ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Large Lecture Transformation: Adopting Evidence-Based Practices to Increase Student Engagement and Performance in an Introductory Science Course
Author: Russell, Jae-eun
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Introductory Courses,Large Group Instruction,Lecture Method,Evidence Based Practice,Student Participation,Student Attitudes,Environmental Education,Student Centered Learning,Focus Groups,Interviews,Participant Satisfaction,Active Learning,Intermode Differences,Instructional Innovation,Conventional Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Change

This study investigated students' attitudes, engagement, satisfaction, and performance in Introduction to Environmental Science after it was transformed from a typical large lecture to a student-centered learning environment. The instructors of the course collaborated with the Office of Teaching, Learning &amp; Technology and radically redesigned the course by adopting evidence-based pedagogical methods and instructional technology to offer a rich active learning environment. Students' engagement, satisfaction, and performance in the transformed course were compared to the students in the same course that was traditionally taught in a previous semester in order to measure the effect of the transformed course on student learning. Four self-reported surveys and a focus group interview were administered during the semester, and performance scores, prior learning data, and demographic information were collected at the end of the semester. The assessment results indicate that the students in the transformed course prepared for the class significantly more, engaged in the course significantly better, and were significantly more satisfied with the course than were the students in the traditional lecture-format course. Most of all, multiple linear regression indicates that the students in the transformed course earned, on average, about three-fourths of a letter grade higher on their final grade after controlling for cumulative grade point average. The students in the transformed course reported that online learning materials and frequent formative assessments using online quizzes were helpful in their learning, and they perceived the course was relevant to real-world applications that matter to their daily life.
A Conversation with Michael Byram
Author: Wagner, Manuela
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Interviews,Context Effect,Teaching Experience,Intercultural Programs,Communicative Competence (Languages),Barriers,Educational Practices

In language teaching, it has been universally acknowledged that students need not just knowledge and skill in the grammar of a language but also the ability to use the language in socially and culturally appropriate ways. In this article Michael Byram, who has been working on Intercultural Competence for quite some time in a variety of different contexts, (in different countries, &quot;with different hats on&quot;, e.g. as part of his work at the Council of Europe, at different levels of education, etc.). In this interview with Manuela Wagner, Byram is asked to share some important similarities and differences among the various contexts based on his own experiences. Byrum is also asked what his recommendations are for the development of ICC. He shares his opinion on what the most important aspects and benefits of a well articulated ICC program should include, and his assessment of some of the challenges in the planning, teaching, and assessment of ICC.
Learning Languages: Any Place, Any Time
Author: Day, Allyson
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Instruction,Second Language Programs,Spanish,Teacher Qualifications,Teaching Experience,Educational Finance,Barriers,Program Effectiveness,Educational Practices,Home Schooling,Second Language Learning

The job description for a homeschool Spanish teacher has many of the requirements one would expect. The candidate must be fluent in Spanish, love working with children, be willing to work with all kinds of learners, communicate well with parents and students, and have great enthusiasm for teaching. The Home School Assistance Program (HSAP) classes in the West Des Moines Community School District are very elementary heavy, so hiring a Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES) teacher met the developmental needs of the majority of the students. There are, however, junior high and high school students that want to learn Spanish too. Since the program is classified as &quot;enrichment,&quot; there is flexibility in the level taught according to certification requirements and subsequent hiring of teachers. A homeschool teacher must possess very specific qualities to ensure a successful program. First and foremost, the teacher must be open-minded to different educational approaches, such as homeschooling. The educational culture of homeschool families can be very different than that of the traditional school community. Teachers must also be open-minded to and respectful of differing belief systems. Many families that homeschool have strong beliefs in some aspect of life, which can be apparent through the words and actions of their children. The homeschool teacher must be able to accept all students as they come and must also be able to work with all grade levels, some of them being grouped together. Allyson Day has been teaching in the West Des Moines Community School District for 21 years, 16 of them as an elementary Spanish program teacher. Here Day describes what it is like to teach in this program, funding, other challenges, and why this program is successful and has nearly doubled in size over a few short years.
The Story of Sam: Advancing Proficiency in Reluctant Learners
Author: Dann, Tammy
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Language Proficiency,Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Educational Strategies,Barriers,Learner Engagement,Spanish,Teacher Student Relationship,Teaching Experience,Educational Practices,Elementary School Students,Student Behavior

In this article, Tammy Dann, describes the issues presented by a reluctant learner in a foreign language class and the strategies required to see effective change. The student described in the article struggled to learn or had difficulty paying attention in the Spanish language class. One strategy used was &quot;LinguaFolio Jr.&quot; for students in fourth through sixth grade because it created more reflective learners who took ownership for their learning. The language biography packet allowed children to record their personal language learning history, their preferred learning activities and the evaluation of their progress through the use of can-do statements: unit and program objectives written in child-friendly language. Another tool (sample provided in the article) was the addition of a list of effective learning strategies that analyzed the progress used by the successful learners. Dann reflects on the lessons learned from the reluctant learner such as: (1) how to better reach reluctant learners; (2) to be much more proactive than reactive; (3) to pull the kids aside much sooner and talk strategies; and (4) then pile on the positive reinforcement. When progress slips occur, immediately start talking strategies to get the student back on the path to learning. While some kids catch on right away, others need more time, more attention and more love. (The article contains the tools: Communicating in Languages Other Than English, Part I and II.)
A Huge Responsibility: Three Keys to Teaching Elementary Students
Author: Davison, Leslie
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Students,Educational Strategies,Teaching Methods,Spanish,Second Language Instruction,Language Proficiency,Holistic Approach,Creative Activities,Story Telling,Word Study Skills

Based on her 20 years of teaching Spanish, Leslie Davison strives for a holistic approach to teaching and learning that is authentic and relevant to her young language learners. Herein, she shares three keys to teaching elementary level students in a way that ensures they will have a &quot;Can Do&quot; attitude in terms of language proficiency and global awareness: (1) Word Choice (focus on age-appropriate language that students actually use in English); (2) Stories (storytelling is a powerful vehicle for making content stick and putting language in context); and (3) Let &quot;Them&quot; Create (focus on high frequency words and giving students choice and freedom).
Progress of Younger Children Learning Chinese
Author: Li, Zhihong
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Young Children,Chinese,Language Acquisition,Toddlers,Classroom Observation Techniques,Benchmarking,Questionnaires,Child Behavior,Parent Surveys,Qualitative Research,Second Language Learning,Language Skills,Achievement Gains,Student Improvement

The purpose of this study is to find out how young children can learn, understand, and progress in the Chinese language. This study focuses on 13 students between two and three years old. The data collection methods used classroom observation, benchmarks, and parent questionnaires about at home behavior. The data analysis used is qualitative depending on student benchmark, class observation, and parents' descriptions of Chinese language use at home. The purpose of this research is to find how children improve and develop their foreign language skills. Findings include that through foreign language study, students' use of English improved, and students who attended class five days a week were more successful. All the students' pronunciation was great. There was not a difference between their accents and the accents of native Chinese speakers. My findings showed that the students who used Chinese language at home, had improved verbal English usage and that the child's personality affects the learning results.
Talent Management for Universities
Author: Bradley, Andrew P.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Human Resources,Talent Development,Personnel Management,Universities,Strategic Planning,Educational Strategies,Measurement,Organizational Culture

This paper explores human resource management practices in the university sector with a specific focus on talent pools and talent management more generally. The paper defines talent management in the context of the university sector and then explores its interdependence with organisational strategy, the metrics used to measure academic performance and current day-to-day management practices. The paper critiques the current situation for lacking a clear alignment between organisational strategy and how academic talent is recruited, developed, retained and rewarded. It is argued that talent management can provide a conceptual framework to enhance performance over the long term by coalescing a university's strategy with its performance metrics and day-to-day management systems.
University Safety Culture: A Work-in-Progress?
Author: Lyons, Michael
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Universities,School Safety,Risk Management,Emergency Programs,Organizational Culture,Safety Education,Operations Research,Staff Role,School Surveys,Employee Attitudes,Work Environment,Foreign Countries

Safety management systems in Australian higher education organisations are under-researched. Limited workplace safety information can be found in the various reports on university human resources benchmarking programs, and typically they show only descriptive statistics. With the commencement of new consultation-focused regulations applying to many universities in Australia, the need to have a better understanding of the operation of organisational safety management systems has more prominence. This paper presents results from a &quot;safety culture&quot; survey completed by staff in a business-related faculty (53 respondents, 15 per cent response rate) from three Australian universities. Based on analysis of the survey data, the safety culture in these three universities can aptly be described as a work-in-progress.
Doctorate Motivation: An (Auto)ethnography
Author: Templeton, Robert
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Ethnography,Qualitative Research,Doctoral Programs,Withdrawal (Education),Academic Persistence,Dropout Research,Graduate Students,Achievement Need,Attribution Theory,Goal Orientation,Learning Motivation,Reentry Students,Foreign Countries

Intrinsic motivation is considered the dominant factor in the motivation of adult students in continuing postgraduate education. However, the strength of an intrinsic motivation to learn does not explain the phenomenon of dropout where the student withdraws and does not return or where the student withdraws and then recommences their postgraduate research studies. This paper draws on qualitative data collected as part of a doctoral thesis to examine this phenomenon ethnographically. The study explores motivations which have declined or disappeared under the influence of external factors and the effect that these external factors have on the motivation to learn with respect to their influence on student withdrawal.
Tide or Tsunami? The Impact of Metrics on Scholarly Research
Author: Bonnell, Andrew G.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scholarship,Educational Research,Journal Articles,Faculty Publishing,Faculty Promotion,Teacher Evaluation,Metric System,Evaluation Criteria,Case Studies,Evaluation Problems,College Faculty,Classification,Foreign Countries

Australian universities are increasingly resorting to the use of journal metrics such as impact factors and ranking lists in appraisal and promotion processes, and are starting to set quantitative &quot;performance expectations&quot; which make use of such journal-based metrics. The widespread use and misuse of research metrics is leading to increased concern in scientific and broader academic communities worldwide. This paper reviews some of the most important recent responses to the so-called &quot;metric tide&quot;, with particular reference to the report of that name recently issued by the UK's Higher Education Funding Council for England, and other important statements such as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and the Leiden Manifesto. While there is a spectrum of views on research metrics in general, there is widespread agreement from authoritative sources that it is not appropriate to rely on journal-level metrics, such as journal ranking lists, for assessing the merit of individual scholars.
Public-Private Partnership in Higher Education: Central Queensland University Meets Campus Management Services
Author: Rodan, Paul
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Partnerships in Education,Public Sector,Private Sector,Operations Research,Educational Practices,Change Agents

Massive growth in the numbers of fee-paying international students and an increasing private sector role are two of the most salient features of Australian higher education in the past quarter century. Both these trends were evident in a little known partnership, involving a public regional university and a private entrepreneur, which had its origins in 1993. While hindsight allows us to locate this development in a neoliberal framework, this article explores the origins of the relationship and concludes that while the eventual operation was consistent with the theme of the overall decline of the university as an essentially public enterprise, the role of personalities was crucial in what was initially more serendipity than grand strategy.
The Effects of Diversity Management on Job Satisfaction and Individual Performance of Teachers
Author: Ordu, Aydan
Date: 2016-02-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Job Satisfaction,Job Performance,Teacher Effectiveness,Secondary School Teachers,Rating Scales,Questionnaires,Diversity (Institutional),Governance,Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Predictive Validity,School Administration,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries

In this research, the effects of teachers' perceptions of the diversity management on their job satisfaction and individual performance were examined. Teachers who are working in public high schools during 2014 to 2015 academic year constituted the study group of the research. The data of the research in which quantitative method used were gathered with &quot;Diversity Management Scale&quot;, &quot;Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire&quot; and &quot;Self-Reported Individual Performance Scale.&quot; As a result of the analyses done, significant relationships were found between the diversity management and job satisfaction; and between the diversity management and individual performance. Also, it was found that sub dimensions of diversity management as individual attitudes and behaviors, organizational values and norms, administrative practices and policies together predict the general job satisfaction significantly.
Australian Legal Education at a Cross Roads
Author: Collins, Pauline
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Legal Education (Professions),Relevance (Education),Educational Practices,Educational Change,Adoption (Ideas),Performance Factors,Training Objectives,Global Approach,Academic Degrees,Student Needs,Lawyers,Change Strategies,Commercialization

With globalising transnational corporate law firms, high rates of depression among law students and lawyers, and a changing role for lawyers in the world of dispute resolution, academics and professional bodies have been doing some soul searching. They are pondering just what is required in a law degree to train future lawyers adequately. This article discusses the current positioning of law degrees and draws together some of the diverse trains of thought arguing for the adoption of different directions. The article discusses adopting a collaborative rather than an adversarial emphasis as a particular path that could address some of the changes and dilemmas raised.
The Role of Sports in Kindergarten Teachers' Recreational Habits
Author: Ozturk, Huseyin
Date: 2016-02-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Athletics,Recreational Activities,Leisure Time,Kindergarten,Preschool Teachers,Teacher Surveys,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Physical Activities,Physical Fitness,Health Behavior,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Characteristics

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of the sports in the recreational habits of kindergarten teachers. The survey population comprises kindergarten teachers who are employed in the province of Gaziantep. The sample constitutes a total of 378 kindergarten teachers determined by circumstantial method. The survey developed by Tunçel was used in the research as a data collection tool. The acquired data were evaluated using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) for Windows 16.0 statistical package software. The percentage of the obtained answers and frequency distributions were calculated. In order to reveal a statistically significant difference for some of the questions, cross-tabulation and chi-squared test were applied at the significance level. The data obtained indicated that the kindergarten teachers participating in the research are at school not more than 21 to 30 h, attend a class for 20 to 30 h, have two free days and wish to have more free time. The research results also reveal that the main recreational activity of the kindergarten teachers is doing sport, and they mostly do sport activities at school. They go for a walk as a sport activity, and the main reasons for them to take part in these recreational activities are physical fitness and being healthy. After participating in recreational activities they feel relaxed and satisfied, and this contributes to their professional success positively. As for their expectations from the government, they mostly want more facilities to be provided for recreation.
Mathematics Teaching Anxiety and Self-Efficacy Beliefs toward Mathematics Teaching: A Path Analysis
Author: Peker, Murat
Date: 2016-02-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Teachers,Mathematics Instruction,Anxiety,Preservice Teachers,Student Teacher Attitudes,Self Efficacy,Path Analysis,Structural Equation Models,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Teacher Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Likert Scales,Factor Analysis

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between pre-service primary school teachers' mathematics teaching anxiety and their self-efficacy beliefs toward mathematics teaching through path analysis. There were a total of 250 pre-service primary school teachers involved in this study. Of the total, 202 were female and 48 were male pre-service primary school teachers. To collect the data, the researcher employed two types of instruments: the mathematics teaching anxiety scale and self-efficacy beliefs toward mathematics teaching scale. For data analysis, Linear Structural Relationship (LISREL) program was used. In the analysis of the data, the researcher used path analyze technique in order to explain the relations. The study revealed that the content knowledge dimension of mathematics teaching anxiety had a negative effect on the efficacy in teaching, motivation and taking on responsibility and effective teaching dimensions of self-efficacy beliefs toward mathematic teaching. Similarly, self-confidence dimension of mathematics teaching anxiety affected the efficacy in teaching and effective teaching dimensions of self-efficacy beliefs toward mathematic teaching negatively. And also, the teaching knowledge dimension of mathematics teaching anxiety had a negative effect on the effective teaching dimension of self-efficacy beliefs toward mathematics teaching.
The Hidden Topography of Australia's Arts Nation: The Contribution of Universities to the Artistic Landscape
Author: Wilson, Jenny
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Art Materials,College Role,Theater Arts,Visual Arts,Web Sites,Interviews,Case Studies,Universities,Artists,Information Sources,Cultural Maintenance,Outreach Programs,Cultural Background

In &quot;Arts Nation&quot; 2015, the Australia Council documented the current landscape of artistic endeavour in Australia, acknowledging that there are still gaps that need to be filled to build a greater public understanding of the arts in Australia. The contribution of Australian universities to the arts is one such lacuna. This paper seeks to expand this understanding by considering the contribution that the university sector makes to visual and performing arts outside its traditional teaching role. It draws upon data contained in university websites and through interviews with practising artists employed as academic staff in three case study universities. It explores how and why these contributions remain largely hidden in reports on artistic endeavour and concludes by suggesting that a greater recognition of the role that universities play in Australia's &quot;Arts Nation&quot; will deliver benefits to artists, audiences and to Australia's artistic and cultural heritage.