ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Jullien: Founding Father of Comparative and International Education Still Pointing the Way
Author: Wolhuter, Charl
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Comparative Education,International Education,Educational History,Social Change,Global Approach,Biographies,Objectives

The aim of this paper is to conduct such an appraisal of Jullien's ideas and vision, as a guiding light for the future development of the field in the twenty-first century world. The paper commences with a brief biographical sketch of the life of Jullien, followed by his vision for the field. This vision is then placed within the context of the pre-history and history of the field up to today. After Jullien the field of Comparative Education was at first side-tracked by the rise of nation-states, and the field tended to serve rather narrow national interests. However, a series of wide-changing societal changes are taking place in the twenty-first century globalised world. A global education expansion and reform project is taking-off as a response to these changes. The field of Comparative Education is superseded by Comparative and International Education, and with the vision of Jullien, this field has the promise to inform that international project in pursuing its objective of creating a more humane world. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Social Networks Use, Loneliness and Academic Performance among University Students
Author: Stankovska, Gordana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Social Media,Interpersonal Relationship,College Students,Psychological Patterns,Emotional Response,Internet,Addictive Behavior,Academic Achievement,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis

The world is extensively changed by Social Networks Sites (SNSs) on the Internet. A large number of children and adolescents in the world have access to the internet and are exposed to the internet at a very early age. Most of them use the Social Networks Sites with the purpose of exchanging academic activities and developing a social network all over the world. But the excessive internet usage can lead to negative outcomes such as poor school performance, depression and loneliness. According to these findings, the main aim of this research is to investigate whether internet addiction is related to academic performance and loneliness among the university students. The Emotional and Social Loneliness Scale, Scale for Social Networks and a personal information sheet were administered to a sample of 120 (61 female, 59 male) university students. The results indicated that internet addiction was positively associated with loneliness among students. At the same time we found a significant positive relationship between social networks and loneliness, but negative relationship between social networks and low academic performance. There was no correlation between social networks, loneliness and high academic performance. It has been concluded that internet addiction predicts loneliness among university students. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Strategies for Improving the Employability Skills and Life Chances of Youths in Nigeria
Author: Achinewhu-Nworgu, Elizabeth
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Job Skills,Employment Qualifications,Unemployment,Youth Employment,Barriers,Cross Cultural Studies,Cultural Differences,Vocational Education,Business Administration Education,Urban Schools,Questionnaires,Student Attitudes,Work Experience Programs,Career Development,Mentors,Apprenticeships,Literacy,Numeracy,Interviews

The level of youth unemployment in Nigeria has always been an issue of concern for Focus Learning Support team, particularly in our interactions with foreign students studying in the UK; and also with our dedication in &quot;Making Education Count for the Youths&quot;. This paper examines some of the difficulties experienced by young people in Nigeria when seeking employment opportunities, with a focus on employability skills as a way to overcome these barriers and form a basis for strategies to improve young people's life chances. The paper will also provide a comparison of how employability skills are implemented in schools and colleges in the United Kingdom as compared to Nigerian schools and colleges. Furthermore, this research will present the perceptions and experiences of students on a BTEC Business Vocational course in an inner cities further education college; who attended work experience during their studies. The primary question is to find out whether imbedding work experience programme on their BTEC course has had an impact on their future career choice. Collection of data was done in stages using questionnaires to capture the views of participants. The findings of research clearly confirm the benefits derived from the BTEC students who attended work experience and the link to their future career choices. The findings of this work has therefore created an avenue for the FLS team to carry out further research implementation and imbedding employability skills into the Nigerian education system to support youth employment in the country. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
An Overview of Engineering Courses in Brazil: Actual Challenges
Author: Canen, Alberto G.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Engineering Education,Economic Development,Technological Advancement,Graduate Study,Competition,Employment Potential

Brazil is one of the largest countries in the world as well one of the greatest economies among developing countries. To be competitive, Brazil needs to be able to develop technology, research and knowledge. In this sense, we argue that economic growth is directly related to technological development, which is linked to the investments in infrastructure, education, technologies and research mainly from engineering. Engineers must be prepared to develop solutions and technologies and to contribute to the well-being of society. The main purpose of this paper is to present an exploratory study concerned with the general overview of Brazilian engineers' graduate and postgraduate courses as well as their current occupation. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Social Justice and Capacity for Self-Development in Educational Systems in European Union
Author: Huang, Bo-Ruey
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Tests/Questionnaires
Subjects: Social Justice,Educational Policy,Foreign Countries,Equal Education,Educational Indicators,Comparative Analysis,Cooperative Planning,International Cooperation,Poverty,Inclusion,At Risk Persons,Preschool Education,Elementary Education,Postsecondary Education,Higher Education

This paper explores social justice and equity in educational policies and systems in the European Union, and analyzes the significance within. Equity indicators of the European educational systems, &quot;Equity of the European Educational Systems: A set of indicators&quot; declared in 2006, introduces the debates on educational justice issues on one hand, and provides a reference framework for international comparison and educational policy-making on the other. In 2009, a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training was agreed by member states of European Union lasting to 2020. Meanwhile, the European Council emphasized the objective of promoting social inclusion through the reduction of poverty and the need for quantification of education and social inclusion/poverty indicators. The target population is defined as the number of persons who are at risk-of poverty, material deprivation and in jobless households. Educational equity, transcending the traditional idea of equality and combining the Justice Theories of Rawls and Sen, not only focus on the resource distribution in education content or processes, but also identify individual capability, willingness and effort and respect the diversity of career development. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
The Personal Characteristics Predictors of Academic Success
Author: Angelkoska, Slagana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Academic Achievement,Student Characteristics,Predictor Variables,Personality Traits,Gender Differences,Extraversion Introversion,Correlation,College Students,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

When we speak about the academic achievement of the students and their personality, the internal state of a student is in connection with his personal experience and individual differences and talents, dispositions, motives, his &quot;I&quot; and a whole range of cognitive processes. Modern psychological theories of personality believe that the learning and the achieved academic success represent the overall activity of the individual. It is very important to understand and determine the factors that affect the learning process in order to get a full picture of the personality of the students regarding their achieved academic success. If we analyze the personality of the student in depth, we will understand that the academic success, besides the influence of the curriculum external factors, is significantly influenced by the dominant traits of his personality. The personal characteristics are presented as a set of internal components that determine the success and the quality of action of the students. The relationship between the dimensions of personality and the academic success are the subject of research of many authors. One group of authors puts emphasis on intelligence as a factor for success in the learning process, while another group believes that success depends on the personal characteristics that are dominant in the individual. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the role of the personal characteristics of the students regarding their academic success, and to understand which personality traits are dominant among respondents of male and female gender. For this purpose, in the research we applied the big-five model of personality by which we obtained data on the five dimensions of personality: neuroticism (N), agreeableness (A), openness to new experiences (O), extraversion (E), and consciousness (C). The research is conducted on a sample of 74 students aged 20 to 22 years, whereas the success is a representation of the average score they achieved during their studies. Based on the results of the survey it can be inferred that in the female students there is a positive correlation between openness (O) and extraversion (E) and success at school, and in the male students there is a statistical significance between agreeableness (A) and neuroticism (N) and success in learning. Based on the conducted research we can conclude that the success depends on the personal characteristics of the person. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Presentation of Marc-Antoine Jullien's Work in Bulgarian Comparative Education Textbooks
Author: Genova, Teodora
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Comparative Education,Textbooks,Foreign Countries,Educational History,Textbook Content

This paper is dedicated to Marc-Antoine Jullien's bicentennial work, which first appeared as a series of three articles under the main title &quot;Éducation comparée&quot; with a subtitle &quot;Esquisse et vues préliminaires d'un ouvrage sur l'éducation comparée&quot; published in &quot;Journal d'éducation&quot; from October 1816 to March 1817 and also published as a booklet entitled &quot;Esquisse et vues préliminaires d'un ouvrage sur l'éducation comparée&quot; in Paris in 1817. These publications lay the foundations of systematic comparative studies of education which give ground Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris (1775-1848) to be undisputedly regarded as founding &quot;Father of Comparative Education&quot;. Jullien de Paris is recognized as the first to use the term comparative education (Crossley &amp; Watson, 2009), set out a method for comparison (Epstein, 1994) and one of the very earliest exponents of systematic international inquiry in education (Phillips &amp; Schweisfurth, 2014). It was thanks to Jullien that the science of education became comparative (Gautherin, 1993). In this respect, the aim of this short paper is to explore how Jullien's work and contribution is presented in Bulgarian comparative education textbooks published between 1969 and 2014. Five systematic Bulgarian comparative education textbooks have been included in the present study and the findings show that Jullien's work and contribution appear on the pages of all of them, receive respectful attention and prove not to be long forgotten. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Research Approaches for Higher Education Students: A Personal Experience
Author: Willan, Momodou M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: College Students,Student Research,Research Methodology,Student Experience,Data Collection,Research Skills,Educational Theories,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Action Research,Mixed Methods Research,Data Analysis,Data Interpretation,Research Reports

Conducting research can present a range of challenges for students because of the complex skills and knowledge required to have critical engagement with the entire research process. This paper looks at what was involved in shaping the research journey that I am currently undertaking at a Higher Education Institution (HEI). The focus is on research methodologies. The purpose of this paper is two-fold: (1) to describe the study's data-collection methods and the theoretical concepts that motivated the selection of the said methods; and (2) to relate how the research methodology is related to my personal experience. The paper employs the work of experts in qualitative and quantitative approaches, along with related literature as resource for the content material. This piece of work is considered relevant because Higher Education (HE) students are undertaking similar research projects and can therefore benefit from it by taking into account the knowledge and skills that I have gained. The paper emphasises the link between academic theory and professional practice especially in the case of action researchers. The paper ends with a reflection on lessons learned and how these have informed my work as a practitioner researcher. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
South African Curriculum Reform: Education for Active Citizenship
Author: Smith, Juliana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Curriculum Development,Citizenship Education,Democratic Values,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Knowledge Level,Public Policy,Secondary School Students,Grade 11,Grade 12,Documentation,Content Analysis,Focus Groups,Questionnaires,Interviews

The changing societal context in South Africa (SA) has necessitated curriculum reform to deal with the challenges of education, from apartheid to democracy, with the aim of promoting active citizenship education. The aim of the paper is thus to illuminate to what extent the Grade 11 Life Orientation (LO) curriculum prepares learners for active citizenship in a democratic South Africa. The research on citizenship education adopted a qualitative interpretive approach and a case study as the research design. The findings suggest that there is a lack of knowledge and understanding of concepts relating to active citizenship which constrain effective preparation of learners for active citizenship in a new democracy. Recommendations refer to a focus on curriculum development and a framework to inform active citizenship policies and structures applicable to the education system. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
&quot;Teach Your Children Well&quot;: Arguing in Favor of Pedagogically Justifiable Hospitality Education
Author: Potgieter, Ferdinand J.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Phenomenology,Social Justice,Cultural Pluralism,Religion,Religious Factors,Social Bias,Role of Education,Consciousness Raising,Citizenship Education

This paper is a sequel to the paper which I delivered at last year's BCES conference in Sofia. Making use of hermeneutic phenomenology and constructive interpretivism as methodological apparatus, I challenge the pedagogic justifiability of the fashionable notion of religious tolerance. I suggest that we need, instead, to reflect &quot;de novo&quot; on theo-(in)tolerance in our present-day pluralistic global society, as well as on its assumed pedagogic relevance. I then proceed to argue in favor of pedagogically justifiable hospitality education. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Students with Learning Disabilities at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels: A Multiple-Strategies Approach
Author: El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Books
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Learning Disabilities,Language Impairments,Language Skills,Skill Development,Learning Strategies,Teaching Methods,Definitions,Advanced Students,Educational Benefits,Communication Strategies,Reading Strategies,Reading Comprehension,Writing Strategies,Reading Difficulties,Writing Difficulties

The idea of this book arose out of an awareness that students with language learning disabilities are completely ignored in the Egyptian school system and there are no special programs that cater to these students. They are placed in normal schools that are not prepared to deal with their unique difficulties. This book, therefore, is an attempt to provide teachers with multiple-strategies models for teaching English language skills to these students at the intermediate level and beyond. More specifically, this book will help pre-and in-service teachers to: (1) identify effective strategies for learning and using language skills, (2) use multiple-strategies models for teaching language skills, (3) interweave strategies for language learning and language use into regular language activities, and (4) improve both the processes and products of language learning of students with learning disabilities. Thus, the target audience of this book includes pre-and in-service regular teachers, special education teachers, school psychologists, counselors, and administrators.
Where Have All the Teachers Gone: A Case Study in Transitioning
Author: Potgieter, Amanda S.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Teacher Persistence,Hermeneutics,Phenomenology,Qualitative Research,Case Studies,Semi Structured Interviews,Beginning Teachers,Career Development,Mentors,Teacher Role,Teaching Experience,College Faculty

This paper reports the autobiographical narrative of Mr. L., as case-in-point example of the thresholding moment and the process of transitioning into Academia. The role of the lecturer-mentor and the multi-logic space that facilitates the process are clarified. I use hermeneutic phenomenology and interpretivism as methodological tools. This ex post facto qualitative study was done to elucidate the concepts and iterative processes involved in transitioning. I conclude that the novice student needs a lecturer-mentor guiding him through this life-changing event. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
The Goals and Conditions of Qualitative Collaboration between Elementary Schools and Community--A Challenge for the Professional Development
Author: Kalin, Jana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Elementary Schools,Partnerships in Education,School Community Relationship,Group Dynamics,Organizational Objectives,Principals,Best Practices,Barriers,Faculty Development,Questionnaires,Administrator Attitudes,Administrator Surveys,Foreign Countries

One of the most important tasks that schools have is the establishment of collaboration between the school and the wider community it belongs to. We have conducted an empirical study on the collaboration of Slovenian elementary schools with different partners. We were interested in, among other things, what are the objectives set by schools in the field of collaboration with the community, and what the schools point out as examples of good collaboration. Descriptions of good collaboration that the principals presented have been analyzed from the perspective of basic characteristics of the collaboration between partners. The questions about the conditions of the partnerships and new challenges that everyone involved have to face naturally also arise. [For the complete Volume 14, Number 1 proceedings, see ED568088.]
Examination of the Social Behavior of 4 Age Old Preschool Children According to Teacher Views
Author: Amca, Dervise
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preschool Children,Social Behavior,Comparative Analysis,Preschool Teachers,Interviews,Student Behavior,Aggression,Bullying,Depression (Psychology),Divorce,Marriage,Prosocial Behavior,Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Statistical Analysis,Nonparametric Statistics,Gender Differences,Educational Attainment,Parent Background,Siblings

The main aim of this research is to compare the social behavior of children according to the teacher interviews. Screening model method has been used at this research which is one of the descriptive research methods. The study group of this research was created totally 691 children, from the age group of 4, which were observed at least 8 weeks objectively by 52 school teachers at 42 preschools in Nicosia, Kyrenia, Guzelyurt, Famagusta and Iskele which are under the Ministry of National Education of TRNC in the academic year of 2014-2015. In order to reach the demographics of the children of the study group: &quot;Preschool Social Behaviour Questionnaire Form For Teachers&quot; has been used to measures the children, school and family information form, relational aggression, physical aggression, prosocial behaviour and depressive feelings of age 4 group of preschool children. The data obtained through the surveys have been transmitted to the computer environment and in order to analyze the data, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 20.0 for Windows Evolution version has been used. Frequency tables were used to tell the demographic characteristics on children of the research and the social behavior in preschool scale and to realize the cyclic of their behaviour. The static identifier has been given on preschool children's social behavior scale general and their scores than the average size of the subscale, standard deviation, minimum and maximum statics as identifier. According to the research findings: children with divorced parents compared to children with married parents have higher behavior of physical aggression, behavior of relational aggression and the show of depressive feelings besides lower levels of positive social behaviors.