ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Dancing Ethnicity: A Qualitative Exploration of Immigrant Youth Agency in an Ethnically Specific Program
Author: Pineda, Claudia G.
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: After School Programs,Cultural Activities,Culturally Relevant Education,Ethnic Groups,Identification (Psychology),Foreign Countries,Immigrants,Youth,Dance Education,Self Concept,Cultural Maintenance

This article addresses a conceptual gap in the Out-of-School Time literature by offering a framework to study the relationship between ethno-cultural components in programs focused on youth ethnic culture (ESPs) and ethnic identity development among longterm participants. Using qualitative methodologies, it examined the meaning-making of eight Colombian immigrant youth participants in ColDance, an after-school program focused on Colombian culture in Boston. Findings suggest ColDance played a powerful role in fostering a positive connection with youth's ethnic heritage crystallized in tangible dancing skills and specific knowledge about Colombian traditions. It provided and nurtured cultural brokers who eased youth's adaptation process. Further, it suggests that a performance-oriented program may expose youth to receptive audiences that function as social mirrors fostering positive self-concepts.
Walk-and-Talk Conversations: A Way to Elicit Children&apos;s Perspectives and Prominent Discourses in School-Age Educare
Author: Klerfelt, Anna
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Childrens Attitudes,After School Programs,After School Education,Interpersonal Communication,Teacher Student Relationship,Photography,Opinions,Personal Narratives

This article highlights the discourses of children and leisure-time pedagogues regarding ways the activity at two different Swedish school-age educare centres are mutually constructed. Two different topics are stressed: children's perspectives and school-age educare centres as a social and educational practice. Data was constructed through walkand-talk conversations supported by photos from a digital camera. The results are described through narratives that depict the children's discourses in their school-age educare activity. The emerging discourses show that children's perspectives are met in several ways but also that their perspectives are, in some respects, ignored. These results have the potential to contribute by helping to make children's voices heard as a tool to change the social practices in school-age educare centres.
The Shere Rom Project: Looking for Alternatives to the Educational Exclusion of Roma
Author: Padrós, Marta
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Minority Groups,Dropouts,Academic Failure,Program Development,Program Descriptions,Immigrants,Foreign Countries,Barriers,Difficulty Level,Values,Family Life,Cultural Differences,Communities of Practice,Inclusion,Parent Attitudes,Elementary School Students,Educational Practices,Student Motivation,Models

School failure and early school dropout particularly affect members of certain minority groups such as the gypsy population. The obstacles that must be overcome for the members of these groups appear to be related to the discontinuities between the values and goals of community family life and those of the school. This article presents an analysis of obstacles based on the perception of gypsy families and other minority groups who don't have the same difficulties. The findings of this study help to analyze and understand the characteristics that promote the inclusion through extended education communities based on the Fifth Dimension model within the framework of a project developed in Barcelona with the gypsy and immigrant population.
Enhancing Students&apos; Science Achievement through Jigsaw II Strategy
Author: Tabiolo, James L.
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperative Learning,Teaching Methods,Science Instruction,Science Curriculum,Science Achievement,Grade 9,Secondary School Students,Achievement Gains,Instructional Effectiveness,Foreign Countries,Outcomes of Education,Intervention,Scores,Pretests Posttests

The Science education curriculum in the Philippines has shifted from inputs-based to outcomes-based education, putting the learners at the core of the instruction. Hence, educators continue to innovate ways on how to engage the learners into relevant and responsive science instruction. Further, the implementation of the K to 12 curricula brings a paradigm shift in education in terms of pedagogy, assessment, and outcomes. Within-group quasi-experimental research attempts to test the effects of the Jigsaw II strategy on the students' science achievement. A total of 51 Grade 9 students in a government-run secondary school in Zambales, Philippines, participated in the study. Results revealed that the class improved from &quot;developing&quot; to &quot;proficient&quot; level in their science achievement after the implementation of the strategy. It found out that the Jigsaw II strategy had a significant effect on the science achievement of the learners. The study recommends the use of the instructional strategy in enhancing students' performance. The strategy may be applied in other science topics to see its effectiveness further. This paper likewise contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of the Jigsaw II learning strategy in science teaching in the Philippine context.
Exploring View of Nature of Science and Technology Pre-Service Chemistry Teachers
Author: Venessa, Devita Marlina
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Chemistry,Science Teachers,Student Attitudes,Scientific Principles,Instructional Design,Technology,Foreign Countries,Preservice Teacher Education,Universities

This study aims to explore the views of pre-service chemistry teachers on the nature of science and technology. Pre-service chemistry teachers' view of nature of science and technology (VNOST) is very important to help their students later in understanding the concepts of science. This research is the initial stage in didactical design research involving 48 pre-service chemistry teachers from Sriwijaya University. The descriptive method is used to explain the results of the analysis of pre-service chemistry teachers' VNOST. Student views were assessed using the VNOST questionnaire, consisting of 8 questions and guided by the discourse of ionic liquid technology. Data collection uses a survey containing the views of pre-service chemistry teachers on VNOST and where each statement grouped according to three categories, namely &quot;Realistic&quot; (R), &quot;Has Merit&quot; (HM), and Naïve (N). The results showed that in general, students have the view of Has Merit (HM), or the belief that they chose is not entirely correct even though there are parts of statements that are still by the general view of science. The results of this student VNOST exploration are the basis for developing learning designs that are oriented to the realist answers of each question so that learning designs are produced based on aspects of the Nature of Science and Technology.
The Development of Web-Based Learning Using Interactive Media for Science Learning on Levers in Human Body Topic
Author: Astuti, Lia
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Web Based Instruction,Teaching Methods,Private Schools,Junior High School Students,Foreign Countries,Integrated Curriculum,21st Century Skills,Instructional Materials,Course Content,Anatomy,Specialists,Readability,Student Attitudes,Interactive Video

Integrated curriculum is a popular way to develop 21st-century skills, but most of the materials are written on the books separately. Furthermore, web-based learning is an online learning media that can be accessed using an internet connection anytime and anywhere. However, many educational websites do not apply the principles of effective learning. Besides, the traditional learning methods tend to be bored for the students. In order to solve this problem, this study designed a website education that uses interactive content to assist students in learning levers in the human body topic as one of the integrated science materials. The process of developing an educational website consists of three steps: (1) analysis, (2) design, (3) construction making. This research method used descriptive method, and the experts' judgment will evaluate it on content, language, and media/IT. The questionnaires used the technology acceptance model (TAM) and five-dimensional interactivity to investigate the readability of the subjects' perception responses. The research subject was three science teachers and 31 students on private Junior High School in Bandung. According to the result, generally, it has a good evaluation of each aspect. But, the website education needs a strong signal to access for not taking load time consumer.
Determination of the Factors Affecting High School Students&apos; Preferences of and Satisfaction with Choosing Biology as an Elective Course
Author: Ursavas, Nazihan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,High School Students,Biology,Science Instruction,Elective Courses,Advanced Courses,Course Selection (Students),Content Analysis,Attitude Change,Decision Making,Gender Differences,Foreign Countries,Course Descriptions,Grade 11,Grade 12

School subjects divided into compulsory and elective courses. Compulsory courses are the basic courses that students must take to graduate, while elective courses give freedom for students. In Turkey, Biology courses taught as compulsory under the required courses in high schools. But, it is also instructed as elective courses called &quot;Advanced Biology&quot; in Anatolian High Schools and &quot;Biology Applications&quot; in Science High Schools at grades eleven and twelve. This new development calls for determining high school students' reasons for choosing and not choosing biology. To elicit their reasons, the sample of the current study consisted of 135 volunteer students drawn from two different schools in northeastern Turkey. An open-ended questionnaire used for data collection. The students' responses to the survey subjected to content analysis. The factors affecting their choices of biology were high due to future-oriented issues and emotional reasons. The factors affecting students' views of declining biology as an elective course were high due to future-oriented issues, psychological reasons, and external resources. They tended to change their decisions because of related-courses and exam-oriented reasons. Future studies should be undertaken with larger samples to identify the role of gender differences in biology preferences.
Effectiveness of Dual Situated Learning Model in Improving High School Students&apos; Conceptions of Chemistry Equilibrium and Preventing Their Misconceptions
Author: Kurniawan, Muhammad Ali
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Situated Learning,High School Students,Chemistry,Scientific Concepts,Comparative Analysis,Concept Formation,Teaching Methods,Misconceptions,Pretests Posttests,Science Instruction,Instructional Design,Science Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Scoring,Difficulty Level,Science Tests,Multiple Choice Tests,Instructional Effectiveness

This study aims to compare the impact of the Dual Situated Learning Model (DSLM) and conventional instructions in improving High School Students' understanding of chemical equilibrium concepts and the prevention of possible misconceptions. The study utilized a quasi-pretest-posttest control and experimental group design with two classes of XI SMAN as the research sample (N=60 students). Pre-posttests consisting of 12 two-tier questions (r = 0.691) used to assess the learners' understanding of the chemical equilibrium. The results showed a significant difference in favor of the learners who taught using the DSLM model in comparison to those in the conventional approaches (F[subscript ount] = 4.149; p = 0.003). Students in the experimental class had a better understanding and fewer misconceptions about the concept of chemical equilibrium. Implications for science educators suggest that learning that is designed by considering students' misconceptions or preconceptions and anticipating them through appropriate learning steps will have a positive influence on the learners' conceptual understanding.
Examination of Prospective Science Teachers&apos; Levels of Designing Project Directed to National Support Programs: A Profile of Turkey
Author: Vekli, Gülsah Sezen
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Student Projects,Student Attitudes,Science Teachers,Program Design,Science Process Skills,Student Research,Program Effectiveness,Barriers

This study aims to determine prospective science teachers' levels of designing projects about The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, written in the abbreviation TUBITAK's 2209-A &quot;Support for University Students' Research Projects&quot; and their views on the process. The study was conducted with the participation of 67 prospective science teachers. Project proposal forms and reflective reports were used in the study, which was conducted in the pedagogical activity research method--in collecting the data. The data coming from the reflective reports were then put to content analysis. It was remarkable in consequence that the majority of the prospective teachers 'levels of designing projects were inadequate. The prospective science teachers stated that they had learned the stages of scientific projects in the process of project designing and that they also became skillful at collaborating, researching, problem-solving, writing in academic language, working in a planned manner and at communicating.
A Comparative Investigation of the Views of Preschool Teachers and Teacher Candidates about STEM
Author: Ültay, Neslihan
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Comparative Analysis,STEM Education,Preschool Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Teacher Education Programs,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Educational Attitudes,Teaching Methods,Positive Attitudes,Barriers,Educational Facilities,Learning Readiness,Preschool Children

If the STEM approach appropriately addressed in early childhood education, it may provide opportunities for educators to involve children in activities appropriate to their interests and experiences. The purpose of this research is to investigate comparatively the views of preschool teachers and preschool teacher candidates about STEM. To collect data, 60 preschool teachers graduated from different universities in Turkey have different experiments and actively in the teaching profession in various schools in the years 2018 to 2019, and 65 preschool teacher candidates in the first, second, third and fourth grades in the 2018-2019 academic year at a state university in the region of the Black Sea randomly selected. To collect data, preschool teachers and teacher candidates ask to answer the questions in the Screening Form consisting of open-ended questions aimed at obtaining in-depth information about STEM education. The findings analyze in detail, and it seen that the answers of both groups can discuss under three main themes; (1) The effects of the STEM approach, (2) The applicability of the STEM approach in preschool education, and (3) The requirements of the applicability of the STEM approach in Turkish educational system. According to the findings, participants have positive views about implementing the STEM approach in their classes for the teachers and future professional lives for the teacher candidates. However, there are some limitations about implementing it arising from the infrastructure of the schools, the teachers themselves, and children's young age.
The Development of Science Comic in Human Digestive System Topic for Junior High School Students
Author: Roswati, Nelah
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Teaching Methods,Instructional Materials,Cartoons,Anatomy,Physiology,Scientific Concepts,Junior High School Students,Content Analysis,Science Teachers,Junior High School Teachers,Student Attitudes,Learning Processes,Science Tests,Teacher Attitudes,Scoring Rubrics,Feedback (Response),Foreign Countries

The science education approach has covered by using printed teaching media. One of the popular printed press that most accessible and may used in science education is a comic book. However, it is sometimes difficult to find the ideal and the appropriate comic books that can be used as the instructional tool of science education, because most of them are inappropriate for learning science and did not fit with the readers' culture. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the Science comic to contribute to science learning about Human Digestive System Topic (HDST) concepts. In this study, a science comic book was created and implemented to 92 students of year eight from three different junior high schools and three science teachers as a subject implementation development. Students' responses through the questionnaire and students-teachers' implementation test sheets evaluated through qualitative content analysis. The model used for this study is design and development. The result shows, most of the students agreed that science comic book helps them to learn through simplifying science concept and understanding the topic more accessible. The ideal science comic should also follow the right steps, appropriate aspects consisted, gain more science experience for both students and teachers to enjoy the learning process.
The Comparison of Student Creative Thinking Skill Using CBL Implemented in STEM Education and Combined with PSL Worksheet in Indonesian School
Author: Putri, Noviana
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Creative Thinking,Thinking Skills,Problem Solving,STEM Education,Science Instruction,Grade 10,Program Effectiveness,Worksheets,Physics

The main goal of this study is to present the effectiveness improvement of student's creative thinking skills using CBL implemented in STEM education and CBL combined with worksheet PSL. The STEM education perspective used in this study is a separate science discipline (Physics) that incorporates other disciplines. The research method used in this study is a quantitative method with a quasi-experimental research design. The research includes a pre-test-post test control group design. The subjects of the research consist of forty-five students in 10th grade of one of the vocational schools. The instrument used in this study is an essay test consisting of four questions with indicators of fluency, flexibility, and originality. The enhancement of students' creative thinking skills is known by analyzing normalized gain (&lt;g&gt;) on the experimental group and control group. A non-parametric test and Cohen's Kappa test were used to examine differences improvement of student's creative thinking skills with the IBM Statistics SPSS 20.00 program at .05 significant levels. As a result of the research, it was found that CBL implemented in STEM education has a higher improvement for students of creative thinking skills than CBL combined with worksheet PSL. CBL implemented in STEM education also has a major impact on improvement of students' creative thinking skills.
Using Reflexive, Introspective and Storytelling Tools: Towards Becoming More Autoethnographic in Academia
Author: Au-Yong-Oliveira, Manuel
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Autobiographies,Ethnography,Research Methodology,Educational Research,Story Telling,Cultural Influences,Researchers,Foreign Countries,Interpersonal Relationship

The aim of this article is to show how autoethnography is a useful and revealing research methodology that should be encouraged in academia, especially in higher education. With objectivity, autoethnography, which is a relatively new approach, may be a path toward deeper cultural discussions that are so important in everyday life. Moreover, autoethnography leads to important reflexive and critical observations made by students. Autoethnography is a readily accessible, low-cost methodology and thus very appealing to students and younger researchers. With this article, the author exemplifies autoethnographic accounts and narrates three different stories that occurred while trekking with three different trekking guides in Patagonia (El Chaltén), Argentina. Argentinian culture, in South America, is the focus. Researchers need to be careful of misleading statements in the literature, such as that in Argentina modesty is apparently not tolerated. We found that two of our guides and leaders -- Mariano and Liz -- both had modest (and pleasant) demeanors. Hence, we conclude that it is important to maintain an open mind and resist categorizing people. This is a vital point of cultural studies that is often not taken seriously. Cultures are made up of individuals and thus many differences can be found in the midst of an attempted standardization, and the desire to put everyone in the same &quot;basket&quot;.
A Preliminary Study of the Influence of Game Types on the Learning Interests of Primary School Students in Digital Games
Author: Chen, Min-Bin
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students,Grade 3,Computer Oriented Programs,Educational Games,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Computer Simulation,Student Interests,Program Effectiveness,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Plants (Botany)

Learning is mainly based on the students' mental activities. If they can learn spontaneously, it will help increase their interest and the effectiveness of the learning. Learning through playing will make it easier for students to learn spontaneously. The balance between gameplay and education in educational games is a key issue in designing such games. Designing educational games to be less complex and more casual makes it easier to balance education and entertainment. For courses with practical operational characteristics, combining a game with a virtual and real integration experience can increase both student interest and learning effectiveness. This research develops an augmented reality app, named &quot;Mobile Plant&quot;, which is an app developed for the primary school plant curriculum, combining games and augmented reality to enhance students' interest in learning. A questionnaire shows that the game has positive results in terms of game difficulty and absorption of content.
Embedding E-Learning in Accounting Modules: The Educators&apos; Perspective
Author: Grabinski, Konrad
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Electronic Learning,Accounting,Business Education,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,College Faculty,Online Courses,Curriculum Design,Curriculum Implementation,Instructional Effectiveness

The aim of the paper is to investigate the benefits and drawbacks resulting from the implementation of e-learning in accounting modules among educators. The primary source of data was a questionnaire conducted among 79 accounting lecturers, employed by the leading Polish economic universities. The results of the survey have shown that e-learning is not widely used by accounting academics in Poland. The most important benefits of the e-courses included the enhancement of efficiency and flexibility of the teaching process. The most serious difficulties were an extensive amount of work associated with designing and updating course materials and technical problems. The effectiveness of e-learning techniques in teaching accounting subjects is determined by the easiness of e-learning delivery, more regular learning process, greater development of students' social competences during e-learning classes and a more effective process of verification of students' progress, in comparison with traditional classes. Furthermore, the study provides evidence that lecturers, who decided to use e-learning, perceive this way of teaching as more efficient, and at the same time more demanding, in comparison to traditional classes. The paper contributes to the understanding of the use of e-learning in accounting education and offers findings that might be useful for both policymakers and practitioners.