ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
University Students' Intentions to Report Cyberbullying
Author: Wozencroft, Kelly
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bullying,Intention,Information Security,Incidence,College Students,Help Seeking,School Policy,Questionnaires,Victims,Victims of Crime,Gender Differences,Likert Scales,Barriers,Disclosure,Influences,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Investigations,Mass Media Use,Mass Media Effects,Foreign Countries

Little is known about the prevalence of cyberbullying among university students and less about whether they utilise anti-bullying policies. However, failure to report cyberbullying incidents to authorities would lessen the efficacy of these policies. This study investigated the prevalence of cyberbullying among university students and their reporting intentions for cyberbullying incidents. Two hundred and eighty-two students completed a survey on their intentions to report cyberbullying. Results found cyberbullying exists among university students and they would report to authorities if the policy outlined specific information. Students who had been cyber victimised were more likely to report than those students who had not been cyberbullied. Implications for universities are discussed.
Motivating Pre-Service Teachers in Technology Integration of Web 2.0 for Teaching Internships
Author: Kim, Hye Jeong
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Web 2.0 Technologies,Technology Integration,Use Studies,Teacher Interns,Predictor Variables,Teacher Motivation,Self Efficacy,Foreign Countries,Computer Attitudes,Positive Attitudes,Surveys,Content Analysis,Regression (Statistics),Statistical Analysis

The aim of this study was to examine the predictors of pre-service teachers' use of Web 2.0 tools during a teaching internship, after a course that emphasized the use of the tools for instructional activities. Results revealed that integrating Web 2.0 tools during their teaching internship was strongly predicted by participants' perceived enjoyment in using the tools in the communication technology course. The results of this study indicate the importance of active engagement and enjoyment in the integration and implementation of Web 2.0 technologies in teaching environments by pre-service teachers. As the comfort level and enjoyment increases by virtue of the employment of Web 2.0 tools by the pre-service teachers, teacher educators can expect from their students increased motivation, effectiveness, and competence in integrating technology into their curriculum.
Educating the Silenced: Threads of Visual Culture in Domesticating the Wives in Malaysia
Author: Yusof, Noraini Md.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cultural Influences,Religious Cultural Groups,Muslims,Marriage,Females,Males,Foreign Countries,Social Influences,Islamic Culture,Islam,Mass Media Effects,Religious Factors,Documentaries

As a very controversial issue in Islam, polygamy allows Muslim men to marry up to four wives. It has been told that the Quran encourages polygamy; thus, it is a part of Islamic &quot;Sharia.&quot; Many Muslim men practice it at their whim and they contend that they do so to follow the &quot;Sunnah.&quot; Amongst Muslim countries, Malaysia is one of those countries where polygamy is rife. To make it as an acceptable Islamic practice and a more common phenomenon, polygamy is favoritized and advocated through the mass media such as TV shows and newspapers. Although suffering agonizing experiences of being a co-wife, many Malay Muslim women cannot resist polygamy as they think it would be a rebuttal of religion. As a counter-argument of the seemingly happy images of polygamous marriages in Malaysia, this paper exhibits the vicissitudes of it through analyzing a documentary entitled &quot;Four Wives--One Man&quot; and it demonstrates that the traditional interpretation of the Quran as regards to polygamy is in favor of patriarchy and cannot be appropriate. Utilizing the Contextualist interpretation of the Quran, this paper tries to educate the silenced women that polygamy is, indeed, not encouraged and questioning it would not mean disobeying the Quran.
Psycho-Pedagogical Conditions of Formation of Professional Creative Activity of Future Professionals
Author: Askarovna, Uzakbayeva Sakypzhamal
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creativity,Professional Development,Creative Development,Self Actualization,Educational Environment,Emotional Development,Heuristics,Psychological Patterns,Personality Traits

Organizational, psychological and pedagogical conditions (the position of student in the educational process, the inclusion of students in active and independent activities, the creation of a positive creative environment and psychological climate, the active use of the forms, methods, technologies, adequate formation of professional creative activity of students, features of individual creative development of students), a system of principles and pedagogical tools are the best support in the formation of professional and creative activity of the future experts in musical sphere (Malofeev &amp; Shmatko, 2008).
Opportunities of Teaching Archaeoastronomy in Thailand
Author: Anantasook, Sakanan
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Astronomy,Archaeology,Science Curriculum,Secondary School Science,Elementary School Science,Science Instruction

Ancient cultures around the world systematically observed the sky and noticed the motions of celestial objects including the stars, Moon, Sun, and planets. Many structural symbolic patterns were built to perceive, visualize and understand the celestial phenomena. They have used this knowledge, archaeoastronomy, to survive, and as bases for literature, religion, government, and other elements of culture. Understanding the cycles of the celestial objects allowed people to know when to plant, harvest, or move to a different location. This is also the case in Thailand, not only have many ancient stone castles were built in relation with the rise and the set of the Sun in Equinox day but also have few groups of researcher who studied about Thai archaeoastronomy. In addition, Thai people have developed their own knowledge on astronomy for a long time. It has influenced and appeared in many aspects of Thai society such as architecture, literature, philosophical, religious and cultural implications. Nowadays, some countries have been teaching and learning about basic astronomy concepts through archaeoastronomy. Therefore, Thailand should design activities in archaeoastronomy which relatively to the celestial motion content in The 2008 Thai Science Curriculum. This paper will discuss implications of archaeoastronomy and activities in Thailand and other countries. Moreover, it will suggest some effective ideas which Thai teacher can use to improve actions in their astronomy classrooms.
Promoting Digital Change in Higher Education: Evaluating the Curriculum Digitalisation
Author: Coskun, Yelkin Diker
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Curriculum Development,Technology Integration,Educational Change,Undergraduate Study,Program Evaluation,Curriculum Evaluation,Content Analysis,Teaching Methods,Learning Strategies,Technology Uses in Education,Behavioral Objectives,Program Content,Evaluation Methods,Program Implementation,Educational Practices,Case Studies,Foreign Countries

Technology, which forms part of all educational settings and curricula, is becoming an integral part of higher education too. Therefore, observations and interpretations from inside such settings are needed for a more realistic understanding. This study evaluates the information packages of the undergraduate programs of a university within the framework of a digital university, using program evaluation and document review of written curricula. The &quot;Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism Model&quot; was used for curriculum evaluation. The information packages of the undergraduate programs were generally found to reflect specific intentions concerning technology integration. However, these intentions have not yet become manifest in the learning outcomes of the programs. Thus, this study shows that, although technology has entered into all fields and programs, at least regarding learning outcomes, it has not found inadequate reciprocity within the processes of teaching and learning.
Sustaining Student Gains from Online On-Demand Professional Development
Author: Shaha, Steven H.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Professional Development,Achievement Gains,Outcomes of Education,Sustainability,Quasiexperimental Design,Longitudinal Studies,Followup Studies,Electronic Learning,Online Courses,Trend Analysis,School Districts,Teacher Effectiveness,Professional Development Schools,Mathematics Achievement,Reading Achievement,Faculty Development

A multi-State, quasi-experimental study was conducted as a longitudinal, two-year follow-up of participation in an online, on-demand professional development (PD) program. The purpose was to ascertain whether student gains were sustained in a second year of PD participation. Data verified gains in Year 1 versus Pre-PD baseline, with continued gains in Year 2 atop those achieved in year 1 of PD participation, reflecting a positive trend and continued advantage over non-PD schools in the same districts. Results showed that student in PD schools gained 7.7% (p&lt;0.01) more in Math in year 2 atop 18.9% (p&lt;0.001) gains from year 1, versus gains of 0.5% (ns) and 4.2% (p&lt;0.01) for non-PD schools in the same districts. Similarly, students in the PD schools gained 10.2% (p&lt;0.01) more in Reading in year 2 atop 18.9% (p&lt;0.001) gains from year 1, versus gains of 0.5% (ns) and 4.2% (p&lt;0.01) for non-PD schools in the same districts. Total gains from baseline for PD schools were 28.1% (p&lt;0.001) in Math for PD schools versus 4.7% (p&lt;0.01) for the same districts collectively, and 30.2% (p&lt;0.001) in Reading for PD schools versus 6.0% (p&lt;0.01) for the same districts collectively. Findings support the high-participation use of Internet-based, on-demand professional learning for improving teacher effectiveness and sustained impacts on student performance.
Problem-Based Learning Environment in Basic Computer Course: Pre-Service Teachers' Achievement and Key Factors for Learning
Author: Efendioglu, Akin
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Educational Environment,Computer Literacy,Preservice Teachers,Learning Processes,Performance Factors,Lecture Method,Science Achievement,Achievement Gains,Creativity,Cognitive Ability,Affective Objectives,Learning Strategies,Learning Experience,Technological Literacy,Academic Achievement,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Interviews,Student Teacher Attitudes,Qualitative Research,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries

This experimental study aims to determine pre-service teachers' achievements and key factors that affect the learning process with regard to problem-based learning (PBL) and lecture-based computer course (LBCC) conditions. The research results showed that the pre-service teachers in the PBL group had significantly higher achievement scores than those in the LBCC group. Moreover, challenging, creativity, cognitive and affective attainments, and group aspects are regarded as positive learning keys in the PBL group; by contrast, in the LBCC group, the ease of learning and effective learning are found as positive learning keys, while superficial learning and adverse affective aspects are negative learning keys. Finally, these findings are discussed in terms of pre-service teachers' learning and skills and also the learning approaches used in the study.
The Significance of an Educational Game in Teaching Politology
Author: Dvorkovaya, Marina Vasilievna
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Games,Political Science,Policy,Teaching Methods,Problem Solving,Policy Formation,Crisis Management,Interaction,Alignment (Education),Foreign Countries

Game-based learning is being increasingly used in teaching humanities. In teaching politology, it seems to bring the most effective results. Through educational games, learners can fully experience modeling particular situations in the job of a would-be political technologist, which would guarantee training professional politologists with maximum effectiveness. Contemporary environment demands the masterly possession of the gaming methodology, as a fundamental one to instilling into a future politician or politologist such qualities as independent thinking, the fast discovery of the optimal solution to a problem, being stress-resistant and preserving the ability to analyze.
Technologies of Student Testing for Learning Quality Evaluation in the System of Higher Education
Author: Bayukova, Nadezhda Olegovna
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Evaluation,Computer Assisted Testing,Higher Education,Evaluation Methods,Educational Innovation,Competence,Educational Technology,Criterion Referenced Tests,Testing,Knowledge Level,Professional Development

The paper deals with technology of students' achievement in the area of educational activities, methods, techniques, forms and conditions of monitoring knowledge quality in accordance with the requirements of Russian higher education system modernization. The authors propose methodic techniques of students' training for testing based on innovative and traditions approaches, development of the system of student's competences evaluation in the course of teaching using current educational technologies in higher institutions. Pedagogical testing is represented as a set of instruments that allows assuring systematic monitoring and objective evaluation of students' professional training quality in the course of entire education process, defining stages of tests carrying out and also ways and means of educational results adjustment. It's feasible to consider the system of criterion-referenced tests a main method for pedagogical testing organization. It consists of tests of a specific form, certain content, increasing difficulty, created for the purpose of quality increase in professional education of university students. Testing as one of monitoring forms should be on an equal basis with traditional solitary and control works. Combination of all kinds of control allows the teacher to complement education process in a more qualitative manner. The expected result is creation of the organization model of the system of students' knowledge evaluation based on elaborated vocationally-orientated test materials that evaluate competences included in the requirements of Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Professional Education of the third generation.
The Policies on Civic Education in Developing National Character in Indonesia
Author: Nurdin, Encep Syarief
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Civics,Citizenship Education,Developing Nations,Educational Policy,Nationalism,Values Education,Literature Reviews,Content Analysis

Each country has different policies on the implementation of Civic Education. As an independent country, Indonesia administers Civic Education separately through a special subject under the name &quot;citizenship education&quot;, while other countries, such as Malaysia, integrate this form of education into other subjects. The policies on Civic Education in Indonesia aim to mould a citizen who has the spirit of nationalism and patriotism (Explanation of Article 37 of the Law No. 20 of 2003). The research was conducted using library research. Meanwhile, data were analyzed descriptively, consisting of quotes. In addition, Civic Education as value-based education stresses on the realization of a good citizen, who is has holistic competencies in knowledge, skills, and traits based on the national character (the values of &quot;Pancasila&quot; or the Five Principles of Indonesia).
Global Blended Learning Practices for Teaching and Learning, Leadership and Professional Development
Author: Hilliard, Ann Toler
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Blended Learning,Online Surveys,Skill Development,Work Environment,Teaching Methods,College Faculty,Management Development,Learner Engagement,Cooperative Learning,Global Approach,Leadership Role,Leadership Training,Educational Benefits,Educational Finance,Purchasing,Futures (of Society),Educational Trends,Educational Policy

Blended learning is a combination of online and face-to-face activities for classroom instruction or other training modalities to help develop new knowledge and skills that can be transferred to the workplace environment. The use of blended learning is expanding globally (Vaughn, 2007). Blended learning is evident in professional development training and general classroom offerings for a number of educational programs across disciplines in global communities. With the limitation of funding and time constraints, more professional development training organizations, programs in departments and units at universities and colleges are infusing blended learning as another educational tool to use in the delivery of instructional and managerial services. Blended learning is a fast growing trend in traditional institutions in higher education and other organizations. An Online Learning Survey revealed that blended learning was expanding globally to the growth rate 46% or higher per year. Once organizational facilitators and instructional faculty members at the university and college become comfortable with blended learning applications, they are usually highly motivated to explore further new and improved ways of using blended learning for instructional services or managerial training activities (Allen, Seaman &amp; Garrett, 2007). Blended learning practices are used by students, leaders, faculty members and staff in various teaching and learning venues. The leadership development training process continues after face-to-face activity participation with the support of blending learning technology. Many leadership university and college programs using blended learning include at least three dimensions for students such as awareness of concepts, definition and procedures/policy, understanding of measurable skills and knowledge. The role of technology today using blended learning has broad implications for the student or learner. The online tools available in blended courses can also significantly enhance student engagement, ensuring that all students and learners participate in course discussions and benefit from collaborative learning (NGLC, 2012). This study will discuss a guiding definition for blended learning, benefits, team support, policy, management issues, rationale for expansion, professional development, purchasing, funding, evaluation, and lenses of the future and implications.
Using the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain and Predict Behavior Intentions in Taiwan
Author: Wu, Cheng-Lung
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Behavior Theories,Intention,Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Student Behavior,Aquatic Sports,Questionnaires,Student Participation,Statistical Analysis,Attitude Measures,Student Attitudes,Self Control

This study aims to use the theory of planned behavior to verify undergraduates' behavioral intentions regarding their participation in aquatic sports. Undergraduates in Taiwan serve as the research subjects and a survey method employs questionnaires. A total of 200 valid questionnaires were received out of 230, thus giving a valid response rate of 86.9%. The information was analyzed with AMOS 19.0. The research results show that: First, attitudes do not have a significant influence on the behavioral intentions; Second, subjective norms do not have a significant influence on the behavioral intentions; and Third, perceived behavior control has a significant influence on the behavioral intentions. It is expected that the results of this study can serve as reference for strategies and measures to promote aquatic sports in universities as well as agencies in the aquatic sports industry in Taiwan.
Prospect of Distance Learning
Author: Rahman, Monsurur
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Distance Education,Developing Nations,Educational Benefits,Costs,Universities,School Role,Computer Security,Internet,Technological Advancement

Many educational institutions in the United States are currently offering programs through distance learning, and that trend is rising. In almost all spheres of education a developing country like Bangladesh needs to make available the expertise of the most qualified faculty to her distant people. But the fundamental question remains as to whether distance learning is the right venue to achieve that goal. This paper tries to shed light on the prospects and problems of distance learning in Bangladesh.
Formative Assessment as a Component of the Future English Teacher Training
Author: Klimenko, Marina Viktorovna
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Formative Evaluation,Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,English Teachers,English Teacher Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teachers,Oral Language,English (Second Language),College English,College Faculty,Teaching Methods,Peer Evaluation,Self Evaluation (Individuals),Student Surveys

The article deals with the problem of the initial stage of the future English teacher training and forming basic professional teaching skills by means of the implementation of formative assessment methods into the process of studying. It reveals the urgent necessity of using a modern and reliable system of assessment as a sound foundation of a high quality education and the key role of formative assessment in the process of foreign language teaching and learning. The aim of the article is to reveal the idea of formative assessment methods introduced into the course of English Speech Practice not only as a means of the first-year students' language competence formation but also as a tool of their pre-service training. It is illustrated how a purely language task can be supplied with a pedagogic component to organize activities as much as possible imitating the atmosphere and surroundings of a classroom with students performing the roles of teachers and pupils. The results of the research presented in the article make it evident that introducing formative assessment into a university English class is multi-purpose: teachers can assess their students' level of language knowledge and adjust the teaching process, and students can use it in solving professionally oriented practical tasks and assessing their peers and themselves.