ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Developing Global Citizenship in Tertiary Performing Arts Students through Short-Term Mobility Programs
Author: Grant, Catherine
Date: 2018-08-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Theater Arts,Study Abroad,Undergraduate Students,Music Activities,Cultural Activities,Foreign Countries,Social Responsibility,Music Education,Drama,Citizenship Education,Global Education,Student Participation

This article examines how short-term overseas mobility (study abroad) programs in the performing arts can foster global citizenship among undergraduate university students. It assesses outcomes from two programs led by different Australian universities: the first in 2015, involving six music and drama students for three weeks; and the second in 2016, involving five music students for ten days. Both cohorts travelled with the author to Cambodia, collaborating with local artists and non-government arts organisations on a range of musical and cultural activities. Drawing primarily on student focus group transcripts and student reflective journal entries, here I examine the extent to which these mobility programs may have contributed to fostering a sense of global citizenship in students. Analysis centres on three broad themes: students' development of global awareness and understanding, including intercultural awareness and empathy; their growing awareness and understanding of themselves and their societies; and the cultivation of their sense of social responsibility, including an aspiration to contribute to local and global society in a meaningful way. I also raise some challenges and risks of mobility programs with respect to the goal of building global citizenship in students, such as reinforcement of stereotypes and power differentials.
Children Are Natural-Born Urban Planners!
Author: Rojas, James
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Children,Design,Urban Planning,Physical Environment,Psychomotor Skills,Creativity,Discovery Learning,Vignettes,Workshops,Student Developed Materials,Public Speaking,Group Activities,Student Projects,Problem Solving

Based on the dozens of interactive workshops that the author has facilitated with children, he has discovered that children are more knowledgeable about the natural and the built environment than typically accredited. Due to this discovery, he believes children should be part of the community engagement for planning projects, developments, and policies. James Rojas developed an interactive workshop method for parents, teachers, architects, urban planners, and others to understand the spatial needs of children in the built environment. The method is based on Design-Based Learning (DBL) developed by Doreen Nelson, which teaches K-12 grade students math, science, history, and other core subjects by the students' recreation of the world around them. By engaging students' motor skills, DBL promotes and inspires the learning and creative processes. The exercise described in this article lets children investigate, discover, and explore their relationship with the built environment by arranging nonrepresentational objects. They create small vignettes of their urban life or attachment to it. Children gain satisfaction from this process because they are able to translate memories, experiences, and ideas from their mind into a physical form.
Enhancing Communities through the Design, Development and Dissemination of Positive Parenting Interventions
Author: Pickering, John A.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Child Rearing,Intervention,Models,Program Development,Program Design,Evidence,Behavior Problems,Sibling Relationship,Siblings,Consumer Education,Parent Participation

Positive, healthy and happy families are the cornerstone of any healthy community. Parenting programs which address multiple aspects of family functioning are potentially the most effective means of creating positive family environments. However, the various constituents who &quot;consume&quot; parenting support and intervention often are not engaged to help shape program design and development. Using the challenge of parenting siblings as a case example, this paper describes a conceptual framework for enhancing the health and well-being of communities through the iterative development of empirically supported parenting interventions. A model of program development involving enhanced consumer involvement is presented to illustrate how evidence-based parenting interventions can be developed to meet the needs of different constituent groups, resulting in more positive families and stronger communities.
Memory Functioning for Personally Experienced and Witnessed Events in Children with Autism and the Implications for Educators, Mental Health Professionals, and the Law
Author: Cornett, Kelly A.
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Autism,Pervasive Developmental Disorders,Memory,Recall (Psychology),Recognition (Psychology),Children,Experience,Executive Function,Adolescents,Video Technology

Several researchers have hypothesized a deficit in memory processing to exist in children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This hypothesis has been supported by findings of deficient recall and recognition ability in children with ASD. Specifically, research has pointed to greater deficits in their ability to recall events related to the self as opposed to others. However, such research has not explored how memory functioning would be impacted when an event with an emotional tenor was used and when a forced choice yes/no paradigm was used to extricate what was remembered from the event. The current study aimed to compare recognition memory for personally experienced and witnessed events using a mock stranger-danger scenario. Forty-two children with ASD underwent either a personally experienced or witnessed event. Following the event, the child was administered a survey assessing their recognition of both thematic and detailed content from the event. No statistically significant differences were identified for recognition memory between the personally experienced and witnessed events. While differences between the groups were not found to be significant, it was revealed that there was a trend towards significance for better recognition of details for the witnessed than for the personally experienced event. Implications for future research are discussed as well as the potential impact of such findings in the terms of forensic and educational domains.
The Relationship of Provincial Economic Level and Child Injury Mortality in Thailand: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in a Middle Income Country
Author: Plitponkarnpim, Adisak
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Economic Factors,Injuries,Child Health,Death,Children,Early Adolescents,Socioeconomic Influences,Poverty,Rural Areas,Urban Areas,Migration,Correlation,Gender Differences,Economic Development,Urbanization

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship of provincial economic development indices with incidences of child injury mortality in Thailand from 1999-2001. All injury deaths among children age 1-14 years were included. The independent variables included gross provincial product per capita (GPP/c), poverty and inequality indices, material and social deprivation indices, population in rural/urban areas, and migration. Due to multicollinearity of such variables, the 76 provinces were categorized by GPP/c quartile, and means of overall injury, drowning, and transport-related mortality rates were compared among quartile groups. Spearman's rho correlation between GPP/c and injury mortality rates was also performed. Finally, factor analysis was employed to create a set of factors to be treated as uncorrelated variables and stepwise multiple regression was carried out for the effects of the factors on injury mortality rates. A significant direct relationship was observed between GPP/c and overall injury mortality among children age 1-4 years, and 10-14 year-olds of both genders. Drowning was the main cause of this relationship among children age 1-4 years, and transport-related injury was the principle cause among children age 10-14 years. Conversely, provinces with lower GPP/c experienced higher injury mortality rates among school-age children 5-9 years old for both genders, mostly due to drowning. Factor analysis, and multiple regression results confirmed the relationships between economic development and injury mortality rates. These findings revealed that economic development had an adverse impact on injury-related mortality among children 1 to 4 and 10 to 14 in Thailand.
When Policy Opportunity Is Not Enough: College Access and Enrollment Patterns among Texas Percent Plan Eligible Students
Author: Horn, Catherine
Date: 2012-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Access to Education,College Admission,Enrollment,Public Colleges,Race,Ethnicity,Hispanic American Students,African American Students,White Students,Asian American Students,Institutional Characteristics,College Choice,Affirmative Action,College Students

In 1998, Texas initiated a bold new statewide university admission policy aimed at increasing college access for traditionally underserved students in the state. House Bill 588 (known as the Texas Top 10 Percent Plan (TTPP)) guaranteed automatic admission to the college or university of their choice for all top performing students in Texas public high schools. Fourteen years after the plan's implementation, we see great strides and complexities in understanding student outcomes as a result of the percent plan. However, the legal controversy over the percent plan both in Texas and other states incorporating similar yet distinctly motivated alternative admissions plans continues to play out from institutional decision boards to the highest court in the nation. This study seeks to add to that discussion by exploring two questions. Descriptively, what are the admission and enrollment patterns within racial/ethnic groups of percent plan eligible students, over time, for Texas elite, emergent elite, and remaining public institutions? Given that all eligible percent plan students may enter the institution of choice in Texas, does which type of institution a TTPP student chooses relate to their race/ethnicity? The descriptive story told by the admission and enrollment distributions of equally eligible TTPP students is a complex but compelling one. Fundamentally, it identifies that statistically different application and enrollment patterns exist for Hispanic and especially African American TTPP beneficiaries relative to their White and Asian American counterparts.
Examining the Relationship between Media Use and Aggression, Sexuality, and Body Image
Author: Northup, Temple
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mass Media Effects,Student Attitudes,Student Behavior,Aggression,Sexuality,Self Concept,Human Body,Television Viewing,Video Games,Internet,Pornography,Predictor Variables,Undergraduate Students,Periodicals,Eating Disorders,Measures (Individuals)

Objectives: The primary purpose of this research is to understand the media's impact on individual attitudes and behaviors related to aggression, sexuality, and body image. This research is of particular importance because it uses up-to-date data reflecting effects based on the current media environment. Additionally, it includes a racially diverse sample. Methods: A survey of 407 students at a large, public university was conducted. The survey instrument contained general measures related to media consumption, including overall television, video game, and internet use, as well as more specific questions related to particular types of media, such as pornography. For the dependent variables, questions were included that measured both attitudes and behaviors related to aggression, sexuality, and body image. Results: Consistent with predictions, media use impacted both attitudes and behaviors related to aggression, sexuality, and body image. Specifically, overall television consumption led to increased levels of aggression (r=0.18, pr=0.20, pr=0.24, pr=0.42, pr=0.40, p. Conclusions: The media continue to play an important role in the development of attitudes and behaviors. It is warranted, therefore, to continue to investigate what media can cause negative outcomes, as well as to determine how those outcomes vary based on race and gender.
Assessing Student Reflection in a Malaysian Classroom
Author: Fung, Marianne Estabella
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Reflection,Transformative Learning,English for Special Purposes,Second Language Learning,Journal Writing,College Seniors,Self Evaluation (Individuals)

Studies into reflective thinking in education have proposed a link between reflection and transformative learning. It is thus important for classroom practitioners to be able to identify whether students are reflecting on the subject matter of an academic course that they are undertaking. To this end, reflective journals can provide valuable information regarding the emotional and cognitive processes of the students. This study seeks to identify the level of reflective thinking attained by final year university students in Sabah, Malaysia, who have enrolled in an English for Specific Purposes course. As a preliminary study of the population, degree students from MARA University of Technology Malaysia were sampled and their reflective journals were analysed. The classification was done using a modified coding scheme proposed by past key researchers to classify students into the three categories of non-reflectors, reflectors, and critical reflectors. The results of this study can provide useful insights to course instructors.
The Relationship between School Administrators&apos; In-House Communication and Conflict Management Strategies According to Physical Education Teachers&apos; Perceptions
Author: Isik, Utku
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Correlation,Administrators,Conflict Resolution,Physical Education,Physical Education Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Communication Skills,Foreign Countries,Interpersonal Communication,Nonparametric Statistics,Statistical Analysis

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between school administrators' in-house communication and conflict management strategies based on physical education teachers' perceptions. The study sample consisted of 130 physical education teachers employed at state schools in Bartin provincial center who volunteered to take part in the study in a 2014-2015 academic year. &quot;Interpersonal Communication Skills Scale&quot; and &quot;Conflict Management Strategies Scale&quot; were implemented by teachers. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used in the study to analyze whether the data displayed a normal distribution. Since the data did were not distributed normally according to teachers' ages and seniorities (p=.000&lt;a = 0,05), non-parametric tests were used in the analysis. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman-Rho were used in data analysis. The margin of error was taken as 0.05. The study shows that physical education teachers prefer avoidance strategy (?=2,44±,494), controlled strategy (?=2,42±,623) and solution-oriented strategy (?=2,35±,473) respectively. As a result, the high-level relationship was identified between school administrators' interpersonal communication skills and conflict management strategies based on physical education teachers' perceptions while no statistically significant difference was determined in interpersonal communication skills and conflict management strategies subscale scores based on teachers' seniority and age.
Effect of Computer Simulations on Secondary School Students&apos; Academic Achievement in Chemistry in Anambra State
Author: Nkemakolam, Okwuduba Emmanuel
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Simulation,Secondary School Students,Academic Achievement,Foreign Countries,Chemistry,Teaching Methods,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Scores,Pretests Posttests,Science Instruction,Science Teachers,Scientific Concepts

The poor performance of students in chemistry is often blamed on inadequate practical exposure during the teaching of chemistry due to hazardous nature of some chemistry experiments. Consequently, the search for teaching method that will be used to overcome this practical constraint has continued to engage researchers. Specifically, the main purpose of this study is to determine the effects of computer simulation on academic achievement of students in chemistry. Quasi-experimental research design, specifically, non-equivalent control group design was used. The sample consisted of 78 which is made up of 38 experimental group (18 males and 20 females) while control group was 40 students (16 males and 24 females) drawn from two coeducational secondary schools in Awka Education zone of Anambra State. Instrument used for data collection was Chemistry Achievement Test which was pilot tested for the period of one week in another zone. Scores obtained were used to estimate the instrument reliability which was found to be 0.78 Kuder Richardson formulas 20. Two research assistants were trained in carrying out the teaching using computer simulations. Pretest was given to the students before treatment. After four weeks of teaching, a posttest was given. Mean gain was used to answer the research question while hypotheses was tested with ANCOVA to determine the significance difference. The result revealed that computer simulation was more effective in enhancing students' achievement in chemistry than lecture method; there was no significant difference on students' achievement due to gender. It was recommended that computer simulation should be adopted for teaching hazardous chemistry concepts. Based on the findings, it was concluded that computer simulation should be employed in chemistry teaching as a means of improving students' achievement in the subject and providing a real life experiment for dangerous chemistry practicals.
Effect of Dynamic Geometry Software on 3-Dimensional Geometric Shape Drawing Skills
Author: Kepceoglu, Ibrahim
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Geometry,Mathematics Instruction,Computer Assisted Instruction,Computer Software,Geometric Concepts,Freehand Drawing,Elementary School Teachers,Mathematics Teachers,Preservice Teachers,Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Pretests Posttests,Spatial Ability

In order to be able to draw accurately and to interpret the drawings properly, the skills of the students' drawing skills and therefore spatial visualization and spatial orientation must be developed. The studies in the literature are mostly concerned with examining the spatial skills of students with various models or investigating the effects of different methods and techniques on the spatial skills of students. For this reason, the effect of dynamic geometry software on the three-dimensional shapes of elementary school mathematics teacher candidates has been examined in this study. The mixed method research paradigm is chosen as the methodology of this study. This research involves two parts: the first is, under quantitative paradigm, the true experiment and the second is, under qualitative paradigm, case study. In the true experimental design. 30 pre-service elementary mathematic teachers are divided randomly into two groups as control and experiment group. 15 pre-service teachers in the experiment group participated to the Cabri 3D Plus workshop for 3 weeks. According to the results of the research, it is revealed that the candidates of the Cabri 3D program have an effect on the drawing of three dimensional geometric shapes.
Comparison of Narcissistic Personality Characteristics of Faculty of Education Students and Sport Science Students
Author: Koç, Haluk
Date: 2018-10-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Personality Traits,Foreign Countries,Student Characteristics,Age Differences,Gender Differences,Physical Activity Level,Parent Background,Educational Attainment,Occupations,Mothers,Fathers,Physical Education,Schools of Education,High Schools,Institutional Characteristics

Narcissistic Personality Levels of the students of the Faculty of Education and the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences in terms of age, gender, active sports doing, department, graduated high school, mother education level, father education level, mother profession and father profession variables have been examined in this study. A total of 364 university students enrolled in the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Sports Sciences in Gazi University, Hacettepe University and Ankara University, in the academic year 2017-2018 has constituted the research group. Descriptive statistics on narcissistic personality scores; analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA, independent sample t-test) to compare average scores in unrelated measures, the Tukey test to determine which groups had significant differences, have been used. According to the results of the research, the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences showed more narcissistic personality tendency than the students of the Faculty of Education.
Views of Primary Teachers about Homework (A Qualitative Analysis)
Author: Buyukalan, Sevil Filiz
Date: 2018-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Elementary School Teachers,Teacher Attitudes,Foreign Countries,Grade 1,Grade 2,Grade 3,Grade 4,Homework,Student Motivation,Assignments,Teacher Characteristics

The aim of this study is to reveal the views of classroom teachers about homework assigned to primary students. In the study, a qualitative method was employed. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the participants were chosen using the purposive sampling technique. The participants of this study are twenty classroom teachers who taught the primary grades of 1, 2, 3 and 4 at a public primary school in Konya during the school year of 2017-2018. The interview form was administered to four classroom teachers in a pilot study whose findings produced a reliability level of 88% and the obtained data were analysed using the descriptive statistics. The participants' answers to the interview items were categorized under common themes and sub-themes. Besides, in the discussion of the findings direct quotations were also given. The findings generally indicate that the teachers had a positive attitude towards homework assignments. It was also found that for them homework assignments contribute positively to increase student achievement. The findings also suggest that the views of the participants about homework assignments do not vary based on the variables of gender, grade level, their professional experience and their educational background.