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Abderrahim Benlahcene

  • Abderrahim Benlahcene

  • Assistant Professor
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  • CV

Abderrahim Benlahcene is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Ajman University. He attained his PhD’s degree in educational psychology from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). His study focused on investigating the impact of motivation on students’ personal goals and engagement in higher education. He is an enthusiastic and adaptive person with a broad and acute interest in the study of students’ goals development for motivation, learning and engagement. He is also proficient in the various quantitative analysis approaches and has solid knowledge in exploring and scrutinizing teaching and learning issues. Member of many academic committees in the department and college, and has a number of research in the field of educational psychology.

Education
  • PhD’s degree in Educational Psychology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia, 2020
  • Master’s degree in Educational Psychology, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia, 2016
  • Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, University of M’sila, Algeria, 2010
Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ajman University, UAE, August 2022 to Present
  • International Lecturer, School of Education, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia (01/03/2021 – 15/08/2022)
  • Graduate Research Assistant, School of Education, UUM, (01/08/2020 – 31/01/2021).
  • Arabic Part-time Teacher, Universiti Utara Malaysia International School (UUMIS), (01/01/2017 to 30/06/2020).
  • Administrative Assistant, Department of youth and sports, Algeria (2011 to 2013).
Teaching Area
  • Educational Psychology
  • Critical Thinking
  • Statistics in Education
  • Research methods
  • Family Psychology
  • Developmental Psych: Childhood and Adolescence
  • Critical Thinking
  • Social Psychology
  • Family Psychology
  • General Psychology
  • Differential Psychology
  • Criminal Psychology
Research
  • Educational Psychology
  • Motivation
  • Achievement goals
  • Academic engagement
  • Students’ Partnership
  • Collaborative learning
Publications
Conference Presentation
  • International Conference and Innovation Exhibition on Global Education (ICEGE 2018) (Presenter), 28-29 November, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
  • International Engineering Research and Innovation Summit (Presenter) Organized by UTHM, 6-7 May 2017, Melaka city, Malaysia.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Member of Scientific Committee of Conference: Family Studies and Digital transformation: New changes and challenges (1st Ed) held from 24-25 April 2024 at Ajman University, UAE
  • Member of the Internationalization Committee, Ajman University (2023- To date).
  • Member in The Humanities and Social Sciences Research Center (HSSRC), Ajman University- 2022- To Date.
  • Member of examination committee at Ajman University (09/2022 – To date)
  • Member of timetable committee at Ajman University (09/2022- To Date)
  • Member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2) (01 Jan 2024 to 01 Jan 2025)
  • Chairperson of QS Ranking Committee by Subject (School of Education) (Universiti Utara Malaysia) (08-03-2022 to 31-12-2022).
  • Permanent member of the management committee of Institute of Excellent Teachers and Leader in Education (IETLE) (Universiti Utara Malaysia) (08-03-2022 to 31-12-2022).
  • Member of International Doctoral Education Research Network (IDERN) (2021- Current)
  • 2018 - Postgraduate Scheme Incentive Research Grant (S/O Code: 16052) awarded by the Awang Had Salleh Graduate School, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  • Member of Malaysian Society for Higher Education Policy and Research Development (PenDaPat) (11-01-2022 to 11-01-2023)
  • Member of Malaysian Psychological Association (MPA) (11-01-2022 to 11-01-2024)
  • Member of QS Ranking Committee by Subject (Universiti Utara Malaysia) (01-01-2021 to 31-12-2021).