TABLE OF CONTENTS THE SETTING THE EMIRATE OF RAS AL KHAIMAH RAS AL KHAIMAH S ECONOMY AND POPULATION...

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1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT... i LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS... vii LIST OF TABLES... viii LIST OF APPENDIXES... ix THE PARTICIPANTS... x THE RESEARCHER... xiii 1 SYNOPSIS MY INTEREST IN RAS AL KHAIMAH WOMEN S COLLEGE THE SETTING THE EMIRATE OF RAS AL KHAIMAH RAS AL KHAIMAH S ECONOMY AND POPULATION THE RAS AL KHAIMAH WOMEN S COLLEGE THE PARTICPANTS/COLLABORATORS DEFINING THE RESEARCH ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO SEND THEIR DAUGHTERS TO COLLEGE PARTNERING WITH AN EMIRATI COLLEAGUE THE RESEARCH GOAL CONTRIBUTING TO SOCIAL CAPITAL THE DANGER OF THE SINGLE STORY EMIRATI WOMEN S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CIVIL SOCIETY MY INTEREST IN MULTIPLE NARRATIVES OF EMIRATI WOMEN RESEARCH DESIGN ACTION RESEARCH APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY USING PHOTOVOICE TO SHARE SUCCESS STORIES AND DREAMS OF THE FUTURE THE PARTICIPANTS USED PHOTOVOICE DISPLAYING THE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE RKW LIBRARY THEMES WHAT INSPIRES THE WOMEN TO CONTRIBUTE USING THE DISPLAY AND THE BLOG TO ACHIEVE THE RESEARCH GOALS PRESENTING ALTERNATIVE STORIES THE RESPONSE TO THE STORIES ON THE BLOG STUDENTS RESPONSE TO THE STORIES HIGHER EDUCATION LEADS TO THE CREATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL INCREASE IN CONFIDENCE EXPANDED NETWORKS INCREASE IN CAPABILITIES ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS ii

2 CONFIDENCE TO ASK FOR HELP DESIRE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION DESTINY APPLYING THE RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AS AN INDICATOR OF SUCCESS FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION 23 GRADUATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH COMBINING PHOTOVOICE AND APPRECIATE INQUIRY ADULT EDUCATION LEADS TO INCREASED SOCIAL CAPITAL RESEARCH IN CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING SUMMARY STORIES OF ARAB WOMEN THE SINGLE STORY OF ARAB MUSLIM WOMEN THE CULTURE OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ISLAMIC/SHARIAH LAW FEMALE LEADERS DISCUSS THE PROMINENT ROLE OF ISLAMIC VALUES IN THEIR SUCCESS THE SOCIOPOLITICAL STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) WOMEN S GROUPS IN THE UAE CONTRIBUTE TO A CIVIL SOCIETY THE IMPORTANCE OF VIRTUAL NETWORKS EMIRATI WOMEN-MULTIPLE STORIES THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR EMIRATI WOMEN DEFINING FREEDOM THE SINGLE STORY OF WESTERN WOMEN SUMMARY SOCIAL CAPITAL MY EARLY ENCOUNTERS WITH SOCIAL CAPITAL DEFINING SOCIAL CAPITAL BRIDGING, BONDING, AND LINKING SOCIAL CAPITAL A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE CREATING SOCIAL CAPITAL TECHNOLOGIES AS A MEDIATOR OF SOCIAL CAPITAL THE LINK BETWEEN SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ADULT EDUCATION MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL IN MY RESEARCH THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN A DEMOCRACY SOCIAL CAPITAL AND COMMUNITY SUMMARY METHODOLOGY AND METHODS QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY THE PRINCIPLES OF APPRECIATIVE iii

3 INQUIRY APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY METHODOLOGIES THE 4D METHOD OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY ACTION RESEARCH IN COMBINATION WITH THE 4D MODEL ONTOLOGICAL NARRATIVES THE CASE STUDY CHOOSING A CASE BOUNDARIES PHOTOVOICE INVITING THE GRADUATES TO PARTICIPATE SELECTING THE PARTICIPANTS INTRODUCING THE PARTICIPANTS AAESHA AAMENA PARTICIPANT ONE AAREFA ABEER AFRA AMAL HUDA KITTY LATIFA MARYAM MOZAH NAHLA REEM SHAIKHA REDEFINING THE RESEARCH GOAL AND DESIGN THE GOAL OF THE RESEARCH THE RESEARCH DESIGN ANALYZING THE DATA THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY INTERVIEWS THE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY QUESTIONS CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS PHOTOVOICE RUNNING A PILOT SESSION HOW PHOTOVOICE ENHANCES THE 4D APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY METHOD SCHEDULING THE PHOTOVOICE SESSIONS THE LOCATION OF THE PHOTOVOICE SESSIONS SEEING THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND LISTENING TO THE WOMEN S STORIES AND DREAMS THE FIRST PHOTOVOICE SESSION THE SECOND PHOTOVOICE SESSION THE THIRD PHOTOVOICE SESSION THE FOURTH PHOTOVOICE SESSION SHARING THE NARRATIVES AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS 74 iv

4 DISPLAYING THE NARRATIVES AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE RKW LIBRARY THE PURPOSE OF THE BLOG PREPARING THE NARRATIVES FOR THE BLOG DESIGNING AND LAUNCHING THE BLOG RESPONSE TO THE BLOG THE BENEFITS OF USING PHOTOVOICE SUMMARY STORIES AS TRANSFORMATION: CREATING SOCIAL CAPITAL THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ARAB MUSLIM WOMEN ADULT EDUCATION BUILDS SOCIAL CAPITAL THE DELIVERY MODEL USED BY THE HIGHER COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY THE GRADUATES RETAIN THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES MULTIPLE STORIES THE WOMEN S NARRATIVES CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILY INCREASING BONDING CAPITAL ABEER KITTY AAMENA CONTRIBUTION TO WORKPLACE INCREASING BRIDGING CAPITAL NAHLA AMAL REEM AAREFA HUDA AFRA CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY INCREASING BRIDGING AND BONDING CAPITAL HUDA MARYAM MOZAH SUMMARY TABLE APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY AND TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION INFORMS APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY GENERATIVE METAPHORS ON THE PATH TO THE FUTURE SHOWCASING THE STORIES ANALYZING THE RESPONSES TO THE STORIES ANALYZING THE STUDENTS RESPONSES TO THE STORIES COMMENTS ON THE DISPLAY IN THE v

5 LIBRARY SUMMARY THE VALUE OF THE RESEARCH INTRODUCTION CO-LEARNING ETHICS RIGOUR THE PARTICIPANTS CONSENT PHOTOVOICE AND THE POETIC PRINCIPLE OF APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY NEW SUCCESS STORIES FOR RAS AL KHAIMAH WOMEN S COLLEGE NARRATIVES TO INSPIRE RKW STUDENTS WIDER EXPOSURE FOR THE NARRATIVES LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH SELECTING THE PARTICIPANTS LIMITING THE TOPICS MY BIAS FUTURE RESEARCH SUMMARY REFERENCES vi