ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Challenges to Women's Participation in Senior Administrative Positions in Iranian Higher Education
Author: Mohajeri, Bahieh
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Females,Womens Education,Women Administrators,Administrator Attitudes,Semi Structured Interviews,Barriers,Social Influences,Personality Traits,Family Work Relationship,Self Esteem,Work Environment,Interpersonal Relationship,Cultural Influences,Sex Stereotypes,Sex Role,Social Attitudes,Social Bias,Qualitative Research

In the last three decades, growth in the education of women in Iran has led to a significant increase in demand for women professionals and administrators in Iranian universities. However, the path to the top is not easy and numerous challenges must still be overcome. This study explored the challenges of women's participation in senior administrative positions from the perspective of Iranian women administrators in higher education. Data were collected based on semi-structured interviews with 20 women academician in administrative positions. Thematic analysis was conducted to examine the themes that emerged to represent their experience and perspective. The findings indicated that challenges ranged from organizational to societal and individual factors. Individual factors were related to personality traits such as work-family balance issues and a lack of self-confidence. At the organizational levels, difficult relationships at work and the old boys' network, and organizational practices were perceived to be a hindrance, while at the societal level, gender role stereotypes and social attitudes towards women were viewed as key challenges to the participation of women in senior administrative positions. The implication for women who aspire to the top position of organizations is that they should be aware of and understand the visible and invisible challenges in relation to their career advancement.
Improving High-Level Thinking Skills by Development of Learning PBL Approach on the Learning Mathematics for Senior High School Students
Author: Surya, Edy
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Mathematics Instruction,Pretests Posttests,High School Students,Models,Teaching Guides,Textbooks,Foreign Countries,Observation,Questionnaires,Interviews,Problem Based Learning,Problem Solving,Instructional Effectiveness,Thinking Skills,Student Attitudes

This study aims to improve the ability of high-level thinking by developing learning models based on problems in senior high school students. The type study is research development. The subject of dissemination consists in 3 district/city in North Sumatera, namely: SMK Negeri 6 Medan, MAN Deli Serdang Distric and SMA Yapim Taruna Langkat Distric, SMA YPK Medan City. Instrument of Collecting data used are observation guidelines, questionnaires, interview guides, students mathematics text books for 11th grade in Senior high school, Teacher's guide book, instrument of pre-test and post-test. Development of model is adopted from Thiagarajan's model and Semmel &amp; Semmel's model. This study has compiled teaching materials in the form of textbooks for students' and teacher's guide book that includes the structured steps of solving mathematical problems based on problem solving which can construct high-level thinking. Results of dissemination showed a significant improvement of students' problem solving ability in three districts/cities in North Sumatra at four schools.
Virtual Reality (VR) as a Source for Self-Efficacy in Teacher Training
Author: Nissim, Yonit
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Skill Development,Self Efficacy,Interests,Creativity,Cooperative Learning,Virtual Classrooms,Social Integration,Student Participation,Hypothesis Testing,Outcomes of Education,Qualitative Research

The current study sought to explore the experiences of pre-service student teachers in a teaching unit in VR within a special course framework which was intended to enhance student-teacher's 21st century skills and growth processes. In particular, how their experiences working with VR affected their self-efficacy. The research population comprised of 176 students studying in their second of a four years training course to become teachers in the K-12 educational system. The main research question was: Do teaching approaches employing VR effect student teachers' self-efficacy, interests, and creativity? If so, what are these effects? How does collaboration in VR classroom foster learners' social integration? The main findings of this study showed that using VR learning environments with student teachers helped them increase their self-efficacy and allowed them to be more innovative and creative. VR challenges learners with active teaching and learning, making student teachers active participants who create and innovate.
Evaluation Study Effect of Allowances and Job Creativity--The Performance of the Teacher in Secondary Vocational School Province of East Nusa Tenggara
Author: Parsa, I. Made
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Effectiveness,Secondary School Teachers,Vocational Education Teachers,Creativity,Correlation,Teacher Salaries,Compensation (Remuneration),Path Analysis,Statistical Analysis

This research aims to know the influence of the allowances and the creativity of work on the performance of Secondary Vocational School teacher (SMK) in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara (Province NTT). Implementation of the survey method, i.e. to know the obvious problems with the picture of samples in field. The sample selected by random sampling technique of 4 County and 1 City in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara (Province NTT). The instruments used in this study is a questionnaire about: benefits, Working and performance and teacher creativity, who each totaled 30 items and 25 reserved. The obtained data were analyzed using path analysis. The study found the following results: 1). Evaluation of the Allowances received by SMK teachers in NTT province did not give a positive direct effect on teacher performance, this is shown from the correlation coefficient between the allowance received by the teacher and the teacher's performance of -0.013 and the path coefficient of -0.08. This can be interpreted that the high performance of a vocational school teacher in NTT Province is not influenced by the size of the allowance received by the teacher, 2). The evaluation of creativity gives a positive direct effect on the performance of SMK teachers in NTT Province, this is shown from the correlation coefficient between work creativity with teacher performance of 0.390 and the path coefficient of 0.403. This means that the higher the creativity of work the higher the performance, and conversely the lower the creativity of work, the lower the performance, and 3). Allowances received by SMK teachers in NTT Province give positive indirect effect on teacher performance through work creativity, this is shown from correlation coefficient between allowance received by teacher with teacher performance equal to -0.013 and path coefficient equal to -0.08 and correlation coefficient Between creativity of work with teacher performance equal to 0.390 and path coefficient 0.403. The coefficient of combined path (indirectly) is 0.067; Meaning the higher the allowance received by the teacher indirectly through the creativity of the work the higher the performance of the teacher. The research concluded that the allowances do not affect work directly against the performance of teachers. Affect the work will support the work of teachers' creativity that would have an impact on performance, The teacher SMK in Province NTT. Therefore allowances work gives an indirect influence on performance through increased teacher creativity works.
An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students' Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching
Author: Gökçe, Semirhan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Mathematics Education,Elementary School Mathematics,Mathematics Skills,Programming,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Computer Literacy,Theory Practice Relationship,Programming Languages,Computer Oriented Programs,Pretests Posttests,Thinking Skills,Problem Solving,Critical Thinking,Metacognition,Holistic Approach,Learning Processes,Likert Scales,Measures (Individuals),Scores,Content Analysis,Semi Structured Interviews,Questionnaires,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis

Recent developments in technology have changed the learner's profile and the learning outcomes. Today, with the emergence of higher-order thinking skills and computer literacy skills, teaching through traditional methods is likely to fail to achieve the learning outcomes. That is why; teachers and teacher candidates are expected to have computer literacy skills. Programming is the main focus of this study since it is an important part of computer literacy. The study aims to analyze mathematics education students' skills in the process of programming and their practices of integrating it into their teaching. The participants of the study are 42 third grade students of an Elementary Mathematics Education Program of a state university in Turkey. Within the study in which theory and practice was carried out simultaneously, the participants were taught the basics of programming and the algorithms with C programming language. The teacher candidates put the theoretical knowledge into practice using the visual programming application by MIT App Inventor at the computer laboratory. In addition, they used the MIT App Inventor visual programming environment to develop programs they will use in teaching mathematics in groups. Given the component of teaching of programming during this process, it is considered that the process of teaching in question will be effective in planning the teaching process of future studies. The reason is that not only it analyses the development of the variables used in this study but also because it takes into consideration the opinions of teacher candidates.
Examining the Relationship between Teachers' Individual Innovativeness and Professionalism
Author: Parlar, Hanifi
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Elementary School Teachers,Middle School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Characteristics,Foreign Countries,Instructional Innovation,Measures (Individuals),Factor Analysis,Professional Identity,Teacher Behavior,Teacher Attitudes,Statistical Analysis

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between teachers' individual innovativeness and their teacher professionalism. The participants were 567 teachers working in elementary, middle and high schools located across Istanbul. The data were gathered through the &quot;Individual Innovativeness Scale&quot; and the &quot;Teacher Professionalism Scale&quot;. In data analysis, arithmetic means and Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Analysis were used. The results of the study showed that the teachers' characteristics of individual innovativeness fell into the group of early majority. The teachers' innovativeness was found to be at the highest level in the dimension of openness to experience. There was a weak positive relationship between the individual innovativeness characteristics of openness to experience and opinion-leading, and teacher professionalism, which was significant.
University for All Programs (ProUni): Engagement, Satisfaction, and Employability
Author: Felicetti, Vera Lucia
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scholarships,Affirmative Action,Minority Group Students,Access to Education,Low Income Students,Employment Potential,Learner Engagement,Questionnaires,Graduate Surveys,Age Differences,Racial Differences,Job Satisfaction,College Graduates,College Outcomes Assessment,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

A training at Higher Education level needs, in addition to improve the skills specific in the area chosen, to develop a set of skills and/or personal attributes that make him or her more likely to succeed in the profession. In this context, this paper was developed and has the objective to identify the relationships between engagement, satisfaction, and employability of students who completed the university as University for All Program (ProUni) scholarship. This target group of students was chosen because of the importance of ProUni for the Advancement of Education policies of affirmative actions in Brazil. The ProUni gives scholarships to students from minority (underrepresented) groups to study at private universities, through the National Secondary Education Exam--ENEM (Brasil, 2005). Among these groups are students who attend public high schools (a proxy for lower social class), low-income students, African Brazilian students, Indigenous Brazilian students, students with disabilities, and not graduated teachers that work in public elementary and secondary schools. The research involved 198 ProUni graduates invited to answer an online questionnaire. There were 134 respondents, 123 (91.8%) were working since we were interested in employment, only these participants were included in the analysis. The results suggest that employability consolidates and reflects in the conquest of labor activity, as well as in graduate satisfaction with their training and job. These results are indicative of the engagement of the student with their learning, therefore with their graduate degree.
Why Do College Students Cheat? A Structural Equation Modeling Validation of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Author: AL-Dossary, Saeed Abdullah
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cheating,Student Behavior,Structural Equation Models,Behavior Theories,High School Students,Undergraduate Students,Predictor Variables,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Intention,Likert Scales,Moral Values,Incidence,Self Control,Multivariate Analysis

Cheating on tests is a serious problem in education. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a modified form of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict cheating behavior among a sample of Saudi university students. This study also sought to test the influence of cheating in high school on cheating in college within the framework of the TPB. Analyses were conducted on a sample of 322 undergraduate students using structural equation modeling. The results were consistent with the TPB model's predictions. The TPB model explained a modest variance in cheating in college. When cheating in high school added to the model, the proportion of explained variance increased and cheating in high school was the best predictor of cheating in college. Although not hypothesized by the TPB, subjective norm had a direct effect on attitude.
The Effect of Teacher's Ability and Student's Attitude on the Subject of Craft and Entrepreneurship to the Development of Entrepreneurship Spirit in the Implementation of Authentic Problem Based Learning
Author: Munawaroh
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Entrepreneurship,Problem Based Learning,Teaching Methods,Statistical Analysis,Correlation,Teacher Student Relationship,Vocational High Schools,High School Students,Secondary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Multiple Regression Analysis,Teaching Skills,Finance Occupations,Accounting,Majors (Students)

Vocational high school must change student's mind set in order to be sure that they become entrepreneurs who will be better and nobler than become employees. This research aimed to determine the effect of teacher's ability in practicing the method of Authentic Problem Based Learning (APBL) and student's attitude to the development of entrepreneurship spirit based on the result of data processing that was obtained that teacher's ability in practicing the method of APBL significantly influenced the development of student's entrepreneurship spirit with coefficient as big as 0.366. Student's attitude influenced to the development of entrepreneurship spirit, with the coefficient as big as 0.179. R[superscript 2] as big as 0.208 it meant that the development of student's entrepreneurship spirit could be explained by teacher's ability variable in practicing the method of APBL and student's attitude as big as 20.8% whereas the rest was influenced by another variable which was not entered in this research.
How Can Corporations Contribute to the Community through Environmental Education?: Focusing on Partnerships between Corporations and Universities in Korea
Author: Ju, Eunjeong
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Corporations,School Business Relationship,Partnerships in Education,Foreign Countries,Environmental Education,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Feedback (Response),Social Responsibility,Interviews,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Program Descriptions,Measures (Individuals),Elementary School Students,Elementary School Teachers

The goal of this study was twofold: first, to determine the effectiveness of providing environmental education in collaboration between a company and a university, and, second, to describe perspective that the environmental education community has developed through close communication with stakeholders in environmental education. For the study, we observed the &quot;Green Keeper&quot; project's collaborative progress and collected various quantitative and qualitative data on the project for three years. Participating students' knowledge of and concern for the environment significantly increased after participation in the project (p&lt;0.01). We discerned that changes in the children spread to the community as well. Green Keeper project participant satisfaction ranged from 3.52-4.32 over three years, indicating a consistently high level. Satisfaction rose each year because the project steadily evolved through collaboration between the university and the company with additional feedback from the community. This project found several advantages to collaborative environmental education, such as effective community environmental education, encouraging environmental education in schools, and investment in the future of the company.
Developing a Model of Educators' Professional Training Special for Remote Areas through the Implementation of Lesson Study
Author: Fauziyah, Nur
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Rural Areas,Faculty Development,Program Implementation,Models,Professional Education,Program Development,Research and Development,Design Requirements,Cultural Relevance,Place Based Education,Educational Resources,Foreign Countries,Observation,Interviews

This study is an R &amp; D (Research and Development) project which has the main goal to develop appropriate model of professional training for remote areas in Indonesia. This research is important because there are still many teachers who teach subjects that are not in accordance with their educational background. These issues will not only adversely affect the quality of the graduates but also will be obstacles in the implementation of the programs promoted by the government. Thus, we need a model of teachers' professional training special for Remote Island by paying attention to geographical location, culture and any shortcomings of both human resources and infrastructure owned by schools. Based on the theory of training model, the need analysis, and stakeholders' inputs what can be applied is implementing an integrated thematic-based lesson study. This finding of educators' professional training model special for remote areas will help Government carry out educators' professional training in other remote regions across Indonesia.
Emotional Intelligence Levels of Students with Sensory Impairment
Author: Al-Tal, Suhair
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Emotional Intelligence,Hearing Impairments,Visual Impairments,Special Schools,Knowledge Level,Self Control,Empathy,Statistical Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Learning Activities,Test Construction,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Interpersonal Competence,Likert Scales

This study aimed at revealing the emotional intelligence levels of students with sensory disability in Amman in Jordan. The participants of the study were 200 students; 140 hearing impaired students and 60 visual impaired students enrolled in the special education schools and centers for the academic year 2016-2017. The study adopted the descriptive Approach. To achieve the goals of the study, the researchers prepared an emotional intelligence scale consisted of 30 items distributed into four fields: emotional knowledge, emotion regulation, empathy, and social efficiency. The scale's reliability and validity were verified. Results showed that the total degree of the emotional intelligence of the students with hearing impairment was low and it was moderate for the students with visual impairment. Additionally, results revealed statistical significant differences between the students with hearing impairment and students with visual impairment in all the fields in favor of the students with visual impairment. The study confirmed the necessity to encourage people with sensory disabilities to take part in well-prepared activities and programs that allow them to express their emotions freely as drawing, acting, music and others to develop their emotional intelligence.
Students' Personal Initiative towards Their Speaking Performance
Author: Liando, Nihta V. F.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),College Second Language Programs,Questionnaires,Achievement Need,Correlation,Speech Communication,Speech Skills,Learner Engagement,Goal Orientation,Student Attitudes,Student Surveys,Second Language Learning,Achievement Gains,College Students

This research aims at finding out students' personal initiative towards their achievement in speaking English. This research was conducted in an English department at a university in North Sulawesi Indonesia. The data were obtained from the sixth semester students in English Language and Literature study program of academic year 2015/2016 consisting of 21 students. In obtaining the data about students' personal initiative, a questionnaire was distributed, and for the speaking performance, the data were obtained from students' scores in Public Speaking subject. To find out the relation between these two variables, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient formula was used. The result of this research shows that there is a correlation between students' personal initiative towards their speaking performance with the value of r(subscript xy) = (0.52) categorized as a moderate correlation. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that personal initiative of students was important to be considered as one of several determination factors for students' achievement in English speaking skill. It is suggested that students encourage themselves for taking initiative to speak, and for the teacher to give the students correction and suggestion to help them develop themselves.
Should Technology Be a Concern for Parents of Preschoolers?
Author: DeShelter, Lori
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Parent Attitudes,Preschool Children,Information Technology,Play,Handheld Devices,Parent Role,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Time,Interviews,Recreational Activities

Due to an influx of new technology, children today have more options for how they engage in play through technology than ever before. Computers, tablets, hand held video games and parents' cell phones are among the numerous technologies that affect children's playtime. Traditional play and technology play are two ways that young children engage in play today. Parents struggle with the amount of time allocated for technology play because their kids want it often. This article provides insights from a study focused on whether technology should be a concern to parents and parental perceptions about children's play.