ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Social Construction of Warranting Evidence in Two Classrooms
Author: Weyand, Larkin
Date: 2018-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Epistemology,Teaching Styles,Teaching Methods,Persuasive Discourse,Discourse Analysis,Beliefs,Evidence,Classroom Observation Techniques,English Instruction,Interviews,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Writing Instruction,High Schools,Classroom Techniques,Case Studies,Observation

This study examines how instructional conversations revealed the ways two teachers' argumentative epistemologies (ideational and social process) shaped literacy events focused on the warranting of evidence. A microethnographic study of the literacy events within each teacher's respective instructional unit revealed that each teacher's epistemology shaped how students were asked to consider differing sources, relevancy, and sufficiency for warranting evidence within the context of writing extended argumentative essays. Events within an ideational epistemology required students to generate warrants as ideas to be applied to arguments in on-demand writing situations. Within a social process epistemology, students constructed warrants as a social practice appropriate for a specific rhetorical context. Each teacher supported his or her students in developing differing understandings of the nature of warranting. These findings highlight the importance of analyzing the teaching and learning of argumentative writing not only as written products of instruction but as a socialization into argumentative writing practices.
Examining Computer Gaming Addiction in Terms of Different Variables
Author: Kurt, Adile Askim
Date: 2018-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Games,Addictive Behavior,Secondary School Students,Student Surveys,Comparative Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Gender Differences,Time,Interpersonal Relationship,Preferences,Foreign Countries,Instructional Program Divisions,Grade 5,Grade 6,Grade 7,Grade 8

The computer gaming addiction is one of the newer concepts that young generations face and can be defined as the excessive and problematic use of computer games leading to social and/or emotional problems. The purpose of this study is to analyse through variables the computer gaming addiction levels of secondary school students. The research was conducted with survey and causal-comparative quantitative research methods. Furthermore, the quantitative data was obtained by interpreting the data obtained through open-ended questions. Findings reveal a significant difference between computer gaming addiction and variables of gender, daily gaming times and whether or not students play games with people they do not know. However, findings did not show any significant difference between computer gaming addiction and variables of grade or purposes of game playing. According to the findings from qualitative data analysis, students mostly prefer to play skill-based games, while they would want to design action games.
Choices of Pre-Service Science Teachers Laboratory Environments: Hands-on or Hands-off?
Author: Kapici, Hasan Ozgur
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Laboratories,Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Electronic Learning,Educational Technology,Conventional Instruction,Hands on Science,Attitude Measures,Preferences,Science Instruction,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Foreign Countries

Learning in laboratories for students is not only crucial for conceptual understanding, but also contributes to gaining scientific reasoning skills. Following fast developments in technology, online laboratory environments have been improved considerably and nowadays form an attractive alternative for hands-on laboratories. The study was done in order to reveal pre-service science teachers' preferences for hands-on or online laboratory environments. Participants of the study were 41 pre-service science teachers who were enrolled in a 13-week course on laboratory applications in science education. Findings showed that more than half of the pre-service science teachers would prefer to use hands-on laboratory environments for both conceptual teaching in their classrooms and to develop their students' science process skills. The reasons behind their choices are discussed.
Comparing the Impact of an Astronomy Course and a Science and Society Seminar on Undergraduate Students&apos; Attitudes toward Science
Author: Flohic, Hélène M. L. G.
Date: 2017-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Astronomy,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Scientific Attitudes,Science and Society,College Science,Seminars,Positive Attitudes,General Education,Introductory Courses,Inquiry,Active Learning,Science Instruction,College Faculty,Online Surveys,Statistical Analysis

A common challenge among university professors is how to best design undergraduate courses to successfully enhance students' attitudes. To compare which curriculum was more efficient at fostering a positive attitude towards science in general, I studied the impact of two different general education science courses on the attitudes of college students. The first course was an arithmetic-based Introductory Astronomy course for non-science majoring undergraduates that used interactive and inquiry-based teaching techniques. The comparison course was a Science, Technology, &amp; Society (STS) seminar with context-based science contents, discussions, and intensive reading and writing. The post-semester results showed that neither curriculum on its own significantly changed the overall attitude of students towards science as far the assessment could measure, but that each curriculum did successfully enhance specific aspects of the students' attitude in differing categories. The STS students had scores showing a gain in believing that scientists are honest. The astronomy students had scores showing a gain in understanding that scientific theories can change in the light of new evidence. However, the most significant change was a loss in the astronomy students' confidence that the general public can and should understand science. Thus, the results suggest that professors who strongly desire to enhance the broad nature of students' attitudes need to use more purposeful instructional experiences rather than rely only on students' deepening understanding of the specific scientific content.
Opportunity to Learn: Investigating Possible Predictors for Pre-Course &quot;Test Of Astronomy STandards&quot; TOAST Scores
Author: Berryhill, Katie J.
Date: 2017-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Astronomy,Science Tests,Scores,Science Instruction,Undergraduate Study,College Science,Pretests Posttests,Nonmajors,Two Year College Students,Teaching Methods,Correlation,Student Motivation,Predictor Variables,Learning Experience,Comparative Analysis,Interviews,Coding,Course Selection (Students),Student Characteristics

As discipline-based astronomy education researchers become more interested in experimentally testing innovative teaching strategies to enhance learning in undergraduate introductory astronomy survey courses (&quot;ASTRO 101&quot;), scholars are placing increased attention toward better understanding factors impacting student gain scores on the widely used Test Of Astronomy STandards (TOAST). Usually used in a pre-test and post-test study design, college faculty might naturally assume that the pre-course differences observed between high- and low-scoring college students might be due in large part to their pre-existing motivation, interest, experience in science, and attitudes about astronomy. To explore this notion, 11 non-science majoring undergraduates taking ASTRO 101 at west coast community colleges were interviewed in the first few weeks of the course after taking the TOAST as a pre-test to better understand students' pre-existing affect toward learning astronomy with an eye toward predicting student success. The goal is to contribute to a better understanding of the incoming knowledge of students taking undergraduate introductory astronomy classes and provide guidance for how faculty can best meet those students' needs and assist them in greater achievement. Perhaps surprisingly, there was only weak correlation between students' motivation toward learning astronomy and their pre-test scores. Instead, the most fruitful predictor of TOAST pre-test scores was the quantity of pre-existing, informal, self-directed astronomy learning experiences, sometimes occurring many years before course enrollment. This data suggests that professors should be wary of correlating low incoming pre-course scores with student apathy toward their subject.
South Sudan and the Emerging Security Implications for East Africa
Author: Akuey, Aldo Ajou Deng
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,African Studies,National Security,War,Peace,Foreign Policy,Terrorism,Self Determination,Nationalism,Prevention,Regional Cooperation,Regional Characteristics,Safety

South Sudan achieved political independence in 2011, before plunging into a series of civil wars that have culminated with the signing of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development, IGAD, driven peace agreement. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement, SPLM, Government has not created conducive environment for political stability in South Sudan. Thus, the political and economic crisis has seen the intervention of neighboring countries in internal affairs of South Sudan to pursue their national interests or within the context of regional bodies such as IGAD to achieve the same. From the outset, the independence of South Sudan was necessitated by the USA led war against global terrorism that is more pronounced at the Horn of Africa and in the context of Sudan's civil war. The natural resources in South Sudan has attracted state and non-state actors with global and regional actors directly or indirectly getting involved in reconfiguring the security matrix with diverse outcomes, some of them with unintended outcome. Wildlife trafficking, gold mining, logging, ivory poaching and illegal charcoal production and commercial bush meat poaching, has created war economics and resource conflicts within the region and beyond. Political crisis in South Sudan, especially the most recent one that triggered civil war in 2013, and persisted to date, has received very little scholarly attention especially its regional security implications. This paper seeks to analyse the security ramifications of the ongoing war for East Africa. The paper will examine the emerging security threats and their regional ramifications. In particular, multiple security ramifications such as armed groups, humanitarian crisis, natural resources and refugees' crisis will be examined in detail to draw conclusions on the scope and depth of the emerging security threats in East Africa.
Analyzing the Types of Discrimination in Turkish for Foreigners Books
Author: Agcihan, Ezgi
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Turkish,Foreign Language Books,Second Language Learning,Textbook Content,Textbook Bias,Textbook Evaluation,Marital Status,Individual Differences,Pregnancy,Social Class,Addictive Behavior,Beliefs,Sexual Orientation,Disability Discrimination,Ethnicity,Racial Discrimination,Age Discrimination,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis

Textbooks might be one of the main resources of teachers even today however there have been many changes in education media and Technologies. Especially language course books used in foreign language teaching can be the basic source of learning when the target language is not spoken in the country where the language is thought. Thus, it can be mentioned that the resources used in education, indirectly play an important role in shaping the historical, cultural and social perception of the learners. By the way, as textbooks especially language textbooks should be considered as one of the important items in education, and they should be designed as free of stereotypical and ideological sources, discriminative expression and offer objective information. However, It is an indisputable fact that the cultural heritage of the textbooks and its contribution to transfer the values to the future generations. It is argued that the explicit or implicit messages in text books may lead to social polarization and the formation of societal mental boundaries and the stereotypical beliefs in society. Although discrimination is a concept in educational researches on discrimination in text books is limited to militarism and sexism. So the aim of this research to analyze the Turkish Language Text Books according to the discrimination types--age, race, ethnicity, disability, color, sexism, sexual orientation, property, religion, belief, language, addiction, social class, differentiation, occupation, pregnancy, individual differences, marital status--which is declared in European Non Discrimination Law by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. The aim of this research to analyze the Turkish Language Textbooks for Foreigners to answer the questions stated below by using a content analyzing scale according to the types of discrimination: 1. Are there discriminatory expressions in written and vocalized texts? 2. Are there elements of discrimination in the visuals (graphics, pictures)?
Occurrence and Understanding of the Issues of Bullying in Primary Schools in Banska Bystrica
Author: Poláková, Veronika Buvalová
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Bullying,Incidence,Aggression,Violence,Prevention,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Student Behavior,Victims,Socioeconomic Status,Educational Environment

Bullying is a very serious social-pathological problem. It is a form of aggression which is often encountered in particular in the school environment, whether at elementary of high schools. At present bullying is not only associated with puberty, but also is a problem among pupils of younger age. The aim of this research was to create and test a reliable research tool to determine what children perceive as bullying, what their direct experience with bullying is and where they most often encounter bullying. Another aim was to determine who should deal with the occurrence of bullying in school. The sampling (N = 1147; return n = 913) consisted of pupils from 10 elementary schools Banska Bystrica, Slovakia (from grades 6 to 9, 60 classes together). The questionnaire contained 5 questions requiring open-ended and direct answers. From the first three questions we learned what children perceive as bullying, what forms of bullying they have encountered and in what types of places children have encountered bullying most often. Questions 4 and 5 were focused on intervention and prevention of bullying. The study will include output from the first three questions.
Views of Physical Education Teachers on Values Education
Author: Görgüt, Ilyas
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Education Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Values Education,Qualitative Research,Secondary School Teachers,Semi Structured Interviews,Standards,Teacher Responsibility,Family Role,Physical Education,Teaching Methods,Discipline,Integrity,Ethics,Moral Development,Foreign Countries

Values education is very important for supporting and directing the attitudes and behaviors that brings from birth and changes by the effects of surroundings. The most effective people to provide this support after family are the teachers, especially the physical education teachers who are constantly communicating with the students. Therefore, teachers' perception and knowledge level for this concept should be determined. In order to achieve this purpose, the study was prepared by using qualitative research method. The sample group of the study consists of nine physical education teachers who were determined with easily accessible case sampling method, which is one of the purposive sampling methods. Individual interviews which lasted for an average of 30 minutes were conducted with physical education teachers within the context of semi-structured interview technique. The participants were informed that the interviews would be voice recorded and later their expressions would be written down and after necessary permissions were taken, the interviews were recorded. Descriptive and content analysis methods were used to analyze the expressions which were converted into text. The results of the analyses showed that according to physical education teachers, firstly family and after school teachers are responsible for teaching values. Value education through physical education is necessary and it is considered to be positively reflected in school discipline. It is also stated that in the teacher training programs there should be practical courses for direct values education as well as theoretical courses.
The Difficulties Experienced by Teachers in the Process of Primary Reading and Writing Instruction and Their Solution Offers for Eliminating These Difficulties
Author: Gündogmus, Hatice Degirmenci
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Instruction,Reading Instruction,Teaching Experience,Qualitative Research,Semi Structured Interviews,Job Satisfaction,Barriers,Change Strategies,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Attitudes,Educational Practices,Grade 1,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries

The purpose of the current research is to identify the difficulties that primary school teachers experience in the primary reading and writing instruction, and to find out their solution offers for eliminating these difficulties. The study group of the research is composed of 51 primary school teachers selected by criterion sampling as a type of purposive sampling. The qualitative method was used for the research. Semi-structured interviews were made with teachers to ask them three questions. Teacher opinions were taken in writing in order to identify the difficulties which they experienced in the process of primary reading and writing instruction, and thoroughly analyze their opinions about how those difficulties can be solved. The data obtained from these interviews were analysed by the content analysis method. The research revealed that out of the 51 primary school teachers, 37 were happy and 14 were unhappy; the difficulties they described about the process included parental indifference, unreadiness of students, teaching of cursive italic handwriting, lack of professional experience, student absenteeism, lack of interest by students, and physical inadequacies; and their solution offers for eliminating these difficulties included education of parents, carrying out activities suitable for students, change of handwriting type, cooperation with parents, consideration of readiness level, and improvement of physical conditions.
The Need for Technology Management Education for Undergraduate Programs: A Conceptual Framework
Author: Tas, Murat
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Technology Education,Educational Needs,Needs Assessment,College Curriculum,Program Administration,Administrator Education,Institutional Cooperation,Undergraduate Study,Foreign Countries

As the National Research Council [17] described the technology management as &quot;a process, which includes planning, directing, control and coordination of the development and implementation of technological capabilities to shape and accomplish the strategic and operational objectives of an organization'', Technology Management education is becoming more important for solving problems within organizations. Therefore, institutions of higher education need to lead the way in developing programs, curriculums, departments, and institutes addressing and meeting the needs of industries and the organizations. In this paper we evaluate the need of technology management undergraduate programs and provide some insights about this need. We realize the importance of technology management in both industrial and academic contexts and how important it is to have an interaction and collaboration between the industry organizations and universities. However, there is a lack of technology education on undergraduate level at today's universities curriculum. While there are many graduate programs on technology management in universities around the world, scholars and practitioners are paying less attention to undergraduate programs on technology management education. Therefore, we focus more on technology management education in undergraduate programs by outlining several assumptions, proposing a conceptual framework based on current debates in literature, and articulating its importance in the academic field.
Address on the Occasion of the State of Hawai&apos;i&apos;s Recognition of the Doctor of Education Program at the University of Hawai&apos;i at Manoa by Governor Neil Abercrombie and Lieutenant Governor Shan S. Tsutsui, at the State Capitol Executive Chambers, Honolulu on November 20, 2014
Author: McEwan, Hunter
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Study,Doctoral Programs,Doctoral Degrees,Professional Education,Schools of Education,Universities,Educational Planning,Transformative Learning,Educational Quality,Partnerships in Education,Expertise,Program Descriptions,Cohort Analysis

This short address by Hunter McEwan provides a background to what a professional practice degree is and discusses some of the accomplishments of the very first group of graduates of the new EdD--the Doctorate in Professional Educational Practice--at the College of Education (COE) at the University of Hawai'i. The COE aimed at building a challenging doctoral degree in the EdD that would be professionally transformative and that could be completed in a reasonable amount of time by people who were also in full-time professional work. An important guiding principle in the planning for this professional practice degree was the preparation of quality educators in professional practice. The work for this program could not have been done without partnering with experts in the community. University of Hawai'i faculty advisors and field mentors teamed up to support students in their project work. One of the great strengths of the program is the cohort model and its diverse make up. The diverse group brought a range of experience into working relationships that was synergistic, and this created a high degree of critical reflection in small group sessions.
Cleaving to Artistry: A Path in Practitioner Research
Author: Lin, Alvin
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Autobiographies,Ethnography,Artists,Art Teachers,Teacher Researchers,Professional Identity,Educational Research,Psychological Patterns,Reflection,Leadership,Barriers,Constructivism (Learning)

This paper is an autoethnographic exploration of the topic of artistry in the author's work as an educator and what it means to be an artist and practitioner researcher, given his own history with the concept of art as a strained one. In this paper, the author discusses how his struggle for an identity as an artist in research has led to personal insights about who he is and how he has evolved as a practitioner researcher. He suggests that personal meaning is generated through the process of resolving particular paradoxes that appear as conflicts, and that the resolution requires a form of artistry that utilizes attention to emotions, reflexivity, and consciousness as educators make better sense of the complex aspects of their situation with the goal of better serving their people and communities through education.