ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Analysis of the &quot;Harmony&quot; Education Ideas in Chinese Taijiquan
Author: Yan, Shiliang
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Athletics,Well Being,Physical Education,Physical Activities,Human Body

In this article, many methods such as the literature study are used to analyze the harmony ideas in the sport, the education, and the development of Taijiquan, and the deep meanings contained in these three aspects are expounded in detail, and the conclusion indicates that Taijiquan is very important both for the public body-building and for the harmonious development of the society.
On the Application of Multimedia in Economics Teaching
Author: Ding, Mengchun
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multimedia Instruction,Economics Education,Conventional Instruction,Instructional Improvement,Educational Change,Higher Education,College Instruction,Foreign Countries

Multimedia has become an important teaching technology in higher education inside and outside, with its advantages of super-media, strong expression, and interaction. The application of multimedia teaching connects closely with teaching reform and innovation. In this paper, authors conclude the defects of traditional economics teaching and the advantages of multimedia teaching, and put forward some practical measures for improving economics teaching effects by means of multimedia.
Occupation Structure and Career Choice vs Education Development and Training Level: A Presentation of Theoretical Approaches
Author: Pafili, Efrosini
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Structure,Career Choice,Educational Development,Educational Attainment,Foreign Countries,Family Influence,Power Structure,Labor Market,Access to Education,Higher Education,Training,Social Environment

The employment of individuals, in all societies and all times, was the focal point of social structures. The economic theory provides the ability to understand the economic laws that are running in a society and gives us much knowledge how to significantly alter the economic structure of society or to bring about the desired changes. There is a causal relationship between the variables that play a role in choosing the level of the education and the occupation, such as social environment and structural factors. The people make their educational choices depending on their social integration, whether their expectations for better education and training dominate all the social levels. Overall, the range of choice of profession by women is limited because of the prevailing social attitudes and the employment-related.
Faculty Perception of Stress and Coping Strategies in a Saudi Private University: An Exploratory Study
Author: Iqbal, Adnan
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,Anxiety,Coping,Private Colleges,Foreign Countries

Teaching profession was once viewed as a &quot;low stress occupation&quot; and they have been envied for tenure, light workloads, flexibility and other perks such as foreign trips for study and conference. However, some recent studies suggest that university faculty is among the most stressed occupational group. The present study was conducted to explore the faculty perception towards occupational stress using established questionnaire, data collected from five departments in the private university. Research findings on the coping strategies that faculty used to tackle stress were also reviewed. Through this study, it is suggested that the top management and University Administration should focus their attention on faculty stress, especially on two areas (student Interactions and Professional Identity) to reduce the stress among the faculty members. Care should be taken to make even remote faculty feel a part of the greater whole of this institution thorough regular communication and support.
Finding Balance: A Challenge for Untenured Faculty
Author: O'Connor, Katherine
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Nontenured Faculty,Faculty Workload,College Faculty,Schools of Education,Research Universities,Teacher Researchers,Expectation,Social Support Groups,Mentors,Case Studies,Teacher Surveys,Needs Assessment

This study investigated the impact of work overload on untenured faculty (n = 38) who teach, research, and serve in the colleges of education at two research intensive universities in the United States. Both of these colleges of education are moving toward a research focus. The transition has created an overload situation by establishing high research expectations while continuing to expect a high teaching load. Thus, the researchers investigated the following two guiding questions: (1) When a college establishes a stronger research focus, does it have a negative impact on untenured faculty? and (2) In what ways can a college (or institution) build support strategies for untenured faculty working an overload? The following ways were mentioned in regards to supporting untenured faculty: (a) make supporting untenured faculty members an institutional priority, (b) have a &quot;point person&quot; who would inform untenured faculty members about deadlines, tenure procedures, etc., (c) assign a research, publication, grant and/or tenure mentor, (d) find ways to reduce high teaching loads if there are also high research expectations, and (e) receive constructive feedback about research.
Diagnostics of Pupils' Attitude to Education
Author: Eminli, Tovuz
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Attitude Measures,Foreign Countries,Student Characteristics,Academic Achievement,At Risk Students,Student Evaluation,Evaluation Methods,Academic Ability,Student Needs

The paper is devoted to the investigation of the questions connected with the pedagogical diagnostics, in particular, the diagnostics of pupils' attitude to education. It is considered reasonable to apply the practice of development of an individual pedagogical and psychological map for productive implementation of the pedagogical diagnostics and objective estimation of the results at general educational schools.
Correlate of Resource Utilization and Students' Learning Outcome in Colleges of Education in South West Nigeria
Author: Ibukun, W. O.
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Attitudes,Questionnaires,Correlation,Outcomes of Education,Vocational Education,Technical Education,Multiple Regression Analysis,Sampling,Time Management,Educational Resources,Extracurricular Activities,Schools of Education,Foreign Countries,Colleges

This study investigated resource utilisation in vocational and technical education as a correlate of student learning outcome in selected colleges of education in south west Nigeria. The study examined the relationship between time, space and physical resource utilisation and perceived student learning outcome. The study used the descriptive research design of the survey type. The sample for the study was 687 students. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the sample. Student questionnaire on correlate of resource utilisation and perceive student learning outcome was the instrument used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regressions. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study reveals that most of the physical resources were well utilised. Time for various activities in vocational and technical education were well utilised except in extra curricular activities and students forum. The perceived students learning outcome was high. There was a significant relationship between resource utilisation and perceived students learning outcome. Time, space and physical resource utilisation were significantly related to perceived students learning outcome. Recommendations were made based on the findings.
Development and Construction of the Multimedia Web-Based Courses Based on ASP
Author: Wang, Yu
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multimedia Instruction,Multimedia Materials,Web Based Instruction,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Technology Integration,Computer System Design

With the quick development of internet and computer technology, more and more information acquirers begin to more depend on the network, and for the transmission route of knowledge, the advantageous state of web-based courses becomes more and more obvious. The support of modern education technology for the web-based courses would gradually replace the study and education mode in the traditional education to strengthen teaching interactivity and students' independency. Therefore, to combine the multimedia in the modern education technology with the web-based course would strengthen students' learning independence for the course content, and integrate the &quot;teaching&quot; and the &quot;studying&quot; in the web-based courses.
Bi-Lingual Newspaper as an Expression of a Fake Multicultural Educational Policy in Israel
Author: Baratz, Lea
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Newspapers,Bilingualism,Multicultural Education,Educational Policy,Deception,Immigrants,Content Analysis,Public Policy,Acculturation

The current paper analyzes a unique educational text that may be used to follow the educational policy of the State of Israel towards the community of Jewish immigrants from Ethiopia. The text which was analyzed was a bi-lingual newspaper called &quot;Nugget News&quot; which is published under the sponsorship of the Israeli Ministry of Education, since 1999. The analysis of the articles in the 59 issues of this newspaper was aimed to help us to reveal if there is a beginning of implementation of multicultural educational policy in Israel, or does the journalistic text express an explicit or implicit assimilation policy towards the immigrant community? We discovered that the &quot;Nugget News&quot; newspaper acts according to the ideology of implicit assimilation of Ethiopian immigrant community by the State of Israel. Thus the newspaper is being used as an educational tool for promoting a fake multicultural policy.
Expertise of Early Childhood Educators
Author: Happo, Iiris
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preschool Teachers,Early Childhood Education,Preschool Education,Teacher Competencies,Foreign Countries,Kindergarten,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Cooperation,Interpersonal Communication,Pedagogical Content Knowledge,Collegiality,Questionnaires,Qualitative Research,Expertise,Context Effect

Every preschool age child in Finland has the right to day care and the expertise of educators is multidimensional. The aim of this article is to clarify the expertise of those early childhood educators, who have the competence of kindergarten teachers (n = 80). The data consisted of the early educators' stories of their growth towards expertise. The analysis was carried out by the methods of content analysis. As the results, three key competences of the informants were created: 1) contextual knowledge, 2) cooperation and communication knowledge, and 3) pedagogical knowledge. This research shows that the educators' work has become more and more collegial and it is necessary to expand a notion of individual expertise into the realm of collaborative and socially shared expertise.
The P.O.E.Ms of Educational Research: A Beginners' Concise Guide
Author: Mustafa, Rami F.
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Research,Education Majors,Novices,Graduate Students,Research Papers (Students),Research Methodology,Models,Data Collection,Ethics,Guidelines

Embarking in an educational research paper is one of the daunting processes any scholar can go through. And the process is even harder for novice education students who wander through the plethora of terminology, styles and paradigms trying to figure out their way in that jungle called educational research. The following of the review presents the constructs and basic theoretical components needed. By illustrating the differences between, strengths, weaknesses and research methods attached to each paradigm, this paper aims at introducing the first step in the thousand mile journey for novice education researchers and graduate students. Moreover, the paper is aiming at extending a departure point for the novice educational researchers, and strives to supplement the work of professors and supervisors who are engaged in training future educational researchers.
Exploration on the Evaluation Mode of &quot;International Trade Practice&quot; in Higher Vocational Schools
Author: Li, Yamin
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: International Trade,Vocational Schools,Vocational Education,Educational Assessment,Educational Change,Student Evaluation,Higher Education,Educational Benefits

Considering the employment-oriented positioning of higher vocational education which is put by the education ministry and the features of higher vocational schools students, this paper indicates that the disadvantages in the evaluation mode of higher vocational school international trade course. Therefore, a reformed suggestion is given for the evaluation mode of higher vocational schools International Trade course. Based on the international business process, this evaluation mode integrates evaluation into students' whole learning process. Besides, specialized practice evaluations are added in this mode. Thus, this evaluation mode is supposed to truly reflect the students' abilities and to promote students and teachers.
Study on Problems and Countermeasures of Textbook Management in China Universities
Author: Geng, Lihua
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Textbook Evaluation,Textbook Selection,Educational Technology,Efficiency,Textbook Publication,Universities

Textbook management in universities is an integral component of teaching management. With gradual development of university education teaching, textbook management in China universities can no longer keep pace with the steps of the teaching management, and the work of textbook management is faced up with new challenges. This article makes an analysis of problems existing in textbook management in China universities and proposes relevant countermeasures to achieve a virtuous circle between textbook management and teaching management, ensure adaptation of textbook management and teaching management and facilitate development of textbook management in universities.
The Process of becoming a Top Worker
Author: Uusiautti, Satu
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Employees,Success,Influences,Well Being,Psychology,Mixed Methods Research,Interviews,Personal Narratives,Careers,Positive Attitudes,Barriers

The aim of this research was to study the phenomenon of success at work: of which elements success is constructed and what factors define the process of becoming a top worker in Finland. As an example of the top workers, &quot;Employees of the Year&quot; (N = 8) from different occupational fields were chosen to represent the successful workers. This article discusses how employees' of the year careers can be described and what kinds of factors have influenced their success at work? Based on the results, the phenomenon of success at work is contemplated from a positive point of view focusing on wellbeing at work and beyond. It discussed how these results can be used in education and can an educator provide as many students as possible with the experience of finding their own way and expressing their own personal characters.
Information and Communication Technologies and Development of Learners' Critical Thinking: Primary School Teachers' Attitudes
Author: Giavrimis, Panagiotis
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Teachers,Information Technology,Critical Thinking,Thinking Skills,Computer Uses in Education,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires

The Information and Communication Technologies exercise a great impact on the ways people work, communicate and interact, and contribute considerably to the development of learners' skills. However, the use of Information and Communication Technologies cannot lead to the development of high-order skills and of critical thinking, if not combined with the appropriate teaching methods. In the light of the above, the aim of the present research is to identify and record Primary School teachers' beliefs about the impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the enhancement of critical thinking. An analysis of the skills taught within the Greek educational context and considered to be necessary for the development of critical thinking, is also provided. The data elicitation tool is a questionnaire devised for the needs of the specific research and the sample is comprised by 118 Primary School teachers working on the Greek island of Lesvos.
Investigating the Visual-Motor Integration Skills of 60-72-Month-Old Children at High and Low Socio-Economic Status as Regard the Age Factor
Author: Ercan, Zülfiye Gül
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Psychomotor Skills,Socioeconomic Status,Visual Perception,Sensory Integration,Foreign Countries,Measures (Individuals),Scores,Preschool Children

This study aims to define whether age creates any differences in the visual-motor integration skills of 60-72 months old children at low and high socio-economic status. The study was conducted on a total of 148 children consisting of 78 children representing low socio-economic status and 70 children representing high socio-economic status in the city center of Edirne. The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI-5th) which was developed by Beery-Buktenica (2004) and of which validity and reliability studies were made by Ercan and Aral (2011) after being translated into Turkish was used. It's reported that both the age and the status of being at low and high socio-economic status create a meaningful difference in the visual-motor integration, visual perception and motor integration of 60-72 months old children at low and high socio-economic status (p&lt;0.05) while visual-motor integration mean score is higher for 66-72 months old children at high socio-economic status.
Eclectic Model in the Malaysian Education System
Author: Othman, Nooraini
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Islam,Higher Education,Educational Practices,Models,Muslims,Educational Philosophy,Religious Education,Educational History,Educational Change

The present work aims at analysing the adoption of eclectic model in the Malaysian education system. The analysis is specifically looked from the angle of Islam and the Muslims. Malaysia has a long history of education system developments, from pre to post independence of the country. From what was initially traditional, modernity later came to shape the system and practice. The British left many marks and continued to be inherited even after independence. Later, the education philosophy was changed and different approaches to education were implemented. Progressing further, symbiotic approach where the normal or conventional academic content were coupled with the Islamic perspective on similar subject matter became part of the system. Eclectic model progresses further and appeared in the form of established higher education system and practice.
The Measures for China's University Students Applying Social Capital to Graduate Employment
Author: Di, Huanshuang
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Capital,Social Theories,College Graduates,Employment Potential

This paper tries to use the social capital theory to make some researches on graduate employment, in the hope of giving helpful countermeasures and suggestions for graduate employment.
The Five Stage Cycle Model: An Online Integrated Approach to Teaching Physics
Author: Al-arfaj, Maher
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Physics,Science Instruction,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Computer Mediated Communication,Problem Based Learning,High School Students,Secondary School Science,Student Attitudes,Group Discussion,Correlation,Responses,Concept Formation,Coding,Vignettes

The five stage cycle model is an interactive flash platform that proposes a challenging scenario with associated questions about light wave features and correlations. As the students navigate from stage to stage, they are able to access some related resources and engage in small group discussions. The students are able to revisit their responses and revise them as they move from one stage to the next. Results from this study reveal that the five stage cycle, designed as a computer-based tutorial, can facilitate students' learning of physics; however, most students cannot construct a useful knowledge structure to overcome the challenging scenario they encounter.
On Quality Education Reform in International Trade Major
Author: Ma, Jing
Date: 2011-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,International Trade,Majors (Students),College Students,Educational Quality,Educational Change,Teaching Methods,Case Method (Teaching Technique),Bilingual Education,Educational Innovation

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing problems of quality education of specialization of international trade in current colleges and universities of China, and then propose several pieces of corresponding suggestion on educational reform. According to the characteristics of college and university education, we shall emphasize on the importance of quality education. Finally, we bring forward a series of countermeasures and proposals on the aspects of lecture mode, bilingual teaching, and training practical operation ability on instruction of specialization of international trade.
Vietnamese Students Employability Skills
Author: Tuan, Nguyen Minh
Date: 2011-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Competence,Employment Qualifications,Statistical Analysis,Business Administration Education,Attitude Measures,Gender Differences,Undergraduate Students,Job Skills,Expectation,Questionnaires,Scores,Surveys

This paper attempts to investigate if the International University (IU) students' core competencies can meet the requirements set by employers, what are the differences in core competencies in final year students (or undergraduates), and how they view themselves compared with ex-students after one or two years in working environment, how differences in levels of competencies which are expected to outperform the job expectations and competencies possessed by ex-students, and any differences in levels of competencies self-rated by undergraduates due to gender. Questionnaires, mean score comparison, independent-samples T-tests, paired-samples T-tests are used to analyze data collected from 120 employers/managers in various companies/organizations in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province, 105 ex-students, and 102 final year business students. The core competencies are drawn from the behavioral competency dictionary of Organizational Readiness Office, Canada (2007). The research results can provide good suggestions to IU in specific and other foreign invested universities in Vietnam to produce competent students for the ever-changing labor market.