ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Role of Palestinian Universities in the Gaza Governorates in Achieving the Social Peace for Its Students and Ways to Strengthen It: Islamic University as a Case Study
Author: Sheldan, Fayez Kamal
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Islam,College Role,Peace,College Students,Student Attitudes,Universities,Foreign Countries,Gender Differences,Social Responsibility,Citizenship,Civil Rights,Problem Solving,Decision Making,Social Problems,Conflict,Case Studies,Philosophy,Majors (Students),Questionnaires,Thinking Skills

The study aimed to identify the role of the Islamic University in Gaza governorate in achieving social peace for its students and ways of enhancing it. The researchers used the descriptive approach, the analytical method. The study population consisted of all 15792 students. The sample of the study was 392 students. A questionnaire of 25 items was administered to the sample members. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Analysis Program (SPSS). The results of the study showed that the role of the Islamic University in the Gaza Governorate in achieving social peace for its students was moderate with a percentile of 67.40%. There were no statistically significant differences of the sample responses to the role of the Islamic University in the governorate of Gaza in achieving social peace for its students due to the variable college, and the variable sex. There were differences of statistical significance attributed to the variable of the level of study in favor of the second level. On the light of the results, the researchers proposed a set of ways to enhance the role of the Islamic University in achieving social peace for its students, such as, Providing students with social responsibility, knowledge of citizenship rights and participation in decisionmaking, the need to train students on the principle of initiative, and the practice of integrated scientific thinking to solve serious problems facing society.
Negative Treatment of Women in Selected Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield and Ernest Hemingway
Author: Kadhim, Rawaa Jawad
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Females,Authors,Literary Genres,Victims,Gender Differences,Sex Stereotypes,Moral Values,Literature,Western Civilization,Sex Role,Literary Criticism

The study aims to demonstrate the negative treatment of women and the purpose behind this treatment in selected short stories by Katherine Mansfield and Ernest Hemingway. Mansfield depicted her female characters as paralysed, invisible women or victims. She concentrated on representing the systematic and determined victimisation of women in a society with an intellectual belief in the survival of the fittest. Meanwhile, in Hemingway's stories appeared to be shallow-minded, heart-breakers or portents of destruction. They become the source of moral, emotional and mental anguish for male characters. Both authors contributed greatly, to modern literature, especially to female culture. They also helped the reader to understand the difficult conditions for women in Western society during their time.
Predominant Factors Contributing to Low Reading Abilities of Pupils at Elsie Lund Basic School in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana
Author: Mohammed, I.
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Reading Achievement,Low Achievement,Elementary School Students,Self Esteem,Student Attitudes,Teacher Influence,Parent Influence,Reading Interests,Books,Libraries,Teacher Competencies,Teaching Methods,Clubs,Competition,Reading Skills,Family Environment,Parent Role,School Role

The purpose of this study was to investigate the predominant factors contributing to low reading abilities of pupils at Elsie Lund Basic School in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select twelve (12) classroom teachers of the Elsie Lund Basic School. The instrument used to collect data was one-to-one in-depth individual interview. The gathered data were analysed thematically. The analysis of the data showed the following to be the factors contributing to the low reading abilities of the pupils: their lack of confidence to practice how to read in class, poor motivation from teachers and parents to help develop the interest of the pupils in reading, lack of pre-reader books in school and at home, lack of library, teachers inadequate knowledge on phonemic awareness strategy of teaching reading, lack of reading clubs and lack of reading competition among the pupils in the school. Some recommendations were made to ensure an improvement in the reading abilities of the pupils, including: teachers building the confidence level of the pupils in reading through making them read cooperatively, the school authority supplying adequate pre-reader books to facilitate the teaching and learning of reading in the school, parents ensuring adequate supply of pre-reader books at home, parents rewarding and complementing their children for improved reading abilities, the school organising reading competitions among pupils and the school management partnering with the Ghana Education Service to organize inservice training for all language teachers on phonemic awareness strategy in teaching reading skills.
Developing and Implementing Instrumentation for Digital High School Curricula: A Regional Study of a Rubric for Instructional Quality
Author: Reinhart, Rachel Vannatta
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Quality,Online Courses,Instructional Materials,High School Students,Scoring Rubrics,Consortia,School Districts,Units of Study,Teacher Collaboration,Teamwork,Instructional Material Evaluation,Learner Engagement,Educational Objectives,Feedback (Response),Teacher Student Relationship,Teaching Methods,Barriers

As our world has continued to become more dependent on digital communication and collaboration, online learning environments have become more sophisticated. Demand for online and/or hybrid learning materials has increased, not only in higher education arenas, but in elementary and secondary schools, as well. This study describes the development and implementation of an evaluative rubric for high school digital curricula created for a United States regional consortium of school districts, charged with expanding quality digital learning environments for their students. Digital instructional units for ten high school courses were created by collaborative teacher design teams, with each team consisting of 4-7 teachers. With the goal of creating 1/3 of a year's curriculum, teams developed 2-4 units per course in the first year. A total of 30 units were developed and evaluated. In collaboration with project partners, developed the NWOi3 Evaluation Rubric for Digital Curriculum that was used to assess curriculum units and consisted of 36 criteria organized by eight areas: 1) Overview, 2) Learning Targets, 3) Instructor Support, 4) Accessibility, 5) Instructional Materials, 6) Learner Interaction and Engagement, 7) Technology, and 8) Assessment. A variety of sources contributed to rubric development: Quality Matters K-12 Secondary Rubric (Quality Matters, 2017), Blended Course Peer Review Form (Blended Learning Toolkit, 2014), and the National Standards for Quality Online Programs (International Association for K-12 Online Learning [iNACOL], 2011). The evaluation process utilized a team of reviewers: five content experts, and three curriculum/ technology experts. A third evaluator then summarized the two reviews for every unit, providing a score for each criterion along with detailed comments and feedback. The process of how rubric results were analyzed and reported is described along with the challenges encountered.
School Climate as Determinant of Students&apos; Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria
Author: Fakunle, Foluke Elibabeth
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Public Schools,Educational Environment,Academic Achievement,Secondary School Teachers,Principals,Environmental Influences

This paper investigated the relationship between school climate and students' academic performance in public secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study and the study population embraced all teachers involving principals and teachers in public secondary schools in Ekiti State. Out of this population, a sample of 1455 teachers was selected for the study from twenty secondary schools through Stratified Random Sampling Technique. A questionnaire on school climate and students' academic performance was used to collect data and the data were analyzed using means, percentages, Z-test and correlation analysis. The findings revealed that there was a significant difference between students' academic performances in schools having open climate and the academic performance of students in schools having controlled climate.
The Role of Cognate English-Kurdish Words in Teaching English
Author: Kasap, Suleyman
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Turkish,Indo European Languages,Language Tests,English (Second Language),Applied Linguistics,Teaching Methods,Second Language Instruction,Vocabulary Development,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Bilingualism,Correlation,Metalinguistics,Recall (Psychology)

Cognate words are considered to be one of the influential teaching tools in applied linguistics and the benefits of using them have been proved by several pieces of research so far. However, in literature, we can see nearly no studies related to the cognate words between English language and Kurdish language. In this study, in order to show the effect of cognate structures in teaching a foreign language, we applied an English vocabulary test including 25 Kurdish-English cognate words and 25 non-cognate words. The study group consisting of two control groups (one Turkish monolingual and one Turkish-Kurdish bilingual group) and one experimental group made up of Kurdish-Turkish bilinguals. The meanings of the words were given to all three groups via slides on smart boards on classroom before the test. However, the study group was given instruction with regards to the cognate structures between English and Kurdish. After application of the test, the results showed that the study group could remember the most of the cognate words, in contrast to the control groups. Accordingly, the results suggest that there is a positive correlation between being aware of cognates and recalling words; thereby confirming the idea that teaching through cognate Kurdish-English cognate words facilitates teaching vocabulary.
Women&apos;s Leadership and Political Participation: Fair Access to Political Spheres in the Province of Bulacan, Philippines
Author: Zapata, Alodia D. G.
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Politics,Gender Differences,Females,Political Candidates,Public Officials,Local Government,Motivation,Legislators,Barriers,Women Administrators,Participant Characteristics,Surveys,Community Development,Sex Fairness,Family Role,Social Support Groups,Elections,Laws,Time Management,Administrator Attitudes,Foreign Countries

Politics, as in many spheres of life in the Philippines, is still very much a male enclave. From the smallest government unit up to the national level, men dominate (Gemba, 2001). The study aimed to find out the factors that facilitates or restrains women candidates from participating in the political arena. This study was conducted among Lady Vice Mayors and Councillors from the Municipal Council and City Council in the province of Bulacan as well as the Lady Board Members of the Provincial Council of Bulacan. The study covers the personal characteristics of the candidates, their motivation to entering the political arena, the challenges and issues they faced as candidate and legislator, and the strategies they applied to overcome these hurdles. The study utilized a validated survey instrument from the survey conducted by the Royal University of Bhutan in 2014. Data for this study was gathered through the Office the Head of the Council or directly from the respondents by administering the survey instrument. The results indicate that the average age of the respondents is forty (Mean=40) years old. Majority of the respondents are married and majority of them had one to three children. The respondents have commendable educational background at college or university level. The main motivation factors of the respondents to running for office are the desire to bring community development; and, to promote gender equality within their respective communities. The family continues to be the biggest source of motivation and moral support for the women candidates. During the performance of their elective positions, the respondents continue to experience challenges like understanding the legal process, time management issues, and consultation skills--all are crucial to their legislative work.
Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Case of Uganda Primary Leaving Examinations
Author: Mitana, John Mary Vianney
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Exit Examinations,Thinking Skills,Student Evaluation,English (Second Language),Social Studies,Science Education,Mathematics Skills,Taxonomy,Guidelines,Secondary School Students,Foreign Countries,Creativity,Definitions,Evaluation Methods

The study set out to give a conceptual definition and assessment of Higher Order Thinking skills (HOTs), and establish the proportion of HOTs and Lower Order Thinking skills (LOTs) questions within the 2010- 2016 Uganda Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) questions. The study used secondary literature to define HOTs and provide an assessment framework for HOTs. The assessment framework was then used to categorise all PLE questions for the years 2010 to 2016. All the examinable subjects within the PLE, English Language, Social Studies (SST), Science and Mathematics were categorised according to the HOT and LOT categories. The study reveals an overall mean value of 86.8% of LOT questions and a mean value of 13.2% of HOT questions. The study recommends the use of the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy framework in the categorisation of assessment items and that more HOT questions are included in the PLE.
A Model for the Instructional Factors of Curatorial Teaching in Design Education
Author: Lin, Chia-Hua
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Design,Exhibits,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Experiential Learning,Learning Processes,Models,Learning Motivation,Self Esteem,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Teamwork,Museums

The increased demand for design exhibitions directly reflects the demand for designer-curators to manage cultural policies and social needs. However, in the current design education system in Taiwan, no curation-related curriculum planning exists. Therefore, this study attempted to design a practical curation course focused on &quot;designer curated exhibition&quot; experiential learning. This study encouraged design students to consider the formation of exhibitions from a comprehensive point of view. The teaching and learning process gave rise to a model of the instructional factors of curatorial education. We found a positive correlation between &quot;learning process and motive&quot; and &quot;learning effectiveness.&quot; Moreover, positive correlations were observed between &quot;curation theories,&quot; &quot;learning processes and motives,&quot; and &quot;curatorial experience.&quot; This demonstrates that curatorial practice increases the curator's ability to apply curatorial theory, and excites the curator's motivation to learn. However, the performance of self-evaluation reflects a lack of self-confidence and recognition; this lack may be caused by the restrictions of time and space, and by the complexity of curating teamwork communication. This model will continuously be translated and validated through the curriculum in the future, and the course will encourage students' self-learning to enhance practical teaching and planning.
Distributed Leadership in Education, Contemporary Issues in Educational Leadership
Author: Shava, G. N.
Date: 2018-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Participative Decision Making,Instructional Leadership,School Administration,Academic Achievement,Educational Improvement

Over the past decades, the concept of distributed leadership (DL) in the educational landscape has gone from strength to strength and has made substantial inroads into particular areas of theory and practice. DL has thus become a popular concept in educational leadership and is conceived as a collective social process emerging through the interactions of multiple actors. In particular DL is a notion and strategy that has seen a rapid growth in the management of schools in the context of decentralization of education systems. The aim of this paper is to review conceptual and empirical literature on the concept of DL in order to identify its origins, major arguments, its strengths and weaknesses and areas for further work. Consideration is given to the impact of DL in enhancing the achievement of organizational goals. The findings indicate that effective principals orchestrate the structural, cultural and agential conditions in which DL is more or less likely. Contemporary evidence from the study supports a positive relationship between DL, organizational improvement and student achievement. The paper highlights a number of areas for improving leadership in schools and the need for mobilizing collective engagement and challenging or reinforcing traditional forms of leadership in schools. This article provides an in depth description of how leadership can be distributed in schools to improve learning outcomes.
Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren in White Nile State, Sudan
Author: Elsiddig, Hind A.
Date: 2019-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Child Health,Diseases,Gender Differences,Age Differences,Water,Correlation,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Family Income,Sanitation,At Risk Persons

Urinary schistosomiasis is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, including Sudan, the risk for schistosomiasis is widespread, especially in the major irrigation systems in the Gezira area between the Blue and White Nile Rivers and both &quot;Schistosoma mansoni&quot; and &quot;Schistosoma hematobium&quot; are endemic. A cross sectional descriptive study was done to determine the prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis. Randomly 385 children were selected (223 males, 162 females) from the total population of three basic mixed schools at Assalaya locality in White Nile State. Urine samples were exanimated after allowing it to sediment in a conical urinalysis glass. A drop from the sediment is taken and examined under the light microscope for the presence of &quot;S. hematobium&quot; ova and by a filtration method. The percentage of the infection was 154/385 (40%). The highest frequency of positive cases were found among the age group of 12 to 15 years 91/154 (59.1%) but no significant association between age distribution and positive results was found (p-value = 0.18). In this study no significant association between sex and urinary schistosomiasis was found (p-value = 0.64). About 253/385 (65.7%) of population know the mode of transmission of the schistosomiasis from infected water with snails transmit the infection. There was significant association between contact to canals and the infection (p-value &lt; 0.05). There was no significant association between father and mother education and the infection (p-values = 0.08, 0.06 respectively), monthly income and the infection (pvalue=0.31), the source of water supply and the disease (p-value = 0.43). While there was significant association between lack of latrines in houses and the infection (p-value &lt; 0.05).
A New Longitudinal Examination on the Relationship between Teaching Style and Adolescent Depression
Author: Yao, Zhuojun
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Longitudinal Studies,Depression (Psychology),Teaching Styles,Correlation,Junior High School Students,High School Students,Authoritarianism,Teacher Student Relationship,High School Teachers,Junior High School Teachers,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries

Guided by the theoretical framework of Baumrind's parenting style, this study aimed at providing a better understanding of the relationship between teaching style and adolescent depression. The panel data is from the Taiwan Educational Panel Survey (N=654). Findings showed that the effect of teaching style on adolescent depression had different pattern across junior and senior high school students. And there is interaction effects between teaching style in junior and senior high school. Authoritarian teaching style played a more significant role for junior high students, and this effect can last especially among those whose perception of teaching style is authoritarian and authoritative in high school. And permissive teaching style was more important in senior high stage, it could decrease the levels of depression especially for those who perceived teaching style is indifferent and authoritarian in junior high school. Implications for future research were discussed.
Drop-In to Special Education Centers in Bulacan
Author: de Jesus, Leonora F.
Date: 2018-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Disabilities,Special Schools,Access to Education,Program Effectiveness,Special Education,Special Education Teachers,Self Contained Classrooms,Parent Attitudes,Student Needs,Teacher Attitudes,Instructional Materials,Educational Resources,Training,Faculty Development,Curriculum,Barriers,Academic Achievement,Social Development,Emotional Development,Health Needs

The 1987 Philippine Constitution corroborated with the Magna Carta for Disabled is giving full support to the improvement of the total well-being of children with special needs (CSN). This is a proof that the government takes appropriate steps to make education accessible to all disabled persons. This study aimed to determine the extent of support the government is giving to students with special needs; in terms of admission, curriculum, teaching strategies, teacher's training, special equipment and instructional materials, pupils development activities, funding and early interventions. SWOT analysis was used to capture the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in implementation of the Special Education (SPED) Program in twelve SPED centers in Bulacan. The result of the study will provide perspective if mandates are being followed by the authority involved in the program. Thirty five SPED teachers teaching in self-contained classes in the twelve SPED centers in Bulacan were respondents of this study. Sequential explanatory design was used. This is a two phase design where the quantitative data is collected first such as the respondents' profile and their evaluation to the program; followed by qualitative data collection in SWOT format. The purpose of qualitative results is to further explain and interpret the findings from the quantitative phase. The profile of respondents was treated using frequency counts and percentage while the evaluation on the management of SPED program was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and SWOT analysis. Problems as perceived by students with exceptional needs (SEN) parents were also enumerated and analyzed. Instruments were observations, questionnaire and structured interview. An onsite visitation was made to these twelve centers. The study concluded that SPED program in Bulacan was given a moderate extent of support based on its computed mean. In spite of the support the national government is giving, instructional materials and special equipment, trainings and specialized curricula must be developed and distributed to each SPED center. Furthermore, a proposed intervention program was made. This intervention program will somehow lessen SEN and their parents' problem regarding academic achievement, social and emotional skills, medical issues and to further improve the implementation of the SPED program in Bulacan.