ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Opportunities of Contemporary Society in the Organization and Use of Childrens' Leisure Time
Author: Bajrami, Teuta Jusufi
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leisure Time,Social Change,Time Management,Child Development,Talent Development,Urban Schools,Rural Schools,Comparative Analysis,Elementary School Students,Surveys,Measures (Individuals),Cultural Activities,Teacher Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Foreign Countries

The rapid development undertaken in science, technique and technology, has strongly influenced the radical change of the pace of human existence, and therefore as a very important part in the everyday life of society along with mandatory time is regarded leisure time, also. Given the fact that free time as a pedagogical and sociological issue is of interest to pupils or children, it requires planning, organization and meaningful use. Therefore, special attention should be taken regarding the content, purpose and duties of leisure time activities. For the organization and quality use of leisure time, of great importance are the conditions or opportunities offered to children by society and the environment where they live, grow and develop. The organization and use of leisure time has different, diverse forms, but we should be careful that children rationally and in a positive manner use leisure time, in order to acquire and develop their talent and cultural trends. The management of pupils' leisure time is a serious pedagogical, sociological and social problem, because the same pupils that are now found in school desks are those pupils that in the near future will be the protagonists of society, so accordingly to how pupils are today, is their reflection of the future. Therefore, I regard as reasonable to observe, analyze and infer how elementary school children today spend their leisure time. In order to achieve the expected results and to further compare the organization and leisure time spent between children/pupils (urban and rural ones) in the research we have included both urban and rural primary schools. The subject of our research was to study the organization and use of leisure time by children and also the opportunities made available to children from the social circle for the organization of leisure time. The aim of our research was to verify how children, particularly primary school pupils organize and use leisure time. Do they have special and adequate places, offered to them by the environment where they live, grow and develop in order to perfect their talents and abilities or not? Therefore, we posed the hypothesis: &quot;Children, pupils do not organize and properly use their free time&quot;. Our research has a theoretical and empirical character and the following instruments were used: survey and evaluation scale. The research included parents, children and teachers of the both city and village. The results obtained from the research clearly indicate that parents, schools and municipalities as state institutions should pay even more attention to this issue. This will enable children/pupils to organize and more rationally use their leisure time.
Test Anxiety &amp; Its Relation to Perceived Academic Self-Efficacy among Al Hussein Bin Talal University Students
Author: sa'ad alzboon, Habis
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Test Anxiety,Self Efficacy,Statistical Significance,Gender Differences,Instructional Program Divisions,Correlation

This study aimed to identify the degree of perceived academic self-efficacy and the relationship nature between test anxiety and perceived academic self-efficacy among students of Al Hussein Bin Talal University (AHU). Moreover, to identify the degree of available statistical significance differences that are attributed to gender, college and academic year in test anxiety and perceived academic self-efficacy For the purpose of achieving the study goals, two scales questionnaire were developed; one to measure test anxiety and another one to detect the perceived academic self-efficacy degree among the study sample. The study sample consisted of 354 students, who were selected randomly, from different colleges in (AHU). The result of study showed that test anxiety and perceived academic self-efficacy among the respective university students was medium. Whilst differences of statistical significance were detected in test anxiety, in favor of female students, Moreover, there were differences of statistical significance in test anxiety attributed to academic year variable, in the favor of the students in their first academic year compared with the second, third and forth years. In addition, were differences of statistical significance in test anxiety attributed to academic year variable in the favor of the second year, compared with those of the third &amp; fourth academic years. On the other hand, there were differences of statistical significance in the perceived academic self-efficacy attributed to gender variable, in the favor of female students. Also differences of statistical significance were detected in the perceived academic self-efficacy which is attributed to year variable, in the favor of higher academic years compared with the lower academic years.
The Analysis of Factors and Levels Associated with Lecturers' Motivation and Job Satisfaction in University of Rwanda
Author: Munyengabe, Sylvestre
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Teacher Attitudes,Job Satisfaction,Teacher Motivation,Teacher Salaries,Classroom Environment,Teaching Conditions,Rewards,Faculty Workload,Stress Variables,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Case Studies,Internet,Questionnaires,Incentives,Faculty Promotion,Social Influences,Peer Relationship,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries,Content Validity

It is difficult to expect good performance of students in universities without having a motivated lecturing staff. The study aimed to correlate the levels of lecturers' motivation and job satisfaction and find out factors associated with. A cross-sectional study was conducted between February and April 2016. Structured online questionnaires of the content validity index of 0.9625 for Lecturers' motivation and job satisfaction were used for data collection. Seventy Lecturers from university of Rwanda participated in study. Collected data were organized and encoded into computer using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) 19th version. Frequencies, percentages, means and Pearson' Linear Correlation Coefficient were used to analyze data. Means were interpreted as poor, fair, satisfactory and very satisfactory. Lecturers' motivation was fair and firstly affected by salary, classroom environment, incentives &amp;promotions, code of conduct, social factors and cheer love of career. Job satisfaction was fair and highly affected by working conditions, financial rewards, workload and stress level, relation with supervisors, opportunity for advancement and respect co-workers. The correlation between levels of lecturers' motivation and job satisfaction was significant with positive relationship of 82.1%. Lecturers' Motivation and Job satisfaction were found to be low; all analyzed factors would be taken into consideration.
Longitudinal Comparative Study: Females' vs. Males' Graduation Outcomes in Undergraduate Engineering
Author: Madara, Diana Starovoytova
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Study,Bachelors Degrees,Engineering Education,Academic Degrees,Gender Differences,Student Characteristics,Institutional Characteristics,Probability,Graduation Rate,Comparative Analysis,Statistical Analysis

Increasing postsecondary enrolments, reducing university drop-outs, while, simultaneously, boosting graduation rates, is a worldwide dilemma, currently challenging any university and any educational system. One of the most pressing issues facing universities, however, is the number of students, who fail to graduate. The literature survey on gender differences in scholastic performance indicates mixed results. The outcome of &quot;degrees awarded&quot; is a commonly used indicator in assessing the efficacy and effectiveness of engineering programs. This study conducted a comparative examination of undergraduate &quot;degrees awarded&quot; to females and males, for the period between 2003 and 2014, over five undergraduate engineering programs at School of Engineering (SOE), Moi University (MU). The analysis is based not only on graduation numbers, but on deeper differentiation in terms of six types of graduation outcomes (degree classification). In addition, the study attempted to determine whether there are significant gender differences in graduation types and rates, among undergraduate students at SOE, MU. This study also reviewed the individual and institutional level factors, that jointly predict students' likelihood of completing a bachelor's degree in engineering. This article is an account from a larger gender related study based on SOE, MU. Major finding of the study is that, female undergraduate engineering students performed as well as, and in some instances, even better, than their male counterparts. The study recommended several areas for further research, as well as, specific recommendations (departmental and school level) as to how to increase graduation rates.
The Analysis of the &quot;Play, Dance and Music&quot; Course in the Department of Music Education in Turkey
Author: Sakin, Ajda Senol
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Music Education,College Faculty,Undergraduate Students,Play,Dance,Course Evaluation,Program Effectiveness,Teacher Qualifications

This study analyses the Play, Dance, and Music course which is located in the seventh semester Music Teaching Undergraduate program prepared by the Council of Higher Education. The aims of the study are to give information about the aim, scope, and the process of the Play, Dance, and Music course, which takes part in the Department of Music Education in Turkey and also to make suggestions to students and instructors of the course for more efficient processing; by analyzing the course as nounal and definitional.
Organizational Problems of Nutrition in the Context of Modernization of Education
Author: Platonovaa, Raisa I.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Improvement,Nutrition,Food Service,Foreign Countries,Health Promotion,Dining Facilities,Literature Reviews,Lunch Programs

The realization of the project of regional educational systems' modernization was started in 2011. The main goal of the project is to achieve systemic positive changes in the school education, improving of learning conditions, increasing of openness, availability, efficiency of General education, introduction of modern educational technologies. In this regard, the study of organizational problems of school nutrition as an important condition to improve the quality of educational services in the schools is particularly important. The purpose of the study: the study and analysis of scientific and theoretical literature on the problem of the quality of school meals' organization in the system of General education. Methods of the study: analysis and interpretation of scientists' studies--researchers in different fields of science on the basis of theoretical methods. The study results: the social importance of school meals in the modern system of General education is revealed, the basic problems of organization of school nutrition and the conditions that influence the improvement of its quality, availability and security are defined. Practical significance: the results of the study will be useful for specialists interested in the issues of modernization of General education in Russia, organization of school meals, leaders of educational organizations.
Modern Requirements to Preparation of Professional and Pedagogical Personnel
Author: Zyryanova, Natalya I.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Professional Personnel,Foreign Countries,Professional Education,Program Implementation,Vocational Education,Vocational Education Teachers,Standards

The relevance of the researched problem is caused by the need of providing the educational organizations of the system of professional education with specialists in projecting and implementation of educational programs of training of workers and specialists of a middle link, and formation of a personnel resource for innovative productions. The purpose of the presented article consists in consideration of the discrepancies arising while introduction of the professional standard &quot;Teacher of Vocational Training, Vocational Education and Further Vocational Education&quot; and changes revelation of a pedagogical personnel which are necessary for improvement of preparation quality. The leading approach to the research of this problem is the system-based approach which allows us to reveal the discrepancies arising by the comparison of the professional standard and educational programs that are developed taking into account requirements of the educational standard for the direction of preparation Vocational Training (branch-wise). According to the analysis results, the option of adjustment of educational programs for the direction of preparation Vocational Training (branch-wise) is offered; it promotes improvement of preparation quality of pedagogical personnel for the system of professional education and further vocational education, and also the corporate educational organizations and innovative productions. The materials of the publication can be useful to heads of educational organizations while forming the personnel potential in educational institutions.
Management of Teacher Scientific-Methodical Work in Vocational Educational Institutions on the Basis of Project-Target Approach
Author: Shakuto, Elena A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scientific Methodology,Vocational Education,Foreign Countries,Professional Development,Teacher Education Programs,Teacher Competencies,Professional Education,Scientific Research,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Teaching Methods

The relevance of the subject under analysis is determined by the lack of theoretical development of the problem of management of teacher scientific-methodical work in vocational educational institutions based upon innovative approaches in the framework of project paradigm. The purpose of the article is to develop and test a science-based structural-functional model of management of teacher scientific-methodical work on the basis of project-target approach. The primary method of study is modeling, which allows to consider the problem as a process of purposeful obtaining skills by teachers of secondary vocational educational institutions to conduct scientific-methodical work on the basis of project-target approach. The article presents a structural-functional model of management of teacher scientific-methodical work. The model comprises a series of components: target, methodological, content, organizational and procedural, evaluation-resultative. The article also suggests a complex of organizational-pedagogical conditions for management of teacher scientific-methodical work on the basis of project-target approach: developing and organizing a management system of teacher scientific-methodical work; building a purposeful teachers' motivation for scientific-methodical work in the context of changing socio-economic conditions; organizing a system of teachers' professional development in the field of scientific-methodical work on the basis of project-target approach. The content of the article can be used by Heads of vocational educational organizations, Deputy heads who control methodical work in educational organizations, heads of teacher training programs, as well as college and university teachers in their training students of higher and secondary vocational education.
Legal Nature and Functions of Referendum in Constitutional Law Theory
Author: Kucherenko, Petr A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Constitutional Law,Theories,Foreign Countries,Developed Nations,Democracy,Comparative Analysis

The relevance of the study of the legal nature and functions of the referendum is conditioned by the increasing dynamics of development of direct democracy in the developed countries and the needs to legalize it in constitutional and legal norms to ensure stability in society. The purpose of this paper is to define the legal nature of the referendum in the context of the theory of constitutional law. The research methodology is built on the comparison of institutional and instrumental features of the referendum. The materials of the legal practice of the Federal countries of Western Europe are investigated, having a tradition of direct democracy and the practice of its legislative regulation. The basis of the study is constitutional norms about the referendum of the Constitution of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, as well as quantitative data on referenda in those countries. In the result of the study of the legal nature of the referendum the evident instrumental purposes of direct democracy are justified: legitimation, restraint, institution, self-government and political arbitration. Also a conclusion is made about the instrumental function of the referendum in modern Federal countries of Western Europe. The obtained results of the study are important in theoretical terms--for the development of the definition of a referendum, understanding of its legal nature and functions, and in practical terms - for legislative activities and public discussions about ways of development of democracy in certain public conditions.
Do Kenyan Set Book Novel Kidagaa Kimemwozea Advance Environmental Education?
Author: Magothe, Stephen Njangiru
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Weather,Climate,Change,Environmental Education,Pollution,Wildlife,Diseases,Natural Disasters,Novels,African Languages,Foreign Countries,Water Quality,Teaching Methods,Content Analysis,Adolescent Literature,Secondary School Students,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Illustrations

Environmental protection is a sensitive issue in the world today. Erratic weather changes have been witnessed in many parts world including Kenya. Indeed, scholars and critics have argued that human beings are a major contributing factor to destruction of nature through industrialization, farming activities, transport, deforestation, wildlife attacks, and destruction of wetlands, unplanned rubbish dumping and pollution. Environmental protection as a problem is real and has dire consequences such as global warming, soil erosion, floods, reduction in wetlands, drought, pollution, human wildlife conflict, diseases and illnesses, food insecurity, unsafe drinking water, desertification among other threats. In underdeveloped countries like Kenya the consequences are devastating. It's because of this global reality that the researcher sought to establish whether environmental education is advanced in &quot;Kidagaa Kimemwozea&quot;; a Kenyan secondary school Swahili novel set book. The objectives were: To examine the environmental themes in the &quot;Kidagaa Kimemwozea&quot; Swahili novel set book and to evaluate its environmental protection impact on learners. The sampled &quot;Kidagaa Kimemwozea&quot; novel set book was content analyzed in terms of environmental theme illustrations through ordinary words. Moreover, a questionnaire was given to randomly sampled 43 secondary school students to collect their views on how those illustrations impacted on their views on environmental protection.
Investigation of the Impact of the Uniform Colors of Sportsmen Who Participated in Turkish Youth Boxing Championship on Their Performance during the Competition
Author: Gülle, Mahmut
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Color,Athletes,Competition,Video Technology,Clothing,Psychological Patterns,Coding,Statistical Analysis,Documentation,Case Studies,Adolescents,Early Adolescents

The purpose of the present study is to elucidate the relationship between performance impacts of red and blue colors on uniforms of young boxers and competition results. The study universe was consisted of 650 competitions organized in the scope of 2005-2006 Sakarya City Young Men Boxing Championship by the Turkey Boxing Federation. Sampling of the study was constituted by 562 competitions which were selected randomly from the universe. In terms of data collection, video analyses of preliminary selection, semi-final and final competitions were conducted so that x2 test evaluation could be performed for the numbers of wining of sportsmen in blue and red color uniforms based on the competition results. According to the results obtained through this research; when general total result of the competitions and preliminary selection results is considered, it was found that sportsmen in blue uniform are more successful against the ones in red uniform. When semi-final and final competitions were considered, it was found that wearing blue and red color uniforms is not significantly relevant with the competition results of the sportsmen.
Gratefulness as a Life Principle: Essence and Diagnostics
Author: Safronova, Elena M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: World Views,Positive Attitudes,Psychological Patterns,Adolescents,Adolescent Attitudes,Comparative Analysis,Developmental Disabilities,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires

The objective of this paper is to present the results of the study detailing the essence of the &quot;gratefulness&quot; phenomenon as a quintessence of morality in the context of today's world and its values. The methods of the research were theoretical analysis of the works of philosophers, psychologists, philologists, and pedagogues on the structure and essence of the notion &quot;gratefulness&quot; as well as the method of diagnostic experiment. A review of various treatments of gratefulness is suggested, ranging from the &quot;feeling&quot;, &quot;capacity&quot;, &quot;attitude&quot;, &quot;concept&quot; to &quot;indicator&quot;, &quot;prerequisite&quot;, &quot;limiter&quot;, &quot;virtue&quot;, &quot;duty&quot;, &quot;obligation&quot; and so on. An attempt is made to characterize &quot;gratefulness&quot; through description of its components and indices of its formation and a portrait of an adolescent having a high level of its formation is given. A complex of author's diagnostic techniques (in the forms of questionnaire, ranking, essay) worked out on the basis of the theoretical analysis and the current condition of gratefulness formation in adolescents from various types of schools is described. A comparative analysis of gratefulness formation in those schoolchildren who have development disorders and in normally developing ones is given.