ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Methods of Stimulating the Students' Creativity in the Study of Geometrical Optics
Author: Florian, Gabriel
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geometric Concepts,Geometry,Optics,Creative Activities,Creativity,Teaching Methods,Light,Teamwork,Grade 9,Scientific Principles,Science Experiments,Foreign Countries

The aim of the present article is to focus on the operational aspects referring to the actions--strategies and on the defined modalities of establishing educational objectives/competences. In the achievement of our work a special attention has been paid to the operational aspects of the learning process of the optical phenomena. There were carried out representative and functional experiments concerning optical phenomena like: reflection of light, refraction of light, dispersion of light, using accessible and/or recyclable materials to run our experiments. The education of creativity implies both an explicit approach from the cognitive perspective and also all the dimensions of the personality and intellectual, psychomotor, affective and motivational potential of the students, together with the environmental factors.
Does Mother Tongue Education Support Development of Environmental Literacy in Turkey? An Analysis of Turkish Course Books
Author: Uyar, Yusuf
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Native Language Instruction,Turkish,Textbooks,Environmental Education,Grade 5,Grade 6,Grade 8,Grade 7,Knowledge Level,Student Behavior,Affective Behavior,Textbook Content,Content Analysis,Coding

Development of environmental literacy needs an interdisciplinary effort. Especially language classes, with environment related texts, have potential to support environmental literacy. In this research it is aimed to analyze the Turkish language course books in terms of components of environmental literacy. To this end, four Turkish course books being taught between 5th and 8th grades were selected. As a qualitative inquiry technique content analysis was used. Three types of main components of environmental literacy (knowledge, affect, and behavior) and their sub-components determined. It was found that the most cited environmental literacy component was knowledge. Others were relatively less emphasized. Results showed that Turkish course books with environment related texts have potential to support development of environmental literacy.
Interprofessional Workplace Learning in Primary Care: Students from Different Health Professions Work in Teams in Real-Life Settings
Author: Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Medical Students,Health Education,Interprofessional Relationship,Interdisciplinary Approach,Self Determination,Workplace Learning,Nursing Homes,Clinics,Reflection,Notetaking,Qualitative Research,Data Analysis,Teamwork,Patients,Primary Health Care,Learning Experience

Interprofessional education may be defined as an occasion when two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other in order to improve collaboration and quality of care. We studied the self-reported experiences from Norwegian health care students participating in interprofessional workplace learning in primary care. We discuss the results particularly in light of self-determination theory. During 2012, 24 students from eight different health educations at the University of Bergen and Bergen University College participated in interprofessional learning in primary care organized by the Center for Inter-professional Workplace Learning in Primary Care, Bergen. The students had their training in nursing homes and public health clinics, and they wrote reflective notes describing their learning experiences. The material was analyzed by systematic text condensation. The qualitative data analyses revealed five major areas of learning experiences from workplace practice: learning in an interprofessional setting, teamwork, relationships among the teamwork members, consequences for the patient, and consequences for the future. The results indicate that there is a high degree of learning potential in interprofessional workplace activity in primary care. This kind of learning strategy is an important supplement to traditional training within all health professions.
Building the Diversity Bridge Abroad: The Journey to Implement Cultural Competent Health Care in Lausanne, Switzerland
Author: Casillas, Alejandra
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Health Services,Cultural Relevance,Immigrants,Health Promotion,Health Programs,Cross Cultural Studies,Competency Based Education,Capacity Building,Cultural Literacy

Introduction: Although the United States has been central in bringing cultural competency into the discussion of high-quality care, health systems all over the world are faced with the effects of global immigration and the widening disparities gap between socioeconomic classes. Lausanne University Hospital is one of five Swiss academic medical centers chosen to develop programs addressing cultural competency. Here we focus on our medical training as a model for other international settings looking to build curricula based on best practices, but tailored to their local context. Setting and Participants: At Lausanne University Hospital, diversity is part of clinical practice. Just over a third of the patient population is non-Swiss, and include undocumented and recently arrived refugees. The center serves other high-risk and vulnerable populations. The strategies presented here focus on medical learners at the Lausanne center. Program results and historical overview: Primary cultural competency topics are social determinants of health, cultural groups in the local community, stereotypes, and unintended biases. Early sessions begin with medical anthropology material which raise consciousness of the learner's own potential biases. Medical education evolves to a more case-based medical training- focusing on the social determinants of health through clinical vignettes linked to disparities (mental health, HIV). Our narrative describes the inception of such teaching topics and its evolution over time given national health mandates and Switzerland's environmental context. Discussion: We describe one of the few official cultural competency medical curricula in Europe. We present the theoretical framework and pedagogical models that have been most applicable to our endeavor since its inception in 2005, educational content, developmental approach, and assessments. In summary, we provide a &quot;roadmap&quot; for international health-education systems developing cultural competency medical training, at various learner levels, in the context of their local setting.
An Investigation into the Number Sense Performance of Secondary School Students in Turkey
Author: Akkaya, Recai
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Number Concepts,Numeracy,Age Differences,Student Surveys,Mathematics Tests

The purpose of this study is to investigate the number sense performance of secondary school students according to grade level, gender and the components of number sense. A descriptive survey design was used to collect data. A total of 576 secondary school students (291 girls and 285 boys) participated in the study. The results revealed that the number sense performance of secondary school students was very low for each grade level. Among the components of number sense, the lowest mean score was observed in multiple representations. Moreover, the number sense performance scores of the students differed significantly in terms of their grade level, though no significant difference was found according to gender. The investigation concluded that the number sense performance of secondary school students is not satisfactory and needs to be improved.
Predicting Academic Entitlement in Undergraduates
Author: Sohr-Preston, Sara
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Predictor Variables,Self Concept,Cheating,Ethics,Locus of Control,Family Environment,Gender Differences,Expectation,Hypothesis Testing,Likert Scales,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Self Concept Measures,Self Esteem

Academic entitlement (AE) is a common source of frustration for college personnel. This investigation examined predictors (self-concept, academic dishonesty, locus of control, and family functioning) of AE in male and female college students. Academic dishonesty and the interaction between locus of control and family functioning significantly predicted AE. Males reported significantly higher levels of AE, and the interaction between locus of control and family functioning was significant only for females. Future research should address possible developmental pathways to AE in adulthood to further understanding of this problematic belief system.
Breaking the Cycle of Inequitable School Discipline through Community and Civic Collaboration in Nashville
Author: Majors, Tony
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Discipline,Students,Parents,Leaders,Police,Judges,Principals,Crime,Law Enforcement,School Community Relationship,Racial Differences,Juvenile Courts

Tom Ward and Tony Majors, community and district lead partners in Nashville, Tennessee, talk about what the Positive and Safe Schools Advancing Greater Equity (PASSAGE) initiative has meant in their city. They share how and why their journey began by embedding the work to end discipline disparities across a broad, cross-sector table that includes a judge, a police commander, parents, principals, organizers, researchers, and civic and faith-based leaders. This article contains a section of individually authored perspectives: (1) Restoring Hope: The Juvenile Court as a Partner in Reform (Sheila Calloway); (2) Acknowledging the Gap (Tracy Bruno); and (3) Separating School Discipline from Crime in Partnering with Law Enforcement (J. Marlene Pardue).
Enhancing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through Micro-Level Collaboration across Two Disciplines
Author: Arrington, Nancy McBride
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scholarship,Instruction,Learning,Educational Research,Interdisciplinary Approach,Education,Sociology,Case Studies,Service Learning,Teacher Collaboration,College Faculty,Discovery Processes,Research Design,Data Collection,Data Analysis

Two professors from two disciplines--education and sociology--analyzed the commonalities, differences, successes, and challenges of conducting cross-disciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research at the course level (micro-level). This case study of their collaboration resulted in a series of lessons learned which add to the literature base on the process of SoTL collaboration. The results of their professional collaboration at this level provide a validation for increased communication and alignment during the development and implementation of the projects developed to enhance teaching and learning in their respective courses. This erudition illuminates the potential of increased SoTL collaborations across disciplines at the micro-level.
Conceptions of Effective Teaching and Perceived Use of Computer Technologies in Active Learning Classrooms
Author: Gebre, Engida
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Instructional Effectiveness,Teacher Effectiveness,Computer Uses in Education,Active Learning,Research Universities,Foreign Countries,Teacher Expectations of Students,Educational Strategies,Comparative Analysis,Case Studies,Teaching Methods,Student Centered Learning,Semi Structured Interviews

This paper examined professors' conceptions of effective teaching in the context of a course they were teaching in active learning classrooms and how the conceptions related to the perceived role and use of computers in their teaching. We interviewed 13 professors who were teaching in active learning classrooms in winter 2011 in a large research university in Canada. The interviews captured what professors consider effective teaching, expected learning outcomes for students, instructional strategies and the role participants saw for computers in their teaching. Analysis of interview transcripts using a holistic inductive and constant comparison approach resulted in three conceptions of effective teaching: transmitting knowledge, engaging students, and developing learning independence. Professors' perception about the role and use of computers was found to be in line with their conceptions of effective teaching. Professors whose conception of effective teaching focused on developing learning independence used computers as tools for students' learning; those with a transmitting knowledge conception considered computers as a means of accessing or presenting information. Data collected from students about their use and their professors' use of computers in the course supports this conclusion. Results have implications for design of active learning environments and faculty development initiatives.
Colonialist Tendencies in Education Abroad
Author: Sharpe, Erin K.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Policy,Study Abroad,Western Civilization,Tourism,Commercialization,Cultural Context,Foreign Countries,Program Descriptions,Costs,College Students,Cultural Awareness

This paper considers education abroad (EA) and its relationship to global citizenship and colonialism by describing and analyzing the agitated interactions of one EA course through a post-colonial lens. Rather than claim the EA experience as emancipatory or colonialist, the paper illustrates the ways that colonialist tendencies can manifest in particular moments and through specific dynamics of an EA course. This paper illustrates the ways that colonialist tendencies related to a reifying of consumerist ideologies, a westernizing of the EA experience, and an ongoing employment of an objectifying tourist gaze became manifest in an education abroad context. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings that includes some ideas for how education abroad programs can address its colonialist tendencies.
An Investigation into the Impact of Facebook Group Usage on Students' Affect in Language Learning in a Thai Context
Author: Tananuraksakul, Noparat
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Private Colleges,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Social Networks,Management Systems,Power Structure,Cultural Differences,Error Correction,Learning Motivation,Positive Attitudes,Student Attitudes,College Students,Language Teachers,English for Special Purposes,Qualitative Research,Computer Mediated Communication,Teaching Methods,Affective Behavior,Social Media,Semi Structured Interviews

This paper reports on the way in which Facebook Group used as a learning management system can enhance Thai students' effective language learning (positive attitude and motivation) in a private university in the vicinity of Bangkok. These two variables are seen to influence learners' achievement in language learning, and they also interdependently influence one another. The qualitative outcomes deriving from ten participants revealed positive impacts of the Facebook Group usage on their attitude towards, and motivation in, learning English as a specific purpose in a Thai context because they commonly found themselves relevant to the Facebook Group as regular users of Facebook. Partly, the Facebook Group could give them senses of convenience, simplicity and relaxation and reduce cultural power distance between the instructor and them. Out of the exploratory parameter, the Facebook Group could be an online tool to facilitate English learning through error corrections. Positive results offered some insightful suggestions and implications for teachers of English as a foreign language. A specific limitation of this study is also discussed.
Dog Bite Reflections--Socratic Questioning Revisited
Author: Toledo, Cheri A.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Questioning Techniques,Teaching Methods,Online Courses,Asynchronous Communication,Educational Practices,Cues,Communication Strategies,Educational Principles

In the online environment, the asynchronous discussion is an important tool for creating community, developing critical thinking skills, and checking for understanding. As students learn how to use Socratic questions for effective interactions, the discussion boards can become the most exciting part of the course. This sequel to the article &quot;Does Your Dog Bite? Creating Good Questions for Online Discussions,&quot; applies sound communication principles and the prior question of trust to show online instructors how to phrase probing questions to increase comfort for learners' use. Based on the questions from the original &quot;Does Your Dog Bite?&quot; article, a variety of prompts are provided for asking probing questions in a non-threatening way.
Understanding Scientific Texts: From Structure to Process and General Culture
Author: Ensar, Ferhat
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Processes,Science Education History,Cognitive Science,Educational Development,Intellectual History,Scientific Research,Environmental Education,Educational Research

In this study, the historical development of experimental research on learning processes from scientific texts has been introduced. Then a detailed analysis of the main contributions of cognitive science has been provided and the theoretical developments that are considered to have had a major role in the comprehension and understanding of scientific texts have been dwelled on. Our premise is to determine how development in understanding the basics of the comprehension of scientific text has been achieved and indicate the best way to continue research in the fields in which there has been less development. For this reason, types of theoretical developments required in order to make progress within the framework of learning processes from scientific texts have been included in this analysis. Thus, a contribution will be made in terms of better interpretation of the scientific texts used in environmental and science education. [Note: The citation at the top of the pdf is incorrect. The page numbers should be 29-34, not 905-920.]
Creation of Exercises for Team-Based Learning in Business
Author: Timmerman, John E.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teamwork,Business Administration Education,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness,Simulation,Case Method (Teaching Technique),Learning Activities,Scoring Rubrics,Higher Education

Team-based learning (TBL) is an approach that builds on both the case method and problem-based learning and has been widely adopted in the sciences and healthcare disciplines. In recent years business disciplines have also discovered the value of this approach. One of the key characteristics of the team-based learning approach consists of exercises that require teams to choose a specific answer and defend it against the answers of other teams. Discipline-specific exercises designed for this approach are not in abundance, and a gap in the literature exists regarding information on how to create effective exercises for the business disciplines. This paper reviews the concept of team-based learning as related to business, discusses the need for help in designing effective exercises, and suggests four avenues for filling the void.
Researching Possible Futures to Guide Leaders towards More Effective Tertiary Education
Author: Davis, Niki
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Interviews,Instructional Leadership,Leaders,Indigenous Populations,Open Education,Educational Resources,Prediction,Articulation (Education),Electronic Learning,Educational Environment,Self Determination,Web Sites,Information Dissemination

This research aimed to inform institutional leaders by producing and disseminating a system wide view of what tertiary education might look like in Aotearoa New Zealand, five years into the future. The researchers were responding to a challenge in a speech at the DEANZ 2010 conference by a highly respected national leader (Dr. Peter Coolbear). The outcome became known as the DEANZ2016 scenario set. Using JISC scenario planning methodologies, including interviews of 16 national and international education leaders, the scenario set was developed on an X axis depicting the tension between facing the academy vs facing New Zealand employers, professions and iwi, and a Y axis depicting the tension between standardized education vs customization to personalise learning. Each of the four quadrants aimed to expose and contrast potential future scenarios. These were entitled: &quot;Articulation,&quot; &quot;The &quot;Supermarket&quot;,&quot; &quot;Quality Branded Consortia,&quot; and &quot;Self Determination.&quot; Innovatively disseminated via the web, the DEANZ2016 website became the most popular section of the larger Ako Aotearoa website, which stimulated further research into uptake and impact of the project.
Cultural Dimensions of Learning in Online Teacher Education Courses
Author: Hunt, Antony
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Education Programs,Online Courses,Electronic Learning,Cultural Influences,Cultural Awareness,Cultural Differences,Cultural Background,Distance Education,Multicultural Education,Preferences,Learning Strategies,Student Diversity,Literature Reviews,Surveys,Educational Research,Educational Researchers,Demography,Correlation,Statistical Analysis

Aotearoa New Zealand's demographics are changing rapidly and, as a consequence, there is now greater diversity in the tertiary student population. This diversity is evident in the continuing growth of Maori and Pasifika student participation. Teacher education is increasingly emphasising social competencies and intercultural awareness. Online pedagogies based on sociocultural methods require openness to difference, understanding, and sharing; but it is a challenge to support productive learning communities that span diverse cultural backgrounds. This study began with a literature review, and then the eight dimensions in the cultural dimensions of learning framework (CDLF; Parrish &amp; Linder-VanBerschot, 2010) survey were modified for use with online courses. The modified survey was trialled with 112 students and four lecturers in 11 online teacher education courses offered by a New Zealand university. Although respondents exhibited a wide range of choice in the survey, the participants were not sufficiently diverse to reveal any differences that might be attributed to culture. It was concluded that the CDLF could provide a useful stimulus to promote discussion amongst learners and teachers and that this discussion could raise awareness of the diversity of approaches to learning that could have a cultural basis. However, the lack of attention to indigenous worldviews and the limited evidence of reliability in the CDLF scales suggest that further empirical research of this survey instrument is unlikely to be worthwhile.