ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Perception Differential between Employers and Undergraduates on the Importance of Employability Skills
Author: Wye, Chung-Khain
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Employer Attitudes,Employers,Student Attitudes,Undergraduate Students,Employment Potential,Job Skills,Private Colleges,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Comparative Analysis,Student Characteristics,Competence,Unemployment,Student Surveys,Surveys

This paper attempts to investigate if the undergraduates' core competencies are able to meet with the requirements set by the employers and to analyse the effectiveness of personal qualities and employability skills development in private university in Malaysia. Questionnaires survey, mean score comparison, and independent sample t-test are used to capture the perception differential between 30 employers and 600 undergraduates from a local private university on the importance of employability skills. Our results show that the undergraduates are all highly competent in possessing the said personal qualities and skills. However, such skills as critical analysis, planning, problem solving, oral communication, decision making, and negotiating report a slightly higher level of mismatch between employers' and undergraduates' perception on their importance and development in the University.
A Probe into Classroom Teaching and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Li, Zhengdan
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Class Activities,Linguistic Theory,Age,Language Research,Classification,Native Language,Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Improvement

Due to the popularization of foreign language study, more and more people from education field further enhance their exploration and researches in how to apply second acquisition theories into classroom teaching. This paper probes into the orientation, research objects, age, language environment and classroom activities of second language acquisition.
Succession Planning in Malaysian Institution of Higher Education
Author: Abdullah, Zaini
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Sustainability,Administrative Change,Higher Education,Administrators,College Administration

Succession planning has not been a distinct initiative undertaken by educational organisation in their strategic planning. The former has been clearly established in several high profile profit organisations to ensure smooth transition of leadership in their respective department. From several literatures, proponents of strategic planning have called for non-profit organisations to seriously consider succession planning as an indispensable initiative. This is because it promotes a clear vision of shared values, personnel efficiency and effectiveness and institutional credibility. Therefore, it has to be undertaken by the educational organisation as it promotes positive outlook within. Subsequently, it acts to provide motivational booster for the workers as in talent pooling, customers' satisfaction due to institutional effectiveness and the organisation competent management at large. This paper explores the importance of succession planning on the sustainability of the educational organisation. It also attempts to put into perspective how succession planning transcends these effects on the performance of academicians, students and the organisation stability.
An Analysis on the Turnover of College Teachers in China from the Perspective of Institutional Economics
Author: Zhang, Zhaojun
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Labor Turnover,Foreign Countries,Talent,College Faculty,Economics,Incentives,Theories,Classification,Student Role,Performance Based Assessment,Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance

Talents are the most important factor of all in the efforts to establish an innovative country. In universities and colleges, the bases for talent cultivation, the turnover of teachers in an explicit or recessive way calls for our urgent attention. This article aims at analyzing the complex causes of college teachers' turnover from the perspective of institutional economics including Limitation of Incentive Theory, Interests Relative Theory and Principal-Agent Theory. Besides, it puts forward some relevant measures to solve the current problem.
Employment Obtaining and Business Starting
Author: Lan, Jian
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Education,Vocational Education,College Programs,Program Implementation,Employment Patterns,Comparable Worth,College Outcomes Assessment,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries

The implementation of business starting education in higher vocational colleges is of important and realistic meanings for cultivating advanced technology application-type talents and for releasing the employment obtaining pressure of higher vocational students. Based on the analysis on the employment situation of higher vocational graduates, this paper explores the thoughts and methods for higher vocational colleges to implement business starting education.
China's Commitments in Education Services and Their Impact
Author: Xu, Jian
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Partnerships in Education,Cooperation,Higher Education,Universities,International Organizations,International Trade,Study Abroad,Foreign Student Advisers

International trade in educational services has grown substantially over the past decades. Now it is a billion dollar industry including recruitment of international students, establishment of university campuses abroad, franchised provision and on line education. WTO [World Trade Organization] requires each member nation to make its own schedule of commitments in education services, and to explain its limitations on market access and national treatment as well as other limitations. In the schedules of commitments, commitments are split into two sections: First, &quot;horizontal&quot; commitments which stipulate limitations that apply to all of the sectors included in the schedule; these often refer to a particular mode of supply, notably commercial presence and the presence of natural persons. Any evaluation of sector-specific commitments must therefore take the horizontal entries into account. Second, specific commitments which apply to trade in services in a particular sector or subsector are listed. This paper examines China's commitments in education services under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It provides rough pictures about the impact of China's commitments on its education services.
Knowledge Sharing among Academics in Institutions of Higher Learning: A Research Agenda
Author: Ramayah, T.
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Colleges,College Faculty,Knowledge Management,Sharing Behavior,Knowledge Economy,Research,Validity,Factor Analysis,Structural Equation Models

This paper presents a research agenda for a funded research project on knowledge sharing among academics in Malaysia. One of the main objectives is to develop validate and measure of knowledge sharing which is suitable for academicians. Previous studies on knowledge sharing have used standard measurement items which do not cater for the multiple roles held by academics such as teaching, mentoring, supervising, publishing, networking etc. We will present the proposed methodology of achieving the objectives stated and round it up with the expected outcomes.
Continuous-Grouped-Self-Learning: In the Perspective of Lecturers, Tutors and Laboratory Instructors
Author: Azau, Mohd Azrin Mohd
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Computer Science Education,Engineering,Engineering Education,Problem Based Learning,College Students,Student Evaluation,Cooperative Learning,College Faculty,Teacher Attitudes,Educational Change,Teaching Methods

This paper presents the perception of lecturers, tutors and lab instructors towards the implemented Continuous-Group-Self-Learning (CGSL) in the Department of Computer and Communication System Engineering (CCSE), Universiti Putra Malaysia. This innovative system introduces mock teaching and student-lecturer role as a technique of delivery. The system ensures a continuous group work and the students are learning with class-oriented problem-based learning (CO-PBL) instead of seasonal project oriented problem-based learning (PO-PBL). The radical change in the assessment by adopting mock teaching oriented assessment (MTOA) has given a new definition to assess the student thoroughly. 49 respondents have taken part in this study, in which 30 of them are lecturers, 8 are tutors and 11 are laboratory instructors who currently active serving in the department. In general, 56% of the respondent do not agree this learning system shifted the teaching job to the students and 56.55% of them disagree this approach is a burdensome to the students who are undergoing this learning style. This system in fact a catalyst that urges the lecturers, tutors and lab instructors to enhance themselves in order to cope up with the 'knowledge demand' from the student when 82.1% of the respondents agree to be more knowledgeable as compared to conventional teaching method.
Encouraging Pre-Service Teachers to Address Issues of Sexual Orientation in Their Classrooms: Walking the Walk &amp; Talking the Talk
Author: Hansen, Laurie E.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Sexual Orientation,Homosexuality,Multicultural Education,Gender Issues,Advocacy,Instructional Materials,Controversial Issues (Course Content),Class Activities,Lesson Plans

The purpose of this article is to describe ways that teacher educators can encourage future teachers to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) issues in their own classrooms. The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network's ThinkB4YouSpeak Educator's Guide served as the framework for the activities that the author has implemented in undergraduate (e.g., K-12 Multicultural Education, Issues in K-12 Education) and graduate-level (e.g., Foundations of Diversity and Equity) courses for pre-service elementary and secondary teachers. The activities described in this article have been used effectively with classes as small as 25, and as large as 140 students.
Improvement of Faculty's Qualities in Medical Colleges and the Construction of a &quot;Five-in-One&quot; Cultivation System under the Pattern of PBL
Author: Chen, Qin
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Medical Schools,Higher Education,Problem Based Learning,Medical Education,Teacher Characteristics,Teacher Education,Teacher Competencies,Internet,Quality Assurance

The instructional pattern of Problem-based Learning, which requires teachers to be &quot;organizers, guides and cooperators&quot; of their students' learning, is now becoming a trend in the development of medical education around the world. In order to be competent in all the above mentioned roles, teachers need to be equipped with corresponding qualities. In this article, basic qualities under the ideal PBL conditions are summarized from relevant literatures and teachers' practical ability was also understood through analysis of requirements. Then the difference between the ideals and reality was discovered, also a question data base was set up accordingly as the starting point to train teachers and seek a solution to intrigue them to implement PBL. Thus, a teachers' training system of &quot;Five in One&quot;, the integration of requirement analysis, objectives setting, methods selection, content design and quality assurance, was constructed.
An Analysis of the Distribution of Student Financial Aid and Social Justice in China: A Quantitative Approach
Author: Zou, Xiehua
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Financial Aid,Social Justice,Low Income Groups,Access to Education,Demography,Educational Background,Student Experience,Educational Policy,Questionnaires,Data Analysis,Path Analysis,Models,Hypothesis Testing,Gender Differences,Minority Group Students,Scholarships,Geographic Location,Parent Background,Undergraduate Students,Regression (Statistics),Statistical Analysis

The Chinese government's stated objective of student financial aid (SFA) policy is to help students from low-income families to access higher levels of education. This article first explores the possible associations between the distribution of SFA and students' various demographic and academic backgrounds. Then it presents the findings regarding students' experiences of the current SFA policy, according to the questionnaire data. Based on these findings, a path analysis is used to construct a quantitative model to explain what factors shape the distribution of SFA. This model to some extent, if not fully, explains the patterns of SFA distribution evident from the data; it also provides important implications for further investigation.
Globalization and Science Education: The Implications for Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Author: Quigley, Cassie
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Global Approach,Science Education,Indigenous Knowledge,Indigenous Populations,Definitions,Ecology,Place Based Education,Traditionalism

Much of the current diversity literature in science education does not address the complexity of the issues of indigenous learners in their postcolonial environments and calls for a &quot;one size fits all&quot; instructional approach (Lee, 2001). Indigenous knowledge needs to be promoted and supported. There is currently a global initiative of maintaining worldviews, languages, and environments of which science education can be a part (McKinley, 2007). This paper is organized around five main topics that further guide the theoretical framework for this important area: a) describing postcolonialism and indigeneity related to science education, b) defining the terms indigenous knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, c) western modern science and the effects of globalization on these terms d) examining the research on learning implications of IK and/or TEK in classrooms with a focus on the research into student learning in indigenous language, e) connecting place-based education to curricular implications for indigenous knowledge systems.
Determinants of Preferred Financial Digital Format by New Zealand Accounting Practitioners
Author: Ghani, Erlane K.
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Accounting,Work Experience,Hypermedia,Programming Languages,Familiarity,Questionnaires,Regression (Statistics)

An extensive literature has emerged in the past decade that examined financial reporting in a digital environment. This study extends this literature by examining the factors that may influence the preference of a digital presentation format. Using questionnaire design, this study examines whether public accounting practitioners' work experience and familiarity with a presentation format influence their preferred presentation format. The results show that work experience is not an important determinant of users' preferred presentation format. The results also show familiarity of two presentation formats; Portable Document Format (PDF) and Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) do not influence users' preferred presentation formats but familiarity with Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) is an important determinant of preference towards HTML. These findings indicate that perhaps more promotion could be undertaken to increase users' awareness and understanding towards the presentation formats in the digital reporting environment.
Effective Poster Teaching Strategy Towards Risk in Studying Fraud
Author: Aziz, Rozainun Haji Abdul
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Risk Management,Deception,Lecture Method,Visual Aids,Graduate Students,Masters Programs,Ethics,Foreign Countries

The aim of this paper is to present an alternative method and strategy in teaching and learning for the higher institution of learning. Poster presentation is an approach to introduce and deliver a lecture to create a different mood enticed by the visuals given. This poster presents a new approach of creativity as a method of teaching and learning in a classroom. The course sampled was risk management. The whole idea is to make the teaching presentation interesting by using visuals i.e. an instructive poster. Each &quot;point&quot; on the poster means a thousand words. The presentation shows how risk management is encompassed by knowledge, understanding and controls of forensic accounting and financial criminology. It is self-explanatory and acts as an animation in itself. Risk management is seen to be an umbrella, shielding away entities from the unpredictable environment and weather i.e. malpractices, corporate failures and frauds which are now rampant across the world. A formal education and an academic qualification are now a necessity to combat these hitches. This is accomplished by exposing the &quot;gate of thumbs&quot; as labeled and arranged under the umbrella, signifying a study of forensic accounting and financial criminology through various courses. Research is then undertaken to express and instigate feasible topic as a test of further understanding. As shown on the poster, 'with a command of English to report, if &quot;…it takes a thief…&quot; then in this study, it takes one function to deter fraud, i.e. risk management; and three levels to hook fraud, namely forensic accounting, varied courses related plus a level of research work.
A Contrastive Study of Cultural Diversity of Learning Styles between China and the United States
Author: Jian, Hong
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Analysis,Cognitive Style,Cultural Differences,Cultural Pluralism,Teaching Methods,Teacher Role,Student Role,Thinking Skills,Cultural Influences,Confucianism,Educational Philosophy

This paper makes a contrastive study of learning styles between China and the U.S. from five aspects and recognizes that the differences are due to the influence of cultural diversity such as individualism and collectivism, Confucianism, utilitarianism and pragmatism etc.
Quality Assurance in Higher Education Institutions: Exit Survey among Universiti Putra Malaysia Graduating Students
Author: Konting, Mohd Majid
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Quality Assurance,Higher Education,Universities,Student Surveys,Student Attitudes,College Seniors,Satisfaction,Educational Quality,Outcomes of Education,Interpersonal Competence,Social Development,Communication Skills,Measures (Individuals),Comparative Analysis,Factor Analysis

This paper presents the exit survey of graduating students at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). The results gathered from 1,823 final year students of the 2006/07 session indicate that overall, the students' satisfaction level is moderately high (3.55 ± 0.79). The students' perception on the attributes of graduates resulting from learning outcomes is also moderately high (3.65 ± 0.66). Although there are no differences in students' satisfaction level according to gender (t = 0.582, p &gt; 0.05) and students' residence (t = 0.121, p &gt; 0.05), however, it differs according to students' study programs (F = 35.44, p &lt; 0.01), with Social Science students having a higher satisfaction level (3.80) compared to their counterparts in the Physical Sciences and Engineering (3.48) and Bioscience and Medicine (BSM) programs (3.37). Through this exit survey, together with many other assessment initiatives, the university aspires to provide the highest possible quality in terms of teaching, research and professional services.
Mathematics Achievement among Malaysian Students: What Can They Learn from Singapore?
Author: Ismail, Noor Azina
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Mathematics Achievement,Student Characteristics,Teacher Characteristics,Cross Cultural Studies,Cultural Differences,Mathematics Instruction,Comparative Analysis,Scores,Gender Differences,Educational Resources,Student Attitudes,Secondary School Students,Grade 8

Malaysia was ranked 16th and 10th in mathematics based on the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1999 and 2003, respectively while its neighbor, Singapore, used to be a part of Malaysia until 1965, was ranked first in both years. Hence, it is the aim of this study to investigate what makes Singaporean students better in mathematics performance compared to Malaysian students using TIMSS data. Factors examined in this analysis include characteristics of students, teachers and schools, educational aids and resources as well as students' attitudes towards mathematics learning. It is hoped that the findings from this study will provide useful inputs to improve mathematics learning among Malaysian students.
Study on the Microwave Permittivity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube
Author: Liu, Xiaolai
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Scientific Concepts,Magnets,Energy,Science Experiments,Laboratory Equipment,Molecular Structure,Scientific Principles

In this article, we studied the microwave permittivity of the complex of the single-walled carbon nanotube and paraffin in 2-18GHz. In the range, the dielectric loss of single-walled carbon nanotube is higher, and the real part and the imaginary part of the dielectric constant decrease with the increase of frequency, and the dielectric constant possesses the property of dispersion frequency response. The ?', ?&quot; and tand of the complex of the single-walled carbon nanotube and paraffin increase with the increase of the content of carbon tubes, and it presents good second-order function relationship with the volume fraction of carbon in certain range. The polarization dispersion dielectric response is the main reason that the single-walled nanotube absorbs and wastes microwaves.
Learning in the Virtual World: The Pedagogical Potentials of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
Author: Yu, Tao Wang
Date: 2009-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Internet,Educational Technology,Computer Games,Technology Uses in Education,Simulated Environment,Role Playing,Skill Development,Problem Solving,Cooperation,Teaching Methods

A much more attractive way to use the internet was discovered. Users are represented by avatars in the fantasy persistent 3D world, and the avatars apparently come to occupy a special place in the hearts of their creators (Castronova, 2001). At present, millions of people worldwide have accounts to some kind of virtual environments. Virtual world may soon become the primary venue for all online activities (Castronova, 2001) including learning. Imagine that one can gain knowledge and skills by social interactions in virtual worlds. A massively multi-student online learning environment (MMOLE) is a pedagogically designed space where students would spend much time learning online by doing and interacting with others. Furthermore, massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) or massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) allow individuals, through their avatars, to learn in the service of games goals and through problem solving and collaboration. This article aims at exploring the pedagogical potentials of virtual worlds. The strengths and weaknesses will be outlined and some of the issues will be discussed through case studies. Hopefully, lessons can be learned and the future virtual worlds can become a more powerful and effective environment to engage students in learning.