ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Millennium Development Goals in Reduction of Maternal and Child Mortality in Narok County, Kenya
Author: Koini, Stellah Malaso
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Child Health,Infant Mortality,Mothers,Mortality Rate,Death,Foreign Countries,Public Health,Health Promotion,Parent Surveys,Young Children,Questionnaires,Interviews,Statistical Analysis,Perinatal Influences,Prenatal Influences,Pregnancy,Allied Health Personnel,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),Screening Tests,Nutrition,Community Health Services,Clinics,Program Effectiveness,Hygiene

Background: Millennium Development Goals are the 21st Century worlds' concern to improve human way of life by 2015. In Kenya the Millennium Development Goals for reduction of maternal and child mortality has been recently powered by the beyond zero initiative which started in the year 2014 with the aim of reducing mortality as well as contributing towards promotion of maternal health for new born and children. Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to reverse the poor health outcomes in order to meet Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The study aimed at evaluating the Millennium Development Goals its effectiveness reduction of maternal and child death in Kenya. Methods: The study was done in 2015; Survey design was used in this study in Narok County. The target population comprised of mothers with children below five years of age in Narok County. Purposive random sampling was used to arrive at 150 as the accessible population. Questionnaires and interview guides were employed as data collection tools. Face validity of instruments was determined by Maasai Mara University specialist lecturers and health care workers in the clinic while reliability was tested by computing reliability coefficient. Data was analyzed with the aid of statistical package for social science (SPSS); at Maasai Mara University. Results: The study findings showed that 39% reduction of mortality rate. Statistic significant of (p&lt;0.05) was observed. Since the start of millennium development goals there has been reduction of child mortality and also improved maternal health. In Narok the four recommended antenatal visits was realized but was still low at 50.5%. Deliveries at the hospital and clinic assisted by skilled health care workers were 44%. Testing for HIV during pregnancy 81.5%) and exclusive breastfeeding 36%). Conclusion: Increase in significance essential maternal and neonatal care practices demonstrates that, community health strategy is an appropriate platform to deliver community based interventions. The findings will be used by actors in the child survival community to improve current approaches, policies and practice in maternal and neonatal care. Study recommends that there should be a follow up protocol in projects put forward to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are sustained in Narok County and other areas.
Utilization of Innovations and Techniques of Educational Technology in Delivering of Educational Practicum and Its Impact on Increasing Academic Achievement among Pre-Service Teachers
Author: Ibrahim, Hatim G.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Practicums,Academic Achievement,Preservice Teachers,Technology Uses in Education,Questionnaires,Observation,Instructional Innovation,Middle Schools,Barriers,Delivery Systems,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries,Quasiexperimental Design,Pretests Posttests

The current study aims to identify the utilization of innovations and techniques of educational technology in teaching of educational practicum and its impact on increasing academic achievement among pre-service teachers. The study sample consisted of (60) pre-service teachers (student teachers) randomly selected from public middle and secondary schools. The study adopted the descriptive method; a questionnaire and observation cards designed as tools of the study to achieve the study objectives. The study concluded that the availability of innovations and techniques of educational technology in the schools of educational practicum was low. It also showed that there were challenges of utilizing innovations and techniques of educational technology among student teachers of educational practicum.
Designing and Publication of Interactive E-Book for Students of Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University: An Empirical Study
Author: Alshaya, Hessah
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Electronic Publishing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Females,Student Attitudes,Self Efficacy,Program Effectiveness,Technological Literacy,College Students,Pilot Projects,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Design

The present study aims to keep pace with the rapid developments in the field of e-learning which includes the widespread use of e-books. Therefore, the authors conducted a pilot study on (55) faculty members from various disciplines, they assured the importance of e-books in education and the need for them. Accordingly, the authors designed and published their book &quot;Education Technology: Foundations and Applications&quot; as an interactive application on apps platforms by using a design model that was developed by the authors, and by adopting a list of (28) standards divided into four domains to ensure the quality of the design and development of the e-book according to educational and technological standards. Thereafter, female students' perceptions of the effectiveness of e-books and their self-efficacy in using it were identified by (44) female students of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University. The results indicate that the students have the basic skills necessary to download and read e-books and take advantage of its characteristics, additionally, they believe in its usefulness and are satisfied with it as they intend to continue using e-books in the future.
Investigation of the Relation between Trust in the Manager and Organizational Justice
Author: Bayraktar, Hatice Vatansever
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Administrator Relationship,Trust (Psychology),Public Schools,Foreign Countries,Elementary Secondary Education,Organizational Culture,Justice,Correlation,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Measures (Individuals),Likert Scales,Teacher Attitudes,Data Analysis,Questionnaires

The aim of this study is to show the perception of trust in the manager of teachers working at public primary schools, secondary schools and high schools, and their perception of organizational justice, and reveal whether there is a correlation between the perception of trust in the manager and the perception of organizational justice. The study was carried out with 386 teachers working at public primary schools, secondary schools and high schools in Bakirköy, Bagcilar and Küçükçekmece districts of Istanbul province in the second semester of the 2015-2016 academic year. &quot;The Trust in Manager Scale&quot; consisting of 40 expressions developed by Islamoglu, Birsel and Börü (2007) was used in the study in order to determine the level of trust in the manager as a data collection tool, and the &quot;Organizational Justice Scale&quot; consisting of 19 expressions developed by Moorman and Niehoff (1993) and translated into Turkish by Polat (2007), and the personal information form were used in order to determine the perception of organizational justice. According to the results of the data analysis, it was observed that the teachers' levels of trust in managers and organizational justice are at the &quot;intermediate&quot; level both in the sub-dimensions and in the total score. An &quot;intermediate&quot; level significant relationship was found between the teachers' perception of trust in the manager and their organizational justice perception. The organizational justice perception increases as the teachers'perception of trust in their managers increases.
Investigating Mathematics Teachers Candidates' Knowledge about Problem Solving Strategies through Problem Posing
Author: Ünlü, Melihan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Problem Solving,Qualitative Research,Foreign Countries,Case Studies,Mathematics Instruction,Content Analysis,Interviews

The aim of the study was to determine mathematics teacher candidates' knowledge about problem solving strategies through problem posing. This qualitative research was conducted with 95 mathematics teacher candidates studying at education faculty of a public university during the first term of the 2015-2016 academic year in Turkey. Problem Posing Test (PPT) was used as a data collection tool which developed by researcher. It consists of 5 open ended questions. It was prepared according to the free problem posing situations. Teacher candidates were asked to pose problems that can be solved using problem solving strategies and problems were examined and categorized based on content analysis. Problems that were in accordance with the strategy were mostly related to daily life and solvable. Clinical interviews were conducted with 10 teacher candidates. Although some teacher candidates have knowledge about problem solving strategies, they did not pose a problem and in some cases they made mistakes in solving the problems they posed. Many teacher candidates stated that they posed similar problems they saw in textbooks, rather than act creatively.
The Degree of Schools Principals Practicing Innovation and Its Relation with the Teachers' Professional Development
Author: Abu-Shreah, Mohammad
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Principals,Educational Practices,Educational Innovation,Faculty Development,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Correlation,Statistical Significance,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Creativity,Gender Differences,Statistical Analysis

The study aims to know the degree of schools principals practicing innovation and its relationship with the teachers' professional development; the population of the study is consisted of all male and female teachers numbering to 415 teachers; the sample of the study is consisted of 205 male and female teachers from members of the study population. To achieve the goals of the study two questionnaires were developed in order to collect information to define the degree of the schools principles practicing innovation and its relation with the teachers' professional development; the first questionnaire contained the degree of the schools principles practicing innovation; the first questionnaire is consisted of 24 paragraphs, the second questionnaire contains the measurement of the degree of the teacher's practicing professional development which is consisted of 37 paragraphs whom their validity and consistency are checked. The study concluded that the degree of schools principals practicing innovation and its relation with the teachers' professional development in the three domains was great arranged in accordance with the study domains as follows: encouraging of innovative ideas, promoting of schooling environment and solving of innovative problems. The study results showed as well that the degree of schools teachers' professional development was great according to the teachers' point of view.The result of the study revealed a positive correlation of statistical significance at the level (a = 0.05) among the averages of schools teachers estimations in the domains of schools principals practicing innovation and their estimations of the teachers professional development. In the light of the results the study recommended the work to meet the required new training for the schools principals; to conduct the field studies on the effectiveness of the training programs provided to the schools principals and to the teachers and to increase the appropriate material and nominal motivations for the innovators of them.
The Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in Teaching Turkish as a Second Language
Author: Baskin, Sami
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Foreign Students,Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Turkish,Vocabulary Development,Learning Strategies,Questionnaires,Taxonomy,Statistical Analysis,Incidence

Vocabulary learning is the basis of the language learning process in teaching Turkish as a second language. Vocabulary learning strategies need to be used in order for vocabulary learning to take place effectively. The use of vocabulary learning strategies facilitates vocabulary learning and increases student achievement. Each student uses a different strategy in line with their own needs. In this study, it was aimed to determine the vocabulary learning strategies of the students in Gaziosmanpasa University Turkish Teaching and Application Center (TÖMER). The general screening model was used in the study. Natpassorn Riankamol's 25-item Questionnaire of Vocabulary Learning Strategies was applied to 22 students at level A1. The questionnaire was based on Schmitt's Taxonomy. Schmitt's taxonomy (1997) is a comprehensive inventory of vocabulary learning strategies. He divides the strategies into two groups: the ones to determine the meaning of new words when learners encounter them the first time, and the ones to consolidate meaning when learners encounter words again. The former group contains determination and social strategies and the latter contains cognitive, metacognitive, memory and social strategies. Schmitt includes social strategies in both categories since they can be used for both purposes. The data was analyzed using frequency, percentage and averages. As a result of the research, it was seen that the students' language levels were effective in determining the vocabulary strategies they used. Students used determination strategies the most while using cognitive strategies the least.
Choice of the Medium of Instruction in Kenyan Preschools: Averting Xenocentrism
Author: Waithaka, Esther N.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Language of Instruction,Qualitative Research,Early Childhood Education,Native Language,Teacher Attitudes,Parent Attitudes,Preschool Teachers,Indigenous Knowledge,Indigenous Populations,Interviews,Teacher Competencies,Parent Background,Language Usage

This qualitative study sought to prompt a critical and reflective discourse on the dismal use of mother tongue in Kenyan early childhood education (ECE) institutions in an attempt to detect existence of xenocentrism. Although the Kenyan ECE policy framework sanctions use of the language of the catchment area when teaching and communicating with the young learners, many teachers continue to use English. Though studies have tried to identify factors that deter use of mother tongue, it is not clear whether the practice could be an indicator of xenocentrism. The objectives of the study were to assess parents' and teachers' competence in mother tongue, how they valued mother tongue and their willingness to have children learn their mother tongue. The study used descriptive research design. The population comprised preschool teachers and parents with children in preschools in a rural zone in Kiambu County. Data was collected through interviews. The results revealed that parents and teachers promoted use of English. Parents felt that the schools that used English were superior to those that used mother tongue. Some teachers argued that, since most of the reading materials were written in English it was necessary to introduce children to the reading language early in life. Many teachers and parents claimed that the world had turned into a global village and it was not necessary for them to be competent in mother tongue. It was evident that majority of the teachers and parents did not attach much value to mother tongue.
College Climate and Teacher-Trainee's Academic Work in Selected Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Author: Adjei, Augustine
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Environment,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Schools of Education,Leadership Role,Class Size,Statistical Analysis,Principals,Tutors,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Leadership Styles,Leadership Qualities,Academic Achievement

The study aimed at investigating the extent to which College climate (Leadership roles/practices and Class size) impact on academic work of Teacher-trainees. A survey research design was used for the study because it involved a study of relatively large population who were purposively and randomly selected. A sample size of 322 out of the population of 1850 from Offinso, Akokerri and Wesley Colleges of Education comprising 226 males and 114 females were used for the study. A questionnaire and an interview guide were used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analyzed using Means, Standard deviations and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The study established that effective leadership roles and practices of Principals and Tutors had impact on the academic work of Teacher-trainees. By implication, good leadership practices had a positive relationship with students' academic work. The results of the ANOVA tests indicated that there was no significant difference in the means of the responses on College class size provided by the respondents (p&gt;-0.05). The implication is that large class sizes turn to affect classroom teaching and learning as compared to small class size. The respondents from Offinso College had the lowest mean of 2.41on infrastructure, implying that their College infrastructure was the least developed. However, the respondents of Akokerri had an overall mean of 3.55 which implied that their College infrastructure was moderately developed. The study also revealed that, the higher the academic qualification of college tutors in their respective area of study, the more likely they are to impact positively on the academic work of Teacher-trainees.
Cultural Transfer and Creating Cultural Awareness in Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language: A Sample from Gaziosmanpasa University Tömer
Author: Iscan, Adem
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Cultural Awareness,Second Language Instruction,Turkish,College Students,Intercultural Communication,Questionnaires,Qualitative Research,Student Attitudes,Acculturation

Culture and language are two phenomena that have existed by influencing each other for centuries. It is impossible to think independently of the culture on which the language is cultivated, nor on the language, which influences culture. One of the best signs of mastering a language is the ability to understand the cultural elements and the cultural codes that a language carries. There is a need for transferring of cultural elements in order to achieve foreign language learning in the best possible way. In this way, it is aimed to teach the target language in the most natural way and to ensure that the language competencies of the students are at the highest level. In the globalizing world, that the language teaching has gained different dimensions and new developments on cultural transfer have been seen. The most important of these are intercultural communication and cultural awareness. During language teaching, awareness of the target culture positively affects intercultural communication. In this study, 19 students who are learning Turkish at Gaziosmanpasa University TÖMER--Center for Teaching Turkish--were given a questionnaire in order to learn their ideas about cultural transfer while learning a foreign language and the obtained data were examined in accordance with the possibilities provided by qualitative research and the findings were interpreted. Among the results obtained, it has been seen that the majority of the students in the general framework have a positive attitude towards cultural learning. The reasons behind the students' attitudes on approaching culture learning kind of a negative way are also investigated. The findings of the students on how and at what level the culture transfer should happen were interpreted and all the findings were synthesized in the conclusion. At the end of the research, some suggestions on teaching Turkish as a foreign language were presented.
Improving the Effectiveness of Learning Using Pictures Cards &quot;Rocky Dust&quot; for Students with Disorder Autism Sensory Integration in SLB-B TPA Jember, East Java, Indonesia
Author: Nisa, Arida Choirun
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,Teaching Methods,Visual Aids,Autism,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Action Research,Learning Strategies,Sensory Integration,Data Analysis,Statistical Analysis

Classroom Action Research (PTK) was made after researchers observed the implementation of learning conducted mostly school teachers Extraordinary show symptoms not as expected, because the teacher still dominates teaching and learning activities centered on teachers, by looking at the lecture method is a method that The main. This raises a very adverse impact on the students, especially on improving the effectiveness of learning. To obtain optimal results the need for continuous efforts, planned and gradual, then one of the efforts that have been implemented in this direction is the development of methods and learning strategies. Where this learning strategy is one specific strategy, making it easier for students to understand and master the subject matter. Therefore, so that the learning process effectively with memergunakan media card picture Rocky Dust by researchers considered to be something that is appropriate to be applied in the learning activities of children autism are then formulated into a &quot;Is the use of the media card image Rocky Dust can improve the effectiveness of learning in students of Autism in SLB-B landfill Patrang District of Jember.&quot; This type of research used by researchers is quantitative descriptive, with steps of data collection, data reduction, data presentation, verification and drawing conclusions. The research was conducted in the first half of October to December 2009 in the academic year 2009-2010. By producing a conclusion that the use of media cards Rocky Dust image can enhance the effectiveness of learning in students Autism in SLB-B Patrang District of Jember.