ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Impact of STS Issue Oriented Instruction on Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Views and Perceptions of Science, Technology, and Society
Author: Amirshokoohi, Aidin
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science and Society,Preservice Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Scientific Methodology,Comparative Analysis,Quasiexperimental Design,Preservice Teacher Education,Mixed Methods Research,Pretests Posttests,Observation,Interviews,Surveys,Case Studies,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Environmental Education,Science Education,Scientific Literacy,Technological Literacy,Teacher Education,Scientific Concepts,Teacher Education Programs,Multivariate Analysis

The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of Science, Technology, Society (STS) issue oriented science methods course on pre-service teachers' views and perceptions toward STS issues and instruction as well as their levels of environmental literacy. The STS issue oriented curriculum was designed to help pre-service teachers improve their knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes toward STS issues. A mixed methodology design was utilized in this study with a sample of 93 elementary preservice teachers. The quantitative segment of the study employed a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design incorporating a treatment and a comparison group. The qualitative component included both the observation data and interview data collected shortly after the completion of the pre and post-surveys. The quantitative and qualitative data sets were used in conjunction to present a comparative case study where the outcomes for the two groups (comparison and treatment) were compared. The sample consisted of four sections of an elementary science methods class, two of which received the experimental treatment while the other two sections received the comparison treatment for 16 weeks. A pretest on variables of environmental literacy, STS views, and STS teaching views was administered to all subjects prior to the treatments to establish the equivalency of the two groups. A posttest was also administered to all subjects at the end of the semester. The experimental group outperformed the comparison group on all the aforementioned variables and a statistical significant difference was attained at the 0.05 level with respect to each variable. Furthermore, the results of pre and post interview data collected on environmental literacy, STS views, and STS teaching views further corroborated the quantitative data. The findings suggest that the STS issue focused program positively influenced pre-service teachers' level of environmental literacy as well as their perceptions and attitudes toward STS issues and instruction of such issues to elementary students. The findings of this study revealed that pre-service teachers gain considerably from an STS framework for teaching and learning.
Geography Teachers and Climate Change: Emotions about Consequences, Coping Strategies, and Views on Mitigation
Author: Hermans, Mikaela
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Climate,Geography,Psychological Patterns,Coping,Learner Engagement,Content Analysis,Foreign Countries,Interviews,Inservice Education,Teacher Attitudes,Phenomenology,Semi Structured Interviews,Environmental Education,Preservice Teachers,Inservice Teacher Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Secondary School Teachers

It has been indicated that teachers' emotions about climate change and their views on mitigation influence their instruction and students' engagement in mitigation actions. The aim of the study is to explore Finnish secondary geography teachers' emotions about the consequences of climate change, their strategies for coping with these emotions, and their views on climate change mitigation. Inductive content analysis of data collected through individual interviews (N = 13) was performed. The teachers used emotion-focused, problem-focused, and meaning-focused strategies to cope with negative emotions. They ascribed responsibility for mitigation to politicians and individuals. Commonly, the teachers took elementary actions to reduce their impact on the climate. Only part of the teachers realized that they could contribute through teaching. With the ultimate aim of promoting students' engagement in climate change mitigation, guidelines pertaining to education that targets teachers' emotions, coping strategies, and their views on mitigation are presented.
An Exploration of Giving among Gay Male College Alumni
Author: Vervoort, Alex
Date: 2016-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Males,Homosexuality,Fund Raising,Alumni,Self Concept,Sexual Orientation,Race,Qualitative Research,Interviews,Campuses,Educational Environment,Higher Education,Donors,Educational Experience

This study explores the influence of sexual orientation and race on college alumni giving. The authors use qualitative methods, interviewing alumni at one university in the Northeast. They also provide recommendations for fundraising and alumni practitioners as well as recommendations for those scholars interested in student identity, fundraising, alumni giving, and campus climate.
Humor Reduces Anxiety and Disgust in Anticipation of an Educational Dissection in Teacher Students
Author: Randler, Christoph
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Education,Anxiety,Video Technology,Humor,Psychological Patterns,College Students,Comparative Analysis,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Laboratory Procedures,Well Being,Teaching Methods,Preservice Teachers,Biology,Science Laboratories,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis,Likert Scales,Pretests Posttests,Multivariate Analysis,Foreign Countries

Dissections of human organs and animals are an important part of medical and science education but students usually express negative emotions towards dissections. Some studies show a negative influence of disgust and anxiety on motivation, interest and achievement. Therefore, reducing anxiety and disgust should be an important aim. As humor can lead to lower anxiety in medical settings, we hypothesize that a kind of humor treatment prior to an educational dissection of fish may also lead to a lower anxiety and lower disgust. We used humorous video clips before the dissection and compared them with a control video of the life history of the fish (trout). A total of 49 University students received the treatment with the humor video clips and 65 the life-history video. We measured state anxiety and disgust prior to the treatment and after the film treatment. The treatment with humorous video clips reduced anxiety and disgust compared to the control group with the life-history film. Although this study has been carried out in dissection of an animal in teacher students, we believe that these results can be generalized and transferred into other parts of dissection, such as cadaver dissection of humans in medical education.
Teachers' Protest Movements and Prospects for Teachers Improved Welfare in Uganda
Author: Namara, Rose B.
Date: 2016-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Activism,Unions,Interviews,Teacher Attitudes,Compensation (Remuneration),Teacher Salaries,Elementary School Teachers,Public Officials,Educational Policy,Guidelines,Outcomes of Education,Professionalism,Teacher Welfare

Since the early 40s to today, teachers in Uganda organized themselves into unions and demanded for better conditions of service. Despite the long history of different forms of teachers' protests, the contribution of these protests towards influencing the teacher's welfare in the country is not sufficiently analyzed in the academic and policy circles. Up till now, it is not very clear what these protests have achieved. Written against the background of teachers' protests in Uganda, this paper examines the effects of collective action of teachers on their welfare. Interviews with Uganda National Teachers Union Staff, Primary School Teachers, and Ministry of Education and Sports officials indicate that, teachers protests movement have enabled to show the public that teachers are unfairly remunerated and have also contributed to some incremental changes in teachers' salaries and provision of some housing facilities by government. However, these protests have had minimal contribution to a policy and institutional framework that favour sustained improvement in teachers' welfare as these protests are recurrent. The findings suggest that prospects for teachers' protests to cause welfare changes in lives of teachers reside in proper mobilization of different categories of teachers as well as teachers' ability to broadly link their welfare to professionalism and attainment of the education outcomes.
Prediction of Prospective Mathematics Teachers' Academic Success in Entering Graduate Education by Using Back-Propagation Neural Network
Author: Bahadir, Elif
Date: 2016-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Graduate Study,Academic Achievement,Elementary Education,Mathematics Teachers,Prediction,Artificial Intelligence,Courses,Correlation,Scores,College Entrance Examinations,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study is to examine a neural network based approach to predict achievement in graduate education for Elementary Mathematics prospective teachers. With the help of this study, it can be possible to make an effective prediction regarding the students' achievement in graduate education with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). Two different neural networks are used for an effective prediction of the first network in which some core courses are taken by prospective Mathematics teachers in their first two years, including General Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Analysis I, Analysis II, Geometry, Linear Algebra-I. The scores received from the above courses are used as an input for the back-propagation neural network (BPNN). Additionally, the scores of vocational core courses taken by third year students, including Analysis 3, Special Teaching Methods 2, Elementary Number Theory, Algebra, Problem Solving, are used as the output of the BPNN. The second network uses the scores of all courses which are previously mentioned and uses them as an input of BPNN and also uses ALES (Academic Personnel and Postgraduate Education Entrance Exam) score. They are used as an output of the BPNN. Besides, the correlation analysis is conducted by using the average graduation and ALES scores components. Analytical results demonstrate that the BPNN model offers relatively accurate predictions for the student success in graduate education with a high average of accuracy (Neural Network1 is 77.125% and Neural Network2 is 68.5%). Another finding is that there is no significant correlation between the graduate average scores of candidates who qualified for a graduate education and their ALES scores. These results indicate that BPNN is a suitable tool to predict the academic success of all education majors. Student career advisors can use the ANN model to identify the students who have particular potential for graduate education, and this prediction model can help these students adjust their own teaching strategies, and provide guidance and support for their careers.
Design and Implementation of an Interactive System for Teaching the Islamic Prayer
Author: Farsi, Mohammed
Date: 2016-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Islam,Religious Education,Muslims,Teaching Methods,Computer Simulation,Computer Software,Religious Factors,Computer Assisted Instruction

Background: The Islamic Prayer is central to the Islam religion and is a requirement for all Muslims to learn and perform properly. Teaching the Islamic Prayer had traditionally been through the use of textbooks. Aims: This paper describes the design and implementation of the iIP (interactive Islamic Prayer) system to teach the Islamic prayer using Virtual Environments and interactive technologies. Method: The approach taken was to first define the various elements that make up the Islamic Prayer (positions, verbal statements and units). This is then captured in software that uses the Microsoft Windows Kinect system. Results: The Islamic Prayer sequences were successfully captured and implemented in the iIP system. Conclusions: The iIP system design and implementation using Microsoft Windows Kinect system was described. This was based on the definition of the different elements of the Islamic Prayer.
E-Teaching Materials as the Means to Improve Humanities Teaching Proficiency in the Context of Education Informatization
Author: Yachina, Nadezhda P.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Web Based Instruction,Electronic Learning,Synchronous Communication,Blended Learning,Instructional Materials,Humanities,Teaching Methods,Information Technology,Teacher Competencies,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Qualifications,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Experiments,Statistical Analysis,Surveys,Technology Uses in Education,Computers,Computer Uses in Education,Foreign Countries

The aim of the article is to determine the specifics of the creation and methodology of the use of e-teaching materials on humanities in the training system of future teachers. The leading approaches to the study of this problem are student-centered and personally-meaningful approaches to teaching leading to realizing the need for new educational opportunities associated with the use of modern information technologies in the training of future teachers of humanities. The article explains the pedagogical rationale of creating and using e-teaching materials in teaching humanities, based on the integration of subject and methodological knowledge, skills and experience in the training of future teachers; identifies and rationalizes the requirements (integrative framework, gradual development of materials, marked structure, individualization of the teaching process, the strategic character of knowledge assimilation, openness of the system) for the design of e-teaching materials for the humanities disciplines in the training of future teachers; highlights principles of integrative educational process on the basis of e-teaching materials (prioritizing e-teaching materials in the educational process; the integrity and continuity of the didactic cycle carried out with the help of e-teaching materials); grounds organizational and methodological conditions of the effective use of e- teaching materials in future teachers' training (students' needs and motivation, cognitive independence, control and diagnostics); focuses on the developed methodology of using e-teaching materials for the humanities disciplines in the training of future teachers (on the basis of the course &quot;Teaching proficiency&quot;).
The Problem of Reading and Reading Culture Improvement of Students-Bachelors of Elementary Education in Modern High Institution
Author: Kamalova, Lera A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reading,Reading Achievement,Reading Improvement,Bachelors Degrees,Elementary Education,Teacher Education,Teacher Education Programs,Teaching Methods,Humanities,Undergraduate Students,Reading Skills,Individual Development,Professional Development,Questionnaires,Observation,Statistical Analysis,Russian,Reading Attitudes,Childrens Literature,Experiments,Foreign Countries

This article is aimed to study the problems of reading and improve reading culture of students-bachelors of elementary education in modern high institutions and development of the most effective methods and techniques for improving of reading culture of students in the study of Humanities disciplines. The leading method to the study of this problem is a pedagogical experiment (ascertainment, formation and control stages of experiment), and the method of expert estimations, statistical processing of quantitative research results. The article identifies the most effective methodological techniques of reading culture improvement of undergraduate students, future specialists of elementary education in their learning process at the University; We offered the methodology of reading culture improvement for the undergraduate students of &quot;Elementary education&quot; profile, providing thoughtful skill of reading of the works of various styles and genre, creative reading skill, formation of reading competence of students.
Development of Web-Based Learning Application for Generation Z
Author: Hariadi, Bambang
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Computer Oriented Programs,Web Based Instruction,Blended Learning,Information Technology,Computer Interfaces,College Students,College Faculty,User Satisfaction (Information),Program Evaluation,Computer Networks,Electronic Learning,Classroom Techniques,Program Implementation,Learning Activities,Usability,Foreign Countries

This study aimed to develop a web-based learning application as a form of learning revolution. The form of learning revolution includes the provision of unlimited teaching materials, real time class organization, and is not limited by time or place. The implementation of this application is in the form of hybrid learning by using Google Apps for Education (GAfE), called Brilian. Steps being taken in the study are: (1) requirements analysis, (2) interface design, (3) construction performance, and (4) testing and implementation. The subjects of this study were students of class 2014 and course lecturers for the student of class 2014. After the system testing that was conducted in the second semester of 2014, the collected data suggest that out of 1,153 students who used this application, 79% of them were comfortable in using it. As for the lecturers, the data was obtained from 70 lecturers, 82% of them stated that this application helped their teaching process. From the evaluation results, it requires universities to further improve the network infrastructure, and applications must be developed to be more user friendly, including access to mobile learning.
Organizational Commitment Mediating the Effects of Big Five Personality Compliance to Occupational Safety Standard Operating Procedure
Author: Prayitno, Hadi
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Occupational Safety and Health,Labor Standards,Foreign Countries,Accidents,Accident Prevention,Safety,Compliance (Psychology),Personality,Construction Industry,Work Attitudes,Behavior,Employees,Statistical Analysis,Structural Equation Models,Case Studies,Research Methodology,Construct Validity,Reliability,Factor Analysis,Probability,Organizational Culture,Employee Attitudes,Goodness of Fit

The incidence of work accidents in the construction industry particularly in Indonesia and generally internationally shows an increasingly worrying trend given that either quantitatively or qualitatively the number of work accidents is very large compared to that of other industrial sectors. The main causing factors are mostly due to the workers' behavior. This study aimed to determine the roles of organizational commitment in mediating the effects of Big Five Personality on workers' compliance to occupational safety standard operating procedure (SOPs). The study belongs to observational analytic type with cross sectional study design. The study involved 140 samples taken randomly from workers at manufacturing department of PT Boma Bisma Indra Pasuruan, East Java. The measurement of personality used five factor model (FFM) questionnaire of Costa &amp; McRae. Hypothesis testing applied inferential statistical analysis. The statistical method used was Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results showed that Organizational Commitment had lower roles in mediating the effects of Big Five Personality on workers' compliance to occupational safety standard operating procedure (SOPs) compared to that Big Five Personality in directly influencing the workers' compliance to occupational safety standard operating procedure at PT Boma Bisma Indra Pasuruan.
The Roles of Teachers' Work Motivation and Teachers' Job Satisfaction in the Organizational Commitment in Extraordinary Schools
Author: Tentama, Fatwa
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Motivation,Job Satisfaction,Rating Scales,Multiple Regression Analysis,Organizational Culture,Teacher Attitudes

Teachers' work motivation and teachers' job satisfaction are the factors influencing the organizational commitment. This research is aimed to empirically examine the roles of teachers' work motivation and teachers' job satisfaction in the commitment of the organization in extraordinary schools. The subjects of the research are the teachers in Extraordinary School 1 Bantul Yogyakarta. The sample was taken by employing non-randomized technique. The scales of work motivation, job satisfaction and organizational commitment are used in collecting the data. The data were analyzed by using multiple linear regression technique. Teachers' job motivation more dominantly influence organizational commitment compared to teachers' job satisfaction.
Path Analysis: Health Promotion Information Access of Parent Caretaking Pattern through Parenting Education
Author: Sunarsih, Tri
Date: 2016-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Path Analysis,Health Promotion,Access to Information,Parents,Parent Education,Surveys,Questionnaires,Regression (Statistics),Interaction,Mass Media,Young Children,Child Health,Qualitative Research,Foreign Countries,Statistical Analysis

Parents often inhibit learning process organized by education, due to their ignorance about how to educate child well. Incapability of dealing with those changes leads to dysfunctional families, and problematic children. This research aimed: to analyzed the health promotion information access pattern of parent caretaking pattern through parenting education. This study was taken place in Karanganyar Regency area, Central Java. As a survey research with cross-sectional design, this study built on questionnaire as a main instrument of collecting primary data, while secondary data was obtained from recording in the related institutions in Karanganyar Regency. The sample consisted of 108 parents, taken using purposive sampling technique. To address the objective, multiple linear regression and path analyses were used. Its important finding was that interactions with other students' parent, with other members of family, and with media simultaneously affected significantly the parenting pattern holistically, either directly or indirectly. The largest effect on parenting was exerted by interaction between parent and media. From those findings, the author recommended that the appropriate parenting education strategies were to provide adequate information such as reading books for parent, to facilitate parent discussion to generate interaction between parents so that they shared information more frequently.
Chapter Three: A Child's Tale
Author: Wolf, Maryanne
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Child Development,Developmental Stages,Emergent Literacy,Beginning Reading,Environmental Influences,Early Reading,Childrens Literature,Brain,Young Children

Maryanne Wolf's early literacy knowledge is based on her research into deep reading and on periods of enlightened linguistic processes. In her own rich language of conveyance, she brought great inspiration to the Montessori teachers at the Columbia, South Carolina conference. Her presentation on the research of early reading, the acquisition of cognitive and affective skills, optimal exposure to books, and the benefits of reading out-loud corroborates precisely with Montessori theory and practice. She also documented the power of focused, joint attention between the adult reader and child as a key developmental force in the formation of early literacy. In this extract from her newest book, Wolf writes of the developmental phases a child goes through, from prereading to linguistic awareness, and the importance of a literate environment to increasing the scope of early reading. Literacy expands the child's world beyond cognitive ability as it opens communication, symbolism, and immersion into the imagination of literature. [Reprinted, with permission, from Chapter 3 of &quot;Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century&quot; by Maryanne Wolf with Stephanie Gottwald, 2016, Oxford University Press.]