ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Teachers&apos; Well-Being from the Social Psychological Perspective
Author: Zakaria, Zawawi
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Well Being,Secondary School Teachers,Work Environment,Needs,Foreign Countries,Religious Schools,Differences,Public Schools,Social Psychology

School is an important organizational unit in a country. School is also the foundation of every country's education system. A harmonious working environment and a healthy relationship are very vital to ensure the high quality of teachers' work. Issues in the workplace can lead to low performance, job dissatisfaction, loss of happiness, stress, and many other mental health issues. Teachers' well-being is greatly influenced by comfortable, healthy, and happy conditions. Hence, this study aims to examine well-being among teachers in National Secondary Schools (SMK) and Government Funded Religious Schools (SABK) based on the quality of teachers' working life such as psychological, social, political, and economic needs. This was quantitative research with a survey method using questionnaires as the instrument. The respondents of the study comprised 300 teachers in a district in Kelantan, Malaysia. The respondents were chosen based on a random sampling technique. The results of the study showed that the level of teachers' well-being is high. There were no differences regarding the level of teachers' well-being between SMK and SABK.
Impact on Teaching in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study
Author: Almonacid-Fierro, Alejandro
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Teaching Methods,Physical Education Teachers,School Closing,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Online Courses,Distance Education,Teaching Conditions,Barriers,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Teachers,Public Schools,Private Schools,Quality of Life,Social Media,Computer Mediated Communication

This article makes an analysis of the pedagogical teaching practices used and developed by Chilean physical education teachers during the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic periods. The virus from China spread around the world, changed our daily lives and as such, at the same time impacted the educational system in a matter of weeks. Confinement led educational systems to eliminate face-to-face and use virtual teaching in order to continue with the teaching-learning processes, including the physical education discipline. From the methodological point of view, the study is installed in the interpretive-qualitative perspective, in such a way that 14 semi-structured interviews were carried by physical education teachers from the Maule-Chile region, via team, Zoom, Skype, because of the pandemic, face-to-face contact was impossible. The result of the study shows the impact on the quality of life of teachers and students because of the confinement. The pedagogical reconfiguration that teachers experienced in a matter of days, led them to use different virtual platforms to continue connected with their students, in order to deploy the learning objectives defined by the Chilean Ministry of Education. However, the foregoing shows the scarce possibility of verifying student learning, due to the difficulties of monitoring and feedback.
Card Game as a Pedagogical Tool for Numeracy Skills Development
Author: Singh, Parmjit
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Game Based Learning,Educational Games,Numeracy,Mathematics Skills,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,Teacher Attitudes

Given the hypothesis that card games form a strong tool capable of shaping the aforementioned interest, this study has developed a card game called Math Zap as a pedagogical tool for numeracy skills development in the context of mental computation. It is geared towards investigating the efficacy of this Math Zap card game, in facilitating the development of numeracy skills amongst learners, and their attitude towards using it as a pedagogical tool. A mix method approach using an experimental and descriptive design was taken and tested amongst 34 primary school students aged 12 to 13. From the results of the study, it is found that the Math Zap card game is a highly effective learning tool in so far as the enhancement of students' numeracy computation skills in the areas of fractions, percentages and decimals are concerned. This is evidenced by a statistical significant pre-post test score increment. Furthermore, students were rather positive and receptive towards the game, further substantiating the claim of it being a useful pedagogical tool.
Learning Together, Learning Deeper: A Little Teacher Assisted Learning Engagement
Author: Camayang, Jamina G.
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Peer Teaching,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Mentors,Secondary School Teachers,Cooperative Learning,Program Effectiveness

Peer mentoring in the dawn of new educational paradigms harnesses the act of becoming an educationist to facilitating learning in a peer mentoring practice. This study explored the opportunities of an emancipatory approach to teaching and learning under the thrust of learning together, learning deeper through the indulgence of little teachers under the peer mentoring scheme of learning. Employing the senior secondary education students (as little teachers), who came from their Student Teaching program from the Department of Education, and the junior secondary education students (as mentees), who enrolled in their Teaching Science in the Secondary Schools under the qualitative research design and phenomenology as point of inquiry, the following were found: Mentors in the mentoring process need to be approachable and accommodating; Mentees in the mentoring process need to be responsible with their learning task coupled with learning initiative; Enjoyable learning encounters, collaborative learning sessions, open and barrier-free communication, and close and rigid supervision through spoon feeding, modelling, and feedback are some of the perceived characteristics of an effective mentoring program; and Readiness of both mentors and mentees hinder the efficacy of the mentoring program. Owing to the results of the study, it is recommended that a formal mentoring program in the College of Teacher Education be institutionalized for it spurs extensive learning.
The Impact of Collaborative Model Assisted by Google Classroom to Improve Students&apos; Creative Thinking Skills
Author: Jumadi, Jumadi
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Cooperative Learning,Educational Technology,Creative Thinking,Thinking Skills,Foreign Countries,Instructional Effectiveness,High School Students,Grade 11,Electronic Learning,Active Learning,Student Projects

Indonesian students' creative thinking skill is still at a low level. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of project collaborative model assisted by Google Classroom (PjCM-GC) in improving students' creative thinking skills. This research explored the differences between students who learned through the demonstration model (DM), project collaborative model (PjCM), and project collaborative model assisted by Google Classroom (PjCM-GC). It was a quasi-experimental with pre and post-test design. The population of this research was students at Senior High School, Lombok Timur-Indonesia. Random sampling technique was employed in this study. The sample was 86 science students grade XI (15-16 ages) who studied in SMAN 1 Aikmel. The data analyzed by paired-sample t-test, comparative-descriptive analysis, and ANOVA mixed design using SPSS 24. The study showed that The PjCM-GC group had a significant difference in the level of creative thinking skills (sig 0.0000). The PjCM-GC was the most effective model to improve the skills with a gain score of 0.47 (medium). Learning with the PjCM-GC model can be an alternative for policymakers and teachers to solve the problems of creative thinking.
The Students&apos; Career Choice and Job Preparedness Strategies: A Social Environmental Perspective
Author: Siddiky, Md. Roknuzzaman
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Career Choice,Career Readiness,Career Development,Social Environment,Social Influences,Cultural Influences,Predictor Variables,Study Habits,Decision Making,College Seniors,Graduate Students,Foreign Countries

The study aimed to investigate the factors determining the students' career choice and find out their job preparedness strategies. Moreover, the study sought to propose a theory which could explain the students' career choice from a social environmental perspective. Primary data for this study were collected from 120 students selected from fourteen academic departments of the Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) in Bangladesh based on snow-ball sampling. The study revealed that several factors involving students' family preferences, teachers' advice, job prestige, job security, remunerations, scope of promotion, scope of pension, scope of professional development, personal interests, academic majors, educational attainments and career development trainings have significant association with the students' career decision-making. However, gender and social class did not have significant effects on the students' career choice. The study proposed a career choice theory which indicates that the students' career choice and career preferences are not determined by their personal interests alone; rather they are determined by the interplay of several social, cultural and economic forces. The study indicated that the majority of the respondents undertake self-study to pursue their preferred jobs. While career development trainings play an important role in developing the competencies of the students for jobs, a majority of the respondents do not have such trainings. As such, the study suggested that the students of the NSTU should undertake career development courses as a strategy for job preparedness. Finally, the study suggested that the NSTU should set up a career guidance and counseling cell to link their students with the current labor market.
Cybergogy as a Digital Media to Facilitate the Learning Style of Millennial College Students
Author: Rahma, Rezka Arina
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Benefits,Cognitive Style,Age Groups,College Students,Computer Assisted Instruction,Computer Simulation,Scores

This research was aimed to test the effectiveness of cmaterials in improving the learning of the students. The development method used in this research is the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development or Production, Implementation or Delivery, and Evaluation) model. The subjects in this developmental research are the lecturers of the educational technology department as media experts, the lecturers of the nonformal education department as the subject expert, and the students of the nonformal education department of the academic year 2018 as the users. The specification of the innovative product to be developed is augmented reality as a digital media in learning the family education subject. The result of the research that AR-based digital learning materials have gained excellent results as it has proven to help students in learning effectively. The average score in the experimental group after participating in learning with Augmented Reality media, the average score was improved to 92,55. Whilst in the control group, the average learning with the old/conventional paradigm, the average score recorded at 86,75.
Distance Learning Experience in the Context of Globalization of Education
Author: Poddubnaya, Tatyana Nikolaevna
Date: 2021-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Distance Education,COVID-19,Pandemics,Global Approach,Integrated Learning Systems,Higher Education,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Foreign Countries,Multimedia Instruction,Internet,Access to Education

Today, the digitalization of education is one of the main tasks of the state social policy and an urgent sphere of life in modern society. At the beginning of 2020, the spread of COVID-19 forced educational institutions to introduce urgently all levels of distance learning technologies focused on the possibility to learn remotely and in real-time. The research focuses on the need to create an effective mechanism for organizing distance learning in the context of the globalization of education. The purpose of the research is to reveal the experience of distance learning in the context of globalization of education (based on the analysis of using the online learning platform Moodle). The results of the research reveal the prerequisites for the popularization of distance learning technologies in the practice of educational institutions, present the experience of using Moodle in the university educational process and determine the prospects of distance learning in educational practice.
Dynamics Analysis of the Main Indicators of the Higher Education System in the Regions of the Volga Federal District
Author: Grigoreva, Ekaterina Anatolevna
Date: 2021-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Higher Education,Geographic Regions,Regional Characteristics,Professional Education,Educational Change,College Students,Enrollment,Part Time Students,Student Financial Aid,College Admission,College Faculty,Doctoral Degrees

The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the present rise of humanity to a new wave of scientific and technological progress, which is based on various achievements in high technologies of informatics, microelectronics, nanotechnology, genetic engineering, space exploration, etc. In these conditions, the education sector, which acts as a supplier of personnel, has become a priority direction of the state economic social policy of highly developed countries.
Quality of Mentoring of Mentor Teachers: Perspective of the Trainee Teachers
Author: Jafar, Mohd Fairuz
Date: 2021-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mentors,Cooperating Teachers,Student Teachers,Student Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Teacher Effectiveness

Mentoring by the mentor teachers to the trainee teacher is an important element in the component of professional practice, namely practicum. Mentoring of mentor teachers in this study refers to the quality of guidance given by mentor teachers to trainee teachers. This aspect is seen to have an impact on the success of trainee teachers during the practicum session. However, there are past studies that state that mentor teachers do not provide guidance as required by the trainee teachers. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the quality of mentoring of mentor teachers from the perspective of trainee teachers. This study used a mixed-method approach. Quantitative study was using a questionnaire namely mentor teacher's guidance while utilizing random sampling method was used on a sample of 217 trainee teachers from the Institute of Teacher Education in the northern zone of Malaysia who have undergone the practicum session. The qualitative approach, on the hand involve semi-structured interview with two trainee teachers as the participants. This study found that the quality of guidance of mentor teachers is at a very good level. Quantitative findings are supported by qualitative findings. Four themes were identified from the interview analysis namely; excellent guidance, informative, cooperation and the needs of mentor teachers.
Role of Background Knowledge in Iranian EFL Learners&apos; Reading Comprehension Test Performance
Author: Roohani, Ali
Date: 2017-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Prior Learning,Knowledge Level,Familiarity,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,College Entrance Examinations,High Stakes Tests,Masters Degrees,Reading Comprehension,Performance Factors,Test Validity,Test Items,Undergraduate Students,Young Adults,Correlation,Foreign Countries

As far as reading comprehension is concerned, background knowledge bears significance for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners who take high-stake tests such as M.A. University Entrance Examination. The reading part of this test can pose a challenge for Iranian EFL test takers, some of whom may have enough background knowledge to enhance their performance on the reading comprehension test, which may question the validity of the test. To fill the gap in the related literature, this study examined the effect of EFL test takers' background knowledge on their performance on the reading part of English M.A. University Entrance Examination. To this end, 58 undergraduate students of English, aged 20-25, at Shahrekord University participated in the study. First, Topic Familiarity Ranking Measure and Topic Familiarity Rating Measure were employed to measure the participants' background knowledge. Then, the participants were asked to answer the reading comprehension items of 4 English M.A. University Entrance Examinations. The results of correlational procedures indicated that background knowledge had a positive correlation with reading comprehension performance for two passages, indicating that some test items were a little biased in favor of some test takers with relevant background knowledge. However, the results from multiple regression analysis revealed no statistically significant contribution of the test takers' background knowledge to their reading comprehension performance. The findings imply no serious threat to validity of the test from the construct-irrelevant variance due to the test takers' background knowledge, and offer implications for high-stake test developers in Iran.
The Impact of Diagnostic Formative Assessment on Listening Comprehension Ability and Self-Regulation
Author: Ghazizadeh, Faezeh
Date: 2017-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Listening Comprehension Tests,Diagnostic Tests,Formative Evaluation,Self Management,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Instructional Effectiveness,Student Attitudes,Females,Adolescents,Young Adults,Foreign Countries

Assessment plays a crucial role in any educational milieu (OECD, 2003). The researchers sought to investigate the possible impact of diagnostic formative assessment on students' listening comprehension ability and self-regulation. To this end, 46 participants were selected from among 78 students. A listening test was given to the participants to measure their level of listening comprehension ability. After 14 sessions (7 weeks) of instructing listening materials and experiencing formative assessment principles, the same listening test was administered as the posttest. Gathered data were analyzed and the results revealed that students in the experimental group outperformed those in the control group regarding their performances in listening test. Moreover, the results proved that students' self-regulation increased while they practiced diagnostic formative assessment based on the results obtained from pretest and post test. The results of the present study may be useful for those teachers who practice language for the sake of communication and forming students' knowledge by diagnosing their weak and strong points.
Formation of Cross-Cultural Communicative Competence among Foreign Students during Pre-University Training
Author: Tazheva, Zalina
Date: 2021-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Preparation,Prior Learning,College Students,Foreign Students,Intercultural Communication,Communicative Competence (Languages),Linguistic Theory,Learning Readiness

The stage of pre-university training is the most important stage in the professional development of foreigners studying at the preparatory faculties of Russian universities. During this period, cross-cultural communicative competence is being formed. The article proves that the formation of cross-cultural communicative competence is a complex process, which can be facilitated by the concept of its component composition. The article describes the pedagogical conditions that are necessary for the formation of intercultural communicative competence.
An Analysis on the Feasibility of Videoconferencing as a Tool to Teach English in Public Schools in Paraguay
Author: Sandoval, Leonardo
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teaching Methods,Videoconferencing,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Public Schools,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Distance Education,Elementary Education,Internet,Teacher Attitudes,Administrator Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Barriers

The Ministry of Education of Paraguay (MEC) introduced the teaching of English in public primary education in 2012. The number of English teachers was not sufficient to meet the high demand, especially because the majority of those teachers reside in the central department of the country. In response, this qualitative research study was designed to examine the feasibility of teaching English via videoconferencing. In the process, semi-structured interviews served as the main data collection instrument, leading to the conclusion that videoconferencing could become an effective teaching option, but it will not be feasible until a project fostered by governmental institutions in coordination with departmental governments join forces towards a common and synchronised objective. Technology could prove to be a meaningful teaching tool; albeit an expensive one. Therefore, a sustainable action plan should be elaborated for a successful implementation that yields the expected outcomes.
The Mediating Role of Responsibility and Friendship between Empathy Skill and Benevolence
Author: Gokalp, Ali
Date: 2021-05-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Responsibility,Friendship,Empathy,Altruism,Social Studies,Social Values,Grade 8,Secondary School Students,Public Schools,Predictor Variables,Foreign Countries

The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating effect of friendship and responsibility between benevolence and empathy skill in the context of social studies courses. The data in the study, which involves a total of 646 8th grade school students from Turkey, was collected using the scales &quot;Empathy Scale, Benevolence Scale, Friendship Scale, and Responsibility Scale&quot; developed by the authors. It was seen that the research variables have significant positive correlations with each other. It was found that empathy predicts benevolence, friendship, and responsibility significantly and in a positive direction. Friendship and responsibility, on the other hand, were found to play a significant, fully mediating role in the relationship between empathy and benevolence. These results were discussed using the relevant literature and suggestions that were gathered.