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Researchers and professionals have very often characterized the dominating science teaching style in Oman as monologic lecture-based. The Omani educational system, as in many systems around the world, attempted to break away from this dominating style by emphasizing the role of students in constructing knowledge, and the role of the teacher in handing over to them the responsibility for their own learning.
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Al-Mahrouqi, A. (2015). Making the Science Class Spacious for Students’ Voice. In: Mansour, N., Al-Shamrani, S. (eds) Science Education in the Arab Gulf States. Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-049-9_4
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