media and the Transformation of Arab Societies. Lebanese American University, March 16-19, 2004.

• (2003): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. A Spreadsheet CAS Approach to Learning about the Concept of Randomness. International Conference on Trends in Mathematics Education. Lebanese American University, June 23-24, 2003. 

• (2003): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Occupational attainment through Lebanon’s higher education: using individual, societal and gender factors as predictors. Career Development International, Vol.8 no. 7, pp. 328-338.  

• (2003): Abdul-Reda, S.A and Abouchedid, K. Functions of Higher Education: Individual Development and Service to Society. In Abdul-Reda, S. (Coordinator) Higher Education and Labor Market in Lebanon: A Tracer Study [in Arabic]. Beirut: Lebanese Association for Educational Studies.

• (2003): Abouchedid, K. University Graduates’ Attitudes towards their Occupation and University Preparation. In Abdul-Reda, S. (Coordinator) Higher Education and Labor Market in Lebanon: A Tracer Study [in Arabic]. Beirut: Lebanese Association for Educational Studies.

• (2002): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. Assuring quality in higher education: Registration and advising attitudes in a private university in Lebanon. Quality Assurance in Education Journal, Vol. 10 (4).

• (2002): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. Attributions of Responsibility for Poverty among Lebanese and Portuguese University Students: A Cross-cultural Comparison. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, Vol. 33 (1), pp 25-36.

• (2002): Abouchedid, K & Nasser, R.  "Democratic Citizenship in Lebanese and Syrian Civics Textbooks: A Cross-content Analysis" in (Ed. Kairouz Akl) Pluralism and Democracy (Pages 141-149). Lebanon: Notre Dame University Press.

• (2002):  Abouchedid, K. Nasser, R., Van Blommestein, J. The limitations of inter-group learning in confessional school systems: The Case of Lebanon. Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp 61(22).

• (2002): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K.  The use of concept maps to compare pre-service elementary teachers from Canada and Lebanon on their understanding of how children learn mathematics: A cross-cultural study. Second International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, University of Crete, Greece. 

• (2002):  Nasser, R. Abouchedid, K. & Khashan, H. Perceptions of the causes of poverty comparing three national groups: Lebanon, Portugal and South Africa. Current Research in Social Psychology, Vol. 8. no. 7, pp. 1-13.

• (2002): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Attributions for the Causes of Peace and Locus of Control: Their Relation in a Country Where there is Conflict. Current Research Issues in Social Psychology, CRISP, Vol. 7 no 7, pp. 1-16.

• (2002): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Causal Attribution of poverty among Lebanese University Students. Current Research in Social Psychology, Vol. 6, no. 14, pp. 1-11.

• (2001): Abouchedid, K & Nasser, R.  Electronic Publishing in the Third World: The Case of Lebanon. An International Conference on the Use of Information Technology in Higher Education in Arab Universities. Notre Dame University Press, Lebanon.

• (2001): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. How Lebanese youth externalize negative events? The case of poverty. International Conference on Stereotyping International Conference on Stereotyping Arabs and Muslims, Lebanese American University, LAU (publication in Cambridge press).

• (2001): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Educational Research in the Levantine: Revisited. Palma Research Journal, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 43-60. Notre Dame University, Lebanon.

•  (2001): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. Poverty Attitudes and their Determinants in Lebanon’s Plural Society. Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 22, pp. 271-283.

• (2001): Abouchedid, K., Nassar Abouchedid, R., & Nasser, R. Legal Training in Lebanon: Listening to the Attitudes and Concerns of Trainee Lawyers. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, Vol. 3. pp. 1-9.

• (2001): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Problems and Epistemology of Publishing in the Arab World: The Case of Lebanon. Journal of Electronic Publishing, Vol. 6 (10), pp. 1-12.

• (2000): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K.  Toward an Educational Research Model for 21^st Century in the Arab World. World Education Series. UK: University of Central Lancashire. ISBN 1901922294

• (2000): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K.  Attitudes and Concerns on Distant Learning in Lebanon: A Multiple-case Study. International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Education (ICTEM). Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon July 5^th –7^th , 2000.

• (2000): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K.  Toward a New Research Educational Model for 21^st century in the Arab World. World Education Summit, entitled: Towards the Global University II: Redefining Excellence in the Third Millennium. April 16^th –20^th , 2000,  Cape Town, South Africa.

• (2000): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R.  Student Assessment of Statistical Independence: How Students Learn Statistics? The Fourth Annual Science and Math Teachers’ Conference. May 5, 2000, the American University of Beirut.

• (2000): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. The State of History Teaching in Private-run Confessional Schools in Lebanon: Implications for National Integration. Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, Vol.5 (2), pp. 57-82.

•  (2000): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R. External and International Social Barriers in Stereotyping University Majors. Current Research in Social Psychology (CRISP), Vol. 5, no. 9. pp-1-14.

•  (2000): Abouchedid, K & Nasser, R. The Role of Presentation and Response Format in Understanding Preconceptions and Alternative Concepts in Algebra Problems. Educational Research International Catalogue, ERIC, ED 438 177, SE 063 179, 30 pages.

•  (2000): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K. Attitudes and Concerns towards Distance Education: the Case of Lebanon. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Vol. 3(4), pp. 1-10.

• (1999): Abouchedid, K. & Nasser, R.  The Implications of Gender Stereotyping on the Selection of Majors among Lebanese University Students. Annals, pp. 24-35. (The University of Balamand, Lebanon).

• (1999): Nasser, R. & Abouchedid, K.  Bridging the Gender Gap: Attitudes and Constraints in Students’ Selection of Science and Mathematics Majors. The Third Annual Science and Math Teachers’ Conference, May 15, 1999, the American University of Beirut.

• (1999): "The Psychological Determinants of Poverty Among Lebanese University Students", Journal of Inequality.

• (1998): "Gender Stereotyping and their Implications in the Selection of Majors Among Lebanese University Students", Hawliyat, Lebanon, Balamand University.

• (1994): Abouchedid, K. The Text and the Significance of the Context. Sci-Quest, Vol. 4, no.1.  pp. 35-38, the American University of Beirut. 

• (1992): "The Text and the Significance of the Context", Sci-Quest.