ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Examining the Effect of Teacher Guidance on Collaborative Argumentation in Middle Level Classrooms
Author: Hsu, Pi-Sui
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Students,Cooperative Learning,Science Education,Secondary School Science,Persuasive Discourse,Intervention,Experimental Groups,Control Groups,Scaffolding (Teaching Technique),Statistical Analysis,Teacher Role,Quasiexperimental Design,Grade 7,Suburban Schools,Educational Quality,Rhetoric,Teacher Guidance

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of teacher guidance on the quality of collaborative argumentation in middle level classrooms. Each of six science classes was randomly assigned to either the intervention (teacher guidance) or control condition (minimal teacher guidance). The verbal collaborative argumentation that occurred was recorded and transcribed. The researchers conducted an independent-samples t test to analyze the difference of the depth measure of quality between groups and found a significant difference between the means in the depth measure. The findings reveal that using argumentative scripts for teacher guidance led to more in-depth argumentation.
Meeting the Needs of Refugee and Immigrant Students and Families in a Culturally Responsive Way
Author: Tran, Dahvy
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Refugees,Immigrants,Partnerships in Education,School Community Relationship,School Districts,Student Needs,English Language Learners,Parent School Relationship,After School Programs,Culturally Relevant Education,Anxiety,Resilience (Psychology)

Through family engagement and expanded learning time, a partnership between the public school district and a community organization in Lowell, Massachusetts, serves the social and academic needs of refugee youth and other English learners and their families. The success of the partnership's Celebration of Learning--the culminating event at the Gateway Summer Enrichment Academy, a four-week program of the Lowell (Massachusetts) Public School District--underscored the success of the district-community partnership, which facilitated serving the diverse needs of these students and their families beyond the summer academy itself. In addition to the academic and social support provided to students over the summer, teachers made a concerted effort to reach out to parents to build trusting relationships and provide logistical help and training. Teachers were able to continue their work with these families during the school year by developing an after-school program for refugee students. This article describes how the district-community partnership built trusting relationships in order to help refugee and other English learners' families navigate life in America, and encourages other districts and schools to learn from the success of the program.
Academic Ranking--From Its Genesis to Its International Expansion
Author: Vieira, Rosilene C.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Reputation,Institutional Evaluation,Qualitative Research,International Education,Higher Education,Measurement,Educational Quality,Graduate Study,Masters Programs,Business Administration Education,Faculty Publishing,Institutional Research,Educational History,Evaluation Criteria

Given the visibility and popularity of rankings that encompass the measurement of quality of post-graduate courses, for instance, the MBA (Master of Business Administration) or graduate studies program (MSc and PhD) as do global academic rankings--Academic Ranking of World Universities-ARWU, Times Higher/Thomson Reuters World University Ranking and TR-THE, QS World University Rankings-TopUniversities-QS. With the sharply increasing importance of academic rankings, we seek to answer the following questions: What is the origin of academic ranking? How did it evolve from a local initiative into an international one? How have the agencies responsible for academic ranking developed? Despite this evolution, what are the constraints that still exist? In this qualitative study, we opted for bibliographic and documentary research. The findings confirm the predominance of strategic value intertwined with the reductionism of knowledge in the context of research and publication and, the non-consensual process of the internationalization of higher education, being engendered by a global elite (chiefly of American origin) geared to serve their own interests.
Children's Books about Special Needs Used as a Mediating Tool, The Perceptions of Inclusion Classroom Teachers in Mainstream Schools
Author: Lea, Baratz
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Childrens Literature,Books,Disabilities,Inclusion,Mainstreaming,Teacher Attitudes,Interviews,Knowledge Level,Attention Deficit Disorders,Coping,Special Education,Student Needs,Teacher Role,Symptoms (Individual Disorders),Grounded Theory,Information Dissemination,Teaching Styles,Consciousness Raising,Foreign Countries

The current study addresses the disparity between the awareness of teachers in special education frameworks regarding the important role of books as a mediating tool and their reticence to use this tool. Twenty three interviews were conducted in two stages: before and after using the book &quot;Shelley the Hyperactive Turtle&quot; in the classroom. Interviews attempted to examine teachers' perceptions regarding the use of the book with a student population that has the disorder featured in the book. Even while teachers expressed awareness of the importance of books as a mediating tool, they explained their reasons for refraining from integrating books that are not part of the official curriculum in the course of their work. The findings indicate the need for a novel approach regarding the inclusion in the curriculum of books that feature learning disorders, while simultaneously addressing teachers' emotional needs and expanding their knowledge of the bibliotherapeutic process. In this manner, books, which have a recognized and distinct mediating role, can become a significant and useful tool for teachers.
Integrated Curriculum Design Revision--The Case of the School of Accounting and Administrative Sciences of the UMSNH
Author: Olvera, María Eugenia Romero
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Curriculum Design,Curriculum Development,Integrated Curriculum,Accounting,Administration,Business Administration Education,Educational Change,Needs Assessment,Undergraduate Study

Interest in improving the quality of academic processes in distinct levels of education has constituted the central axis of educational politics of Mexico in the last decades. In this context, and with the need to form ethical professionals who are socially responsible and know how to confront the challenges of working in their field in the best manner possible, the School of Accounting and Administrative Sciences of the Universidad Michoacan de San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH) has initiated a process of revision and actualization of its study plans with a focus oriented towards competencies and standards. This document presents a methodological guide for designing assigned subjects and programs, and study plans with formative modules through the use of a Final Format, which serves as an analytical tool for the construction and didactic conversion implicated in a revision of school programs. This paper describes the school's transition and advance through different stages of curricular design, from the needs evaluation and diagnosis up to the proposal of the final format, represented in a methodological guide for any other study plan for any other school that finds itself in the same process.
Impacts of Institutional Characteristics on International Students' Choice of Private Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia
Author: Migin, Melissa W.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Institutional Characteristics,Foreign Students,Correlation,Private Colleges,Structural Equation Models,College Choice,College Students,Student Surveys,Reliability,Validity,Student Costs,Comparative Analysis,Predictor Variables

In recent years, Malaysia has witnessed an influx of foreign students in the local higher education institutions with the aggressive support from the Malaysian government to build Malaysia as the educational hub within the region. This is in line with Malaysia's aspiration to be a global education hub by year 2020. Besides the country level policy, the aim of this study is to understand the major drivers that influence foreign students to choose Malaysia and the private HEI as their study destination. Five dimensions were employed in measuring student's choice of private HEI with a focus on institutional characteristics (cost of education, academic reputation, location, programme and facilities). A sample of 265 respondents was drawn within five private HEIs and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was utilized in testing the five proposed hypotheses. Based on the findings, all hypotheses were significant except for location. This study gave an idea that institutional characteristics are significantly important in measuring foreign students' choice of Malaysian private HEI. In conclusion, these findings would enable academics and practitioners to focus on the crucial factors that influence foreign students to choose their respective private HEIs.
Towards Entrepreneurial Learning Competencies: The Perspective of Built Environment Students
Author: Ernest, Kissi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,Questionnaires,Indexes,Graduate Students,Learning Processes,College Students,Career Development,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries,Self Employment,Creativity,Networks,Risk,Self Efficacy,Achievement Need,Money Management,Mixed Methods Research,Construction Management,Architecture,Transportation,Engineering Education,Building Trades,Competence,Skill Development,Student Attitudes

This paper sought to discuss entrepreneurial learning competencies by determining the outcome of entrepreneurial learning on the views of built environment students in the university setting. In this study, three relevant competencies were identified for entrepreneurial learning through literature, namely: entrepreneurial attitude, entrepreneurial skills and knowledge of entrepreneurship. On this basis, questionnaire was designed and administered to graduate students in built environment. In all, a total of 124 questionnaires were administered to respondents. Out this, 84 were retrieved representing a response rate of 68% and were further subjected to analysis using Relative Importance Index (RII). The findings from the study highlighted on competencies factors that have great impact on entrepreneurs in dealing with tasks and problems related to entrepreneurial learning processes. These key entrepreneurial competencies as perceived by the built environment students were ranked as: &quot;entrepreneurial attitude,&quot; &quot;knowledge of entrepreneurship&quot; and &quot;entrepreneurial skill.&quot; The findings may help stakeholders in the building industry including up-coming graduate students. Thus, it could help in their journey into entrepreneurial terrain affiliated to advancement of their career, as a way to increase private wealth and the pursuit of a more balanced life.
Dilemmas of Expansion: The Growth of Graduate Education in Malaysia and Thailand
Author: Chapman, David W.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Graduate Study,Graduate Students,Accountability,Semi Structured Interviews,Motivation,Investment,Teacher Characteristics,Student Characteristics,Incentives,Administrative Organization,Enrollment Trends,Institutional Mission,Teaching Conditions,Work Environment,Institutional Characteristics,Educational Development,Educational Change,Educational Practices

Faced with escalating demand for instructional staff to serve the expanding undergraduate enrolments, many middle income countries in Southeast Asia are investing heavily in expanding their provision of graduate education. An attractive secondary benefit is that graduate programmes contribute to a local university-based research capacity that governments believe will result in a positive economic return to the country. This paper presents the results of a case study of the dynamics associated with growth of graduate education in the two countries that lead the region in the development of graduate education, Malaysia and Thailand. The study further elaborates the reasons that higher education institutions in these two countries are expanding their graduate-level programmes, how the growth of graduate education is affecting the professional lives of the faculty members and administrators leading those programmes, and elaborates institutional-level issues associated with this expansion.
Embedding Sustainability in Education through Experiential Learning Using Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Author: Belkhir, Lotfi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Sustainability,Experiential Learning,Educational Innovation,Entrepreneurship,Graduate Study,Engineering Education,Questionnaires,Educational Objectives,Total Quality Management,Online Surveys,Graduate Students,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Attitudes

In this pedagogical study, we introduce the design and findings of a pilot study on the effectiveness of a new Engineering graduate course, &quot;Total Sustainability Management&quot;, in teaching and learning sustainability, both at the cognitive and the management level. The design of an &quot;arms-length&quot; anonymized pre- and post-course questionnaires was driven by the course key objectives and adopted framework of sustainability competencies. The findings and questions raised from this pilot study inform the proposed design of further study and, more importantly, the development of a framework for teaching and learning--and thus measuring--sustainability in graduate, interdisciplinary Engineering education.
Administrative Strategies of Departmental Heads as Determinants for the Effective Management of Human Resources in Tertiary Institutions in Delta State, Nigeria
Author: Osakwe, Regina N.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Department Heads,Administrative Principles,Change Strategies,Human Resources,Postsecondary Education,Investigations,Leadership Styles,Hypothesis Testing,Questionnaires,Correlation,Multiple Regression Analysis,Personnel Management,Leadership Effectiveness,College Faculty,Nonprofessional Personnel,Demography,Predictor Variables,Educational Practices,Foreign Countries

This study investigated administrative strategies of departmental heads as determinants of effective management of human resources in tertiary institutions. Four research questions were asked and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. As a descriptive survey, the population comprised all the eight tertiary institutions in the state with 1898 academic staff and 4633 non-academic staff. A sample of 980 academic staff and 1550 non-academic staff was drawn through the multi-stage and stratified random sampling techniques. The instrument used was the questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson correlation matrix, means and standard deviation, linear and multiple correlation and regression analysis. Results showed, among others, that there is significant correlation between administrative strategies and human resource management. It was recommended that departmental heads should equip themselves adequately with various administrative strategies.
Implementing Quality Assurance in Saudi Arabia: A Comparison between the MESO and the MICRO Levels at PSU
Author: Albaqami, Saud
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Quality Assurance,Program Implementation,Higher Education,Universities,Program Effectiveness,Case Studies,Semi Structured Interviews,Data Collection,Content Analysis,Observation,Grounded Theory,Data Analysis,Evaluation Methods,Feedback (Response),Barriers,Resistance to Change,Human Capital,Qualitative Research,Curriculum Development

Quality assurance in higher education remains to be one of the most prominent fields of research at the present. In the Saudi Arabian higher education institutions (HEIs), quality assurance is a relatively new concept and Saudi universities seem not to effectively implement quality assurance caused by the certain obstacles. As such, there are two objectives to be addressed; first, to explore the current quality assurance mechanisms. Second, to identify factors that enhances or hinder the effectiveness of the internal quality assurance system in Saudi Arabian HEIs. A case study involving Prince Sultan University was used to examine these questions. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews with both meso and micro levels, as well as document analysis and observation. A grounded theory approach based on that advocated by Strauss and Corbin was taken to analyze the data. The findings of this study support the perceived use of many different standards based evaluative processes, which provide feedback from the various stakeholder perspectives. The findings also demonstrate perceived supportive factors of the commitment/support of leadership and management, awareness and orientation of employees/faculty. In addition, the findings also report that faculty resistance and infrastructure limitations focused on financial and human capital constraints were perceived as inhibitive factors to QA.
Influence of School Certificate English Achievement and Faculty on Course of Study
Author: Uguma, Vincent U.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,English (Second Language),Academic Achievement,Certification,Language Tests,Undergraduate Students,Scores,Teacher Influence,Hypothesis Testing,Multiple Regression Analysis,Correlation,Statistical Analysis

The study was to find out the influence of both students' achievement in the West African Examination Council's Senior School Certificate English Language examination and the faculty of study by the students in the university on their performances in Use of English and in specific courses of study. 964 undergraduate students of Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria, were sampled for the study. The students' results in the Senior School Certificate English Language examination, scores obtained by them in the Use of English course at the university and their cumulative grade point averages in their specific courses of study at the university were the data collected and used for the study. Four hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance, using mean, standard deviation and analysis of variance as statistical tools. It was found out that achievement in the Senior School Certificate English Language examination and Use of English course at the university contribute significantly to the variance in students' academic performance in specific courses of study; significant differences exist in the academic achievement of students in various faculties in the Senior School Certificate English Language examination; faculty of study does not significantly influence students' academic achievement in Use of English, and faculty of study does not significantly influence academic performances in specific courses of study. The study thus canvassed that admission of students into different faculties in the university should not be determined by their level of achievement in the Senior School Certificate English Language examination.
Research on the Construction of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Learning Situation--A Case Study of the Tourism Management Major in Guangdong Province
Author: Hu, Jun
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Liberal Arts,Graduate Students,Educational Quality,Educational Change,Educational Innovation,Constructivism (Learning),Factor Analysis,Questionnaires,Multiple Regression Analysis,Tourism,Student Centered Curriculum,Experimental Teaching,Likert Scales,Cooperative Learning,Data Analysis

Currently there is inconformity between quality of graduate education and social demand in our country. Graduate students' ability can't meet the demand of national innovation and changing the cultivation mode of graduate student is imminent. Enlightened by the open and independent &quot;student-centered&quot; postgraduate education in foreign universities, based on the teaching theory of constructivism, researches suggests that to construct the learning situation which fits the independent learn and scientific research for liberal arts graduate students can solve the innovativeness problem during culturing graduate students. Study through the factor analysis of the questionnaire data obtains the four factors that affect the learning situation of liberal arts graduate students: the experimental condition, the independent learning condition, the team learning and the teacher practical. Through the multiple regression analysis, and facing the Tourism Experimental Teaching Center of Jinan University to do the empirical analysis, the research results on the one hand confirms that the Tourism Experimental Teaching Center of Jinan University has built a suitable learning situation for graduate students major in Tourism Management, on the other hand provides a train of thought and strategy for the build of learning situation for liberal arts graduate students.
Academic Factors and Turnover Intention: Impact of Organization Factors
Author: Awang, Amran
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Job Performance,Observation,College Faculty,Teacher Surveys,Teacher Persistence,Faculty Mobility,Teacher Attitudes,Organizational Climate,Academic Achievement,Job Satisfaction,Teaching Load,Work Environment,Organizational Development,Leadership Effectiveness,Factor Analysis,Statistical Inference,Correlation,Quality of Working Life,Work Attitudes

Institutional support and recognition led to less happier and committed academicians. Previous empirical findings justified that intentions to leave an organization has been due to issues in commitment and job performance. The study observes 130 academicians in five Malaysian public higher learning institutions in a cross-sectional data collection collected through an online survey portal of surveymonkey.com. The results showed impact of academic development and organizational climate induced stronger organizational commitment and consequently reduced turnover intention. On the other hand, academic development and academic tasks and organizational happiness promoted higher organizational commitment and subsequently enhance job performance. Finally, limitations of the study, implication to theory, practice and future studies are suggested.