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TRANSITIVITY CHOICES AND GENDER REPRESENTATION: A FEMINIST STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF ALI’S “THE BOOK OF SALADIN”
Authors: Asma Iqbal Kayani  , Behzad Anwar
Published: July 2022

The present study is aimed to explore how women and men characters are constructed through linguistic choices in Ali’s novel The Book of Saladin (TBOS). Halliday’s (1985) transitivity model as suggested by Mills (1995) in her Feminist Stylistics has been employed for data analysis. To strengthen the analysis, Eggins’ (2004) insights are also given consideration. The data comprises 6 extracts from the novel. A sample size of 107 clauses was drawn to focus on process-participant analysis. The findings indicate that Ali (1998) in TBOS makes a use of all types of processes but with different frequency of occurrences. The women characters are portrayed mainly through Material (41%), Relational (5%) and Behavioral (5%) processes while the men characters are ascribed with more mental (9%) and verbal (4%) processes. These findings indicate that Ali (1998) has represented his women characters more active as compared to his men characters as far as romantic scenes are concerned. The current study confirms Mills (1995) claim that transitivity model is best suited to understand the depiction of gender through linguistic choices.
Key Words: Transitivity choices, Feminist Stylistics, Women, Men, Ali, The Book of Saladin (TBOS)
Normative support of upbringing activities
Authors: Osadcheva S. A. , Satdy’kov I. I.
Published: July 2022

Attention to the issues of organizing educational work with students intensiﬁ ed after the recognition by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin education “federal function”. Legislative acts regulating the educational function, issues of documenting education in educational organizations that implement programs of secondary vocational education are considered. In accordance with the instruction of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, mock-ups of the Exemplary Work Program of Education and the Exemplary Calendar Plan of Educational Work were developed. According to the requirements of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ “On Education in the Russian Federation”, managers and teachers of educational organizations must create such conditions for the student so that, as part of the development of the chosen qualiﬁ cation, he has the opportunity to show the best sides of character, join the corporate culture future place of work, record successes and achievements. The law provides that in the course of the implementation of academic disciplines in an activity form (including all types of practical training), each student will be oﬀ ered the opportunity to build a personal trajectory to achieve positive feelings and attitudes towards Russian civil (basic) norms and traditional spiritual and moral values, i.e. to form personal results (to follow the path of their achievement). The algorithm for the implementation of the working program of education is analyzed in detail.
Application of personally-oriented learning technologies in the study of general professional disciplines
Authors: Gukova N. S.
Published: July 2022

The intellectual and spiritual development of the student’s personality is a priority task of the modern educational process. The purpose of modern education is to create an environment in the classroom for children with diﬀerent abilities, aimed at the realization of creative potential. At the same time, the value of the child’s personality is a determining factor. Currently, special attention is paid to pedagogical technologies, by implementing which the teacher does not oﬀerready-made information to students, but organizes and coordinates the educational process, directing educational activities in the right direction, fully taking into account the individual abilities of students. That is why student-centered pedagogical technologies are of great importance in the modern educational process. This article analyzes the concept of pedagogical technology, gives its various deﬁnitions, analyzes the features of student-centered pedagogical technologies, considers such student-oriented pedagogical technologies as collaborative learning and multi-level learning. The teaching methods used by teachers in the framework of the implementation of these pedagogical technologies are presented. The application of personality-oriented technologies in the study of general professional disciplines of secondary vocational education, in particular, binary game lessons, technologies of multi-level education, is considered. Particular attention is paid to the methods of assessing the educational achievements of students.
The experience of a branch university in organizing a school of engineering entrepreneurship
Authors: Panychev A. Yu. , Pokrovskaya O. D. , Drozdova M. A.
Published: July 2022

The work is devoted to the description of the relevance and practical signiﬁcance of the transformation of the scientiﬁc and educational ecosystem of the branch university from traditional to fundamentally new formats in which the digital ecosystem of the university is integrated with the intellectual priorities of the development of the digital economy and the industry.

Materials from open sources on the Internet were used, as well as the program for the development of Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS) until 2030. The ecosystem, modular and project approach to the organization of the school of engineering entrepreneurship was used. In addition, the methodology of innovation management, engineering entrepreneurship and system analysis was used in the work.

The ﬁrst experience of creating and developing an innovative educational model in a branch transport university the School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, created by the staﬀ of the PGUPS is presented. The results of the ﬁrst experience of the implementation of the stages of the the School of Engineering Entrepreneurship activities, including the concept of the appearance and architecture of the are characterized.

It can be assumed that further scaling of the unique experience of PSUPS as an industrial university will allow implementing advanced training of human capital with expanded scarce competencies and will form points of growth in the competitiveness of transport education for Industry 4.0.
ENDÜSTRİ 4.0’IN ETKİLERİNİN KALİTE 4.0 ÜZERİNDEN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
Authors: ÇETİNDERE FİLİZ Aysel
Published: July 2022

Endüstri 4.0 çağında kalite yönetimi alanındaki gelişmelerin takip edilmesi ve dijital teknolojilerin süreç iyileştirmelerinde nasıl kullanılacağının çok iyi anlaşılması gerekmektedir. Bu amaç doğrultusunda Endüstri 4.0’ın kalite yönetimine etkilerinin Kalite 4.0 kavramı üzerinden değerlendirilmesi çalışmanın önemini teşkil etmektedir. Çalışmada Endüstri 4.0’ın gelişim seyri ve özellikleri, Kalite 4.0 kavramı, boyutları, araçları ve Endüstri 4.0 teknolojilerinin kalite yönetimi uygulamaları üzerindeki etkileri ele alınmıştır. Bunun için Endüstri 4.0 ve Kalite 4.0 ile ilgili yayınlanmış çalışmaların incelenmesi yoluyla güncel düşüncelerin özetlenmesi ve çalışmalardan elde edilen bilgilerin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
ÖRGÜTSEL MUHALEFETİN SAYGINLIĞINI YİTİRME KAYGISI ÜZERİNE ETKİSİNDE AFFETME İKLİMİNİN DÜZENLEYİCİ ROLÜ
Authors: MERDAN Ethem , ULUKÖK Esra
Published: July 2022

Bu çalışmanın amacı, örgütsel muhalefetin saygınlığını yitirme üzerine etkisinde affetme ikliminin düzenleyici rolünü araştırmaktır. Çalışmanın örneklemini İç Anadolu Bölgesi’nde yer alan iki devlet üniversitesinin akademik personelinden oluşmaktadır. Bu kesitsel araştırmanın sonuçları, örgütsel muhalefetin saygınlığını yitirme üzerinde pozitif etkili olduğunu; varsayılanın aksine affetme ikliminin saygınlığını yitirme üzerindeki etkisinin pozitif yönlü olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, affetme ikliminin örgütsel muhalefet ile saygınlığını yitirme arasındaki ilişkide düzenleyici rolünün olmadığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu çalışmanın bulguları, yalnızca literatürdeki bilgi birikimini geliştirmez, aynı zamanda akademisyenler ve yöneticilerin örgütsel muhalefetin sonuçları ile ilgili anlayışlarını güçlendirmeye yardımcı olur.
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN PENGENALAN BUAH DENGAN TEKNOLOGI AUGMENTED REALITY MENGGUNAKAN METODE MULTIMEDIA DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE
Authors: Nadzifah Nadzifah  , Suprih Widodo  , Nuur Wachid Abdul Majid
Published: July 2022

Masa pandemi Covid-19 yang berlangsung saat ini menyebabkan kegiatan pembelajaran dilakukan dirumah masing-masing secara daring, tak terkecuali pada pembelajaran anak usia dini. Kegiatan belajar yang dilakukan dirumah cenderung terbatas karena tidak semua orang tua memiliki media pembelajaran yang menarik dan bervariatif. Hal ini menyebabkan motivasi dan semangat anak usia dini cenderung menurun. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan suatu media pembelajaran yang menarik. Pada penelitian ini akan dilakukan pengembangan aplikasi media pembelajaran pengenalan buah dengan menggunakan teknologi Augmented Reality. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah membuat media pembelajaran interaktif dengan Teknologi Augmented Reality sub materi pengenalan buah pada Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC) dengan enam tahapan yaitu: konsep (Concept), perancangan (Design), pengumpulan bahan (Material Collecting), pembuatan (Assembly), pengujian (Testing), dan distribusi (Distribution) yang dilaksanakan di daerah Karangmalang, Indramayu. Manfaat yang diharapkan dalam penelitian ini adalah aplikasi media pembelajaran dapat membantu proses pembelajaran anak usia dini dalam mengenal dan mengetahui manfaatnya bagi tubuh. Pengujian aplikasi menggunakan blackbox testing dengan hasil seluruh indikator termasuk dalam kategori baik dan menggunakan pengujian SUS dengan hasil rata-rata skor SUS yaitu 81. Hasil rata-rata ini menunjukkan bahwa tingkat usability sistem termasuk kategori “excellent” atau “baik sekali”.
PERANCANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN EDUKASI BERTEMAKAN TATA SURYA UNTUK SISWA KELAS IX (SEMBILAN)
Authors: Pribadi Rizki , Rian Andrian  , Suprih Widodo  , Rizki Hikmawan
Published: July 2022

Materi dan karakteristik pembelajaran Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam (IPA) sangat berbeda dengan disiplin ilmu lainnya. Cakupan materi pada mata pelajaran ilmu ilmiah ini sangat luas dan erat kaitannya dengan kehidupan sehari-hari. Proses pembelajaran IPA yang monoton tentu akan menurunkan motivasi serta minat belajar siswa. Oleh karena itu perlu adanya inovasi dan pembelajaran melalui penggunaan metode dan optimalisasi penggunaan media. Salah satu inovasi teknologi yang tersedia bagi guru adalah media pembelajaran interaktif. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam perancangan media pembelajaran interaktif pada mata pelajaran IPA kelas XI (sembilan) ini adalah metode penelitian Research and Development (RnD). Selain itu, model pengembangan yang digunakan peneliti dalam penelitian ini adalah model Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate (ADDIE). Hasil penelitian ini berupa media pembelajaran berbasis multimedia interaktif yang dibuat dengan berbantuan Adobe Flash Profesional CS6. Media pembelajaran yang dihasilkan telah diuji dengan menggunakan jenis pengujian black-box testing dan dinyatakan telah sesuai pada keseluruhan fungsi dan dapat digunakan dengan baik
INTERNET OF THINGS UNTUK INFORMASI CUACA MENGGUNAKAN NODE MCU
Authors: Ahmad Pakhrul Islam  , , Lalu Puji Indra Kharisma  , Muhammad Azmi
Published: July 2022

Cuaca merupakan salah satu faktor alam yang memiliki efek positif sekaligus dampak negatif bagi kehidupan manusia tergantung dari cara pemanfaatan cuaca maupun pengaruh aspek cuaca terhadap pekerjaan ataupun kegiatan yang dilakukan. Sehingga  membuat informasi cuaca menjadi hal yang  penting untuk diketahui terutama bagi industri pangan yang memanfaatkan sinar matahari untuk penjemuran, juga kegiatan-kegiatan yang dilakukan di luar ruangan. Salahsatu cara untuk mengetahui cuaca adalah melihat perkiraan cuaca yang telah disediakan pada website penyedia layanan informasi cuaca seperti BMKG, namun terkadang informasi yang disajikan ditujukan untuk area yang luas, sehingga terkadang terjadi perbedaan cuaca pada lokasi tertentu. Salahsatu cara untuk mengatasi hal ini adalah membuat sebuah alat yang dapat membaca cuaca pada area lokal, kemudian dapat diakses melalui halaman website menggunakan konsep Internet Of Things (IOT).  Penelitian ini dilakukan menggunakan metode waterfall untuk menghasilakan sebuah alat menggunakan Node MCU yang dapat membaca cuaca pada area lokal, kemudian mengirimkan data tersebut ke basis data pada web server juga halaman website yang dapat menampilkan informasi cuaca dari basis data server tempat menyimpan data hasil pembacaan cuaca oleh alat tersebut. Dimana setelah dilakukan proses pengujian terdapat perbedaan hasil pembacaan cuaca dari alat yang ditempatkan di Desa Anjani, Kecamtan Suralaga  dengan prediksi cuaca untuk Kabupaten Lombok timur berkisar antara 1-5°C untuk pembacaan suhu, dan 0-20%RH untuk pembacaan kelembaban. Sedangkan untuk hasil pembacaan sensor hujan tidak terdapat perbedaan samasekali.
KESADARAN BERAGAMA PADA REMAJA
Authors: Lailatul Izzah
Published: July 2022

Sekarang ini, banyak sekali berita di televisi maupun di media massa yang memberitakan tentang berbagai kenakalan remaja. Beberapa kasus diantaranya yaitu: pancabulan anak di bawah umur, tawuran antar sekolah menengah atas, pencurian, semakin maraknya komunitas anak punk dan masih banyak lagi kasus-kasus yang lain. Berdasarkan hasil pengamatan, sebagian besar dari kenakalan itu dilakukan oleh remaja laki-laki, tetapi remaja perempuan juga turut serta di dalamnya. Permasalahan inilah yang perlu dikhawatirkan. Bahkan dengan jelas Islam melarang umatnya untuk melakukan hal tersebut. Perlu adanya usaha dari setiap orang untuk membantu mengarahkan anak-anak dan remaja ke kegiatan yang bermanfaat dan positif. Ketika nantinya telah dewasa, besar harapan remaja laki-laki ini dapat tumbuh menjadi pemimpin keluarga atau bahkan pemimpin negara yang menjunjung tinggi nilai-nilai agama. Dan remaja perempuan yang mengasuh serta mendidik anaknya di rumah dengan memasukkan nilai-nilai agama di dalamnya. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk dapat memahami tentang kesadaran beragama pada remaja baik laki-laki dan perempuan. Pertanyaan penelitian yang timbul yakni bagaimana kesadaran beragama pada remaja itu? Gejala penelitian yang ingin diteliti yaitu kesadaran beragama pada remaja. Subjek yang digunakan adalah remaja laki-laki dan perempuan yang sedang menempuh pendidikan jenjang SMA/MAN, beragama Islam dan menetap di Kota Pekanbaru. Untuk memperoleh data yang diperlukan secara efektif dan efisien maka digunakan metode wawancara terbuka. Hasil analisis data yang ada menunjukkan bahwa remaja laki-laki sudah meyakini bahwa Allah itu benar-benar ada dan Al-Qur’an itu benar adanya walaupun belum bisa menunjukkan salah satu ayat dalam Al-Qur’an sebagai buktinya, menilai kualitas ibadah mereka masih belum bisa dikatakan baik, mampu menghayati pengalaman spiritual yang mereka alami, pada dasarnya memiliki akhlak yang cukup baik dalam berinteraksi di masyarakat, dan memiliki bekal pengetahuan agama yang bisa dibilang cukup. Begitu pula dengan remaja perempuannya, hanya saja mereka kurang berinterakti dengan masyarakat. Selain itu sosok yang memegang peranan penting dalam menanamkan kesadaran beragama pada remaja ini adalah orang tua.
Intervensi Terapi Dzikir dalam Meningkatkan Psychological Well Being Lansia: Literatur Review
Authors: Ruhil Fithry
Published: July 2022

Psychological well being ialah kondisi dari aspek psikologis seseorang sedang bekerja dengan sangat baik. Tentu saja, ini sangat penting bagi individu, termasuk orang tua. Ditemukan salah satu dari banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi kesejahteraan psikologis adalah religiusitas. Dalam islam religiusitas dapat di intevensikan dalam banyak hal seperti ibadah sholat, puasa, sholawat, haji,doa maupun dzikir. Dalam Penelitian ini peneliti bertujuan untuk membuktikan kebenaran tentang peran agama  yakni terapi dzikir dalam meningkatkan kesejahteraan  mental lansia. Metode yang digunakan peneliti dalam penelitian ini ialah literatur review dari database elektronik yaitu google scholar, google gate dan Academic.Edu. Dari tujuh artikel yang menjadi pedoman penelitian terdapat tiga artikel yang menerapkan dzikir sebagai intervensi religusitas dalam meningkatkan  psychological well being  pada lansia. Dan dalam ketiga penelitian tersebut hanya ada satu penelitian yang menolak adanya hubungan antara religiusitas terapi dzikir terhadap psychoological well being. Dengan ini peneliti mengambil pembenaran bahwa adanya keterikatan antra religiusitas intervensi trapi dzikir dengan psychological well being lansia.
Kepribadian Ihsan dan Stres Akademik pada Mahasiswa yang sedang Menyusun Skripsi
Authors: Desi Astuti  , Shanty Komalasari  , Yulia Hairina
Published: July 2022

Kendala yang dilalui mahasiswa ketika proses menyusun skripsi semakin bertambah di saat keadaan wabah pandemi Covid-19 melanda. Oleh karenanya mahasiswa diharapkan mempunyai pandangan yang positif, hal ini juga berkaitan dengan kepribadian seseorang yaitu suatu perkembangan diri seseorang yang asalnya dari sifat individu tersebut yang dimiliki ketika manusia dilahirkan ke dunia, salah satunya adalah kepribadian ihsan yaitu kepribadian baik atau positif di dalam islam. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasional yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan kepribadian ihsan dengan stres akademik pada mahasiswa yang sedang menyusun skripsi. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 86 mahasiswa yang sedang menyusun skripsinya. Dari uji korelasi antara kepribadian ihsan dan stres akademik diperoleh hasil koefisien korelasi r= -0,527 dengan p= 0,000 p < 0,05. Dengan  demikian dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang negatif antara kepribadian ihsan dan stres akademik pada mahasiswa yang sedang menyusun skripsi, hal ini menunjukan bahwa mahasiswa yang menyusun skripsi memiliki kepribadian ihsan yang tinggi dalam aplikasi sehari-harinya maka akan sukar mengalami stres akademik. Sebaliknya, jika mahasiswa yang menyusun skripsi memiliki kepribadian ihsan yang rendah dalam aplikasi sehari-harinya maka akan mudah mengalami stres akademik.
A CORPUS-BASED APPROACH ON PERSONAL PRONOUN CHOICES IN GENDERED POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Authors: Sadeghi Mohammad Milad
Published: July 2022

This study serves one goal which was to investigate the personal pronouns I, we and you employed in the United States 115th Congress contrasted for the male and female politicians serving that administration which lasted from January 2017 till January 2019. The corpus included speech transcripts that were taken from an authorized repository. The analysis included 351 female Politicians’ speeches and 1113 speeches by their male counterparts. LIWC corpus toolkit calculated the rate of use of these three categories of the language used by politicians extending as of the phrase total and linguistic groupings to diverse themes, punctuation, and vocal sets. SPSS Software was used to absorb the uploaded computational results. The Kruskal-Wallis, independent sample t-test, the one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U, and the two-tailed Spearman correlation tests were availed by this SPSS software to reveal the differences of linguistic choices among the groups.
 

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYRIAN ARABIC DIAL AND EXAMPLES OF COMMON USAGE IN DAILY LIFE
Authors: Demir Yasin Murat
Published: July 2022

Along with the breadth of the geography where it is spoken, Arabic has the feature of being a language belonging to different civilizations and cultures. The wide geographical distribution of Arabic has paved the way for the emergence of many different dialects. With the birth of Islam, changes occurred in the structure of Arabic, and thus new concepts were formed in the language. Some words used in the period of ignorance left their place for new words. Arabic, which was unique to the Arabian Peninsula before Islam, was transferred to distant lands and countries where different languages are spoken. As a result of this, depending on the sciences and arts that emerged within the Islamic civilization, Arabic has continued its development in the process that continues until today. As a result of the wide interaction of the Arab society with the spread of Islam, ancient Arabic dialects and accents came to light. Among the difficulties encountered in modern Arabic teaching today, the differences in the use of dialect come to the fore. It is known that many words and expressions used in fluent Arabic, especially in the teaching process of Arabic speaking skills, differ in the use of the dialect known as “Ammice”. At the beginning of these dialects is the Syrian Arabic dialect. It is important to learn the dialect that is widely used in the region in order to meet the various communication needs of the Syrian people, especially the social interaction with the Syrian refugees living in our country. In this study, the general characteristics of the Syrian Arabic dialect and its common usage examples in daily life will be given.
 

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THE EFFECTS OF GAMES ON LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR OF TENTH GRADERS AT DIEN HAI HIGH SCHOOL, BAC LIEU PROVINCE, VIETNAM
Authors: Hai Lam Son
Published: July 2022

This study attempts to investigate the effect of games on students’ learning English grammar and to give suggestions for applying games. An experiment was conducted with two tenth classes at Dien Hai Highschool, Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam. In one class, grammar was taught with the grammar games at the practice stage while the other was taught as normal. The study proved that games had positive effects on students’ learning English grammar at Dien Hai High school. Data from the questionnaire revealed that games brought about an amusing atmosphere, games created the learning environment and games provided students with opportunities and challenges to practice English grammar. Besides, by means of tests, the data collections showed that students could get better results when they learnt English grammar with games. The students in the experiment class achieved better results than those of the control at the end of the experiment. Particularly, the number of good students in the experimental group increased considerably from 4.9% in Test 1 to 17.1% in Test 4. From the study findings, I suggested that teachers should choose proper games, manage time and class, give a reward to encourage students to learn better and give proper feedback to make grammar practice with games more effective in class.

 

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FISCAL POLICY AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA
Authors: George-Anokwuru Chioma Chidinma
Published: July 2022

This paper investigated the influence of fiscal policy on employment generation in Nigeria. The analyzed data, spanning 1981 to 2020 were obtained from the statistical bulletin of Nigeria’s apex bank and the country’s Bureau of Statistics. The Error Correction Model was applied as the main analytical tool. The results showed that aggregate government expenditure has a positive but insignificant influence on the employment rate. In addition, total tax revenue and external debt service have negative and insignificant influences on the employment rate in Nigeria. What this suggests is that fiscal policy tools of aggregate government expenditure, total tax revenue and external debt service have not effectively helped to increase the level of employment in Nigeria. Generating from the findings, this paper suggested that government should maintain fiscal prudence and ensure that total tax revenue is efficiently and effectively utilized to provide infrastructural facilities and social amenities that will help the various sectors of the economy to function very well thereby generating enough employment in the country.

JEL: O15; E24; J21; H60

 

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A CORPUS-BASED STUDY OF LEXICAL COLLOCATIONS OF KEYWORDS FOUND IN ONLINE BUSINESS NEWS ARTICLES
Authors: Sukman Krittat , Triwatwaranon Wanpiya , Munkongdee Tiwphai , Chumnumnawin Narawan
Published: July 2022

Business news articles are crucial for Business English students since they provide a rich source for learning vocabulary in their field of study and professional communication. This study investigates lexico-grammatical items specific to a specialised corpus of online business news reports. Its overall aim is twofold: 1) to generate a keywords list extracted from the self-built corpus; and 2) to identify lexical collocations of the first ten keywords. Seven hundred online business news articles from BBC news.com were compiled to build a corpus of business news. The data were analysed by the application of Antconc 3.5.9 developed by Anthony (2020). The results derived from the present study through a corpus-based analysis uncovered a list of keywords which were frequently used in online business news where the majority of the keywords were nouns (63.51%), verbs/nouns (8%), adjectives (7%), adjectives/nouns (4%), adverbs (2%), and verb (1%). From the selected top one hundred keywords, the lexical collocations of each keyword were identified with 3 combination types based on the set framework adapted from Benson et al.’s (2010). The obtained combination types include Adjective+Noun (40%), Noun+Noun (35%), and Noun+Verb (20%), respectively. The pedagogical implications and recommendations for future research were also discussed.
 

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INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY (PLC) IMPLEMENTATION ON AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TANZANIA: A COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT
Authors: Ndunda Mutindi
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of implementing a PLC as a form of professional development in an urban elementary school in Tanzania. Using a case study approach, both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from teachers, parents and students to assess the impact of PLC implementation on students' learning outcomes. Data analysis shows that PLCs can be a viable professional development option for schools in developing countries, and more specifically, those in rural-urban Tanzania.
ORGANIZATIONAL MINDFULNESS OF SCHOOL HEADS AND WORK ENGAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Authors: Barro Kristiana Jill A. , Cuevas Elias G.
Published: July 2022

The purpose of this study is to determine which domain of organizational mindfulness of school heads significantly influences the work engagement of teachers. To do so, the study employed the non-experimental quantitative research design employing the descriptive-correlational technique, and N=134 randomly selected teachers from different elementary schools of Matanao II District in Davao del Sur, Philippines were the research participants. Weighted mean and standard deviation, Pearson r and multiple linear regression analysis are the statistical tools employed in analyzing and interpreting the data. Analysis reveals that both organizational mindfulness of school heads and work engagement of teachers were of a high level. The study was able to establish the significance of the relationship between organizational mindfulness of school heads and the work engagement of teachers. Lastly, despite both mindful behavior of school heads that best influence work engagement of teachers.
 

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INVESTIGATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF CIVIL SERVANTS DURING THE PERIOD OF THE HEALTH CRISIS COVID 19 - THE CASE STUDY OF THE SINGLE PAYMENT AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE ITS FUNCTIONING
Authors: Chantziantoniou Angeliki , Bousiou Ourania , Pavlis-Korres Maria
Published: July 2022

The Single Payment Authority (SPA) is a Public Organization that complies with the most modern management systems, seeking the maximum utilization of human resources and a high degree of effectiveness and efficiency in Greece and Europe. The present study attempts to investigate the training needs, attitudes, and views of the staff of the SPA in the context of reform actions and modernization of the Public Administration. The necessity of the study is considered important so that the personnel managed by SPA are able to face the challenges and respond to crisis conditions. The aim of the study is to highlight the benefits civil servants gain by attending training programs, identify the barriers hindering their participation in the training programs offered and define new subjects for training programs that will cover the modern needs of SPA employees. The sources of investigation for the systematic collection of information and data analysis were based on the method of triangulation with literature review, interviews and questionnaires ensuring validity and activating the meritocratic judgment. From the research results, it becomes clear that the training in the public sector needs to improve in terms of subject areas, methodology, as well as adult educational methods and techniques in order to satisfy the constantly changing needs of the services. Needs analysis must be included as a vital step of any educational program design in order to meet the needs of SPA employees today, thus upgrading the services and facilitating its development.
 

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ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Authors: Al Mohaimen Abdullah , Jahan Fatima Gul , Sharma Parsu Ram , Subba Jas Raj , Bahar Habibullah , Hoque Mohammad Nazimul , Islam Khandaker D
Published: July 2022

This study focuses on the overarching principles of quality improvement in an educational institution. Total Quality Management (TQM) is applied in this context because it indicates how this system has been and can be used to improve academic quality. This work is designed for all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Bangladesh, with the exception of individual programs, departments, or services. It is used to assess and evaluate faculty members' interactions with students. Additionally, this research generates data on students' satisfaction with the institutions' varied offerings. Indeed, the research focuses on a variety of student concerns in order to compare how these institutions are now tackling quality issues to the TQM perspective and to identify both the strengths and weaknesses of these institutions' quality work. Structured questionnaires were launched and peer-to-peer interviews were performed for the analysis with moderately a large pool of students at multiple academic institutions. The findings of the result disseminated how a number of quality issues with pupils are resolved so as to develop an academic decision-making process. Finally this study offers sound guidelines and suggestions for guaranteeing effective learning processes in higher education systems.
 

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EFL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD BLENDED TEACHING
Authors: Phuong Hoang Yen , Huynh Chi Minh Huyen , Huynh Minh Hien
Published: July 2022

While blended teaching is increasingly becoming popular in higher education all over the world, the concept has recently been paid attention to in Vietnam’s context. However, under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic online teaching and blended teaching suddenly become a popular trend in Vietnamese higher education. Few studies have been conducted to explore topics related to blended learning in Vietnam and the current study was conducted to fill such a gap. This study focuses on exploring English-majored students’ perceptions toward the benefits and challenges of blended leaching in EFL classes. Participants included 440 English-majored students ranging from 18 to 22 years old coming from three study majors namely English Teacher Education, English Language Studies and English Interpretation and Translation in a multi-disciplinary university of 56 years old in Vietnam. Findings reveal that students perceived that blended learning offers them various benefits as well as some challenges. Suggestions are proposed to enhance blended learning for English-majored students in Vietnam and elsewhere.
 

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ONLINE NEWS PATRONAGE AMONG STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, AND ITS PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Authors: Fiadzawoo Jonas Kwabla , Mahama Edward Salifu , Attati Frank
Published: July 2022

There are studies on Students’ Internet use within the framework of online news reading, however, none seems to have effectively explored the practice for teaching. Recognising this gap, this study assessed the online news patronage among students of UDS-Ghana with the aim of galvanizing the practice for pedagogical gains. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 180 students selected randomly from six faculties, followed by an interview of 10 language teachers chosen from the Department of Languages. The quantitative data was interpreted descriptively using percentages, while content analysis was adopted for processing the qualitative data. The findings showed that online news reading was high among students. Out of 180 participants, 127(71%) read online news daily or weekly and Operanews.com, Ghanaweb.com, and Myjoyonline.com were the most preferred sites. Most participants, 49(27%), read news online for entertainment and fashion, while a few read it for language acquisition and other purposes. The teachers interviewed concerning possible exploits of the practice, indicated that they knew of it, however, they could not effectively explore it in classroom teaching. They did, however, acknowledge that the practice could be useful as basics for teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, and others. In view of the findings, it is recommended that stable Internet is ensured on campuses to enhance students' good use of the practice. Teachers are also urged to explore the practice in language teaching activities and educate students on the benefits of reading online news.
 

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TEACHING AND LEARNING CHALLENGES IN THE PANDEMIC ERA OF COVID-19
Authors: Zain Norhayati Mohd , Mut Nur Anis Izzati Che , Marzhuki Medina , Norhan Siti Hajar
Published: July 2022

COVID-19 pandemic has driven the education system to shift from face-to-face learning to a home learning system through online learning. This sudden change has worried teachers, parents and students all over the world. Various studies have been done to study the implementation of online learning, however, there are a little number of studies among school teachers, especially in Malaysia. Thus, this study aimed to explore teachers’ perspectives on the challenges of home learning and their commendations. A qualitative study was conducted through online interview sessions among 20 teachers in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan from October 2020 until February 2021. Researchers verified the data by repeatedly listening to the audio recording, and transcriptions, reading and re-reading the transcripts. It will be coded into themes and subthemes based on the similarities of the content to assess the challenges and recommendations of online learning. Most of the respondents agreed that the adaptability to change to online learning, infrastructural such as the internet and corporation from students and parents is the challenges faced during learning from home. More interactive methods were suggested in ensuring effective online learning which will further motivate students to be engaged in learning from home. These strategies can be adopted for future sessions to ensure every student is able to gain equal education in any situation.
 

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IMPLEMENTATION OF GROUP GUIDANCE SERVICES WITH HOMEROOM TECHNIQUE IN REDUCING PROMISCUOUS BEHAVIORS AMONG STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 PALU, INDONESIA
Authors: Nawawi Ilmi , Nur Fahrul Arfandi M. , Wangid Muhammad Nur
Published: July 2022

The main problem in this research is that students engage in promiscuous behavior such as smoking, storing pornographic contents on their handphones, drinking, and drug abuse. The main objective of this research is to explain the implementation of group guidance service with homeroom technique in reducing promiscuous behaviors among students of SMP Negeri 3 Palu. The research sample was eight people, and the research instrument was questionnaires on promiscuous behaviors. The collected data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The results of the descriptive analysis indicated that before attending the group guidance service with the homeroom technique, the level of promiscuous behaviors engaged by students are eight students (AS, ZA, IRH, MF, MH, AN, MI, and N) at a moderate level. After attending group guidance service sessions, there is no student at high or medium levels, 2 students (IRH and MF) at a low level, and six students (AS, ZA, MH, AN, MI, and N) at a very low level. The students' promiscuous behavior level after attending the group guidance service with the homeroom technique is lower than before attending the group guidance service sessions. Therefore, it can be concluded that group guidance service with homeroom technique is effective in reducing promiscuous behavior among the students of SMP Negeri 3 Palu.
 

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STUDENTS’ LINGUISTIC SKILLS AND PROBLEMS IN LEARNING MEDICAL VOCABULARY AT A HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY IN THE UAE
Authors: Zaidi Huma , Al Jadaan Omar
Published: July 2022

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) courses help the students to be more effective and confident in their profession. The main aim of this research was to explore the difficulties faced by students of a Medical and Health Sciences University in learning medical vocabulary which is a vital part of teaching English for Medical Purposes (EMP). It was hypothesized that students coming from non-English medium backgrounds find it difficult to understand and learn medical vocabulary due to weak linguistic skills. A questionnaire was sent to the undergraduate and post-graduate students of Medical, Dental, Pharmacy and Nursing Colleges and it was observed that the majority of students agreed that knowing medical vocabulary in English is important for their profession and students coming from Arabic medium schools find it difficult to understand and learn medical vocabulary and more than 50% use an English-Arabic dictionary. Interestingly, listening emerged as the weakest skill but 97% of participants feel that practice in hospitals can make learning the medical terms easy. Based on these findings, the authors have suggested some interactive activities that can be used in the class for better retention and made some recommendations.
 

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A MULTIDIMENSIONAL EVALUATION OF THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES
Authors: Taş Özlem , Zorba Aslı Arap , Şeker Seval , Fidan Zeki
Published: July 2022

The aim of this study is to make a multidimensional evaluation of the use of social networks in educational processes, based on the opinions of Turkish Teachers. This study examines how teachers use social networks in education, how often they use which social networks, for what purpose they use social networks, whether social networks are useful or not, and how social networks should be used for quality education. In this study, phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research designs, was used. The study group of the research consists of 26 Information Technologies Teachers selected by criterion sampling method. Research data were collected with a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers. In this study, qualitative and quantitative research techniques were used together. Qualitative data obtained through interviews were subjected to content analysis, while frequencies and percentages of quantitative data were calculated. In the research, the majority of the participants used social networks frequently/very frequently in education; social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Instagram are mostly used in education; it has been determined that the participants find it useful/very useful to use social networks in education, that the use of social networks in education provides teacher-student, student-student and teacher-parent communication, facilitates cooperation and solidarity with education stakeholders, and facilitates resource and material sharing.

 

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EXAMINING THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE NEWLY UPGRADED RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MUMBWA DISTRICT OF CENTRAL PROVINCE, ZAMBIA
Authors: Simpokolwe Derrick , Kabeta Rachel Mabuku
Published: July 2022

This study examined the academic performance of the newly upgraded rural secondary schools in Mumbwa District of Central Province in Zambia. The study had a total of 90 participants. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods as a descriptive survey. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used. The findings of the study revealed that the upgraded rural secondary schools had poor learning and teaching environments due to shortage of classroom space, facilities such as libraries and science laboratories. Apart from that, the study revealed that these rural upgraded secondary schools lacked adequate teaching and learning materials coupled with inadequate and under-qualified teaching staff which contributed greatly to the poor performance of learners in these schools. The study revealed that the academic performance of pupils in the three years was below 50% pass rate. The study recommends that the Ministry of General Education and other stakeholders should build more infrastructure and improve the existing ones in these upgraded rural secondary schools. Apart from that, the Ministry of General Education should provide adequate and prescribed teaching and learning materials to these schools to avoid teaching learners using outdated materials which may be contributing to poor performance. Further, the Ministry of General Education should send more qualified teachers to these upgraded rural secondary schools. This would improve the performance of learners and hence meet the aspiration of the Ministry of General Education for all learners both in urban and rural secondary schools.
 

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PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES PREDISPOSING LATENESS TO SCHOOL AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ESAN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Onolemhemhen P. E. , Akpede Mabel Omonigho
Published: July 2022

The study examined psychosocial factors predisposing lateness to school among secondary school students in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. Specifically, the study sought to determine whether academic stress, depression or emotional stability is responsible for lateness to school among secondary school students in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study covers all the three thousand, two hundred and seventy two (3272) Senior Secondary School (SSS) students in the 16 secondary schools in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. A sample of one hundred and sixty three (163) secondary school students was used for the study. The instrument used for this study was a questionnaire titled: psychosocial factor to lateness Survey Questionnaire (PFLSQ). The reliability of the instrument was done using the Cronbach reliability technique. The researcher personally administered the questionnaire to teachers after due permission was taken from the head teacher. Descriptive statistics such as mean (X ̅) and standard deviation (S.D) was used to analyze the research question. The data was analysed with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS® version 20). The result showed that academic stress, depression and emotional instability predispose lateness to school among secondary school students in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. It was recommended that schools should operate a strict and functional punctuality policy whereby every student, teacher or any other staff of the school that resumes after a particular scheduled time will not be allowed into the school premises.
 

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ROLE OF DIGITAL MEDIA IN BUILDING WORLD CLASS INSTITUTIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TEACHING-LEARNING: A SURVEY
Authors: Gupta Adit , Rana Nishta , Raj Mool
Published: July 2022

The study aims to understand the role of digital media in building world class institutions with special reference to teaching-learning in higher education institutions of Jammu city and their adjoining areas. A descriptive survey method was used for conducting the study. The sample consists of 1478 stakeholders i.e., students, teachers and administrators who were associated with the higher education institutions. The findings of the research reveal that stakeholders have a high level of awareness about various digital media initiatives such as SWAYAM, MOOCs, Swayam Prabha, e-PG Pathshala etc. Results show that 96.9% of stakeholders accessed YouTube for teaching and learning activities and 60.3% of stakeholders considered the SWAYAM Platform for pursuing MOOCs. The stakeholders faced several problems while using digital media in higher education. Lack of knowledge, skills, poor internet speed, the shift from one media to another, affordability of devices, accessibility of information, lack of effective collaborations, teacher’s reluctance and political influence on institutions are the problems which are currently being faced by more than 50% of the stakeholders.
 

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VISUAL ANALOGIES IN DERMATOLOGY: IMPACT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC ACUMEN OF UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS
Authors: Assunção Denise M. , Moura Alexandre S. , Ribeiro Lígia M. C.
Published: July 2022

Background: Visual analogies are much used in medical education; however, their effect on the development of clinical reasoning has yet to be investigated. In fields such as dermatology in which reasoning is predominantly based on the recognition of visual patterns, analogies may be even more useful. Objectives: To investigate the effects of the use of visual analogies on the accuracy of undergraduate medical students in diagnosing skin disorders. Methods: Sixty-four fourth-year medical students were divided into two groups to train in diagnosing skin diseases, either using visual analogies (study group) or from descriptions of elementary lesions (control group). The accuracy of the groups in diagnosing skin disorders was evaluated at 30 and 90 days after training, with their ability to create analogies also being tested at the 90-day evaluation. Results: Diagnostic accuracy improved in both groups when the students’ performance before training was compared with their accuracy 30 days later (study group: 7.24±1.71 versus 8.76±1.83 respectively, p<0.001; control group: 7.42±2.02 versus 8.27±1.42, respectively, p<0.001). Results were similar 90 days after training. There was no statistically significant difference in diagnostic accuracy between the groups at 30 or 90 days following training (p=0.378). The study group performed better than the control group at making analogies (p<0.001), but there was no statistically significant correlation between diagnostic accuracy and the ability to make analogies (r- -9,15; p=0.437). Conclusion: Diagnostic accuracy improved similarly in both groups. Other formats of visual analogies should be evaluated to clarify their role in developing diagnostic skills in dermatology.

 

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