ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Reception of Arthur Sutherland Neill's Pedagogical Concept and His Summerhill School in Hungarian and German Pedagogical Literature and Press
Author: Langer-Buchwald, Judit
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: German,Hungarian,Educational Change,Foreign Countries,Children,Sexuality,Sex Education,Child Rearing,Boarding Schools,Literature

Arthur Sutherland Neill is one of the most debated personalities among the representatives of the classic reform pedagogy, due to his pedagogical concept and its practical realization, and his Summerhill School, equally. He is often mentioned during public debates, where mostly the &quot;three S&quot;--&quot;sex, swearing and smoking&quot;, are existing as subject of the debates. While analyzing publications about Summerhill School appearing in Hungarian and German pedagogical special literature and press, a kind of polarized attitude has been realized towards the conceptions and school: Some talk about him admiringly; others criticize him while emphasizing the concept's drawbacks and unique features.
&quot;E-Book Flood&quot; for Changing EFL Learners' Reading Attitudes
Author: Lin, Chih-Cheng
Date: 2010-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Feedback (Response),Oral Reading,Reading Attitudes,Reading Programs,Foreign Countries,Books,Reading Instruction,English (Second Language),Electronic Publishing,Student Attitudes,Second Language Learning,Junior High Schools,Measures (Individuals),Music,Acoustics,Animation,Attitude Change

This paper was intended to investigate the effects of using e-books (or texts with multimedia support) in an ERP (extensive reading program) on EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' attitudes toward reading in English. In a junior high school in northern Taiwan, 109 students from 3 intact classes were recruited in the 10-week ERP of e-books. Each class was introduced to a list of 140 selected e-books for the reading program; each student was then encouraged to read e-books after school, with the target of reading 4 e-books every week. The degree of changes in reading attitudes was assessed by using the reading attitudes scale (Stokmans, 1999) before and after the e-book ERP. In addition, the teacher's class notes of the students' reading behaviors and reactions as well as their spontaneous oral or written feedback were analyzed to be triangulated with the quantitative data. The results showed that the e-books had positive effects on the students' attitudinal changes in all dimensions of reading attitudes, namely, utility, development, enjoyment and escape, as well as in all the cognitive, affective and conative components. The results also showed that the features of the e-books, especially oral reading, highlighting, animations and music/sound effects, were considered important to change their attitudes. The implementation of interaction and learner control in the e-books guaranteed positive attitudinal changes as well. (Contains 1 table.) [This paper was presented in the 17th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), December 2, 2009, in Hong Kong and included in the proceedings (pp. 769-776).]
Situation Analysis of Students' Welfare Services in Universities in South-Western Nigeria: Implications for Students' Personnel Management Practice
Author: Alani, Ramoni Ayobami
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Undergraduate Students,Foreign Countries,Sampling,Welfare Services,Institutional Characteristics,Student Personnel Services,Student Surveys,Questionnaires,Learning Motivation,Participant Satisfaction,State Colleges,Delivery Systems,Student Attitudes,Educational Practices

Motivating learners in university depends largely on those services, processes and procedures whose primary purpose is to enhance and maintain learners' physical, social, intellectual and emotional well-being. This study examined the situation of welfare services in the context of university education vis-a-vis students' perceived motivation to learning. The study involved public universities in South-Western Nigeria with different characteristics, such as curriculum focus, year of establishment, ownership and residential statuses. Using a descriptive survey research design, the target population for the study was the final-year undergraduate students drawn from three faculties and a college using multi-stage, stratified and simple random sampling techniques. The SWESAQ (students' welfare service assessment questionnaire) instrument was administered on 800 students that constituted the sample frame. The major findings among others were that provision of welfare services in all universities was inadequate and seemed to be responsible for learners' low level of satisfaction and poor motivation to learning. Consequently, the implications of these findings for students' personnel management practice were discussed and necessary suggestions were given. (Contains 3 tables.)
Interlanguage Pragmatics Study of Indirect Complaint among Japanese ESL Learners
Author: Baba, Junko
Date: 2010-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Speech Acts,Linguistics,Interlanguage,Native Speakers,North American English,English (Second Language),Pragmatics,Japanese,Second Language Learning,Classification,Morphology (Languages),Syntax,Transfer of Training,Language Usage,Vocabulary Development,Morphemes,Asians,Second Language Instruction,Error Analysis (Language),Correlation,Aggression

This interlanguage pragmatics study of linguistic expressions of affect focuses on how Japanese learners of English may express themselves in an affect-laden speech act of indirect complaint. The English as a Second Language (ESL) learners' data are compared with the baseline data of native speakers of Japanese (JJ) and American English (AA). The functions of linguistic expressions of affect are classified into intensifiers and specifiers and further breakdown is made in terms of lexical and morpho-syntactic variables. Some major findings include the ESL learners' negative transfer from First Language (L1) Japanese into Second Language (L2) by using dislocation and the adversative passive structure, while simultaneously using hedges and aggressive words. Their avoidance of such expressions of affect as hyperbole and curse words can be partially attributed to insufficient vocabulary in L2 English. Conversely, they make an excessive and conscious effort to avoid using the Historical Present (HP) in order to match the tense, which can be interpreted as a sign of hypercorrection of the linguistic specific features in the L2. The paper sheds light on a new area of the linguistic affect as shown by the Asian ESL learners whose first languages are significantly different from their L2 English. (Contains 7 tables and 2 footnotes.)
Museum without Walls: Imagining New Formative Spaces
Author: Cabral, Gladir
Date: 2010-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Museums,Children,Foreign Countries,Imagination,Education,Workshops,Nonschool Educational Programs,Public Relations

The &quot;Museum of Childhood&quot; is a project connected to the Post-Graduate Program in Education at Unesc (Brazil) and since 2005 has been developing interfaces with research, teaching and extension. In this paper, the authors would like to show how the museological conception of the Museum of Childhood makes imagination from one of the central axis of its formative relation with the public. Such conception breaks with the traditional view of museums as buildings where old things are collected and preserved. In fact, the Museum of Childhood, in the light of its objective conditions, wants to be a museum without walls, a museum that, using the device of spatial demarcation, spreads itself in the university campus and other public places, with the objective of communicating with the people. This conception comes closer to the transgressive nature of modern arts, which desacralizes the work of art as masterpiece and proposed, for example, the fugacity of installations and aesthetic interventions. This conception takes the Benjaminian notion of the past as the dimension where other futures remain latent, that is, the museum is seen not as a guardian of the past, but as an establishment that wants to use its collections to communicate with the public. The overrunning of the static physical space, for example, forces the public to recreate its horizon of expectations concerning what a museum show be. In order to accomplish its original objectives, the Museum of Childhood works intensively on the formation of the public by proposing monitored visits in which creative activities are developed and by improving its homepage. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
A Prediction Model of Foreign Language Reading Proficiency Based on Reading Time and Text Complexity
Author: Kotani, Katsunori
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Reading Comprehension,Reading Materials,Predictive Measurement,Models,Second Language Learning,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Language Proficiency,Reading Skills,Evaluation Methods,Student Evaluation,Reading Rate,Educational Technology,Computer Assisted Instruction,Natural Language Processing,Evaluation Criteria,Time Factors (Learning),Correlation,Vocabulary,Language Tests,Computer Assisted Testing

In textbooks, foreign (second) language reading proficiency is often evaluated through comprehension questions. In case, authentic texts are used as reading material, such questions should be prepared by teachers. However, preparing appropriate questions may be a very demanding task for teachers. This paper introduces a method for automatically evaluating proficiency, wherein comprehension questions are not required. This method assesses a learner's reading proficiency on the basis of the linguistic features of the text and the learner's reading time. A reading model following this method predicted reading proficiency with an ER (error rate) of 18.2%. This ER is lower than those of models proposed in previous studies. Furthermore, the ER of the authors' reading model for various learner groups classified by their RS (reading speeds) was examined. The result of this examination showed that the error rate was the lowest for the group of learners with fast RS. (Contains 4 figures.)
Using Improvisational Exercises in General Education to Advance Creativity, Inventiveness and Innovation
Author: Hackbert, Peter H.
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Creativity,Innovation,Creative Thinking,Creative Activities,Theater Arts,Entrepreneurship,College Freshmen,General Education

Creativity is the process of generating something new or original that has value to an individual, a group, an organization, an industry or a society. Improvisational theater techniques are used to enhance creative thinking and action in a variety of disciplines as broad as education, theater, dance, painting, writing and music, law, business, and most recently, entrepreneurship. This paper describes an academic setting that draws upon the definition, techniques and improvisational methods as prerequisites for a progression of increased experiences of idea generation, new product invention and innovation. Improvisation is used as a critical ingredient to enhance creativity for undergraduate liberal arts students in a freshman general studies course leading to student product development and field-based innovations.
Rites of Passage: A Comparison of US, Malaysian and Brazilian Adolescents
Author: McCarthy, Sherri Nevada
Date: 2010-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Maturity (Individuals),Global Approach,Adolescents,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Adolescent Attitudes,Cross Cultural Studies,Developmentally Appropriate Practices,Cultural Influences,Gender Differences,Individual Development,Norms

This study compares the life events perceived as &quot;rites of passage&quot; from adolescence to adulthood by respondents between the ages of 14 and 23 in 3 countries and discusses the possible influences of culture and globalization on these perceptions. Participants include: (1) 250 adolescents from the US (125 males and 125 females); (2) 191 adolescents from southeastern Brazil (70 males and 121 females); and (3) 163 adolescents from Malaysia (76 males and 87 females). These adolescents ranked a variety of life events which may be perceived as indicative of adult status by completing a questionnaire about perceived rites of passage. Although there were similarities among the 3 groups, several differences also emerged. The most commonly noted indicator of adult status for Malaysian youth was physical maturity, followed by completing one's education. Participants from the US cited financial independence as the major indicator of adult status, while those from Brazil cited the ability to make important decisions independently from family and to take responsibility for others, such as children, aging parents or a spouse. Brazilian youth were significantly more likely to cite a love affair and voting in major elections as rites of passage than were participants from the other 2 countries. Participants from the US were significantly more likely to cite military service, and Malaysian youth were significantly more likely to consider completion of education and achieving physical maturity as rites of passage. Gender and age differences within groups were evident on some items, but these were not consistent across groups. Possible explanations for the differences between countries and implications for educators working with adolescents in rapidly changing societies are discussed. (Contains 7 tables and 1 footnote.)
Maximizing the Usage of Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics in English Program in the Malaysian Secondary Schools System
Author: Luck, Lee Tan
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Instruction,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Educational Technology,Computer Assisted Instruction,Technology Integration,Courseware,Instructional Effectiveness,Human Capital,Educational Change,Mathematics Instruction,Secondary School Curriculum,School Culture,Adoption (Ideas),Internet,Laptop Computers,Curriculum Implementation,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Administrator Attitudes,Surveys,Rural Urban Differences,Teacher Role

This research is attempting to examine the effectiveness in the application of ICT (information and communication technology) and standardize courseware in ETeMS (English for Teaching Mathematics and Science) or PPSMI (Pengajaran and Pembelajaran Sains and Matematic dalam Bahasa Inggeris) in English program in the Malaysian secondary school system. Five dimensions of secondary school (type of school, demographic, leadership quality, teaching and learning culture, and teachers' personal and working experience) were examined to determine the maximizing usage of TEC (technology-enhanced classroom) in the learning program. In general, there is a significant difference among factors stated above with maximizing usage of TEC in teaching and learning of science and mathematics in English program. The learning culture is also closely related. In addition, the school and teaching staff are another two essential factors found to be the strong fundamental of maximizing the usage of technology in TEC teaching and learning with towering quality. This study represents an addition to the extant literature on maximizing the usage of technology-enhanced teaching and learning towards the excellence of education in the secondary school system. The maximizing usage of TEC teaching and learning environment within the secondary school system is pivotal towards achieving high quality human capital and improving the efficiency and integrity of technology-enhanced learning of science and mathematics in English program. This study provides further groundwork to assist existing education managers to improve work quality and deliver the maximizing usage of TEC teaching and learning towards the excellence in secondary education. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.)
A Generic Analysis of English Research Article Abstracts and the Use of Modal Verbs for Financial Economics
Author: Chen, Jie
Date: 2010-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Verbs,Journal Articles,English,Economics,Documentation

This paper is a generic study of schematic structures and the use of modal verbs of 50 English Research Article (RA) abstracts. With Bhatia's (1990) model as the framework, three other move patterns were obtained besides the normal move order. The density of modal verbs varies greatly from move to move with significant differences in the frequency of occurrence in different moves. The use of modal verbs is much more move-determined than discipline-determined. (Contains 1 table and 1 footnote.)
Puppet Play as Interactive Approach in Drug Abuse Prevention
Author: Nenadic-Bilan, Diana
Date: 2010-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,Puppetry,Dramatic Play,Drug Education,Prevention,Family Involvement,Drug Abuse,Drug Use,Assertiveness,Intervention,Comprehensive School Health Education,Skill Development,Resistance (Psychology),Peer Influence,Knowledge Level,Attitude Change,Misconceptions,Coping,Goal Orientation,Program Effectiveness

The national strategies of drug abuse prevention across Europe have come to recognise that the drug abuse problem presents a complex set of issues of which there is no simple solution. There is a considerable increase in investment in prevention, treatment and harm-reduction activities and increased focus on supply reduction. School settings are the focus of most attempts to implement effective prevention programmes. Prevention in schools does not only focus on drugs alone, but also includes personal and social skills, often with family involvement and involvement of local community. The school is an ideal setting for drug abuse prevention and development of active and responsible attitudes against drug abuse. Successful school drug-prevention programmes include personal skills training (decision-making, coping and goal-setting), social skills training (assertiveness, resisting peer-pressure), drug education (knowledge about drugs and the consequences of taking them) and developing attitudes (especially correcting misconceptions about peer group drug use). Effective drug education programmes incorporate a range of activities which provide students with relevant factual information, the opportunity to consider their attitudes and values, and the values of others. For effective delivery of prevention programmes, interactive teaching is better than didactic teaching alone. In that sense, the puppet play could be used as an interactive technique. Puppets help the students engage actively in communicating their emotions, opinions and experiences, and learn about the drug abuse problem. By the means of puppetry and dramatic play, the students may learn about drugs and the consequences of taking them. (Contains 2 footnotes.)
The Economy's Influence on Environmental Sustainability and Energy: Including the Top Ten Facilities Issues. APPA Thought Leaders Series, 2009
Author: Lunday, Elizabeth
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Conferences (Gatherings),Higher Education,Energy Management,Sustainability,Energy Education,Focus Groups,Change Strategies,Facilities Management,Educational Facilities,Facility Guidelines,Brainstorming,Organizational Change,Energy Conservation,Environmental Influences,Barriers

Since 2006, the APPA (Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers) Thought Leaders Series has brought together experts in higher education for two days of discussion about the challenges facing colleges and universities in North America. Energy and the environment were the focal points for the 2009 Thought Leaders Symposium, and the result is this whitepaper, which considers the major challenges posed by environmental sustainability to higher education institutions. During the symposium, participants heard from experts on different aspects of energy use and environmental sustainability. They also broke into working groups to identify specific challenges to implementing sustainability and energy management strategies on campus. The economic situation was never forgotten--for each major issue, teams evaluated the implications of the global recession. In the end, the following major points were established--points that became the outline of Section II of this paper: (1) Environmental Sustainability; and (2) Energy Issues. Section III of this report shifts the focus to a discussion of the response of facilities leaders to higher education's challenges. Section IV focuses on the top critical issues confronting facilities leaders in 2010. Appendices include: (1) References and Resources; and (2) Participants in the 2009 Thought Leaders Symposium. [Support for this paper was provided by the Haley & Aldrich, Inc. and the Delta Controls. For the 2008 report, see ED506290.]
State Teacher Policy Yearbook: What States Can Do to Retain Effective New Teachers, 2008. Missouri
Author: National Council on Teacher Quality
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Mentors,Teacher Competencies,State Government,Government Role,Teacher Qualifications,Teacher Effectiveness,Teacher Persistence,State Standards,Data Collection,Databases,Instructional Effectiveness,Tenure,Teacher Evaluation,Observation,Student Evaluation,Standardized Tests,Beginning Teachers,Beginning Teacher Induction,Teacher Certification,Teacher Salaries,Merit Pay,Teaching Experience,Teacher Shortage,Compensation (Remuneration),Retirement Benefits,Teacher Retirement,Teacher Dismissal,Educational Objectives

This paper presents the Missouri edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 &quot;State Teacher Policy Yearbook&quot;. The 2008 &quot;Yearbook&quot; focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals examine the impact of state policy on 1) identifying effective teachers, 2) retaining those deemed effective and 3) exiting those deemed ineffective. While Missouri is making progress toward meeting some goals, significant room for improvement remains in many others. The state completely missed seven goals, met a small portion of two, partially met five and nearly met one. Missouri's best performance is in its requirement of multiple formal evaluations for new teachers. The state has the most work to do in ensuring only factors that advance teacher effectiveness are required for permanent licenses, ensuring its pension system is neutral, closing loopholes that allow teachers who have not met licensure requirements to continue teaching and strengthening policies regarding teacher compensation issues. Missouri's progress toward meeting these goals is summarized. The body of the report provides a more detailed breakdown of the state's strengths and weaknesses in each area. Missouri has an overall performance of D+ for 2008. Goals for each area are appended. (Contains 57 figures.) [Additional support for the 2008 &quot;State Teacher Policy Yearbook&quot; was provided by the Teaching Commission. For the national summary, see ED514690.]