ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Peace Management and Enhanced Academic Performance of Tertiary Institutions in South-South Nigeria
Author: Ebuara, Victor Obule
Date: 2011-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Peace,Postsecondary Education,Conflict Resolution,Crisis Management,Hypothesis Testing,College Faculty,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Scores,Curriculum Implementation,Academic Achievement,Likert Scales

This study was embarked upon with a view to examining the need for peace in the management of tertiary institutions towards enhancing academic performance in south-south Nigeria. Three hypotheses and one research question guided the study. One thousand, two hundred and nineteen (1219) academic and non-academic staff were selected for the study. A 31 item researcher developed questionnaire was used to collect data from the sampled staff in their respective institutions. Population t-test and mean scores were used to analyze data collected. Findings show that peace was advocated but there were serious inadequacies in the implementation and enforcement process of peace. Proposed peace was scarcely enforced to the detriment of academic performance. The manner and approach to existing peace management does not actually address the issue of peace building. Based on the findings, recommendations were made which included among others, that conflict resolution and peace education courses should be introduced in the school curriculum.
The Revelation of Entrepreneurial Spirits on the Cultivation of College Students' Enterprise Qualities: A Case Study in Wenzhou
Author: Ma, Delong
Date: 2011-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,College Students,Business Skills,Case Studies,Competition,Consciousness Raising,Economic Opportunities,Skill Development,Leadership Training,Interdisciplinary Approach,Business Education,Foreign Countries,Social Systems

In Socialist market economy, the characteristics of economic development tend to vary in different regions. Accordingly, enterprise education on college students has to be combined with regional economic features, particularly with a profound knowledge about the characteristics of local entrepreneurs. Insufficient resources and inconvenient geographical location set a special human environment for Wenzhou. Influenced by such an environment, the entrepreneurs in Wenzhou who initiated their business at the initial stage have developed some special spirits such as survival of the fittest, daring to outperform others, practical spirit, utility orientation, teamwork and so on. College students in Wenzhou are also expected to carry forward these spirits and absorb the essence in them to improve their enterprise qualities.
An Investigation of Curriculum Elements for the Enhancement of the Teaching-Learning Process
Author: Zohrabi, Mohammad
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Investigations,Learning Processes,Teaching Methods,Curriculum Design,Course Objectives,Student Attitudes,Program Length,Needs Assessment,Student Characteristics,Teacher Characteristics,Learning Activities,Educational Resources,Skill Development,Lexicology,Story Grammar,Student Evaluation,Second Language Programs

Any curriculum consists of several components: goals, disposition, duration, needs analysis, learners and teachers, exercises and activities, resources, ways of learning, skills to be acquired, lexis, language structure, and ability assessment. Before setting up a program or course of study, these components should be determined and described in detail. In fact, these elements help clarify various dimensions of the curriculum and consequently enhance its productivity. Practically, proper consideration of each aspect of these constructs can exert a tremendous influence on the richness of the program. Therefore, curriculum or course designers need to scrutinize these components one by one and determine their role in the program. Essentially, these elements should be explored at length prior to, during, and after the program. Thus, this article attempts to shed some light on the various constructs of a teaching-learning course.
A Study on Linking High-School Physics and Perfect Teaching Reformation of College Physics
Author: Liu, Xiaolai
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High Schools,Physics,College Students,Difficulty Level,Educational Change,Teaching Methods,Problem Solving,Instructional Innovation,Articulation (Education),Foreign Countries

For the students who have just entered colleges, learning university physics would be a challenge. This paper discusses how to make students who have just finished senior high school physics won't feel difficult in learning university physics and how to guide and cultivate the students' interest in the study of physics so to stimulate the students' initiative to explore physics. The paper also attaches importance to the combination of high school physics and conducting teaching reform in college physical courses providing an effective way to solve the above question. This paper discusses the necessity of teaching reform in college physics teaching and the use of material and methods based on consideration of joining senior high school physics, attempting to find a breaking through the traditional single direction teaching mode, which can cultivate talents to analyze and solve problems with innovative quality.
A Study on How to Breathe Properly When Practicing Tai Chi Chuan
Author: Yang, Hanchun
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activities,Relaxation Training,Asian Culture,Case Studies,Role,Physiology

When practicing Tai Chi Chuan, proper breath plays an important role in shaping Tai Chi Chuan's style and its fitness value. The paper aims to analyse the postures of Tai Chi Chuan and its breath characteristics. The paper also presents some new insights on how to co-ordinate breath with postures by case studies.
The Analysis of Organizational Diagnosis on Based Six Box Model in Universities
Author: Hamid, Rahimi
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Models,Universities,Teacher Surveys,College Faculty,Questionnaires,Leadership Effectiveness,Motivation,Rewards,Collegiality,Organizational Culture,Organizational Climate,Institutional Research,Employment Level,School Location,Gender Differences,Intellectual Disciplines,Science Education,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries

Purpose: The analysis of organizational diagnosis on based six box model at universities. Research method: Research method was descriptive-survey. Statistical population consisted of 1544 faculty members of universities which through random strafed sampling method 218 persons were chosen as the sample. Research Instrument were organizational diagnosis questionnaires with 77 items that by use of Cronbach alpha coefficient, reliability coefficients were obtained equal to 0.94. Out of 218 questionnaires we received 200 completed questionnaires. This represents a response rate which is quite suitable for this type of study. Findings: Analysis of the results indicated that mean the organizational diagnosis in dimensions of leadership, relationships and motivation and reward was bigger than average and in dimensions of purpose, structure and helpful mechanisms was smaller than average. There was not a positive and significant difference between views of faculty members about organizational diagnosis on based of gender, employment status and scientific degree.
The Social Change Experiences of College Students at an Institution of Higher Learning
Author: New, Kuwihoi
Date: 2011-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Change,Student Experience,College Students,Foreign Countries,Educational Sociology,Field Studies,Interviews,Private Colleges,Socialization,Adjustment (to Environment),Student Responsibility,Self Actualization,Influences,Qualitative Research,Comparative Analysis,Statistical Analysis

The sociology of education provides the most effective means to look into in the dynamics of education and the changes it produces in the individual. This research uses in-depth field interviews to study the social change experienced by a group of college students at a private higher learning institution in Malaysia. The results reveal that there are four main elements in the social change experienced by this group of students. The process begins with the &quot;self-awareness&quot; by students of their social condition both in past and present situations. The second element is their &quot;adaptability,&quot; where students come to understand how to interact with their circumstances and are able to find ways to adapt to their environment. This is followed by the third element, &quot;responsibility,&quot; where students become responsible to the degree that they possess leadership abilities; thoughtfulness, independence, supportiveness and determination. The last element is &quot;potentiality,&quot; which is important in helping students to progress to a higher stage of life by actualizing their full potential. These findings have identified the elements of social change in the sociology of education in the context higher education.
On Cultivation of Characteristic Talents in Law in Institutes of Technology
Author: Li, Hong
Date: 2011-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Talent Development,Legal Education (Professions),Postsecondary Education,Vocational Schools,Institutional Characteristics,Barriers,Administrative Principles,Educational Principles,Educational Change,Educational Practices,Change Strategies

For the time being, professional education of law offered by institutes of technology has become an important component of cultivation of professional talents in law in China. Only if institutes of technology face up with their disadvantages, make full use of their resource advantages and cultivate characteristic talents in law, are they able to remain invincible in the fierce competition among universities. This paper analyzes predicament and advantages existing in cultivation of characteristic talents in law by institutes of technology. On that basis, the paper then puts forward the basic principles and specific approaches to be followed by institutes of technology to cultivate characteristic talents in law.
A Study on the Necessity of Introducing Teaching-Plan-Telling into Physical Education Undergraduates' Courses in Normal Universities
Author: Sun, Guodong
Date: 2011-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Education,Physical Education Teachers,Undergraduate Students,Lesson Plans,Capacity Building,Microteaching,Teaching Skills,Transformative Learning,Educational Theories,Language Proficiency,Internship Programs,Barriers,Training Methods,Foreign Countries

The cultivation target of physical education major in normal universities is mainly physical teachers' qualification in basic education. Training of teaching-plan-telling on students of sports teaching major in normal universities has significant meaning to enhance the quality of students in a comprehensive way, realize the target of professional education and facilitate students of sports in normal universities to adapt to basic education as soon as possible after graduation. Through analysis in the essence of teaching-plan-telling and disadvantages that exist at present in physical internship among students who major in physical education teaching in normal universities, this article explained the role of introducing teaching-plan-telling in teaching of students of sports education in normal universities according to the requirement of research on classroom teaching under the background of new course. The research results indicated that teaching-plan-telling is a bridge for students of sports in normal universities to go towards practice, and can encourage them to learn carefully the educational theories, improve the quality of educational internship and shorten the time from a student of sports in a normal university to a qualified sports teacher. Teaching-plan-telling is an effective form to enhance the teaching capacity and teaching and research capacity of students of physical education in normal universities, so it ought to be regarded as an important content in professional teaching in physical education of normal universities.
White Racial Framing Related to Public School Financing
Author: Fitzgerald, Terence
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Whites,Racial Attitudes,Racial Bias,Stereotypes,Beliefs,African American Students,Public Schools,Educational Finance,Resource Allocation,School Districts,Equal Education,Expenditure per Student,Educational Equity (Finance)

In the 21st century, U.S. Blacks in public schools experience disenfranchisement, as did their ancestral predecessors in the 19th and 20th centuries. This research utilizes the &quot;White Racial Frame,&quot; which essentially encompasses the cognitive racialized false stereotypes and beliefs Whites hold regarding people of color (Feagin, 2010). These stereotypes, beliefs, and values cause Whites to subconsciously and /or consciously marginalize people of color. This Frame will be discussed regarding the rationale for not justly addressing the issue of racial inequities within public school funding apportionment systems. This approach spotlights the historical and contemporary systemic targeting of U.S. Black students.2 Results of this study indicate that public school funding allotments are both historical and contemporary examples of systemic racial subjugation. This article extends earlier papers (Halcoussis, Ng, &amp; Virts, 2009; Ng &amp; Halcoussis, 2003) by both examining racially-based school funding diversions and mechanisms, and demonstrating that the historical extensions of systemic racism exist within the foundation of public education and continue to impede the education of Blacks. Overall, the contention of this article is to illustrate fiscal disparities related to race. This paper illustrates the disparities between predominantly White and Black school districts in the selected states of Illinois, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina and Georgia.
The Effects of Different Applications on Creativity Regarding Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis
Author: Elaldi, Senel
Date: 2016-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creativity,Academic Achievement,Meta Analysis,Learning Strategies,Problem Based Learning,Individualized Instruction,Pretests Posttests,Control Groups,Experimental Groups

In this study, through a meta-analysis of 20 studies, it is aimed to compare the effectiveness of various forms of learning methods including creativity based learning, problem based learning, and differentiated instruction on creativity in terms of the academic achievement of students and to find out other study characteristics, related to the effectiveness of creativity. Studies including the pretest-posttest control group model and collected from national and international arena between the years 2000 to 2015 were chosen. In this context, 20 studies that met inclusion criteria were analyzed under three themes: creativity based learning, problem based learning, and differentiated instruction by using Comprehensive Meta- Analysis and the MetaWin statistical program. In addition, other studies having effectiveness on creativity were categorized as &quot;method&quot; and &quot;approach&quot; and their effect sizes were calculated separately. The effect size values of academic achievement scores in each theme were found to be respectively 0.850, 1.560, and 0.729 which were significant and at a large level in the first two themes; at a medium level in the third theme according to the classification of Thalheimer and Cook. The results indicated that different applications had positive effects on academic achievement.
Quality M.Ed. Principal Licensure Degrees + Conscientious Students = Leader Principals
Author: Guillaume, Cindy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Principals,Administrator Education,Correlation,Instructional Leadership,Administrator Effectiveness,Masters Programs,Online Courses,Elementary Secondary Education,Program Descriptions,Educational Policy,State Standards,National Standards,Administrator Responsibility,Consortia,Teacher Education,Accreditation (Institutions),Alumni

Effective educational leadership at the principal level positively correlates with quality classroom teachers and improved student achievement (Portin et al., 2009). It also fosters a caring, supportive and inter-connected environment that inspires students and engages teachers (Seashore et al., 2010). Preparing competent, effective, and caring principals, via an online program, is the goal of Northcentral University's (NCU) 36-credit hour &quot;Master of Education with a specialization in PK-12 Principal Leadership (M.Ed./PLCS) degree.&quot; NCU's M.Ed./PLCS program aligns with research completed by the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED), which found that the six most important leadership responsibilities of a principal were: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring (Porter et al., 2008). Furthermore, the M.Ed./PLCS specialization program is fully aligned with several sets of policy documents and standards on the national, state, and local level, including the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) as well as the Professional Administrative Standards authored by the Arizona Department of Education.
Does the Gender Wage Gap Exist at Riverside Community College District?
Author: Brown, Jami
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Gender Differences,Salary Wage Differentials,Community Colleges,Federal Legislation,Higher Education,College Faculty,Sex Fairness,Gender Discrimination,Gender Bias,STEM Education,Educational Attainment,Case Studies

The gender wage gap in the United States is a well-documented social and economic phenomenon. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 has done little to bring parity between men's and women's wages. Existing data show a relationship between race, age, geography, immigration, education, and women's pay status. This study analyzes wage disparity within higher education, specifically among the faculty at Riverside City College in Riverside, California. A transparent hiring process and salary schedule have reduced the gender wage gap to 1% at Riverside City College, compared to the 6-14% reported national average among faculty in higher education. Even though the gender wage gap is small, gender discrimination and gender bias are evident when the number of women in positions of authority is examined. Another indicator of gender inequity at Riverside City College is the high percentage of men teaching in STEM disciplines compared to women teaching in those disciplines.
Alternative Sources of Funding Early Childhood Education for School Effectiveness in Nigeria
Author: Olubor, Roseline O.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Early Childhood Education,Educational Finance,Financial Support,School Effectiveness,Public Schools,Educational Policy,Federal Aid

The authors examined the sources of funding early childhood education in existence in Nigeria with a view towards suggesting alternative sources to boost the revenue base for school effectiveness. The diminishing culture of the extended family system and the need for both parents to be in employment coupled with the need to provide access and ensure equity in educational provision have necessitated the need for early childhood education in public school in Nigeria. The paper argued that adequate fund is a prerequisite for good teacher preparation, provision of appropriate and good quality facilities, stimulating learning materials, regular supervision and monitoring of early childhood education programmes and school effectiveness. In order to achieve these scenario, the following recommendations were proposed for policy options: 15% of the constituency allowance of all national lawmakers and 10% of that of state of assembly lawmakers should be committed to providing academic and non-academic items such as textbooks, exercise books, uniform and meals to all pre-school children in public schools. Two million two hundred and ninety seven thousand, five hundred and forty seven (2,297,547) pre-school children aged 3 to 5 years are enrolled in 28,565 public schools across the country. Since these schools are domiciled in the constituencies and are patronized by the poor in the society, it is therefore imperative for them to commit a percentage of their constituency allowance to the educational welfare of the preschool children. Secondly, for a stable and regular funding of early childhood education, a provision like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) that will be named Universal Basic Education Trust Fund (UBETFUND) is also recommended. This is to be committed to facility provision, training and retraining of teachers. Thirdly, a proposal of 5% federal government intervention of its consolidated revenue fund is being proposed. The present 2% is inadequate due to the large number of schools at this level across the country. Fourthly, anti-corruption policies such as budget and project monitoring, quarterly report on the disbursement of funds, dynamic audit department to forestall waste of funds and supervision of school buildings to ensure good quality should be put in place to ensure that funds are not misappropriated or embezzled.
An Investigation of Taiwanese Doctoral Students' Academic Writing at a U.S. University
Author: Chou, Li-hua
Date: 2011-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Graduate Students,Doctoral Programs,Writing Skills,Academic Discourse,Doctoral Dissertations,Foreign Students,Interviews,Task Analysis,Student Attitudes,Course Descriptions,Humanities,Social Sciences,Sciences,Technology,Language Proficiency

The United States has always been the top choice of Taiwanese university students who want to study abroad. Consequently, English writing is especially vital for doctoral dissertation; insufficient research deals with academic writing of such students, despite its importance to their success. This paper aims to fill the gap by analyzing the course syllabi as well as interviews with Ph.D. students at a university in New York State. Task analysis and verbal reports of these students yielded significant insights that may contribute to more effective guidance for both academic writing instructors and curriculum developers in Taiwan.
A Measurable Model of the Creative Process in the Context of a Learning Process
Author: Ma, Min
Date: 2016-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creativity,Learning Processes,Creative Thinking,Causal Models,Educational Indicators,Measurement,Time Factors (Learning),Neurosis,Personality Measures,Questionnaires,Self Expression,Imagination

The authors' aim was to arrive at a measurable model of the creative process by putting creativity in the context of a learning process. The authors aimed to provide a rather detailed description of how creative thinking fits in a general description of the learning process without trying to go into an analysis of a biological description of the brain activity. The tool was the aspect deformation process of an indicator process partially ordered by causality. The building blocks of the process formed a set of indicators. An indicator was represented as a set of aspects and enough aspects are discerned in order to have a good characterization of the indicator. As an application of the model and theories, we described some implications for didactics as well.