ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Relationship between Language Learners' Anxiety and Learning Strategy in the CLT Classrooms
Author: Wu, Kun-huei
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,English (Second Language),Anxiety,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Learning Experience,Communication (Thought Transfer),Communicative Competence (Languages),Teaching Methods,Language Teachers,Learning Strategies,Learning Processes,Measures (Individuals),Surveys

This paper intends to explore how Taiwanese students perceive the relationship between their language learning strategy and anxiety in the foreign language classroom. Due to their previous learning experience, most of the participants hold an unfavorable attitude toward a grammar-translation teaching approach. Consequently, learner-centered instruction has been widely accepted and acknowledged as a welcome concept and feasible teaching approach in the English Foreign Language (EFL) context. To improve the proficiency of language learners in EFL classrooms, it is very important to take into account the need of the learners. The present study utilizes Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and Communicative Language Teaching Attitude Scale (COLTAS) to examine the participants' perceptions about learning English. The results indicate that most of the participants express a favorable attitude toward the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach; however, they also reveal their high level of anxiety in the language classroom. Language anxiety is usually reported to have adverse effects on the learning of a second language. It is the language instructors' mission to accelerate the language learning of their students. One way is to teach students how to learn more effectively and efficiently. Language learning strategies (LLS) are procedures that learners can use to facilitate learning. Both teachers and students should develop an awareness of the learning process and strategies that lead to success. The ultimate goal of this paper is to analyze the factors that affect the participants' learning strategies and their language anxiety, and offer some pedagogical suggestions.
A Research on the Cultivation System of Innovative Talents at Colleges
Author: Chen, Yurong
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Talent Development,College Role,Innovation,Educational Innovation,Higher Education

As an important part in the national innovation system, colleges are the cradle for innovative spirits and talents as well as the main base for the innovation, transmission and application of knowledge. Therefore, they are expected to be adapted to the demands of social and economic development, to update their education ideas, to actively promote innovative education and to explore basic patterns and fundamental channels of innovative talent cultivation.
ICT in Language Learning--Benefits and Methodological Implications
Author: Mullamaa, Kristina
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Uses in Education,Electronic Learning,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),English for Special Purposes,Swedish,Web Based Instruction,Second Language Instruction,Student Motivation,College Second Language Programs,Individualized Instruction,Educational Cooperation,Learner Engagement,Foreign Countries

ICT as a medium for teaching is becoming more and more acknowledged. In this article we wish to share some aspects of using ICT that have proved positive and stimulating both for students and the teacher. We share our experience in using the Blackboard e-learning environment for teaching language courses in English and Swedish (different levels), for learning terminology, and ESP (English for Specific Purposes). Our focus will be on how the web-based environment can be used for supporting student-centred learning, increasing student motivation, individualisation and cooperation in creating the study-materials, at the same time developing a feeling of &quot;us&quot; and of belonging together. Taking a look at our different past and current courses, we will view different ways of motivating students by engaging them in building the learning materials: data-bases on specific research topics, power-point presentations and on-line dictionaries. We analyse how the ICT solutions can be used as a support for different classroom activities, group-work and pair-work assignments; for independent work; for enforcing student-centred learning and the principles of individualisation; forming one´s personal opinion, and being able to express it on topical issues.
A Research for Identifying Study Anxiety Sources among University Students
Author: Vitasari, Prima
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Anxiety,Study,Student Surveys,Test Anxiety,Mathematics Anxiety,Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries

University students suffer to some levels of study anxiety, such as; have new experiences, environment and situation. Study anxiety is a real phenomenon. Campus environment has universal access to increase study anxiety among students. The prevalence of study anxiety has been acknowledged by students and educators. However, no current research exists to identify the study anxiety sources among university students. In this research, we present a survey aimed to identify of study anxiety sources among university students. The survey involves 770 students of Universiti Malaysia Pahang. The survey asks students about experiences, feelings and thoughts related with anxieties during study process. The results identify seven sources. But, there are five potential sources of study anxiety; exam anxiety, class presentation anxiety, mathematic anxiety, language anxiety and social anxiety. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data which was run in SPSS 16.0. The results will be used to address study anxiety sources among university students.
Construction of the Entrepreneurship Education Teachers Based on the Characteristics of Business Education Level
Author: Wei, Yaping
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Entrepreneurship,Business Administration Education,Teacher Education,Foreign Countries,Teacher Qualifications,Educational Quality,Professional Education,Teacher Competencies,Coaching (Performance)

College entrepreneurship education relatively lags behind in China at present. The main reason is that the lack of qualified teachers. For the construction of teachers' team training, firstly analysis the characteristics of the entrepreneurship education level, and then divide into two relatively independent levels which are basic entrepreneurship education theory and comprehensive practice. According to the different levels of education need, analyze the state of teachers' team and put forward the ideas and countermeasures of improvement on teacher's quality, including which construct a hierarchical or progressed entrepreneurship education system and configure the qualified teachers based on entrepreneurship education level structure, thus formulate different construction goal.
Study on the Teaching Model Based on Multimedia and Network Environment
Author: Zhang, Deju
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Multimedia Instruction,Technology Uses in Education,Networks,Learning Strategies,Lecture Method,Synchronous Communication,Asynchronous Communication,Independent Study

Based on the analysis of the advantages of teaching model in the network environment, three teaching models based on multimedia and network environment, i.e. the teaching model of giving priority of lecturing, the teaching model of giving priority of independent learning and the teaching model of group learning, are discussed in the article, and the problems which should be emphasized to utilize multimedia and network to establish the new teaching model are proposed.
A Study on Research Teaching
Author: Yan, Limei
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Teacher Role,College Instruction,Student Research

Starting with the significance and the conduction of research teaching, this paper further puts forward and analyzes several patterns of research teaching, discusses the particular role of teachers in these patterns and proposes some strategies as well as suggestions.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Student Loans Repayment Patterns
Author: Shen, Hua
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Loan Repayment,Student Loan Programs,Income Contingent Loans,Policy,Foreign Countries,Higher Education

It is a difficulty problem to choice repayment patterns of student loan. &quot;Conventional mortgage-type loan&quot; and &quot;Income contingent loan&quot; has been performed in many countries. These loan repayment manners have their own characteristics. In this paper, we discuss their advantages and disadvantages, and would provide policy choice for student loans programs in China. These suggestions maybe supply references to other developing countries.
What Are the Safety Considerations for Insulin Control for Athletes?
Author: McDaniel, Larry W.
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Diabetes,Athletes,Safety,Equipment,Medical Services,Athletic Coaches,College Athletics,High Schools,Allied Health Personnel

Athletes diagnosed with diabetes may have difficulty with their blood sugar levels fluctuating during intense exercise. Considerations for athletes with insulin concerns may range anywhere from exercise rehabilitation to the use of an automatic insulin pump. The automatic insulin pump is a small battery-operated device about the size of a pager. The pump continuously delivers small doses of insulin to the body. It can be conveniently clipped to a belt, waistband, or carried in a pocket. Many athletes have used this machine to assist with insulin control. Medical people believe that those who use the insulin pump will experience better insulin control. Insulin pumps should be padded during rough physical activity, such as football, because subjects have a needle inserted in the side of their abdomen. The insulin pump regulates blood sugar before and after practice to ensure insulin levels are appropriate. Checking insulin levels, while participating in physical activities, is a requirement to prevent further injuries.
Application of Science Aesthetics in the Teaching of Electrodynamics
Author: Li, Haiyan
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Aesthetics,Science Instruction,Energy,Teaching Methods,Scientific Principles,Innovation,Theories

As the important part of the theoretical physics, the electrodynamics is a theoretical basic course of the physics and relative subjects. To adapt the demands for cultivating the target of highly-quality talents in the 21st century, the aesthetic principle can be used in the teaching to stimulate students' learning desire and cultivate students' scientific thinking ability. Combining with research experiences, the aesthetic characteristics of the electrodynamics and the application of science aesthetics in the teaching of electrodynamics are analyzed in this article.
The Practices of Critical Thinking Component and Its Impact in Malaysian Nurses Health Education
Author: Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesan
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Health Education,Nurses,Nursing Education,Mixed Methods Research,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Comparative Analysis,Foreign Countries,Curriculum,Teaching Methods,Patients,Skill Development,Instructional Effectiveness,Decision Making,Vignettes,Chronic Illness,Pretests Posttests,Semi Structured Interviews

The purpose of this research is to study the impact of the critical thinking component in the health education curriculum of nurses for patients with different health needs. Data for this research was gathered from mixed approaches, quantitative and qualitative approaches. For the quantitative approach 84 student nurses were selected randomly to represent the experiment and control groups in a private medical college in Northern part of Pennisular Malaysia. The 2 groups of students had been exposed to health education and clinical training in the wards as determined by the nursing curriculum. Following that, a treatment in the form of a critical thinking module which consisted of critical thinking related activities, was only given to the experiment group. Following the quantitative session, the qualitative approach was used. In this session, 5 student nurses were selected randomly and they were interviewed for 2 times, the first session was after the treatment was given and the second session was after clinical training with the patients. Besides these interviews, the patients concerned were also interviewed Findings from t-test and ANCOVA showed significant difference in the achievement between the experiment and control groups. In other words, these findings showed that there was a significant impact of the critical thinking component in the health education curriculum of nurses. Qualitative data findings showed that the respondents demonstrated thinking skills during their clinical training. Their patients too voiced individual views and perceptions. The students also felt that their thinking had improved after their induction to the critical thinking module.
The Study of University Students' Self-Concept
Author: Zhang, Xiaofeng
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Self Concept,Gender Differences,Majors (Students),Rural Urban Differences,Instructional Program Divisions,Family Size,Foreign Countries

Objective: Discussed the development of self-concept of university students. Methods: Used &quot;Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS)&quot;, measured 426 university student's self-concept status. Results: In the dimension of physical self-ethics, self-criticism, self-satisfaction, there were gender differences in university students' self-concept. Males' physical-self, self-criticism and self-satisfied were higher than females', while females' ethics were higher than males'. When referred to social self-concept, there were special differences. Students majored liberal arts had a higher score than the students of science. There were also differences in self-criticism, for example, the home location, whether only child or not, and the grades. College students also had differences in grade. Conclusion: College students' self-concept developed to a relatively stable level in the university. Except for a noticeable difference in gender, only a certain dimensions were noticeable in other demographic variables, while self-criticism had remarkable differences in most of them.
Study on the Cultivation of the Innovational Ability of Practice Teaching in Colleges
Author: Li, Hongxin
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Talent Development,Innovation,Higher Education,College Instruction,Active Learning

The practice teaching which can not be replaced by others is very important to cultivate students' innovational ability. As viewed from the cultivation of innovational ability, the practice teaching still has many problems. In various forms of the practice teaching, students' innovational thinking should be cultivated mainly, and the practice teaching system which is propitious to the cultivation of innovational ability should be established.
Educational Challenge: The Meaning of Leadership in Hong Kong Schools
Author: Wong, Ruth Ming Har
Date: 2010-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Instructional Leadership,Secondary Schools,Teacher Attitudes,Secondary School Teachers,Leadership Qualities,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Principals,Administrator Attitudes,Questionnaires,Personality Traits,Trust (Psychology),Teacher Administrator Relationship,Educational Change

Different scholars have defined and redefined leadership at different levels and in different contexts (e.g., Ball, 1981; Hargreaves, 1967; Richardson, 1973), although the results of research on the characteristics of effective leaders may not apply in all contexts. This study compares and contrasts the meanings of leadership in the Hong Kong secondary school context, and examines whether educators at different levels hold conflicting opinions of the qualities of leadership. The study adopts both quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine whether principals and teachers interpret leadership differently. The results show that these two groups of educators do indeed hold different views about what it means to be a leader. The reasons for these different points of view are explored.
Implementation of PBL Curriculum Involving Multiple Disciplines in Undergraduate Medical Education Programme
Author: Chakravarthi, Srikumar
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Interdisciplinary Approach,Problem Based Learning,Medical Education,Curriculum Implementation,College Curriculum,Medical Students

This article describes how a multidisciplinary problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum was established at the International Medical University in Malaysia for preclinical education in a 5-semester phase 1 programme. Based on positive feedback from a modified PBL program implemented in one discipline, a multidisciplinary PBL curriculum was established. PBL training for facilitators and students, development of resource materials, curriculum design, and case writing were done in a manner that is consistent with the characteristics and learning style preferences of undergraduate medical students. About 80% of the lectures were kept in the new PBL program. The multidisciplinary PBL curriculum has been successful in helping undergraduate medical students mentally construct an understanding of the interrelationship between medical knowledge and basic science concepts. The experience at International Medical University, Malaysia, indicates that there are clear benefits for students in the PBL format. A benefit to faculty is that PBL tutorial facilitators were partly liberated from their traditional roles and developed additional skills for facilitating. However, conflict arises when PBL-trained students encounter the traditional exam-centered education system.
Asian Megatrends and Management Education of Overseas Chinese
Author: Johannesson, Jokull
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Asians,Administrator Education,Trend Analysis,Females,Politics,Business,Industry,Technology,Urbanization,Consumer Education,Migration,Investment,Universities,Global Approach,Foreign Students,Economic Progress

Asian megatrends are necessitating the development of management education of ethnic groups like the overseas Chinese and, universities need to change accordingly. This article identifies five Asian megatrends and their impact on the management education of overseas Chinese. The megatrends are: the emergence of women in politics and business; a shift in industrial strategy towards high technology; urbanization; the rise of consumerism; and migration of overseas Chinese back to China. Moreover two barriers to the impact the megatrends have on the management education of overseas Chinese are examined. Finally, a hypothetical model of the interrelationship of these variables is presented.
Influences of Teacher Preparation Program on Preservice Science Teachers' Beliefs
Author: Nuangchalerm, Prasart
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Education Programs,Influences,Preservice Teachers,Science Teachers,Student Teacher Attitudes,Beliefs,Practicums,Educational Practices,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Self Efficacy,Misconceptions,Interviews

Teacher preparation program is routinely make decisions regarding the best pedagogical methods from field experience studies, it can alter students' understandings about academic content and some characteristics through professional practices. This study tries to investigate the extent to which individuals learning to be teachers feel what preservice teachers are capable of performing the pedagogical practices. Sixty seven preservice science teachers were described the influences of teacher preparation. Results indicated that preservice teachers enrolled in professional experiences courses perceived themselves as less capable of performing persuasive pedagogical practices than more generally accepted practices. In addition, preservice teachers perceived they were more capable of altering students' knowledge about content than at modifying their beliefs about content. Implications for research and practice are forwarded.
Market Forces in Higher Education--Chinese and British Experience between Mid-1980s and Mid-1990s
Author: Zhao, Xiaonan
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Educational History,Cultural Differences,Cross Cultural Studies,Educational Policy,Free Enterprise System,Marketing,Economic Factors,Educational Change,Governance,Educational Administration,Educational Finance,Tuition,Fees,Competition,Educational Quality,Financial Support

This paper tries to examine how higher education in China and Britain has been affected by market forces between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, from three major issues. Comparing the experiences of both places, the paper argues that unlike the case of British counterpart, where marketisation of education has shifted to a corporate management approach, the Chinese experience can be argued as being the government's attempt to use market forces and new initiatives from the non-state sectors, rather then an ideological shift to managerialism and its practices.
The Inspiration Given by the Successful Practice of Development of Higher Vocational Education in the Developed Countries
Author: Wu, Gaoling
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Vocational Education,Higher Education,Developed Nations,Economic Development,Foreign Countries

Higher vocational education is the product of economic development, scientific and technological progress. If the country does not have a well-developed vocational education, it is impossible to make a good advanced science and technology into productive forces, it is also impossible to achieve economy development in a high speed. In turn, powers the global economy, there must be a successful higher vocational education as a support. Study on the successful experience of the development of higher vocational education in the United States, Japan, Germany, Australia and other developed countries can give us useful lessons.
The Prospects for the Implementation of School-Based Financial Management in Taiwan
Author: Ho, Hsuan-fu
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Money Management,School Based Management,Educational Finance,Educational Policy,Focus Groups,Surveys,Interviews

The current approach to solving educational problems in Taiwan is to adopt policies employed in Western countries. However, given the very different cultural and educational environment of Asia, not all policies effective in Western countries are necessarily applicable to schools in Taiwan. Therefore, an examination of the feasibility and applicability of these policies is essential. This study examines whether the school-based financial (SBF) management that is effective in Western countries is applicable to schools in Taiwan. Focus group interviews composed of government officials, scholars, principals, department directors, and teachers were conducted, and a questionnaire survey was administered to 1000 school personnel. The results indicate that the SBF model that is effective in the West is also applicable to schools in Taiwan, and that the Taiwanese government should adopt SBF, while adapting it to suit the local environment.