ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Analysis of the Concept Continuing Education in Nursing Education
Author: Agyepong, Edith Biamah
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Continuing Education,Nursing Education,Lifelong Learning,Educational Theories,Attitudes,Motivation,Barriers,Definitions,Foreign Countries,Nurses,Vignettes,Costs,Educational Finance,Access to Education

The term continuing education is extensively used throughout nursing education literature. This paper sought to re-examine the concept 'continuing education' for its meaning, relevance and appropriateness of application. The authors examined the definitions of continuing education from dictionaries, thesauruses, and current nursing education literature for meanings, usages, attributes, antecedents and consequences in line with Walker and Avant (2005) method of concept analysis. Model, borderline, and contrary cases were also presented. The paper concludes that the development of a theory of continuing education is usually preceded by a logical analysis of the concept which includes distinguishing properties, antecedents and outcomes of further education. The subsequent step in the development of the theory of lifelong education requires establishing theoretical relationships between perceptions, motivation and barriers to continuing education. It recommends that empirical studies of further education, whether qualitative or quantitative can be carried out to find out the effects of lifelong education on the nursing profession to enhance research in nursing and advance professionalism in nursing.
Comparison of Management Practices in Public and Private Universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Author: Khan, Nasrullah
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Private Colleges,Public Colleges,College Administration,Leadership Styles,Administrative Principles,Administrative Policy,Time Management,Promotion (Occupational),Accountability,Political Influences,Staff Role,Decision Making

This study attempted to compare the management practices in public and private universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, Pakistan. The comparison is based on availability of written rules and regulations, distribution of tasks, availability of managers, access to officers, time management, work load, staff promotion procedure and appraisal system. Additionally, the comparison is also based on transparency, political intervention, use of authorities, nepotism and biasness, human resource availability and functions, academic decisions, existence of different decision making bodies, committees and their role in policy making and implementation and management styles. The population comprised all recognized universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and a convenience sampling of six universities included three from public and three from private sector. The findings showed that both sector universities had the required offices, staff members and managers. The areas where private universities were observed weak as compared to public universities were lack of proper staff vacancy advertisements and induction policies, vague appraisal system, low salary packages and limited freedom to managers. Public universities were found unsatisfactory in areas including staff induction on merit based policies and political intervention, lack of monitoring system and lack of collegiality amongst university offices. The study recommends that universities in both sectors should prepare staff and student manuals for transparency procedures, should improve the skills and knowledge of its staff/managers by conducting seminars/workshops/trainings in collaboration with HEC [Higher Education Commission] and other regulatory bodies on regular basis, and establish public private partnership to improve university management system in Pakistan.
Considering Tyler&apos;s Curriculum Model in Health and Physical Education
Author: Cruickshank, Vaughan
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Education,Health Related Fitness,Models,Curriculum Design,Curriculum Development,Educational Objectives,Relevance (Education),Performance Factors,Usability

Tyler's objectives curriculum model has been a strong influence in the field of curriculum development since its publication in 1949. The influence of this model remains strong despite its age, demonstrating the importance of the questions Tyler based his model around. This discussion paper examines Tyler's (1949) objectives curriculum model; particularly its advantages and disadvantages and its current relevance. This analysis will occur with the context of health and physical education subject area.
Implementation of CIPP Model for Quality Evaluation at School Level: A Case Study
Author: Aziz, Shamsa
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Program Implementation,Evaluation Methods,Models,Summative Evaluation,Formative Evaluation,Context Effect,Educational Quality,Foreign Countries,Principals,Department Heads,Check Lists,Semi Structured Interviews,Observation,Content Analysis,Academic Ability,Educational Benefits,Input Output Analysis

Evaluation denotes the monitoring of progress towards desired goals and objectives. The purpose of this study was to evaluate educational quality at schools using Stufflebeam's CIPP evaluation model (1983). The population comprised the principal, heads of each wing and teachers of various branches of a Welfare School System in Rawalpindi. Data were collected through the CIPP evaluation checklist (2002), semi structured interviews, document analysis and observations. Data were analyzed via content and thematic analysis. Findings indicated that this group of welfare schools focused on quality education by using different means, such as advanced technology, effective communication, relevant courses as well as teaching and learning strategies; however, it was found that teachers focused more on theoretical work and rote learning, which put pressure on students and had a negative effect on their intellectual abilities. Moreover, there was lack of proper space, effective environment and the schools were situated in rented buildings.
Gender Comparison of Emotional Intelligence of University Students
Author: Fida, Asfandyar
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Gender Differences,Emotional Intelligence,College Students,Foreign Countries,Measures (Individuals),Business Administration Education,Economics Education,Art Education,Humanities,Models,Scores,Statistical Analysis

Emotional intelligence is a contributing construct to learning and other personal and career developments. It is a perplex notion involving many conceptions which resulted in various tools of emotional intelligence. University education is a terminal stage when young people are ready to enter the job arena and are expected to be emotionally sound. Numerous studies have been carried out on the differentiation of emotional intelligence of the learners, particularly at graduate and postgraduate levels. This study is an attempt to investigate emotional intelligence of the university students. Since there are differences in the findings of various studies in terms of gender; therefore, this study also considers to explore the discrepancy of the emotional cognizance of the male and female learners at university level. The target participants of this investigation were the students of all five faculties of a university in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, a province in Pakistan. The Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS) developed by Wong and Law (2002) was used for data collection. The outcomes of the investigation showed that female learners were ahead of male in emotional intelligence. Further, the learners of business and economics had superior level of emotional intelligence, while students of Arts and Humanities had inferior level of emotional intelligence. The study put forward some valuable suggestions, particularly through curricula enhancement and for further research activities.
Perceptions of Teachers about the Role of Parents in Developing Reading Habits of Children to Improve Their Academic Performance in Schools
Author: Bano, Jamila
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Parent Role,Reading Habits,Academic Achievement,Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Vocabulary Development,Private Schools,Qualitative Research,Semi Structured Interviews,Case Studies,Recreational Reading,Parent Child Relationship,Reading Attitudes,Reading Materials,Family Environment,Foreign Countries,Correlation,Elementary School Science,Elementary School Teachers

This study aimed to explore teachers' perceptions about parental role in developing reading habits of children to improve their academic achievement. The study was conducted in one of the private schools of Gilgit city situated in the Northern part of Pakistan. Using a case study approach to research within the qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were used for data collection, which enabled the researchers in capturing qualitative experiences, opinions, beliefs and perceptions of purposefully selected research participants. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis approach and emerging themes were represented in the form of figures to provide a clear understanding. The study confirmed that reading habits, for example, out of school reading and reading for pleasure, have influenced academic performance and parental role is pivotal in developing children's interest in reading because healthy reading activities can help them to develop critical thinking and analytic skills. This could also develop their vocabulary to a great extent. Consequently, children exhibit improvement in their overall academic performance. The findings confirmed that if parents focused on reading improvement of their children in early ages, they could better develop reading as a routine activity. The study recommended that parents should play an active role in developing attitude towards reading by providing reading materials and creating a reading friendly environment at home.
Performing below the Targeted Level: An Investigation into KS3 Pupils&apos; Attitudes towards Mathematics
Author: Mirza, Anusha
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Mathematics Instruction,Case Studies,Student Surveys,Secondary School Students,Mathematics Achievement,Statistical Analysis,Hypothesis Testing,Females,Mathematics Anxiety,Likert Scales,Single Sex Schools

This study sets out to investigate the attitude KS3 pupils have towards mathematics and the factors that influence this attitude. A case study approach was used as the pupils were a unit of the school under study and a survey method was chosen to provide scope to the study. Purposeful sampling was employed for the selection of 200 pupils from years 7 and 9 who were from target achiever and non target achiever groups. Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (Tapia, 1996) was administered to the participants to measure their attitude towards mathematics. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. The result for the first hypothesis indicated that there is a significant difference on the variable of mathematics attitude of year 7 and 9 target achievers and non target achievers pupils (t = 4.11, df =199, p &lt;0.05) and for the second hypothesis, the difference in the variety of attitudes is statistically significant in the pupils from both groups (t = 2.3, df = 210, p &lt;0.05). The results of the research will enable teachers to understand the factors that effect attitude of pupils towards mathematics at secondary level and direct head teachers to establish effective teacher training and support system to help pupils to develop an interest in mathematics.
International Mindedness and Intercultural Competence: Perceptions of Pakistani Higher Education Faculty
Author: Habib, Zehra
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Teaching Methods,Faculty Development,Qualitative Research,College Faculty,Higher Education,Teacher Attitudes,Global Approach,International Education,Foreign Countries,Semi Structured Interviews

This qualitative study endeavored to examine higher education faculty members'understanding of international mindedness and intercultural competence and sought their views on professional development programs competency in evolving an internationally minded stance. The focus of this study was on international mindedness because in the current era of globalization, it has become imperative to inculcate world mindedness in students and to prepare them for global citizenship. Data were collected through in-depth individual interviews held with eight faculty members teaching at two higher education institutions in Karachi, Pakistan. Dominant findings demonstrated that most participants had limited insight regarding the concepts and that these were applied minimally in their current teaching practices. Although, lauding an international minded approach, most participants considered understanding of local cultures more relevant before moving on to international visions. Participating faculty also reflected that there was lack of professional development and that for understanding local and international dynamics, specialized education programs were an important factor. The study concluded with implications for professional growth platforms to foster global mindedness in educators in order for them to promote international mindedness in students.
In Teachers We Trust--The Finnish Way to Teach and Learn
Author: Pollari, Pirjo
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teaching (Occupation),Educational Practices,Educational Quality,Success,Teacher Effectiveness,Teachers,Teacher Role,Trust (Psychology),Teacher Education,Teacher Qualifications,Career Choice,Admission Criteria,College Entrance Examinations,Teacher Certification,Equal Education,Access to Education,Educational Attitudes

Over the past 15 years, Finland has performed very well on international student achievement tests. Although Finland's results have slightly deteriorated from those at the beginning of the 21st century, Finnish students still perform very well in all comparative international surveys such as PISA, TIMSS and ICCS. The Finnish school system seems to perform very well both in terms of quality as well as equity and equality. Finland's consistently high results in these comparative studies have naturally created international interest in the Finnish education and school system. Although there are no solid, proven reasons, some of the hypotheses suggested for Finland's high success rate are, for instance, the appreciation of education, highly qualified teachers, the teachers' high degree of work ethic and autonomy, as well as the popularity of the teaching profession and teacher education. Following a brief introduction to the Finish school system, this article discusses Finnish teachers, their work, and education. The authors focus on the teacher's role as a trusted professional, the popularity of teaching as a profession, and then funnel the discussion towards teacher education and training.
Designing English for Specific Purposes Course for Computer Science Students
Author: Irshad, Isra
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Design,English for Special Purposes,Computer Science Education,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,College Students,Interviews,College Faculty,Mixed Methods Research,Language Skills,Listening Skills,Speech Skills,Reading Skills,Writing Skills,Curriculum Design,Course Descriptions,Needs Assessment,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study was to design English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course for University students enrolled in the Computer Science Department. For this purpose, academic English language needs of the students were analyzed by using a 5 point Likert scale questionnaire. Additionally, interviews were also conducted with four faculty members of the department and the data were analyzed qualitatively. Thus, mixed methods were used for collection and analyses of data. The results of the analysis of questionnaire and interviews indicate that the four language skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing are frequently used in students' academic context and among the four, speaking is the most frequently used skill. Students are deficient in writing and speaking skills as compared to listening and reading; therefore, speaking and writing should be given preference while designing the syllabus.
Caste, Costs and Educational Access in Rural Punjab
Author: Tamim, Tayyaba
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Class,Costs,Access to Education,Rural Areas,Equal Education,Social Capital,Cultural Capital,Low Income Groups,Poverty,Case Studies,Parent Attitudes,Structured Interviews,Focus Groups,Economic Factors,Data Analysis

This paper is based on some key findings of an original research carried out to explore the issue of inequitable access to education within caste-based social structures in rural Punjab, Pakistan. Data from 36 interviews with low and high caste parents, school heads and four key informant focus groups in two villages in southern and central Punjab revealed that schooling costs remained difficult to manage for the poorest low-castes despite provision of government sponsored free schools. Bourdieu's social critical framework used with specific reference to his notion of capitals reveals processes of social reproduction. The economic capital transubstantiates into social and cultural capital, refracting into schooling costs that are not just economic but also temporal, psychological and social for the lowest caste groups. This limits the impact of economic subsidies offered by the government for expanding educational access. The paper contributes to the current literature by arguing that policies aimed at equitable educational access must conceptualize educational costs as multidimensional, just as poverty itself is not just economic but multifaceted.
Iqbal&apos;s Inferences from the Qur&apos;an: Educational Objectives for Developing an Individual for Serving Millat
Author: Ali, Muhammad Abid
Date: 2018-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Islam,Religious Education,Muslims,Student Educational Objectives,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis,Educational Practices,Hermeneutics

This is the second part of my article published in &quot;JoEED,&quot; Vol.4, Issue 2, on Iqbal's educational aims and objectives. In the first part the thrust was on the development of an individual self as a Muslim and the second part caters for Iqbal's recommendations on how this individual can be developed as an effective instrument for serving the Islamic society and the Ummah. As mentioned in the first part, Pakistan lacks an education system to match the ideological needs of a Muslim society. The need to revive the grand narrative of the golden age of the Islamic world is currently being felt with great intensity. Iqbal being the ideologue of Pakistan has given us sufficient guidelines to draw our education system on the precepts of Islam. While Iqbal's Persian anthology Asrar-i-Khudi narrates on how to develop an Islamic individual, his second anthology Ramuz-i-Bikhudi deals with how to develop this individual self as an effective member of the Islamic society. In this research qualitative content analysis of Ramuz-i- Bikhudi was carried out under the supervision of a celebrated expert on Iqbal and educational aims, objectives were derived for this purpose. It is sufficient to note that at the end of this anthology, Iqbal vows that his recommendations comply completely with the teachings of the holy Qur'an. The end objective of Iqbal was to prepare an individual who is an effective human being. [To view Part I of the series, &quot;Iqbal's Inferences from the Qur'an: Objectives of Education for Developing the Individual Self,&quot; see EJ1161484.]
Finland Phenomenon: A Paradigm Shift in Educational Practices in an Islamic School
Author: Imam, Seema A.
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Practices,Islam,Religious Education,Best Practices,Foreign Countries,Academic Achievement,College Faculty,Travel,Books,Clubs,Educational Change,Social Values,Teacher Education Programs,Teaching Methods,Instructional Innovation,Play,Teacher Collaboration,Outdoor Education,Cooperative Learning,Muslims

The world has been discussing the Finnish educational system for over a decade now. This paradigm shift in education in Finland has brought about tremendous changes that the world is discussing. To find out how Finland has reached such a high level of student achievement, Principal Mussarut Jabeen, who had long planned to visit Finland, and Dr. Seema Imam, professor at National Louis University, participated in a book study and tour of Finland to experience firsthand their educational system. Members of the book club visited the Department of Education, university teacher education programs, and numerous schools in three cities. This paper discusses an Islamic school's efforts toward a paradigm shift in education. It takes a look at Finland's societal values and their best practices, many of which can be implemented in Islamic schools.
British University Border Control: Institutionalization and Resistance to Racialized Capitalism/Neoliberalism
Author: Dear, Lou
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Neoliberalism,Student Recruitment,Foreign Countries,Educational History,Universities,Legislation,Immigration,Foreign Students,Access to Education,Immigrants,Political Attitudes,Educational Policy,Policy Analysis,Government School Relationship,Police School Relationship,Foreign Policy,Racial Bias,Social Systems,Higher Education,Novels,Prevention,Terrorism,Public Policy

This article will chart the history of the university in Britain as a site of border control. It will then describe the future of the university via narrative and dystopian sci-fi. Before numerous independence declarations, the borders of Britain's Empire were vast and fluid. The British Nationality Act of 1948 afforded hundreds of millions of subjects the right to live and work in the UK without a visa. Subsequent immigration acts (1968 and 1972) restricted access and eliminated the distinction between Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth citizens. The &quot;studia generalia&quot; of twelfth-century Europe was characterized by nomadic scholars who would travel extensively to form ad hoc communities around scholars and locations. Thus the Eurocentric tradition of university education is mobile across borders. The &quot;international student&quot; is a modern phenomenon. There is a history of state spying, recruitment and surveillance in universities. But the co-option of the university as a disciplinary apparatus of state border control occurred after mass migration. The university has morphed into a soft border. Thomas Docherty, in &quot;For the University: Democracy and the Future of the Institution&quot; (2011), suggests that the Conservative Government under Thatcher created a culture of mistrust in the academy in order to justify spending cuts and increase government control. The soft border has advanced into our classrooms; academics enact border control by taking attendance registers linked to T4 visa enforcement. The surveillance of student's speech, writing and thought is prescribed by &quot;Prevent&quot; legislation. The article will conclude by looking at futurist narrative accounts of the university as a disciplinary agent of state control, such as Roberto Bolaño's &quot;2666,&quot; in which the university and the police force are unified. The article will outline the historical specificity of the British case, but the theoretical and literary analysis will involve comparative work, particularly in Britain's former settler colonies.