Fayiq Alghamdi

• PhD Student
• Uppsala University and Al-Buha University

This paper explores the attitudes of Computer Sci- ence (CS) teachers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) who are confronted by the Saudi Teaching Competencies Standards (STCS). The STCS is a response to a substantial need to develop both subject-specific pedagogical ability as well as teachers subject area knowledge. The Ministry of Education in...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently adopted the Saudi Teaching Competencies Standard (STCS). This paper tries to answer how these competencies are achieved, how they are main- tained, and what support exists to support teaching CS competently in the KSA. This paper presents the results of an investigation of teacher awareness of, and att...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently adopted the Saudi Teaching Competencies Standard (STCS). This paper tries to answer how these competencies are achieved, how they are maintained, and what support exists to support teaching CS competently in the KSA. This paper presents the results of an investigation of teacher awareness of, and attit...

We know that female students in computer science, CS, are fewer than male students in Western countries. What is not well understood is the high rate of Saudi female students in CS. This article explores why female students choose to study CS in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA. Data was collected through structured interviews with ten female stude...

Women are generally under-represented in tertiary computer science education in most countries around the world, especially in the West. The most recent report of the National Science Foundation in 2014 shows that only 14% of woman study CS in USA, and that the country the holds lowest proportion of women receiving Bachelor degrees of all the field...