ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Propagandizing Social Studies Education through Media Production: An Action Research
Author: Altun, Adnan
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Media Literacy,Social Studies,Action Research,Preservice Teachers,Research Design,Foreign Countries,Problem Solving,Surveys

This study was carried out with 44 students attending the Social Studies Education Department of Faculty of Education at Abant Izzet Baysal University, who chose the elective Media Literacy Course. In the study, that was planned as an action research, the assistant professor of the course acted as &quot;researcher&quot; and the students (teacher candidates) choosing the media literacy course as &quot;implementers&quot;. The researcher and his students decided to work out the following problem on which they all agreed with each other: How can we change negative thoughts of the students attending the other departments of the Faculty on Social Studies? In the present study, which has &quot;the action research&quot; as its method, a six-stage process was followed, namely (1) identifying the problem, (2) finding out solutions, (3) implementing the solutions, (4) evaluating the implementation of the solutions, (5) changing the thoughts of participants and (6) general evaluation. The preliminary surveys carried out to identify the problem revealed that, unlike what had been expected by both the researcher and the implementers, the students attending other departments of the Faculty did not have negative points of view toward Social Studies and that, on the contrary, they had positive points of view regarding that field. Thus, the purpose of the study had to be shifted from &quot;what had been planned earlier&quot; to &quot;to change the erroneous perceptions of the teacher candidates of social studies to the effect that the students attending other departments of the Faculty have negative points of view on social studies&quot;. The researcher, together with the implementers, formed the SSPG (Social Studies Promotion Group) with a view to attaining their new goal. In order to solve the problem that was determined as new goal after the preliminary surveys, both the researcher and the implementers opted to apply &quot;a propaganda-based media production process&quot; in elective media literacy courses. The action research that ended with the display of the prepared posters constituted a process giving the students an opportunity to gain important and fruitful experiences. The proof of these constructive results within the framework of this action research is the fact that the implementers (candidate teachers) admitted and expressed having: (1) known, now, their field of study better that before, (2) noticed the richness of scope of their field of education, (3) increased and strengthened their knowledge in this field, and (4) better appreciated their field of study. An appendix displays 12 posters.
Social Inclusion of Foreigners in Poland
Author: Sowa-Behtane, Ewa
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Immigrants,Social Attitudes,Cultural Differences,Social Integration,Immigration,European History,Public Policy

Poland has a relatively short history of immigration compared to other member states of the European Union. However, in recent decades, the number of foreigners in Poland has increased significantly. Intercultural relations may take the form of hostility, conflict, antagonism, segregation, separation, neutral co-presence, partial social adaptation, avoidance, withdrawal, alienation, marginalisation, integration, assimilation or acculturation. This paper is dedicated to an integration model. The author describes the phenomenon of migration and social inclusion of foreigners in Poland. The author also distinguishes factors and entities, which are important for the process of social inclusion. At the end of the paper the author highlights the different needs of Polish society. They cover, dialogue with foreigners, the creation, and an increase in social awareness, of an integration policy for foreigners learning about multiculturalism and allowing foreigners the opportunity to participate and play active roles within all areas of Polish society. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Nordic Internationalists' Contribution to the Field of Comparative and International Education
Author: Genova, Teodora
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: International Education,Comparative Education,Donors,Philanthropic Foundations,Organizational Objectives,Educational Researchers,Production Techniques,Bibliometrics,Developing Nations,Change Agents,Recognition (Achievement),Foreign Countries

This paper stems from a PhD dissertation research focusing on the Nordic representatives' contribution to the field of comparative and international education (CIE) since the middle of the 20th century to the present days. Following the idea of the clear-cut distinction between the two component parts of the field in the region in question, the purpose of this study is to identify and point out the key achievements of six Nordic internationalists in the field of CIE from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. Firstly, they are regarded as a group which collaborated and rallied around the Nordic Association for the Study of Education in Developing Countries (NASEDEC) for nearly 20 years. In this respect, the crucial role of the national donor agencies, which assist developmental aid to education in financing and promoting international research, is examined. Secondly, the work and research activities of the internationalists under review are analyzed in order to find the individual contributions to the field and their prevailing characteristics. Thus, by making an attempt at searching for the internationalists' scientific achievements, the author finds what the applied development of the field of CIE in the Nordic countries looks like. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Components of Task-Based Needs Analysis of the ESP Learners with the Specialization of Business and Tourism
Author: Poghosyan, Naira
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: English for Special Purposes,English (Second Language),Student Needs,Theories,Language Teachers,Teaching Methods,Language Skills,Needs Assessment,Tourism,Business Administration Education

In the following paper we shall thoroughly analyze the target learning needs of the learners within an ESP (English for Specific Purposes) context. The main concerns of ESP have always been and remain with the needs analysis, text analysis and preparing learners to communicate effectively in the tasks prescribed by their study or work situation. It is often said that ESP lacks an underlying theory. We believe that a theory of ESP could be outlined based on either the specific nature of the texts that learners require, or on the basis of target needs-related nature of the teaching. For this reason an ESP teacher is required to implement some analysis concerning the target needs and the learning needs within the scope of teaching ESP as an integral part of the instruction. The aim of this paper is to cover a number of corresponding issues and steps towards the uptake of some successful task-oriented methodological tools for the development of linguistic skills within communicative instructions of ESP. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Weak English Language Literacy and Early School Leaving in a Maltese Context
Author: Martinelli, Victor
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Literacy Education,Foreign Countries,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Socioeconomic Status,Social Capital,Dropouts,Influences,Parent Role,Academic Persistence,Achievement Tests,Grade 4,Reading Achievement,Reading Tests,International Assessment,Statistical Analysis,Children,Reading Comprehension,Private Schools,Public Schools,Scores,Elementary School Students,Religious Education

This study considers the issue of weak literacy development and early school leaving in Malta. In spite of a lack of a direct or indirect causal link between the two, in the case of Malta these issues seem to be almost exclusively specific to children attending the State school. Children from the Church and the Independent sectors are minimally affected or not at all. These two phenomena are examined against a background of parental education, socioeconomic status and social capital. While literacy may be a contributory factor to early school leaving, the two may be facets of deeper underlying deficits such as the inability of parents to support their children's learning and to act as their point of reference and educational compass outside the school. This results in alienation from schooling. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Personal Integration Resources of Mentally Handicapped Teenagers into Society
Author: Konovalova, Natalia
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Intellectual Disability,Adolescents,Foreign Countries,Inclusion,Readiness,Social Development,Social Influences,Environmental Influences,Documentation,Observation,Testing,High School Seniors

The paper deals with the issues concerning the study of mentally handicapped teenagers' integrative potential within modernisation of contemporary Russian education. The research is concentrated on the study of personal and social determinants influencing the readiness of mentally handicapped students to be integrated into the environment. Research manipulations included the use of tests by J. Guilford and M. O'Sullivan in the adaptation of E. S. Mikhailova and &quot;Observance card&quot; by J. Stott in the adaptation of V. A. Murzenko with a group of around 130 teenagers with mild mental handicap. Obtained results showed that social intellect development of mentally handicapped teenagers is rather low due to biological but mainly social factors connected with unsatisfactory conditions of upbringing and educational development, lack of possibilities to satisfy personal social and emotional needs as well as non-formedness of social abilities. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Students' Wisdom Related Knowledge as Expertise
Author: Plavšic, Marlena
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Expertise,Suicide,Life Style,Career Development,Cognitive Development,Cognitive Measurement,Cognitive Psychology,Psychological Characteristics,College Students,Family Problems,Evaluation Criteria,Daily Living Skills

Wisdom, as a form of cognitive functioning, includes different types of knowledge and values, and it seems that increasing the knowledge about the world and different experiences may facilitate their development. School system usually pays more attention to accumulation of knowledge, but little related to wisdom. In this study wisdom related-knowledge was explored in a sample of 63 university students. Two judges independently evaluated all the obtained responses regarding four life-situation problems (suicide, family, life planning and career) with five wisdom-related criteria. Results showed that in different life-situations students employed various criteria of wisdom to different extent: the most employed wisdom criterion was factual knowledge, followed by the procedural knowledge and lifespan contextualism, while value relativism and recognition of uncertainty occurred rarely. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Activities Contributing a Great Deal to the Students' Interactive Skills in Foreign Language Classes
Author: Asatryan, Susanna
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Second Language Instruction,Language Skills,Interaction,Communication Skills,Communicative Competence (Languages),Teaching Methods,Group Discussion,Relevance (Education),Questionnaires,Interviews,Cooperative Learning,Brainstorming,Story Telling,Games,Pictorial Stimuli,Stimuli

While teaching speaking it is desired to provide a rich environment in class for meaningful communication to take place. With this aim, various speaking activities can contribute a great deal to students in developing their interactive skills necessary for life. These activities make students active in the learning process and at the same time make their learning process more meaningful and enjoyable. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Trends and Features of Student Research Integration in Educational Program
Author: Grinenko, Svetlana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Research,International Cooperation,Institutional Cooperation,Innovation,Employees,Information Technology,Construction Industry,Active Learning,Administration,Colleges,Business Administration Education,College Students,Shared Resources and Services,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education

This study examines trends and features of student research integration in educational program during international cooperation between Østfold University College in Norway and Southern Federal University in Russia. According to research and education approach the international project is aimed to use four education models, which linked student research and education for developing joint shared education within specific subjects like &quot;innovation management&quot; and &quot;high-involvement innovation&quot;. The student research is aimed at high-involvement innovation of employees in investigating companies in IT and construction regional industries in Norway and Russia. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Formation and Development of the System of Metasubject and Oversubject Concepts in the Structure of the Person's Cognitive Experience within General Geographic Education
Author: Letyagin, Alexander
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Geographic Concepts,Geography Instruction,Concept Formation,Cognitive Development,Interdisciplinary Approach,Visualization,Concept Teaching,Extracurricular Activities,Class Activities,Teaching Guides,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries

The article deals with the problems arising within transition from the traditional to the modern educational paradigm. Taking the use of school geography textbooks and teachers' guides as examples the author offers innovative technology for the development of student's personality cognitive experience implemented due to the combination of domain-specific and reflexive components of the lesson. The greatest attention is paid to the development of interdisciplinary and metasubject concepts on the basis of the activity approach and visualization of the studied educational content. It allows providing individual learning outcomes in accordance with the requirements of the educational standards for general education. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
Student International Research Project on Employees' Involvement in Innovation: Experience and Outcomes
Author: Bondarev, Maxim
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Innovation,Student Research,Student Projects,Employees,Participation,Educational Cooperation,Partnerships in Education,International Educational Exchange,Educational Technology,Educational Methods,Construction Industry,Occupational Surveys,Comparative Education,Business Administration Education,Foreign Countries

This paper represents the experience and outcomes of a joint education and research project of Østfold University College and Southern Federal University. The project goal is to evolve and strengthen the academic cooperation between the universities by developing joint courses and improving the quality of education via mutual exchange of knowledge. The main methodological approaches, education technologies, and project activities are described. The main focus is on student international research project on employees' involvement in innovation in regional construction industry businesses in Norway and Russia. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 2 proceedings, see ED568089.]
The Grit of African American Male Pre-Service Teachers
Author: Yates, Lucian, III
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: African American Teachers,Males,Preservice Teachers,African American Students,Persistence,Resilience (Psychology),Mixed Methods Research,Student Characteristics,Grade Point Average,First Generation College Students,Student Surveys,Scores,Place of Residence,Phenomenology,Likert Scales,Interviews

While the population of America's public schools is becoming more diverse, the percentage of minority teachers is steadily decreasing. While over 44% of all students in America are minority, only 12-14% of teachers are minorities and less than 2% are African American males. The challenge for colleges of education is to recruit more African American male teachers. Therefore, this study was undertaken to explore the concept of grit and its impact on African American males entering the teaching profession.
Technical Writing: Course Offerings in Kentucky Colleges and Universities (1980-81)
Author: Applegate, Edd
Date: 1981-00-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Technical Writing,Higher Education,Questionnaires,College Curriculum,Universities,Writing Teachers,Community Colleges,Two Year Colleges,Private Colleges,Colleges,Public Colleges,Writing Instruction,Writing Skills,Surveys

The number of technical writing courses and programs in institutions of higher education has increased over the years. However, during the academic year of 1980-81 a study concerning the subject in Kentucky's colleges and universities could not be found. A questionnaire was designed to determine how many of the 42 Kentucky colleges and universities offered courses in technical writing for the 1980-81 academic year. (In the mid-1950s few-if any-courses in technical writing were offered by these institutions.) Based on the responses to the questionnaire instruction in technical writing was provided by more two-year public colleges than by two-year private, four-year public, or four-year private institutions. Consequently, educators at two-year private, four-year public, and four-year private institutions in Kentucky may wish to either develop courses in technical writing or increase instruction of the subject.
Purple Alert: Helping Educators Understand the Unique Needs of Adolescents with Military and Veterans Parents
Author: Williamson, Natalie
Date: 2016-02-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Military Personnel,Adolescents,Family Needs,Parent Influence,Well Being,African Americans,Posttraumatic Stress Disorder,Family Relationship,Teacher Role,Veterans,Educational Environment

When military service members dedicate their services to protect our great nation, they sometimes leave behind their children, move with their family, or return home physically or psychologically different which cause tension on the children. Reseachers' have shown the impacts of having military parents on children are numerous and evident. The review of literature studies adolescents with military parents and the impact of age development, deployment, relocation, reintegration, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on their well-being and specifically their education. There is also a focus on the double effects of missing parents on African American children. Single parents raise 67% of African American children. Of this number, parents serve their country in military roles to take care of these children. However, the effects are noticeable. The paper also presents recommendations for educators to understand the unique needs of adolescents of our brave service men and women and minimize the effects of the dilemma they face, so they can be successful in school.
Influence of Social Reform Ideologies on Industrial/Technology Education
Author: Ireh, Maduakolam
Date: 2016-06-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Social Change,Educational Change,Ideology,Industrial Education,Technology Education,Educational History,Influences,Moral Development,Social Action,Progressive Education,Efficiency,Social Theories,Low Income Students,Vocational Education,Poverty,Social Problems

The founding of industrial/technology education in Ameria represents the convergence of many influences dating back to the pre-industrial revolution era. Social reform movement, one of these influences, set out to change conditions considered to be causes of poverty and other social problems through active engagements in political, educational, and social programs. This article examines, historically, the influence of social reform ideologies, such as those of the social settlement movement, John Dewey's social philosophy and experimental schools, the social reform movement, and the industrial-social efficiency movement on the development and mainstreaming of industrial/technology education in America. Industrial/technology education should contribute not just to students' skills and knowledge but also to their capacity to develop moral perspectives and social wisdom. Hence, the study of the subject field should be linked to history and changes in social and economic structures of our society.
Retention, Attrition, and Mobility among Teachers and Administrators in West Virginia. REL 2016-161
Author: Lochmiller, Chad R.
Date: 2016-08-00
Type: Reports - Research
Subjects: Persistence,Faculty Mobility,Public School Teachers,Administrators,Public Schools,School Districts,Gender Differences,Educational Attainment,Salaries,Rural Schools,Suburban Schools,Urban Schools,Teaching Experience,Low Income Students,Certification,Minority Group Students,Enrollment,Limited English Speaking,Elementary Secondary Education

Members of the West Virginia School Leadership Research Alliance partnered with Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia to study the average retention, attrition, and mobility rates among teachers and administrators in the West Virginia public school system. There is increasing evidence nationwide that low teacher and administrator retention rates adversely affect student academic outcomes, particularly in reading and math, which are reform priorities in many states (Béteille, Kalogrides, &amp; Loeb, 2012; Branch, Hanushek, &amp; Rivkin, 2012; Kane &amp; Staiger, 2008; Ronfeldt, Lankford, Loeb, &amp; Wyckoff, 2013). West Virginia policymakers and educators have thus expressed interest in increasing teacher and administrator retention rates to improve student achievement. This report provides descriptive information about retention, attrition, and mobility among teachers and administrators that can be used to inform policy and program decisionmaking in West Virginia. The analyses were based on personnel data for teachers and administrators provided by the West Virginia Department of Education for the academic years 2008/09-2012/13, as well as district information covering the same years from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data. Unless otherwise stated, the retention, attrition, and mobility rates are annual averages for the academic years examined. Three appendices are included: (1) Data and methodology; (2) Average retention, attrition, and mobility rates among teachers and administrators by West Virginia public school district (data table); and (3) Cumulative attrition rates among beginning teachers in West Virginia public school districts (data table).