ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Organization and Management of Non-Profit Private Higher Education in a Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Lingual Environment
Author: Farrington, Dennis
Date: 2009-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: International Cooperation,Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Governance,Multicultural Education,Nonprofit Organizations,Partnerships in Education,Indo European Languages

The South East European University (SEEU) was founded in 2001 as a non-profit university established by co-operation between OSCE, USAID, the European Commission and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia (or FYROM) as a contribution towards conflict prevention. There has been a gradual transition from a centrally managed project to a modern form of organisation and governance attracting favourable comment from OECD-IMHE and the EUA. In 2008, SEEU was granted by the Parliament of Macedonia the status of public-private, non-profit university, the first in the region, reflecting its emphasis on working in the public interest. The paper illustrates the different stages of the transition, the problems encountered along the way, and suggests lessons to be learned in implementing similar initiatives elsewhere. (Contains 1 footnote.)
The Choice of Traditional vs. Simplified Characters in US Classrooms
Author: Deng, Shi-zhong
Date: 2009-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Asian Culture,Foreign Countries,Mandarin Chinese,Teaching Methods,Chinese,Questionnaires,Surveys,Higher Education

Which form of Chinese characters should be taught in Chinese language classes: traditional or simplified? The results of a questionnaire distributed to sections at the University of Florida show the reasons for students' preferences for one or the other form. In view of the students' awareness that traditional characters are more beneficial to understanding Chinese culture, and of revaluations in China of the traditional form as a carrier of culture, the author maintains that the prevalent practice of teaching simplified characters in US classrooms should be modified. Various other linguistic and historical considerations contribute to this recommendation. Finally, the author offers some suggestions regarding methods of teaching. (Contains 6 footnotes and 1 figure.)
A Study on Motivational Factors of Students in German Language Teaching Department at Trakya University
Author: Yucel, Mukadder Seyhan
Date: 2009-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Motivation,Measures (Individuals),Foreign Countries,German,Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Grades (Scholastic),Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Student Attitudes,Teacher Role,Profiles,Self Efficacy,Learning Motivation

There are many definitions, views and theories for motivation. This study aims to state expressly what type of motivation factors according to the students' grades affects the students of German Language Teaching Departments (Turkey) negatively or positively. How the external and internal factors affect the students of German Language Teaching Departments in terms of motivation will be determined in this study. A questionnaire has been given to the students (freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes) of Trakya University German Language Teaching Departments (2008) to collect data for showing the motivation profile of these students. The questionnaire has been transferred to SPSS program except quantitative analysis. The frequency and the percentage distributions of the data have been calculated with the aim of determining the students' views. In conclusion, it is possible to state that German Language Teaching Department students have been affected by the positive and negative motivation factors and the achievements and failures of these students could vary depending on the different reasons. On the other hand, the students of German Language Teaching Department have attributed important roles to the lecturers. Many features of the lecturers have affected the students' motivation positively. (Contains 15 tables.)
The Pedagogical Value of Art and Music in the Past and the Present
Author: Denac, Olga
Date: 2009-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Art,Music,Value Judgment,Role,Instructional Effectiveness,Quality of Life,Humanization,Educational History

Pedagogical theory and research practice tend to confine themselves to study the cognitive aspect of a child's personality and to focus on his/her productivity, while forgetting about other dimensions. The ability to experience artistic contents and the creative capacity of our society are decreasing. People are in a continuous search for spiritual balance and therefore the task of the contemporary school is to help people get out of this crisis and pay more attention to the realization of educational tasks and goals as well as individual school subjects. Art has always played the role of purposefully influencing the experiencing, feeling, creating and enjoying of beautiful things. It therefore provides a counterbalance to the rationalized world of today. Especially music plays a special role in all periods and all human societies, however, not because it encourages various experiences or notions in the listener or a pleasant atmosphere, but because it presents a challenge to the development of spiritual perception that does not occupy an important, enough place in the present school system. Based on different historical understandings of the pedagogical value of music, the author tries to determine what pedagogical value was ascribed to music in the past and what pedagogical value it is being ascribed today.
Defining Parental Involvement: The Israeli Case
Author: Fisher, Yael
Date: 2009-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Democracy,Parent Participation,Parent School Relationship,Foreign Countries,Parent Attitudes,Definitions,Teacher Attitudes,Administrator Attitudes,Educational History

During the past decade, Israeli parents declared their rights to be involved in their children's education. The term used is &quot;parental involvement&quot;, but there is no real agreement on the definition of the term. This paper describes the different opinions and approaches of parents, teachers, students, principals and decision makers, as found and described by Israeli researchers. The development, definitions and boundaries of the term are introduced. Even though the research in Israel is on a Hebrew term and this discussion is in English, the processes involved translate well, as these processes are in a well developed country, based on democracy and Western culture and an education system established under the British Mandate with its historical traces. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Thoughts on the International Cooperation and Exchanges of Chinese Research Universities
Author: Lu, Jiang-bin
Date: 2009-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Research Universities,Global Approach,International Cooperation,Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Competition,Student Recruitment,Undergraduate Study,Graduate Study,Adult Education,International Educational Exchange

More prominent in the 21st century than ever are the internationalization of the competition for talents, the globalization of their mobility, and the diversity of the demand for them. This article analyzes the major features and content of the international cooperation and exchanges, and further discusses their tactics and measures in the process of internationalization of Chinese research universities, based on the latter's really situations.
Lecturers' Attitudes on Electronically Supported Pre-Lecturing Material for Intensive Programs: A Case Study
Author: Kozaris, Ioannis
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Feedback (Response),Summer Schools,Educational Background,Lecture Method,Humanities,Learner Controlled Instruction,Educational Technology,Instructional Design,Computer Assisted Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Residential Programs,Chemistry,Heritage Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Preservation,Cultural Maintenance,Professional Continuing Education,Blended Learning,Internet,Video Technology,Teleconferencing,Distance Education,Electronic Learning,Teacher Attitudes,Case Studies,Surveys,Program Evaluation,Educational Policy,International Programs,International Education

In 2006 and 2008, two large trans-national residential summer schools on conservation science were organized as intensive programs. Learners were not only second/third cycle students in both exact sciences and humanities, but further practicing restorers; consequently their educational background, and even their way of approaching scientific problems, were very diversified, and evaluation of the feedback brought about an urgent need for leveling knowledge and skills. The 3rd summer school, scheduled for July 2009, is addressing the issue by offering self-paced preparatory material authored by the lecturers, and obeying patterns that satisfy the specific needs of both an e-learning environment and a homogenization procedure. Before being offered to the attendees, the pre-lecturing material underwent an interim evaluation concerning its conformity to the Bologna process concepts, as well as to generally accepted methodologies for electronically supported distance learning. Furthermore, teachers were asked on their attitudes towards the proposed scheme. Evaluation of the answers permits drawing conclusions on how far lecturers are capable of and/or willing to accept the above mentioned course structure, in order to fit with a framework designed according to the student-centred Bologna approach, and the fundamental e-learning practices.
Traveling Theory: The Dissemination and Transformation of Educational Narrative Inquiry in China
Author: Peng, Cai-xia
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Inquiry,Theories,Information Dissemination,Research Methodology,Educational Research,Resistance (Psychology),Change

Educational narrative inquiry has gained popularity since it was exported to China at the end of 1990s. The journey of educational narrative inquiry from western countries to China experiences four typical stages of the way any theory or idea traveling, which was put forward by Edward W. Said in 1983. The new curriculum reform and the trends of teacher professionalization and teacher education integration, as well as the experiential and temporal characteristics of narrative inquiry itself, stimulate their dissemination in China, where they also encounter evitable resistance because of the tradition of quantitative and speculative methodology. Due to the different cultural backgrounds and the impact of translation, the educational narrative inquiry has been transformed to some extent. The transformation can be classified into five aspects: the modeling of procedures and forms; the presupposition of aims and too many voices from researchers; the lack of deep description and interpretation; the little reflection on the method itself and closing structure. The most important factor responsible for its transformation is the Chinese thinking mode, including holistic and intuitive thinking, &quot;complete thinking&quot;, inveterate subject-object dichotomy thinking and the tendency of making value judgment before factual judgment. For its better development in China, more exploration and reflections is required.
Prospective Teachers' Skills in Planning and Applying Learning-Teaching Process
Author: Selahattin, Arslan
Date: 2010-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Student Teachers,Teaching Skills,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Mathematics,Instructional Materials,Teaching Methods,Technology Uses in Education,Material Development,Instructional Development,Active Learning,Multiple Intelligences,Preservice Teacher Education

With the reconstruction of the curricula in Turkey, important changes have existed in the activities of education and teaching. That is why it has become an important case of research to determine how much student teachers know about the process of learning-teaching. This study aims to show how are student teachers capable are of planning and applying the process of learning-teaching effectively. Thus, eighteen senior student teachers from the Department of the Primary School Mathematics Teaching at the Education Faculty of a university in Turkey were interviewed in a semi-constructed way. At the end of the study, it was determined that the student teachers knew the activities in the new primary school mathematics curricula, most of them found themselves competent enough to prepare materials and apply them, but they were not competent enough to use mathematics software although they knew them and they were insufficient in the approaches which the new primary school curricula are based on. In light of the results acquired from the study, it is suggested that the student teachers should be taught to use worksheets at the different stages of the lessons through exercises and also they should be informed of how to use the computer programs and the approaches on which the new primary school curricula are based in the environment of learning-teaching.
Library User Education under the Circumstance of Network
Author: Zhu, Tian-hui
Date: 2009-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Library Instruction,Guidelines,Computer Uses in Education,Internet,Teaching Methods,Information Technology,Library Skills,User Needs (Information),Library Services,Information Literacy,Access to Information,College Libraries

Based on the concept of user education, this paper discusses the necessity of user education in library under the circumstance of network, describes the contents and forms of user education and puts forward the problems that should be paid attention to during education. [This paper was supported by scientific research project of Qufu Normal University.]
The Rankings of Research Funding among Universities in Taiwan
Author: Wang, Ru-Jer
Date: 2010-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Universities,Governance,Research,Financial Support,Institutional Characteristics,Classification,Foreign Countries

With the current trend that universities around the world have gradually stepped into higher education systems of popularization, there has been more diversity in universities; hence it has become necessary to increase the transparency of university governance. Since that university classification or university ranking is a powerful mechanism to demonstrate the diversity of an institute, the rankings of research funding have become desirable and also of great value. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the rankings of research funding among universities in Taiwan, and make relevant suggestions based on the findings. A secondary data analysis was conducted on the data obtained from the database of National Science Council, in order to develop the rankings of research funding among 164 universities in Taiwan. Based on the results, the conclusions are as follows: (1) The top three universities which won the funding of the National Science Council Research Project with the best overall strength were National Taiwan University, National Cheng Gung University, and National Chiao Tung University; (2) The top three universities which won the funding of the National Science Council Research Project with the best average faculty strength were National Tsing Hua University, National Chiao Tung University, and National Taiwan University. It is suggested that, when rating the strength of a university to win the research funding, both overall strength and average faculty strength should be considered to avoid the unfairness towards universities of smaller scale. (Contains 8 tables.)
The Use of Music to Teach Life Skills to Students with Emotional Disabilities in the Classroom
Author: Obiozor, Williams Emeka
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Classroom Techniques,Music,Attendance,Individualized Instruction,Creative Teaching,Daily Living Skills,Teaching Methods,Special Needs Students,Emotional Disturbances,Popular Culture,Self Control,Student Behavior,Social Behavior,Student Motivation,African American Students,Males

This article discusses the teaching of life skills to urban American youths who are highly fascinated with the hip-hop culture--songs, raps, miming, lyrics, dressing and musical rhythms, especially individuals with emotional disabilities in the public schools. This is an instructional curriculum strategy to encourage positive and active participation of these students, promote perfect school attendance, encourage good behaviors, deal with anger management and motivate committed learning in the classroom. The instructors' understanding of students' culture, learning needs and styles, and using such background knowledge to educate them become imperative in this setting. These urge for innovative and leadership projects in the author's special education classroom necessitated the application of hip-hop music to teach life skills, reading and other functional skills in the classroom. The outcome was positive and rewarding to both the teachers and students. There are recommendations for interested teachers to devise creative teaching methods, differentiated instruction and appropriate classroom management practices to attain student achievement.
School Violence Roles and Sociometric Status among Spanish Students
Author: Pulido, R.
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Violence,Measures (Individuals),Socioeconomic Status,Questionnaires,Rejection (Psychology),Verbal Communication,Aggression,Victims of Crime,Peer Acceptance,Peer Relationship,Adolescents,Secondary School Students,Bullying,Foreign Countries

This study examines the relation between the social adjustment in the classroom and the role of aggressor or victim, in school violence situations. Participants were 1,635 students (aged 14-18 years old), from a representative sample, with different levels (compulsory secondary education, specific/initial training courses and vocational programs). Students filled out a questionnaire that included measures of types of violence (exclusion, verbal violence, physical violence), from the point of view of the three roles that are implicated (aggressors, victims and observants), and a sociometric questionnaire. The variables measured were: frequency of school violence (exclusion, psychological violence and physical violence) and the peer status (rejected, controversial, neglected, average or popular). The statistic analyses used were X[superscript 2]- and F- tests. From the results we can point out the importance of these variables in the school violence situations. The implications of these findings and the relevance for preventive programs are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 5 figures.)
Bilingual Curriculum Construction in Business Education for Non-Key Universities in China
Author: Wang, Wei-wei
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Academic Discourse,Interpersonal Communication,International Trade,Bilingual Education,Foreign Countries,Communication Skills,Business Education,Language Proficiency,Bilingualism,Universities,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Curriculum Design,Metacognition,Teaching Experience,College Faculty,Program Effectiveness,Educational Policy

Weak effectiveness of bilingual education is an especially obvious phenomenon in non-key universities of China where students have poorer English ground and bilingual curriculums are unconstructive designed partly because of the scarcity of teaching resources. This paper discusses failures of these unconstructive curriculum systems from the view of cognitive learning and points out that just because of the lags in BICS [basic interpersonal communication skills] and CALP [cognitive academic language proficiency] of students in non-key universities, metacognitive process should be substantially considered and completely integrated in construction of bilingual curriculum system including aspects of bilingual allocation, subject design, bilingual arrangement and prepositive training. This paper takes International Business Specialty in non-key universities as an example and highly involves writer's teaching experiences. (Contains 1 figure.)
Education Experienced by Foreign-Born Faculty Whose Native Countries Have Undergone Major Socio-Economical Changes
Author: Fallahi, Mitra
Date: 2010-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Textbooks,Curriculum,Educational Change,Foreign Countries,Foreign Nationals,College Faculty,Social Change,Teacher Education,Comparative Education,Teaching Methods,Economic Change,Educational Objectives,Educational Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes

Three professors of education reflected on education in their countries of origin, and compare their education with learning, teaching and the education in the United States. The three countries represented are China prior to the political and economical reforms starting from 1979, Iran prior to the Islamic Republic of 1979, and the Russian Federation of the Former Soviet Union prior to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Certain aspects of education such as the curriculum, pedagogy, length of schooling, methods of teaching, the textbooks, and priorities and goals of schooling in each country are discussed. This article is a comparison of the educational system of each country with the American educational system as well as among the three countries. The article concludes with each author offering some ideas on how the American educational system might benefit from the experience of the other countries.
Teaching Areas of Polygons: An Alternative Approach
Author: Hoosain, Emam
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Curriculum,Mathematics Education,Geometric Concepts,Measurement,Logical Thinking,Sequential Approach,Teaching Methods,Teaching Models,Instructional Effectiveness,Geometry

Measurement is an integral component of the PK-12 mathematics curriculum. At various grade levels, much attention is given to the areas of geometric shapes. However, there is research evidence that measurement is problematic for US students. In this paper, the merits and demerits of two possible sequences (conventional and alternative) in teaching areas of polygons are discussed in the context of current reforms in mathematics education. Although both sequences are viable, the alternative sequence is suggested because it seems to be more consistent with the process standards (problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connections, and representation) of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).