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The Historical and Political Contexts That Led to the Educational Reforms in Angola
Author: Quinta, Joana
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Educational History,Politics of Education,Educational Innovation,Context Effect,Government Role,Educational Practices,Educational Policy,Preschool Education,Elementary Secondary Education,Postsecondary Education,Adult Education

Educational reforms in Angola have emerged from changing political contexts in the country's history. The last three stand out: the Veiga Simão reform, which was approved in 1973 (colonial period) but did not come into full force; the 1978 reform (post-independence) coming from the third constitutional revision and the reform begun in 2004 (after national peace) instituted with the publication of Law 13/01, of 13 December. These reforms brought the innovations and measures considered relevant to the necessary changes in the education sector. They aimed to improve the current educational situation and brought guidelines that sought other levels of quality crucial to the country's development. Education being a basic pillar of society, all other sectors have benefited from these reforms, especially the economic, social and cultural ones. The aim of this paper is to show the different historical and political contexts that led to the last three educational reforms in Angola and the consequent changes. In order to achieve this objective, a bibliographical research was carried out, which allowed the authors to know the different contexts of the reforms implemented in education in the country. It is hoped that this paper will contribute to the reflection on how these contexts, with specific outlines, led to the educational reforms in question and cooperated in the necessary educational changes in this African country.
Understanding Toxic Leadership in Higher Education Work Places through Betrayal Trauma Theory
Author: Mahlangu, Vimbi Petrus
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Higher Education,Work Environment,Power Structure,Trust (Psychology),Leadership Styles,Antisocial Behavior,Universities,Foreign Countries,Employee Attitudes,Well Being,Accountability,Moral Values

The paper emanates from the Chancellor's address that I presented on the 5th of March 2019 at the University of South Africa. Betrayal Trauma Theory (BTT) was used as a lens in understanding toxic leadership in work places. BTT focuses on the ways in which toxic behaviour of leaders may violate or negatively affect trust and well-being of employees. Toxic leadership can bring negative consequences to employees' attitudes toward their leaders and organizations' well-being, and work behaviours. Employees are the less powerful individuals in the leader-employee relationship. They are characterized by a power differential and constrained in what they can do in response to unfavourable treatments they receive from their bosses.
Leadership for Family Child Care: The Promise of Staffed Family Child Care Networks. Research Notes
Author: McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Child Care,Family Environment,Networks,Role,Child Caregivers,Supervision,Program Evaluation,Quality Control,Employees

The number of family child care (FCC) providers in the U.S. is declining at an alarming rate. From 2011 to 2017, there was a 35% decrease in FCC homes (National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, 2019). Considering the substantial portion of child care that is represented in home-based child care (HBCC), a heightened level of concern is warranted and more research is needed. One approach for supporting FCC providers is through staffed family child care networks (SFCCNs). Juliet Bromer and Toni Porter recently published Mapping the Family Child Care Network Landscape: Findings from the National Study of Family Child Care Networks (2019). The report provides findings about the organizational characteristics, services offered to family child care providers, staffing and supervision, and evaluation/quality assessment of SFCCNs. This article summarizes the methodology and results from the study and discusses implications of the findings.
Head Start Dosage: Is More Better? Research Notes
Author: McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Preschool Education,Disadvantaged Youth,Intervention,School Readiness,School Schedules,Outcomes of Education,Preschool Children,Attendance,Program Effectiveness

Early educational interventions, such as Head Start, have been widely recognized as an effective way to mitigate the negative effects of poverty on early learning and development (Camilli, Vargas, Ryan, &amp; Barnett, 2010). In the past decade, there has been a strong expansion of early childhood programming, including Head Start and state-funded prekindergarten programs. However, the cost of the programs calls into question the extent to which this expansion can be maintained. A tension exists between serving as many children as possible and providing the most impact with limited economic resources (e.g., Barnett &amp; Hustedt, 2011; Steuerle, Reynolds, &amp; Carasso, 2007), making the study of program design such as length and intensity of programming critical to efforts to serve low-income or at-risk children in the most efficient fashion. This paper reviews two frequently cited studies that looked at Head Start programs, the nation's largest early educational intervention, and examined the impact of one program factor, intervention dosage, on children's school readiness outcomes. In the two studies, program dosage was defined as the amount of services children received, and was measured as the duration of program enrollment (i.e., one year versus two years) and the intensity of the program (i.e., half day versus full day).
Practice-Based Research in Digital Arts: A Case Study of Wat Phumin, Nan Province, Thailand
Author: Pichaichanarong, Tawipas
Date: 2019-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Web Sites,Computer System Design,Coding,Handheld Devices,Painting (Visual Arts),Media Adaptation,Research Methodology,Exhibits,Museums

Thai mural paintings have played a significant role in Thai society since The Sukhothai Kingdom period (1238-1438 AD) until the present. Wattana Boonjub (2009) points out that Mural painting was used for teaching the Thai people in the past. Throughout history, temples have become a crucial part of Thai' lives; for example, Wat Phumin in Nan Province. Wat Phumin has exceptional architecture, beautiful visual presentations of Buddhist storytelling on the walls which depict scenes from the Buddhist Jataka tales, and scenes of everyday life in Nan. These unique characteristics have attracted many visitors to this temple over the years. Also, when those interested visit Wat Phumin, they experience this temple as a Museum. Loïc Tallon et al. (2008) suggests that the museum experience provides an appropriate situation for learning history in an unconventional setting. As a result, previous research titled &quot;Visual Research Practices on Thai Lanna Mural Painting: A Case Study of Wat Phumin, Nan Province&quot; was presented at The 4th International Conference for Asia Pacific Arts Studies (ICAPAS 2016). The results indicated that the information concerning the Lanna mural paintings inside the temples was overwhelming. However, no directions are facilitating Thai and foreign visitors in viewing and understanding at the first episode of storytelling on Lanna mural paintings inside Wat Phumin. Therefore, this research is the result of finding a solution to facilitating visitors in viewing Buddhist Jataka tales through digital arts and digital technology (such as responsive web design, QR codes, etc.) with practice-based design research.
Semi-Structured Problem Posing Abilities of Prospective Primary School Teachers: A Case of Turkey
Author: Sitrava, Reyhan Tekin
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Problem Solving,Mathematics Instruction,Teacher Competencies,Teaching Methods,Elementary School Mathematics,Arithmetic,Word Problems (Mathematics)

The purpose of this case study is to examine the problems that prospective primary school teachers posed related to the basic mathematical operations with whole numbers and to determine their problem posing abilities. The data was collected from seventy-two prospective primary school teachers through the Semi-Structured Problem Posing Questionnaire consisting of two questions. The descriptive analysis approach was used to analyze the data. According to the findings of the study, some prospective primary school teachers posed problems, which are not suitable to the learning outcomes. Additionally, some of them posed problems with lack of information due to having difficulty in analyzing and discovering the mathematical situation in the problem posing situation. On the other hand, the types of solvable problems were join and separate problems, especially, result unknown problems. State differently, prospective teachers had a tendency towards posing easiest and low level problems.
The Middle School Mathematics Teachers&apos; Subject Matter Knowledge: The Context of Division of Fractions
Author: Sitrava, Reyhan Tekin
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Fractions,Division,Problem Solving,Mathematics Skills

In this study, the middle school mathematics teachers' knowledge of division of fractions was investigated through the strategies that they proposed and the problems that they posed for division of fractions. The data was collected from 22 middle school mathematics teachers through the task and semi-structured interviews. The data of this case study was analyzed by content analysis approach. According to the findings, 5 alternative strategies were proposed by 22 teachers to divide fractions. Among these strategies, the most commonly used was invert and multiply strategy and the least are converting fractions into decimal and converting to equation. In relation to the problems that the teachers posed, the findings revealed that more than half of the teachers could not propose appropriate problems. In other words, the teachers had difficulty in generating an appropriate story problem to illustrate division of fractions. These results and implications are discussed and the recommendations are presented in accordance with the findings of the study.
Investigation of Computer/Computer Technology Course Teaching Programs
Author: Karabulut Coskun, Burcu
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Technology,Computer Science Education,Curriculum Implementation,Curriculum Evaluation,Required Courses,Elective Courses,Elementary Education,Secondary Education,Educational Objectives,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study is to examine the conceptual framework of the changes in the curriculums of the Information Technologies course, which was started in 2006 and redeveloped in 2012 and 2018. These three curricula approved and implemented by the Board of Education within the Ministry of National Education in the survey will be examined by taking into account the aims, achievements, educational status and test cases. In the review, content analysis method will be used from qualitative research methods and the results are presented comparatively.
Teachers&apos; Personal and Professional Demographic Characteristics as Predictors of Students&apos; Academic Performance in English
Author: Francisco, April Rose S.
Date: 2020-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Characteristics,Language Teachers,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Academic Achievement,High School Students,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries,Language of Instruction

This study aimed at investigating the effects of teachers' personal and professional demographic characteristics on students' academic performance in English. To achieve this aim, the researcher used a sample of 37 English secondary teachers and 400 students in the District of Plaridel, Schools Division Office of Bulacan during the academic year 2018-2019. The researcher used the descriptive-correlational method of research, which used a researcher-made questionnaire as the primary data gathering technique. The results of the regression analysis show that the eight (8) variables of the personal demographic characteristics and the four (4) variables of the professional demographic characteristics affect students' academic performance in English to a various extent as shown by the non-zero coefficients. Results of the analysis of variance of the regression of personal and professional demographic characteristics on students' academic performance revealed an F value of 0.955 with a p-value of 0.490 and an F-value of 1.197 with a p-value of 0.331. Since the associated probability of the F-value is higher than alpha (0.05), the null hypothesis has to be sustained. This means that all variables of the personal and professional demographic characteristics do not exert significant effects on students' academic performance in English. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations were offered.
The Study of the Effects of Father Training Program on the Father Child Relations
Author: Uzun, Halil
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Fathers,Parent Education,Parent Child Relationship,Preschool Children,Program Effectiveness,Child Development,Child Rearing,Foreign Countries

In this study it was aimed to reveal impact of the Father Training Program applied to the fathers with children attending the Pre-school education on the father-child relations. The father of the children who were showing a normal developmental phase attending the kindergartens run by the Ministry of National Education in the centre of Kilis Province in Turkey have been included in this study (40 experimental and 40 control, totally 80 fathers). The study was conducted in experimental design with pre-test, post-test-retentivity control group. The fathers in experimental group received the Father Training Program once a week for twelve weeks. The fathers in control group were not given any training program at all. In the study, the scale called &quot;The Scale for Parents-Child Relations--Father Form&quot; adapted into Turkish by Uzun and Baran was used. Covariant analysis with one factor (ANCOVA) and t test are used to analyse the data. After the study, as a result of the educational program given, it was observed that there is statistically significant differences between the father's level of relations with their children in experimental group and the fathers in control group (p&lt;0.01). It is seen that the difference between average point of the pre-test-post-test-retentivity of the fathers in experimental group (p&gt;0.01) is insignificant and that the effects of Father Training Program is still going on
How Organizational Minorities Form and Use Social Ties: Evidence from Teachers in Majority-White and Majority-Black Schools
Author: Nelson, Jennifer L.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: White Teachers,African American Teachers,Social Networks,Social Capital,Racial Composition,Institutional Characteristics,Resources,Interprofessional Relationship,School Administration,Administrative Organization,High Schools,High School Teachers

This paper draws on 11 months of multi-site ethnographic fieldwork and 103 interviews to investigate how teachers in school faculty of varying racial compositions form and use their social ties to secure professional, political, and emotional resources at work. Findings show that in general, white teachers in the numerical minority in their schools secured all resource types through their same-race ties, while black teachers in the numerical minority secured primarily emotional resources from theirs. Given these observed differences, I show how the form and use of the two minority groups' social ties stem in large part from distinctive organizational practices. In turn, the tie differences can account for differences in social integration and resource access in the organization. The data allow for comparisons to patterns among majority groups. [This is the pre-publication draft of a paper published in the &quot;American Journal of Sociology&quot; v125 n2 p382-430 2019.]
Opinions of Academicians on the Concept of Social Gender Role
Author: Faiz, Melike
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Sex Role,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Social Bias,Gender Bias,Equal Opportunities (Jobs),Occupations,Administrators,Promotion (Occupational),Family Environment,Gender Differences

The study was conducted to determine academicians' perceptions of and views on social gender roles. In this research, the phenomenology design, one of the qualitative research models, was used. The study group were the academicians who were working in universities located in various provinces in Turkey and who were volunteer to participate in the research. In the study, purposive sample type from non-random sample types were utilized. In this research, five questions about gender were asked to the academicians as a means of data collection. The questions were prepared with Google Docs and collected via e-mail and Facebook. The study group consisted of 71 academicians in total. The collected documents formed the main data source of the research. The data obtained in the research were analyzed by content analysis. The results from this study can be listed as follows: 49 academicians said that there was social inequality in the family and 22 academicians said that there was no difference. 31 academician stated that gender was an influencing factor in getting a job, 15 academicians stated that gender was not an influencing factor in getting a job and 25 academicians said that this situation would change according to profession and organization. 45 academicians stated that gender was an influencing factor in being selected as a manager, 17 academicians said that it was not an influencing factor in being selected as a manager, 9 academicians stated that this would change depending on the situation. 24 academicians pointed out that gender was an influencing factor in professional promotion, 39 scholars believed that it was not an influencing factor in this and 8 academicians stated that this would change depending on the situation. 56 academics stated that gender was an influencing factor in choosing a profession, 10 academicians stated that it was not an influencing factor and 5 academicians said that this would change depending on the situation.
The Global Social Responsibility Levels of the Prospective Social Studies Teachers
Author: Faiz, Melike
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Responsibility,Preservice Teachers,Social Studies,Correlation,Altruism,Ecology,Foreign Countries,Scores,Gender Differences,Instructional Program Divisions

The purpose of the study is to measure the social studies teacher candidates' level of social responsibility. In this regard, it has been tried to determine the levels of teacher candidates in terms of the variables of gender, class level, parental education level and number of siblings. The study was designed as a mixed method study. The quantitative part was conducted with survey model and the qualitative part was done with case study. The sampling of the quantitative part included 283 teacher candidates and the sampling of the qualitative part had 8 teacher candidates. Teacher candidates were selected at the level of each grade. The purposive sampling type has been utilized as the sampling type. According to the simple correlation test between the dimensions, there was a positive low level of correlation between ecological responsibility dimension and action-oriented responsibility; a positive medium level of correlation between ecological responsibility and altruist responsibility; a positive low level of correlation between ecological responsibility and national responsibility dimensions. There was a positive medium level of correlation between action-oriented responsibility and altruist responsibility. Moreover, there was a low level of correlation between altruist responsibility and national responsibility dimensions.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on SARS-CoV-2 among the Young Indian Residents during Lockdown Due to SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak--A Cross Sectional Survey
Author: Karibeeran, Sathyamurthi
Date: 2020-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Knowledge Level,COVID-19,Pandemics,Health Behavior,Disease Control,Adolescents,Young Adults,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Prevention,Attitudes,Hygiene,Sanitation,Individual Characteristics,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Marital Status,Educational Attainment,Occupations,Family Structure,Place of Residence

Youth is a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood's independence and awareness of our interdependence as members of a community. National Youth Policy (2014) pointed out youth as the age group of 15-29 years, which constitutes 27.5 percents of population. Young people are healthy, more than that 1.8 million young people aged 15 to 24 die each year, mostly due to preventable causes. SARS-CoV-2 is a highly infectious disease identified first in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Initiating from China, novel Corona moved towards east and then crossed to west showing its tyrannical face in each country. Almost eighty percent of the nation in this globe had been deadly affected and locked down was declared almost ninety percent of the nations by the novel corona. Human beings are striving hard to overcome the strange corona virus. The curative medicines have not produced till now the only way is to preventive measures. India has been locked down for more than a month due to the spread of corona virus.. The study aims in understanding the extent of awareness on SARS-CoV-2 among Indian youth residents of 15 to 35 years age through a cross sectional survey. A self-developed online KAP questionnaire was completed by the participants. The knowledge questionnaire consisted of 12 questions regarding the clinical characteristics and prevention of COVID-19. Assessments on residents' attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 included questions on confidence in winning the battle against COVID-19 and wearing masks when going out in recent days. The KAP was classified as three levels such as high, moderate and low level. The study covers about 8338 samples residing in India. The study shows that about the participants are moderate to high level of awareness about SARS-CoV-2. The knowledge about the spread of the corona virus has an impact on practicing the preventive measures against SARS-CoV-2.