bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Life Roles and College Life: Exploring Experiences of International Female Students in Higher Education
Authors: Somuah Beatrice Asante
Published: March 2020

Studies have identified that women enter higher learning institutions for personal enrichment and lifelong education. In spite of these benefits, societal perception and traditional roles affect women’s participation in formal education. This qualitative study sought to explore the experiences of female students on how they deal with their lifecycle roles as they access higher education outside their home countries. The study was conducted in a Kenyan university using seven graduate international female students. These participants were purposively selected for face-to-face interviews. Content analysis was used to analyse data based on similarities and differences. It was revealed that the female faced challenges such as psychological stress, financial problems and time constraints. They managed these roles through support from family and friends as well as the use of self-motivation strategies. It was therefore recommended that interventions geared towards the needs of these female students are developed by institutions who admit international students.
The Effect of Using a Teaching Strategy Based on the KWLH Learning Schedule to Gain the Concepts of Scientific Research Curricula among Princess Rahma University College Students
Authors: Alsaaideh Maha Hamed
Published: March 2020

This study aimed to investigate the effect of using a teaching strategy based on the KWLH learning schedule to gain concepts of scientific research curricula among students of Princess Rahma University College. The study sample participants were intentionally chosen from students of Princess Rahma University College at Al-Balqa Applied University, who are enrolled in the research methodology course and its statistical methods. They were randomly assigned to two groups: an experimental group studied according to the teaching strategy based on the learning schedule KWLH, and a control group that studied according to the usual strategy. A test tool was implemented after verifying its validity and reliability, namely: Testing the concepts of scientific research methods. The study concluded that the teaching strategy based on the KWLH learning table was superior, and its percentage (16.24%) of the variance in the dependent variable was explained. The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the acquisition of the concepts of scientific research methods due to gender or the interaction between teaching strategy and gender. There was also a lack of a statistically significant difference in the acquisition of the concepts of scientific research methods due to the university cumulative average, compared to the presence of a statistically significant effect attributed to the interaction between the teaching strategy and the cumulative rate in the acquisition of the concepts of scientific research methods.
“These Girls, We Should Not Allow Them Do PhD”: Perceived Realities and Reactions of Some Never-married “Akada” Ladies
Authors: Onayemi Olayinka Modupe
Published: March 2020

Crossing the culturally perceived appropriate marriage age, especially for single ladies is deviant in some societies, so also is advanced academic (“Akada”) pursuit for women. The experience of falling within both categories might be confounding, yet, have not received much research attention. This study explored how, this social ‘comorbidity’ informs social relations of this category. The study adopted phenomenological approach. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were held with 20 never-married ladies who were either undergoing or have obtained their Ph.D. The involuntarily never-married “akada” ladies reported the popular opinion that too much academic degree keeps men on the run as a major concern. They also shared basic coping strategies and perceived benefit of their dual status. While some never-married “akada” women fail to notice this socially conceived ills in other to advance, the ill-opinions was reported to debar many never-married ladies from taking conscious effort towards getting additional degree for improvement. Finally, the study reveals that the popular negative opinion about the “Akada” ladies somewhat further reinforces their singlehood, and better explains their protracted singlehood than the rhetoric of never-married “akada” ladies being too busy. Hence, the need for a re-orientation.
The Role of Teacher Education in Improving Quality Education for a Functional Society
Authors: Ubogu Rowell
Published: March 2020

The role of teachers’ education in improving quality education for a functional society is a paper-based upon the need to reiterate the essence of teacher education in Nigeria. The study adopted the use of two research questions, tested using mean, and two hypotheses also tested using Pearson Correlation and t-test statistics. A questionnaire designed with an internal consistency of 0.89 coefficient using Crombach Alpha was administered to lecturers and students from three (3) Colleges of Education (Namely, College of Education Warri, College of Education, Agbor, and College of Physical Education, Mosogar) all in Delta State, and a sample size of 174 was derived based on the number of questionnaires retrieved. The finding of the study revealed that Teacher education contributes to quality education in the Nigerian Society when educationist is acknowledging as a source of reference as custodians of knowledge and as a consultant to consultants. It further demonstrated that there is a statistically significant correlation between teacher education in enhancing quality education and a functional Nigerian Society. It was established that teacher education is the channel for achieving not only educational goals (quality education) but also industrialization, which implies a successful and functional society. The researcher recommends that a feedback mechanism be put in place by the government, policymakers and educational stakeholders to actualize implementation of educational policies on teacher education.
Almajiri System of Education and the Emergence of Religious Extremists in Nigeria
Authors: Edinyang Sunday David , Bassey Maxwell Richard , Ushie Doris Emmanuel
Published: March 2020

This paper describes Almajiri system of education and the emergence of religious extremists in Nigeria. Almajiri system of education being a traditional and non-formal system of education which derived its curriculum from the Holy Qu’ran and subjects its learners or pupils to roam about the streets begging for alms, food, and render menial labour to the teachers known as Mallams as a means of survival, is found majorly in the northern parts of Nigeria which later spread to other parts of the country and the world with devastating effects to the country’s security apparatus as well as our cooperate existence as one indivisible entity. Consequently, these innocent children with little or no parental backgrounds are left to their fate constituting child labour, child abuse, child neglect , street hawking and other social vices while others join bad groups in carrying out crimes such as kidnapping, armed robbery, suicide bombings etc. This negates the contribution of education to nation building. The conceptual clarifications, historical perspectives, some factors affecting Almajiri system of education as well as suggestions and recommendations were extensively outlined.
Implications of Self- and Other-Representation in Representing Translation History: With Special Reference to the History of Translation in the Abbasid Era
Authors: Sayaheen Bilal , Al-Ramadan Raidah
Published: March 2020

This study investigates two different ways of representing translation histories, namely, self-representation and other- representation. Moreover, this paper sheds some light on a part of the translation history during the Islamic golden age, specifically, the Abbasid Era. The current study analyzes two different books about the translation history during the Abbasid Era: O’Leary’s book (How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs, 1949) and Al-Khalili’s book (The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance, 2011). The purpose of the analysis is to gain a hint about how people write the history of translation and what factors, either cultural or ideological, interfered in shaping that history. Moreover, considering Al-Khalili’s book as an example of self-representation and O’Leary’s book as an example of other-representation should help in revealing types of convergences and divergences between these two books in representing translation history. The results of the analysis show that there were instances of convergences and divergences between these two books in representing translation history.
Psychological and Social Problems of Hearing-Impaired Students and the Adopted Coping Strategies in Deaf Schools
Authors: Alramamneh Abdellatif Khalaf Suleiman , Sabayleh Obaid Abdelkarim Obaid , Abu hazim Shirin Munier Abdallah , Abu Drei Samer Mohammed
Published: March 2020

The aims of this study were to identify the social and psychological problems of hearing-impaired students and investigate the coping strategies adopted in deaf schools. The descriptive analytical approach was used to describe the data collected from a randomly selected sample that consisted of 150 deaf students; 67 were males and 83 were females. The findings showed that hearing-impaired students face social problems such as difficulties encountered in public places and feeling scared of violence by others. The findings also showed that students with hearing impairment face frequent psychological problems such as explanation of mistakes, fear of making mistakes, and separation anxiety. However, the study results revealed that students with hearing impairment have a medium level of psychological and social problems as well as the adoption level of coping strategies. Furthermore, there are no statistically significant differences on the level of both social and psychological problems, and adapted level of coping strategies due to gender, address, education level, and impairment severity.
Evaluating Perceived Entrepreneurial Skills for Self-Reliance among Business Education Undergraduates in South-Western States’ Universities in Nigeria
Authors: Aina M. Adebayo , Oyerinde D. Oluseyi , Onajite O. Godwin , Falade C. Adekunbi
Published: March 2020

Unemployment has become a household name among graduates in Nigeria. It is more worrisome when business education graduates are conspicuously found among the unemployed graduates roaming around the streets. This study therefore evaluated the extent of possession of communication, financial management and failure management skills for self-reliance among business education undergraduate students in south-western states. The survey research design was adopted. The population of the study consisted of 630 final year Business Education students in all the four public universities offering Business Education programme. The sample of the study consisted of 150 respondents, representing 24%, which was selected through proportionate sampling technique. A self-designed questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on Evaluating Entrepreneurial Skills for Self-Reliance “(QEESSR) with 35 items was developed to elicit responses on the three research questions raised for the study. The instrument was validated by two Business Education experts and one Test expert. The split half method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and the data collected were subjected to Pearson Product Moment Correlation formula and yielded a coefficient of 0.72. The study concludes that Business Education students highly possessed communication, financial management and failure management skills that could make them become successful entrepreneurs. The study therefore recommends that Business Education students should make judicious use of the failure management skills possessed to establish their own entrepreneurial outfits and nurture them to maturity after graduation, among others.
Guideline for Innovation Management Design of Home Bathroom Environment to Help Reduce Accident Risk among Elderly
Authors: Junprateep Chartchay , Seviset Somchai , Eakwutvongsa Songwut
Published: March 2020

The present research was aimed to investigate the space and accident risk factors of elderly in home bathroom, risk problems, and the current functional limitations for elderly. The study investigated spaces of bathrooms in 30 homes currently living by elderly by conducting an assessment of proper bathroom environmental features, and interviews with the elderly at home. Results of assessment of bathroom spaces of all homes under the study categorized into 5 aspects of importance suggested a low level of propriety ( = 2.22 , S.D.=0.85). For sub-aspects of importance, suitable size and proportion were at a low level ( = 2.18 , S.D.=0.73), and the design materials were at a lowest level ( = 1.26 , S.D.=0.41). In conclusion, all of the studied spaces were found with inappropriate environment to accommodate the use by elderly. The researcher recognized the problems, roles, and importance of involved individuals and thus proposed guidelines for the design of home bathroom under the universal design concept so as to guide good standards as a key factor for taking improvement action for accident prevention and preparation of sound environment for elderly.
Influence of Sex and Age on Depression among First Year Undergraduates of Faculty of Education in Cross River State, Nigeria
Authors: Njoku Joy Nwaobiara , Igbodor David Onwe , Amalu Melvina N.
Published: March 2020

This study was on the influence of sex and age on depression among first year undergraduates in Cross River State, Nigeria. The population of the study was 2,800 first year students of the two Universities in Cross River State (University of Calabar and Cross River State University of Science and Technology). A sample of 560 first year students was drawn from the institutions to take part in the study using random sampling technique. This comprised of 269 males and 291 females. A questionnaire with two sections was used for data collection. Section A, elicited responses for sex and age while section B was an adapted Beck’s depression inventory to gather information on the degree of depression among the students. The statistical tools used were the independent t-test and ANOVA. T-test was used to analyze responses on sex while the ANOVA was used to analyze responses on age and depression. The results showed that the males were more depressed than the females and depression also increased with age.It was recommended among other things that parents and sponsors of these students should show equal care in terms of giving upkeep money to both the males and the females. People should also be encouraged to go to school at early age.
The Historical Fact Bissu South Sulawesi in the Novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat (Study Literature Mimetic)
Authors: Hariyono Saharul , Nurhadi
Published: March 2020

The purpose of this study describes historical fact background character of bissu and describes historical fact of the life character of bissu. The historical aspect in question is how history is rewritten in the novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat. This study is a qualitative descriptive study, using a mimetic approach is based on Plato's perspective. The validity of the data used to observe the semantic validity of the data units of words, sentences, discourse, dialogue, which is found in the novel. Reliability data using interrater and interrater. Reliability interrater used reading and reviewing repeatedly to find the consistency of the data while interrater had discussions with people who can appreciate literature. Analysis of the data used is content analysis to determine the content and meaning contained in the novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat. Results in this study, first, historical fact background character of bissu includes: bissu as the traditional ceremonial leader indigenous; stage becomes bissu; the hierarchy of community bissu. Second, historical fact of the life character of bissu includes: bissu becomes the center of Operation Tobat DI/TII; syncretism of bissu and Islamic religion; bissu title pilgrim to Mecca; government intervention against bissu; now bissu as beauty salon worker; novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat as a form of social criticism. The findings based on that novel have a relationship with bissu real life. Thus, the novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat contains historical narrative bissu life in South Sulawesi. The impacts resulting from this research can reveal the historical facts that occur in the content of the novel.
Validation of an Instrument and Measurement of Employee Work-Life Policies, Psychological Empowerment, and Job Commitment of Academic Staff in Universities
Authors: Owan Valentine Joseph , Bassey Bassey Asuquo , Mbon Usen Friday , Okon Abigail Edem , Egbula Ene Ogar , Ekaette Samuel Okpon , Ojong Cyprian Oba , Ekpe Mercy Bassey
Published: March 2020

This study used a structural equation modelling approach to assess the association between employee work-life policies, psychological empowerment, and academic staff job commitment in universities in Cross River State, Nigeria. Three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study following a descriptive survey research design. Multistage sampling procedure was adopted in the selection of 315 academic staff from two universities in the study area. “Work-Life Policies, Psychological Empowerment and Job Commitment Questionnaire (WPPEJCQ)” was used as the instrument for data collection. The construct validity of the instrument was ascertained through an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The Kaiser-Meyer-Ohlin of .894 and the Bartlett coefficient of 7795.820 were obtained. Several fit indices of Confirmatory Factor Analysis were used to accept the model such as RMSEA=.031, TLI=.969, CFI=.971 and many others. The null hypotheses were all tested using Path analysis. Findings revealed, among others, that there is a significant effect of work-life policies on the affective (β=.774,t=21.636,p<.05), continuance (β=.450,t=8.932,p<.05), and normative (β=490,t=9.967,p<.05) dimensions of academic staff commitment; furthermore, psychological empowerment has a significant effect on the affective (β=.795,t=23.199,p<.05), continuance (β=.501,t=10.261,p<.05) and normative (β = .520, t = 10.795, p< .05) dimensions of staff commitment; and there is a significant composite effect of work-life policies and psychological empowerment on the affective, continuance, and normative commitment levels of academic staff in universities. Based on these findings, conclusions and recommendations were made
Motivación de los estudiantes hacia el uso de la tecnología para el aprendizaje de las matemáticas
Authors: Velazquez Raquel Vera , Maldonado Zúñiga Kirenia , Del Valle Holguín Wilfrido Javier , Valdéz Tamayo Pedro
Published: March 2020

Este trabajo nos describe la construcción y validación de un cuestionario de estudio de la motivación hacia las matemáticas y su aprendizaje con el uso de la tecnología. Se realiza un análisis componencial a partir de su aplicación a 229 estudiantes de ingeniería Agropecuaria, en Sistemas Computacionales y Computación y Redes de la Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí. Se aplicó una encuesta para evaluar cuatro aspectos diferentes de la motivación  de los estudiantes hacia el uso de la tecnología en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las matemáticas, que consideramos importantes: utilidad de la tecnología en las matemáticas, motivación de los estudiantes por la implementación de la tecnología en las matemáticas, no utilidad de la tecnología en las matemáticas, y resultados de los estudiantes con respecto al aprendizaje de las matemáticas con el uso de la tecnología. El análisis factorial del cuestionario da como resultado un modelo de cinco factores como el más representativo, con un factor residual y cuatro factores relevantes. Este análisis confirma la congruencia del cuestionario con el planteamiento inicial y prueba su fiabilidad y consistencia interna. El análisis de consistencia interna por factor nos permitió identificar que los primeros cuatro factores del modelo encontrado para nuestro estudio son relevantes. El último puede considerarse como un factor residual, ya que tiene una baja consistencia interna. De manera general, los cuatro factores relevantes que han surgido del análisis factorial muestran la congruencia del cuestionario con la estructura establecida, que trataba de evaluar los cuatro factores iniciales.
Formalism of Biological Tissues/Nanowire Sensor Interface Behavior
Authors: Sawan Marwa , Reda Hilal , Saad Nadine , Bin Sun , Nassar Georges
Published: March 2020

In this paper, we investigate the behaviour of biological tissues (skin) coupled to a flexible sensor embedded at a solid substrate based on a numerical model taking into account the relationship between strain/stress components at the interface. Based on this study, the most appropriate biomechanical factors are understood and quantified in order to optimize the sensor/biological tissue interface conditions. A micromechanical description based on a mathematical formulation has been developed to evaluate the biomechanical behaviour provided by a 2D viscoelastic model of Kelvin-Voigt. Based on the results, it appears that the model can be used effectively to characterize in-vivo the dynamic properties of soft tissues in order to adapt the biophysical properties of flexible sensors dedicated to optimal adhesion
2012 Texas Oil & Gas Case Law Update
Authors: Kulander Christopher
Published: March 2020

2012 Texas Oil & Gas Case Law Update
Медвежьи песни
Authors: Moldanov T.
Published: March 2020

В статье анализируются песни, посвященные медведю, которые исполняются в ходе обрядов, проводимых по поводу добычи медведя, медвежьих игрищ. Материалом для исследования послужили записи 1990-х гг., сделанные у хантов в верховьях и в устье р. Казым. В работе представлена народная типология медвежьих песен. Автор выявляет общее и различное в порядке исполнения и содержании медвежьих песен в усть-казымском и верхнеказымском вариантах игрищ. Сюжеты о происхождении медведя и возникновении медвежьих церемоний являются общим фондом медвежьих песен северных обских угров. Медвежьи песни рассматриваются в контексте подобных текстов, записанных в разное время на соседних территориях и у близких народов, сравниваются с произведениями других фольклорных жанров и актуальными верованиями. В медвежьих игрищах человек выступает в роли творца святых мест, зачинателем новых традиций.

The article analyzes the songs dedicated to the bear, which are performed during bear merrymaking the rites held on the occasion of the bears prey. The records made in the 1990s by the Khants of the upper reaches and at the mouth of the Kazym river have become the material for the study. The paper presents the folk typology of bear songs. The author reveals the General and different in the order of performance and content of bear songs in the Ust-Kazym and upper-kazym variants of merrymaking. Stories about the origin of the bear and the origin of bear ceremonies are a common fund of bear songs of the Northern Ob Ugric peoples. Bear songs are being examined in the context of similar texts recorded at different times in neighboring territories and among close peoples and then compared with works of other folklore genres and current beliefs. Person acts as the Creator of Holy places and the initiator of new traditions in bear merrymaking.
Japanese universities: Change or risk marginalization
Authors: Stapleton Paul
Published: March 2020

Following 20 years teaching at a Japanese university, I found myself working at an overseas institution where the level of academic rigor, and staff and student assessment are remarkably higher, and the decision-making significantly more efficient. By contrasting my former Japanese university with the institution where I am presently employed, I conclude that Japanese universities need to take radical steps to reform and upgrade in order to stay competitive in a very competitive global environment.
筆者は日本の大学で20年間教鞭を取った後に、ある外国の教育機関で教えることになった。そこでは学問の厳格さのレベルも教職員や学生の評価も著しく高く、決定事項も非常に効率良く処理されている。私が勤務していた日本の大学と、現在勤務している教育機関を比較し、日本の大学はもっと徹底的な方法で改革を行い、レベルを上げていかないと、この競争の厳しいグローバルな教育環境では競争力を維持できなくなるという結論に至った。
The advantages and disadvantages faced by housewife English teachers in the cottage industry Eikaiwa business
Authors: Hawley Nagatomo Diane
Published: March 2020

The eikaiwa [conversation] business in Japan is a multi-billion dollar industry, and yet very little empirical research has been conducted on its teachers or its students. An online survey focusing on the pedagogical and personal issues of one group of eikaiwa teachers (foreign women who are married to Japanese men) was constructed and distributed. Results from the 31 respondents indicate an ongoing overlapping struggle with their teaching in balancing their families’ personal and financial needs, their relationships with their students, and the gendered constraints imposed upon them by Japanese society. The paper ends with a call for more research of all eikaiwa teachers in more eikaiwa contexts.

日本における英会話産業は今や数十億ドル産業だが、それに携わる教師や生徒についての実証的な研究はこれまでほとんど行われていない。本論では、英会話学校の教師（いずれも日本人男性と結婚している外国人女性）を対象に、教育に関する問題および個人的な問題についてのオンライン調査を実施した。31名の教師より得た回答から、彼女らがそれぞれの家庭の問題や経済的な問題、生徒たちとの関係、そして日本社会が課している女性特有の制約といった複数の問題とバランスを取りながら、教育活動を行うことに常に苦労している現状が明らかになった。最後に、本論は、今後より多くの英会話学校の教師について、さらに多くの研究が行われる必要性を喚起する。
The effectiveness of pre- and post-shadowing in improving listening comprehension skills
Authors: Hamada Yo
Published: March 2020

This study examines the effectiveness of pre- and post-shadowing for the improvement of listening comprehension skills. Two groups of Japanese university freshmen participated in the experiments (Pre-shadowing group: 27 males, 5 females; Post-shadowing group: 5 males, 19 females). The instructor gave 8 lessons, and both groups used the same textbook. The pre-shadowing group learned new vocabulary and content for the target passage, and then engaged in shadowing training; Post-shadowing group started with shadowing training, and then exclusively learned new vocabulary and content. The results show that the post-shadowing group improved their listening comprehension skills. The results are discussed in terms of learners’ anxiety and attention, difficulty of the target passages, and the activation of prior knowledge.

本論ではプリ・ポストシャドーイングのリスニング能力向上への効果を検証する。日本人大学1年生2群（プリシャドーイング群：男27名、女5名、ポストシャドーイング群：男5名、女19名）を被験者とし、共通の教科書を使用して計8回の授業を行った。プリシャドーイング群はパッセージの語彙と内容を先に学習し、その後シャドーイングを行った。一方、ポストシャドーイング群は先にシャドーイングを行い、その後語彙と内容を学習した。その結果、ポストシャドーイング群のリスニング能力が向上したことが分かった。研究結果を学習者の不安度と注意度、教材の難易度、そして既存知識の活性化の観点から考察する。
Renegotiating the TOEIC: A self-directed learning approach
Authors: McCarthy Tanya
Published: March 2020

The TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) is currently the main examination used in Japan as an employment requirement and in several institutions, to streamline students. For non-English majors, it can be especially difficult to reach the required target set by each organization. A self-directed learning model for TOEIC study was thus designed to encourage students to renegotiate their learning goals and try a new style of learning in order to achieve their TOEIC target in a more focused manner. The acronym FITE (Focus – Input – Training – Evaluation) was used to help students focus on specific areas of their learning, find a good balance for their self-directed activities and self-monitor their development each month as they prepared for the test. This study follows the progress of a lower-proficiency level student who was struggling to achieve his target. After eight weeks of self-directed learning, he showed gains in both reading and listening scores. The research concluded that whereas a program of daily study of TOEIC-specific practice exercises from textbooks was the main component in learner success, it was also essential for students to be cognizant of strengths and weaknesses; to focus on a particular area of improvement; to expose themselves to other forms of learning for enjoyment; and to self-evaluate their learning progress in order to increase their overall abilities.

TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)は現在、日本で雇用に必要な条件として、また教育機関における学生の効率的なランク付けのために、使用されている主要な試験である。英語専攻でない学生にとって、企業や学校の定める必要スコアに到達することは大変である。そこで本論ではTOEICのための自主学習モデルを考案した。それは学生に学習到達目標を再設定させ、より集中的に学びTOEICの目標スコアに到達できるように、新しい学習スタイルを取り入れさせるものである。ここでは、「Focus(重点の絞り込み) – Input(インプット) – Training(演習) – Evaluation(評価)」の頭文字を取ったFITEというモデルを使用した。これは学生がTOEICの勉強をする際、ある特定の学習分野に重点を置き、自主学習行動の適切なバランスを発見し、毎月自らの進歩を自己観察することを促すものである。本論では、目標達成に努力していた習熟度の低い1人の学生の進歩を追った。8週間の自主学習の後、この学生はリーディングとリスニング両方のスコアを伸ばした。結論として、TOEICに特化した練習問題テキストの日々の学習が学習者の成功の主な要因である一方、学生が自分の得意不得意を認識し、特定分野を重点的に改善し、他の学習形態への挑戦を楽しみ、学習進度を自己診断することも、総合力強化のために非常に重要であった。
Religion in the ELT classroom: Teachers’ perspectives
Authors: Foye Kenneth
Published: March 2020

The appropriateness of certain discussion topics in language learning settings is an important consideration for teachers, and one of these topics is religion. This paper reports on a survey of nearly 300 ELT professionals to ascertain their views on the discussion or mentioning of religion in the language classroom. Respondents were questioned on their feelings regarding the discussion or mentioning of religion in class; this datum was cross-analyzed with the respondents’ indicated religious beliefs and countries/regions where they teach. In addition to gathering quantitative data in the form of multiple-choice opinion questions, the survey asked respondents to expand on their answers by providing written commentary which was examined for emerging themes and patterns of thought.

言語習得の場で提起される話題に妥当性があるかどうかは、教師にとって重要な問題である。その1つとして挙げられるのが「宗教」である。本論は約300名のEFL及びESL教師を対象とした調査報告で、語学の授業内で宗教について言及または議論することに関し、教師がいかなる認識を持つかを確認する目的で行われた。まず、調査対象者が現在教育している国や地域についてデータを収集した。次に、授業中に宗教に関する話題が出る頻度について、回答を求めた。最後に、授業中に宗教に関する話題が出ることに関し、どのように感じるかを質問した。このデータは、調査対象者の回答した宗教的信念に基づきクロス分析されている。多項選択式の質問により意見を選択する量的データの収集に加え、与えられた回答にとらわれない新たなテーマや思考パターンを検討するために、記述式の回答により回答の幅を広げることも試みた。
JALT2014 Plenary Speaker article: An invitation to reflect on practice
Authors: Farrell Thomas
Published: March 2020

Reflective practice is now a common term in many teacher education and development programs worldwide. Although definitions of reflective practice may vary in different programs, it generally means teachers systematically collect information about their classroom happenings, and then analyze and evaluate this information and compare it to their underlying assumptions and beliefs so that they can make changes and improvements to their teaching. This paper outlines what reflective practice is, why it is important, and how teachers can reflect.

内省の実践（意識的に深く考え注意深く観察する）というのは世界中の多くの教員養成課程で使われている一般的な用語である。内省の実践の定義は、それぞれの教科課程で異なっているかもしれないが、一般的には、授業の向上と工夫のために、教師がクラス内の情報を体系的に集め、この情報を分析・評価し、自分達の教育の前提や信条と比較する、ということを意味している。本論では内省の実践とは何か、なぜそれが重要なのか、どのように教師は授業に反映できるかについて要点を述べる。
Task repetition and extra-curricular speaking opportunities: Measuring gains in complexity, accuracy, and fluency
Authors: Effiong Okon
Published: March 2020

This paper reports a study which highlights the effectiveness of task repetition in promoting changes in learners’ interlanguage. Thirty-two randomly chosen third-grade junior high school students of both genders were divided into two groups and presented with an interview task. One group repeated the task four times while the second group did the same task twice over a four-week period. Statistical analysis of transcripts indicated that repetition enabled the learners to show improvement in measures of complexity, and to some extent, accuracy. Similarly, a holistic re-reading of the transcripts corroborated the quantitative result and showed gains in fluency, thereby supporting the argument that repetition can facilitate changes in learners’ language. The findings suggest that task repetition can promote language learning and overall language proficiency.

本論では、「繰り返し学習」で学習者の中間言語が促進されることを検証する。中学3年生男女32名を無作為に2つのグループに分け、インタビュー形式のタスクを実施した。4週間にわたり、同じタスクを1つのグループには4回、もう一方には2回行った。その結果、「繰り返し学習」で複雑な表現力の向上には統計的な有意差がみられ、正確さは向上する傾向がみられた。同様に、インタビュー内容全体を見返すと量的結果が裏付けられ、流暢さの向上がみられた。調査結果は、「繰り返し学習」は言語習得や全体的な言語能力を促進することを示唆している。
The Body as a Reality in the Sign System of Screen Culture and Sexuality as its Ideology
Authors: Chmil Hanna , Korablova Nadiia
Published: March 2020

The topic of corporeality is due to research in the field of modern philosophy (phenomenology, existentialism), in which the concept of body is a meaning-generating category since it occupies a place in space, indicates the presence of a person in the world and determines the intentional acts of one’s consciousness, focus on the world. Second but no less important factor is stating of our post-bodily future, its connection with the fact of the disappearance of the human body and the need to fight for human physicality with artificial bodies, an analysis of the consequences that the loss of the human body will have for a man and humanity, which can lead to the complete loss of connection with reality. The indicated problem fields interest authors of this study from the perspective of their representation in the on-screen culture, in which the onscreen body as a reference is a reality and performs an ideological function demonstrating and stimulating the production of role models desirable for the culture. The image, presented on the screen, provides the viewer (in the case of their psychological matching) self-identification and, hence, the presence in the reality in the sense that its uncertainty causes its absence.
The Ancient Syncretism and the Modern Syncretism
Authors: Skurativskyi Vadym
Published: March 2020

The genesis of cinema (in 1890) is immediately accompanied by the almost global resonance around the "moving picture", a rather unusual communicative phenomenon. Unfortunately, all the root causes of the resonance have not yet been sufficiently studied.
Today, however, given the achievements of a whole range of humanities and (not only) scientific disciplines, it becomes obvious that the "moving picture" invented by engineers Edison and the Lumière brothers arises, above all, as an upgrade to completely new aesthetic, technological and other settings of human culture of the ancient phenomenon of socalled "original syncretism". It is as if the breakdawn of the artistic and generally semiotic-communicative culture of the humanity. That syncretism combines all the receptive means of a man to create a holistic space-and-time picture of the world. The "moving picture", which characteristically arose almost synchronously with the advent of the efforts of the science of the time (the school of Academician Alexander Veselovsky and others) around the phenomenon of original syncretism with a surprising sequence restores decisively the whole semiotic sum of it — but clearly, on a completely new so-called technological basis. Accordingly, this circumstance immediately casts a new cognitive light on the whole history of the "moving picture" — from its debut to our present.
History Works as Texts of Culture, or, Professional Historians in the National Narrative’s Embrace
Authors: Grytsenko Oleksandr
Published: March 2020

The article offers a comparative study of Ukrainian and Polish historical narratives understood as elements of national cultures of remembrance. Using a methodology of cultural studies borrowed from the Birmingham school, the scheme of ‘modes of emplotment’ proposed by Hayden White, the basic model of historical narrative developed by Jerzy Topolski, and Franklin Ankersmit’s notion of narrative substance, a discourse analysis of fragments of four books by contemporary Ukrainian and Polish authors (Yaroslav Hrytsak, Oleksandr Paliy, Grzegorz Motyka, Włodzimierz Mędrzecki) relating the same period (Western Ukraine between the World wars) was accomplished.
All layers of the historical narrative (the informational, the persuasive, and the deep world-view related one), as well as modes of emplotment adopted by the authors and their positioning in their narratives were analyzed. The comparative study makes it possible to elucidate the relations between each of the four texts and the mainstream national historic narratives of the two countries. It also helps us to understand the reasons why the attempts to create a single non-conflicted vision of the ‘difficult issues’ of pour shared past have failed so far.
Nicht-kleinzelliges Lungenkarzinom
Authors: Masche Urspeter
Published: March 2020

Bei einem Teil der nicht-kleinzelligen Lungenkarzinome bestehen Mutationen, deren Genprodukte das Tumorwachstum in besonderem Mass fördern. Mit neuen Medikamenten, Tyrosinkinasehemmern und monoklonalen Antikörpern, lassen sich diese Genprodukte gezielt angreifen und die Tumorprogression hinausschieben.
Ohrerkrankungen in der Allgemeinpraxis
Authors: Masche Urspeter
Published: March 2020

In der hausärztlichen Praxis müssen oft Kinder mit akuter Otitis media behandelt werden. Dies kann, zumindest bei Kindern jenseits des Kleinkindesalters, meistens ohne Antibiotika geschehen. Eine Otitis externa wird in der Regel lokal, Infektionen der Ohrmuschel systemisch mit Antibiotika behandelt. Bei chronischen Ohrerkrankungen ist oft eine fachärztliche Konsultation indiziert.
Pendidikan Islam sebagai Fondasi Pendidikan Karakter
Authors: Sholihah Abdah Munfaridatus , Maulida Windy Zakiya
Published: March 2020

Education in Indonesia is faced with the problem of low morals, in particular among teenagers, such as brawls between students, promiscuity, drugs, and a lack of respect for teachers. In the field of education, the cultivation of students’ character needs to receive great attention. Strengthening character education in the present context is very relevant to overcome the moral crisis that is happening in this country. This condition of moral decadence indicates that the inculcation of religious teachings and character values obtained in school has not been entirely successful because they have not shown significant results on changes in student behavior in their lives. Character education in Islam is in principle based on two main sources of Islamic teachings, namely the Qur'an and Hadith. Thus the parameter of good and bad in a person's character has a certain standard according to the Qur'an and Hadith. As the basis of Islamic education, the Qur'an and Al-Hadith are references to seek, create, and develop paradigms, concepts, principles, theories, and techniques of Islamic education, even in every educational effort. Because it is sourced from the two main teachings of Islam, Islamic education is called the foundation for character education.

Keywords: Islamic education, character education

 

Abstrak

Pendidikan di Indonesia dihadapkan pada masalah rendahnya akhlak terutama di kalangan remaja, misalnya adanya tawuran antar pelajar, pergaulan bebas, narkoba, serta kurangnya sikap hormat kepada guru. Dalam bidang pendidikan, penanaman karakter terhadap peserta didik perlu mendapat perhatian besar. Penguatan pendidikan karakter dalam konteks kekinian sangat relevan untuk menanggulangi krisis moral yang sedang melanda di negara ini. Kondisi dekadensi moral ini menandakan bahwa penanaman nilai agama dan nilai karakter yang didapatkan di bangku sekolah belum sepenuhnya berhasil karena belum menampakkan hasil yang signifikan terhadap perubahan perilaku peserta didik dalam kehidupannya. Pendidikan karakter dalam Islam pada prinsipnya didasarkan pada dua sumber pokok ajaran Islam, yaitu Al-Qur’an dan Hadis. Dengan demikian, parameter baik dan buruk dalam karakter seseorang memiliki standar tertentu menurut Al-Qur’an dan Hadis. Sebagai dasar pendidikan Islam, Al-Qur’an dan Hadis dalah rujukan untuk mencari, membuat, dan mengembangkan paradigma, konsep, prinsip, teori, dan teknik pendidikan Islam, termasuk juga dalam setiap upaya pendidikan. Karena bersumber dari Al-Qur’an dan Hadis yang merupakan pokok ajaran Islam, maka pendidikan Islam disebut sebagai fondasi bagi pendidikan karakter.

Kata kunci: pendidikan Islam, pendidikan karakter
Relocation from protected areas as a violent process in the recent history of biodiversity conservation in India
Authors: Fanari Eleonora
Published: March 2020

In the last two decades conflicts due to biodiversity conservation projects have been rising all over the world. This is due to the interest at the global level towards environmental protection, which is often implemented at the expense of communities living within and around important biodiversity spots. The study analyses the violent process of relocation and displacement from the protected areas of India with the purpose of documenting the illegal relocation of indigenous communities and forest dwellers from the protected forest areas. It examines the specific laws and regulations that legalize their relocation from their ancestral land in contravention of legal recognition of the community’s forest rights under the Forest Rights Act (FRA). The article concludes how these conflicts are the results of no recognition of tenure rights, and mirrors the contradictions embedded in the environmental protection policies not only in India but at the global level as well.
Analisis Efisiensi Pemasaran Tempe (Studi Kasus di Sentra Produksi Tempe Sanan, Kelurahan Purwantoro, Kecamatan Blimbing, Kota Malang)
Authors: Christina Sarkol Maria , Kurniawati Lisa , Perwita Sari
Published: March 2020

Tempeh industry is a typical household business that requires little investment and has few workers. Efficient marketing could optimize the income of tempeh’s producers. This research aims to understand the marketing efficiency and factors that affect the purchasing margin of tempeh in selected areas. This research will study the value of farmer’s share and the marketing margin of tempeh to evaluate the commerce efficiency. The sampels are the producers and sellers. 58 tempeh’s producers are selected by the simple random sampling method. The sellers, on the other hand, are chosen using the snowball sampling, a technique that tracks down the marketing process. The variable studied in the  research are as follows: 1) producer’s tempeh’s selling cost, 2) tempeh’s selling price on commercial institution, 3) marketing cost, 4) total amount of sold products, 5) numbers of  marketing  institution  where the  product  passes,  6)  the  marketing margin, 7) the farmer’s share, and 8) marketing efficiency. The research finds three marketing channels on the case study areas. The first channel is from the producers to tempeh. The second channel is form producers to retailers to consumers. The third channel is from producers to peddlers to consumers. By using the farmer’s share, the calculation of commerce efficiency. The leading cause is the lack of middlemen. Moreover, the double regression analysis show the retailers tempeh selling cost (X4) to be the dominant factor in the marketing margin of tempeh.
Optimalisasi Persediaan Bahan Baku Keripik Kentang Dengan Metode Economic Order Quantity (Studi Kasus Di Agronas Gizi Food)
Authors: Natalia Dinda Advenia Stefani , Puri Nurani Maria , Yudiono Kukuk
Published: March 2020

The optimalization of raw materials supply is intended to meet the needs of raw materials for the process of the production process the future; the activity of controlling raw materials manages the implementation of necessary supply in accordance with the required amount and minimal cost, which includes the problem of purchasing raw materials, storing and maintaining materials, controlling the output of the material when materials are needed and maintaining the optimal supply amount. The raw material supply control can be analyzed using the EOQ method as one of the choices in comparing the implemented company policies. This research was conducted at Agronas Gizi Food. The analysis technique used is by comparing the results of company policy calculation and the EOQ method. The calculation of company policy includes the cost of ordering  (S) with the results of Rp. 183,800 / order, supply costs (H) with a result of Rp.859 / Kg, total inventory costs (TIC) that must be spent Rp.5,689,560, the frequency of purchase 30 times, with an average purchase of 1500 kg / year while the calculation method EOQ includes economical purchases (Q*) with results of 4198 kg, frequency of purchases (F) with the result 10 times a year, total inventory costs (TIC) with the result of Rp.3,605,795, safety stock Rp.3,605,795, and ROP 234 Kg. Based on the analysis technique on raw material for potato chips in Agronas Gizi Food, it can be concluded that it is not optimal because the calculation the results of company policies are greater than the EOQ method.
Life in the epoch of changes: realities and prospects. School Principal's Outlook Potential
Authors: Andrushchenko V. P.
Published: March 2020

The academic and social experience accumulated over the years and decades of our society’s activity demonstrates the unique role of the headmaster as the first and principal organizer of the educational process, the teacher of the student youth, the parents and all employees of the institution. And that’s understandable. The headmaster is a person who the whole team is based on, who they follow and whose activity, as a tuning fork, sets the tone of the work of the whole school. He is not only the organizer of the educational process or the head of the business, but also the first teacher-advisor of the team. He is fully responsible for the state of work of the school as a whole, and most importantly – for the civic, spiritual, moral, patriotic charge with which teachers approach their pupils, and they, in turn, assimilate it and go into the world as independent and creative personalities. It is he who – confident, convinced, creative – conveys to the team his own worldview potential, accumulated in his time during his university studies, as well as in the process of gaining practical academic and civic experience. Therefore, it is quite understandable the need for a high ideological training of the director, the formation and constant updating of his political, spiritual, moral, aesthetic, etc. culture in general.