Dr. Visal Moosa

About SIR Fellow

A senior lecturer at Islamic University of Maldives specialised in Educational Management, Leadership, and Research. A promising researcher in education and related areas. Worked as a secondary teacher, leading teacher, school principal, and policy and planning officer at the Ministry of Education, Maldives.

Doctor of Philosophy in Education
University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
2020

Master of Educational Management
University of Malaya, Malaysia
2011

Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary)
Maldives College of Higher Education, Maldives
2004

National Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
Maldives College of Higher Education, Maldives
2001

Senior Lecturer at Islamic University of Maldives
2020 – Now

Lecturer at Islamic University of Maldives
2016 – 2020

Education Development Officer at Ministry of Education
2014 – 2016

Principal at Ministry of Education (N. Atoll Education Centre)
2011 – 2014

Leading Teacher at Kaafu Atoll School
2007 – 2010

Moosa, M. D., Moosa, V., & Faheem, S. (2023). Prevailing Leadership Styles in Change  Management: Evidence from Existing Research. International Journal of Professional Business  Review, 8(5), e01289-e01289.

Moosa, V., Salleh, S. & Hamid, L. (2022). Defining and operationalizing professional learning  communities: what does the literature say? Asia Pacific Journal of Educationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2022.2070907

Moosa, V., Khalid, A.H. and Mohamed, A. (2021). Intellectual landscape of research on  change management: a bibliometric analysis. Management Research Reviewhttps://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-04-2021-0256

Adams, D., Mohamed, A., Moosa, V. & Shareefa, M. (2021). Teachers’ readiness for inclusive  education in a developing country: fantasy or possibility?, Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2021.1908882 

Moosa, V., Shareefa, M. & Shafeeu, I. (2021). A bibliometric analysis of research on  perception towards covid-19 vaccines. Al-manhaj, 5(1), pp. 11-25.

Shareefa, M., Moosa, V., Saeedh, K., Hassan, V. & Kashif, M. (2021). Exploring the  dimensionality of the reflective functioning questionnaire in the context of Maldives higher  education. Al-manhaj, 5(1), pp. 48-61.

Moosa, V. (2021). Review of collective teacher efficacy research: Implications for teacher  development, school administrators and education researchers, International Journal of Theory and Application in Elementary and Secondary School Education, 3 (1), pp. 62-73.  https://doi.org/10.31098/ijtaese.v3i1.462 

Shareefa, M., Moosa, V., Matzin, R. Midawati Abdulla, N., Z. & Jawawi, R. (2021). Facilitating  differentiated instruction in a multi-grade setting: the case of a small school. SN Soc Sci 1,  127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00116-7

Moosa, V., Salleh, S. & Hamid, L. (2020). Professional Learning Communities Assessment – Revised: A Measure of Schools as Learning Organisations. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences  & Humanities, 28 (4), pp.3048 – 3068. https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.28.4.31

Shareefa, M., Moosa, V., Matzin, R., Midawati Abdullah, N., Z. & Jawawi, R. (2020). A  Challenge Made Easy: Contributing Factors for Successful Multigrade Teaching in a Small  School. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 28 (3), pp. 1643-1661. http://pertanika2.upm.edu.my/pjtas/browse/regular-issue?article=JSSH-4696-2019

Moosa, V., Shareefa, M., Adams, D. & Mohamed, A. (2020). Assessing Teacher Readiness for  Inclusive Education in Maldives: Instrument Modification and Validation. International  Journal of Disability, Development and Education.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2020.1837355

Moosa. V. & Shareefa, M. (2020). Science Mapping the Most-cited Publications on Workplace  Learning. Journal of Workplace Learning, 32 (4), pp. 259-272. https://doi.org/10.1108/JWL-10-2019-0119

Shareefa, M. & Moosa, V. (2020). The Most-cited Educational Research Publications on  Differentiated Instruction: A Bibliometric Analysis. European Journal of Educational Research,  9(1), pp. 331-349. https://eu-jer.com/the-most-cited-educational-research-publications-on-differentiated-instruction-a-bibliometric-analysis

Mohamed, A., Moosa, V., & Yusoff, S. (2020). Assessing the effect of school culture on  instructional leadership in Maldives. Educational Administration Research and Review, 4(2).

Moosa, V. & Shareefa, M. (2019). Implementation of differentiated instruction: Conjoint  effect of teachers’ sense of efficacy, perception and knowledge. Anatolian Journal of  Education. 4(1), Online first. 

Shareefa, M., Moosa, V., Mat Zin, R., Abdullah, N.Z.M. & Jawawi, R. (2019). Teachers’  Perceptions on Differentiated Instruction: Do Experience, Qualification and Challenges  Matter? International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research. 18(8), pp.  214-226.  https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.8.13.

Moosa, V. & Shareefa, M. (2019). The impact of teachers’ experience and qualification on efficacy, knowledge and implementation of differentiated instruction. International Journal  of Instruction. 12(2).  https://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2019_2_37.pdf

Moosa, V., Adheel, A., Mohamed, A. & Mohamed, A. L. (2016). Teachers’ Attitudes towards  Inclusion: Lessons from In-service Teachers for Pre-service Teacher Training. Jurnal  Paradigma. (14), 107–118 

Mariyam, D., M., Mohammed, S. I., Moosa, V. & Ahmed, M. (2015). The Relationship  between Team Characteristics and Team Effectiveness among Teachers in Male’. In  proceedings of International Teachers’ Conference 2015. Male’: National Institute of  Education.