ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Initiatives for Change in Korean Higher Education: Quest for Excellence of World-Class Universities
Author: Kang, Jean S.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Reputation,Higher Education,Excellence in Education,Educational Policy,Educational Practices,Competition,Student Recruitment,Knowledge Economy,International Education,Program Descriptions,Qualitative Research,Literature Reviews

The establishment of World-Class Universities (WCUs) is noted as a paramount development in the realm of international higher education. The integration of higher education into a more international scheme has enabled for higher education institutions (HEIs) to have a broader impact on the states and their respective citizens. This study examines the current environment of the higher education system, as well as the important factors that have contributed to placing WCUs at the center of international higher education policies. In particular, this study will analyze the policies and practices of the Republic of Korea that have been created to establish globally competitive HEIs. The Brain Korea 21 Projects, the WCU Project, and global rankings have contributed to the nation's ongoing quest for excellence in tertiary education. As HEIs in Korea continuously enhance their international status in the field of higher education, it becomes increasingly important to review and provide insights on globally competitive institutions as well as higher education reforms that have been applied to Korean universities.
EFL College Students' Attitudes towards Mobile Learning
Author: Dashti, Fatimah A.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Student Attitudes,Telecommunications,Questionnaires,Females,Undergraduate Students,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Qualitative Research,Social Networks,Foreign Countries,Handheld Devices

Recently, cell phones have received much attention in the context of EFL/ESL learning. Mobile learning, in general, and distant learning, in particular, in educational contexts has been approached by educationalist all over the world (Hwang &amp; Chang, 2011). Presently, countries pay ample attention to mobile learning in education. Despite the fact that devices such as cell phones might divert students' attention, yet, no one can deny their importance as high-tech educational tools. This study investigates EFL college students' attitudes towards cell phones learning. For the sake of satisfying the study's objectives, a questionnaire has been designed and randomly distributed to 300 female undergraduate students enrolled during the First Academic Term (2014/2015). The questionnaire is consisted of 3 sections and 39 items. Section 1, students' attitudes towards the usefulness of mobile learning (26 items), section 2, investigation of students' opinions towards reasons where and why they and their instructors use cell phones (12 items), and section 3, an open-ended question, asking students if they have any comments on the importance of cell phones (1 item). The questionnaire consisted 5-Point Likert type scale. Data were quantitatively analysed using SPSS, and ANOVA tests. Percentages, means, and standard deviations, were used for the sake of the analysis. The open-ended question was analysed qualitatively.
Teaching Entrepreneurship and Micro-Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective
Author: Mondal, Wali I.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Entrepreneurship,Innovation,Business Administration Education,International Trade,Small Businesses,Social Systems,Competition,Economic Factors,Credit (Finance),Foreign Countries

Entrepreneurship is an integral part of business education. However, the concept is often confused or used synonymously with capitalism, perhaps because entrepreneurship is one of the four factors of production and profit maximization is considered as the single most important topic in teaching theory of the firm. Using risk as the key variable in separating the domains of a capitalist and an entrepreneur, Schumpeter used innovation as the main function of an entrepreneur. The popularity of micro-credit in the 1980s extended Schumpeter's work to micro-entrepreneurship, popularly dubbed as &quot;entrepreneurship with less&quot;. This paper traces the origin of the concept of entrepreneurship knowledge and extends it to micro-entrepreneurship with a goal of enhancing an understanding of the concept in the sphere of international business education.
The Dimensions of the Citizenship Concept among the Jordanian University Students
Author: Al-Sabeelah, Amal M. S.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Questionnaires,Freedom,Citizenship,Family Income,Rural Urban Differences,Citizen Participation,Grade Point Average,Place of Residence,Humanities,Science Education,Statistical Significance,Statistical Analysis

This study examined Jordanian university students' knowledge of the citizenship concept while also aiming to reveal whether there were any statistically significant differences in students' knowledge of the citizenship concept due to gender, residence, family income, college, academic level and accumulative grade point average. The study sample comprised 900 B.A level enrolled at six Jordanian universities in the academic year 2012/2013. The research tool was a questionnaire comprising 56 items in four dimensions (identity, loyalty, pluralism, freedom and political participation). Study findings revealed a high level of knowledge of the citizenship concept the total level of the Jordanian university students' in all dimensions was high, despite a medium rating for freedom and political. Results showed statistically significant differences as follows: with regard to the gender variable on the dimensions of identity, pluralism, and freedom and political participation, in favor of males; among rural and urban students on the dimension of loyalty, in favor of rural students; on the dimension of freedom and political participation, in favor of urban students; in favor of high income students on the dimensions of identity, pluralism, freedom and political participation; among students of scientific and humanities colleges on the dimensions of pluralism and freedom and political participation, in favor of humanities colleges; with regard to student academic level on the dimensions of loyalty, pluralism, and freedom and political participation, in favor of the fourth year students. Finally, there were statistically significant differences with regard to the students' accumulative grade point average variable in favor of students with grades of excellent and very good.
A Strategic Plan of Academic Management System as Preparation for EAC Accreditation Visit--From UKM Perspective
Author: Ab-Rahman, Mohammad Syuhaimi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Engineering Education,Accreditation (Institutions),Strategic Planning,Management Systems,Documentation,Outcome Based Education,Quality Assurance

Development of a robust platform is important to ensure that the engineering accreditation process can run smoothly, completely and the most important is to fulfill the criteria requirements. In case of Malaysia, the preparation for EAC (Engineering Accreditation Committee) assessment required a good strategic plan of academic management system and a systematic documentation process. Academic management system and departmental documentation system must be designed to meet the accreditation requirements on development, evaluation and improvement of the system. These three strategic stages are important in ensuring that the programs offered are correctly executed in supporting demands for industries. By practicing a good management and proper documentation, it will definitely reduce lecturers' workload and ensure quality improvement of their work as professional educators.
Disparity of Ego-Identity Components in Relation to Psychological Security of Adolescents
Author: Al Diyar, Mosaad Abu
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adolescents,Psychological Patterns,Self Concept,Foreign Countries,Correlation,Scores,Individual Characteristics,Hypothesis Testing,Statistical Significance,Student Attitudes,College Students,Surveys,Likert Scales,Statistical Analysis,Achievement,Gender Differences,Security (Psychology)

The current study aimed at investigating the Ego-identity components and the disparity of these components in relation to the psychological security of adolescents in Egypt. The sample of the study consisted of (400) male and female adolescents. The researchers used two main instruments; the psychological security scale and the Ego-identity scale. Findings of the study revealed that there is a positive relationship between Ego-identity achievement and psychological security. It was also revealed that there is a negative relationship between Ego-identity look and Ego-identity dispersion on the one hand and psychological security on the other. Results also showed that there are statistically significant differences in the mean scores between adolescents with high and low Ego-identity in their psychological security in favor of adolescents with high Ego-identity. In addition, it was shown that there are statistically significant differences between low and high Ego-identity dispersion in psychological security in favor of low Ego-identity dispersion. Finally, it was revealed that there are statistically significant differences between adolescents with high and low Ego-identity in their overall score of Ego-identity.
Teachers' Awareness and Usage of Non-Violent Strategies for the Maintenance of Discipline in Nigerian Secondary Schools: A Situational Analysis
Author: Uzoechina, Gladys Oby
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Secondary School Students,Secondary School Teachers,Discipline,Violence,Knowledge Level,Punishment,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Attitudes,Questionnaires,Educational Psychology,Inservice Teacher Education,Behavior Modification,Parent Attitudes,Intervention,Foreign Countries

This study sought to determine teachers' level of awareness and usage of non-violent strategies/interventions for the maintenance of discipline in secondary schools in Anambra State, Nigeria. Corporal punishment has become an unwritten sine qua non for the maintenance of school discipline--often the first thought that comes to the minds of teachers in treating acts of indiscipline and deviance. From the Nnewi Education Zone, comprising four local government areas (LGAs), 200 teachers were selected for descriptive survey out of 996 teachers. Stratified random sampling was used such that the schools were stratified into co-educational and single-sex schools, and from each randomly selected school, 10 teachers were selected. Two research questions and four null hypotheses guided this study, and questionnaire was used to collect data. The mean was used to answer the research questions and t-test for the hypothesis at the 0.05 level of significance. The study recommended in-service training for teachers in educational psychology, particularly behaviour modification methods, parental input and interest in school discipline as well as the cessation of corporal punishment among others.
The Extent of Al-Balqa Applied University's Students' Perception of the Importance of Means of Information and Communication Technology in High Education in Jordan
Author: Al Zou'bi, Abdallah S.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Attitudes,Computer Attitudes,Information Technology,Questionnaires,Higher Education,Positive Attitudes,Gender Differences,Statistical Significance,College Faculty,Predictor Variables,Measures (Individuals),Validity,Reliability,Statistical Distributions,Statistical Analysis

This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of using information technology and communications' means in the academic education from the perspective of Al-Balqa Applied University's students. And to achieve this goal, the researchers prepared and developed a questionnaire as a tool of the study including 26 items. The population of the study, which consisted of all the students of Al-Balqa Applied University, was (10434) male and female students according to university's statistics for the academic year 2013-2014 and the sample of the study which consisted of 500 male and female students was selected by the simple random method. The results of the study showed that the degree of the students' perceptions of the effectiveness of using information technology and communications' means in the academic education was high where the total average of the items was (4.02) and it is considered a positive average that indicates a high degree of perception. The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences attributed to the faculty and the academic level variables on Al-Balqa Applied University's students' perception of using means of information technology and communications in the academic education, and there were statistically significant differences attributed to the gender in favor of females. And in light of these results, the researcher presented some recommendations.
Developing a Parenting Training Model of Character Education for Young Learners from Poor Families by Using Transformative Learning Approach
Author: Rasyad, Ach.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Values Education,Parent Education,Low Income Groups,Transformative Learning,Qualitative Research,Focus Groups,Role Models,Parents,Curriculum Design,Child Rearing

This research is aiming at developing a parenting training model using a character education for young learners from the poor families. The data obtained were qualitative data drawn from open answers and Focus Group Discussion. The data were analyzed by using domain analysis and taxonomy. The research findings showed that there were some problems faced by parents in applying character education in their family environment; parents should be the one who become the role model for their children; to apply the character education to their children, parents have to join parenting training; the training expected by parents is the practical understanding training; identification of parents' understanding and training needs make a prototype of parenting training.
The Result of Developing Secondary School Students' Public Conscience through Process-Knowledge Management in Thailand
Author: Homsin, Nawattakorn
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Social Cognition,Knowledge Management,Mixed Methods Research,Participatory Research,Action Research,Research and Development,Learning Activities,Workshops,Interviews,Participant Observation

This research uses Mixed-Methodology applied research and development together with participatory action research. The model is appropriate for the context environment. The participants were able to complete the learning activities in participatory forms of knowledge management, using the following five-step model: 1) Knowledge Identification, 2) Knowledge Creation, 3) Knowledge Preservation, 4) Knowledge Sharing, and 5) Knowledge Application. Action research involved 7 main activities down to the operating activities, thus developing public participation in 15 sub-activities.
Enhancement of Master Students' Professional Preparation on the Basis of Modern Technologies
Author: Seydakhmetov, ?. ?.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Graduate Students,Athletics,Colleges,Masters Programs,Technology Uses in Education,Questionnaires,Interviews,Statistical Analysis

In the period of passing to the world civilization and democratic tradition, the Republic of Kazakhstan pays great importance to the general values heritage of human society stored/perpetuated over the centuries and the enhancement of specialists' professional preparations through forming healthy life style habits on the basis of modern technologies and developing physical-upbringing on the spiritual and moral base. This problem was raised as one of the actual tasks of the education system in the program &quot;Kazakhstan-2030&quot; of the President N. Nazarbayev, 2014; in the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan &quot;About knowledge&quot;, 2008; and &quot;The State Program of the education development in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2011-2020&quot;, 2010. The investigation of physical upbringing, modern technology and advances of experiments in a close connection with of the national and general human values laws is one of the obligations of the professional pedagogy science resulted from the requirements of the modern society. Considering the essence of physical upbringing according to the requirements of modern society is defined by recognizing a person not as a successful offspring of the environment in which he lives, but also as a subject distinguished by his physical culture and moral relationships. Considerable changes in the society are bringing some changes to person's purposes, manner of life and behavior and even in him as a subject. Furthermore, the literacy in the society, comprehensive investigations on the nature, essence and functions of physical culture and spiritual values and the necessity of considering the problem of using modern technology in the system of preparing master-students in the scientific pedagogical direction define the importance of our research theme.
Educational Critical Exploration by Considering Islamic Approach for Specifying Its Perquisites and Development Approaches in Iranian Higher Education System
Author: Taheri, Mohammad Reza
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Prerequisites,Criticism,Islam,Religious Education

History shows that human being started his life from the most elementary form and used criticism and creativity to evolve it. Achievements of today's human society, development of critical forces and the hardworking of creative forces will bring about tomorrow's completeness. It is obvious that varying human needs, frequent changes of the world, the high rate of progress in science and technology and similarity to modern situations have doubled the need to study criticism in our society. Society, as a whole social system, enjoys an organic and systematic attribute and each of its elements is associated with the whole and is influenced by it. This influence will only be positive and beneficial when the interaction of the elements is organized soundly and in a correct model. This will be realized when the constituting elements (people) of the system have already accepted each other's supervision naturally and logically. Development of a critical atmosphere crystallizes this issue. Therefore, it can be said that societies that provide the proper conditions for the development of criticism have also provided the conditions for the emergence of creative and innovative thoughts. Societies that disregard different ideas in their actions and do not heed their criticisms, should never expect their people to have innovation and creativity. There is not enough research on the issue of criticism based on Islamic principles. Therefore, the present study tries to investigate educational criticism taking into account the considerations of Islamic principles and perquisites that influence the conditions and obstacles in the creation of critical atmosphere in Iranian higher education centers and universities. The study uses the method of systematic review of previous research to identify the situation of research implications and gaps.
Enhancing Intercultural Communication and Understanding: Team Translation Project as a Student Engagement Learning Approach
Author: Yang, Ping
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Intercultural Communication,Chinese,Translation,College Students,Foreign Countries,Interviews,Audio Equipment,Indigenous Populations,English,Books,Cultural Awareness,Surveys,Student Attitudes,Constructivism (Learning),Criticism,Classification,Theory Practice Relationship,History,Learning Activities,Learner Engagement,Personal Autonomy,Teaching Methods,Cultural Differences,Group Discussion,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction

This paper reflects on a team translation project on Aboriginal culture designed to enhance university students' intercultural communication competence and understanding through engaging in an interactive team translation project funded by the Australia-China Council. A selected group of Chinese speaking translation students participated in the project and two English books on Australian Aboriginal history and culture were translated to Chinese from August 2011 to May 2012. The two bilingual books were published by Aboriginal Studies Press in May 2013. After the one-year translation project was completed, the author conducted a survey and audio-taped interviews about the participants' translation experience. Using social constructivist theory (SCT), the author coded the data, conducted critical analysis of the contents, and categorised the themes. It was found that the participants not only improved their translation skills through combining theories with practices, but also got better knowledge of Australian Aboriginal cultural tradition and history than before. Having understood cross-linguistic differences, they combined translation theory with practice and raised their intercultural awareness after going through various organized learning activities centering on the translation project. Such an interaction-based student engagement learning approach helped student translators achieve meaningful communication and learner autonomy through individual reflections, group discussions, and seminars. Finally the pedagogical implications of the team translation project were discussed.