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Academic Freedom: Its Relevance and Challenges for Public Universities in Ghana Today
Author: Owusu-Ansah, Collins
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Public Colleges,Academic Freedom,Relevance (Education),Barriers,Institutional Autonomy,Professional Autonomy,Student Empowerment,Change Strategies,Educational Practices,Personal Autonomy

There have been various shapes of opinions shared on the concept of academic freedom. This concept means different things to many and different people. Those outside the University view academic freedom with some level of suspicion. Even among the academia, academic freedom is rarely understood. To foster the growth of knowledge and its dissemination, the frontiers of academic freedom must be widened and embraced. This paper seeks to explore the frontiers of academic freedom; the various limitations practitioners face with the concept and how to make the concept relevant today.
Exploring Ecopedagogy for the Attainment of Education for All in Nigeria
Author: Omiyefa, Muraina Olugbenga
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Educational Attainment,Foreign Countries,Equal Education,Disabilities,Homeless People,Access to Education,Disadvantaged,Critical Theory,Popular Education,Ecology,Educational Philosophy

Despite the progress so far recorded on the Education For All (EFA) programme in Nigeria, vulnerable children such as students with disabilities, street children referred to as &quot;almajirai&quot;, nomadic Fulani children, orphans, the girl-child particularly in Northern Nigeria are yet to qualitatively access and benefit from the programme. Thus, this paper explores ecopedagogy (an approach to an education of the earth and its citizens) in achieving EFA in the country. In doing this, it critically reviews EFA initiatives in Nigeria vis-à-vis various issues in ecopedagogy as a critical theory in education. The paper concludes by recommending among others popular education and planetary citizenship via the ecopedagogical approach for the attainment of EFA goals in Nigeria.
Professionals without a Profession? The Paradox of Contradiction about Teaching as a Profession in Ghana
Author: Cobbold, Cosmas
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teaching (Occupation),Foreign Countries,Educational Quality,Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Surveys,Questionnaires,Teacher Education,Teaching Experience,Teacher Qualifications,Masters Programs,Professional Identity,Professional Associations,National Organizations

Today almost every worker claims to be a professional and their occupation a profession. To teachers the question of professionalism is very important; it influences the quality of education they provide for children as well as the quality of their lives as teachers. Yet, how professionalism is defined and what constitute a profession have been sites of academic and ideological struggle between union leaders, bureaucrats and academics played out in a variety of settings. This paper reports on a study that investigated teachers' conception of professionalism and profession. It examined teachers' views of themselves as professionals and of teaching as a profession. The research adopted a descriptive survey approach. Evidence was gathered through administering questionnaire to teachers who had undergone pre-service professional training at bachelor's degree level, taught for at least three years and were upgrading their professional qualification to master's degree level. It was found that while teachers saw themselves as professionals, they did not think that teaching in Ghana qualified as a full-fledged profession. This apparent &quot;paradox of contradiction&quot; is vital knowledge for understanding individual actions by teachers and their attitude to collective actions by teacher organisations such as the Ghana National Association of Teachers and the National Association of Graduate Teachers.
Crossing Multicultural Borders: Students, Faculty, and Difference in the University Classroom
Author: Creaser, Wanda
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Faculty,College Students,Student Diversity,Cultural Differences,Teacher Competencies,English Teachers,Personal Narratives,Mexican Americans,Hispanic American Students,Student Needs,Family Influence,Cultural Influences,Social Attitudes

Scholars and teachers with PhDs in English are well-versed in identity studies, gender studies, ethnicity studies, and postcolonial studies. They are very good at talking and writing about these subjects in the abstract. However, when facing a classroom of students who come from cultural backgrounds considerably different from the hypothetical college student's, with identities, values, faiths, beliefs, and myths unlike those of mainstream America, they--we--are woefully ill-prepared.
Introducing the Composition Student to the Writer He or She Already Is
Author: Kastner, Stacey
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Writing (Composition),Critical Thinking,College English,Writing Strategies,Writing Instruction,Writing Assignments,Writing Exercises,Teaching Methods,Teaching Experience

My experience working with first year writers in courses designed to teach critical thinking and composition has introduced me to a mass of young adults who are anxious when it comes to effective written communication in a college classroom. Not only are they troubled about how to write to an audience of college professors, but they are also intimidated by having to do so. Self-conscious of themselves as writers, they often forget that they are indeed writing, and communicating effectively through that writing, all the time. I believe that it is not only possible, but also highly effective, to begin teaching the writing process by directing students to their secondary, non-academic, writing.
Paperless Writing in World Literature I: Can Students See the Forest without Writing on the Trees?
Author: Hoffmann, Christine
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: World Literature,Writing (Composition),Electronic Learning,Technology Uses in Education,Computer Mediated Communication,Educational Technology,Student Surveys,College Students

Electronic writing offers the opportunity to be creative, impromptu, personal, even improper--unstructured, in other words--while academic writing traps them, catches them up in, an impersonal, uncreative, unimaginative, structured, mechanical--and perhaps even ultimately noncommunicative--experience.
Come Together, Right Now, Over Me: Bridging the Gaps between Departments of Kinships
Author: Austin, Norjuan Q.
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Childrens Literature,Preservice Teachers,Preservice Teacher Education,Courses,English Departments,Reading Skills,Theories,Literacy

Presenting prospective teachers with theories that inform them of multiple readerships will help them to make informed decisions about what to read with their students and with their own children, and it will help them gain insight into the forces that are upon young children and adolescents because of societal pressure like the control and presentation of one's body. Therefore, this essay posits that creating courses in literature for children which address pedagogical concerns as well as the acquisition of literary analytical skills are now a necessary pedagogical move that English Departments should make in earnest.
Confessions of a Tenured Professor: Knowing Your Place--A &quot;Professor&quot; and &quot;Travel-Writing Teacher&quot; Returns to Scotland on a Study-Abroad Trip
Author: Irvine, Colin
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Study Abroad,Field Trips,Learning Experience,College Faculty,Travel,Outdoor Education,Social Cognition,Writing Teachers,Foreign Countries

Colin Irvine shares that being &quot;lashed to the mast&quot; by virtue of his recent tenure, he often finds himself seeking imaginative ways within the profession to turn trips and long weekends into work. This particular trip was one in which he ended up heading off to Scotland with mostly Medieval Studies majors on a study-abroad trip. Having survived a robust hike in the Highlands, a week in a monastery, nine days in Edinburgh, several tours of death and decay in cemeteries scattered throughout the countryside, and a volcano that refused to make the news, Irvine writes about what his experiences, the people he met, and his traveling companions taught him about openness and acceptance of one another, themselves, and being comfortable in their own identities. Irvine is filled for admiration of the way these different groups of people were years ahead of him in knowing exactly who they are, and where they are headed in life.
Disrupting Determinism: Classroom Design as a Technology
Author: Bowers, Bret
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Classroom Design,Classroom Environment,Space Utilization,Educational Methods,Democracy,Writing Instruction

This section articulates classroom design as a technology. However, by technology I do not simply mean the ways in which technology is used in the writing classroom, but that the classroom space itself functions as a technology. Like Katherine Fredlund and Vanessa Cozza, I too will be discussing the design of the classroom; however, unlike them I will focus my analysis on design through the lens of technology. By viewing classroom design through the lens of technology, I hope to unveil the underlying ideologies in classroom spaces. Furthermore, by taking a substantive view of these classroom spaces, I hope to show the ways in which these spaces dominate the individual pedagogical practices. This view of the classroom will emphasize that these classrooms have been constructed--engineered--and therefore new paths can be found to change the way in which the physical classroom space limits interaction and pedagogy. Through this articulation, I will conclude by looking at ways to disrupt, decenter and democratize these static classroom environments and ultimately investigate new practices so that writing instructors can take back control.
Use of Social Media and Its Impact on Academic Performance of Tertiary Institution Students: A Study of Students of Koforidua Polytechnic, Ghana
Author: Owusu-Acheaw, M.
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Media,Academic Achievement,College Students,Foreign Countries,Questionnaires,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Internet,Correlation,Student Behavior,Hypothesis Testing,Student Surveys,Statistical Analysis

The study sought to assess students' use of social media and its effect on academic performance of tertiary institutions students in Ghana with a focus on Koforidua Polytechnic students. Questionnaire was used for collecting data. Out of one thousand five hundred and seventy-eight copies of the questionnaire distributed, one thousand five hundred and eight were retrieved which represented a response rate of 95.5%. The study revealed that majority of the respondents had mobile phones which also had Internet facility on them and had knowledge of the existence of many media sites. The study further confirmed that most of the respondents visit their social media sites using their phones and spend between thirty minutes to three hours per day. In addition the study revealed that the use of social media sites had affected academic performance of the respondents negatively and that there was direct relationship between the use of social media sites and academic performance. The study recommends among others that, students with mobile phones having internet facility should be encouraged to use it to supplement their research in the library rather than the usual charting with friends all the time. Students should be encouraged to limit the time they spend on their social media sites per day and advise them to rather substitute those hours to read novels to improve their knowledge. Since the use of social media sites had affected the academic work of students negatively there is the urgent need for the introduction of students to the availability of novels and other information resources or materials that can help them academically.
Higher Education Reform in Ukraine during the Transition Period: On the Path to Renewal
Author: Shandruk, Svitlana
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Higher Education,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Policy Formation,Holistic Approach,National Standards,Alignment (Education),International Cooperation,Program Implementation,Educational Policy

The article discusses the challenges and factors impeding the education reforms in Ukraine despite the continuous efforts to modernize the higher education system. It considers the major provisions of the new Higher Education Law of Ukraine (HELU) and their alignment with the requirements of the Bologna Process for the country to integrate in the European Higher Education Area. With the volatile economic and political current situation in the country, the government and educators try to set in motion the proclaimed reforms. The authors argue that a more comprehensive and holistic approach to policy deliberation and implementation is needed to make the law and regulations work. Frank Fischer's policy evaluation framework (1995) is believed to be instrumental in developing a strategy for reforms evaluation and execution. The Ukrainian experience in boosting reforms in higher education is valuable for the countries in transition and could be interesting to education analysts and policy makers for it informs the ongoing discourse about the role and issues of higher education in the globalized world.
Role-Play Technique as an Antecedent of Performance in English Language: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Wareng District, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
Author: Julius, Kemboi
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary Schools,Role Playing,Secondary School Students,Secondary School Teachers,English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Second Language Learning,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Academic Achievement

In Kenya, there is a national concern over English language dismal performance over the years in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E). Blame has been put on teachers of English language for relying on techniques that favor them at the expense of their students. This article therefore sought to assess the use of role-play technique as the most appropriate technique to improve performance in K.C.S.E English language. Moreover, it sought to establish the attitude of both teachers and students towards the use of role-play technique. Findings, conclusion and recommendations are presented.
Strategic Approach for Developing World-Class Universities in Egypt
Author: Ahmed, Hanaa Ouda Khadri
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Strategies,Educational Development,Reputation,Selective Admission,Universities,Competition,Educational Quality,Educational Improvement,Mixed Methods Research,Questionnaires,Interviews,Higher Education,Educational Change,Institutional Cooperation,Foreign Countries

In the past decade, the term &quot;world-class university&quot; &quot;WCU&quot;--also called &quot;globally competitive universities&quot;, &quot;world-class&quot;, &quot;elite&quot;, or &quot;flagship&quot; universities--has become a catch phrase, not simply for improving the quality of learning and research in higher education but also, more important, for developing the capacity to compete in the global higher education marketplace through the acquisition and creation of advanced knowledge. The main objective of paper is to propose a strategic approach for developing world-class universities in Egypt, to achieve this objective the paper starts by attempting to construct an operational definition of a world class university. It then outlines the features of world class University, the requirements of the transformation into a world-class universities, the challenges involved in achieving world class universities, and the key problems and challenges of the Egyptian higher education system. Finally. The selected statistical population of the research are Higher Education experts [N = 57], and a mix methods of conducting a questionnaire and interviews are used. The research questions are: 1-What does it mean to be a world-class university? 2-What are the essential features and characteristics of world-class university? 3-How does the ecosystem influence the performance of universities? 4-What are the present performance, problems and challenges of the Egyptian higher education system? 5-What are the higher education reform initiatives in Egypt? 6-What are the requirements that could upgrade public Egyptian universities to world class universities? 7-What are the existing challenges of developing world-class universities? 8-What Strategic approach is developed for Egypt to develop its world-class universities? One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test is used to analyze the data. Results: The result obtained in the study is to use the collaborative approach rather than to upgrade the present universities or create or merge.
The Effect of Using Learning Journals on Developing Self-Regulated Learning and Reflective Thinking among Pre-Service Teachers in Jordan
Author: Jado, Saleh Mohammad Abu
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Journal Writing,Preservice Teachers,Teacher Education,Experimental Groups,Metacognition,Foreign Countries,Pretests Posttests,Reflection,Educational Psychology,Psychometrics,Statistical Analysis,Measures (Individuals),Teaching Methods,Academic Achievement,Self Esteem,Professional Development,Student Attitudes,Teaching (Occupation),Outcomes of Education,Quasiexperimental Design,Multivariate Analysis,Questionnaires

This study aimed to investigate the effect of using learning journals on self-regulated learning and reflective thinking among a sample of pre-service teachers enrolled in Educational Psychology course at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Arts (FESA) in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (61) participants. To achieve the purpose of the study, the self-regulated learning and reflective thinking scales were applied after verifying their psychometric properties on the study sample. The findings of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences between the means of the subjects' responses on the domains of the reflective thinking scale in the pre and post-tests in favor of the experimental group. The results also revealed that there are statistically significant differences among the means of the subjects' responses on the domains of self-regulated learning in the pre and post-tests in favor of the experimental group. The study concluded with some recommendations the most important of which are using learning journals in teaching and learning, especially for pre-service teachers, and training them on using learning journals, and finally conducting further research studies to examine the effect of learning journals on other variables such as students' achievement, self-confidence, professional development, and attitudes towards the teaching profession.
The Impact of Using Model of Marzano Gain Students the Ability to Configure an Integrated Conceptual Structure in Islamic Concepts
Author: Alkhateeb, Omar
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,College Students,Islam,Religious Education,Instructional Effectiveness,Statistical Significance,Teaching Methods,Learning Processes,Critical Thinking

The study aimed that the impact of using model of Marzano gain students the ability to configure an integrated conceptual structure in Islamic concepts the Sample included studious (120) student students the first year where of college of the educational sciences study in, two branches be organized in their choice was complete random among seven people at that the chapter, where one of the people counted experimental group and included (60) student and the random method chose in, as the group counted the other control group and included (60) student likewise. This hypothesis states that there is no statistically significant difference at the level (0.05 = a) in the conceptual structure of the Islamic concepts among students who learned using the Marzano model in learning and who have learned the usual way. to test this hypothesis has been calculating averages, the amount of the increase in average marks his experimental group was higher than the amount of increase in the average control group students' marks and the study recommended to: 1. Adopting a Marzano in the teaching of religious concepts in the different grades. For being an important factor in the development of effective learning among students by having the students ability to apply knowledge in new situations and the ability to distinguish and to gain new knowledge and correcting misconceptions among students and admission basics of religion for understanding. 2. The need for training of students (teachers) in universities on how to use teaching strategies Marzano model for application in schools after graduation from University, to the importance of such strategies in teaching and the Reformation, as facilitating the process of gradual building concept, sequence in article submission and evaluation method in teaching the concepts of Islamic education.
The Application of Reciprocal Teaching on the Subject of Straight Line Equation in Second Grade of Junior High School
Author: Darsono
Date: 2015-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Students,Middle School Teachers,Mathematics Instruction,Equations (Mathematics),Reciprocal Teaching,Quasiexperimental Design,Comparative Analysis,Statistical Analysis,Instructional Effectiveness,Educational Theories

Mathematics as an abstract science can be easily understood by a junior high school student when it is accompanied by concrete examples which is appropriate to the situation and conditions encountered. At the level of cognitive development, children actually very much based on the movements and actions. In this case, the children will learn at their best way if the initiative is based on the teaching and learning activities. In this way, the task a teacher is not giving knowledge, but preparing teaching situation that led children to ask questions, observe, predict, and find a concept of its own. One of the alternatives that can be done by the writer can be done by assessing the application of reciprocal teaching.This study is a quasi-experimental study that is preceded by the development of learning tools and research instruments. Symptoms which will be investigated in this study are first is the difference in learning outcomes of students who are taught mathematics reciprocal teaching with students who are taught by conventional teaching. While the symptoms of the two that will be investigated is an overview of some aspects related to the application of reciprocal teaching which covers; activities of teachers and students in learning, the teacher's response and the response of students towards learning, the management of teacher learning, mastery of learning. Based on the results of a descriptive and inferential analysis using ANCOVA, it is concluded that: (1) there is a difference between the learning outcomes of students who are taught using reciprocal teaching and learning outcomes of students who are taught using conventional learning; (2) the application of reciprocal teaching models turned on on the subject of straight-line equation in the second grade of Junior High school is effective; (3) the response after being taught by reciprocal teaching shows that most of the students want to attend classes with reciprocal teaching again and the teacher teaching using reciprocal teaching also respond positively. It is shown by teacher's statement saying that applying reciprocal teaching can help students to be able to communicate knowledge through discussion, ask questions, express opinions in front of other students, and to train students to be able to make a summary.