ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Nurturing Child Imagination in the Contemporary World: Perspectives from Different Nations
Author: Maksic, Slavica
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Creativity,Imagination,Foreign Countries,Surveys,Cross Cultural Studies,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Socioeconomic Status,Cultural Differences

Imagination and creativity in today's world are becoming increasingly relevant in the light of the fact that main human work products are innovations, knowledge, ideas, and creative solutions. Nurturing child imagination is the most promising way of building up a creative personality and contributing to individual creative production in the future. This paper presents the results of the evaluation of child imagination in Serbia and other European countries that participated in the World Values Survey. Child imagination is less valued than some other educational goals. The analysis of differences in the support of child imagination between nations pointed out to relevance of some cultural factors, while age and socioeconomic status were the most significant predictors of imagination preference on the individual level. The data show that different nations value imagination differently, which implies that chances for development of youth creative potentials depend on social setting in which children grow up. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Thinking Styles of Primary School Teachers in Beijing, China
Author: Wang, Ying
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Questionnaires,Cognitive Style,Test Validity,Test Reliability,Gender Differences,Teaching Experience,Intellectual Disciplines,Likert Scales,Cooperation,Statistical Analysis,Innovation,Intuition

Previous studies on teachers' thinking have usually related to teaching and learning, and concentrated on classroom-level outcomes. In this study, an organizational and administrative perspective was adopted in examining teachers' thinking style. Data collected were from a sample of 268 in-service teachers from 6 primary schools in Beijing, China. An instrument, the Thinking Styles Questionnaire for Teachers (TSQ-T), was developed to assess the teachers' thinking styles. The results of the study showed that (a) the TSQ-T is a reliable and valid inventory for assessing the thinking styles of primary school teachers in Beijing, with the subscales' Cronbach's alphas ranged from 0.60 to 0.84; (b) the dominant thinking styles among the teachers were cooperative, hierarchical, and analytical; and (c) there were significant differences in teachers' thinking styles in terms of gender, teaching experience, rank, discipline background, and executive position. Implications for work design, building school culture, teachers' professional training and development, and the development of professional learning community were discussed in the context of educational reform and the ever changing environment. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
In-Service Training and Professional Development of Teachers in Nigeria: Through Open and Distance Education
Author: Amadi, Martha Nkechinyere
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Faculty Development,Inservice Teacher Education,Distance Education,Foreign Countries,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Teacher Competencies

Education authorities have seemed to agree that increasing standards for preservice education of teachers will not necessarily lessen the need for continued in-service preparation and professional growth. No amount of time spent in college or university will complete the preparation of the teacher for classroom tasks. Teachers, like doctors, ministers, and lawyers, must continue with their education after graduation. Constantly applying new techniques and materials make education in service absolutely necessary. If teachers are to become real leaders in their respective schools, teachers must be provided with a programme of in-service training which is concerned with doing and not merely with listening. Distance education has played a role in meeting these challenges and is likely to play an increasing one. However, the paper examines how open and distance education (ODL) affects teachers professional development and offers suggestions on how ICTS could be used to improved and increased teachers professional skills in Nigeria. In industrialized countries, ODL has been used to reach new constituencies of potential teachers who would not otherwise have become teachers. It has provided qualified university graduates with teaching licences or professional qualifications to support school based training. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Using E-Learning to Enhance the Learning of Additional Languages--A Pilot Comparative Study
Author: Hilton, Gillian L. S.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Electronic Learning,Educational Technology,Second Language Instruction,Questionnaires,Institutional Characteristics,Elementary Secondary Education,Surveys

This paper is concerned with a small pilot study to ascertain the use of, and changes in the use of e-learning to promote the learning of foreign and additional languages in a variety of countries in Europe. It was undertaken by individual researchers in an attempt to examine how the drive towards the teaching of new languages, encouraged by the European Commission is progressing. In addition the researchers were anxious to ascertain if in the last two years there had been any noticeable changes in the amount and type of e-learning/technology used in language teaching. Questionnaires were issued to school leaders to discover the type of school being researched, for example numbers and ages of students and numbers of staff. The teaching of languages other than the main language of the country was explored either as additional language teaching of the home language (EAL) or instruction in foreign languages (MFL). In addition specialist teachers were asked about their use of e-learning to aid the teaching of languages and if this use had changed in recent years. At present, results from five countries Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, and England have been received with those from Greece and Ireland as yet to be processed. The results show a great variety in the amount of EAL language and new foreign language teaching occurring and a great variance in the use and application of e-learning despite the drive towards e-learning which is so prominently on the political agenda. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Symbols of Hyphenated Identity Drawing Maps (IDM) for Arab and Jewish Students at the University of Haifa
Author: Hertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Arabs,Jews,College Students,Foreign Countries,Freehand Drawing,Identification (Psychology),Interviews,Classification,Religious Factors,Emotional Response,Cultural Influences,Nationalism,Conflict,Questionnaires,Likert Scales,Semi Structured Interviews

In 2008, we conducted a large scale study following our methodology developed for the analysis of drawings to assess identity (Hertz-Lazarowitz, Farah &amp; Yosef-Meitav, 2012). We gathered interviews and asked for Identity Drawing Maps (IDM) from 184 students aged from 20-30 years. The symbols in the drawings were grouped in five categories: Religious, National, Emotional, Secular-Cultural and Nature and person figure symbols. The most frequent symbols were related to the nature and person figure category, and the least frequent were symbols from the secular-cultural category. The symbol categories most indicative of identity conflicts were religious and national. The Arabs had more conflicted and complex IDM messages than Jews and the evaluation of their emotions were less positive and less optimistic than the Jews. The IDM methodology revealed the complex and multilayered expression of identity construction. These findings can provide better understanding into the dynamic of identity construction of youth living in the University context which has been conflict ridden for many decades. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Establishing Sustainable Higher Education Partnerships in a Globally Competitive Environment
Author: Chigisheva, Oksana
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Higher Education,Global Approach,Partnerships in Education,Competition,International Cooperation,Sustainability

The paper written in the form of literature review is devoted to the analysis of the latest educational manuscripts by Laura M. Portnoi et al and Robin Sakamoto et al and provides a critical overview of possible partnership interactions in the actively globalizing sphere of world higher education. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Metaphors in the Press: The Effectiveness of Working with Newspaper Tropes to Improve Foreign Language Competence
Author: Zashchitina, Galina
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Figurative Language,Second Language Learning,Newspapers,News Reporting,Language Usage,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Proficiency,Teaching Methods,Advanced Students,Language Styles,Discourse Analysis,Foreign Countries,Universities

The given article intends to focus on some approaches to teaching English as a second language at an advanced or proficient level. The paper primarily deals with the ways in which stylistic aspect of newspaper language can be put to use by university students thus becoming an integral part of their classroom discourse. The study aims at presenting newspaper metaphors as cognitive units of the language which, in its turn, allows one to consider them cultural items as they often have realia behind them. Newspaper language, sensitive to any fact of daily life vastly use metaphors, and given that it seems evident that by mastering newspaper metaphors adult learners dramatically increase their chances of becoming competent language users. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
The Contemporary Transdisciplinary Approach as a Methodology to Aid Students of Humanities and Social Sciences
Author: Todorova, Petia
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Humanities,Social Sciences,Interdisciplinary Approach,Teaching Methods,Theories,Higher Education

In this paper, the author (Todorova, Petia) addresses the problems students of humanities and social sciences face in the choice of methodology which they should employ in the theoretic discussion of a given task. This is due to the fact that in the course of their education the necessity of methodological competency is largely neglected and is rarely included as part of their curriculum. Todorova introduces the transdisciplinary approach that allows for the understanding of the complexities of the modern world which is a primary feature of its scientific legitimacy, and adds that the use of transdisciplinary approach is a way to broaden one's academic view on life. This may be achieved by expanding scientific knowledge, by creating a common model of tackling complex subjects, and by improving the methods used in dealing with such complex subjects.
Problem Orientated Education on the Basis of Hyper-Coded Texts (Play and Heuristic)
Author: Lichev, Valeri
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Learning Experience,Coding,Text Structure,Heuristics,Play,Interpretive Skills,Teaching Methods,Interdisciplinary Approach,Foreign Countries

This paper represents part of the author's experience, received during the seminar named &quot;Practical Hermeneutics,&quot; moderated from 2006 to 2010 terms at the Institute for Philosophical Research--Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The participants were from different field of knowledge and with different scientific status--from PhD students to professors and doctors of sciences. The main topic of the seminar was a particular kind of text, named &quot;hyper-coded,&quot; because of superimposing of codes from different fields of human culture, science, practice, technology etc. The aim of the seminar was to reveal the variety of codes hidden by different authors in their texts. The multiformity of interweaved codes could be found even in small texts like surrealistic prose-poems. The analysis of texts containing diversity of codes can lead not only to a new theory and methodology of interpretation, it could become a basis for understanding of contemporary culture with its diversity and multiformity. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Challenges of Democratisation: Development of Inclusive Education in Serbia
Author: Spasenovic, Vera
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Democratic Values,Inclusion,Equal Education,Educational Environment,Barriers,Foreign Countries,Educational Policy,Teacher Attitudes

Educational reforms, as initiated in Serbia in 2001, were based on the concept of quality education for all. This concept was put into practice as an inclusive approach in 2010/11. Inclusive education has been defined as a provision of full support and optimal environment for each student to be taught in the nearest school and in a regular class. In this paper we review the achieved results in providing necessary conditions for a successful implementation of the inclusive education, i.e., school policy, preparation of teachers, building-up their attitudes and system of values, as well as attitudes and system of values of other participants in the educational process. It has been shown that educational institutions, teaching staff and other participants in the educational process are fully aware of the need for an integrated schooling of all children and accept the concept of inclusive education. However, several shortcomings of the current inclusive education have been revealed. They are a consequence of the means it has been implemented, as well as socio-economic conditions that affect the Serbian society and educational sector as its part. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
The Abusive School Principal: A South African Case Study
Author: de Wet, Corene
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Principals,Bullying,Work Environment,Interviews,Teacher Administrator Relationship,Teacher Attitudes,Victims,Administrator Characteristics,Administrator Behavior

Since the 1990s there has been increased public interest, debate and research on workplace bullying. Little research has, however, been done on the abuse of educators or on the bullies per se. The aim of this paper is to expand the body of knowledge on workplace bullying by shedding light on the character of a bullying school principal. In 2008 I conducted in-depth interviews with educators who were the victims of bullying. A content analysis of the verbatim responses of three educators who worked at the same school revealed that their bully was an envious, destructive narcissistic, evil and unsupportive school principal, who relentlessly victimised them for nearly two decades. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
ESP Teaching at the Institutions of Higher Education in Modern Russia: Problems and Perspectives
Author: Prudnikova, Nadezhda
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Educational Quality,Quality Control,Higher Education,Teaching Methods,Planning

The author analyses ESP teaching at the institutions of higher education in modern Russia, explains the main problems and suggests the ways of their solving, details the quality control system of the students' progress improvement, presents the complex approach to interactive ESP teaching and views it as an integral part of up-to-date interdisciplinary training. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Legal Portion in Russian Inheritance Law
Author: Inshina, Roza
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Civil Rights,Legal Responsibility,Federal Legislation,Death,Ownership,Law Enforcement

In this paper the authors describe the right to inherit as one of the basic human rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The state has set rules according to which after a person's death, his or her property is inherited by other persons. The Russian civil legislation establishes the institution of legal portions that is meant to protect rights of poor people on the one hand, and enables forced heirs to abuse their rights derogating from rights of other heirs. Russian inheritance law is based upon two main grounds--inheritance under a will and under the law. The application of the Russian code is explained with examples and the effect it can have on heirs. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Focus-Group as a Qualitative Method for Study of Compliance in Cardiovascular Disease Patients
Author: Semenova, Olga
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Subjects: Focus Groups,Qualitative Research,Compliance (Psychology),Human Body,Medicine,Diseases,Heart Disorders,Patients,Therapy,Physician Patient Relationship,Misconceptions,Trust (Psychology),Motivation,Attitudes,Chronic Illness,Well Being

Patient's nonadherence to treatment is one of the most serious issues for modern medicine. WHO experts in the guideline [6] thoroughly analyze the reasons for poor adherence to long-term therapy and outline a wide range of factors influencing adherence to long-term therapy. At that it is emphasized that none of those factors is decisive. It appears to us that all reasons for noncompliance should be divided into two large groups: intentional (or deliberate) and unintentional (unwitting) actions of the patients [3]. One of the reasons of noncompliance can be patient-physician misunderstanding or patient's lack of trust a patient in his/her physician [1, 6]. A focus group could be defined as a group of interacting individuals having some common interest or characteristics, brought together by a moderator, who uses the group and its interaction as a way to gain information about a specific or focused issue and/or motivation for certain actions [2, 4]. Focus-group normally consists of 7-12 individuals who do not know each other [1, 5]. If the number of participants is smaller--it is impossible to gain verifiable information in view of the lack of individuals. If the number of participants exceeds twelve there is not enough time for everyone to speak out. The participants should have some common characteristics which have relevance to the focused issue [4]. An important advantage of this method is that many unconscious attitudes are uncovered during the interview and become conscious over the course of interaction [4]. [For complete volume, see ED567118.]
Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Characteristics as Determinants of Success in Professional Courses at Undergraduate Stage
Author: Khan, Zebun Nisa
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Undergraduate Students,Professional Education,Student Characteristics,Cognitive Processes,Psychological Testing,Intelligence,Creativity,Personality Traits,Socioeconomic Status,Academic Achievement,Scores,Correlation,Medical Students,Engineering Education,Law Related Education,Library Science,Teacher Education,Comparative Analysis,Shyness,Self Control,Academic Persistence,Predictor Variables,Efficiency,Student Attitudes,Student Interests,Student Motivation,Trust (Psychology),Factor Analysis,Gender Differences

Problem statement: Professional education is the principle means of the developing the human resource. Students who do not perform well in professional courses are not in any way better than those who do not have professional knowledge, because their chances of employment and efficient working are bleak. The present study attempted to examine success in different professional courses at undergraduate level in relation to cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics. Approach: The sample of 450 students (girls and boys) was selected from medical, engineering, law, library science and teacher education of AMU Aligarh India. The population was taken to be reasonably homogenous from the socio economic point of view. It also caters students from the whole country. Suitable Psychological tests were administered on the subjects of the present study to obtain scores on cognitive (intelligence and creativity) and non-cognitive (personality characteristics and socio-economic status) variables. The final achievement scores (at the completion of their respective courses) of the students were considered to be criterion variable. Attempts were made to see that scores obtained satisfy the basic assumption of correlational techniques. Results: The engineering students were at the highest intellectual level while the group of medicine students stands second. The other groups, in descending order were library science and teacher education. Significant relationships between creativity with academic achievement irrespective of professional courses were studied. The personality factors such as-reservedness, impulsiveness, dominance, expediency, harshness and perseverance were found to be the best predictors of success in above professional courses. Socio-economic Status was measured in terms of scores and it was found that socio-economic status had a significant and positive correlation with successful achievement in the professional courses viz engineering, medicine, library science and teacher education. Conclusion: The efficiency of a person depended not only on education and training received by him/her but also on his/her cognitive as well as non-cognitive factors. These factors determined the attitude, interests and the degree of motivation of the students for professional studies.
Differences between Learning Styles in Professional Courses at University Level
Author: Khan, Zebun Nisa
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Cognitive Style,College Students,Business Administration Education,Professional Education,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Scores,Comparative Analysis,Differences

Problem statement: As shown by research studies, knowledge of learning styles of students on the part of teachers is helpful in enhancing effectiveness of teaching-learning process. The present study was conducted to study and compare learning styles of students pursuing different professional courses at the university stage. The ultimate purpose was to facilitate learning in professional education in Indian conditions by way of improving learning styles of learners. Approach: The sample consisted of 200 students studying in B. Tech., MBBS, LLB and MBA courses selected from Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India, by using cluster sampling method. For measuring learning styles, Honey and Mumford's Learning Style Questionnaire (LSQ) was used which was considered appropriate in terms of its validity and reliability. For analyzing data Student's t- statistic was applied which is useful for comparing mean scores based on two groups at a time. Results: The students pursuing various professional courses were compared on four dimensions of learning styles, namely, activist, reflector, theorist and pragmatist. The study led to some useful conclusions. It was found that B. Tech. and MBBS students differed significantly on reflector and theorist dimensions and those of M.B.A. and B. Tech. also differed on the same dimensions. The students of LLB and MBA differed on activist and theorist dimensions while students of MBBS proved better than those of MBA on activist reflector and theorist dimensions. The students of LLB and B. Tech. and those of LLB and MBBS, also differed significantly on the same dimensions. The students of LLB and MBA did not show significant differences on any aspect of learning style. Conclusion: The findings of the study provided, useful guidelines to teachers of all professional courses to improve their teaching styles. They should devise their teaching strategies in such a way that students of varying learning styles may take their full advantage.