ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Creating and Utilizing Spaces to Enhance Intergenerational Learning at Schools and Results
Author: Polat, Soner
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Intergenerational Programs,Principals,Administrator Attitudes,School Space,Foreign Countries,Space Utilization,Kindergarten,Elementary Schools,Secondary Schools,High Schools,Facilities,Activities,Program Effectiveness

The purpose of the study was to explore the requirements of schools to increase intergenerational learning, collaboration and solidarity amongst the Baby Boomers, X and Y generations, based on the views of school principals. The research focused on how to create spaces for interaction among different generations and what consequences will arise when intergenerational spaces are created. This study was conducted with phenomenological research design. The study group consisted of 12 school principals who were identified with the maximum diversity sampling technique from Kocaeli Province, Dilovasi District. Criteria used in the selection of school principals were to work as managers in different schools and in different school types. The data were collected with a semi-structured interview form and the content analysis method was used. Interview questions were determined by researchers in the direction of research questions. Creation of intergenerational space is the main topic of this study whereas subtopics are scope and opportunities. On the other hand, findings collected indicate that principals mention intramural and out of school events about the creation of intergenerational space. These events are met under the titles of sports, art, entertainments and educational space. Finally, the results of creating spaces were examined in the study.
Cyberbullying among Secondary School Teachers by Parents
Author: Küçüksüleymanoglu, Rüyam
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Bullying,Computer Mediated Communication,Secondary School Teachers,Parents,Incidence,Gender Differences,Teaching Experience,Academic Rank (Professional),Beginning Teachers,Experienced Teachers,School Size,Parent Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes

Cyberbullying which is known as violence on the Internet is a dimension of peer bullying takes places through electronic communication technologies. Cyberbullying which can occur in any environment regardless of the time and place is the way in which individuals with higher ability to use communication technologies to lead other individuals in a series of negative behaviors over time. With the rapid development of technology and the ease with which internet access becomes easier and cheaper, it becomes a problem that needs to be studied more and more importantly day by day. Facebook, twitter and whatss up, the most widely used social network today, has the potential to become the most commonplace for cyberbullying behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine cyberbullying towards teachers by parents in secondary schools based on teachers views according to sex, tenure and school size. The sample of the study was 181 teachers from 14 secondary schools. The experiences and perspectives of 181 teachers were assessed regarding the incidence and perceptions of the likelihood of cyber harassment by parents. The results presented here indicate that nearly3/4 of teachers in the sample had received harassing or threatening messages from parents.
Misconceptions of Primary School Students about the Subject of Fractions
Author: Deringöl, Yasemin
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Students,Misconceptions,Fractions,Elementary School Mathematics,Mathematical Concepts,Problem Solving,Mathematics Skills

This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the current knowledge of Primary Teachers and Primary Pre-service Teachers on the misconceptions of primary school students about the subject of fractions. The qualitative research method of case study was used to conduct the research. The data were collected with semi-structured forms that were developed by the researcher to collect the views of Primary Teachers and Primary Preservice Teachers on the topic. The participants stated that, regarding the subject of fractions, primary school students had difficulties the most in representing fractions by models, the concepts of denominator and numerator, when they need to rank fractions, when they need to solve problems, reading and writing concepts that express fractions, distinguishing types of fractions -- converting these, showing a given fraction on number lines and operations on fractions, and they had misconceptions about these.
The Presence and Persistence of Entrepreneurship Education in Indonesia: A Cross Sectional Study
Author: Purusottama, Ambara
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,Higher Education,Business Administration Education,Foreign Countries,Global Education,Case Studies,Student Attitudes,Student Behavior,Relevance (Education),College Students

This study aims to improve an understanding of the contribution of entrepreneurship education (EE) in Indonesia's higher education. Even though the contribution of EE to global education is contested at the present time by many scholars, the evaluation of EE implementation in Indonesia is necessary in order to improve educated entrepreneurs. The study used a cross-sectional approach in the Universitas Prasetiya Mulya which is divided into the first, second, and third years. Valid questionnaire reached 924 respondents. The findings show that EE's contribution in Indonesia has more influence on attitudes and perceived behavioral control. However, other findings indicate that the contribution of EE is still not fully persistent due to a sharp decline in the regression coefficient, especially from subjective norm and perceived behavioral control in the students third year while attitude consistently contributes significant role and has an increasing contribution.
What Are the Dimensions of Thinking Skills in Turkish Literature?: A Content Analysis Study
Author: Dilekli, Yalçin
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Thinking Skills,Turkish,Literature,Databases,Content Analysis,Definitions,Cognitive Processes,Foreign Countries

New world needs thinking generation. However, growing thinking generation is very difficult because there are many discrepancies in defining of thinking and thinking skills. Without defining thinking and its dimensions, it is nearly impossible to grow such generation. For having thinking generation, thinking and its dimensions should be described. In the past 20 years, there have been many different definitions with regard to thinking and thinking skills. But, three different approaches for defining thinking skills and needed basic cognitive operations were commonly accepted. Aim of this study whether these three approaches for defining thinking skills were accepted in Turkish literature or not. For this aim, 14 studies, selected from Turkish database, related to thinking skills were analyzed. According the content analysis results, Turkish literature follows these three movements for defining thinking skills except for belonging to specific areas.
21st Century World Language Education: Issues of Target Language Use
Author: Huhn, Christina
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Faculty Development,Barriers,Teacher Attitudes,Student Attitudes,Language Usage,Language Teachers,Educational Practices,Teaching Methods,Teacher Student Relationship,College Faculty,College Students,Classroom Communication

World language educators face many challenges progressing into the 21st century. This research describes the practices of world language educators and presents a rich description of what constitutes an engaging 21st century world language classroom. The use of the target language as a crucial component in the world language classroom as well as barriers and challenges to its use emerged from this qualitative research. Among the obstacles identified are variations in pedagogical approaches, support of target language use, issues of language choice, and conflict between student and teacher perspectives. The research also highlights the benefits of professional development.
Hybrid Language Teaching and Learning: Assessing Pedagogical and Curricular Issues
Author: Thoms, Joshua J.
Date: 2011-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Blended Learning,Spanish,Student Attitudes,Teacher Attitudes,State Universities,Economic Factors,College Students,Teaching Methods,Computer Simulation,Course Descriptions,Feedback (Response)

In recent years, several economic factors have led to an increase in the number of hybrid courses offered in foreign language departments at the postsecondary level in the U. S. Hybrid courses incorporate several technological applications not typically used in a traditional face-to-face course. Hybrid courses combine contact time in a traditional classroom with virtual days, in which students are responsible for working with content on their own or in small groups outside of the classroom. This study reports on student and instructor perceptions of and reactions to a hybrid course piloted in three lower-level Spanish language courses at a large university in the southern region of the U.S. It examines the challenges and benefits of offering hybrid Spanish language courses by discussing student and instructor responses to surveys and interviews administered over an academic year. The study also includes a brief review of some of the technologies used in the hybrid Spanish language courses.
Good Teacher Perceptions of Students Attending the Pedagogical Formation Certificate Program
Author: Ayvaz-Tuncel, Zeynep
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Teacher Attitudes,Teacher Student Relationship,Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Secondary Education,Preservice Teacher Education,Certification,Teaching Methods,Foreign Countries

A pedagogical formation certificate is required to become a teacher in secondary schools in Turkey. This certificate program, which is required to obtain in addition to a bachelor's degree from any faculty other than the education faculties, aims at providing the knowledge, capabilities and attitudes required by the profession of teaching. This study aims at determining the perceptions of prospective teachers attending the pedagogical formation program about the properties of a good teacher. Data were collected using a survey comprising an open-ended question and content analysis was conducted to obtain the themes in this study, which adopted a descriptive method. Based on the properties of a good teacher, expressed by the prospective teachers, the themes &quot;personal characteristics&quot;, &quot;enforcement of teaching process&quot;, &quot;establishing a democratic classroom environment&quot; and &quot;assessment and evaluation&quot; are obtained.
Health Status and Physical Activity among Academic and Non Academic Staffs in Higher Education
Author: Qomariyah, Nurul
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Health Behavior,Physical Activity Level,College Faculty,School Personnel,Obesity,Body Weight,Social Influences,Environmental Influences,Individual Characteristics,Physical Health,Exercise Physiology,Hypertension,Motivation,Family Influence,Athletics

Being physically active is reducing the risk of non-communicable diseases. Mixed method study was conducted to analyze health status and explore supporting and inhibiting factors of physical activity among academic and non academic staff in higher education. A total of 83 respondents were met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The majority of Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) staffs are physically active and overweight. No significant health problems are found. Individual, social and environmental factors are identified as factors that can support and inhibit physical activity. Policies at the faculty and university level are needed as well as cross-sectoral collaboration with related parties to support physical activities in UAD.
Leadership Change Design: A Professional Learning Community (PLC) Project in Eastern Indonesia
Author: Trilaksono, Teddy
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Communities of Practice,Teacher Leadership,Principals,Professional Development,Leadership Training,Values,Alignment (Education),Public Schools,Private Schools

A professional learning community (PLC) is a long-term sustainable program that can replace professional development (PD) to enable teachers to become teacher leaders and school principals to become instructional leaders. Using a case study from the establishment of the PLC project in 10 schools of Eastern Indonesia (Saparua island, Maluku), this research develops a progressive leadership change model through an ADDIE instructional design that changes school leadership. The research aims to investigate how to identify the most effective leadership change model by exploring different forms of learning communities between school principals and teachers. Using an action research approach to solve the problem, the data were collected over a 10-month period when the PLC project activities took place and embedded them as empirical materials that complement each other. The findings show that the leadership change design through PLC runs effectively if value alignment occurs between school principals and teachers after the open environment is established. The data also highlight that aligned values must be embedded as school identities, whereas a school principal must act as a change leader in order to ensure that these changes are sustainable. This study concludes by proposing policy recommendations for policy makers and education stakeholders on how to develop PD and PLC in Indonesian schools.
Fifth Graders&apos; Perceptions of Mobile Phones and GIS Technology
Author: Gal, Adiv
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 5,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Student Attitudes,Elementary School Students,Environmental Education,Geographic Information Systems

The era of M-learning, specifically the use of mobile phones, has been hardly noticeable in elementary schools. GIS technology is also rarely implemented there. In this study, 5th grade students' perceptions of the use of GIS technology through mobile phones were examined as part of an environmental education program designed to help preserve endangered species. The results show that the students provided special, valuable, critical and mature perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile phones as part of the innovative pedagogy they apply in school. The use of the mobile phone and the new application as part of M-Learning made it easier for most students to create authentic learning, that is, learning focused on problems in the real world, and included a project of relevance and interest to the learners. The process of learning through mobile phones and GIS technology, which combined the creative use of teaching methods unfamiliar to students, focused on and was adapted to the learners' abilities, offering a diagnosis and constructive guidance based on success and community. In conclusion, 5th grade students testified that their elementary school could enter the M-Learning era by integrating mobile phones and adopting a student-centered learning approach.
Designing Lesson Plan of Integer Number Operation Based on Fun and Easy Math (FEM) Approach
Author: Fouryza, Darin
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Lesson Plans,Numbers,Mathematics Instruction,Teaching Methods,Number Concepts,Addition,Subtraction,Grade 4,Elementary School Students,Curriculum Implementation,Problem Solving

This paper dealt with the design of learning tools, that was the development of learning implementation plan or Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran (RPP) based on Fun and Easy Math (FEM) approach in the form of a number line model. FEM was an approach in order to teach mathematics effectively to students in a fun and easy way according to the patterns and rules, making it easier for students to understand mathematical concepts and driving them to actively participate in learning activity. Furthermore, the number line model based on the rules aimed to provide the real idea of mathematical concept and avoid the mathematical manipulation. The design of RPP development was intended to create a new RPP which was divided into three activities, namely introduction, core, and closing. The method of lesson plan development used a Plomp's development model which was consisted of three phases, namely preliminary research, prototype, and evaluation. The results of this development were expected to help students in understanding the mathematical concepts, namely integer calculation operations especially addition and subtraction, increasing student activeness in learning process, and avoiding the existence of mathematical manipulation.
Views towards the Revolution History Course of Foreign Students in Turkey
Author: Tangülü, Zafer
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Foreign Students,History Instruction,Higher Education,Student Attitudes,Acculturation,Conflict,War,College Students

Teaching of Principles of Atatürk and History of the Turkish Revolution course has a role in the realization of national goals in higher education. The universal messages the program contains clearly demonstrate that the course has also a universal role beside the national identity of it. The purpose of this study is to investigate the opinions of foreign students studying in Turkey towards Principles of Atatürk and History of the Turkish Revolution course. To this end, this research is a case study in the qualitative research design. There are 12 foreign students studying at Istanbul Sebahattin Zaim University participated in the study. The participants of the study were selected by purposive sampling method among criterion sampling methods. The criterion to pick these students was that they were accepted on the condition that they did Principles of Atatürk and History of the Turkish Revolution course for at least one semester at university. Semi-structured interview form with five questions was prepared in order to determine the opinions of students participating in the research and content analysis was utilized to analyze the data obtained from the research and discourse analysis methods were employed to present the data. Research findings show that students are of the opinion that the course is very necessary for them and that it helps them to get scholar knowledge on Turkish history and it also helps them to get accurate history knowledge.
Organizational Justice and Cynicism: A Mixed Method Study at Schools
Author: Akar, Hüseyin
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Negative Attitudes,Trust (Psychology),Employee Attitudes,Organizational Climate,Organizational Culture,School Organization,Organizational Effectiveness,Employees,Correlation,Teacher Attitudes

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between organizational justice and cynicism at school organizations. Thus, explanatory sequential research design, in which both qualitative and quantitative methods are used, has been used. Under the quantitative part, meta-analysis has been used so that 159 studies consist of articles and dissertations about cynicism being done within Turkey have been reached throughout literature. With further enquiries, it was found that 16 of them include the relationship between organizational justice and cynicism. Considering inclusion criteria, eight studies which include necessary data for the relationship between organizational justice and cynicism were put into meta-analysis step. However, in the qualitative part, the research was designed through phenomenological research design in which 17 teachers, chosen in terms of maximum-variation sampling strategy, were interviewed via a semi-structured interviewing form. The results revealed that teachers' perceptions for organization justice have a strong but negative effect on their likelihood to experience cynicism while it was also found that publication type is not a proper moderator on effect size. On the other hand, within the qualitative analysis, it was found that teachers develop negative beliefs against school, managers and teachers; experience feelings such as anger, distrust, sadness, hatred and alienation and thus criticize school and managers, behave recklessly and opponent as a result of unfair practices.
Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Inclusion of Climate Change Education
Author: Competente, Ronnel Joseph T.
Date: 2019-03-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Student Attitudes,Climate,Environmental Education,Knowledge Level,Foreign Countries,Scientific Literacy,Inclusion,Information Sources

Findings from the study of pre-service teachers' (PSTs) attitudes to climate change education, knowledge of climate change and potential inclusion in their future teachings are reported in this paper. Using adopted and self-made questionnaire, a sample of 180 pre-service teachers participated in a survey study in the College of Education, University of Nueva Caceres, divided into freshmen and senior year to examine developments in their attitudes to environmental education and their knowledge of climate change. Results showed that their attitudes towards climate change education were low and their climate change science knowledge had not changed. Data on pre-service teachers' sources of information for climate change, their views on essential climate change topics for their future students and their perceptions of gaps in their own training in relation to climate change education were also examined in order to substantiate the survey data. Results show that there is a need to triangulate climate change education not only in the program outcomes but also to the student and faculty development programs. Further results are discussed in this paper.
Family Influences on Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Chinese Secondary Vocational Students
Author: Xing, Xue
Date: 2018-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Family Influence,Career Choice,Decision Making,Self Efficacy,Foreign Countries,Vocational Education,Family Role,Adolescents,Career Development,Secondary School Students,Predictor Variables,Vocational High Schools

Career decision-making self-efficacy is a pivotal construct in understanding individuals' career behaviors (Betz, 2007). Family, as a primary source of social support, exerts a substantial influence on adolescents' career development and decision-making process (Whiston &amp; Keller, 2004). This study examined the role of selected family variables in predicting 587 Chinese secondary vocational students' career decision-making self-efficacy. Family &quot;structural&quot; variables that reflected family members' socioeconomic status and family &quot;process-oriented&quot; variables, especially, parental career-related behaviors, were examined. Results showed that parental general psychosocial support was a statistically significant factor in predicting career decision-making self-efficacy, explaining 38.3% of the variance of this construct for Chinese secondary vocational students.