ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Two Approaches for Using Web Sharing and Photography Assignments to Increase Critical Thinking in the Health Sciences
Author: Walter, Katherine Ott
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,Assignments,Photography,Critical Thinking,Health Sciences,Learner Engagement,Creativity,Problem Solving,Teaching Methods,Web 2.0 Technologies,Instructional Effectiveness,Consciousness Raising,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Practices

Increasing student critical thinking and active engagement with course content is an ongoing challenge in tertiary education. The present article explores the use of photography in two health sciences courses as a catalyst for the encouragement of critical thinking, creativity, engagement, and problem solving. The authors adapted photography assignments based on Photovoice and photo elicitation which are described in detail along with the benefits and challenges of utilizing nontraditional assignment formats. The immediate impact of these assignments appears to have challenged students' thinking about the health culture in their lived environments and has allowed them to critically investigate and interpret their photos and the photos of their classmates. (Contains 5 figures.)
Theory and Practice: How Filming "Learning in the Real World" Helps Students Make the Connection
Author: Commander, Nannette Evans
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Feedback (Response),Learning Theories,Interviews,Theory Practice Relationship,Assignments,Video Technology,Student Developed Materials,Student Projects,Teaching Methods,Audiovisual Communications,Problem Based Learning,Educational Psychology,Likert Scales

This article describes an assignment, titled "Learning in the Real World," designed for graduate students in a learning theory course. Students work in small groups to create high quality audio-visual films that present "real learning" through interviews and/or observations of learners. Students select topics relevant to theories we are discussing in class, such as interviewing expert and novice musicians to illustrate the development of procedural knowledge, interviewing a sister and brother regarding salient autobiographical events from their childhood, and filming students talking about strategies they use to comprehend and remember text information. In this article we discuss feedback on the assignment and how useful it can be for not only engaging students with learning theories and research, but also fostering the process of connecting theory to practice. Importantly, the assignment is relevant and adaptable for any classes, graduate or undergraduate, where theories play a large role and successfully helps all students see learning theory and research come alive through film. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
Infusing Umoja, an Authentic and Culturally Engaging Service-Learning Model, into Multicultural Education
Author: Delano-Oriaran, Omobolade
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teacher Education,Multicultural Education,Service Learning,Community Needs,Education Courses,Culturally Relevant Education,Integrated Curriculum,Models,Program Descriptions,Community Involvement,Program Effectiveness,Teaching Methods

This article describes the manner in which an authentic and culturally engaging service-learning model was infused into a multicultural education course for pre-service teachers. Service-learning programs integrated into education courses are often approached from a deficit perspective with pre-service teachers perceiving themselves as the privileged providing a service to diverse communities in need. Models of this nature tend to reinforce personal bias and stereotypes. The service-learning framework presented in this article is comprised of the following seven elements: (a) investment in community needs, (b) preparation and planning, (c) community engagement and empowerment, (d) curricula infusion of multicultural education, (e) bridging theory and practice, (f) recognition and celebration, and (g) reflection and evaluation. Infusing this model into a teacher education course engages pre-service teachers toward recognizing, appreciating, and understanding students who are racially and culturally different from themselves. (Contains 1 table.)
Using Popular Media and a Collaborative Approach to Teaching Grounded Theory Research Methods
Author: Creamer, Elizabeth G.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Grounded Theory,Qualitative Research,Methods Courses,Research Methodology,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Popular Culture,Doctoral Programs,Problem Based Learning,Student Attitudes,Performance Factors,Mass Media Use

Popular movies were used in a doctoral-level qualitative research methods course as a way to help students learn about how to collect and analyze qualitative observational data in order to develop a grounded theory. The course was designed in such a way that collaboration was central to the generation of knowledge. Using media depictions had the practical advantage of enabling the group to create fieldnotes from a common set of data collected simultaneously in a short period of time. Fictional representations in popular media can provide the basis to learn about both the methods and foundational assumptions for conducting qualitative research, including the challenges of bracketing prior assumptions.
Not Waving but Drowning: A Review of Tufte's "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint"
Author: Kangas, Brian D.
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Cognitive Style,Computer Software,Computer Software Evaluation,Usability,Human Factors Engineering,Technology Uses in Education,Courseware,Instructional Material Evaluation

"The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within" by Edward Tufte (2006) condemns the software for failing to help users achieve many of the goals of an effective presentation and instead offers a low resolution platform with a deeply hierarchical single-path structure capable of convening a trivial amount of information even over extended periods of time. A summary of his main objections, paired with a Whorfian perspective of how linguistic structure can influence thought, highlights how this ubiquitous yet largely unexamined technology, deeply intertwined with our educational system especially at the collegiate level, must be empirically evaluated relative to potential alternatives and supplements.
Examination of Narcissistic Personality Traits' Predicting Level of Internet Addiction and Cyber Bullying through Path Analysis
Author: Eksi, Fusun
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Personality Traits,Addictive Behavior,Bullying,Social Isolation,Internet,Personality Problems,Prediction,Path Analysis,High School Students,Foreign Countries,Sampling,Scores

The main aim of this study is to find out to what extent do narcissistic personality traits predict internet addiction and cyber bullying in vocational high school students. For this study five hundred and eight vocational high school students (331 male students--66,2%, 169 female students 33,8% and 8 unstated [x-bar] 16,24) from Anatolian side of Istanbul Province have been selected by using cluster sampling method. As data collection tools, Narcissistic Personality Inventory adopted by Atay, Internet Addiction Scale developed by Gunuc and Kayri, and Cyber Bullying Inventory developed by Aricak et.al have been used. The model shows that narcissism has an indirect effect on cyber bullying. As a trait of narcissistic personality &quot;entitlement&quot;, significantly predicts &quot;deprivation&quot; and controlling difficulty in internet addiction, besides, the trait of narcissistic personality, &quot;superiority&quot; predicts significantly &quot;social isolation&quot; in internet addiction. It is found out that the scores of narcissistic personality &quot;exploitativeness&quot; negatively predict the scores of internet addiction &quot;controlling difficulty&quot;. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Examination of Turkish Students' Opinions Related to Values in the Example of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Author: Tasdemir, Adem
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Opinions,Grade 8,Values,Comparative Analysis,Cross Cultural Studies,Phenomenology,Grade 6,Grade 7,Affective Behavior,Affective Measures,Values Education,Content Analysis,Student Writing Models,Freehand Drawing

Reflecting effective and psychomotor skills to teaching environment are as important as cognitive skills in learning process. In this context, values are important to develop skills in affective domain. In this study, the opinions of the students who have been studying in three different countries (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) were aimed to be investigated comparatively. Phenomenological Method, which is the one of qualitative data collecting methods, was used to gather the data. The study group was composed of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in 2009-2010 education term by the principles maximum variability sampling. In the study to collect the data, a researcher developed collecting tool including 9 values was used. The students' handwriting compositions and pictures were taken as basic data source. After examining the writings, more concepts were seen in helpfulness, patriotism and responsibility values were seen on the other hand scientific values were seen at least level of all. In action and symbol categories, the students in Turkey and in Religion category in Iraq have raised. The levels of students in Turkey and Saudi Arabia in scientific value were lowest, peace and freedom values in Iraq were seen at lowest level. In visual expressions of students' honesty, responsibility and respect were seen as rare emphasized value. Moreover, in visual expressions of students in Iraq, respect and patriotism were highest but honesty and responsibility were stated at lowest level; in Saudi Arabia peace was the highest but respect and honesty were at lowest level; in Turkey responsibility was the lowest but peace and patriotism values were at the highest level.
The Role of Life Satisfaction and Parenting Styles in Predicting Delinquent Behaviors among High School Students
Author: Onder, Fulya Cenkseven
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: High School Students,Measures (Individuals),Parenting Styles,Delinquency,Life Satisfaction,Predictive Measurement,Predictor Variables,Behavior Problems,Student Behavior,Social Indicators,Adolescent Attitudes,Student Surveys,Foreign Countries,Role Perception,Social Influences

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the parenting styles and life satisfaction predict delinquent behaviors frequently or not. Firstly the data were collected from 471 girls and 410 boys, a total of 881 high school students. Then the research was carried out with 502 students showing low (n = 262, 52.2%) and high level of delinquent behaviors (n = 240, 47.8%). The data were collected by means of &quot;Delinquency Scale&quot;, &quot;The Parenting Style Inventory&quot; and &quot;Multidimensional Student' Life Satisfaction Scale&quot;. The data were analyzed using Logistic Regression statistical method. The results of Logistic Regression Analysis show that the variables of &quot;strictness/supervision&quot; perceived from family and satisfaction perceived from &quot;school&quot;, &quot;family&quot; and &quot;self&quot; have had meaningful contributions to indicating frequent delinquent behaviors. The results are discussed related to previous research, and study limitations and further research directions are also outlined. (Contains 2 tables.)
Self-Efficacy and Burnout in Professional School Counselors
Author: Gunduz, Bulent
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Self Efficacy,Burnout,Correlation,School Counselors,Measures (Individuals),Investigations,Schematic Studies,Social Support Groups,Foreign Countries,Work Attitudes,Industrial Psychology,Social Capital

This study investigated the relationships between burnout and self-efficacy among school counselors. Also, the level of their burnout and self-efficacy was examined in terms of the social support, task perception and the number of students. A sample of 194 school counselors filled out the Maslach Burnout Inventory, The School Counselors Self-Efficacy Scale, and Personal Information Sheet. For the analysis of the data, Pearson correlation coefficient, regression, t and F tests were employed. The results of the study revealed that self-efficacy predicted depersonalization and personal accomplishment dimensions of burnout in school counselors. In addition, it was found that the counselors who take social support, have a positive attitude towards their profession and the lower number of students counselor provide service, the lower the burnout and higher the self-efficacy belief.
Metaphors regarding the Concept of Book (near East University Case)
Author: Güneyli, Ahmet
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Sources,Foreign Countries,Content Analysis,Reflection,Reading Attitudes,Figurative Language,Concept Teaching,Counseling Psychology,Student Evaluation,Student Attitudes,Qualitative Research,Use Studies

The aim of this study is to describe the metaphors of the students, who are in the department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance in Near East University, about the concepts of a &quot;book&quot; and determine their perceptions. Qualitative method was used and 211 students were chosen according to the purposive and convenient case sampling. The data were analyzed through content analysis and 82 different metaphors were found. The most used metaphors were respectively &quot;Human&quot;, &quot;Teacher&quot;, &quot;Life&quot; and &quot;Tree&quot;. According to content analysis, metaphors were classified in 7 groups and books are shown as &quot;information source&quot;, &quot;directive and quiding item&quot;, &quot;relaxing and entertaining item&quot;, &quot;item for personal improvement&quot;, &quot;original and different item&quot; and &quot;item that causes stress&quot;. Firstly, the reflection of a book as an information source at the highest percentage (38.77%) might be considered positively but the further researches should be done in order to observe how this finding influences the individual's reading attitudes and habits.
Ethical Dilemmas Experienced by Psychological Counsellors Working at Different Institutions and Their Attitudes and Behaviours as a Response to These Dilemmas
Author: Kolay Akfert, Serpil
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Ethics,Counselors,Counselor Attitudes,Problem Solving,Barriers,Semi Structured Interviews,Privacy,Counselor Role,Competence,Values,Fees,Educational Environment

The purpose of this study is to determine the ethical dilemmas experiencing by the counsellors who work at different conditions and what they do to solve these dilemmas as well as the obstacles they have to deal with while resolving the dilemmas. This is a qualitative study in which multi-state pattern was used. For this research, 40 counsellors were chosen using maximum diversity sampling method. When the findings are examined, it can be seen that psychological counsellors working a universities, schools and private psychological counselling centres experience ethical dilemmas related to &quot;teaching environments&quot;, &quot;voluntarism&quot; and &quot;determination of service fee&quot; respectively. The common ethical dilemmas experienced in all institutions were found out as &quot;limitations to privacy&quot;, &quot;entering into multiple relations&quot;, and &quot;transfer of competences and values&quot;. It has been found out that they try to resolve these dilemmas by &quot;taking ethical rules into consideration&quot;, &quot;receiving help&quot;, &quot;engaging the counsellor in the process&quot;, &quot;conducting personal queries&quot;, or &quot;trying to stay in legal process&quot;. The obstacles to resolution of dilemmas are determined as &quot;political and institutional&quot;, &quot;lack of competence in resolution of ethical dilemmas&quot; and &quot;personal reasons&quot;. These results have been discussed under the light of literature and suggestions have been provided.
Teachers' Burnout Levels in Terms of Some Variables
Author: Koruklu, Nermin
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Opinions,Burnout,Predictor Variables,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Tenure,Secondary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Collegiality,Stress Variables,Measures (Individuals),Job Satisfaction,Industrial Psychology,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to examine burnout levels of secondary education teachers in terms of some variables. The study was conducted with descriptive survey model and 532 secondary education teachers working in Aydin in 2009-2010 academic year participated in the study. At the end of the study it was found that there was a significant difference between teachers' burnout levels and their demographic features such as subject, age, sex, seniority, and their opinions about relationships with administrators and colleagues, updated secondary education curriculum. On the other hand, it was seen that there was no significant difference between their burnout levels and demographic features like faculty they graduated and type of school they work and their opinions about physical condition of the school they work, academic level of students, their economic levels, university entrance system and their attendance to in service training courses. Findings reached were discussed in connection with literature and suggestions were made. (Contains 1 table.)
Relationship between School Administrators' Organizational Power Sources and Teachers' Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Author: Altinkurt, Yahya
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Power Structure,Teacher Behavior,Citizenship,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Correlation,Administrators,School Administration,Administrator Behavior,Gender Differences,Employment Level

The main purpose of the research was to determine correlation between school administrators' organizational power sources and teachers' organizational citizenship behaviors in primary schools. The research was a correlational survey model study. 275 participants were randomly chosen for the research. The data were collected by &quot;Administrators' Organizational Power Sources Scale&quot; and &quot;Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale&quot;. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, and multiple regression analysis were used. According to the obtained data, the primary school teachers included in the study highly displayed organizational citizenship behaviors. The participants' views on organizational citizenship behaviors did not vary in terms of variables but their views on sources of power in organizations vary in terms of seniority and field of study. The primary school teachers thought school administrators fully used power sources at a high level. According to them, school administrators used legitimate power the most and the following respectively: expert power, coercive power, referent power and reward power the least. When administrators' power sources were collectively considered, there was a moderate positive correlation between the teachers' views about organizational citizenship behaviors and administrators' power sources. However, when the other variables were examined, there was no correlation between the power sources except for coercive power and organizational citizenship behaviors. When the other variables were examined, there was a moderate positive correlation between coercive power and organizational citizenship behaviors.
The Effect of Gender Inequality in Education on Health: Evidence from Turkey
Author: Erdogan, Seyfettin
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Human Capital,Evidence,Gender Bias,Equal Education,Sex Fairness,Educational Indicators,Social Indicators,Health Conditions,Health Needs,Data Analysis,Annual Reports,Educational Benefits

One of the main variables affecting the level of human capital positively is the improvements in health. The reduction in infant and under-five mortality rates and increase in life expectancy at birth are the basic indicators of improvements in health. One of the major sources of improvements in these variables is education. Theoretical literature by using various indicators shows that there is a long-term relationship between education and health levels. In this paper gender inequality in education has been used as an indicator of education. For, gender inequality in education has a potential strong effect on infant and under-five mortality rates. This paper deals with the relationship between gender inequality in education and health indicators especially for Turkey. The annual data for 1968-2006 periods were tested by Johansen Cointegration method. According to the result of empirical analysis, the effect of gender inequality in education on health is positive in the long run. (Contains 3 tables.)
A Study on Contribution of the Basic Training Course to the Professional Development of Probationary Teachers
Author: Yildirim, M. Cevat
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Inservice Teacher Education,Faculty Development,Case Studies,Observation,Semi Structured Interviews,Focus Groups,Content Analysis,Outcomes of Education,Problems,Course Content,Classroom Environment,Organization

The purpose of this study was to make an evaluation on contribution of the basic training course to the professional development of probationary teachers. The study group consisted of 21 probationary teachers and 5 education supervisors in Sanliurfa province. The data were collected through semi-structured observation, focus group interview and semi-structured interview methods. Descriptive analysis and content-analysis techniques were applied to analyze the data. The findings showed that the basic training course had a positive effect upon the professional development of probationary teachers in terms of organizational socialization, enlightenment and psychological impact. However, it has been determined that there are some problems related to content, planning and organizing, the learning environment, and teaching and learning process. Therefore, it can be said that it is necessary to undertake new arrangements related to the basic training course by taking into account the requirements of probationary teachers and the circumstances that the probationary teachers will face.