ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Experiences of Prospective Physical Education Teachers on Active Gaming within the Context of School-Based Physical Activity
Author: Yuksel, Hidayet Suha
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Physical Education Teachers,Teaching Methods,Student Attitudes,Games,Student Participation,Educational Environment,Extracurricular Activities,Physical Education,Skill Development,Physical Activity Level,Foreign Countries,Secondary Education,Active Learning,Classroom Techniques

The present study aims to explore the experiences of prospective physical education teachers on active gaming. The study, which used qualitative case study design enrolled 2 prospective physical education teachers (1 male, 1 female) who were included in extracurricular activities and physical education classes in 2015-2016 academic year. For data collection, semi-structured interview forms, diaries and extended field notes were used. For data analysis, the content analysis method was used: following the transcription process, coding was performed in two categories and themes and sub-themes were created that reflect common codes. The findings have revealed that according to prospective teachers, active gaming ensures active participation of students and facilitates classroom management in physical education classes, which, in turn contributes to the learning environment where every student can participate. It also has been found that active gaming in the extracurricular activities contributes to the arousal of the initial participation desire in students, and establishment of an environment suitable for the improvement of physical competence. According to prospective teachers, active gaming should be used not in every part, but in certain parts of classes or of extracurricular activities.
How is Multicultural Education Perceived in Elementary Schools in Turkey? A Case Study
Author: Aslan, Serkan
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Multicultural Education,Elementary Education,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Student Centered Learning,Drama,Case Studies,Teaching Methods,Barriers,Parent Education,Cultural Pluralism,Social Justice,Democratic Values,Gender Differences,Academic Rank (Professional),Educational Attainment,Teaching Experience,Ethnicity,Religion,Socioeconomic Status,Language Usage,Social Bias,Disabilities,Teacher Characteristics

This research aims to examine the current situation of multicultural education in elementary schools. Therefore, the views of the classroom teachers on multicultural education have been examined and multicultural education activities have been observed in the classes. Having a case study research method which is considered as one of the qualitative research designs, the study hosts a total of 15 classroom teachers who worked in the province of Elazig during the 2016 and 2017 academic year. The maximum variation sampling method has been used in the research. The research has employed semi-structured interview and observation forms. The research data has been analyzed through content analysis. Research results have revealed that most of the teachers perceive multicultural education as education presented to the individuals with different ethnic identities. Teachers' perceptions towards multicultural education have been identified to be similar in terms of their gender, seniority and educational status. Teachers mostly do student-centred activities related to multicultural education, use drama and case studies in their classes. While practising multicultural education, teachers mostly encounter with student-related problems. The majority of the people have recommended that parents be trained on the relevant subject. Similar results have emerged in the observations made by the researcher. Based on the research findings, several recommendations have been provided. Primary school curricula should be organized taking multicultural education into consideration, and the problems identified by teachers should be eliminated by those concerned.
Investigation of 9th Grade Students&apos; Geometrical Figure Apprehension
Author: Karpuz, Yavuz
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 9,Geometry,Geometric Concepts,Mathematics Instruction,Student Attitudes,Concept Formation,Mathematical Logic,Problem Solving,Teaching Methods,High School Students,Secondary School Mathematics,Foreign Countries

In the present study, the aim was to investigate 9th grade students' geometrical figure apprehension. To this end, the Figure Apprehension Cognitive Processes Test (FACPT), constructed by the researchers of the study, was administered to 51 ninth grade students, with whom clinical interviews were also conducted. As a result of the data analysed, it was found that the perceptual, discursive and operative types of apprehension of more than half of the students were not at enough level for high school geometry. Most of the students were found to be unsuccessful in recognizing the various sub-figures present within a geometric figure, in transforming verbal information to visual information, in deriving at verbal information based on visual information, in arriving at conclusions without being influenced by the appearance of a figure, and in decomposing and recomposing geometric figures. This shows that teachers need to focus on not only conceptual knowledge but also the structure of the figure apprehension processes of students prior to geometry classes.
Exploring Individual and Interpersonal Level Factors Associated with Academic Success of College Students at a Women&apos;s, Faith-Based Higher Institution
Author: Ekwonye, Angela U.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Females,Church Related Colleges,Academic Achievement,Religious Factors,Peer Relationship,Social Integration,Resilience (Psychology),Self Efficacy,Student Motivation,Catholics,Predictor Variables

The present study investigated how spirituality, peer connections, and social integration relate to academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, and institutional commitment of college students who identify as female. A sample of 372 undergraduates (ages 18-26) at a Catholic University completed Mapworks survey containing institution-specific questions and spirituality items in Spring 2018. Pearson correlation was used to examine the bivariate relationships between the variables. Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) was conducted to determine if relationships exist among the predictor variables (spirituality, peer connections, social integration) and the criterion variables (academic resiliency, academic self-efficacy, academic integration, institutional commitment). Academic resiliency was the only contributor to the synthetic criterion variable. The contributions of academic self-efficacy, academic integration and institutional commitment to the synthetic criterion variable were very negligible. Social integration and peer connections were the primary contributors to the predictor synthetic variable, with a secondary contribution by spirituality. Social integration, peer connections, and spirituality were all positively related to academic resiliency. Simultaneously addressing the social and spiritual well-being of college students, particularly those who have self-selected to attend a women's college, are crucial to promoting their academic success.
Teacher Education in China, Japan and Turkey
Author: Baris, Yaman
Date: 2019-01-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Education Programs,Comparative Education,Educational Policy,Educational Change,Barriers,Eligibility,Admission Criteria,Progressive Education,Standards

The aim of this study is to analyze teacher education systems in China and Japan, and compare the findings with teacher education in Turkey, thus contribute to the developments in teacher education in Turkey. The research was based on the years 2000 to 2017. Document analysis method, which is one of the qualitative data collection methods, is used in this research. Within the scope of the document review, official sources such as education ministries of the countries, internet pages of universities and internet pages of international education organizations are used; and educational policies, entrance conditions of teacher education institutions, the structure of these institutions and teacher education programs are examined. The collected data are analyzed by content analysis. In conclusion, the continuous policy changes regarding teacher training in Turkey are found to be detrimental to teacher training and prevent the implementation of research focused teacher education programs. For practice courses, both course hours and the cooperation between faculty and practice schools are found to be insufficient. The Education Bureau in China is the institution responsible for education policy, education program, teacher education and legislation. Though teacher education programs vary in different states, generally, those who have high school diploma may enter teacher education institutions after passing and practice-based evaluation system. It is found that the teaching profession is given a great importance in Japan, and that there is no specific policy in pedagogical formation education, and therefore, pedagogical formation education needs to be reviewed and updated. Turkey, China and Japan have taken inspiration from progressive education philosophy, one of the modern education philosophies, for their teacher education systems.
Transforming Female Aspirations to Real Presence: The Case of Higher Education in Cameroon
Author: Aki, Etta Mercy
Date: 2019-01-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Academic Aspiration,Females,Higher Education,Barriers,Access to Education,Educational Attainment,Expectation

Higher education for females is an indicator of development, democracy and gender equity, particularly necessary for a nation like Cameroon which attempts to become an emerging country by 2035. Hence, this paper is focused on ascertaining female aspirations to higher education for access and effective participation. In so doing, a study that employed a semi-structured questionnaire collected data from 977 female students about the level of schooling they aspired to attain, the underlying reasons for their choices and their prospected barriers. Simple percentages, chi-square analysis and logistic regression analysis showed that female student' aspirations for higher education were high, challenging the roles of higher education institutions. However, these high aspirations were based on the expectations that higher education participation and completion would be beneficial to the overall development of females and their integration into the world of work. Nevertheless, these aspirations were also tempered by barriers, and to this effect it is recommended that higher education school curricula be reformed to suit the needs of these female aspirers. Equally, financial constraints could be curbed through scholarships and donations from ex-student associations and university systems. Irrespective of this, constant research in this area is necessary as aspirations are complex, dynamic and contextual.
Investigation of the Self-Efficacy and Occupational Attitude of Students of the Recreation Department of Tourism and Sport Sciences Faculties of Gazi and Atatürk Universities, Turkey
Author: Dogar, Yahya
Date: 2019-01-23
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Attitudes,Work Attitudes,Self Efficacy,Recreation,Tourism,Physical Education,Occupational Aspiration,Employment Potential

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between students' attitudes towards the recreation specialty and self-efficacy of the students in the Recreation Departments of Sports Sciences and Tourism Faculty. In the study, &quot;Occupational Attitude Scale&quot; developed by Üstüner in 2006 and &quot;General Self-Efficacy Scale&quot; that was adapted to Turkish by Yildirim and Ilhan and thereafter developed by Magaletta and Oliver were used. While the scope of the research comprised students studying in Recreation Department, Tourism Faculty, Gazi University and Recreation Department, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Atatürk University, the sample group consists of 79 females, 101 males, making a total of 180 students studying in these departments. It has been found that the data provide normality assumptions by looking at the Skewness-Kurtosis values. In this direction, parametric tests such as T Test and ANOVA were performed. Pearson correlation test was also performed to analyze the relationship between self-efficacy and occupational attitude. There is significant difference in terms of faculties of the participants, in terms of occupational attitude and self-efficacy students in favor of Faculty of Sport Sciences. There was also a positive relationship between occupational attitude and self-efficacy (r = 452). As a result, it can be said that they have higher occupational attitude because students of the Recreation Department at the Faculty of Sport Sciences have the opportunity to find more jobs than students of Recreation Department, Tourism Faculty. Also, the high level of self-efficacy of the students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences can be due to their sports knowledge.
Learning English with Travel Blogs: A Genre-Based Process-Writing Teaching Proposal
Author: Pascual, Daniel
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Electronic Publishing,Travel,Information Technology,Teaching Methods,Second Language Instruction,Secondary School Students,Computational Linguistics,Discourse Analysis,Lesson Plans,Communicative Competence (Languages),Task Analysis,Process Approach (Writing),Taxonomy,Computer Software,Course Content,Intercultural Communication,Computer Mediated Communication

Current communication is increasingly computer-mediated, dynamic, dialogic, and global, so students should master new information, communication technologies, and digital genres, as well as acknowledge the global role of the English language. Thus, this paper aims to offer a teaching proposal, to be ideally implemented in the secondary education English as a foreign language classroom, on how to develop students' communicative and digital competences based on a digital genre like the travel blog. First, a corpus of travel blogs was compiled, and the blogs' communicative purposes and prominent linguistic and discursive features were identified. Next, different lesson plans were designed on the principles of communicative language teaching and task-based learning, together with the corpus-based results. Overall, students are expected to follow a process-writing approach that enables them to interact digitally in travel blogs.
Intercultural Components in the Multimodal Structure of a Language Learning Website
Author: Fernández Benavides, Alejandro
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Web Sites,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Intercultural Communication,Semiotics,Communicative Competence (Languages),Food,Cultural Activities,Cultural Awareness,Teaching Methods,Lesson Plans,College Students,Foreign Countries

The emergence of language learning websites has generated changes in intercultural communicative practices. Particularly, these sites use a wide variety of modes of communication (visual, linguistic, spatial) which allow the presence of intercultural elements. This interpretative case study analyzes the semiotic structure of one lesson of the language learning website &quot;Livemocha&quot; in order to unveil the presence of intercultural elements in it. Data were analyzed following a method for multimodal analysis and Byram's model of intercultural communicative competence. Findings suggest the essentialist view of culture on &quot;Livemocha,&quot; based on festivals and food, and the potential promotion of some of Byram's intercultural skills.
The Use of Plotagon to Enhance the English Writing Skill in Secondary School Students
Author: Guzmán Gámez, Derly Yuleith
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing Skills,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Grade 10,Writing Instruction,Teaching Methods,Information Technology,Collaborative Writing,Journal Writing,Intervention,Pretests Posttests,Grammar,Computer Software,Rural Schools,Foreign Countries,Story Telling,Language Skills

This paper reports on an action research study aimed at implementing &quot;Plotagon&quot; to enhance English writing skill. The study involved 18 students from 10th grade of a public secondary school in Colombia. The findings showed that the use of &quot;Plotagon&quot; promoted students' motivation to write through an interactive and attractive interphase to create digital stories. Consequently, students created their own digital story working in pairs and as a result increased their vocabulary, improved their English writing skill and other language skills. The data collection tools (surveys, tests, journals, observations, and dialogs as students' production) showed that &quot;Plotagon&quot; is a pedagogical tool that promotes students' English writing in a fun and meaningful way
Engaging English as a Foreign Language Students in Critical Literacy Practices: The Case of a Teacher at a Private University
Author: Gómez Jiménez, María Catalina
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,College Students,College Faculty,Critical Literacy,Teacher Attitudes,Diaries,Change Agents,Social Change,Language Skills,Teaching Methods,Grammar,Private Colleges,Foreign Countries

This paper describes the process English as a foreign language university students and their teacher underwent when engaging in critical literacy practices. Interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, students' artifacts, and the teacher's journal were used to collect data in this study. Findings suggest that when students engage in critical literacy practices, they are prone to reflect on the power they have as agents of social change, while developing language skills. However, teachers should be ready to encounter some resistance from students and to struggle with the incorporation of critical perspectives in their lessons, which is understandable considering the emphasis grammar mastering has traditionally had on language teaching and learning.
Learning Strategies Used by High and Low Achievers in the First Level of English
Author: Samperio, Nahum
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learning Strategies,High Achievement,Low Achievement,Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Achievement Tests,Scores,College Students

This study tries to identify the possible differences in the types of strategies and their frequency of use in low and high achievers of English in a language centre in a university in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Data were collected using a mixed-methods research methodology. The sample consists of 27 students with a high score and 30 with a low score on the achievement test. The results show that students in both categories use similar strategies; the difference lies in the frequency of use and how they use the strategies. Finally, from the qualitative data emerges a list of strategies used by high achievers.
The Pedagogical Practicum Journey towards Becoming an English Language Teacher
Author: Lucero, Edgar
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Private Colleges,Preservice Teachers,Language Teachers,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Diaries,Practicums,Teaching Experience,Mentors,Classroom Techniques,Student Attitudes,Teacher Education Programs,Teacher Student Relationship

This article discusses English language pre-service teachers' pedagogical practicum experiences. We compiled, from their teacher journals and group talks, the lived teaching experiences of a group of 34 pre-service teachers who were majoring in English language education at a private university in Bogota, Colombia. The analysis of their stories makes us realize that their first practicum experiences are full of feelings and emotions, and that their first teaching practices are based on their mentor teachers' pieces of advice. These first experiences, in turn, develop the foundation upon which they build themselves as English language teachers.
EFL Teachers&apos; Attitudes towards Oral Corrective Feedback: A Case Study
Author: Gómez Argüelles, Lizbeth
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Error Correction,Feedback (Response),Case Studies,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Oral Language,Language Teachers,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Schemata (Cognition),Foreign Countries,Content Analysis,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods

This paper reports a qualitative case study of college-level English as a foreign language teachers' attitudes towards oral corrective feedback. Our goal is to characterize such attitudes considering a model which integrates cognitive, affective and conative components as well as different aspects of oral corrective feedback. Six English instructors working in English language teaching at a university in southern Mexico were interviewed. Directed qualitative content analysis shows that (1) participants prefer implicit corrective feedback strategies, and (2) considerations of students' feelings guide their overall attitudes toward corrective feedback. The participants seem unaware of most corrective feedback strategies and consideration of students' cognition is absent in the composition of their corrective feedback attitudes. This finding suggests a need for more theory-based corrective feedback training and practice.
From Utopia to Reality: Trans-Formation of Pedagogical Knowledge in English Language Teacher Education
Author: Quintero Polo, Álvaro Hernán
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Student Teachers,Teaching Methods,Teaching Experience,Preservice Teacher Education,Diaries,Transformative Learning,Student Teacher Attitudes,Student Research,Educational Philosophy,Critical Theory,Low Income,Foreign Countries,Seminars,Interdisciplinary Approach

In this article the author reports on a study of some English language student-teachers' trans-formations of knowledge about language education. The question that guided the study was: How are English language student-teachers' formative pedagogical and research experiences portrayed in a transformative and critical outlook for initial teacher education? Reflections, perceptions, and conceptions served as data and were collected by means of diaries, interviews, and degree projects or monographs. From the analysis of data, two main themes emerged: &quot;Going Back and Forth from Utopia to Reality&quot; and &quot;EFL Student-Teachers as Novice Critical Researchers&quot;. A conclusion was that the participants' trans-formations mediated by pedagogical and research agendas represented alternatives with high levels of sensitivity towards socially associated issues in language education.