ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Repositioning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Youths Employment and National Security in Nigeria
Author: Ogbunaya, T. C.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Youth Employment,Vocational Education,National Security,Unemployment,Role of Education,Educational Assessment,Educational Indicators,Concept Formation,Educational Change,Change Strategies,Educational Practices,Educational Benefits,Foreign Countries

The paper focused on repositioning Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for youth's employment and national security in Nigeria. It examined briefly the concepts of technical vocational education and training (TVET), youths, unemployment and national security as well as the effects of unemployment on national security in Nigeria. It also examined the role of technical vocational education and training (TVET) in facilitating youths' employment in order to foster national security in Nigeria as well as the challenges facing the effective implementation of TVET programmes in Nigeria. The authors contended that TVET has been accepted globally as a strong catalyst to development and sustainable national security because of its potentials in job creation, wealth generation, poverty reduction and technological transformation. It was suggested, among others, that the relevant arms of government should adequately fund, plan, implement, and manage TVET programmes in all educational institutions, especially tertiary institutions in Nigeria. In addition, provision of adequate facilities, equipment, consumable materials, and hand tools is very imperative for TVET to be adequately repositioned in Nigeria.
Influences of Inadequate Instructional Materials and Facilities in Teaching and Learning of Electrical/Electronics Technology Education Courses
Author: Ogbu, James E.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Influences,Instructional Materials,Educational Facilities,Electronics,Engineering Education,Teacher Surveys,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Instructional Effectiveness,Teacher Effectiveness,Academic Achievement,Educational Resources,Hypothesis Testing,College Programs,Foreign Countries

This study investigated the influences of inadequate instructional materials and facilities in the teaching and learning of electrical/electronics (E/E) technology education courses. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design employed was descriptive survey with a population of 56 Electrical/Electronic teachers and students. Due to this few population size no sampling was carried out. Validated questionnaire with 0.89 reliability coefficient was used for data collection. The collected data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the hypotheses. Findings made were that inadequate instructional materials and facilities often influence the teaching and learning of Electrical/Electronic technology courses in 32 negative ways. Based on these finding, it was recommended that all concerned should join hands to adequately provide effective and efficient instructional materials and facilities in order to eradicate all the negative influences of inadequate instructional materials and facilities.
Employee Motivation on the Organisational Growth of Printing Industry in the Kumasi Metropolis
Author: Enninful, Ebenezer Kofi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Employee Attitudes,Employees,Motivation,Printing,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Self Actualization,Occupational Surveys,Publishing Industry,Job Satisfaction,Participant Observation,Questionnaires,Content Analysis,Demography,Age Differences,Educational Attainment,Work Experience,Training Methods,Water Quality,Access to Information,Safety,Employee Assistance Programs,Fringe Benefits,Foreign Countries,Case Studies

The printing industry is supposed to be a major contributor to Ghana's development through employment creation and the enhancement of information to the general public. The main purpose of the study was to assess employee motivation on the printing industry within Kumasi Metropolis. The study employed both the quantitative and qualitative surveys on the printing industries within the given study area with emphasis on general printing technology which has been in existence for more than three decades. The survey was intended to get employees on their responses on what they feel are the best factors that could motivate them for their self-actualisation and also meet organizational goals. The study set to identify the most ranked factor(s) among several motivated factors which existed in the sector and it emerged that job satisfaction was the most ranked factor from the empirical findings.
Designing the Early American Literature Component of the Undergraduate American Literature Survey Course
Author: De Prospo, R. C.
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Study,United States Literature,Curriculum Design,Historiography,Educational Practices,Teaching Methods,United States History,Reading Assignments

The author describes alternatives to traditional ways of conceptualizing the early American literature survey course, focusing on film (&quot;1492&quot; and &quot;Black Robe&quot;).
Another Fine Mess Assessment's Gotten Us Into: Inheriting the Gooey, Slimy, Delicious Mess of Qualitative Assessment
Author: Stewart, Marjorie
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Writing Evaluation,Course Evaluation,College Instruction,College Outcomes Assessment,Educational Change,Sustainability,Longitudinal Studies,Writing Instruction,Scoring Rubrics

The questions that needed to be asked about our students' writing emerged during the process of discussing the first batch of portfolios. Again, this echoes Broad's experience. He writes, &quot;From the standpoint of qualitative methods, this late blooming is a good thing because it means this research question could not have inappropriately guided decisions I made in collecting data&quot; (24). Again, the quantitative approach that had been used in the past would not have led us to the central issues that we needed--and still need--to address.
Equality of Bias: An Approach to Teaching Feminism in the Composition Classroom
Author: Stanton, Courtney
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Feminism,Rhetorical Invention,Case Studies,Teaching Methods,Critical Thinking,Writing Instruction,Writing Strategies,Controversial Issues (Course Content),Social Justice,Educational Practices,College English

The author explores the place of feminism in teaching through the lens of rhetorical dexterity, providing a case study.
A Bold Move: Reframing Composition through Assessment Design
Author: Condran, Jeffrey
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Instruction,Program Evaluation,Accreditation (Institutions),Statistical Analysis,Models,Qualitative Research,Faculty Development,Writing Evaluation,Evaluation Methods

This article discusses the decision of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh (AiP) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to implement a rigorous writing program assessment in order to obtain the Middle States accreditation, and it describes the process of determining which assessment model would be the most appropriate for AiP's needs. The use of a quantitative model recommended by experts hired as consultants for the improvement of AiP's assessment practices was seen by the faculty as decontextualized and impersonal. Eventually, AiP's writing professionals won approval for conducting a qualitative assessment, which the author used previously at LaRoche College. A qualitative assessment provided an opportunity for, and record of, faculty development through transcripts and later analysis of instructor discussions about the writing courses, their portfolios, and the grading procedures.
Effect of Time Management Program on Job Satisfaction for Head Nurses
Author: Elsabahy, Hanan ELsayed
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Nursing,Nursing Education,Nurses,Time Management,Program Effectiveness,Program Evaluation,Job Satisfaction,Quasiexperimental Design,Correlation,Statistical Significance,Individual Characteristics,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Likert Scales

Background: Time management and job satisfaction all related to each other and greatly affect success of organization. Subjects and Methods: The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a designed program of time management on job satisfaction for head nurses. A Quasi-experimental design was used for a total number of head nurses participated. Two tools of data collection used, namely, time management knowledge Questionnaire and job satisfaction Questionnaire. Results: There was a significant response related to head nurse's time waster post program implemented and three quarter of head nurses reported that job satisfaction was moderate levels post program. There is highly statistically significant relationship between time management and job satisfaction. Recommendation: the study recommended that time management training should be held for all hospitals and hospital personnel, especially nurses who tolerate more problems.
Confessions of a Tenured Professor: Relax, Don't Be So Banal
Author: Irvine, Colin
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Tenure,Teacher Responsibility,Foreign Countries,Educational Practices,School Schedules,Personal Narratives

Colin Irvine confesses that, even after earning tenure, he seems unable to slow down and stop working. He describes his year in Norway and notes that he struggles with conflicting desires. On the one hand he feels obligated to engage the country and culture, and say &quot;yes&quot; to all opportunities. On the other hand, liberated from committee work, departmental obligations, and student papers, he feels inclined to get more accomplished in writing and research, telling himself, &quot;Imagine all that I could publish this year if I just focus.&quot; He writes that he hopes to learn from the Norwegian approach to education as he describes a much more relaxed, productive group of teachers who manage to get a great deal of work done by three o'clock before turning their attention to more important things like skating, hiking, or kayaking with the whales.
Correlation between Knowledge, Experience and Common Sense, with Critical Thinking Capability of Medical Faculty's Students at Indonesia Christian University
Author: Nadeak, Bernadetha
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Critical Thinking,Sampling,Medical Education,Medical School Faculty,Correlation,Knowledge Level,Christianity,Church Related Colleges,Statistical Analysis,Learning Experience,Hypothesis Testing

This research discusses correlation between knowledge, experience and common sense with critical thinking of Medical Faculty's Student. As to the objective of this research is to find the correlation between knowledge, experience and common sense with critical thinking of Medical Faculty's Students at Christian University of Indonesia. It is conducted in Christian University of Indonesia at Medical Faculty precisely, which of 72 students had been elected as research from total population of 250 students who actively attend Medical Educational Program of 2011/2012. Random sampling technique is the the applied one, it is &quot;questionnaire&quot; comprising 34 questions. The Data analyzed by Skewness and Kurtosis test. Research finding had obtained that knowledge, experience and common sense has positive correlation with critical thinking of students. As to correlational coefficient between variable X1, X2 and X3 to Y is 0.234. Hence, it may be concluded that to increase critical thinking capability of students then, knowledge, experience and common sense should be increased as well.
Developments in Language Testing with the Focus on Ethics
Author: Vladi, Alma Cenkaj
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Tests,Ethics,Alternative Assessment,History,Psychometrics,Communicative Competence (Languages),Public Policy

Language tests have become powerful tools, because they are used to measure the success of individuals in different aspects of life. Despite their influence on the lives of individuals taking them, only in the last decades have language theorists started to raise questions of high sensitivity. Tests were considered as purely linguistic acts, therefore very little attention was paid to the social dimension of language as the most important medium of communication among humans. With the advent of integrative testing, and later communicative language testing, linguists became more conscious of the social impact that such tests have. The following article brings a general overview of the history of language testing, the questions that were raised in each phase of theoretical development, as well as further exploration of ethics in language testing.
Journey into Light: Developing Better Questions Together through Qualitative Assessment
Author: Santelli, Karen
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Writing Evaluation,College Outcomes Assessment,Educational Change,College Instruction,Writing Instruction,Black Dialects,Dialects,Academic Discourse,Student Motivation,College Students,Writing Assignments

As my colleagues have indicated, the thrill and value of qualitative assessment is that it let us loose to speak and dig into the questions that we had to keep silenced during rubric-based assessment. It allowed us to value our many questions about student writing and pedagogy. As we voiced our questions and discussed them vigorously we began to understand that the process could help each of us in refining course structure, pedagogy and assignments in the Transitional English classroom and in the college composition courses that follow.
Designing Assessment for Postmodern Academia: Examining How a Move to a Postmodern Qualitative Assessment Changed a Department
Author: Nora, Krystia
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Freshmen,Freshman Composition,Student Placement,Writing Evaluation,Educational Assessment,Writing Improvement,Writing Skills,Competence,Writing Tests,Standardized Tests,Instructional Design,Postmodernism,Educational Change,General Education,Departments,Educational Benefits,Models,Evaluation Methods

It is our belief that the story of how the composition faculty convinced administration to move from a rubric-based assessment model to a more qualitative model is both interesting and beneficial for others facing similar challenges. In the following five articles, Katie discusses how the experience of such assessment affected the faculty, Jeff shows why we decided to try qualitative assessment and how we succeeded in convincing administration to let us try this alternative path, Krystia explains how and why we chose a postmodern methodology, Karen summarizes what we learned from the assessment, and Marjie poses some results and concluding thoughts.
No Longer a Spinning Satellite: Designing a Collaborative Faculty Community through Qualitative Assessment
Author: Talerico, Katie
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Teacher Collaboration,College Outcomes Assessment,Qualitative Research,Writing Evaluation

While our move to qualitative assessment may not seem significant (again I started not only apathetic but hostile in my approach to assessment), it really did put enthusiasm back into our group. Before we had cringed to stay 10 minutes past quitting time; now we were coming in early on Saturday mornings to voluntarily complete work. The group, no longer at odds with the approach and really believing in what we were doing, also became a cohesive unit where we supported and encouraged each other. We found that assessment could be something that not only showed us what we were doing in our classes, but also was an enriching experience that opened up issues in teaching and writing we had not sought out before.
Hidden Curriculum as One of Current Issue of Curriculum
Author: Alsubaie, Merfat Ayesh
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Hidden Curriculum,Educational Practices,Barriers,Meta Analysis,Educational Research,Performance Factors,Influences

There are several issues in the education system, especially in the curriculum field that affect education. Hidden curriculum is one of current controversial curriculum issues. Many hidden curricular issues are the result of assumptions and expectations that are not formally communicated, established, or conveyed within the learning environment. Thus, awareness of hidden curricular issues becomes a consideration, which has negative and positive influences.
The Effect of Computerized Instructional Program in the Intermediate First Grade Students Achievement in Arabic Language Grammar in Iraq
Author: Al-Mashaqbeh, Ibtesam
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grammar,Semitic Languages,Computer Assisted Instruction,Teaching Methods,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Academic Achievement,Native Language Instruction,Pretests Posttests,Achievement Tests,Statistical Analysis,Gender Differences,High School Students,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study was to find out the amount of influence of a Computerized Instructional Program on the achievement for intermediate first grad students in the Arabic language grammar in Iraq. The study focused on students from the first intermediate grade, in the education directorate in the Diqar governorate in Iraq. While the study sample was intentional, that was selected by the researcher from the governorate's schools that have computers and relevant Instructional means for education. This was represented in four branches in two groups, experimental and control group (60) male and female students in the experimental group and (60) male and female students in the control group. The researcher has utilized the Computerized Instructional Program as he study instrument for the experimental group, while the control group utilized the educational program in the usual way. The achievement test to the two groups, the experimental and the control groups, and the study reached the following results. There are no differences, with statistical significance at significance level (0.5 = a), between the group's grades average achievement in the Arabic language grammar subject. These two groups are the experimental group students who were taught by using (the Computerized Program) and students of the control group who were taught by the using the (normal) way in education. There are no differences with statistically significance at significance level(0.5 = a) between the grades mean of the experimental group students who were taught by using (the computerized program) and the grades mean of the control group students who were taught by the (normal) way attribute to the gender variable (males, females).
Speech Delay and Its Affecting Factors (Case Study in a Child with Initial Aq)
Author: Syamsuardi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Delayed Speech,Performance Factors,Case Studies,Speech Improvement,Speech Language Pathology,Speech Skills,Qualitative Research,Child Development,Parent Background,Family Environment,Etiology,Observation

Any parent wishes an appropriate development for their children. One of the parents' great concerns is the children's speech development; they are worried if their children are late to speak. The children's speech development is influenced by physical and environmental factors. The causes of physical factors are related to the problem but the role of environmental factors is more complex because it involves the educational role of the family as a starting point of the children's ability to speak. The children's speech delay is viewed from environmental factors which are based on the role of parents in training the children's speech ability including insufficient time parents and children spent together, lack of understanding of developing children's potential, and parents' speaking style following the child's speech style. Speech delay in children will affect other aspects of their development if it is not properly handled.
A Comparative Analysis of the Availability of Information Resources on Ibibio Culture in the University of Uyo and Akwa Ibom State Public Library
Author: Okon, Henry Itohowo
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Educational Resources,Access to Information,Cultural Background,Public Libraries,Library Materials,Academic Libraries,Check Lists,Library Research,Foreign Countries

This study reports the results of a survey of the available holdings of information resources on Ibibio culture in the University of Uyo Library and Akwa Ibom State Library. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the different size of information resources on funeral, fattening (Mbobo), taboos, myths as well as dissemination in the University of Uyo and Akwa Ibom State Libraries. Survey research design was used for the study. 3,854 information sources in the University of Uyo and Akwa Ibom State Libraries constituted the population of the study, with all estimated 2,276 (100%) forming the sample size of the study. Checklist was used to obtain data for the study. Chi-square was used for the data analysis. The major research findings based on the postulated objectives of the study revealed that there was a significant difference in the information resources available in the University of Uyo Library and Akwa Ibom State Library. The study concluded that libraries must oversee additional problems and increase the acquisition of information resources on Ibibio culture to further cub the dwindling nature of its collection and possible extinction of this information resources.
Teaching in a Laptop Classroom: Merging Traditional with Technological
Author: Fredlund, Katherine
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Experience,Laptop Computers,Computer Uses in Education,Classroom Design,Intermode Differences,Delivery Systems,Blended Learning,Classroom Techniques,Educational Practices,Instructional Innovation,Teaching Methods,Educational Change,Change Strategies

This section will reflect on two different classroom designs from my own teaching experience: one that required students to bring laptops and one that required only paper and pen. Because traditional classrooms were likely designed without taking technology into consideration, teachers should be aware of what the design of the classroom says about the design of the course. Classroom design affects pedagogy, access, and learning, and therefore, should be considered by the teacher. The difference in design between traditional and technological classes fashion two very different learning environments, and when combined in the form of a laptop class forces a conscious effort and struggle on the instructor's part to use the classroom space to fit his/her teaching pedagogy. While neither technology nor composition was likely at the forefront of the classroom designer's mind, when we enter these rooms we must learn to negotiate the space we are provided. In this article, I will reflect on these two experiences to investigate the problem of merging the traditional with the technological.