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Dispositions in Teacher Education pp 199–209Cite as

Teachers Dispositions Towards Professional Development within the United Arab Emirates

Relations to Teacher Job Satisfaction

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The presence of large-scale standardized international datasets that draw upon self-reports of students, teachers and administrators within differing educational systems around the world has led to the increased opportunity to conduct targeted comparative studies on a global scale.

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  1. Emirates College for Advanced Education, Abu Dhabi, UAE

    Michael Melkonian

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  1. Emirates College for Advanced Education, UAE

    Anita G. Welch

  2. Emirates College for Advanced Education, UAE

    Shaljan Areepattamannil

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Melkonian, M. (2016). Teachers Dispositions Towards Professional Development within the United Arab Emirates. In: Welch, A.G., Areepattamannil, S. (eds) Dispositions in Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-552-4_10

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