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The Role of Supervisor Support, Self-Efficacy, and Language Competence in Academic Adaptation of International Graduate Students in Central China
Author: San, Cherry Kyaw
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Self Efficacy,International Education,Intervention,Higher Education,Foreign Students,Chinese,Second Language Learning,Prediction,Student Adjustment,Academic Achievement,Language Proficiency,Correlation,Supervisor Supervisee Relationship,Teacher Student Relationship,College Faculty,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Measures (Individuals)

This study examined the influence of supervisor support, self-efficacy, and language competence on the academic adaptation of international graduate students. Quantitative data were collected from a sample of 410 international graduate students at five universities in central China. Correlation and multiple regression analyses were conducted and results showed that supervisor support, self-efficacy, English competence were the significant predictors for the academic adaptation of the international students. Contrary to prediction, the host language (Chinese) did not predict their academic adaptation and possible reasons were discussed. These findings contribute to the growing knowledge in the field of international education, supporting main previous studies. The observed predicting roles of the identified factors imply intriguing considerations for higher education institutions in China to provide interventions for international students with the aim of facilitating smooth adaptation to the new academic context.
The Understanding about Cultural Intelligence of Cabin Crew from Thailand&apos;s International Airlines
Author: Nopas, Dech-siri
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Air Transportation,Employees,Work Environment,Foreign Countries,Safety,Content Analysis,Diversity,Cultural Differences,Job Skills,International Organizations,Specialists,Intercultural Communication,Knowledge Level,Learning Experience

In the airline business, cabin crew are the employees who have direct contact with passengers. They are in an occupational group that generally has to face many difficulties in the workplace. In addition to their responsibilities to ensure the safety of the flight, one particular issue that creates tremendous stress for cabin crew is when they have to serve passengers from other different cultures. This study explores the understanding of cabin crew from the international airlines concerning cultural intelligence. The key informant of 12 cabin crew were selected from the international airlines in Thailand. Interview approach was used to collect the data using an in-depth interview form which was then analyzed by using content analysis. The findings revealed 1) there is the importance of knowing cultural intelligence for cabin crew from the international airlines, 2) it is not just the skills to deal with the passengers but everyone in workplace, 3) everyone is different, 4) their experiences matter, 5) we should think, learn, plan, and act, 6) we also should embrace and adapt the Thai cultures that have already existed to the world, 7) it is important to learn knowledge through the diversities and differences, 8) and also learn the knowledge through experiences, 9) we should realize the awareness of cultural diversity and difference. 10) we should expand the perspective since the world is bigger than you think, 11) we should discuss and learn the shared understanding and involvement in cultural diversity and difference for every cabin crew, and 12) we should identify the appropriate actions to effectively work and deal with people from different cultural backgrounds. The study summarized, then proposed the findings of overall understanding about cultural intelligence of cabin crew to Thailand's international airlines organization. The researchers proposed the outcomes to the research institutions, the academic institutions, and the airline organizations in Thailand and around the world.
Transforming Adult Learners: The Experiences of Participating in Second Chance Education Program in The Gambia
Author: Keita, Omar
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Adult Learning,Adults,Dropouts,Reentry Students,Student Motivation,Enrollment Influences,Skill Development,Barriers,Student Experience,Educational Benefits

This study explored adult learners' experiences of participating in a second-chance education pilot program in The Gambia. The study examined learners' motivation for enrolling in the program, barriers they faced, and their benefits from attending the program. The participants consist of 13 learners from a second chance education centre in the Lower River Region of The Gambia. Six of the participants were male, and seven were female within 19 to 31 years. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews. The study revealed that the primary motivations for participants enrolling in the program are to complete education and undertake further education, be employable, and acquire knowledge and skills. The study also indicated that learners faced barriers that hindered their full participation in the program. These barriers are institutional and situational. The institutional barriers include uncomfortable teaching and learning environment; inadequate teaching and learning materials. The situational barriers include domestic chores, personal engagement, access to food, lateness, transportation, and distance from the learning centre. Finally, the study showed that the participants benefit from the program in improved knowledge and skills, building confidence and connecting socially, taking care of personal issues, and helping others. In other words, the program empowered and transformed learners from improving themselves to helping others.
Examination of Mathematics Teachers&apos; Opinions on the Future of Distance Education
Author: Çelik, Elif
Date: 2022-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Mathematics Teachers,Distance Education,Web Based Instruction,In Person Learning

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the opinions of mathematics teachers about the future use of distance education. This study, which was designed in accordance with the case study, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was carried out with 42 mathematics teachers in the spring term of the 2020-2021 academic year. The data of the study were obtained from the answers given to the semi-structured interview form made with mathematics teachers. The data obtained from the research were analyzed using content analysis. As a result of the research, it is seen that teachers want to continue distance education for different purposes. Mathematics teachers who want to continue distance education; They want distance education mostly in order to be able to solve questions, to eliminate the deficiencies of the students and to repeat the subject. Teachers also stated that distance education can be used in online meetings, in communicating with parents who cannot come to school, in eliminating deficiencies that may occur due to disruptions in face-to-face education. In the study, it was seen that teachers who think that distance education should not continue, generally think that online lessons are not efficient for mathematics education and that a classroom atmosphere cannot be created in these lessons. As a result, the majority of teachers who have experienced distance education want to continue the new normal and later distance education in order to support face-to-face education.
Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in Japan
Author: Le, Anh Hai
Date: 2022-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Lifelong Learning,Adult Education,Foreign Countries,Neoliberalism,Employment Potential,Economic Factors,Adult Students

The purposes and implementation of adults' lifelong education (LLE) has been shaped by two imperatives: i) neoliberal reforms and ii) focuses on employability and economic outcomes. This has led to LLE taking similar pathways across many countries, i.e., away from a focus on personal and cultural betterment, to one associated with promoting individual employability. However, policies and practices in Japan offers a nuanced contrast to the general trend. That is, the overall focus on LLE, particularly for older Japanese is premised on social engagement, personal enrichment and often captured in 'social education'. There is also a focus on sustaining the adult employability, including the re-employment of retirees, in structured ways and tailored to meet their needs and enacted at the local level. This paper reviews the manifestations of LLE in Japan to examine how its goals and educational provisions are being developed, enacted, engaged with and evaluated. Overall, it is suggested that Japan has not wholly embraced the tight economic focus on promoting and supporting LLE associated with employability imperatives. Perhaps through the electoral power of the aged population, the provision of educational experiences is focused on longevity, cultural betterment, further education and reducing the social isolation of older Japanese.
Technostress in Medical Students during Pandemic-Prompted Distance Education: Adaptation of Technostress Scale Based on Person-Environment Misfit Theory
Author: Erdogan, Aliriza
Date: 2022-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Anxiety,Technology Uses in Education,Medical Students,COVID-19,Pandemics,Distance Education,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Electronic Learning,Student Participation,Educational Environment,Negative Attitudes

This paper investigates the phenomenon of technostress in medical students and its predictors during pandemic-prompted distance education. From a sample of 259 students in a school of medicine at a public university in Turkey, the data were collected using convenience sampling through an online questionnaire based on person-environment misfit theory and were analyzed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptively, the participant students reported experiencing relatively mild level of technostress. As a result of the multiple regression analysis, regular attendance and participation, adequate learning environment, perceived negativity of distance education, perceived need for psychological support, and year at medical school were all found to be significant predictors of technostress in medical students. This is the first study evaluating technostress on medical students. Students who do not attend classes regularly, do not have an adequate learning environment, have higher degree of perceived negativity of distance education, have need for psychological support and are at higher grade levels experience more technostress. Finally, according to the person-environment misfit theory the major component of technostress in medical students originated from the tool-related component. Although the level of technostress was relatively low, technological tools generate pressure even on the digital native generation.
A Management Analysis of Art Education Situation for Middle School Students in China
Author: Wang, Mingjun
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Art Education,Middle School Students,Foreign Countries,Educational Quality,Educational Change,Educational Improvement,Educational Administration

This article analyzes the current domestic middle school art education and education management. Today, with great efforts to improve the quality of education, our domestic art education has been included in the education sequence of the compulsory education system. However, there are still some shortcomings in middle school art education. Combining with the current conditions of my country's middle school art education, through investigation and analysis, it points out the key issues in the quality of middle school art education. The universality of middle school art education, and finally implements reasonable improvements.
Exploring Students&apos; Engagement in Distance Learning during the Pandemic of COVID-19: A Correlational Exploratory Design
Author: Alghanmi, Sahar Salem
Date: 2022-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learner Engagement,Pandemics,COVID-19,Distance Education,Undergraduate Students,Correlation,Student Attitudes,Barriers,Teaching Methods,Decision Making,Gender Differences,Educational Improvement,Behavior Patterns,Foreign Countries

This study aims to examine the students' level of engagement in distance learning during the pandemic of COVID-19. Among all learning models, students' engagement is considering a challenging factor, however this is particularly true in a remote learning environment. To obtain the research aims, a quantitative method, precisely Correlational Exploratory Design is conducted. Thus, a questionnaire is designed to collect the essential data from students. A total of (359) participants from Taibah University across different departments and programs were participated and completed self-report measures. The questionnaire consists of two main parts: first demographic questions, second different types of engagements (cognitive, behavioral, emotional, and social engagement) in distance learning. Making sense of these variables, enables reconsidering the decision-making regarding improving how distance learning is practiced for more successful and meaningful delivery. The result demonstrated that social engagement domain has been the only indicators of differences between gender in which female were more socially engaged than male, thus enhancing students' social engagement is a critical area to be considered. Moreover, the participants in this study measured cognitive engagement with 'strongly agreed' measure. While behavioral and social engagement were just agreed. However, emotional engagement was reported by them as natural. This finding indicated that the students were ready to shift to distance learning during COVID-19 and they need emotional support during this time. This study suggests recommendations on how to improve students' engagement.
The Use of Arduino in Physics Laboratories
Author: Uzal, Gürcan
Date: 2022-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Software,Open Source Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Physics,Science Laboratories,Laboratory Equipment,Measurement Equipment,Laboratory Experiments,Electronics

Arduino is easy to use because it is a simple system. In addition, since Arduino has an open source code system, it is a system that is open to everyone's use, can be developed and can be easily implemented. Anyone who wants to use Arduino can buy and use the necessary parts for their application. It is a platform that can be very useful in the physics lab due to its low price and wide availability of sensors and transducers. In this article, the Arduino platform is briefly introduced, and by installing an RC circuit, the charge-discharge curve of the capacitor has been drawn on the serial plotter. In addition, distance measurement was calculated by using an ultrasonic distance sensor and time measurement between two sensor events was calculated with two infrared obstacle sensors. The measurement results are given in the serial monitor. As a result, several examples of what can be done in laboratories in physics experiments using Arduino and some sensors have been shown.
Comparative Analysis of Teaching Strategies Used in Lessons on Culture and Lessons on Heritage of a Selected Chinese-Filipino School
Author: Mainit, Karen Pedernal
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,Teaching Methods,Cultural Education,Heritage Education,Foreign Countries,Grade 4,Elementary School Students

This paper seeks to identify the teaching strategies used in Grade 4 Culture and Heritage lessons in a Chinese-Filipino School. Further, it is important to effectively address these with constructivist-based teaching strategies to help maximize the learning experience. This study used qualitative method where Ethnographic research design and Descriptive method were used to conduct classroom observations. The instruments used to obtain the results were patterned and modified from Craig Kissock's (1981) Curriculum Planning for Social Studies Teaching: A Cross-cultural Approach, a self-made Teachers' Self-evaluation form and Peer Observation form participated by nine teachers of a Chinese-Filipino School in Quezon City, Philippines. The analysis of the results identified five teaching strategies with Discussion and Lecture strategy as the most applied alongside Game strategy, Question and Answer strategy, and Project method. Other activities that strengthened the Culture and Heritage awareness were integrated through a collaborative effort with other subject areas. As a result, the study supported that Social Development theory affects the teaching-learning process where opportunities for social interaction helps in the development of a child. Using various teaching strategies encouraged students to interact with one another, to freely express their thoughts, and to participate in fun and healthy competition. It also encouraged students to think and to unleash their creativity and imagination. At the same time, the use of tools and other resources helped increase student engagement.
The Discovery of Knowledge in Educational Databases: A Literature Review with Emphasis on Preprocessing and Postprocessing
Author: Garcia, Léo Manoel Lopes da Silva
Date: 2022-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Research,Information Retrieval,Data Processing,Mathematics,Evaluation Methods,Literature Reviews,Evaluation Criteria

In educational data mining (EDM), preprocessing is an arduous and complex task and must promote an appropriate treatment of data to solve each specific educational problem. In the same way, the parameters used in the evaluation of postprocessing results are decisive in the interpretation of the results and decision-making in the future. These two steps have as much influence on obtaining good results in EDM as the algorithms used. However, in the dissemination of the results of studies on this topic, emphasis is placed only on the evaluation of the algorithms used. Thus, the present study sought to carry out a systematic review of the literature on this topic, focusing on the exploration of the preprocessing performed and on the metrics for evaluating the results. It is observed in many studies that the description and evaluation of the preprocessing and the use of several metrics to evaluate the algorithms used are negligible. However, without a proper explanation of the meaning of each metric to reach the proposed objective.
Crying, &quot;Wolf!&quot; The Campaign Against Critical Race Theory in American Public Schools as an Expression of Contemporary White Grievance in an Era of Fake News
Author: Benson, Keith E.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: News Media,Whites,Critical Theory,Race,Public Schools,Political Issues,Deception,Misconceptions,Political Attitudes,Political Affiliation,Racism,Power Structure,Social Media

The recent fervor over Critical Race Theory (CRT) in American public schools is the result of a confluence of contributing factors including: an eroded news media apparatus operating within a capitalist framework where an increasing portion of the American populace consume news through hyper-partisan cable news networks and social media that comports with their individual ideological preference; the decrying of CRT in schools as the latest iteration of historically-reliable White Backlash; and a highly-effective conservative messaging apparatus skilled in fomenting White Rage based on disinformation. In this essay I will, first, briefly survey America's collapsing contemporary news media industry before discussing contextualizing White Rage throughout American history. From there, I will transition the article's focus to the modern conservative media machine pushing fake news highlighting the (non-existent) issue of CRT in primarily suburban public schools as an exemplification of White Rage to protect whiteness and its hegemony for political gain.
Digital Social Media Development for Learning to Promote the Power of Mental Health of the Elderly
Author: Buakanok, Fisik Sean
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Older Adults,Mental Health,Social Media,Psychological Patterns,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Barriers,Interpersonal Relationship,Ownership,Handheld Devices

The study aimed to 1) Study the accessibility and use of digital technology in the elderly; 2) Examine the peculiarities of elderly people's use of social media and the differences between elderly persons who use and do not utilize social media; and 3) Create the social media that affect the elderly in terms of loneliness reduction. The study sample was 50 people aged over 60 years, derived by purposive selection criterion. The experimental plan One-shot case design. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation (SD), percentage, correlations, and t-test. Study findings shown that 1) The majority of the elderly had communication devices. Two elderly people do not have a communication device, but forthyeight others have and use it for different reasons. As a result, using a communication device to address the problem of loneliness among the elderly is possible. 2) The findings with Less Lonely application cater to the needs of the elderly. The specialist indicated that the Less Lonely digital application was of Suitability level &quot;the most&quot; (?[x-bar] = 4.62, SD = 0.40) and efficiency trials passed the 80/80 criteria. The percentage result of the One-to-One testing (80.67%), the small group efficacy findings were efficient (E[subscript 1]/E[subscript ) 80.18/82.00, the field group efficacy findings were efficient (E[subscript 1]/E[subscript 2]) 80.16/80.90. 3). The correlation between the amount of time spent on social networking apps and feelings of loneliness showed a significant correlation which a negative relationship. The social media affected the elderly in terms of loneliness reduction is Less Lonely application allow elderly people to engage with other friends. The results were found between the time spent on social media devices and their state of loneliness was lower.
Validity and Reliability Studies of the Uskudar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale (USBEMA) in the Digital Age
Author: Terhan, Nevzat
Date: 2022-07-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Test Validity,Test Reliability,Foreign Countries,Altruism,Antisocial Behavior,Test Construction,Factor Analysis

This study aimed to study the validity and reliability of the Uskudar Benevolence and Malevolency Scale (USBEMA). The sample consists of 1028 people from all over Turkey. The analysis made revealed that the scale consists of two factors. The first factor &quot;Purpose Oriented&quot; explains 35.2% of the variance and the second factor &quot;Process Oriented&quot; 7.9% of the variance. The two-factor structure, consisting of a total of 35 items in total, explained 50,6% of the total variance. In addition, two factors confirmed the USBEMA in the confirmatory factor analysis (Chi-square/degrees of freedom: 4.09; RMSEA: 0.079; NFI: 0.80; NNFI: 0.81; CFI: 0.84; GFI: 0.86; AGFI: 0.83). The internal consistency coefficient (a) of the scale was found to be 0.92. As a result of the study, it was understood that the scale is valid and reliable. Thus, A valid and reliable USBEMA Scale emerged, which was rated as &quot;I do not accept&quot;, &quot;I accept&quot;, &quot;I accept but I cannot do it, I'll feel regret&quot;, and &quot;I believe and implement with a sense of responsibility by planning&quot; and &quot;I always believe and implement with love&quot; that psychometrically measures the benevolence/malevolence attitudes and perceptions of individuals.