ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Issues of Instructional Supervisory Practices in Primary Schools of Ebonyi State
Author: Onele, Adali A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary Schools,Supervision,Questionnaires,Scores,Teacher Competencies,Educational Finance,Transportation,Instructional Materials,Barriers,Surveys,Elementary School Teachers,Qualifications,Supervisors,Secondary Schools,Statistical Analysis

The study examines the issue of instructional supervision in primary schools of Onueke educational zone of Ebonyi state. The purpose of the study was to find out the problems militating against effective instructional supervision in the zone. Four research questions guided the study and descriptive survey research design was employed. The population comprised of 1320 teachers in 21 primary schools in the area. Simply random sampling was used to select 100 teachers from ten selected schools. A 20 item research made questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument received face validation and was subjected to reliability test using t-test. This was analyzed using Pearson Moment Product Correlation Coefficient and it yielded coefficient of 0.75. Mean score were to analyze the data collected. The findings revealed that inadequate personnel, poor funding, poor transportation network and inadequate materials are the problems hindering the effective supervision of institutions. Finally the paper recommended among others that government should recruit more qualified personnel into the supervisory unit in different Education Board or ministry.
Reforms in Education: The Need for Re-Engineering Teacher Education for Sustainable Development
Author: Ofoego, O. C.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Teacher Education,Professionalism,Sustainable Development,Educational Improvement,Educational Strategies,Intellectual Disciplines,Skill Development,Training,Values

The paper is concerned with reforms in Education and the need for re-engineering Teacher education in Nigeria for better professionalism and National Development. In the process, key concepts like Teacher Education and professionalism were explained. A brief review of the state of Teacher Education and Development in Nigeria revealed the challenges to Teacher Education and Development. Various reforms in Education that warrant re-engineering of the teaching profession were highlighted. The paper stressed the need for improved teacher Education in Nigeria. We also identified strategies for improvement of Teacher Education and Development in Nigeria for better professionalism and the overall national development. The paper finally made recommendations for improving Teacher Education. In conclusion we observed that the most important action any nation can take to improve her education is to strengthen the teaching profession in terms of subject matters, development of new skills, training and values.
Contrastive Analysis between English and Indonesian Prefixes and Suffixes (A Narative Text Analysis of Legends in Perspective of Morphology)
Author: Pauzan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Contrastive Linguistics,English,Indonesian,Morphology (Languages),Morphemes,Form Classes (Languages),Verbs,Folk Culture,Qualitative Research,Language Research,Suffixes,Classification

This research deals with finding the similarities and differences, and describing the types of the English and Indonesian prefixes and suffixes for the narrative text of Legends. In this research, writer used descriptive qualitative research and contrastive methodology to find out the valid data. After investigating the data, writer found some findings based on the analysis of the type of English and Indonesian prefixes and suffixes. There are four types of English prefix namely quantified, locative, temporal, and negation prefixes. In the narrative texts, writer found four words viz in negation prefixes. English suffixes own four types namely nominal, verbal, adjectival, and adverbial suffixes. There was not word categorized as nominal and verbal suffixes, there were two words indicated as adjectival suffixes, and four as adverbial suffixes. Vice versa, Indonesian prefixes possess five prefixes namely forming verb, adjective, noun, numeral and interrogative. Forming verb is five words, forming adjectival is one word, forming noun is three words, forming interrogative is one words and there is not word of forming numeral. There are five types of Indonesian suffixes namely forming, verb, adjective, noun, numeral, and interrogative. From the five prefixes, writer only found two words namely in forming noun. Writer found differences and similarities from both of them; In English suffixes possess adverbial suffixes but there are not in Indonesian suffixes. However in Indonesian suffixes possess types of suffixes namely forming numeral and interrogative, and in English suffixes do not possess these types. The same types of English and Indonesian suffixes are; both of them possess suffixes namely forming noun, verb and adjective.
Content Analysis of Science Books for Upper Primary Stage in Jordan and Intermediate Stage in Saudi Arabia from an Islamic Perspective: Analytical Comparative Study
Author: Aldossari, Ali Tarad
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Textbooks,Foreign Countries,Islamic Culture,Content Analysis,Grade 7,Grade 8,Grade 9,Textbook Content,Cultural Relevance,Religion,Cross Cultural Studies

This study aims to identify the current situation of science books in Jordan and Saudi Arabia from an Islamic perspective. For this end, the content analysis approach has been used through the analysis of the unit concept in the science books for the seventh, eighth and ninth grades in the academic year (2015/2016) in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The Researchers set an instrument to investigate the dimensions of the Islamic Perspective in the targeted books. The tool consisted of (28) signs, that cover five main dimensions. The content analysis indicated that the dimension of the field &quot;presenting Islamic evidence and Norms&quot; came in the first place among Jordanian and Saudi books since it had 39 frequencies in the Jordanian books with the percentage of 65%, compared to 52 frequencies in the Saudi Science Books, with a percentage of 49.06%. By contrast, the other dimensions (fields) showed a low citation percentage in the Jordanian and Saudi books alike. In the last place for the Jordanian books came the dimension &quot;Man's relationship with the universe&quot; with three frequencies (5%). On the other hand, in the last place of the targeted Saudi books came the dimensions &quot;observing the scientific method in thinking&quot; and &quot;developing the Islamic attitudes and values&quot; with 5 frequencies for each (4.72%).The results also showed a significant difference at (a=0.05) between the dimensions of the Islamic perspective included in the content of science books. This difference can be attributed to the &quot;grade&quot; variable in favor of the upper grades compared to the lower ones in the Jordanian books, and in favor of the second intermediate class in comparison with the first and third intermediate classes in Saudi books. On the other hand, the results revealed the inclusion of the Islamic perspective dimensions on the whole scale in favor of the Saudi books compared to the Jordanian ones: there were 106 frequencies in the Saudi books compared to only 60 frequencies in the Jordanian books. In light of the above mentioned results, the researchers recommend the development of the content of science books in Jordan and Saudi Arabia so that they can contribute to Islamic rooting in the scientific knowledge. The researchers also recommends that these books observe integration and follow-up in the inclusion of the Islamic perspective dimensions in science books.
Academic Dishonesty: A Mixed-Method Study of Rational Choice among Students at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait
Author: Alsuwaileh, Bader Ghannam
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Mixed Methods Research,Cheating,Ethics,College Students,Questionnaires,Hypothesis Testing,Semi Structured Interviews,Student Characteristics,Plagiarism,Discipline

The research herein used a sequential mixed methods design to investigate why academic dishonesty is widespread among the students at the College of Basic Education in Kuwait. Qualitative interviews were conducted to generate research hypotheses. Then, using questionnaire survey, the research hypotheses were quantitatively tested. The findings suggested that academic dishonesty is widespread among the students at the College of Basic Education because the benefits of academic dishonesty are high, whereas the certainty of detection and severity of the sanctions are relatively low.
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Donald Trump's Sexist Ideology
Author: Darweesh, Abbas Degan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Usage,Females,Gender Bias,Ideology,Discourse Analysis,Sex Stereotypes,Semantics,Political Candidates

Language is not always seen as a neutral vehicle which represents reality. It is sometimes described as a tool which is drawn on to discriminate, insult, abuse, and belittle others. This is evident in the case of sexism which is seen as language that discriminates against women by representing them negatively or which seems to implicitly assume that activities primarily associated with women are necessarily trivial. Thus, language is described as a potential that is drawn on strategically by sexists to devalue or marginalize women. The current paper is a critical discourse analysis of Donald Trump's negative evaluation of women. It sheds light on his sexist ideology to negatively represent and underestimate women. It aims to investigate the structural, lexical, and rhetorical strategies that are utilized for this purpose. For this end, the researcher will analyze some of Trump's opinions concerning women in different occasions drawing upon an eclectic model adopted from Mill's (2008) and VanDijk (2006).
Assessing the Impact of Teacher Job Satisfaction among Teachers
Author: Ansah-Hughes, Winifred
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Job Satisfaction,Secondary School Teachers,High Schools,Junior High Schools,Questionnaires,Teacher Attitudes,Teaching Conditions,Teaching (Occupation),Foreign Countries,Teacher Salaries,Statistical Analysis,Career Change

The purpose of this study was to examine job satisfaction among teachers in the Techiman Municipality. Three hundred and six (306) teachers were randomly sampled from a total of one thousand four hundred and sixty-one (1461) Junior High School and Senior High School teachers in the Municipality. The instrument used for the data collection was the questionnaire. The researcher however had three research questions to work with. Schools within the municipality were grouped into four clusters and a simple random sampling technique using the lottery approach was used to select one cluster for which questionnaires were administered. The findings of the study were that many teachers in the Techiman Municipality perceived teaching as their ideal profession but most teachers will prefer to change their profession as a result of dissatisfaction. Also teachers felt their conditions of service were not good enough and most teachers in the Municipality felt dissatisfied with security in the profession.
Administrative Support Factors Influencing Re-Admission of Teenage Mothers in Secondary Schools in Kenya: A Case of Baringo County
Author: Kurgat, Joyce J.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Administrator Role,Adolescents,Early Parenthood,Mothers,Secondary School Students,Principals,Reentry Students,Counselor Role,School Counselors,Dropouts,Pregnancy,Intervention,School Counseling,Mixed Methods Research

The purpose of the study was to find out the administrative support factors that determined the re-admission of teenage mothers in secondary schools in Kenya. The objectives that guided the study were: to determine the role of head teachers in implementing re-admission of teenage mothers, to determine the material support given to teenage mothers after re-admission, and to find out the role of the guidance and counselling department in retention of teenage mothers in school. The findings indicated that the head teachers played a role by inviting girls who had dropped out of school due to pregnancy and gave them permission to go home whenever it was sought. Teenage mothers were encouraged to take part in games and the guidance and counselling department had counselling programs in place that provided the much needed psychosocial support to the teenage mothers. However, there was not much in terms of the material support that teenage mothers received in school apart from the provision of text books. The study recommended that there is need to strengthen the guidance and counselling department to improve retention of teenage mothers in school.
Analysis of Predictors of Behaviour Change among Children at Risk in Juvenile Rehabilitation Centres in Nairobi County, Kenya
Author: Muthomi, Rintaugu James
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Predictor Variables,Child Behavior,At Risk Persons,Delinquency,Institutionalized Persons,Correctional Institutions,Juvenile Justice,Questionnaires,Interviews,Focus Groups,Coding,Statistical Analysis,Rehabilitation,Intervention,Disabilities,Barriers,Environmental Influences,Competence,Staff Role,Emotional Disturbances,Behavior Disorders,Educational Attainment,Gender Differences,Qualitative Research

The aim of this study was to analyse predictors of behaviour change among children at risk in juvenile rehabilitation centres within Nairobi County, Kenya. The target population was all the children and managers of Juvenile rehabilitation Centres in Nairobi County. This consisted of 380 boys, 160 girls, 8 managers in Kabete and Getathuru, and 4 managers in Dagorreti rehabilitation Centre, all adding up to 552 respondents. Children at risk in Juvenile rehabilitation Centres within Nairobi County were sampled using probability and non-probability sampling techniques. To obtain a manageable sample from the target population, convenience, purposive, stratified random and systematic random sampling techniques were used respectively. Questionnaires, interview schedules and focus groups were used in the study as tools for data collection. Data collected was entered, coded, and analyzed using inferential statistics and SPSS. The qualitative data was organized, analyzed and reported into emerging themes. The study found out that rehabilitation of children at risk in Juvenile rehabilitation Centres was not adequately addressed and it was only those children with severe and profound cases whose misbehaviours transformed to moderate levels. Educationists were left out during assessment, classification, referral and exit stages despite their rich expertise in rehabilitation. The analysis of determinants scored below average in terms of behaviour change. Among the predictors, special needs intervention measures did not exist irrespective of the fact that more than ninety percent of children had special cases. Environment was not barrier free while the majority of the staff were untrained in professional courses regarding behaviour change. The researcher recommended that all the staff of Juvenile Rehabilitation Centres undergo training in Special Needs Education. That all the Juvenile Rehabilitation Centres be moved from the Ministry of Labour and Social Services and be placed under the Ministry of Education which has adequate personnel required to rehabilitate a child.
The Implementation of Lesson Study to Strengthen Students: Understanding Participation and Application Capabilities in History Education Research Method on Topic Research and Development
Author: Towaf, Siti Malikhah
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Lesson Plans,History Instruction,Educational Research,Resilience (Psychology),Efficiency,Cooperative Learning,Learning Processes,Higher Education,Foreign Countries

Learning can be observed from three-dimensions called: effectiveness, efficiency, and attractiveness of learning. Careful study carried out by analyzing the learning elements of the system are: input, process, and output. Lesson study is an activity designed and implemented as an effort to improve learning in a variety of dimensions. &quot;Lesson study&quot; or LS is carried out in the course of History Education Research Method on topic: Research and Development. Learning problems being addressed are how to strengthen the understanding, participation, and application capabilities of students in Research and Development procedures. The approach of learning by doing and cooperative learning model as a choice of teaching strategies; the result shows that the understanding, participation, and application capabilities of students are quite good. The unplanned result is that the learning process of History Education Research Methods can strengthen the &quot;resilience&quot; of students as future teachers, scientists, and researchers in the field of History Education.
Political and Legal Consciousness of Young People in the Region (a Case Study of Jewish Autonomous Region)
Author: Lutsenko, Ekaterina
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Political Attitudes,Jews,Youth,Geographic Regions,Case Studies,Opinions,Questionnaires,Knowledge Level,Laws,Standards,Civil Rights,Civics,Nationalism

The paper deals with particularities of political and legal consciousness of young people in view of a region against the background of the general standpoint of the Russian citizens and Russian youth in questions of the political and legal spheres. The opinion of the young people and citizens of the country as a whole is evaluated based on the results of authors' sociological questionnaire surveys conducted in Jewish autonomous region and questionnaire surveys of the population of Russia conducted by Levada-Center and the Public Opinion Foundation. The political and legal consciousness in a social relations subject is formed under the effect of the entire complex of factors and is determined by the historical, political, economical and other conditions of the subject's life activity. In it, both the emotional and the rational, experience and traditions, moods and stereotypes are interweaved. While performing a number of regulatory, communicative etc. functions, the political consciousness is a kind of indicator that allows understanding, estimating the place and role of this or that subject (population as a whole, a social group, an individual) in politics. Legal consciousness is the most closely associated with the political one. It reflects political and economical interests, knowledge and evaluations of the laws, standards, social relations regulators accepted in the society.
Transformation of Students Value Orientations: Behavioral Virtual Models
Author: Akhmadieva, Roza Sh.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Value Judgment,Student Behavior,College Students,Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Models

The research urgency is caused by the intensification of virtual models of youth behavior that determine the educational process of modern University as the undifferentiated flows of information which are different by their value and that reduce the channels of personal communication of students as socio-cultural communication. Replicated in the information and communication systems, virtual models of behavior in artificial environments mostly are oriented on the development of abilities to activities by suppressing the sphere of interpersonal interaction and limiting of real social contacts, which does not correspond to generally accepted in society, socio-cultural programs of development of the individual student--the future specialist. The current discrepancy needs scientific systematization and interpretation. In this regard, the focus in this article is devoted to substantiation of the content of students' value orientations, which are transformed by the virtual behavioral models. The paper presented actualized content of the concept &quot;virtual models of behavior&quot;, defined the essence of transformation of students' value orientations in the educational process of the University, disclosed the specifics of the transformation of value orientations in the space of virtual models of behavior, developed elective learning module Value orientations of students in a real educational process of the University and in the virtual space of the Internet. It proved the effectiveness of this module by using the cognitive, emotional and behavioral criteria.
Psychological Aspects of Internet Addiction of Teenagers
Author: Tserkovnikova, Nataliya G.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adolescents,Internet,Addictive Behavior,Parent Child Relationship,Adolescent Attitudes,Secondary School Students,Foreign Countries,Correlation,Questionnaires,Content Analysis,Observation

The relevance of the problem under study is due to the lack of elaborated theoretical approaches to addiction and addictive behavior factors among children and adolescents, as well as due to the need and demand for psychological and pedagogical work with Internet addicted children and young people or with those who are potentially prone to Internet addiction, as well as with their parents. The purpose of the article is to study empirically the inclination to Internet addiction in the context of violated child-parent relationships (attitude of teenagers to their parents). The leading method of study is the psychodiagnostic method used to identify the specificities of the attitude of adolescents to their parents in the light of the inclination of adolescents to Internet addiction, the peculiarities of their motivation to use the Internet. The work presents the results of the research of the inclination to Internet addiction among teenagers, as well as the analysis of the factors leading to it. Special attention is paid to violations of child-parent relationships, acting as one of the factors determining Internet addiction in adolescence. The material of the article can be useful for psychologists and educators working in the education system, as well as for parents in the aspect of family upbringing.
Renewing University-Based Curriculum in Line with Societal Needs: A Case of Legal Education in Russia
Author: Yastrebov, Oleg A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Social Change,College Role,Legal Education (Professions),Curriculum Development,Bachelors Degrees,Masters Degrees,Literature Reviews,Federal Legislation

The paper tries to reveal how the modern university education could respond to changes that take place in contemporary society development. The research has tried to follow the task of bridging the Academy and Society needs. Special emphasis is laid to the legal education as graduates of respective institutions are supposed to contribute to the global rule of law, human rights provision, equal access to public goods. The article explores the international state of affairs with regard to administrative law status, specifies latest developments in the Russian national legislation. Due to the fact that the Code of Administrative Court Procedure came into force in Russia the paper argues for legal education curriculum renewal and some disciplines replacement, provides legal, conceptual and theoretical grounds for the above change. The methodology included literature analysis, empirical study of educational standards requirements and further went on to draft recommendations about the changes in the degree course contents and specifics with regard to the latest developments in national legislation.