ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Health Education for High School Students in Spain
Author: Pérez-Jorge, David
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Health Education,High School Students,Questionnaires,Interviews,Gender Differences,Health Behavior,Age Differences,Parent Influence,Knowledge Level,Student Attitudes,Emergency Programs,Likert Scales,Accidents,Obesity,Addictive Behavior,Life Style

Education and training in schools are essential elements in the development and socialization process of children from early childhood. The fact of considering health as a complete physical, mental and social wellbeing (World Health Organization (1848), WHO), and not only as the absence of illness, is closely related to the achievement of optimal levels of promotion and improvement in the quality of life and school performance in children. This research, carried out during the 2014-2015 academic year, attempts to analyze the ideas and attitudes of Compulsory Secondary Education (12 to 16 years old; compulsory) and High School (16 to 18 years; non-compulsory) students as regards health promotion in the school context. In order to perform this analysis, an ad hoc questionnaire was developed for 2337 students from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain) and 15 follow-up interviews about the students' answers to emergency situations in the school context were also carried out. Both questionnaire and interviews revealed the existence of unhealthy habits related to the level of education, gender and health training of the students' parents. The results show that the &quot;Questionnaire about attitudes and knowledge as regards health in the school context&quot; (CACOSA) has been an adequate instrument to detect both important training needs and a lack of responsiveness to emergencies in secondary education schools as regards health education.
Perceptions of an Anticipated Bilingual Education Program in Turkey
Author: Ozfidan, Burhan
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Bilingual Education Programs,Bilingualism,Conflict,Intergroup Relations,Graduate Students,Mixed Methods Research,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,College Faculty,Elementary School Students,Semi Structured Interviews,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Turkish,Administrator Attitudes,Language Minorities,Educational Attitudes,Undergraduate Students,Statistical Analysis,Student Surveys,Qualitative Research

Bilingual education is globally an important aspect within the educational community in recent years. The purpose of the study is to explore perceptions towards a bilingual education program and investigate factors that may affect the development of a bilingual education program in Turkey. This study also identifies the benefits of bilingualism in Turkey. The study employed an explanatory sequential mixed method design, which consisted of a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative phase. Data were collected from 40 participants who were graduate students, faculty members, and K-12 teachers. Descriptive analysis was used in the first phase of data analysis; thematic analysis was used in the second phase. A bilingual education program in Turkey might solve the conflict between different ethnic groups. Findings from both phases of data analysis indicated that people in the research group have affirmative perspectives towards a bilingual education program in Turkey.
Drama-Based Science Teaching and Its Effect on Students' Understanding of Scientific Concepts and Their Attitudes towards Science Learning
Author: Abed, Osama H.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Drama,Science Instruction,Teaching Methods,Science Achievement,Statistical Analysis,Experimental Groups,Correlation,Grade 7,Males,Control Groups,Student Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Scientific Concepts,Science Tests,Attitude Measures,Pretests Posttests,Instructional Effectiveness

This study investigated the effect of drama-based science teaching on students' understanding of scientific concepts and their attitudes towards science learning. The study also aimed to examine if there is an interaction between students' achievement level in science and drama-based instruction. The sample consisted of (87) of 7th grade students from a public male school in Amman-Jordan; (46) in the experimental group and (41) in the control group. A pre-post Scientific Concepts Test (SCT) and Attitudes towards Science Learning Scale (ATSLS) were administered. The results indicate that there were statistically significant differences between the study groups in favour of students in the experimental group on both study variables, with no interaction between the teaching method and the students' achievement level in science. The study recommends employing drama in teaching science.
System Development of Estimated Figures of Volume Production Plan
Author: Brazhnikov, Maksim A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Systems Development,Productivity,Criteria,Methods,Comparative Analysis,Mathematical Models,Economics,Computation,Efficiency,Planning

The relevance of this problem is primarily determined by a necessity of improving production efficiency in conditions of innovative development of the economy and implementation of Import Substitution Program. The purpose of the article is development of set of criteria and procedures for the comparative assessment of alternative volume production plans and choice of optimum alternative. The leading method of the study of the problem is economic-mathematical modeling, providing the variability of volume plan development on the basis of different factors and variables, which reflect actual operating standards of a particular study subject. The results of the study: In the article, economic-mathematical model for development of aggregate production plan was presented, on the basis of which alternatives was produced, estimated figures, characterizing efficiency of derived alternatives, were justified, the key factors, which determine a specific set of variables and constraints, were considered. The article materials can be useful for experts, which are specialized in planning of production and distribution of the production program in choosing optimum alternative of aggregate production plan.
Innovative Basis of Research of Technologic Features of Some Craftsmanship Traditions of Ganja (On the Sample of Carpets of XIX Century)
Author: Hasanov, Elnur L.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Handicrafts,Structural Elements (Construction),History,Innovation,Ethnography,Folk Culture,Technology

The carpet production in Ganja took one of the leading handicraft activities since ancient times and still impresses with its high skill and the variety of colors, but there have been no widely studied the question of the creation technology of such representatives of cultural heritage. Scientific paper deals with the research of the basic features of some main traditional handicraft kinds of Ganja, among them is making carpets, on the basis of innovative methods and materials. For the investigations were used ethnographic field samples. Based on the research identified the main types of carpet, the technique and the materials, especially dyes. Also for the first time these local craftsmanship patterns have been investigated as an important source in research of historical past and ethnology of Azerbaijan.
Studying Innovation Technologies in Modern Education
Author: Stukalenko, Nina M.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Technological Advancement,Technology Integration,Educational Innovation,Statistical Analysis,Questionnaires,Interviews,Qualitative Research

In modern society, innovation technologies expand to almost every field of human activity, including such wide field as education. Due to integrating innovation technologies into the educational process practice, this phenomenon gained special significance within improvement and modernization of the established educational system. Currently, the problem of active integration and wide application of innovation technologies in education is highly significant. Present study explores innovation technologies of learning in the modern education. [For corrected version of this article from the publisher see EJ1115485.]
The Research of Effectiveness of Ideological Political and Theories Curriculum Teaching (IPTCT) in China: Development and Problems
Author: Wang, Liangliang
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,College Curriculum,Required Courses,Undergraduate Study,Educational Research,Teaching Methods,Learner Engagement,Instructional Innovation,College Instruction,Student Teaching,Ideology,Politics,Theories

Researchers have long been interested in how to improve the effectiveness of IPTCT courses in Chinese educational institutions. This article provides a framework for understanding the research undertaken into the effectiveness of IPTCT in China's higher education system over the past ten years, from 2006 to 2015. It begins with a discussion of the special position held by IPTCT in China and the importance of undertaking effective studies into IPTCT. After reviewing the research on effective teaching theory within IPTCT research, describing the current research development in China, in the next section, the reasons for the use of historical and document methodology used in this paper are also examined. Next, a literature review and analysis of data collected from over a ten-year period publications in this field of study is undertaken. Then, the review highlights the six main areas identified by researchers to determine the effectiveness of IPTCT courses, including concept research; class teaching; teaching method; practice teaching; discipline innovation as well as student engagement. Furthermore, three research problems are examined which highlight the complexity of undertaking research into the effectiveness of IPTCT. The article concludes by exploring implications for future research into the effectiveness and suggestions for IPTCT teachers.
Naming as Instrument of Strengthening of the Dynastic Power in the Early Middle Ages (France, England, Vth-XIth Centuries)
Author: Zheltukhina, Marina R.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Naming,Power Structure,Medieval History,World Views,Semantics,Etymology,Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

The article examines the onomastic aspect of a medieval worldview through the analysis of naming principles for the kings of the Merovingian, the Carolingian and the Wessex dynasties. The etymological, structural and semantic analysis of the first Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings' names and bynames is used. The etymology of the first Frankish and Anglo-Saxon kings' names is given, and the review of their bynames is made. Special emphasis is placed on the idea that the name chosen for the successor was aimed at preserving the dynastic succession and the legitimization of power. In addition, king's personal charisma was strengthened through a proper noun. The ways of analysis are useful for development of contrastive and historical linguistics, theory of linguistics, naming theory.
Pragmatic Failure of Turkish EFL Learners in Request Emails to Their Professors
Author: Burgucu-Tazegül, Assiye
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Pragmatics,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,College Faculty,Computational Linguistics,College Students,Computer Mediated Communication,Universities,Electronic Mail,Teacher Student Relationship,Foreign Countries,Language of Instruction,Textbooks,Scoring Rubrics

In an established convention regarding the e-mail communication setting, the e-mails should be linguistically polite to facilitate interaction by reducing the likelihood of conflicts and preventing pragmatic failure regarding the comprehension of any meaning conveyed by what is stated. These are potential problems for most English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL)/English-as-a-second-language (ESL) learners. Therefore, it is the aim of this study to investigate the issue in Turkish EFL context (i.e. the English request emails of Turkish EFL university students to their non-native professors). Specifically, the extent of directness used and the extent and nature of lexical modification employed by Turkish EFL students to mitigate their requests were examined by using authentic data. The data is a part of natural e-mail corpus of 34 Turkish EFL students' e-mail requests to their two non-native foreign professors over a period of 2 months at English-medium University in Turkey. First, the corpus was coded via coding schemes, (see Appendices A and C) and ranked with a rubric (Appendix B). The results indicated that the Turkish EFL students' e-mails involved a) direct strategies rather than conventional indirect strategies, b) overusing direct questions and &quot;want&quot; statements, c) underused query preparatory questions, d) insufficient mitigation causing directness and impoliteness, and e) inappropriate greetings and closing statements affecting degree of direction. It is implicated that e-mail instruction (to recipient in various degrees) should be included in EFL books and curricula.
Organization of Individual Work of Students under Competence-Oriented Approach to Education in Higher School
Author: Ualiyeva, Nazym T.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Competence,Teaching Methods,Competency Based Education,Student Role,Foreign Countries,College Students,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,Questionnaires

The main objective of this research is to identify the essence, content and specifics of organization of individual work of higher school students under competence-oriented approach. The research methodology is related to the choice of competence-oriented approach to ensure transformation of individual work into individual activity in self-education and development of professional and core competences of future teachers. Upon the research results, the content of individual work of students was re-confirmed in integration of its external (organizational and procedural) and internal (personality-forming) aspects to create the space for personal and professional development of a student. Great effect of self-education and self-development skills formed under individual work organization conditions was identified in connection with formation of value-related sense sphere of a student and establishment of his/her professional competency. Also, personally significant value of individual work was acknowledged acting as an internal regulator of future professional pedagogical activity (a stable motive for future professional activity) and actualizing creative motivation of a student, individualization of the style of academic and research activity, reflexive self-position as a subject of activity, self-governance and other personal qualities of future teachers. The significance of the results obtained is determined by the use of psychological and pedagogical conditions of the organization and respective methodical follow-up to improve individual work of students in the structure of competence-oriented education in a higher school.
Inmates' Adult Education in Greece--A Case Study
Author: Papaioannou, Vasiliki
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Correctional Education,Institutionalized Persons,Adult Education,Case Studies,Dropouts,Student Motivation,Expectation,Adult Students,Content Analysis,Qualitative Research,Semi Structured Interviews

Correctional education in Greece has been implemented since 1980's. Second Chance Schools (SCS) in prisons were established in 2004, aiming at combating social exclusion. This study's aim is to look into the reasons of school dropout and to interpret why inmates take part in the educational program provided by SCS, registering the motives, expectations and barriers. According to the findings, inmates dropped out particularly due to financial problems. They engage in the educational process having strong motives, primarily the beneficial calculation of the days of their sentence as well as it is a way to get out of the pains of imprisonment. Their expectations have to do with education, improvement of their vocational status, personal development and social acceptance. There were no barriers mentioned.
The Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Group Cohesiveness and Workplace Deviance Behavior of Turkish Teachers
Author: Apaydin, Çigdem
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Behavior,Group Unity,Antisocial Behavior,Public School Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Structural Equation Models,Factor Analysis,Correlation

This study aims to develop a structural model for organizational citizenship behavior, group cohesiveness and workplace deviance behavior. The study group consists of 639 Turkish teachers working in primary and secondary public schools. In the study, the &quot;Organizational Citizenship Behavior Scale&quot; and the &quot;Group Cohesiveness Scale&quot; developed by the researchers and the &quot;Workplace Deviance Scale&quot; developed by Bennett and Robinson (2000) were used. The hypotheses proposed were tested with structural equation modeling (SEM). The results of the study show that organizational citizenship behavior reduces workplace deviance, while it increases group cohesiveness. Conversely, workplace deviance increases group cohesiveness. The results of the study could be beneficial to those wishing to understand the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior, group cohesiveness and workplace deviance in educational settings.
Development of Program to Enhance Strategic Leadership of Secondary School Administrators
Author: Chatchawaphun, Pimpisa
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Leadership Training,Efficiency,Secondary Schools,Program Development,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Administrator Characteristics,Foreign Countries,Administrators,Interviews,Adult Education,Program Effectiveness

This research aimed to 1) study principles, attributes and skills needed for secondary school administrators, 2) investigate current situations, desirable conditions and needs for strategic secondary school administrators, 3) develop a strategic secondary school administrator enhancement program, and 4) explore the efficiency level of the strategic secondary school administrator enhancement program by using the developmental research process. Sampling and data collection were as follows: step one, collect data from the relevant literature, publications, online research and academic databases regarding leadership and strategic leadership. Moreover, in-depth interviews were conducted with 7 informants while the elements of strategic leadership were verified by 7 experts. Step 2, 369 directors, deputy directors and heads of the planning programs were consulted for studying current conditions of strategic leadership and needs in development of a strategic secondary school administrator enhancement program. Step 3 required 7 experts to evaluate and comment on the program. Step 4 required a group of 15 directors from 4 schools under the Office of Secondary Schools Services Area Zone 30 for efficiency assessment. Research instruments were an interview form, a questionnaire, and an evaluation form. Statistics used in data analysis and verification were percent, means, standard deviation, Modified Priority Needs Index (PNImodified) and Independent t-test. The research results showed that the strategic leadership for secondary school administrators' enhancement program consisted of 3 modules as module 1 principles of strategic leadership, module 2 strategic leadership attributes and module 3 strategic leadership skills. The application of the program showed that the participants receiving the development for the secondary school administrators' enhancement program had higher strategic leadership after the development than before, and managed the school more efficiently.
Pedagogical Conditions of Multilevel Foreign Languages Teaching in Pedagogical Higher Education
Author: Kadakin, Vasily V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Higher Education,Russian,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Teaching Methods,Educational Quality,Educational Technology,Technology Integration,Faculty Development,Language Teachers,Student Participation,Native Language Instruction,Competition,Cultural Activities,Creative Activities,Foreign Countries

This article is devoted to pedagogical conditions of multilevel foreign languages teaching in pedagogical higher education. The purpose of the study is to form the students' skills in foreign language mastering, to form the ability to operate independently and autonomously in this activity, both in the specific learning situation, and in the context of the further continuous learning of a foreign language. The article presents the results of the study of multilevel foreign language training of students of non-linguistic faculties of a pedagogical institute. It describes the pedagogical conditions aimed at optimizing and improving the quality of education. Some advantages and difficulties associated with the implementation of this technology are considered. It refers to the important problems of further researches in psychology, pedagogics and didactic features of linguistic competence formation. It takes into account the regional component and programs for Russian, native and foreign languages that means purposeful work on the teachers' mutual account of the language knowledge, which gains on language classes. The article states that multilevel training is an indispensable component in the course of the innovative education directed to training of specialists both in the strategic directions, and in a combination of fundamental and innovative training. One of key tasks in realization of professionally oriented language training formation in the innovative model of the professional development is cultural development of the language functional possession that allow to construct various and effective communication process.
Methods of Forming Professional Competence of Students as Future Teachers
Author: Omarov, Yessen B.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Teacher Competencies,Definitions,Program Effectiveness,Readiness,Classification,Experimental Groups,Control Groups

The article presents an analysis of the problem of professional competence; a methodological basis of forming professional competence of college students as future teachers is established. The essence of professional competence is defined. The structure has been experimentally proved and developed; the contents, criteria and levels of professional competence have been defined. The effectiveness of the identified methodological basis of professional training, that provides the forming of professional competence of students. A methodological model of forming of professional competence of college students as future teachers has been theoretically proved, practically developed and experimentally approbated. In the process of the experiment, the pedagogical effectiveness of the developed methodological model of forming professional competence of students in the process of their college professional training has been empirically tested and proved.