ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Linguistic Outcomes of English Medium Instruction Programmes in Higher Education: A Study on Economics Undergraduates at a Catalan University
Author: Ament, Jennifer R.
Date: 2015-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Intervention,Language of Instruction,English (Second Language),Achievement Gains,Pretests Posttests,Undergraduate Students,Economics Education,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Immersion Programs,Time Factors (Learning),Questionnaires,Online Surveys,Task Analysis,Writing Assignments,Statistical Analysis

Globalisation and international mobility in the 21st century has led to the internationalisation of the English language (Crystal, 2003). Research regarding linguistic gains at university levels is however extremely scarce. This study aims to address this gap of knowledge and provide some answers as to how much linguistic gain can be expected after one year of English medium instruction. Two groups of undergraduate students enrolled in different levels of English medium instruction (EMI) were given a pre and post-test over a 1-year period. Results were analysed statistically; significant gains were found only in the semi- immersion group in the grammatical domain; although, there was a trend for improvement as well as higher scores for full immersion students. It might be interpreted that in order for linguistic gains to be seen in adults there needs to be some focus on form and language guidance (Muñoz, 2007; Pérez-Vidal, 2007). Thus, an integrated content and language (ICLHE) approach is more effective than a solely content based EMI model for university level content courses, if linguistic gains are the desired outcomes of the programme.
Urban-Serving Research Universities: Institutions for the Public Good
Author: Zerquera, Desiree
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Urban Universities,Research Universities,Access to Education,Institutional Mission,Disadvantaged,Comparative Education,Urban Education,Institutional Characteristics,Minority Group Students

This manuscript seeks to situate access to higher education as part of the public good of universities, and connect that specifically to the mission of institutions that are charged with carrying this out more than others. One such institution--the Urban-Serving Research University (USRUs)--has a distinct mission that emphasizes not just location within the urban context, but being composed of the city they inhabit. A key and significant part of the USRU mission is to provide access to urban and historically marginalized students in their regions, populations typically underserved by higher education. Further, this manuscript highlights the tensions inherent in this ascribed mission and the threats posed within the higher education environment. Centered within a U.S. context, comparisons to international urban contexts will be drawn to situate these institutions within the global perspective as well and present takeaways that may inform the work of the global community in thinking how to better educate their diverse urban populations. Considerations for research, policy, and practice are posed to challenge the global community to consider ways to better uphold and preserve the significant role of USRUs in providing opportunity.
Motivation and Career-Development Training Programs: Use of Regulatory Focus to Determine Program Effectiveness
Author: Anthony, Peter J.
Date: 2015-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Motivation,Employee Attitudes,Career Development,Job Training,Qualitative Research,Phenomenology,Semi Structured Interviews,Productivity,Morale,Program Effectiveness,Federal Programs,Employment Programs

The purpose of this study was to focus on the relationship between career-development training programs and the motivation of employees. The study used a qualitative method and a phenomenological design using semistructured interviews conducted with a script of open-ended questions. Two main components of the research design were the modified van Kaam method for exploration of experiences and the purposive selection of the participants. The 20 participants in the sample were project managers and consultants from south-central Texas, all of whom had experience with governmental projects. Based on interview responses, the findings of this study highlighted a concern from the participants that training programs have a major influence on workplace productivity and morale. Furthermore, the findings suggest the training program's quality may influence workplace productivity. The authors conclude by pointing out the analysis of the answers showed that not only does workplace productivity decline from the changes in a training program, but employee motivation is altered as well.
Pre-Service Education on Differentiated Instruction: Elementary Teacher Candidates' Competences and Opinions on the Process
Author: Yenmez, Arzu Aydogan
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teacher Education,Elementary Education,Individualized Instruction,Preservice Teachers,Competence,Student Attitudes,Opinions,Mathematics Education,Foreign Countries,Semi Structured Interviews

Differentiated instruction is an instructional method complying with the constructivist approach that takes individual differences into consideration. Importance of pre-service education becomes apparent so that the differentiated instruction of which positive contributions such as having positive effects on students' academic achievements and enabling them to develop a positive attitude toward mathematics have been shown in mathematics education research can be applied in an efficient way. In this context, the purpose of this study is to examine elementary mathematics teacher candidates' competence of differentiated instruction and their opinions on the process during a pre-service education which has the components through which they become informed of the differentiated instruction method, develop differentiated instructional activities, these activities are observed by teachers and they discuss the effectiveness of the practices. The study group of the research was composed of 49 pre-service elementary mathematics teachers. Accordingly, competence level of differentiated instruction was found to be a value very close to the high level. It is thought that this study will provide information on the points to be taken into consideration in future studies to be conducted on obstacles and conveniences presented by pre-service teachers regarding the use of differentiated instruction method and the learning environment in the light of the practices.
Effects of Computer-Based Simulations Teaching Approach on Students' Achievement in the Learning of Chemistry among Secondary School Students in Nakuru Sub County, Kenya
Author: Mihindo, W. Jane
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Computer Assisted Instruction,Chemistry,Science Instruction,Gender Differences,Science Achievement,Instructional Effectiveness,Secondary School Students,Foreign Countries,Science Tests,Teaching Methods,Control Groups,Coeducation,Quasiexperimental Design,Pretests Posttests,Experimental Groups,Achievement Tests,Exit Examinations,Statistical Analysis

Science education should help develop student's interest in science as today's society depends largely on output of science and technology. Chemistry is one of the branches of science. Chemistry education helps to expand the pupil's knowledge of the universe and of his/her position in it. It helps in the appreciation and enjoyment of nature and life. Chemistry also prepares learners for professional careers in such fields as medicine, biotechnology, agriculture and pharmacy. Despite the importance attached to Chemistry, students' performance in the subject at the national examinations in many countries Kenya included has remained poor. The poor performance can be attributed to type of teaching method among others factors. Computer-based instruction may help address this problem of teaching method. However there is little information on how computer-based learning as a teaching method in chemistry would affect learners' achievement by gender. In an attempt to address this issue this study therefore aimed at finding out effects of Computer-Based Simulations on secondary schools students' achievement in Chemistry in Kenya. The study involved quasi-experimental research in which the researcher used Solomon Four Non- Equivalent Control Group Design. Four co-educational schools in Nakuru East Sub-County were purposively selected and a sample size of 175 students participated in the study. In this study data were collected using instruments Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) to assess the students' achievement level. The findings of the study were there was statistically significant difference in Chemistry achievement of students who are taught through CBS teaching approach and that of those taught through regular teaching method. There is no statistically significant difference in Chemistry achievement between boys and girls taught through CBS teaching approach. It was therefore concluded that CBS has a positive and significant contribution to the understanding of chemistry concepts and principles as reflected by the higher performance of students taught using CBS than their counterparts taught using RTM. Gender has no effect on students' achievement in Chemistry when they are taught through CBS.
Efforts to Improve Teacher Competence in Developing a Lesson Plan through Sustainable Guidance in SMKN 1 Mamuju
Author: Sudirman
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Teachers,Vocational High Schools,Public Schools,Teacher Competencies,Lesson Plans,Teacher Improvement,Guidance,Foreign Countries,Interviews,Observation,Vocational Education Teachers,Improvement Programs,Program Effectiveness,Teacher Motivation

This study aims to improve the competence of teachers in preparing a lesson plan through continuous guidance in SMK 1 Mamuju, West Sulawesi province. Action research school is implemented through two cycles to see an increase in the competence of teachers write eleven components in the lesson plan. In the first cycle (first) all Master (twelve) lists all the components in its lesson plan. In the first cycle, the number of overall score obtained 12 teachers = 759, divided by 11 components in the lesson plan (759/11 = 69), if it were presented was 69%. While on the second cycle (second) All teachers whose number twelve included all the components in its lesson plan. In the second cycle, the number of overall score obtained 12 teachers = 916, divided by 11 components in the lesson plan (916/11 = 83), if it were presented was 83%, which means an increase of 14% from the first cycle. Overall all teachers (12 people) have increased competence in preparing lesson plans, because all the teachers at SMK 1 Mamuju already included all the components in the lesson plan after going through continuous guidance. Data collection techniques in this research are interviewing techniques (interview), observation and discussion. While the tools used in this study were (1) guide the questionnaires to determine the initial ability possessed by teachers about lesson plans, (2) uses observation sheets to determine the components of lesson plans, (3) Discussions for sharing opinions between researchers and teachers.
Holistic Sustainability as Key to Emiratization: Links between Job Satisfaction in the Private Sector and Young Emirati Adult Unemployment
Author: Daleure, Georgia M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Job Satisfaction,Young Adults,Unemployment,Private Sector,Public Sector,Entry Workers,Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Work Environment,Family Work Relationship,Sustainability,Holistic Approach,Correlation,Likert Scales

This study examines factors leading to unemployment among young Emirati adults and new entrants to the workforce despite the abundant employment opportunities available in the UAE private sector. The study points out that new entrants to the workforce, including a growing number of college graduates, find few opportunities in the preferred but saturated public sector so they are faced with a three-part employment decision: considering employment in the private sector for a long-term career, entering the private sector temporarily, or remaining unemployed until an opportunity emerges in the public sector. The study sheds light on the obvious question, &quot;Why would Emirati youth prefer to remain unemployed when so many private sector jobs are available?&quot; by examining and identifying factors for Emirati job satisfaction. More than 1,000 Emirati participants employed in both public and private sectors responded to a quantitative survey rating aspects of job satisfaction. Quantitative data, supported by open ended responses, indicated that culturally friendly work environments and flexibility to manage family responsibilities were the most important factors for job satisfaction and employment decisions most Emiratis and especially for Emirati women. The study concludes that the most important factor for young Emiratis, especially women, is a workplace aligned with the culture in which they operate embodying the concept of holistic sustainability.
The Educational Aspirations of Saudi Arabian Youth: Implications for Creating a New Framework to Explain Saudi Arabian Society
Author: Sim, Woohyang
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Academic Aspiration,Youth,Surveys,Higher Education,Motivation,Status,Enrollment Influences,Statistical Analysis

Higher education in Saudi Arabia has garnered immense praise for its rapid expansion and developments in both quantity and quality. In response to this, the tertiary school enrollment in Saudi Arabia is rapidly rising. These achievements can be explained by changes in educational policies. However, studies regarding youth's awareness are scarce. Thus, this study clarifies the educational aspiration of Saudi Arabia's young generations through an awareness survey. Data collected from 316 respondents was analyzed by using SPSS. The findings of this study indicate strong educational aspirations of young Saudis who are motivated by their meritocratic way of thinking. These results are discussed while examining the application of status attainment and status expression theories in the case of Saudi Arabia.
The Global Imperative for Teacher Education: Opportunities for Comparative and International Education
Author: Aydarova, Elena
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teacher Education,Comparative Education,International Education,Global Approach,Teacher Competencies,Academic Standards,Teacher Education Programs,Teacher Education Curriculum,Learning,Education Courses,International Assessment

In the context of globalization, teacher education has to respond to the global imperative by helping preservice teachers develop global consciousness and awareness (Apple, 2011; Zhao, 2010). This paper addresses this imperative by first identifying the spaces for global competencies in teacher education standards at the national, regional, state, and institutional levels. Next, we analyze two universities' attempts to internationalize teacher education programs and demonstrate how the lack of specificity in teacher education standards emerge as gaps in the curriculum and in pre-service teacher learning. We argue that re-fashioned comparative and international education courses could address these gaps by developing students' conceptual understandings of global processes and their impact on education. The ultimate purpose of such courses will be to challenge pre-service teachers' ethnocentric assumptions about education and to foster a planetary relational view necessary for the development of a more just modernity on the global scale.
The Influence of Early Bilingual Education (English) on the First Language (Arabic) Literacy Skills in the Second Grade of Elementary School: Saudi Arabia
Author: Aldosari, Ali
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingual Education,Females,Diagnostic Tests,Native Language,Semitic Languages,English (Second Language),Elementary School Students,Second Language Learning,Bilingualism,Language of Instruction,Literacy,Public Schools,Private Schools,Monolingualism,Second Language Instruction,Interference (Language),Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

In bilingualism there are rigorous arguments among researches on the inclusion of second language in early phases of L1 education. While some researchers support such inclusion, others advise that doing so might adversely affect the first language. In the context where this study was conducted (Saudi Arabia), despite the heated debate on introducing English to the Saudi primary schools, only few studies attempted to investigate the effect of teaching English from the first grade on the Arabic literacy skills. This research is a response to the lack of empirical evidence about the impact of learning a foreign language at a young age on L1 by investigating the effect of early bilingual education on the reading and writing (literacy) of Arabic (L1). The study was conducted on students from two Saudi elementary schools: a public school and a private school. The sample comprised 46 Arabic-speaking female students from grades two. The children were subdivided into 2 groups: 30 monolingual students and 16 bilingual students. The children took diagnostic tests to measure their linguistic development in their mother tongue. Over all, the results showed no negative impact on the reading and writing skills of Arabic if English is taught from the beginning of formal schooling.
Education Unit Transformation for Maintain Its Existence in Islamic Boarding School (Multi-Case Study on Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School, Gading Islamic Boarding School Malang, and Sidogiri Islamic Boarding School Pasuruan)
Author: Busyairi AS, M.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Boarding Schools,Islam,Case Studies,Educational Change,Institutional Survival,Change Agents,Objectives,Qualitative Research

Islamic Boarding School which serves as native Islamic education institution is a continuation of education tradition grown strongly in Islamization history in unitary nation Republic of Indonesia. The education of Islamic Boarding School is also a sub-system of National Education with the purpose to make intelligent national life, to make complete Indonesian people, namely the peoples believe in God The One, virtuous, possessing knowledge and skill, physically and mentally healthy, steady and independent personality, and social and national responsibility. From the result of study, it is found out that the change of education unit in Islamic Boarding School multi-cases study on Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School Jombang, Gading Islamic Boarding School Malang, and Sidogiri Islamic Boarding School Pasuruan, concerning education process in the attempt to achieve the objective of education in Islamic Boarding School, the writer may present: (a) Education institution carried out by Islamic Boarding School has formal and informal education unit, either classical in term of Islamic school education unit or general school education unit. Possessing curriculum from National Education Ministry of the one from Religion Ministry, from basic, middle or higher education level. But not all of them has sufficient infrastructure. (b) Agent of change in Islamic Boarding School is central public figure, either with the predicate of Ulama, Founder, Coach, Director, Head of Islamic Boarding School, or Headmaster possessing integrity, intellectual and high integrity to the development of Islamic Boarding School. (c) The purpose of education unit change happened so far is assumed in order the knowledge of the students is higher, therefore they must study in longer time. Therefore the education unit change from basic education level are various. Therefore many options for the student in seeking knowledge. This has implication that many peoples like Islamic Boarding School. Therefore it may maintain the survival. In another words, the change of education unit of Islamic Boarding School in preserving the existence may succeed.
Analyzing Institutional Evaluation Reports Prepared from 2013-2015 by European University Association
Author: Süzen, Zeynep Bumin
Date: 2017-03-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Institutional Evaluation,Reports,Universities,Organizations (Groups),College Administration,Educational Finance,Research,Global Approach,Higher Education,Qualitative Research,Quality Assurance

European University Association is an institution which guides not only European but all universities in their efforts to improve their quality within the context of Bologna Process. In this study Institutional Evaluation Reports prepared by EUA for all higher education institutions that applied to be evaluated between 2013 and 2015 were examined. These evaluations were grouped under six categories namely administration, finance, research, education, service to society and internationalization. It is understood that administration is the most evaluated subject, while finance is the least evaluated in the reports. As regards administration, the most emphasized points are the need of a more solid strategic planning and to improve quality assurance processes. In finance the universities are primarily advised to focus on raising money from different resources. For research, the most emphasized subject is the lack of research strategies in universities. Two important suggestions in education category are to use student centered teaching and to update curricula so as to focus on application. While for service to society category, the reports mainly suggest to involve external stakeholders more systematically in the universities and for the category of internationalization, it was pointed out that most of the universities are in need of an institutional strategy.
Analysis of Written Expression Revision Skills of the Students in Faculty of Education
Author: Can, Remzi
Date: 2017-03-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Writing Evaluation,Expressive Language,Self Expression,Revision (Written Composition),Preservice Teachers,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis,Knowledge Level,Time on Task,Efficiency

This study aims to analyze written expression revision skills of students in Turkish Education Department, Education Faculty. This study was done using qualitative research method. The study group of the research consisted of 3rd grade students. The research data were collected by means of document review, a qualitative research technique. The data in the research were analyzed descriptively; content analysis was applied to the data as well. In the obtained findings, it was observed that Turkish teacher candidates did not have adequate knowledge concerning revising part of process-based writing model, and that they did not apply this step of process-based writing efficiently in the writing process. It was seen that the students made changes respectively in word level and surface level, mostly in the revision process. While these changes pertain to punctuation and correct use of particles in the surface level, they gather around sections of adding and placing in the word level.