ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
The Effects of Service Learning and Volunteerism Activities on University Students in Turkey
Author: Boru, Nese
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Service Learning,Volunteers,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Semi Structured Interviews,Student Participation,Program Effectiveness,Student Development,Student Attitudes,Career Development

The general purpose of this study is to determine the awareness and acquisitions obtained with service activities by the students studying on undergraduate level in Eskisehir Anadolu University in 2016-2017 education year and involve in service learning and volunteerism activities. The study was designed according to qualitative research method and the case study was used. The data of the study was collected with semi-structured interview technique. Descriptive analysis method was used in analysing the data. Consequently, in this study, 4 main themes, 9 sub-themes and 3 categories were found in accordance with the purpose of the study. Being the first purpose of the study, &quot;the reasons of students' participation into service learning and volunteerism activities&quot; was determined as the first theme of the study. The second purpose, &quot;the effects of service learning and volunteerism activities on students' occupational developments&quot; was determined as the second theme of the study. The third purpose of the study &quot;the effects of service learning and volunteerism activities on students' personal development&quot; was determined as the third theme. The fourth purpose &quot;the effects of service learning and volunteerism activities on students' view about disadvantageous people of the society&quot; was determined as the fourth theme. Sub-themes and categories were classified according to the themes determined.
Impacts of the Problem-Based Learning Pedagogy on English Learners' Reading Comprehension, Strategy Use, and Active Learning Attitudes
Author: Lin, Lu-Fang
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Teaching Methods,Reading Comprehension,Pretests Posttests,Questionnaires,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Control Groups,Reading Instruction,Second Language Instruction,College Students,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Reading Strategies,Correlation,Statistical Analysis,Active Learning,Outcomes of Education

This study investigated whether an English reading course integrated with the problem-based learning approach could foster foreign language learners' reading comprehension ability, strategy use, and their active learning attitudes. The pedagogy was featured with the small group scaffolding. Two intact English classes in a Taiwanese university were randomly assigned to the experimental and control treatment conditions. The experimental group received problem-based learning instruction, whereas the control group did not. The reading comprehension pre- and post-tests and the English active learning questionnaire were employed to collect the data. The Independent Samples t test yielded a significant difference between the 2 groups in the total score of the reading comprehension post-test, indicating that the PBL approach significantly improved the participants' reading comprehension ability, and the PBL participants' strategy use for identifying the subject matter and supportive details was better than that of their counterparts. The t-test results of the questionnaire showed that the PBL participants exhibited a significantly higher degree of active English learning attitude than the non-PBL participants in terms of motivation intensity and desire to learn English. There was a significantly positive correlation between reading comprehension ability and English learning attitude. Finally, instructional recommendations are presented.
Artist-Teachers' In-Action Mental Models While Teaching Visual Arts
Author: Russo-Zimet, Gila
Date: 2017-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Visual Arts,Artists,Teaching Models,Teaching Methods,Performance Factors,Language Arts,Experimental Teaching,Teacher Behavior,Lesson Plans,Higher Education,Art Education,Foreign Countries,Observation,Interviews,Workshops

Studies have examined the assumption that teachers have previous perceptions, beliefs and knowledge about learning (Cochran-Smith &amp; Villegas, 2015). This study presented the In-Action Mental Model of twenty leading artist-teachers while teaching Visual Arts in three Israeli art institutions of higher Education. Data was collected in two stages: videotaping of art lessons and stimulated recall interviews. Data was analyzed in three steps: Three artists-teachers' data was analyzed and based on the results, explicit (behavioral) and implicit (mental models) categories were built. In the second step, all the categories were analyzed in accordance to the three teachers' data. In the third step, data collected only from the artist-teacher that used different lesson patterns in the same lesson was analyzed. The teacher's mental model is influenced by the subject matter--visual arts. As evidence, the general mental model (Mevorach &amp; Strauss, 2012) does not include all the components of the in-action mental model of teachers teaching visual arts. The characteristics of various types of subject matters may contribute to the understanding of the in-action mental model of teaching, and understand how these subject matters influence the in-action mental model, and the Teaching Model as a whole.
Exploring the Weight and Health Status of Adults with Down Syndrome
Author: Havercamp, Susan M.
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Body Weight,Body Height,Adults,Down Syndrome,Developmental Disabilities,Comparative Analysis,Risk,Health Conditions,Online Surveys,Obesity,Eating Habits,Comorbidity,Diabetes,Hypertension,Chronic Illness,Behavior Problems,Statistical Analysis

Background: People with developmental disabilities experience worse health than typically developing peers. This health differential is often described in terms of health disparities, which refers to differences caused or exacerbated by social or access issues. Objective: the goal of this study was to compare the weight status and health conditions of adults with Down syndrome to comparison groups of adults with developmental disabilities and adults with no disability. Methods: Information about health risks and health conditions was collected for 291 adults with Down syndrome living in Ohio through an online survey. We compared this data on adults with Down syndrome to state-level data from adults without disabilities (2012 BRFSS) and Ohio data on a random sample of adults with developmental disabilities other than Down syndrome (2012-2013 National Core Indicators). Results: Adults with Down syndrome were 3 times more likely to be overweight or obese than adults without disabilities. Surprisingly, despite having a body mass index in the overweight or obese range, 70% of adults with Down syndrome reported having eating habits that were good to excellent and less than 6% of the Down syndrome sample reported having co-occurring diabetes or hypertension. Discussion: Despite high rates of overweight and obesity, few adults with Down syndrome reported having the chronic health conditions associated with excess weight. Further research is needed to understand the health risks of overweight in adults with Down syndrome and the availability of health promotion programs for this population.
Frequency Effects in Second Language Acquisition: An Annotated Survey
Author: Kartal, Galip
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Language Acquisition,Incidence,Morphemes,Word Frequency,Phonetics,Vocabulary,Literature Reviews,Meta Analysis,Foreign Countries

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between frequency and language acquisition from many perspectives including implicit and explicit instruction, frequency effects on morpheme acquisition in L2, the relationship between frequency and multi-word constructions, frequency effects on phonetics, vocabulary, gerund and infinitive constructions, bitransitive constructions, and so on. In his impressive article on frequency, Ellis (2002a) asked this crucial question about the relationship between frequency and SLA: &quot;How exactly does the frequency of patterns in the input affect acquisition?&quot; Another fundamental question that needs to be answered is: &quot;What purpose does frequency serve in language acquisition?&quot; In addition, frequency and range are said to be the most salient criteria for determining the general usefulness of a word (Koprowski, 2005). Moreover, both corpus and experimental data suggest that frequency has significant effects on second language acquisition. These questions and arguments, which constitute the foundation of frequency studies in second language acquisition, led and guided this study. This annotated survey, summarizing the studies on frequency effects on L2 learning, shows that there are still lots of ways to go with research on the relationship between frequency and second language acquisition in the literature. Some pedagogical implications are discussed with recommendations for the stakeholders of foreign language contexts (i.e. curriculum designers, coursebook writers, language teachers and learners).
Comparison of the Dietary Habits of Elite Turkish Male and Female Weightlifters
Author: Sener, Orhan Ahmet
Date: 2017-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Eating Habits,Dietetics,Males,Females,Athletes,Surveys,Body Weight,Educational Attainment,Income,Physical Fitness,Knowledge Level,Competition,Correlation,Statistical Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Scores,Gender Differences,Socioeconomic Influences

Nutritional habits affect performance directly or indirectly in weight class included sports. The aim of this study was to compare the dietary habits of elite female and male weightlifters. After getting official records of athletes from Turkish Weightlifting Federation, a survey was conducted on several factors of the athletes such as weight class, education level, national and international success, income level, weight reduction condition, whether the athlete has knowledge about nutrition, fluid intake, dietary approach before competitions, and type of ergogenic usage. The correlation analyses were completed to determine the relationship between the groups. One-way ANOVA was used to compare the groups. Fischer's exact tests were calculated again to compare the dietary preferences between different groups. Results of this study showed that lower income, weight category, lower age and level of education of male weightlifters negatively affect the performance. Male weightlifters underestimate the importance of fluid intake and they consumed different types of diets. The use of ergogenic products in female weightlifters was differentiated according to their education levels, weight classes and the competition category. Again, the international female weightlifters consumed more ergogenic substance than national level weightlifters. Both male and female weightlifters showed no significant correlations between the performance variables and all other conditions. It can be suggested that the socio-economic status and education level related to sport nutrition in weightlifters should be increased for enhancing of the weightlifting performance.
A Narrative Reflection on Examining Text and World for Social Justice: Combatting Bullying and Harassment with Shakespeare
Author: Shelton, Stephanie Anne
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bullying,Social Justice,Literature,Criticism,Drama,Teaching Methods,Islam,Fear,Homosexuality,Racial Bias,Gender Bias,Literacy Education,Prevention,Ethnicity,Religion,Sexual Harassment,High School Students,Violence,English Instruction

Based on classroom readings and discussions of William Shakespeare's &quot;The Merchant of Venice,&quot; this Voices from the Field article examines the ways that teachers might use traditional canonized texts to encourage students to both critique and react against bullying behaviors. The author's experiences detail the narratives that students introduced while reading the play, enabling complex considerations of contemporary issues such as Islamophobia, homophobia, racism, and sexism, with the hope that other educators and teacher educators might use similarly sanctioned literacy selections both to counter school- and community-based resistances and to advance social justice in education.
A Case Study of Struggle and Success: Profiling a Third Grader's Reading and Writing in a Multimodal Curriculum
Author: Wiseman, Angela M.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,Grade 3,Elementary School Students,Multiple Literacies,Elementary School Curriculum,Language Arts,Reading Instruction,Writing Instruction,Semiotics,Interaction,Photography,Visual Aids,Student Participation,Video Technology,Speech,Nonverbal Communication,Human Posture,Eye Movements

This article reports findings on a case study of Ellie as she participates in a language arts curriculum that incorporates multimodal literacy practices--including photography, drama, and art--to teach reading and writing. Our study was informed by the theoretical framework of multimodal social semiotics, which provides insight into how mediational tools allow for greater complexity of thought while engagement within the modes expands the potentials for learning. Multimodal interaction analysis (Norris, 2004) was applied to video data from this study. Findings reveal the significance of using photographs for Ellie's meaning making in the third grade classroom. In addition, we were able to observe how Ellie's responses at times conflicted with the intentions or expectations of the classroom. This study reveals the significance of multimodal video data analysis as a way of understanding the complexity of literacy practices in the classroom.
Are We Making &quot;PROGRESS&quot;? A Critical Literacies Framework to Engage Pre-Service Teachers for Social Justice
Author: Matteson, Holly C.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Literacy,Preservice Teachers,English Teachers,Social Justice,Preservice Teacher Education,Childrens Literature,Adolescent Literature,Young Adults,Models,Literature Appreciation,Literary Devices,Race,Sexual Orientation,Sex Role,Interpersonal Relationship,Social Capital,Social Environment,Social Class,Stereotypes,Instructional Material Evaluation

In this article, authors describe an original framework aimed to acquaint pre-service English teachers with concepts related to social justice to facilitate their critical literacies related to eight components: positionality, race, orientation, gender, relationships, environment, social class, and stereotypes (PROGRESS). Authors then illustrate this text-based approach through an application of the paradigm to the young adult text &quot;The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian&quot; with the hope that this model will be both useful for helping pre-service teachers participate in critical conversations on literature and social issues as well for assisting those candidates in finding starting points for similar work with their future students. Possibilities for implementing the paradigm in classroom practice are offered, which embrace examining intersectionalities and recognizing silences in the myriad texts to which the framework can be adapted.
Critical Literacy and Transgender Topics in an Upper Elementary Classroom: A Portrait of Possibility
Author: Hermann-Wilmarth, Jill M.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Literacy,Sexual Identity,Sexual Orientation,Homosexuality,Gender Issues,Elementary School Students,Language Arts,Poetry,Grade 4,Grade 5,Teaching Methods,Current Events,Reading Aloud to Others,Student Attitudes,Expertise

In this paper, we explore the intersection of critical literacy pedagogy, queer pedagogy, and transgender topics by turning our attention to the learning that supported the writing of an acrostic poem about Title IX and transgender students. We examine how this writing, in turn, created additional content and context that spurred others' learning. We examine this particular poem because of the ways it demonstrates how a 4th grade student drew on three overarching components of the classroom's instructional context to support its production: the critical literacy pedagogy present in the class, exposure to transgender topics, and the importance of situating students as expert teachers for an authentic audience.
Power and Agency in a High Poverty Elementary School: How Teachers Experienced a Scripted Reading Program
Author: Powell, Rebecca
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Power Structure,Poverty,Teacher Empowerment,Elementary School Teachers,Reading Programs,Phenomenology,Culturally Relevant Education,Interviews,Reading Instruction,Reading Difficulties,Outcomes of Education,Well Being,Faculty Mobility,Resistance (Psychology)

This phenomenological investigation was designed to answer the following question: In this school, what were teachers' experiences with a scripted reading program? Seventeen teachers were interviewed at the end of the first year of implementing a scripted program. Four themes emerged from this analysis: (1) The program supported teachers' work with the most struggling students; (2) Teachers' forced enactment of the program led to negative outcomes for students; (3) The program had a negative impact on teachers' psychological well-being; and (4) Teachers are impacted by a hierarchical system that dictates who has the power to make decisions within the institution. Teachers' statements indicated that they demonstrated agency by occasionally diverging from the script or supplementing it in various ways. Still others chose to resist by leaving the school. Using post-intentional phenomenology as a theoretical framework, results are discussed through a sociopolitical lens and suggest that a market ideology can have considerable impact on how literacy instruction is realized in schools.
Representations of Adoption in Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Young Adults
Author: Parsons, Sue Christian
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adoption,Adolescent Literature,Fiction,Books,Critical Literacy,Social Attitudes,Stereotypes,Cultural Influences,Mass Media Effects,Qualitative Research,Content Analysis,Parents,Family Structure

In this critical content analysis of thirty-seven contemporary realistic fiction books about adoption, the authors examine how adoption and adoptive families are depicted in young adult (YA) literature. The critical literacy theoretical frame brings into focus significant social implications of these depictions as the researchers illuminate and resist stereotypes in an effort to advocate for inclusiveness and respect. Analysis reveals a strong presence of literary archetypes such as Orphan and Seeker, age-old patterns of narration that resound with readers at deep but not necessarily conscious levels and thus may lend a sense of credibility and familiarity to even problematic portrayals. These stories provide a content for exploring cultural and social identities but are also rife with negative stereotypes, including adoption as a shameful secret, a problem to be solved, or a legally suspect event. Negative portrayals of birth parents and imbalanced gender perspectives suggest that adoption is a feminine story and marginalizes fathers. Overall, adoption literature raises significant questions about what family structures and contexts are valued, who has power and choice in relationships, and how adolescents are positioned and viewed, but the complex picture of what adoption looks like and means for those involved needs to be more carefully considered.
Right to Manage Children's Property in Iranian Positive Law
Author: Esfehanian, Ali
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Childrens Rights,Ownership,Civil Rights,Laws,Child Caregivers,Child Welfare

Due to body and mind weakness and inability, children are prohibited from managing their own property and have been under tutelage and guardianship for comprehensive care and support so that all matters and issues related to them (maintenance, training, education and management of property) have been assigned to their supervisor and protector; however, the main and essential element to intervene and protect by natural guardian is the child's best interests in the way the child is affected by his guardian's action and intervene. The indubitable evidence of reason and narration proves the importance and validity of guardianship over children.
Teacher Views on Barriers to the Integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Turkish Teaching
Author: Özdemir, Serpil
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Barriers,Technology Integration,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Qualitative Research,Public School Teachers,Content Analysis,Access to Computers,Technological Literacy,Teacher Competencies,Semi Structured Interviews

Technology has taken place in all areas of life. Educational environment is equipped with the technology to educate individuals with the skills to meet the needs of the day. It is expected that teachers use information and communication technologies and transfer this skill to the educational environment in the information age. When the use of ICT addressed in the context of the specific area the advantages and problems can be clearly evident. The purpose of this research is to identify barriers to the integration of ICT in Turkish teaching. Qualitative research method was adopted in the research. Participants were determined by criteria sampling method. 14 Turkish teachers who work in public schools in Bartin city center have participated in the research. The interview form was used as data collection tool. The data obtained from the interviews was conducted content analysis. Eight themes that prevent Turkish teachers from using ICT in Turkish lessons were identified. These themes are &quot;inadequacy of technology infrastructure of the school, ICT inadequacy of the teacher, not directing the program to ICT, not being suitable for Turkish lessons, habit, loss of time, inadequacy of course materials for Turkish lesson, and ICT inadequacy of students&quot;. The participants' solution suggestions are based on the following themes: developing the ICT infrastructure of the school, practical training for the use of ICT in Turkish lessons, directing the program to ICT, developing the ICT information and equipment of the student.