The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between food and mental health, especially dietary patterns and their effects on depressive symptoms. Literature review explains the biochemical etiology of depression and the mechanism behind depressive symptoms and diets. The different dietary patterns explored in this study are diets with tryptophan containing foods, Mediterranean diets, healthy diets and diets with enough omega 3. Some past findings reveal that intake of a diet with good amounts of tryptophan containing foods, following a Mediterranean diet, adhering to a healthy ...

The process of teaching students has always been dependent on face-to-face instruction in brick and mortar institutions. Students and teachers meet at the same place and at the same time for learning. However, some incidents around the world could make a change in the medium of instruction. Lebanon’s political and economic volatility serves as an example of shifting educational practices as a corollary of myriad national problems affecting education. The massive popular uprising on October 17, 2019, the pandemic COVID-19, and the Beirut port-blast on August 4,2020 have had their toll on ...

The purpose of the qualitative case study was to develop a curriculum model for KGI level with technology integration to teach English language based on two chosen themes from the Lebanese curriculum: body parts, house and family members. The curriculum model contained detailed lesson plans based on the Assure Model with technology integrated activities and resources presented in the form of curriculum pages. The study examined two sections of 61 KGI students and their two teachers during English language periods in a regular classroom environment. Data was collected over a twelve-week period ...

The purpose of this paper was to study the effect of various classroom-based brain breaks on elementary students’ on-task behavior. A total of 120 Grade five and Grade six students in a Catholic Lebanese school were assigned according to their sections to two conditions; performing a task without doing a brain break prior to it (control), and performing a task after a brain break (experimental). Moreover, the type of brain break was studied to check which type was the most effective and kept students on task for a longer period of time. A randomized t-test was done and the results showed that ...

The purpose of this thesis is to study the effect of reflective journal writing on science learning. Reflective journals are personal records of students' learning experiences. They are an application of self-evaluation of learning. Science, a part of knowledge or study, is based on truths and facts and on rational and applied activities including the logical study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. The main focus of this thesis is analyzing the effect of reflective journal writing in science; specifically, the effect of ...

The study sought to examine and establish financial management tactics, for school leaders, in private secondary schools in the North West Region of Cameroon. It examined the background to the existing challenges from a global, Africa, regional and Cameroon perspective. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the schools. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data for the study. Three participants from each of the twenty private secondary schools were selected to obtain relevant information for the study. The population of 60 participants included: 20 principals, 20 ...

Soft skills have been the subject of much discussion and trending lately. Much research has been done on the relationship between partaking good soft skills and being a better employee. This could be especially true in the field of education, as the process of expectation and planning of the learning experiences showed to improve with the significant development of soft skills of the teachers. In Lebanon, very few studies are conducted on the role of soft skills in those entering the workforce. This research aims to bridge that gap by assessing the knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors of Lebanese ...

School psychology appears to add credibility to the schooling and learning process of children. The profession of school psychology is relatively lesser known and appreciated. School psychologists’ main concern is the psychological, emotional, and social well-being of the students. The role of the school psychologists is very important, although very little research has been done on the perceptions, experiences, and challenges that school psychologists undergo in their profession in Lebanon. A phenomenological qualitative research is used in this study. The study is based on a set of interviews ...

A minimal amount of research has been conducted on marital commitment and parenting styles. There has barely been any acknowledgment on the importance of one’s relationship on raising a child. Thus, the following study aims to examine the relationship between each of the indicators of commitment in Rusbult’s investment model of commitment (investment size, satisfaction, and quality of alternatives) and the parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive). Participants are married individuals of elementary and middle school aged children in Lebanon who have completed a socio-demographic ...

The 2002 presidential decree on technology integration into Cameroonian schools has been poorly implemented because the decision was not guided by clear vision, policy or implementation plan. The twofold purpose of this research was to investigate the degree of readiness of private secondary schools in the North West Region for technology integration and to make recommendations for effective take-off of the innovation. Descriptive survey design was utilized in three purposively sampled schools to investigate the influence of vision and mission statements, professional development and infrastructure ...