ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Attitudes to Animal Dilemmas: An Exploratory Comparison between Mexican and English Children
Author: Barraza, Laura
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Animals,Empathy,Moral Development,Conservation (Environment),Negative Attitudes,Ecology,School Role,Comparative Analysis,Entomology,Zoology,Foreign Countries,Cultural Influences,Affective Behavior,Elementary School Students,Student Attitudes,Content Analysis,Cross Cultural Studies,Statistical Analysis

This research explores some of the factors that influence the relations about empathy and/or rejection that children establish towards some animal species. The role that school has within the social context in these dynamics was considered. Attitudes of young children (aged 7 to 9) from Mexico and England towards specific animal species, examining attitudinal differences not only between cultures, and educational systems, but between species have been compared. Ecological dilemmas involving animals are used as a method to analyse children's constructions of the environment in the field of moral development and conservation. Children expressed more negative attitudes towards spiders and snakes, than towards monkeys and birds. Although these attitudes in themselves are not surprising, the material in this study provides new information on how young children construct their moral ideas on conservation matters through the used of ecological dilemmas. Children's reactions vary according to culture, experience, affiliation for a particular animal and school ethos.
A Poem Points, a Thesis Explains: Pedagogic Epiphany and Liminal Disposition in Adult Education
Author: Mc Cormack, David
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Adult Education,Adult Learning,Emotional Experience,Writing (Composition),Inquiry,Reflection,Teaching Methods,Autobiographies,Ethnography,Personal Narratives,Transformative Learning,Academic Discourse,Story Telling,Adult Educators

In this paper I reflect on epiphany moments in teaching and learning and the ways in which writing such moments can serve both to refresh and revitalise what Palmer calls the inner landscape of the educator, while also offering opportunities to enliven pedagogy. I use the notion of the liminal disposition to position such writing as an agentic act in the face of bureaucratic and other professional pressures and drifts. I also use the work of Cixous to provide a theoretical framework for writing and for its place in transformative adult learning. I then present the epiphany moment itself in story form together with an account of its impact on groups of learners and discuss its status as good practice in adult education.
The Modern Lesson of Literature Arrangement with Regard to the Modality Characteristics of the Students
Author: Mukhametshina, R. F.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Student Characteristics,Grade 10,Boarding Schools,Teaching Methods,Learning Modalities,Literature

The article presents psychological and pedagogical research in the sphere of methodology of teaching Literature. It reveals theoretical aspects of consideration of the modality characteristics of the students, from the point of view of the structure of the up-to-date lesson. The topicality of the research is in taking into consideration sensor types of perception of the material studied, which contributes to a better quality of learning and motivation of learners. The article shows the results of the ascertaining experiment, aimed at the detection of dominating perceptive modality of the 10th graders of the Municipal autonomous educational institution &quot;Boarding School No. 7&quot;, Kazan. This experimental research allowed the authors to come to the conclusion about the necessity of reconsideration of the methods of teaching students with different types of perception. The &quot;Methods and Pedagogical techniques&quot; paragraph describes the ways allowing to individualize the process of studying a literary work, taking into account the modality characteristics of the students.
Transformative Learning and Christian Spirituality: Towards a Model for Pedagogical and Theological Clarity?
Author: Meneely, Colin
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Transformative Learning,Religious Factors,Christianity,Adult Education,Adult Learning,Religious Education,Biblical Literature,Experiential Learning,Learning Processes

Ever since Jack Mezirow introduced the incipient, and then more developed idea, of transformative learning to the discussion on adult education more than thirty years ago, the parameters of its theory and practice have been pushed out further and further. The introduction of spirituality and learning to this discussion is not a new one, but this paper explores further the possibilities of the inter-connectedness and inter-dependency of pedagogy and theology, when part of the pedagogical approach of transformative learning is viewed alongside the theology of Christian spirituality in a church based adult learning programme. The quest for pedagogical (and theological) clarity is pursued through attempts to forge learning in both the cognitive and affective domain, through clear and accessible biblical teaching in the local church.
A Case Study in Learning to Unlearn
Author: Downes, Martin
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Transformative Learning,Stakeholders,Climate,Agricultural Occupations,Food Processing Occupations,College Faculty,Partnerships in Education,Masters Programs,Case Studies,Teacher Attitudes,Agriculture,Intellectual Freedom

In this case study, Irish academics reflect on our involvement in a project--Transformative Engagement Network (TEN). This project aims to transform the nature of the engagement between the various stakeholders impacted by or concerned with climate change and to insert the voice and concerns of the most vulnerable food producers into climate change debates. Throughout the project, the Maynooth University team has become increasingly aware of the complexities of development and of the practical and intellectual challenges to the assumptions and beliefs that underpin our disciplines.
The Effect of Ecopodagogy-Based Environmental Education on Environmental Attitude of In-Service Teachers
Author: Okur-Berberoglu, Emel
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Environmental Education,Teacher Attitudes,Ecology,Communities of Practice,Gender Differences,Mixed Methods Research,Case Studies,Attitude Measures,Diaries,Semi Structured Interviews,Observation,Instruction,Elementary School Teachers,Secondary School Teachers,Instructional Effectiveness,Inservice Teacher Education,Foreign Countries,Factor Analysis

Environmental attitude covers a person's behavioural aims, impacts, and believings which is acquired from environmental subjects or activities. It is also mentioned that environmental attitude can be used in order to predict environmental behaviour. The aim of this study is to analyse the efficiency of an ecopedagogy-based TUBITAK environmental education project, which comprised of community of practice and was titled &quot;Ecology in Canakkale and Around, 2010&quot;, on environmental attitude of in-service teachers and to determine whether there is any difference between genders in terms of environmental attitude. The methodology of the study was mixed methodology within a case study. The qualitative and the quantitative data were collected simultaneously and evaluated together. An environmental attitude scale was used in order to collect the quantitative data. The participants' diaries, semi-structured interview and nonparticipant observation notes were used in order to collect the qualitative data. It was found that the ecopedagogy-based environmental education caused to change environmental attitude of in-service teachers favourably and this change was observed mostly on male in-service teachers.
Emerging Model of Questioning through the Process of Teaching and Learning Electrochemistry
Author: Iksan, Zanaton Haji
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Questioning Techniques,Chemistry,Qualitative Research,Teaching Methods,Learning Processes,Grade 10,Secondary School Students,Observation,Science Teachers,Educational Attainment

Verbal questioning is a technique used by teachers in the teaching and learning process. Research in Malaysia related to teachers' questioning in the chemistry teaching and learning process is more focused on the level of the questions asked rather than the content to ensure that students understand. Thus, the research discussed in this paper is intended to explore in-depth the types of questions posed by teachers when teaching electrochemistry. This topic was chosen as it is categorized as a difficult topic by both students and teachers. This research employed qualitative techniques in exploring teachers' verbal questioning during the teaching process. Participants included five teachers teaching Chemistry Form 4 (Grade 10). The data were collected through non-participant observations and verbatim recordings during the teaching and learning process. The findings indicate that the types of teachers' verbal questions when teaching electrochemistry can be categorized in two main areas: content and management questions. Content questions could be sub-divided into five sub-categories: linking questions, questions based on process, comparison questions, questions based on students' observations, and questions based on terminology. As for the management questions, they consisted of four sub-categories: questions for probing, monitoring, and motivation as well as bilingual questions. The data analysis also showed that the content and management questions are complementary as both types are needed in the verbal questioning process during the teaching and learning of electrochemistry.
Numeracy into Action: Putting Numeracy Research into Practice
Author: Sellers, Daniel
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Numeracy,Educational Research,Educational Strategies,Mathematics Instruction,Adults,Adult Education,Tutors,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Faculty Development,Social Networks,Reflection

In 2014 the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) published a research report titled &quot;What Really Counts Next: Action Learning Project with Numeracy Tutors&quot; (Sellers and Byrne, 2014). The report provided an in-depth insight into the way tutors made changes to their practice, and offered practical tips on how to teach numeracy to adult learners in order to support their numeracy development. This article summarises the main findings from the report and provides two mini case studies showcasing numeracy work in action.
Homeschool in Malaysia: A Foresight Study
Author: Kim-Soon, Ng
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Home Schooling,Foreign Countries,Educational Trends,Trend Analysis,Course Descriptions,Interviews,Parent Attitudes,Values,Educational Environment

Homeschooling in Malaysia is a form of alternative education that emphasizes quality education based on moral values and beliefs while strengthening family bonds. This alternative form of education is being practiced by a growing number of families in Malaysia. As such, the Ministry of Education has given the green light for intending parents who wish to homeschool their children to do so with prior permission from the Ministry. Local parents homeschool their children for various reasons. This study was undertaken to foresight the trends of parents who homeschool their children in Malaysia. A mixed approach was used in this study. The data collected was analyzed by using impact uncertainty analysis to foresight homeschool in Malaysia. Data was collected from 30 parents who homeschool in Malaysia and 4 of them were also interviewed. Parent left mainstream schooling is mainly due to inadequate curriculum or syllabus, social issues among students, an adverse school environment and conflicting values in the mainstream's schools. The key drivers of homeschool in Malaysia are social issues among students and the education syllabus offered. This research work foresighted the drivers of homeschooling and provided possible scenarios of future of homeschool in Malaysia. Discussion and recommendations were provided.
Educational Networking as Key Factor of Specialist Training in Universities
Author: Safargaliev, Ernst Raisovich
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Science Education,Business Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,School Business Relationship,Training Methods,College Students,Social Science Research,Teaching Methods,Comparative Analysis,Outcomes of Education,Employment,Specialists,Student Motivation,Partnerships in Education,Labor Market,College Graduates,Salaries,Academic Degrees,Student Surveys,Social Networks

The paper considers the problems of science and education space and network formation between business and education. The productive form of integration between the parties is revealed. The authors address employment as an evaluation criterion for networking between university and business. Special emphasis is on active training methods as a way to develop the student's personality. The paper data is sourced from a survey conducted on university students.
Emotional Labor: An Examination of Faculty in Two Countries
Author: Menon, Shanker
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Comparative Education,Teaching (Occupation),College Faculty,Foreign Nationals,Cross Cultural Studies,Psychological Patterns,Emotional Response,Stress Variables,Comparative Analysis,Anxiety,Hypothesis Testing,Content Analysis,Interrater Reliability,Measures (Individuals),Qualitative Research,Stress Management,Incidence

Although there have been several studies on expatriate adjustment, acculturation and cultural adaptation to a foreign culture in service-driven occupations, there is a dearth of research in many areas. There have been few studies that have looked at jobs that have high emotional labor in the academic field in a cross-cultural context. This study attempts to fill this gap by examining a high emotional labor occupation--the teaching profession, by looking at two different samples of teaching faculty, in two different countries. Two different groups of faculty from the US one teaching in the US, and one teaching as expatriate faculty in China were compared. Findings revealed significant differences in perceptions of emotional labor, stressors and strains. The implications of these findings are discussed.
An Intercultural Education: Teaching Reading in a Mapuche Context
Author: Hernández, María Elena Mellado
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Multicultural Education,Foreign Countries,Reading Instruction,Primary Education,Geographic Regions,Elementary School Teachers,Rural Schools,Educational Practices,Qualitative Research,Teacher Background,Observation,Ethnography,Likert Scales,Questionnaires,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Role,Cultural Context,Statistical Analysis

In Chile, there are currently intercultural educational policies; national curricula that assume updated research development including investigational advances in reading and opportunities for improvement of teacher training. However, in La Araucania Region predominates for lagging behind in reading and it is necessary to explain this tendency beyond poverty and rural conditions of the region. In this context, the aim of this article is to understand the practices for the teaching of reading carried out by primary school teachers in rural schools in a &quot;Mapuche&quot; intercultural context, and their relationship with and between the pedagogical conceptions that underlie these teaching practices. This is a qualitative study, framed in educational investigation. Sixteen teachers were selected intentionally, 6 men and 10 women, 75% of them from &quot;Mapuche&quot; ancestry. In order to collect information, reading classes were observed using ethnographic records and the application of two Likert scale questionnaires on conceptions of teaching, learning and reading. The results show that most educators teach reading in a decontextualized manner, from the textbook of the student, with the teacher's role and focus on decoding texts. The study also shows consistency between the teachers' conceptions of learning and reading. A high percentage of these conceptions are traditional ones that lie beneath the teaching of reading. However, the study highlights that there are very little findings of reading practices that relate to the &quot;Mapuche&quot; context in which the students are situated.
Effects of Self-Perceptions on Self-Learning among Teacher Education Students
Author: Liu, Shih-Hsiung
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Self Concept,Independent Study,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Multivariate Analysis,Hypothesis Testing,Models,Predictor Variables,Teacher Qualifications,Questionnaires,Structural Equation Models,Student Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Role,Self Efficacy,Goodness of Fit,Learning Processes,Path Analysis

This study evaluates the multivariate hypothesized model that predicts the significance of, and relationships among, various self-perception factors for being a qualified teacher and their direct and mediated effects on self-learning activities among teacher education students. A total of 248 teacher education students enrolled at an education university in Taiwan completed a study questionnaire in August and September 2014. Structural equation modeling was used to model the relationships among the following four latent variables: perceived teacher roles, self-concept, self-efficacy, and self-learning. The resulting model had an adequate fit to self-perceptions influencing self-learning activities among teacher education students. Teacher education students' self-efficacy plays a crucial role in facilitating self-learning.
Girls' Familial Responsibilities and Schooling in The Gambia
Author: Njie, Haddy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Developing Nations,Females,Sex Fairness,Equal Education,Secondary Education,Family School Relationship,Family Life,Student Experience,Socialization,Student Surveys,Likert Scales,Data Analysis,Student Attitudes,Secondary School Students,Educational Attitudes,Housework,Child Responsibility,Qualitative Research,Phenomenology

Like many countries in the developing world gender inequity remains a staggering problem in The Gambia, particularly at the secondary school level. In this study, we focus on the relationship between girls' education and heavy domestic workloads, herein referred to as girls' familial responsibilities. We explore this topic in relation not only to performance but also to the value that girls assign to schooling at the post-primary level through the use of a qualitative-inductive phenomenological-approach, mixed with descriptive survey. Findings from this study enabled us to gain a more nuanced snapshot of how, in practice, familial responsibilities can work against the goal of gender equality in and through formal education. More specifically, we find that although access to girls' schooling has improved in The Gambia, there is still a profound tension between the values parents assigned to female education and the gender socialization of the girl child in preparation for their socially expected future roles as mothers and care takers of their families. We conclude from the data that girls are allowed to attend formal schooling, but they are expected to remain feminine in and out of formal schooling spaces. Arguably, the goal for girls to remain feminine has an immediate negative effect on their schooling performances and lasting consequences on the ways they construe their opinions and values about their gender roles, social statuses and future employment capabilities.
Effect of Leadership Style, Motivation, and Giving Incentives on the Performance of Employees--PT. Kurnia Wijaya Various Industries
Author: Elqadri, Zaenal Mustafa
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Leadership Styles,Motivation,Incentives,Job Performance,Employees,Industry,Documentation,Questionnaires,Multiple Regression Analysis,Correlation,Intervals

This study aims to identify and examine the importance of leadership style, motivation, and incentives to improve employee performance. Variables examined as factors that affect performance of employees were style of leadership (X1), motivation (X2), and the provision of incentives (X3). The population of this study was all employees in the Sales Department MT PT. Kurnia Wijaya Various Industries, amounting to 20 people. Data collection techniques were documentation and questionnaires. This study also used multiple linear regressions to analyze the data. It indicates that the level of the relationship between leadership style (X1), motivation (X2), and the provision of incentives (X3) on employee performance (Y) is very strong. This is because the value of the correlation coefficient is R = 0,985a is in the interval between 0.80- coefficient of 1.000. While the coefficient of determination of R2 = 0.971, indicating that the independent variable (leadership style, motivation, and incentives) can influence the dependent variable (performance of employees) at 97.1% while the remaining 2.9% is influenced by other factors not examined.
Factors Affecting the Functionality of Postgraduate Programs in Natural Sciences and Engineering in a Northwest State in Mexico
Author: Valdés Cuervo, Angel Alberto
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Doctoral Programs,Natural Sciences,Engineering Education,Case Studies,Geographic Regions,Program Evaluation,Educational Innovation,Technological Advancement,Technology Transfer,Interviews,Researchers,Educational Resources,Barriers,School Business Relationship

From the researchers' perspective, the study aimed to identify factors affecting the functionality of postgraduate programs in natural sciences and engineering in a north-western Mexican state. Through the typical cases method, 25 researchers who worked in six doctorate programs in the region were selected. From the perception of these participants, the functionality of the postgraduate program is affected by external factors, such as the weakness of other participants' actions in the scientific and technological innovation system in the region; and internal factors, in particular, difficulties concerning the formation processes and strategies for academic training and technology transfer into the region.
Reasons for Vocabulary Attrition: Revisiting the State of the Art
Author: Alharthi, Thamer
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Mixed Methods Research,Longitudinal Studies,Case Studies,Vocabulary Development,Vocabulary Skills,College Seniors,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Questionnaires,Semi Structured Interviews,Difficulty Level

This paper reports on a one year, mixed-methods longitudinal case study investigating the neglected area of the perceived reasons why participants forget vocabulary knowledge. The participants were 43 fourth year male Saudi EFL majors at King Abdulaziz University KAU, Saudi Arabia. Quantitative and qualitative data including self-reported questionnaires and retrospective semi-structured interviews offered evidence to support the findings of this study. The reasons associated with lexical attrition centered on lack of practice, instructional and environmental context and nature of the word.