ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Cooperating Teacher as Model and Coach: What Leads to Student Teachers&apos; Perceptions of Preparedness?
Author: Matsko, Kavita Kapadia
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperating Teachers,Mentors,Student Teachers,Student Teacher Attitudes,Student Teaching,Teacher Influence,Modeling (Psychology),Coaching (Performance),Feedback (Response),Instructional Effectiveness,Readiness

Drawing on survey and administrative data on cooperating teachers (CTs) and their preservice student teachers (PSTs) in Chicago Public Schools during 2014-2015, this study offers an in-depth look at reports of how CTs engage in their mentoring roles during student teaching, and their influence on PSTs. Our sample includes CTs working with PSTs from across 44 teacher preparation institutions. Central to our analysis is an exploration of CTs as both models of effective instruction and as facilitative coaches on PST development. We find that both CT roles matter--PSTs feel better prepared to teach when their CTs model effective instruction and coach by providing more instructional support, frequent and adequate feedback, collaborative activity, job-search support, and a balance of autonomy and encouragement.
Characteristics of Favourable Enviroment for Development of Creative Thougt at Lithunia&apos;s Comprehensive School
Author: Girdzijauskiene, Ruta
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Environment,Creative Thinking,Teaching Methods,Elementary Secondary Education,Teacher Attitudes,Barriers,Thinking Skills,Interpersonal Communication,Cooperation,Student Motivation,Faculty Workload,Administrator Role,Teacher Role,Student Role

The article reveals main characteristics of favourable enviroment for development of creative thought in Lithuanias comprehensive school. The findings are based on the empiric reaserch data, carried out in 2011. 101 educators participated in this reaserch. Positive psychological climate and freedom of action at school have been concidered as the most important factors for the favourable enviroment to develop critical thinking of pupils. Overcrowded curriculum, low learning motivation of pupils have been pointed out as the most negative factors, that influence climate at school.
Compatibility of Teaching Styles with Learning Styles: A Case Study
Author: Aldajah, Saud
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Styles,Cognitive Style,Engineering Education,College Students,College Faculty,Foreign Countries,Reflection,Active Learning,Teaching Methods,Intuition,Global Approach,Verbal Communication,Visual Learning

In order to enhance teaching quality and improve its effectiveness, attention must be paid to the compatibility of the instructors' teaching styles versus the students' learning styles, which play a vital role in how much knowledge the students can gain from the material presented in class. This paper presents the results of a study carried out on the mechanical engineering students and their instructors at the United Arab Emirates University. Results showed that the students learning styles are balanced: active-reflective, intuitive-sensor, visual-verbal and they prefer global over the sequential learning style. Moreover, the instructor's teaching styles were a mix of expert, formal-authority, personal-model and delegator. This spectrum of teaching addresses most of the students learning methods, which reflects positively on the learning process. This paper provides recommendations that instructors can implement in order to furthermore enhance the teaching process.
Development of Therapeutic Attitudes: Attitudes of Trainees in Training
Author: Pastner, Barbara
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychotherapy,Counselor Training,Student Attitudes,Interpersonal Relationship,Emotional Response,Patients,Self Concept,Clinical Experience,Foreign Countries,Affective Behavior,Medical Schools

Objectives: Therapeutic attitudes of trainees were identified and a possible relation between the therapeutic attitudes and the interpersonal problems of the trainees were examined. Therapeutic attitudes and the emotional reaction (counter-transference) of the trainees to a standardized patient and the trainees' ratings of the therapeutic relationship and the trainees rating of affect experience and affect regulation of the standardized patient were also related to each other. Methods: A random group of trainees of the psychotherapeutic propaedeutic (n = 59) was investigated. In the course of this training standardized patients had to be explored. The measurements used are the questionnaire for therapeutic attitudes (TASC 2), the questionnaire for interpersonal problems (IIP), the emotional response questionnaire (CTQ), the questionnaire for psychotherapeutic relationship (PRQ), and the questionnaire for affect perception and affect regulation (AREQ-K). To assess the relation between therapeutic attitudes and the reaction of the therapist to the standardized patient, the TASC 2 scores were analyzed in relation to the ratings in all the other questionnaires using Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: Therapeutic attitudes of the (future) therapist and his or her emotional response towards the patient were interrelated. The trainees´ evaluation of the emotional response is associated with his or her therapeutic attitudes and reflects patient-induced counter-transference reactions. Conclusion: The results indicate that trainees' self-perceptions are related to patient-perceptions. This leads to the conclusion that (future) therapist´s self-reported attitudes are of considerable value in understanding how individual therapists contribute to the therapeutic process.
Natural Disaster
Author: McIntosh, Tiara
Date: 2019-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Natural Disasters,Intervention,Trauma,Children,Early Adolescents,Group Counseling,Problem Solving,Experiential Learning,Reflection,Coping,Cooperation

This article presents the natural disaster and how it affects children over the world. When there is a natural disaster occurring such as hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, it can affect not only the family but the children as well. The children are often left to relocate, live with other family members, or separated from their parents. Natural disasters can lead to externalize behaviors with kids. The Journey of Hope, a school-based group work intervention for children and early adolescents who have experienced a collective trauma such as a natural disaster can assist kids with externalizing behaviors. Through the use of group work interventions such as group problem solving and experiential and reflective learning, children and early adolescent work toward improving protective factors to assist them in their recovery.
Entering and Staying in the School of Humanities of the University of Mar del Plata. Academic Homogenization or Hidden Exclusion?
Author: Blanc, María Inés
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humanities,College Freshmen,School Holding Power,Academic Persistence,College Preparation,Student Adjustment,Disadvantaged,Coping,Young Adults,Foreign Countries,Student Characteristics,Student Problems,Study Skills,Inclusion,Dropout Rate

This work forms part of a larger project that proposes the reformulation of content structures and pedagogic practices at the School of Humanities of the University of Mar del Plata. The project has a twofold objective: To improve the retention rate of 1st year students by implementing actions related to the disciplinary and institutional areas and by developing mechanisms that would help the undergraduates in the process of &quot;becoming college students&quot;; and to strengthen the links between secondary and higher education in order to improve the students' possibilities of accessing and remaining in university. This presentation reports the work done so far in relation to the first objective. The different courses of studies offered by the School of Humanities show a high rate of dropouts among 1st year students. In a survey carried out among students and teachers the main reason for these dropouts was reported to be the lack of academic training with which students enter university. This paper will address the reasons that generate a kind of silent violence that is manifested in the difficulties students have in getting adapted to the university context, both socially and academically, and which derives in exclusion and self-exclusion when the students find too many obstacles to pursue their studies and, therefore, drop out. From a social perspective, these students belong to low-income groups; they come from marginal secondary schools and have parents who lack a university education. Our aim is to exchange viewpoints and experiences with colleagues from different universities on the different issues that relate to this sort of hidden exclusion.
The University on Line
Author: Capogna, Stefania
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Distance Education,Electronic Learning,Universities,Educational Sociology,Information Technology,Open Source Technology,Online Courses,Blended Learning,Educational Change,Influence of Technology

The essay presents the incorporation process in the reconstruction of distance education in Italy. The paper tries to highlight the transition from modern to postmodern society, focusing both on this extraordinary change in the landscape of cultural and communication processes, and outcomes for the education system and educational and pedagogical models that govern this relationship. The research aims to understand, on the one hand, the potential of these techno-social environments for educational systems, and on the other, raises new questions for a sociological reflection more attentive to new social dynamics produced by these technologies. We seek to trace the effects triggered by the advent of ICT on persons and learning systems. We starts from the idea that, despite widespread criticism, immobility of education system and the absence of an overview about the use of these new devices in teaching practices, we register a significant tendency towards change. On the basis of these considerations, the research attempts to: (1) highlight any differences in perspectives/models in use among the e-learning systems and teaching practices; and (2) draw a reflection of risks/opportunities, strengths and weaknesses associated with the use of such instruments/techno-social environment in educational processes.
Fractal Variations of Research and Teaching in Top Ranking Universities in Asia and the World
Author: Boholano, Helen B.
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reputation,Universities,Correlation,Institutional Evaluation,Educational Quality,Research,College Faculty,Faculty Workload,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods

This paper shows the variations of teaching and research in the performance of the top ranking universities in Asia and the World. The researchers found out that research involves knowledge production and teaching involves knowledge transmission, and that these are discrete activities in the university. Fractal features and analysis were used in this study in additional texture parameters. Observations are seen that in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), a great emphasis is placed upon the conduct of research and thus other areas, including Teaching, may be given a lesser priority. Results revealed that research is highly correlated with teaching. Most of the faculty members focus more on research as one of the criteria in the top ranking universities.
Regional Integration Processes at the High Education System of Kazakhstan
Author: Abdymomynova, Almakul
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,International Education,Educational Change,Economic Factors,Political Influences,Cultural Influences,Teaching Methods

National systems of the higher education are considerably transformed, gain the increasing similarity, but it occurs taking into account specifics of the social device, economy, policy, pedagogical traditions of this or that country. In the organization and the maintenance of the higher education components of supranational universal property arise and develop. As indicators of this process similar changes in structure, the contents and methods of the higher education. Factors and the purposes of internationalization of the higher education can be distributed on four main groups: economic, political, cultural and pedagogical.
The Role of School and the Teacher in Children&apos;s Crisis Intervention in the Czech Republic
Author: Zavora, Jiri
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: School Role,Teacher Role,Crisis Management,Intervention,Children,Foreign Countries,Caring,Teacher Student Relationship,Resilience (Psychology),Educational Strategies,Child Welfare,Child Safety,Teacher Competencies,Mental Health,Elementary School Teachers,At Risk Students,Family Environment

This study interprets hermeneutically the specific position of the teacher in the crisis intervention in the Czech Republic as an independent phenomenon. It pays attention to connections resulting from the manner of providing care and the teacher's own understanding the character of the subject of crisis intervention. On the one side the study arrives at the conclusion that the crisis intervention approaches the solution in an instrumental and pathogenetic manner. On the other hand this care specifically neglects the fundamental issue, i.e. the point of view of the child itself. Should crisis intervention be approached salutogenetically, the teacher and school form a specific place. For the time being this field of the &quot;teacher's treatment of the child&quot; appears to be an overlooked issue in consequences of the hermeneutic explanation of crisis intervention.
Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Teacher Education: A Review of the Effect of PBL on Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Knowledge and Skills
Author: Akl, Adib
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Problem Based Learning,Preservice Teacher Education,Program Effectiveness,Teaching Skills,Skill Development,Preservice Teachers,Program Implementation

As a result of the remarkable speed of the recent technology advancement, major innovations should be proposed for the engineering laboratory contents and delivery methods. Since telecommunications are science centered, it is essential that the telecom engineering laboratory takes as its main goal the development of skills requisite to the execution of experiments and the promotion of an understanding of the relationship between theory and practical. This paper will explore the importance of fusing theory and practical in a curriculum for telecom engineering students by highlighting the contents and method of delivery of the Advanced Transmission Systems laboratory given for telecommunication engineering students at the Holy-Spirit University of Kaslik. This laboratory combines antennas design, telephony and optical communications. Although early indications of students response have stimulated great eagerness among the teaching staff, the evaluation of the combination of three communication subjects in a single laboratory, the sessions contents and the delivery method is a continuous process.
Theory and Practical Fusion in Engineering Education
Author: Akl, Adib
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Theory Practice Relationship,Engineering Education,Telecommunications,Laboratory Experiments,Foreign Countries,College Students,Computer Simulation,Laboratory Equipment,Course Objectives

As a result of the remarkable speed of the recent technology advancement, major innovations should be proposed for the engineering laboratory contents and delivery methods. Since telecommunications are science centered, it is essential that the telecom engineering laboratory takes as its main goal the development of skills requisite to the execution of experiments and the promotion of an understanding of the relationship between theory and practical. This paper will explore the importance of fusing theory and practical in a curriculum for telecom engineering students by highlighting the contents and method of delivery of the Advanced Transmission Systems laboratory given for telecommunication engineering students at the Holy-Spirit University of Kaslik. This laboratory combines antennas design, telephony and optical communications. Although early indications of students response have stimulated great eagerness among the teaching staff, the evaluation of the combination of three communication subjects in a single laboratory, the sessions contents and the delivery method is a continuous process.
Comparative Study of Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning Strategy and Traditional Instructional Method in the Physics Classroom: A Case of Chibote Girls Secondary School, Kitwe District, Zambia
Author: Adebayo, Awoniyi Samuel
Date: 2014-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperative Learning,Instructional Effectiveness,Conventional Instruction,Physics,Science Education,Single Sex Schools,Females,Secondary School Students,Foreign Countries,Academic Achievement,Learning Motivation,Adolescents,Science Teachers

The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of cooperative learning strategy and Traditional instructional method on pupils' academic achievement and their motivation to learn in the physics classroom at Chibote Girls Secondary School in Kitwe District of Zambia. The research was a Pre-test- post-test control group design. The population of the study consisted of 625 Grade Eleven pupils studying at Chibote Girls Secondary School in Kitwe District and the Five (5) teachers teaching physics subject at the school. A sample 60 pupils and two (2) teachers were used for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select the teacher to teach the Traditional instructional method (control) class and convenience sampling was used to select the teacher to teach the cooperative learning (experimental) class. Pre- and post- motivation survey questionnaire of the five point Likert scale of strongly agree to strongly disagree and pre- and post- tests were used for data collection. The motivational survey questionnaire was face and content validated while the tests were drawn from standardized past physics examination questions of the Examination Council of Zambia. The reliability for the pre- and post-motivational questionnaire survey was determined using the Cronbach's Alpha reliability method. The reliability coefficient of 0.334 and 0.901 was obtained for premotivational survey and post-motivational survey respectively. Factor analysis was carried out on the pre- motivational questionnaire survey and the communalities of the items on the pre- motivational survey ranged from 0.438 to 0.854 an indication that all the items on it were reliable. The two motivational questionnaires were therefore, used for the research. The data collected were coded and analysed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). The one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Univariate Analysis of Variance and ANCOVA were employed. The study revealed that the use of Cooperative learning strategy do improve pupils' academic achievement as well as pupils' motivation to learn than the Traditional instructional method. Therefore, it is evident that Cooperative learning strategy is more effective in the teaching and learning of physics than Traditional instructional method.
Mediating the Effect of Cognitive Flexibility in the Relationship between Psychological Well-Being and Self-Confidence: A Study on Turkish University Students
Author: Malkoc, Asude
Date: 2019-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Cognitive Processes,Well Being,Young Adults,Private Colleges,Correlation,Self Esteem,College Students,Mental Health

This study examined the role of self-confidence and cognitive flexibility in psychological well-being. The study looked into whether cognitive flexibility mediates the relationship between self-confidence and psychological well-being. The study involved the participation of 284 university students (192 female and 92 male) enrolled in the Faculty of Education at a private university in Istanbul, Turkey. Data was collected via the Self-Confidence Scale, Flourishing Scale and Cognitive Flexibility Scale. The results of our multiple regression analysis revealed that self-confidence and cognitive flexibility statistically predict psychological well-being. Self-confidence and cognitive flexibility were found to explain 38% of the variance in psychological well-being. Furthermore, cognitive flexibility served as a mediator in the relationship between self-confidence and psychological well-being.
A Case Study of Higher Education in Mongolia: Institutional Isomorphism
Author: Zoljargal, Dembereldorj
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Organizational Change,Social Systems,Democracy,Educational History,Reputation,Universities,Politics of Education,College Faculty,Teacher Role,Models,College Environment,Professionalism

Universities elsewhere have been changing its purposes, functions, roles, and pursuits in society. This study is a case study of Mongolian higher education in which institutional changes are taking place incrementally. The purpose of this study is to explore institutional isomorphism or homogenization of a case university in Mongolia in two different periods of which one is a university under the Soviet regime in the past, and the other is under the democracy in present. The research question was how a university in Mongolia has been changing isomorphically under the different environmental pressures. The study applied a single case study proposed by Yin (2003; 2009) to explore homogenization or isomorphic changes at one prestigious higher education institution in Mongolia. Interviews, reports, and other related documents were used for the analysis. The analytical procedure applied main elements of qualitative research methods. The findings are discussed in three major themes: coercive isomorphism of a university, isomorphic changes triggered by the faculty members: bottom-up process, and mimetic isomorphism modeling after American higher education. It is concluded that the institutional changes taken place in the university was first pressured by the coercion dictated by the political social circumstances, that is, Soviet regime; second, by the faculty members triggered by the professionalization; and third, by the mimicry modeling after successful higher education institution, an American higher education system.
A Remedial English Course from the Freshmen EFL Learners&apos; Viewpoints and Expectations at the Hashemite University in Jordan
Author: Obeidat, Mohammed M.
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Remedial Instruction,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,College Freshmen,Expectation,Student Attitudes,Communication Skills,Grammar,Student Needs,Prerequisites,Language Tests

The higher education system in Jordan requires freshmen students in each university to set for an English aptitude exam. If the student fails in this exam, s/he should register in the remedial English 99 course which is regarded as a prerequisite for English 101. The purpose of this study is to explore students' expectations of this course and whether these expectations are met. The study adopts a qualitative design. Data was collected through a questionnaire interview from 97 students registered in two sections in the Language Center at the university. The findings of the study revealed that students expected the course would improve their communication skills. Later, they discovered that this course benefited them more from the grammatical and structural aspects of language. The findings can be valuable for EFL curriculum developers, syllabus designers and administrators to understand students' needs better and to take their viewpoints into account.