bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
CCD MEASUREMENTS OF DOUBLE AND MULTIPLE STARS AT NAO ROZHEN AND ASV IN 2013 AND 2014. EIGHT LINEAR SOLUTIONS*
Authors: Cvetković Z. , Pavlović R. , Boeva S.
Published: February 2016

Using the 2 m telescope of the Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory at Rozhen, observations of 271 double or multiple stars were carried out during seven nights in 2013 and 2014. This is the eighth series of measurements of CCD frames of double and multiple stars obtained at Rozhen. Also in 2013 and 2014, using the 0.6 m telescope of the Serbian Astronomical Station on the mountain of Vidojevica, observations of 343 double or multiple stars were carried out during 21 nights. This is the third series of measurements of CCD frames of double and multiple stars obtained at this station. In this paper, we present the results for the position angle and angular separation for 721 pairs and residuals for 126 pairs with published orbital elements or linear solutions. These observations have angular separations in the range from 1.″24 to 202.″30, with a median angular separation of 7.″17. We also present eight linear solutions that have been calculated for the first time.
CSI 2264: CHARACTERIZING YOUNG STARS IN NGC 2264 WITH STOCHASTICALLY VARYING LIGHT CURVES*
Authors: Stauffer John , Cody Ann Marie , Rebull Luisa , Hillenbrand Lynne A. , Turner Neal J. , Carpenter John , Carey Sean , Terebey Susan , Morales-Calderón María , Alencar Silvia H. P. , McGinnis Pauline , Sousa Alana , Bouvier Jerome , Venuti Laura , Hartmann Lee , Calvet Nuria , Micela Giusi , Flaccomio Ettore , Song Inseok , Gutermuth Rob , Barrado David , Vrba Frederick J. , Covey Kevin , Herbst William , Gillen Edward , Guimarães Marcelo Medeiros , Bouy Herve , Favata Fabio
Published: February 2016

We provide CoRoT and Spitzer light curves and other supporting data for 17 classical T Tauri stars in NGC 2264 whose CoRoT light curves exemplify the “stochastic” light curve class as defined in 2014 by Cody et al. The most probable physical mechanism to explain the optical variability within this light curve class is time-dependent mass accretion onto the stellar photosphere, producing transient hot spots. Where we have appropriate spectral data, we show that the veiling variability in these stars is consistent in both amplitude and timescale with the optical light curve morphology. The veiling variability is also well-correlated with the strength of the He i 6678 Å emission line, predicted by models to arise in accretion shocks on or near the stellar photosphere. Stars with accretion burst light curve morphology also have variable mass accretion. The stochastic and accretion burst light curves can both be explained by a simple model of randomly occurring flux bursts, with the stochastic light curve class having a higher frequency of lower amplitude events. Members of the stochastic light curve class have only moderate mass accretion rates. Their Hα profiles usually have blueshifted absorption features, probably originating in a disk wind. The lack of periodic signatures in the light curves suggests that little of the variability is due to long-lived hot spots rotating into or out of our line of sight; instead, the primary driver of the observed photometric variability is likely to be instabilities in the inner disk that lead to variable mass accretion.
Triglav National Park. Actors, Strategies, Problems, Solutions
Authors: Fikfak Jurij , Bajuk Senčar Tatiana
Published: February 2016

Avtorja uvodnega besedila zarisujeta kratko zgodovino raziskave Triglavskega narodnega parka, ki je bila osredinjena na različnost in večdimenzionalnost dediščinskih praks med deležniki v narodnem parku in drugimi socialnimi akterji. Opišeta in tematizirata prispevke raziskovalcev v kontekstu projektne konfiguracije.
V razpravah, objavljenih v reviji Traditiones in drugod so raziskovalci in raziskovalke osvetlili nekatera ključna vprašanja in kulturno značilne in pomembne procese; s tem tudi prispevajo k globljemu razumevanju vsakdanjega življenja v Triglavskem narodnem parku kot zaščitenem območju.
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The authors of this introductory text present a brief history of the Triglav National Park research project, aimed at examining the diversity and multidimensionality of heritage practices among existing park stakeholders and social actors. They place the present contributions of researchers within the context of the project’s structure and aims as well as the other studies published in the journal Traditiones.
In these articles, the project researchers succeed in highlighting the key issues and culturally significant processes that contribute to a deeper understanding of everyday life in Triglav National Park as a protected area.
Slovenian Dances and Their Sources in California
Authors: Ivancich Dunin Elsie
Published: February 2016

Slovenian dance repertoire in California is traced in two social contexts: international recreational folk dancing events and Slovene/American community events. Dancers in California Folk Dance Federation clubs dance to recorded music, while Slovene/American events feature local accordion-based bands. Recorded music in the clubs offers a non-changing soundscape for the dancers, who conform uniformly to a taught sequence of a dance that fits the recording in contrast to greater dancing variance at Slovene/American dance events.
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Slovenski plesni repertoar v Kaliforniji živi v dveh družbenih kontekstih: ob mednarodnih rekreacijskih ljudskih plesnih dogodkih in ob dogodkih slovensko-ameriške skupnosti. V klubih kalifornijskega Združenja za ljudske plese plesalci plešejo ob posnetkih glasbe, medtem ko ob slovensko-ameriških dogodkih gostijo lokalne harmonikarske zasedbe. Posneta glasba v klubih ponuja plesalcem nespremenljivo zvočno podobo: plesalci se poenotijo in uskladijo z naučeno plesno sekvenco, ustrezno glasbenemu posnetku, kar je v nasprotju z veliko plesno variantnostjo v slovensko-ameriških plesnih dogodkih.
Methods of Researching Dance within Croatian Ethnochoreology
Authors: Katarinčić Ivana
Published: February 2016

This paper describes the deliberate process of applying, modifying and adapting the research methods of ethnochoreology – a sub-discipline of ethnology, folklore research and cultural anthropology – in an attempt to determine a sufficiently flexible method for dealing with data that only recently has become the focus of Croatian ethnochoreology. The author finds that the selection and adoption of such methods – such as interviews or participant observation – must take into account the specific nature of the research objects.
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Prispevek opisuje premišljen proces uporabe, spreminjanja in prilagajanja raziskovalnih metod v etnokoreologiji, poddisciplini etnologije, folkloristike in kulturne antropologije, da bi določili dovolj prilagodljivo metodo za obravnavo podatkov, ki so šele nedavno postali središčni v hrvaški etnokoreologiji. Avtorica opozarja, da morata izbor in privzetje metod, kakršni sta intervjuvanje in udeležba z opazovanjem, upoštevati posebne narave raziskovanih predmetov.
“Oh, Girl of Mine, Bring Me Some Water.” Water in Slovenian Folksong Tradition
Authors: Golež Kaučič Marjetka
Published: February 2016

The article focuses on the content-related and formal roles of water in folk lyric songs and ballads, its meanings and metaphorical dimensions in various song microcosms and macrocosms. Our aim is to establish, on the basis of textual analysis, folkloristic methods and with use of some ethnological contextual aspects and with help of different theoretical discourses, the most frequent water dimensions, from mythological, transcendent to vital and mortal. Author finds out that water in songs, regarding to farthermost richness and diversity of water sources in Slovenia, is not an object of desire and need and not an existential problem, but it is mostly connected with deep emotional and spiritual dimensions of songs subjects, as well as dependent from their experiences toward individual water forms.
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Razprava se osredinja na formalne vloge in podobe vode v slovenskih ljudskih pesmih kot tudi na pomene in metaforične ter simbolične konotacije vode v različnih vodnih mikro- in makrokozmosih. Na podlagi analiz besedil in folklorističnih metod, s pritegnitvijo nekaterih etnoloških kontekstualnih vidikov ter s pomočjo različnih teoretskih diskurzov avtorica razgrinja najpogostejše razsežnosti vode – od mitoloških, trancendentnih do življenjskih in smrtnih. Ugotavlja, da voda v pesmi, glede na izjemno vodnatost in pestrost vodnih virov na Slovenskem, ni objekt želje ali potrebe in ni eksistencialni problem, temveč je predvsem povezana z globokimi emotivnimi in duhovnimi razsežnostmi subjektov pesmi, hkrati pa je odvisna od njihovih izkustvenih odnosov do posamičnih vodnih oblik.
Creating Spaces of Creativity: Contemporary Arts and Crafts Fairs in Ljubljana as Production of Locality in Time of a Neoliberal Paradigm of Place
Authors: Bajič Blaž
Published: February 2016

Prispevek obravnava sodobne rokodelske sejme v Ljubljani in njihovo vlogo v ustvarjanju medijske in družbene podobe Ljubljane. Opiše načine, kako skupine in posamezniki, ki pripravljajo in/ali sodelujejo na sejmih, reproducirajo specifične predstave, kulturno-identifikacijske možnosti in omejitve. V tem procesu je najbrž najpomembnejši pripomoček splet oziroma spletna družabna omrežja, ki krepijo vtis razsrediščene in demokratične paradigme kraja in hkrati reproducirajo družbeno-prostorske delitve. Sejmi in reprezentacije, ki jih vključeni pripisujejo sejemskim prostorom in celotnemu mestu, poudarjajo specifične vrednote ter po prepričanju njihovih tvorcev pripomorejo k uveljavitvi Ljubljane v mednarodnem kontekstu. Prispevek nakaže, da se sejmi vključujejo v načrte mestne oblasti za »revitalizacijo« mestnega središča in ustvarjanje turistične Ljubljane, kar moramo, tako kot nastajanje obravnavanih identifikacij, razumeti v kontekstu poznega kapitalizma.
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The paper focuses on the contemporary arts and crafts fairs in Ljubljana and their role in the creation of media and social image of Ljubljana. It describes the ways in which groups and individuals involved in preparation and/or realization of the fairs, reproduce specific images as well as possibilities and limitations for cultural identification. In this process, world-wide-web and online social networks are arguably most important tools which, furthermore, contribute to the impression of a democratic association of cities. This impression is a crucial component of representation and identification, even if it serves to reproduce the hierarchal socio-spatial divisions. Arts and crafts fairs and the representations generated highlight specific values and, arguably, contribute to ever greater recognition of Ljubljana in an international context. Moreover, fairs form a part of the city authorities’ plans for the “revitalization” of the city centre, which must be understood, along with the present identifications, as evolving in the context of late capitalism.
Elución de iones de níquel desde esferas de alginato en un medio ácido
Authors: Aracena Alvaro , Cárcamo Francisco , Jerez Óscar , Constanzo Robinson
Published: February 2016

Se estudió la elución de iones de níquel desde esferas de alginato en un intervalo de temperaturas de 2 a 80 °C y una concentración de ácido sulfúrico entre 0,005 a 2,5 g L−1. El mecanismo de elución fue establecido por intercambio iónico entre protones e iones de níquel alcanzando valores de elución de 93% a una temperatura de 80 °C y concentración de H2SO4 de 0,25 g L−1. También se estudió la influencia de otros ácidos sobre la elución de níquel. La velocidad de elución de níquel fue significativamente influenciada por la temperatura y concentración de H2SO4. La cinética de elución de iones de níquel fue estudiada y el modelo 1-(1-α)1/3=kappt describió muy bien la cinética de esta reacción. La dependencia de la elución de níquel sobre la concentración de ácido sulfúrico fue del orden de 0,33. Además, fueron determinadas las constantes de velocidad intrínseca y se obtuvo un valor de energía de activación de 54,5 kJ mol−1 para el intervalo de temperaturas estudiado. Los resultados indicaron que el proceso de elución de níquel fue controlado por reacciones químicas.
The Ethics Portfolio
Authors: Manroop Laxmikant , Harrison Jennifer
Published: February 2016

This chapter examines ways in which organizations can build and promote an ethical culture. This chapter is divided in four sections. Firstly, the authors provide a historical overview of “ethics” in the U.S. and mainly from an organizational perspective, noting specifically how ethics is built into the structures of corporations. Secondly, they discuss the imputed responsibilities for ethics, arguing whether the ethics portfolio in an organization should reside within the Human Resource (HR) department or some other departments. Thirdly, the authors offer examples of various approaches that firms have traditionally used to promote ethical behaviors. Finally, they conclude with a discussion on ways that firms can enhance their ethical culture, with guidance on how to manage resistance of such a change that accompany such enhancement closing with an examination of various methods that might assist in determining if an organization is ethical.
Machine Ethics Interfaces
Authors: Swan Melanie
Published: February 2016

The purpose of this chapter is to conceptualize cognitive nanorobots, an ethics of perception, and machine ethics interfaces. Three areas are developed as a foundational background. First is the context and definition of cognitive nanorobots (nano-scale machines that could be deployed to facilitate, aid, and improve the processes of cognition like perception and memory as a sort of neural nano-prosthetics). Second is philosophical concepts from Bergson and Deleuze regarding perception and memory, and time, image, difference, becoming, and reality. Third is a summary of traditional models of ethics (Ethics 1.0). These building blocks are then used to connect perception and ethics in the concept of machine ethics interfaces, for which an ethics of perception is required, and where an ethics of immanence (Ethics 2.0) is most appropriate. Finally, killer applications of cognitive nanorobots, and their limitations (neural data privacy rights and cognitive viruses) and future prospects are discussed.
Religious Ethics, General Ethics, and Engineering Ethics
Authors: Bhat P. R.
Published: February 2016

The objective of this chapter is to examine the underpinning relation among religious ethics, general ethics, and engineering ethics. We, the human beings, belong to one religion or the other by birth and/or by practice. There is hardly any society that is non-religious, and every major religion has religion-based ethics. Every evolved religion promotes values such as honesty, truthfulness, nonviolence, helping the needy, etc. These values are developed by major religions, such as Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, etc. All these values together constitute our understanding about general ethics. Fortunately, many religions prescribe similar values, and these values are considered as general ethics, which the chapter delineates in detail. The chapter also elucidates why we have not considered agnostics' and atheists' views on religious ethics even if general ethical principles are based on religious ethics. Further, what is the need to have professional ethics such as engineering ethics when we already have religious and general ethics? The chapter argues “engineering ethics” as a professional ethics would be an autonomous system and would be independent of religious ethics and general ethics. The reason for this claim is professionals need to perform their duties in accordance with their professional codes of conduct, and not based on their religious ethics or general ethics. The chapter submits that engineering ethics is an autonomous ethics even if it has values that resemble religious or general ethics.
Integrating Multi-View Model and Agent Paradigm in the Supply Chain Design
Authors: Boudouda Souheila , Boufaida Mahmoud
Published: February 2016

The aim of the presented work is to contribute to the field of the supply chain design that spans multiple organizations. It is based on a methodological approach that outlines two main results: a conceptual model and an operational one. These two models take into account the different characteristics and mechanisms of the supply chain. The conceptual level is based on four views: product, organizational, functional and informational. At this level, a meta-model that contains the basic generic concepts of the supply chain is proposed. The operational level uses the agent paradigm to model the different actors of the supply chain and the relationships between them. According to the characteristics of supply chains, a negotiation protocol between the different agents is presented. Simulations prove that the presented negotiation protocol can increase the efficiency and successful cooperation ratio for supply chain negotiation.
Introducing Educational Technology into the Higher Education Environment
Authors: Van Ryneveld Linda
Published: February 2016

Over the past decade or two advancements in educational technology have taken place so swiftly that it threatens to revolutionize the education system. This phenomena seem to drive higher education institutions to respond with costly roll out plans that bring state of the art computing hard- and software, together with other highly specialized educational technologies, to their campuses. The dilemma is that these investments in educational technology are often made in isolation, without consideration for imperative aspects such as professional development. To progress, educators need to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to make optimal use of the technology. This can be achieved, among other, by means of well-structured professional development programmes. In this chapter the author explores the role of educational technology in higher education and establishes the need for capacity building by means of carefully designed professional development programmes. It furthermore suggests an alternative professional development framework.
Developing English Language Teachers' Professional Capacities through Digital and Media Literacies
Authors: Moreira dos Anjos-Santos Lucas , El Kadri Michele Salles , Gamero Raquel , Gimenez Telma
Published: February 2016

This chapter aims to demonstrate how a group of educators from a southern Brazilian state university designed and implemented formative workshops to sustain English language teachers' professional development through digital and media literacies. The chapter maps important changes that have happened in language teacher education in Brazil and the convergences these changes share with digital and media literacies coming from a sociocultural paradigm. It also presents and discusses the extent to which the instructional material the group of educators produced for the continuing education of English language teachers integrated 21st century skills and the standards from the TESOL technology framework. As a way to evaluate the instructional material, the chapter analyzes the representations and identities schoolteachers constructed when engaging with digital and media literacies through the instructional material. The chapter concludes by advocating more social, political and collaborative future research in language teacher education and digital and media literacies.
A Socio-Economic Model for Developing Ethics Code in a Multicultural Environment
Authors: Ugboro Isaiah O. , Anyansi-Archibong Chi
Published: February 2016

As more and more business organizations assume global posture, the issue of what constitutes an ethical or unethical business conduct on the part of corporations and corporate officers has become a subject of intense debate without a generally accepted conclusion. This chapter proposes a socio-economic model for developing an ethics code of conduct in a global business environment. It considers the interaction between an organizational culture, leadership, and host country's national culture and sub-cultures, political system, and individual factors. It discusses the benefit and implications of such an integrative approach to ethical decision making.
Integrating Technology in Nurse Education
Authors: Wright Vivian H. , Davis Anjanetta
Published: February 2016

This chapter explores how nurse educators can better integrate technology in their professional development, teaching and learning, and clinical experiences in a purposeful and meaningful manner. The authors explore how and why nurse educators should be mindful of the intersection of technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge (TPACK) in developing teaching and learning plans. The authors contend that nurse educators should consider and employ TPACK on a routine basis, so that using technology purposefully becomes the traditional approach in one's teaching. Examples of how technology can become more meaningful in three areas that nurse educators routinely work within are: professional development, teaching, and clinical experiences.
Supporting the Enactment of Standards-based Mathematics Pedagogies
Authors: Polly Drew , Martin Christie , Wang Chuang , Lambert Richard G. , Pugalee David
Published: February 2016

In order for professional development in the STEM fields to be effective, teachers need worthwhile experiences to simultaneously develop their knowledge of content, pedagogy, and understanding of how students' learn the content. In this chapter we provide an overarching framework of learner-centered professional development and describe the implementation of two mathematics professional development projects designed to support elementary school teachers' mathematics teaching. We follow our description by highlighting some of the findings from our line of professional development research and provide implications for the design of learner-centered professional development programs in mathematics.
An Efficient E-Negotiation Agent Using Rule-Based and Case-Based Approaches
Authors: More Amruta , Vij Sheetal , Mukhopadhyay Debajyoti
Published: February 2016

The research in the area of automated negotiation systems is going on in many universities. This research is mainly focused on making a practically feasible, faster and reliable E-negotiation system. The ongoing work in this area is happening in the laboratories of the universities mainly for training and research purpose. There are number of negotiation systems such as Henry, Kasbaah, Bazaar, Auction Bot, Inspire, Magnet. Our research is based on making an agent software for E-negotiation which will give faster results and also is secure and flexible. Cloud Computing provides security and flexibility to the user data. Using these features we propose an E-negotiation system, in which, all product information and agent details are stored on the cloud. This system proposes three conditions for making successful negotiation. First rule based, where agent will check user requirements with rule based data. Second case based, where an agent will see case based data to check any similar previous negotiation case is matching to the user requirement. Third bilateral negotiation model, if both rules based data and case based data are not matching with the user requirement, then agent use bilateral negotiation model for negotiation. After completing negotiation process, agents give feedback to the user about whether negotiation is successful or not. Using rule based reasoning and case based reasoning this system will improve the efficiency and success rate of the negotiation process.
A Paradigm Shift for Teachers' Professional Development Structure in Turkey
Authors: Günel Murat , Özer-Keskin Melike , Keskin-Samancı Nilay
Published: February 2016

This chapter concerns the importance of in-service training programmes for the professional development of science teachers. A description will be given of the general structure of in-service training activities in Turkey and the results will be presented of an in-service training project, which was conducted as part of a three-year longitudinal study. Within the scope of the project, an in-service training programme for science teachers was conducted based on the argument-based inquiry approach and the theoretical premises upon which it is built. The project aimed to direct science teachers towards student-centred teaching. The training activities focused on the scientific thinking underpinning the teachers' professional knowledge and practices, their perceptions on learning, and their pedagogical practices and epistemological beliefs. The extent to which these activities affected classroom applications and learning processes was investigated and the findings suggest that they had a statistically significant impact on the teachers' pedagogical development and on the students' academic performance and thinking skills.
Case-Based Reasoning and Some Typical Applications
Authors: Roy Durga Prasad , Chakraborty Baisakhi
Published: February 2016

Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) arose out of research into cognitive science, most prominently that of Roger Schank and his students at Yale University, during the period 1977–1993. CBR may be defined as a model of reasoning that incorporates problem solving, understanding, and learning, and integrates all of them with memory processes. It focuses on the human problem solving approach such as how people learn new skills and generates solutions about new situations based on their past experience. Similar mechanisms to humans who intelligently adapt their experience for learning, CBR replicates the processes by considering experiences as a set of old cases and problems to be solved as new cases. To arrive at the conclusions, it uses four types of processes, which are retrieve, reuse, revise, and retain. These processes involve some basic tasks such as clustering and classification of cases, case selection and generation, case indexing and learning, measuring case similarity, case retrieval and inference, reasoning, rule adaptation, and mining to generate the solutions. This chapter provides the basic idea of case-based reasoning and a few typical applications. The chapter, which is unique in character, will be useful to researchers in computer science, electrical engineering, system science, and information technology. Researchers and practitioners in industry and R&D laboratories working in such fields as system design, control, pattern recognition, data mining, vision, and machine intelligence will benefit.
High School Turnaround
Authors: Stobaugh Rebecca , Chandler Wanda G. , White Crystal
Published: February 2016

After implementing Response to Intervention (RTI), a high school in a rural Kentucky community made a dramatic turnaround within 2 years after establishing structures to support both teachers and students. The principal, special education director, other administrators, district personnel, school improvement specialists, teacher leaders, interventionists (i.e., a high school content area specialist), and school faculty implemented changes that were responsible for the turnaround. High expectations, a positive school culture, professional development, guided planning, student assessment, data analysis, research-based intervention programs, and a systems change approach are some of the contributions that led to widespread improvements at the school level and in individual student gains.
Systematic Support for STEM Pre-Service Teachers
Authors: Rogers Reenay R.H. , Winship Jodie , Sun Yan
Published: February 2016

Developing a strong STEM teacher workforce is essential to improve K-12 (kindergarten to 12th grade) STEM education and to strengthen the STEM talent pipeline in the United States. Based on the successful experience in Project Engage, a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this chapter proposes an authentic and sustainable four-pillar STEM professional development model. Grounded on social constructivist and interactive approaches, this professional development model is intended to cultivate STEM pre-service teachers' ability to provide K-12 students with authentic STEM learning experience as defined in the four types of authenticity (i.e., context authenticity, task authenticity, impact authenticity, and personal/value authenticity) identified by Strobel and his colleagues (Strobel, Wang, Weber, & Dyehouse, 2013).
Engineering Ethics Education
Authors: Balakrishnan Balamuralithara
Published: February 2016

In this chapter, the importance of engineering ethics education in engineering programmes is discussed, involving major elements that build ethics education. Definitions and concepts of engineering ethics are introduced, along with an engineering code of ethics. Ethical education in engineering programmes is analyzed, focusing on teaching approaches and the effect of science and technological development on engineering socio-ethical issues. Survey results are presented, which illustrate students' attitudes toward engineering ethics, where it is found that students' attitudes were poor. Some strategies are suggested to improve engineering ethical education in engineering programmes.
Teaching Ethics to Engineering Students in India
Authors: Cheruvalath Reena
Published: February 2016

Most engineering colleges in India have integrated ethics courses into their curriculum for the reason that students may develop an ethical ability to engage in sound decision making. However, there are differences noticed in defining the concept of “ethics” by the engineering students and the teachers who teach them ethics. Often, it is observed that students' positions with regard to ethics courses are egoistic pragmatism while the teachers follow idealistic pragmatism. This ideological difference makes teaching ethics to engineering students a difficult task and thus undermines the effectiveness of the ethics course. The major objective of this chapter therefore is to examine the extent to which the “gap” can be merged and make the students more ethically responsible. It also helps to achieve more job satisfaction for teachers. Finally, the chapter discusses some suggestions to make engineering students more ethically sensible.
Teacher Professional Development
Authors: Tsai Tsung-Jui , Shih Ya-Chun
Published: February 2016

The teacher as researcher analyzed and documented his own professional development during the implementation of a program aimed at improving students' listening abilities via exposing them to podcasts and familiarizing them with metacognitive strategies. Seventeen senior high school English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners participated in this study, with a second teacher acting as a facilitator. Action research procedures were employed to investigate the researcher's professional development, with the results indicating increases in both his Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) and his teacher efficacy. The findings in this chapter have implications for English teachers tasked with teaching listening and for researchers studying the pedagogical applications of podcasts and metacognitive strategies.
Prospects and Challenges of Teaching Religious Ethics in Nigerian Universities
Authors: Awajiusuk Finomo Julia
Published: February 2016

Human societies are quickly drifting into serious moral decadence as various ills are plaguing the world. This situation makes the teaching of religious ethics, the academic discipline that studies the morality of human act based on the tenets of various religions, a necessity. In some parts of the world, the teaching of religious ethics is booming. Unfortunately, the opposite is the case in Nigeria. Teachers of religious ethics are few in the country. This chapter investigates the reason behind this unpopularity of religious ethics as an academic discipline in Nigerian universities. The chapter exposes in great measure challenges facing teachers of religious ethics in Nigerian universities. To do this, the author employs the phenomenological approach of religious studies. The author also draws insights from religious ethics and cultural hermeneutics. The author recommends that the teaching of religious ethics in Nigerian universities should be encouraged through provision of scholarships and research grants.
Medical Ethics and Undergraduate Training
Authors: Ahmad Ayesha , Rabbani Pareesa , Kanwar Shipra , Shinde Ranoji Vijaysingh , Khan Tamkin
Published: February 2016

The study of Medical Ethics [ME] is mandatory for health practitioners because there is hardly an area in medicine that doesn't pose an ethical dilemma. There is lack of awareness among physicians. Training of medical students should equip them to provide the best care to patients in an ethical manner without harm. The aim of this chapter was to assess the awareness of undergraduate students to ME and take inputs about curricular changes as they are important stake holders. A prospective, cross sectional, observational study through a confidential questionnaire was utilized. 86 proformas were fit for analysis. Majority [68.6%] failed to define ME. Most had been exposed to ME in the college or through the print or visual media. Majority could not recall any incident of professional misconduct witnessed by them, while others recounted incidents such as taking gifts from pharmaceutical companies, rudeness to poor patients, mis-diagnosis due to casual approach towards patients, becoming personal with female patients, organ trafficking, conducting sex determination tests etc. Most were unaware about the existence or purpose of an institutional ethics committee. Regarding the need for studying ME 86.04% said they thought it is important. Majority suggested be interactive case presentations as a method of teaching ME. There is gross unawareness among medical students about the definition, scope and purpose of teaching ME. A drastic change in the medical curriculum is required and new and interesting teaching learning methods need to be evolved in order to train our students in ME.
Identifying Group Processes and Affect in Learners
Authors: Thompson Kate , Markauskaite Lina
Published: February 2016

In the last five years, the analytical techniques for identifying the processes of online learning have developed to the point where applications for the assessment of learning can be discussed. This would be most appropriate for twenty-first century skills—such as collaboration, decision-making, and teamwork skills—which are the core learning outcomes in immersive learning environments. The state of the art in this field is still at the stage of discovering patterns of the processes of learning, identifying stages, and suggesting their meaning. However, already it is important to consider what technologies can offer and what information teachers need in order to evaluate students' situated performance and to provide useful feedback. This chapter describes an imagined virtual world, one that affords the range of twenty-first century skills, in order to illustrate types of analyes that could be conducted on learning process data. Such analytical methods could provide both descriptive information about the performance of learners and depict structures and patterns of their learning processes. The future assessment of learning in immersive virtual worlds may draw on data about deep embodied processes and multiple senses that usually underpin professional skills, such as affect, visual perception, and movement. This type of assessment could also provide deeper insights into many psychological processes in collaborative learning, decision-making, and problem-solving in virtual worlds, such as motivation, self-efficacy, and engagement. Overall, the view of the assessment presented in this chapter extends beyond the formal learning outcomes that are usually required by tertiary education quality and standards agencies and assessed in traditional courses in higher education to include a range of new capacities that may not be required but are essential for successful performance in contemporary workplaces.
Ethical Research Methods and Practice in the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Anyansi-Archibong Chi
Published: February 2016

The growing record of unethical and socially irresponsible behavior among people of all ages and in all walks of life is a major concern for society at large. With advancements in technology and globalization these concerns have intensified, become more diverse and complex, and transcended national borders. This introductory chapter examines both the philosophical views of ethics and the contemporary issues surrounding research methods and practice. The chapter explores and summaries major contemporary issues in research methods and practice such as media research, cyber ethics, patents/trademark violations, collaborations, privacy issues, as well as the implications for both the micro and macro levels of the society. In addition to identifying the existing ethical concerns in research and practice, the final section sets the scene for discussions from the contributing authors and proposes recommendations and the need to address these ethical issues at all levels including research institutions, for-profit/not-for-profit organizations such as the United Nations and professional organizations.
A Blended Approach to Teacher Education
Authors: Vaughan Norman
Published: February 2016

This chapter describes the effectiveness of a blended approach to teacher education through the use of the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) framework. Data was collected from students and faculty involved in the program via online surveys, focus groups, and the use of an editable Google Doc. The study participants provided recommendations for improving the quality of the blended program through the use of digital technologies based on the five NSSE benchmarks. For example, student and faculty interactions outside of the classroom could be enhanced through the use of web-based synchronous conferencing tools (e.g., Skype) to establish ‘virtual' meetings and office hours.
Transformational Leadership and Teacher Engagement in an International Context
Authors: Park Chan Kyun , Lim Doo Hun , Ju Boreum
Published: February 2016

Leadership and teacher engagement are important and meaningful themes for teacher development. Culture has also been considered an important variable in cross-cultural research for a long time. This chapter proposes that the behavior of transformational leaders in schools will positively influence teachers' engagement in their jobs and schools. This chapter also suggests three propositions with relation to Korean culture values as moderators. Specifically, the relationship between transformational leadership and teacher engagement will be stronger when followers more strongly perceive power distance, harmony, and informal social ties. The review and integration of this comprehensive literature review provides significant implications for researchers studying teacher engagement and school improvement.
Joint Professional Development of Teacher Candidates and Mentoring Teachers in Using Project-Based Learning for 21st Century Learning Outcomes
Authors: Shambaugh Neal
Published: February 2016

One teaching strategy that engages students and teachers in 21st century learning outcomes is project-based learning (PBL). This chapter documents two years of professional development with PBL involving 72 teacher candidates, 19 public schools, and 41 mentoring teachers who jointly created, taught, and evaluated 43 PBL units. An online teacher education course structured the professional development over the last semester for teacher candidates. The semester-long course used the state's professional development materials to structure the design, teaching, and evaluation of the PBL units. The chapter is organized around four main ideas. (1) PBL is an appropriate over-arching teaching approach for classroom teachers to address 21st century learning outcomes. (2) PBL teaching provides teachers a relevant setting for media and technology use. (3) PBL implementation requires ongoing professional development and mentoring. (4) Professional development and PBL teaching can involve both teacher candidates and their mentoring teachers learning from each other.
The Relationship between Transformational Leadership Characteristics and Multicultural Education Practices in Teacher Educators
Authors: Greene-Clemons Cheresa
Published: February 2016

This study focuses on the relationship of transformational leadership characteristics in teacher educators and their multicultural education practices as an avenue to prepare and produce more teachers for the increasingly diverse P-12 student population in the 21st century. The more transformational leadership characteristics teacher educators possess, the more multicultural education practices are carried out by them towards producing and transforming teachers to carry out the same characteristics and practices in their classroom. Examples in this study illustrate the importance of the relationship in the teacher educator/teacher-student cycle. Overall, the research findings support that there is a relationship between teacher educators' transformational leadership characteristics and multicultural education practices. Finally, this study highlights the need to provide professional development for teacher educators to enhance their transformational leadership characteristics as well as their multicultural education practices.
Promoting Culturally Sensitive Strategies to Enhance Physical Education among Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Authors: Rotich Jerono P. , Fuller Tiffany
Published: February 2016

Given the prevalence of overweight and obesity among immigrant and refugee children and youth in America, there is a growing need for physical education, physical activity and sports professionals to incorporate culturally and socially responsive strategies into their programs and activities According to Ike-Chinaka (2013), obesity has been identified as a chronic disease that emerges among immigrant populations after they settled in the United States of America. This chapter will focus on the challenges of newly arrived immigrants and refugee youth, and determinants of participation in physical activity and sports. Additionally, the chapter offers some culturally and socially sensitive tips and strategies that professionals in physical education, physical activity and sports can incorporate into their programs and activities so as to increase the participation among newly arrived immigrants and refugee youth.
Dynamics of Culture and Curriculum Design
Authors: Robinson Helen Mele
Published: February 2016

The population of the United States of America is becoming more diverse ethnically, racially, and linguistically (Hobbs, Stoops, & Long, 2002). The challenge this poses to faculty of teacher education programs is to edify teacher candidates who are prepared to teach children who might be from a culture other than their own. In this chapter, the author presents a curriculum design model and describes course implementation for exploration of the topic of culture with undergraduate early childhood teacher candidates in a foundations course. Through the course design the preservice teachers are offered an understanding of what is needed to develop the knowledge and skills to be a culturally competent teacher capable of developing a culturally responsive curriculum.
Thinking Transnationally
Authors: Sánchez Margarita María
Published: February 2016

Wagner College is participating in a ground-breaking project that brings migrant families together after years of separation. This project has been not only inspirational for both faculty members and students, but is also a great opportunity to learn about forced migration and alternatives to keep families together. The “Transnational Project: San Jerónimo Xayacatlán-Port Richmond” was created to connect communities in both the United States and Mexico and to preserve their cultural identities that have been threatened by forced migration. In this chapter, I would like to present the project focusing on three aspects: the history of the project, the individual stories of members who migrated and of those who stayed in their homeland, and the impact of this educational opportunity in the classroom. I will use a series of interviews with the members of Ñani Migrante (the group formed by the members of both the San Jerónimo and the Port Richmond communities), the presentations of both panels that took place at Wagner College, and the reflections of students who attended them.
From “Oh My Gosh I'm Going to Get Mugged” to “See[ing] Them as People Who Are Just Like Me”
Authors: Ludwig Bernadette
Published: February 2016

Since the “service” component exposes college students to individuals in the community who often differ from them in their ethnoracial, socioeconomic, linguistic background, and age, etc. these classes present an ideal opportunity to test Allport's (1954) intergroup contact hypothesis. This theory stipulates that prejudice can be reduced if certain criteria are met. This case study about freshmen students' service learning experiences with a local West African community tested this theory and found that over the semester students' stereotypes changed. In addition, this research project showed that the experiences of ethnoracial minority and/or immigrant students differed from their White peers; due to race, ethnicity, language, and/or immigration status, they were cultural insiders which enabled them to build more meaningful relationships with the community members.
Serving an International Higher Education Partner Using a Problem-Based Learning Format
Authors: Marangoni Allen , Haley Rhonda
Published: February 2016

Merida, Mexico, a community partner for service learning with Wheeling Jesuit University's (WJU) Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, is a city with a population of 800,000 people. This city lacked rehabilitation services to treat cardiopulmonary conditions, and the school of rehabilitation at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatán (UADY) had no established educational programs addressing these conditions. In 2013 two English-speaking faculty members from the WJU DPT program provided the service of knowledge-sharing to this higher education partner through an extensive cardiopulmonary rehabilitation workshop in Merida. The workshop participants included physical therapists, occupational therapists, a physician, and rehabilitation students, all with Spanish as their primary language. Written and spoken language was identified as the primary barrier to providing the necessary education to the international students. The WJU Basic Science and Physical Therapy Skills courses, written in the English language, follow a problem-based format where students are asked to use resources to answer questions regarding patients with cardiopulmonary problems. These courses became the foundation for the solution to the language barrier problem. The information and students' answers from WJU courses were translated by UADY university professors over a several month period of time. During the workshop, the participants were separated into groups, each researching a topic using the provided translated materials to educate the others on their assigned topics. The participants used various methods to convey their new knowledge. There were interpreters available at all times during the workshop. Surveys at the conclusion of the workshop indicated that the learning experience was effective and enjoyable.
Service Learning in Higher Education
Authors: Hasbún Beatriz A. , Pizarro Verónica , González Tomás I. , Yañez Oscar Jerez
Published: February 2016

This chapter presents the experience of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Universidad de Chile implementing Service Learning as part of Methodology. First, it is described the process of development and then the institutionalization of the methodology and the various emphasis provided by academics. Second, the results of a questionnaire designed to assess motivation, development of generic competencies, social commitment, and students' satisfaction with the methodology are presented.