ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Awareness of Preservice Teachers in Primary School Education Department on Environmental Problems
Author: Sidekli, Sabri
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Statistical Analysis,Elementary School Teachers,Foreign Countries,Environment,Conservation (Environment),Environmental Education,Knowledge Level,Preservice Teachers,Measures (Individuals),Climate,Change,Undergraduate Students,Teacher Education Programs

In the prevention or decreasing of environmental problems, attitudes and awareness of people have been significant. First of all, primary school teachers' awareness and tenderness on this field should be improved. In this study, the awareness of preservice teachers in primary school teaching department on environmental problems is aimed to be declared. This study has been conducted in 2015-2016 semesters. As for research method, in this study, the descriptive model that is a kind of quantitative research method has been preferred. In this sense, 1.,2.,3., and 4. grade university students in 4 different universities in Turkey, totally 742 students, have been determined as the sample of this study. The data of this study has been analyzed via SPSS program and the findings of this study have been presented as related to the aims of this study. As a result of this study, it has been found that the awareness of the students on the environmental problems has been seen as 74%. Additionally, it has been declared that the students in this study have been answered correctly the questions on &quot;knowledge&quot; step as 69%; they answered correctly the questions on &quot;comprehension&quot; step as 81%; the questions on &quot;practice&quot; step have been answered correctly for 81%; on the &quot;analysis&quot; step, there have been 81.5% of the students who have been answered the questions correctly; on the &quot;synthesis&quot; step, there have been 66.6% of the students who could answer the questions correctly and finally the questions in &quot;evaluation&quot; step have been answered correctly by 73% of the students.
Ecological Citizenship Scale Development Study
Author: Karatekin, Kadir
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ecological Factors,Environmental Education,Sustainability,Citizenship Responsibility,Citizen Participation,Justice,Civil Rights,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Test Construction,Likert Scales,Item Analysis,Correlation,Factor Analysis,Goodness of Fit,Preservice Teachers,Student Surveys,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

Ecological citizenship is a type of citizenship that encourages individuals, communities and organizations as citizens of the world to consider environmental rights and responsibilities. When the literature is examined, it is seen that there are four most emphasized dimensions of ecological citizenship. These are responsibility, sustainability, rights and justice and participation. It is only possible to raise people as ecological citizen by educational activities. For this reason, measuring of the level of teachers' ecological citizenship is crucial. It is also found that there is no scale aiming to assess the level of teachers' ecological citizenship, so the goal of this study is determined to develop a scale measuring the ecological citizenship of teacher candidates. After analyzing the related studies and literature in this field, a trial form of the scale was developed with 53 items which are graded as 5 point Likert Scale. After the development of the scale, it was presented to the experts' opinions to analyze the content and face validity of the scale, and according to the experts' ideas, nine items were discarded from the scale. In order to gather evidence for the validity and reliability of the scale, the scale form of 44 items was applied to a total of 532 teacher candidates who were studying in different branches in the 2016-2017 Education Year Spring Semester. As for item analysis, the item total correlations were calculated and item analysis based on the lower and upper 27% group was performed. In order to investigate the structural validity of the scale, Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were performed. As a result of these analyzes, a final scale with a 4-factor structure consisting of 24 items and accounting for 49.811% of the total variance has been reached. These factors have been named as Participation, Sustainability, Responsibility, Right and Justice. In the Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Ecological Citizenship Scale, it has been found that the proposed model has been verified and the model-data fit is perfect level. For the reliability of the scale, the Cronbach-Alpha Internal Consistency Coefficient was calculated for the whole scale and according to the factors. According to this, the Cronbach-Alpha Internal Consistency Coefficient for the whole scale was found as 0.901. The coefficients as for factors were estimated like that: 0.865 for Participation, 0.762 for Sustainability, 0.745 for Responsibility and 0.636 for Rights and Justice. All these findings have showed that the Ecological Citizenship Scale is a valid and reliable scale for the teacher candidates.
How Do South American International Students Experience Student Life in Flanders? A Photo Elicitation Project
Author: Wang, Qingchun
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,Latin Americans,Student Adjustment,Cultural Differences,Foreign Countries,College Students,Study Abroad,Social Adjustment,Emotional Adjustment,Acculturation,Coping,Interpersonal Communication,Pictorial Stimuli,Student Attitudes,Barriers,Semi Structured Interviews

Millions of tertiary international students are studying abroad, and the number of exchange students continues to increase. We explored experiences of South American students studying in a non-Anglophone context. A photo elicitation methodology was applied to support data collection. Five participants were asked to visualize their challenges in their adjustment in pictures. We conducted individual interviews where images were used as prompts to narratives. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Three main themes were identified: socio-cultural adjustment, academic adjustment, and psychological adjustment. Our data suggest that adjustment processes do not automatically lead to an adaptation outcome. Individual factors such as students' acculturation strategies and coping mechanisms, and situational variables like social interaction and cultural discomfort affect their adjustment.
International Student Engagement: An Exploration of Student and Faculty Perceptions
Author: Wang, Rong
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,College Students,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Learner Engagement,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Student Relationship,Learning Strategies,Cooperative Learning,Comparative Analysis,Departments,Regression (Statistics),College Seniors,College Freshmen,National Surveys,Student Surveys

An increasing number of faculty have brought up questions and concerns about supporting international students' academic engagement and success. However, little is known about faculty's approaches to international student engagement and how they may differ from international students' self-reported engagement at four-year institutions. Using data from the National Survey of Student Engagement and Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, both large-scale and multi-institutional datasets, this study explores international student engagement in learning strategies, collaborative learning, and student-faculty interaction as well as international student engagement from the perspectives of faculty and students. Recommendations on supporting international student engagement from an individual faculty level, department level, and institutional level are discussed.
Supervising Asian International Counseling Students: Using the Integrative Developmental Model
Author: Li, Dan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Counselor Training,Foreign Students,Supervisory Methods,Asians,Student Characteristics,Student Needs,Intervention,Confucianism,Clinical Experience,Integrated Activities,Student Motivation,Personal Autonomy,Metacognition,College Students,Educational Practices

This conceptual article presents an application of the integrative developmental model (IDM) as a framework for supervising Asian international counseling students in the United States. Asian international supervisees' characteristics and needs on four developmental levels and corresponding supervision interventions are discussed. Implications for clinical supervision, counselor education, and research are provided.
Leisure Constraints to Participation in Competitive Activities and Intramural Sports: Comparing International and Domestic Students
Author: Cho, Dongwook
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Foreign Students,Student Participation,College Athletics,Intramural Athletics,Leisure Time,Barriers,Comparative Analysis,Student Surveys,Online Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Competition,Student Attitudes,Social Influences

The continuous increase in enrollment of international collegiate students into higher education highlights the importance of assessing diverse leisure opportunities that meet the needs of a diverse student population. The current study assessed the influence of leisure constraints on intramural and competitive sport participation rates between domestic and international students. A total of 273 participants were included for analysis (196 domestic students &amp; 77 international students). International students were observed to have significantly higher intrapersonal and structural leisure constraints to participate in intramural sports, while domestic students had significantly lower leisure constraints. Implications of the study's findings are discussed to include unique programming strategies for recreation and university administrators.
The Effects of Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Support on International Students&apos; Psychological Adjustment: Autonomy and Environmental Mastery
Author: Aldawsari, Norah Fahad
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Awareness,Cross Cultural Training,Foreign Students,Student Adjustment,Emotional Adjustment,Multiple Regression Analysis,Likert Scales,Well Being,Correlation,Personal Autonomy,Social Support Groups,College Students,Residential Patterns,Online Surveys,Statistical Analysis

This study investigated relationships between cross-cultural competence, social support, and international students' psychological adjustment. Participants included 94 international students studying in the United States. The researchers conducted a series of standard multiple regression analysis to predict autonomy and environmental mastery as measured by the Ryff Scales of Psychological Well-Being (Ryff &amp; Keyes, 1995). They found significant positive relationships between autonomy and cross-cultural competence as measured by the Intercultural Competence Scale (ICCS; Fantini &amp; Tirmizi, 2006), and environmental mastery and social support as measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS; Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, &amp; Farely, 1988). A significant negative relationship was also found between length of residency in the host country, autonomy, and environmental mastery.
Loving Neighbor as Self: Translating the Study Abroad Experience into Intercultural Friendships on the Home Campus
Author: Pengelly, Kelly A.
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,College Students,Study Abroad,Friendship,Cultural Awareness,Empathy,Qualitative Research,Phenomenology,Case Studies,Focus Groups,College Administration,Administrator Role,Interviews

Universities focus significant attention on internationalization to prepare globally minded graduates by engaging students in study abroad programs and expanding international student enrollment. However, scholarship has not yet considered the role returned study abroad students play in meeting friendship needs of international students. This research aimed to determine if such experiences impact friendships between participants and internationals. Four basic themes emerged: isolated application of intercultural competencies, differences in empathy experiences, friendships between study abroad and international students, and institutional contributions. Key findings revealed institutions do not teach study abroad students to utilize their experience in fostering empathetic friendships with international students and should consider how the experience can more effectively impact intercultural friendships rather than focusing solely on domestic students' reverse culture shock.
The Relation of an International Student Center&apos;s Orientation Training Sessions with International Students&apos; Achievement and Integration to University
Author: Güvendir, Meltem Acar
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,Orientation,Social Integration,Academic Achievement,Measures (Individuals),Graduate Students,Undergraduate Students,Grade Point Average,Scores,Student Unions,Multivariate Analysis,Educational Benefits,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of the research is to examine the relation of orientation training sessions with integration and achievement of the international students. The study used the Institutional Integration Scales, developed by Pascarella and Terenzini (1980), to examine the integration level of the international students. 181 freshmen undergraduate and graduate international students who study at an American university filled out the scales in June 2015. According to the results, the scale's factor scores vary depending on the frequency of using the center. The students' GPA scores did not vary with regard to whether the students benefited from the center frequently or not. The study findings show that the frequency of using the center is important on integration to university.
Understanding East Asian Graduate Students&apos; Socio-Cultural and Psychological Adjustment in a U.S. Midwestern University
Author: Xiong, Yiying
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Adjustment,Psychological Patterns,Cultural Differences,Graduate Students,Acculturation,Coping,Barriers,Coding,College Environment,Student Needs,Costs,Educational Finance,Adjustment (to Environment),Foreign Countries,Semi Structured Interviews,Qualitative Research

In this study, we explore East Asian graduate students' socio-cultural and psychological adjustment in a U.S. Midwestern University. Eight participants were interviewed about their acculturation challenges as well as their effective coping strategies. Data were analyzed using open-coding techniques and five themes emerged: three themes summarized the challenges, including challenges due to cultural differences, lack of support in a foreign environment, and financial stress; and the other two themes that described the coping strategies were utilizing external resources and developing self-adjustment strategies.
Work-Family Balance and Psychosocial Adjustment of Married International Students
Author: Bulgan, Gökçe
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Family Work Relationship,Foreign Students,Marriage,Individual Development,Student Adjustment,Personality Traits,Sex Role,Social Capital,Graduate Students,Structural Equation Models,Correlation,Likert Scales,Models,Hypothesis Testing,Factor Analysis,Multivariate Analysis,Maximum Likelihood Statistics

The authors investigated how work-family balance mediated the relationship between personality traits, gender roles, social support, and psychosocial adjustment. Data were collected from 243 married international graduate students (MIGSs) studying in the United States. Results of structural equation modeling indicated that personality traits influence the psychosocial adjustment process. In addition, being extraverted, agreeable, and conscientious contributed to balancing academic and family life, whereas having neurotic tendencies such as experiencing depression and anxiety diminished work-family balance. Work-family balance did not mediate the relationship between personality traits, gender roles, social support, and psychosocial adjustment. The authors discussed the findings by considering clinical implications and making suggestions for future research.
Perceptions of Mainland Chinese Students toward Obtaining Higher Education in the United States
Author: Bartlett, Michelle E.
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,College Students,Student Attitudes,Educational Attitudes,Higher Education,Q Methodology,Factor Analysis,Immigration,Employment Potential,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

Since 1978, when the first group of 50 mainland Chinese students came to the United States for education, increasing numbers of mainland Chinese students have come to the United States to get a degree (Lampton, Madancy &amp; Williams, 1986). In 2009, China surpassed India, becoming the largest source country of international students in the United States, and since then, China has the most international students seeking education in the United States (Open Doors Data, 2015). The purpose of this Q methodology study is to explore personal perspectives of mainland Chinese students on the value of getting a degree in the United States. Data analysis grouped similar viewpoints. Based on data from ten mainland Chinese students, we categorized three different groups of mainland Chinese students: job and education group, education group, and migration group.
Immigration Gridlock: Assessing Whether Canada&apos;s Express Entry Is an Effective Immigration System for International Students&apos; Transition into Permanent Residency?
Author: Wang, Chen
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Immigrants,Immigration,Skilled Workers,Foreign Students,Graduate Students,Foreign Countries,Foreign Nationals,Public Policy,Doctoral Programs,Federal Programs,Social Change,Refugees,Federal Legislation,Statistical Analysis

This research critically analyzes the introduction of the Express Entry system in Canada, requiring foreign nationals to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) and wait for an invitation before being allowed to apply for permanent residence. Drawing on available empirical data, I argue that this reform jeopardized international students' chance to become permanent residents. Despite recent modifications that intended to improve their situation, the pathways to permanent residence of international students are still restricted. Particularly, international PhD students are negatively impacted as the previously existing PhD stream under the Federal Skilled Worker Program covertly disappeared from the current regime. This research concludes with suggestions on how to further modify the current immigration system to facilitate international students' transitions into Canada.
International Counseling Students&apos; Perception of Ethics
Author: Karaman, Mehmet A.
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,College Students,Student Attitudes,Counselor Training,Ethics,Values,Cultural Differences,Cultural Awareness,Online Surveys,Likert Scales,Collectivism,Individualism,Cultural Background,Student Adjustment,Data Analysis

International counseling students' (ICS) perceptions regarding ethical counseling practice and education in the United States were examined using an online survey. The research sample consisted of ICSs who were enrolled in counseling programs throughout the United States. Findings indicated that even though ICSs came from different cultures with different ethical values, they were well aware of the different codes of ethics, reported engaging in ethical behaviors, and adapted themselves to the U.S. culture and education system. The results of this study may help counselor educators and counseling programs to promote and understand international students' ethical behaviors from a diverse and multicultural standpoint.
Influences on International Student Choice of Study Destination: Evidence from the United States
Author: Nicholls, Sarah
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Students,College Students,School Choice,School Location,Study Abroad,Student Surveys,Geographic Regions,Educational Quality,Reputation,School Safety,Costs,Paying for College,Decision Making,Weather,Statistical Analysis

Competition to attract international students continues to grow and understanding the factors that influence study destination choice is critical to the marketing efforts of nations, states, and institutions. This survey-based study of international students at Michigan State University demonstrates that they appear to choose the country in which to study, and/or the specific school, with less regard for school location. The most critical influences on their choices were expected quality of education, reputation/ranking of the university and individual departments/programs, safety/security, and cost/affordability. Differences in relative importance by nationality, gender, and level of education sought were also identified. Implications of these findings, for the marketing, promotion, and recruitment efforts of universities and national/regional economic development agencies, are discussed.
Student Perceptions of Providers&apos; Cultural Competence, Attitudes towards Providers, and Patient Satisfaction at a University Health Center: International and U.S. Student Differences
Author: Hudak, Nicole C.
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Foreign Students,Student Attitudes,School Health Services,Allied Health Personnel,Cultural Awareness,Language Skills,Competence,Cultural Influences,Satisfaction,Hypothesis Testing,Likert Scales,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis

The present study surveyed international and domestic U.S. students about their perceptions of university health care providers' cultural competence, their own attitudes toward university health center providers, and overall satisfaction with university health center providers. Results demonstrated generally positive attitudes and satisfaction, but more negative perceptions of provider cultural competence were identified especially when students perceived problems with providers' language competence and interest in learning about patients' backgrounds. International students reported more positive attitudes concerning providers' cultural competence than U.S. students. Implications of the findings are discussed, along with limitations of the study and suggestions for future research.
Striving for Success: Academic Adjustment of International Students in the U.S.
Author: Bastien, Gilberte
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Success,Student Adjustment,Academic Achievement,Acculturation,Foreign Students,Predictor Variables,Psychological Patterns,Regression (Statistics),Language Proficiency,English (Second Language),Help Seeking,Age Differences,Student School Relationship,Hypothesis Testing,Questionnaires,College Students,Likert Scales,Social Support Groups,Statistical Analysis

Few studies have provided an examination of the academic component of acculturation. This study sought to extend the work in this area by examining factors impacting academic adjustment of international students in the US and compare results to factors of psychological adjustment. Predictors of academic adjustment were investigated with a sample of 122 international students. Hierarchical regressions revealed length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency, and help-seeking predicted academic adjustment, whereas age and attachment to the university community predicted psychological adjustment. Psychological adjustment was associated with acculturation strategy and cultural distance. Results suggest the need for targeted support interventions to facilitate psychological and socio-cultural adjustment in each domain.