ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Strategy Selection in the Universities via Fuzzy AHP Method: A Case Study
Author: Kuzu, Ömür Hakan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Evaluation Methods,Decision Making,Higher Education,College Faculty,Teacher Evaluation,Foreign Countries,Measurement Techniques,Strategic Planning,Goal Orientation,Administrators,Research Methodology,Educational Administration

SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat) Analysis, even though it enables analyzing the internal and external environment that is effective in the process of organizations and institutions to make strategic decision, is a method that has some deficiencies in terms of measurement and assessment. In order to eliminate the deficiencies of interests and make assessment through more exact data in the process of decision making, in literature, various methods under the title of quantitative SWOT Analysis has been used. One of these methods is to integrate SWOT analysis with Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP) method. In this study, the data of SWOT analysis were turned into a hierarchical structure and the model formed was solved by means of method of FAHP. The application of method was performed on the problem of strategy selection of a state university in Turkey. Surveys conducted among 1292 academic staff in the university were evaluated by SWOT analysis. For the 6 main strategies and 13 sub-strategies obtained as a result of the analyses, pairwise comparison surveys were conducted with 37 senior managers of the university. Questionnaires were analyzed by FAHP method and it was concluded that the most important strategy for the university is &quot;to be in the country's top 5 universities and in the world's top 500 universities&quot;.
Investigating University Student Violence and the Role Islamic Education Can Play to Lessen This Phenomenon
Author: Al-Shudaifat, Sadeq Hassan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Violence,Islam,Religious Education,Prevention,Gender Differences,Instructional Program Divisions,Grade Point Average,Transportation,Religion,Moral Values,Teaching Methods,Mass Media Effects,Tribes,Social Values,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Majors (Students),College Environment,Educational Practices,Political Issues,Cultural Influences

This study aimed at investigating the causes of the university violence and the contribution of Islamic education in confronting it. The sample of the study consisted of (386) students studying at the Hashemite University during the second semester of the academic year 2012/2013. The researcher developed a questionnaire which consisted of (73) items. The results indicated that there were statistically significant differences due to gender and academic year. However, results did not show statistically significant differences due to specialization or grade average. Furthermore, the results indicated that the problem of transportation was considered as the main challenge to the university administration. The need for a transportation policy was seen urgent to reduce university violence. Finally, weak religious and moral beliefs, rigid and traditional teaching methods, and the effect of local, regional, and global media all played a major role in provoking in university violence. The results also indicated that respect for human dignity received the highest average in terms of importance and practice to reduce the phenomenon of university violence. Among the most important recommendations of the current study is working on a solution to the transportation problem and reinforcing the role of the tribe and the religious social values as well as varying and modernizing the university teaching methods and activating the role of the audio-visual and written media to keep pace with the needs of young people.
International Partnerships for the Development of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medical Education of Middle Eastern Women
Author: Wang, Daniel R.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Medical Education,Arabs,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Access to Education,Females,Futures (of Society),STEM Education,Educational Quality,International Cooperation,Sustainability,Gender Differences,Barriers,Employment Opportunities,Equal Opportunities (Jobs),Partnerships in Education,Educational Benefits,Womens Education

The development of a knowledge economy requires a nation to foster a robust foundation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The countries of the Arab world, including the oil-rich nations of the Gulf, have made great strides in this regard, though much remains to be done. This article examines the cultural barriers these nations face, such as a lack of educational access and post-graduation employment opportunities for women, as well as systematic obstacles, such as poor quality of STEM education. The article also examines international partnerships with foreign institutions as viable solutions for the Arab world, with the case of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar presented as a case study of a sustainable, mutually beneficial endeavor. Recommendations are made for the near future, including the removal of antiquated restrictions on women and the continued development of international collaborations at all educational levels.
Islamic Work Ethics-Based Organizational Citizenship Behavior to Improve the Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment of Higher Education Lecturers in Indonesia
Author: Romi, Mochamad Vrans
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Job Satisfaction,College Faculty,Islam,Work Ethic,Organizational Culture,Citizenship,Teacher Attitudes,Private Colleges,Religious Factors,College Administration,Foreign Countries,Work Attitudes

Problems of organizational citizenship behavior among academics, especially lecturers, are something relevant in the study of the quality of an organization. The purpose of this study is to analyze the increase in organizational citizenship behavior based on Islamic work ethics, organizational satisfaction and commitment. By collecting data from 365 lecturers from 14 private universities as sample in the city of Bandung, the sampling was taken with proportional random sampling techniques. Data analysis techniques were conducted by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using AMOS. The results of this study revealed the positive effect of Islamic work ethics on organizational citizenship behavior and on organizational commitment, positive but not significant effect of Islamic work ethics on job satisfaction. Islamic work ethic has a positive effect on organizational commitment. Moreover, the findings showed that job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior. However, job satisfaction has a positive but not significant effect on organizational commitment. In practice, this study encourages private university management to improve work ethics and job satisfaction of lecturers, which in turn can influence organizational citizenship behavior and organizational commitment of lecturers.
Leadership Pivotal to Productivity Enhancement for 21st-Century Indian Higher Education System
Author: Dwivedi, Vedvyas J.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Leadership,Productivity,Governance,Educational Policy,Policy Formation,Educational Innovation,Gender Bias,Women Administrators,Global Approach,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Development

Good governance enhances efficiency both in public and private sector organizations. Productivity and good governance are closely associated to aid value for investment both in terms of time and money, and end-user satisfaction. Productivity Enhancement and quality improvement of higher education depend on governance-trends and productive leadership of the institution. Discipline, and quality vision set, and policy practiced by the leadership in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) propagate down the timeline-hierarchy. This article addresses the pivotal factors and parameters worldwide studied, accepted and opined in various case studies and policy making schemes for good governance of Higher Education Indian Institution (HEIIs). This is necessary to enable their leadership enhancing the organizational productivity for 21st-century Indian subcontinent. The 3rd largest youth in the world studying in HEIIs would contribute the most to the growth of 21st-century Indian economy and living standards. This shall be possible when educational productivity of HEII-leadership is innovatively transformed into transformative innovation. In this paper effects, consequences, impacts, opportunities, problems and remedies regarding pivotal issues and challenges of and for existing HEIIs for becoming world-class education system are systematically reviewed. Recommendations based upon studies and findings are made for 21st-century HEII-leadership, and practical model is presented to measure the productivity.
Promoting Social and Emotional Competencies in Early Childhood: Strategies for Teachers
Author: Morkel, Vicki
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Development,Emotional Development,Child Development,Academic Achievement,Correlation,Well Being,Preschool Children,Teaching Methods,Interpersonal Relationship,Cultural Awareness,Personality Traits,Educational Environment

This article discusses social and emotional competence and its importance in young children's development. Foundations for children's social and emotional competence are developed during the early years and are linked with school success and later-in-life well-being. We discuss three factors affecting children's social and emotional interactions and explore various strategies that teachers can use to promote the development of social and emotional competence. Strategies encourage teachers' active facilitation of supporting children's development and are grounded in strong positive relationships and supportive environments.
Talent Management in Academia -- The Indian Business School Scenario
Author: Divekar, Rajiv
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Human Resources,Business Schools,Talent Identification,Private Schools,Academic Achievement,Measurement,Student Recruitment,Talent Development,Academic Persistence,School Holding Power,Rewards,Higher Education,Admission Criteria,Teacher Shortage,Reputation

This paper explores the gamut of human resource practices prevailing in private Indian Business Schools (B Schools) with specific focus on the talent management strategies adopted. The paper explores the interdependence of talent management strategies adopted by the private Indian business schools and the organisational strategy along with the metrics and scales used to measure the academic performance. The paper analyses and critiques the present scenario for lacking alignment between the vision vis-à-vis the strategies adopted for talent recruitment, talent development and retaining and rewarding talent. The paper debates on the fact that prudent talent management can help in developing a conceptual framework to augment performance of B Schools over long term by amalgamating the B school's strategy with its performance metrics.
The Feuerstein Approach in New Zealand: Building on the Past, for the Future
Author: Howie, Dorothy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Thinking Skills,Special Education,Special Needs Students,Childrens Rights,National Curriculum,Evidence Based Practice,Student Evaluation,Alternative Assessment

The Feuerstein approach to the teaching of thinking is highly regarded internationally as an effective programme for vulnerable learners and learners with special educational needs. This paper describes this approach. The need for this approach in New Zealand is discussed, including children's rights to it, and the New Zealand National Curriculum requirements. This is followed by an analysis of how the approach meets international criteria for an effective programme for the teaching of thinking. The author's early New Zealand research on the Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment programme, to build a strong evidence-base for future use of the approach, is described in some detail, and her current New Zealand research project on best-practice with the inclusive and more whole-school integrated use of the Instrumental Enrichment programme is touched upon. Finally, some guidelines are outlined for the effective use of the Feuerstein approach in New Zealand now and in the future.
The Use of Stand-Downs in New Zealand Schools: What Are the Issues?
Author: White, Carolyn
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Discipline Policy,Behavior Problems,At Risk Students,Secondary School Students,Childrens Rights,Positive Behavior Supports,Principals,Adolescents,Student Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Program Effectiveness,Employee Attitudes,Student Needs

In 2013, schools in New Zealand stood-down nearly 12,000 students as a result of behavioural difficulties. Research indicates that rather than improving behaviour, stand-downs can reinforce inappropriate behaviour and potentially put students at-risk. This paper overviews the use of stand-downs in New Zealand schools, discussing the nature and extent of their use. Using examples from a small case study based around two secondary school students who had recently been stood-down, the potential adverse effects and impacts of school stand-down are discussed, and arguments put forward for finding alternatives to the practice.
&apos;Language Shades Everything&apos;: Considerations and Implications for Assessing Young Children from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
Author: Keary, Anne
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Cultural Differences,Kindergarten,Foreign Countries,Screening Tests,Allied Health Personnel,Preschool Teachers,Culturally Relevant Education,Equal Education,Educational Policy,Student Evaluation,Disadvantaged,Language Skills,Faculty Development,Family School Relationship,Language Tests,Teacher Attitudes

Assessment of young children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds holds the potential to provide important insights into learning. Two researchers investigated an Allied Health screening program that was conducted in three kindergartens in a disadvantaged area of outer Melbourne, Australia. Drawing on narrative inquiry methodology the researchers explored the understandings given to the screening program by Allied Health professionals and Early Childhood teachers and administrators in relation to CALD children. From analysis of interview and focus group data, insights were gained into the way the screening program employed culturally and linguistically responsive practices. Flexible assessment practices, acknowledgement of children's linguistic abilities and family-centred practice emerged as key strategies to enhance Early Childhood assessment programs that cater to the strengths and needs of young children from CALD backgrounds. However, the investigation demonstrated that issues of equity and compromise are heightened as policy and practice diverge on how to implement these strategies. In conclusion, it is argued, that targeted professional learning could assist Early Childhood teachers to negotiate this divergent space.
The Effect of Organizational Culture on Lecturers&apos; Organizational Commitment in Private Universities in Indonesia
Author: Yusuf, Furtasan Ali
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Organizational Culture,College Faculty,Teacher Motivation,Private Colleges,Job Satisfaction,Trust (Psychology),Integrity,Competence

In rigorous and competitive working environment, higher education institutions require a strong and supportive organizational basis. This study seeks to analyze the influence of organizational fundamentals of organizational culture on organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and the trust of lecturers as employees in tertiary institutions. This study is a quantitative study with the object of study in universities in Serang Banten, Indonesia. The results show that organizational culture has a positive effect on organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and lecturer trust in the university environment. The implication is that a good and conducive organizational culture in tertiary institutions enables organizational members to build their integrity, competence, consistency and loyalty towards the tertiary organization. This condition can occur because of the existence of a conducive organizational culture, it will encourage members of the organization to actualize positive values in the organization, including the values contained in trust, such as integrity, competence, consistency and loyalty.
Widening the Angle: Film as Alternative Pedagogy for Wellness in Indigenous Youth
Author: Linds, Warren
Date: 2019-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Canada Natives,Foreign Countries,Wellness,Indigenous Knowledge,Participatory Research,Film Production,High School Students,Grade 10,Adolescents,Tribally Controlled Education,Educational Benefits,Holistic Approach,Art Activities,Postcolonialism,Mental Health,Program Effectiveness,Self Expression

Indigenous youth face numerous challenges in terms of their well-being. Colonization enforced land and cultural loss, fractured relationships, and restricted the use of the imagination and agentic capacity (Colonial policies, structures, and approaches in education have been detrimental to Indigenous youth (Nardozi, 2013). Many First Nations leaders, community members, and youth have expressed a need for a wider range of activities that move beyond Western models of knowledge and learning (Goulet &amp; Goulet, 2015). School curricula in Indigenous communities are incorporating alternative pedagogical tools, such as the arts, that not only allow youth to explore and express their realities and interests but that also offer them holistic ways of learning and knowing (Yuen et al., 2013). This article describes a participatory arts research project which featured film production and was delivered in the context of a grade 10 Communications Media course. The research took place at a First Nations high school in a Neehithuw (Woodland Cree) community in northern Saskatchewan. This article highlights the content of the films produced, the benefits of the filmmaking experience, and the challenges faced by the teacher and students during the process.
Ethical Leadership and School Effectiveness: The Mediating Roles of Affective Commitment and Job Satisfaction
Author: Negis Isik, Ayse
Date: 2020-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethics,School Effectiveness,Affective Behavior,Job Satisfaction,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Principals,Leadership Styles

This study examines how ethical leadership influences school effectiveness via the mediating role of affective commitment and job satisfaction. For this purpose, 306 teachers completed measures of ethical leadership, affective commitment, job satisfaction, and school effectiveness. The results supported the hypothesized positive links of ethical leadership to affective commitment, job satisfaction, and school effectiveness. The results also revealed that work attitudes (i.e., affective commitment and job satisfaction) partially mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and school effectiveness, indicating both direct and indirect effects of ethical leadership on school effectiveness. In light of these findings, a number of recommendations were given for further research, specifically regarding school administrative research and applications.
Gender Differences in Academic Achievement in Saudi Arabia: A Wake-Up Call to Educational Leaders
Author: Barry, Abdourahmane
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,Academic Achievement,Educational Attainment,Expectation,Mathematics Achievement,Science Achievement,Grade 8,International Assessment,Elementary Secondary Education,Achievement Tests,Mathematics Tests,Science Tests,Middle School Students

Educational leaders must consider equity in education as a priority to make sure all students receive the best education possible. Studies on this topic in Saudi Arabia, however, are still in the embryonic stage. This article, thus, examines whether significant differences in academic achievement exist between male and female students based on gender, subject value, and expectations of education attainment. From a sample study of 3,759 students, the findings showed that female outperformed male students in both math, science, and their domains. Further, the more students value a subject or expect to go far in their education, the higher the score for both students, but female still outperformed male students. Educational leaders should consider these findings a wake-up call to the persistent academic achievement disparities.
Category Building of International Students as Language Learners in Two Secondary Schools
Author: Filipi, Anna
Date: 2018-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,Secondary School Students,English (Second Language),Foreign Countries,Language Proficiency,Classification,Self Concept,Suburban Schools,Student Experience

This paper reports on a small scale study of category building in the context of English language learning. The data for the current study is derived from the interviews with two students, one from China and the other from Mongolia, in two schools in Melbourne. The study uses Membership Categorization Analysis to give an account of identity by examining how categories of English language learner emerge and shift during the course of the interviews. The categories established by the participants in the two interviews were constructed around different attributes belonging to the category of international student. These emerged as a series of categorical binaries including international student and local student, language competence and language deficit, mainstream English and English as an Additional Language (EAL), and home country and Australia. As the participants took part in the interview, they moved towards accounts that integrated multiple viewpoints resulting in dynamically shifting categorisations. Through these categories, it was also possible to show how students were invited to display their learning and knowledge of English, and to give accounts of their English language development.
Ambivalent Texts, the Borderline, and the Sense of Nonsense in Lewis Carroll&apos;s &quot;Jabberwocky&quot;
Author: Templeton, Michael
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Childrens Literature,Poetry,Literary Criticism,Language Usage,Children,Adults

Taking Carroll's &quot;Jabberwocky&quot; as emblematic of a text historically enjoyed by both children and adults, this article seeks to place the text in what Kristeva defines as the borderline between language and subjectivity to theorize a realm in which ambivalent texts emerge as such. The fact that children's literature remains largely trapped in the literary-didactic split in which these texts are understood as either learning materials and primers for literacy, or as examples of poetic or historical modernist discourse. This article situates Carroll's text in the theories of language, subjectivity, and clinical discourse toward a more complex reading of a children's poem, one that finds a point of intersection between the adult and the child reader.