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A Critical Review of Qualitative Research Methods in Evaluating Nursing Curriculum Models: Implication for Nursing Education in the Arab World
Author: Devadas, Briliya
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Qualitative Research,Research Methodology,Nursing Education,Curriculum Design,Models,Literature Reviews,Research Design,Curriculum Evaluation,Educational Practices,Science Curriculum,Foreign Countries

Aim: The purpose of this critical literature review was to examine qualitative studies done on innovative nursing curriculums in order to determine which qualitative methods have been most effective in investigating the effectiveness of the curriculum and which would be most appropriate in an Arab Islamic country. Data Sources: At least 25 studies from major countries in the world were evaluated. To select the required studies, an exhaustive search was conducted in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Academic Search Premier, ERIC, ProQuest, Education Research Complete and Professional Development Collection. Review Methods: The articles were critically reviewed based on the research methodology selected, the theoretical frameworks that support the methodology and the data collection methods used to collect data. Discussions: Among the research methodologies examined, phenomenology in its descriptive form has been extensively used. The second most common design seen was grounded theory and this was appropriate as the phenomenon of innovative nursing curriculum in the Arab region being in its infancy, nurse researchers were interested in generating theory related to the phenomenon of interest. Of the research methodologies scrutinized, semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews, emerged as the most commonly used data collection tool. Conclusion: Qualitative research studies have contributed to a great extend to our understanding of innovative nursing curriculum designs. However there is an acute paucity of nursing education and nursing curriculum studies from the Arab world which need to be addressed soon.
Effectiveness of a Solution-Based Counseling on Students' Self-Perception
Author: Joker, Habib
Date: 2015-08-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Counseling Techniques,Counseling Effectiveness,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Questionnaires,Self Esteem,Group Counseling,High School Students,Self Concept,Pretests Posttests,Student Attitudes,Statistical Analysis,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of solution-based counseling to increase students' self-conception. Method of research was semi-experimental with pretest and posttest design with a control group. The study sample consisted of all high school students in Dashtestan city, Bushkan district for which 30 subjects were randomly selected and were replaced in the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 30 sessions of solution-based group counseling. To collect data, the questionnaire of self-perception was used. Data were analyzed by covariance test. The results showed that solution-based group counseling increased students' self-perception and its components such as self-esteem and self-admission.
A Comparative Analysis of Social Media Usage and Academic Performance in Public and Private Senior High Schools
Author: Mingle, Jeffrey
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Social Media,Academic Achievement,Public Schools,Private Schools,High Schools,High School Students,Spelling,Student Surveys,Use Studies,Time on Task,Addictive Behavior,Counseling,Student Participation,Grades (Scholastic),Reading Skills

The study comparatively analyzed social media usage and academic performance in public and private senior high schools. The issue of social media and academic performance has been a very debatable topic with regard to its effect. This study further explores the relation between private and public schools in relation to social media use and academic performance. The objectives of the study was to find out activities performed by students on social media, its effect on spelling during examination, and to find out if participation affected students grades before and after using social media. The study used the survey method to solicit responses from two public senior schools and two private senior high schools. The study revealed that majority of respondents from the private schools used Whatsapp and Facebook more often. Also, respondents from the private schools spent more hours online as compared to counterparts in the public schools. In addition, a higher proportion of respondents from the private schools experienced drop in grades as compared to their counterparts in the public schools. The study therefore recommends a strict enforcement of rules in private schools, counselling for addicted students etc.
Relationships between Psychological Well-Being, Happiness, and Educational Satisfaction in a Group of University Music Students
Author: Demirbatir, Rasim Erol
Date: 2015-08-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Music Education,Well Being,Satisfaction,Psychological Patterns,Questionnaires,Depression (Psychology),Anxiety,Stress Variables,Academic Achievement,Gender Differences,Correlation,Health Promotion,Rating Scales,Educational Attitudes,Predictor Variables,Scores,Grade Point Average,Statistical Analysis,Regression (Statistics)

Few studies have been conducted on music students' psychological well-being and happiness. The purpose was to assess the psychological well-being, happiness and educational satisfaction among a group of university music students. Students participated voluntarily and filled out a sociodemographic questionnaire, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ) and a questionnaire for educational satisfaction. Participation rate was 92.0%. Participants had mild depression, moderate anxiety and mild stress. Educational satisfaction was not related to students' academic achievement. First and second year students and female participants were more satisfied with their education. Significant relationships were found between psychological well-being, happiness and educational satisfaction. Depression, stress and anxiety had a negative impact on happiness. Putting curricula of health promotion and prevention into practice at music departments could be a good starting point to diminish both physical and psychological injuries among students and artists.
Tunali Hilmi Bey's Views on Education
Author: Kamer, Selman Tunay
Date: 2015-08-10
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Attitudes,Educational Philosophy,Turkish,Standards,Activism,Public Officials,Civil Rights,Language Usage,Linguistic Borrowing,Public Education,Evening Programs,Educational Theories,Early Childhood Education,Compulsory Education,Music Education,Athletics,Foreign Countries,Educational History,Females,Biographies

At the beginning of the 20th century, Tunali Hilmi Bey, who was not an educator, played an important part among the harsh debates on education surrounding Turkey. The current study analyzes Tunali Hilmi Bey's views on education that is a central point in his life and his sophisticated thoughts. Tunali Hilmi Bey launched a big effort to have social and political reforms, which are crucial to sustain country's development, not to be remained only in thoughts. He brought forward his views regarding the need for simplification of Turkish language and implementing contemporary reforms in education system during the Young Turks movement period, and he continued these activities during his congressman role in Republican period. Tunali Hilmi Bey emphasized the importance of girls' education and considered it as a civic right. Moreover, he provided sensitivity on Turkish language use and urge for not using foreign words in education and in government institutions at the cost of penalties. He suggested services for public education such as &quot;evening schools,&quot; &quot;army of teachers&quot; and &quot;mobile training&quot;. In addition, he also emphasized individual enterprise for schooling besides government investments. He stated that theory in education should be followed by application to support permanency. He emphasized early childhood education and asked for compulsory elementary education for all citizens until the age of 13. Tunali Hilmi Bey was stubborn to include music and sport lessons in the curriculum and proposed sending students to the West in order to equip them with pedagogical knowledge and to investigate elementary schools.
Classroom Connectivity and Algebra 1 Achievement: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study
Author: Irving, Karen E.
Date: 2016-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Algebra,Mathematics Achievement,Longitudinal Studies,Randomized Controlled Trials,Intervention,Educational Technology,Classroom Techniques,Faculty Development,Technology Uses in Education,Effect Size,Formative Evaluation,Audience Response Systems,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Pretests Posttests,Teacher Surveys,Comparative Analysis,Cohort Analysis,Graphing Calculators,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis,Hierarchical Linear Modeling,Secondary School Students

Findings from three years of a longitudinal randomized control trial involving a national U.S. sample of Algebra 1 teachers and students are reported. The study examines the effects of a connected classroom technology (CCT) professional development and classroom intervention on student achievement when compared to classroom instruction with graphing calculators only. The theoretical framework suggests that active learning environments facilitated by CCT are likely to broaden the representational infrastructure of the classroom and to provide timely, targeted, and accurate feedback loops to improve formative assessment opportunities and thus student achievement in Algebra 1. In the first three years of this study, significant effect sizes on student achievement ranged from 0.19 to 0.37. These medium-sized effects are relatively rare for large-scale randomized experiments in education.
Actualizing the Goals of Environmental Education in Nigeria
Author: Norris, Erhabor Igbinosa
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Environmental Education,Foreign Countries,Objectives,Quality of Life,Higher Education,Conservation (Environment),Environment,Ecology

With the ultimate aim of aiding citizens of Nigeria in becoming environmentally knowledgeable and above all skilled and dedicated citizens who are willing to work individually and collectively towards achieving or maintaining a dynamic equilibrium between quality of life and that of the environment, this raises the pertinent role of environmental education (EE) in actualizing such goal. Thus this article revealed the evolution of EE in Nigeria starting from the British colonial era; described the place of EE in the Nigeria curriculum; the infusion strategy in blending environmental education into the curriculum and the pathway in achieving the goals of EE in the country. Therefore, the researcher reiterated and reignited the focus of EE in the country among the key stakeholders in order to ensure the goals and objectives of EE are effectively achieved.
Spatial Language Learning
Author: Fu, Zhengling
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Spatial Ability,Second Language Learning,Semantics,Form Classes (Languages),Guidelines,Computational Linguistics,Language Acquisition,Geometric Concepts,Diachronic Linguistics,English (Second Language),Contrastive Linguistics

Spatial language constitutes part of the basic fabric of language. Although languages may have the same number of terms to cover a set of spatial relations, they do not always do so in the same way. Spatial languages differ across languages quite radically, thus providing a real semantic challenge for second language learners. The essay first examines the variables that underpin the comprehension and production of spatial prepositions in English. Then the essay reviews the functional geometric framework for spatial language and a computational model of the framework that grounds spatial language directly in visual routines. Finally, the essay considers the implications of the model for both first and second language acquisition.
Effects of Exercise Intervention on Pain, Shoulder Movement, and Functional Status in Women after Breast Cancer Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author: Mohammed, Salwa A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Exercise,Intervention,Pain,Human Body,Females,Cancer,Surgery,Randomized Controlled Trials,Health Promotion,Quality of Life,Quasiexperimental Design,Patients,Hospitals,Oncology,Adults,Statistical Analysis,Control Groups,Comparative Analysis,Motion,Pilot Projects,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most important types of cancer among women worldwide and is a significant stressor in women's life that may affect functional health status. The present study was aimed to determine the effect of selected exercises program on pain, shoulder disability, and functional outcomes in women after breast cancer surgery. Methods: Quasi-experimental research design was conducted in the Oncology Department and Oncology Center at Mansoura University Hospital. The data were collected from 60 adult patients with breast cancer surgery. Data were collected utilizing the following tools: 1) Inventory Functional Status-Cancer (IFS-CA) to measured Functional Status of breast cancer women; 2) Numerical rating scale: to measure pain intensity; 3) Universal goniometer: to measure shoulder ROM; and 4) A structured questionnaire to collect data related to socio-demographic data. Findings: The mean age of the studied women 43.10 and 45.06. The majority of the women in both groups were married and housewives. There was a highly significant difference in patients' level of pain intensity, shoulder movement and functional status of the study group as compared to the control group (p &lt; 0.05). This means that the educational program had positive effect in reducing patients' pain, improving shoulder movement, post program and after three month of implementation of the exercise program. Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that there are improvements in shoulder movement and decreased pain level as well as improved functional status and overall quality of life.
The Enhancement of Mathematical Critical Thinking Ability of Aliyah Madrasas Student Model Using Gorontalo by Interactive Learning Setting Cooperative Model
Author: Husnaeni
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Critical Thinking,Cooperative Learning,Mathematics Skills,Problem Solving,Models,Mathematics Instruction,Teaching Methods,Middle School Students,Mathematics Achievement,Islam,Religious Education,Foreign Countries,Quasiexperimental Design,Pretests Posttests

Critical thinking ability of students' mathematical is a component that must be mastered by the student. Learn to think critically means using mental processes, such as attention, categorize, selection, and rate/decide. Critical thinking ability in giving proper guidance in thinking and working, and assist in determining the relationship between the material with more material. Critical thinking skills very needed in solving the problem/solution search, and task completion. But the fact is this ability have not developed well, even at the middle school students. Therefore, should the effort to implement an instructional model that is expected to help improve KBKM students in mathematics. This research applies the Interactive Learning Setting Cooperative Model (ILSC) as an alternative to learning that is expected to enhance these capabilities. The sample in this research is 68 students of class X MAN Model Gorontalo in Gorontalo. The hypothesis was tested at 5% significance level. The data were analysed by applying the mean, standard deviation, and n-Gain. The result shows that: (1) there is a difference achievement, the enhancement of KBKM, in experiment class and control class; (2) Learning with ILSC models better than Conventional method.
Business Education Students' Evaluation of the Benefits and Challenges Confronting Student Industrial Works Experience Scheme in Edo and Delta States
Author: Olumese, H. A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Business Administration Education,Schools of Education,Questionnaires,Pretests Posttests,Work Experience Programs,College Students,Skill Development,Outcomes of Education,Educational Finance,Federal Aid,Program Evaluation,Educational Benefits,Student Attitudes,Competence

This research paper specifically investigated Business Education students' evaluation of the benefits and challenges confronting Student Industrial Works Experience Scheme (SIWES) in Edo and Delta States. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and were answered descriptively. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The population of the study comprised 941 Business Education students and the proportionate stratified random sampling technique was adopted in selecting a sample size of 188 Business Education students for the study. The instrument used was the structured questionnaire and it was validated by experts in the field. The test re-test method of reliability was used in ascertaining the reliability of the instrument and it yielded a co-efficient of 0.87. The mean and standard deviation were used in analyzing the data collated and some of the findings include: SIWES has great benefit especially in equipping Business education students with skills and that funding is a major challenge confronting SIWES. One of the major recommendations advanced in this paper was that there should be more funding of the scheme by the government in order for it to be more effective.
Analysis of Management Practices in Lagos State Tertiary Institutions through Total Quality Management Structural Framework
Author: AbdulAzeez, Abbas Tunde
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Total Quality Management,College Administration,Public Colleges,Teacher Education,Educational Quality,Universities,Schools of Education,Questionnaires,College Faculty,School Personnel,College Seniors,Content Validity,Reliability,Correlation

This research investigated total quality management practices and quality teacher education in public tertiary institutions in Lagos State. The study was therefore designed to analyse management practices in Lagos state tertiary institutions through total quality management structural framework. The selected public tertiary institutions in Lagos State were Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo, University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, Michael Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCOPED) Inaforija, Epe, Federal College of Education Technical (FCET) Akoka, and Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto-Ijanikin. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. A Total Quality Management practices and Quality Teacher Education Questionnaire (TQMP-QTEQ) was used to obtain data for the study. The structured questionnaire was administered on 905 academic and non-academic staff members and final year students of sampled institutions using purposive sampling technique. The questionnaire was content-validated using expert opinion method and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistics of sampling adequacy. In terms of the measure of reliability, the Cronbach's Alpha values for the two major constructs of the study are satisfactory--quality teacher education (0.838) and TQM (0.879). Their Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) statistics of sampling adequacy were equally above the acceptable standard of 0.7. The hypotheses were tested at the 5 percent level of significance. Among the findings is that there is a substantial, significant, and positive relationship between Total Quality Management practices and quality teacher education in public tertiary institutions in Lagos State (r = 0.695; p&lt;0.05). The study also found that there is a significant positive relationship between Total Quality Management practices and quality teacher education in public colleges of education in Lagos State (r = 0.315; p&lt;0.05), and in public universities too (r = 0.245; p&lt;0.05). One of the recommendations of the study is that an effective quality management is required to be put in place in all the public tertiary institutions in Lagos state.
Organizational Cynicism and Its Consequences on Nurses and Quality of Care in Critical Care and Toxicology Units
Author: Aly, Nagah Abd El-Fattah Mohamed
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Toxicology,Nurses,Employee Attitudes,Negative Attitudes,Trust (Psychology),Correlation,Case Studies,Patients,Hospitals,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Test Items,Reliability,Scores,Measurement,Employees,Statistical Analysis,Burnout,Job Satisfaction,Likert Scales

For many decades, the attitude of nurses has been an area of interest for researchers. The major reason for this interest is the profound impact of nurse's attitude like organizational cynicism on many organizational outcomes. The present study is aimed to describe organizational cynicism, level of perceived organizational support, and the sequences of organizational cynicism on nurses and quality of care. Correlation descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 368 nurses working in critical care and toxicology units. The independent variable was organizational cynicism, while the dependent variables were nurse work outcomes and quality of care. The study shows high level of organizational cynicism among nurses in critical care units and low level of perceived organizational support. It also shows a negative relation between organizational cynicism and perceived organizational support, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and quality of care. As their cynicism level increased, their perceived level of organizational support, nurses' commitment, job satisfaction, and quality of care decreased. In addition, it was obvious that nurses' perception for organizational cynicism has a positive and significant effect on deviant workplace behavior, and their leaving of employing organization and burnout.
Design of a Model of Forearm Bone Fractures for Educational Purposes
Author: Jastaniah, Saddig
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Models,Human Body,Teaching Methods,Radiology,Anatomy,Medical Education,Injuries,Paraprofessional Personnel,Allied Health Personnel

This work explores a new approach to demonstrate possible forearm fractures in humans as an educating means for student radiographers. The Design of abnormal bones are not normally available as phantoms; the manufacturer usually produces normal human musculoskeletal models for educational purposes. Hence fractures and abnormalities are usually first time observed by the students in clinical practice at the hospital; the author believes that this work can positively improve the clinical skill laboratories sessions at an earlier stage prior to the hospital training. With the help of such phantom, it can be considered as foundation practical sessions added to radiographic techniques, clinical practice and pathology courses to students, radiographers, and technologists. Moreover, a model was developed with high quality and low cost produced by local materials for medical education purposes. The present result indicated that the use of models for education and training purposes where interactive training tools will improve the learning experience, and reduces the time on task for students and the material costs as well.