ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Job Satisfaction among Early Childhood Female Teachers and Its Impact on Professional Commitment
Author: AL-Jadidi, Nadia Ahmed A.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Job Satisfaction,Early Childhood Teachers,Foreign Countries,Teacher Persistence,Teacher Attitudes,Promotion (Occupational),Salaries,Merit Pay,Salary Wage Differentials,Job Training,Women Faculty,Educational Attainment,Educational Environment,Faculty Workload,Teacher Student Relationship,Family School Relationship

Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It also investigated the impact of job satisfaction on their professional commitment. To achieve the objectives of the study, quantitative and qualitative methods were used to verify the level of job satisfaction and its impact on professional commitment. To obtain relevant and sufficient data, the descriptive-analytical method was used to verify the current practices of female teachers concerning job satisfaction and its impact on their professional commitment. A sample of 208 female teachers from public, private and international schools and kindergartens participated in the research. They were chosen randomly. The results showed a high level for most dimensions of job satisfaction. Satisfaction with salary scored (2.169), community appreciation (2,922), working conditions (2.851) and relationships with children and their families (2.5). The three dimensions of professional commitment also scored high including emotional commitment (4.158), normative commitment to the profession (3.854) and dimension continuity (3.239). This shows that the dimensions of job satisfaction had a strong relationship with the level of professional commitment. 82.7% of the female teachers stated that they would choose the teaching profession in early childhood if they chose the profession again. In light of the current findings, the research presented some recommendations that can be used in educational programs to enhance the positive aspects of female teachers to increase levels of satisfaction and professional commitment.
Academic Staff Adaptation to the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University
Author: Bezliudnyi, Oleksandr
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,COVID-19,Pandemics,Adjustment (to Environment),Blended Learning,Online Courses,Computer Assisted Instruction,Barriers,Readiness,College Faculty,Lecture Method,Teacher Attitudes,Distance Education,Technological Literacy,Skill Development,Educational Technology,In Person Learning,Teaching Methods

Currently, higher education system is characterized by the growing role of personal ability to adapt to the challenges of COVID-19 and finding opportunities for further development considering the global changes in all spheres of life. It puts pressure on the institutions in general and academic staff in particular. This paper aims at studying the challenges academic staff of the English Language and Methods of Teaching Department of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University has faced during the COVID19 pandemic and staff's preparedness and consequent adaptation amid new conditions that are constantly appearing because of the pandemic. The article presents a case study research to answer the following questions: What is the level of academic staff readiness to teach under conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic from a diachronic perspective? In what ways has academic staff adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic? The study uses predominantly quantitative and occasionally qualitative analysis to gain insights into our researched issues. The research has shown a steady increase in the number of department lecturers who feel ready for the challenges of online and blended teaching caused by the pandemic and comfortable with their professional competence due to sustainable adaptation to the current situation. The research prospects are clearly seen in the further process of adaptation and professional activities paradigm re-evaluation under the constantly changing global and local conditions as well as researching the issue in a broader context of similar or corresponding cases.
Slovak as a Foreign Language for the First-Year Bachelor Students
Author: Gluchmanova, Marta
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Slavic Languages,Second Language Learning,College Freshmen,Foreign Countries,Foreign Students,Second Language Instruction,Language Teachers,Blended Learning,Academic Achievement,Language Proficiency,Skill Development,Professional Education,Educational Needs

Every year, more and more foreign students are enrolled at the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies in Prešov of the Technical University in Kosice. For this reason, Slovak Language for Foreign Students was introduced as a compulsory subject in the 1st year of bachelor's study. The purpose of the paper was to emphasize the teaching of Slovak as a foreign language and thus help to overcome the problems of foreign students in studying professional subjects. The aim is to provide them with suitable tailor-made study material within the blended form of teaching. Slovak language teachers at the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities used mixed innovative methods and forms of study and tried to increase the language and communication skills of students. The paper compares the results of e-exercises and the final e-test of 140 foreign students from different study programmes in the first year of their bachelor study in the winter semester 2021. Slovak language teachers were able to identify students' strengths and weaknesses based on the results of experimental research. Elimination of the most frequent mistakes will help students to increase the level of technical Slovak language, which they can apply during the study of professional subjects and in future practice in Slovak companies. The university-wide Moodle platform was used for blended learning in teaching Slovak as a foreign language at the Faculty.
Investigating Pre-Service Teachers&apos; Beliefs towards Mathematics: A Case Study
Author: Mainali, Bhesh
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Preservice Teachers,Elementary School Teachers,Mathematics,Students with Disabilities,Student Teacher Attitudes,Educational Strategies,Cognitive Style,Teaching Methods,Teacher Effectiveness,Undergraduate Students

This case study investigated two pre-service elementary teachers' changes in beliefs towards mathematics, learning mathematics, and teaching mathematics from the beginning to the end of mathematics methods courses. One of the participants had mathematics learning disability (MLD). The analysis of data gathered using concept maps and interviews at the beginning and end of the method courses revealed mixed findings between the two participants. The findings indicated that both pre-service teachers held negative beliefs before they took methods courses because they believed mathematics was boring, confusing, time-consuming, and a difficult subject. The data also suggested that learning mathematics was difficult and teaching mathematics was challenging. Their negative beliefs were associated primarily with their past school experiences as well as instructional strategies employed at school. One of the participants positively changed her beliefs at the end of the method courses since she described mathematics as a dynamic, creative, and useful subject. However, the other participant with MLD still held negative beliefs primarily about mathematics, as well as for learning and teaching mathematics at the end of the method courses. Data also revealed that utilizing appropriate instructional strategies based on individuals learning styles helped to make learning and teaching mathematics easy and interesting.
Student Interest and Engagement in Mathematics after the First Year of Secondary Education
Author: Ryan, Veronica
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Learner Engagement,Secondary School Mathematics,Academic Achievement,Student Attitudes,Learning Motivation,Foreign Countries,Self Esteem,Self Efficacy,Gender Differences,Teacher Student Relationship,Anxiety

The end of first year in secondary mathematics education is an important yet neglected milestone in the literature. It represents a crucial period in a students' mathematical lifetime when they have negotiated the physical, academic and emotional bridges between primary and secondary education, bridges which have been shown to impact considerably on students' performance and attitudes to mathematics. This study, which investigated students' motivation in mathematics and their willingness to engage in it including attitudes, emotions and self-related beliefs at the end of students' first year of secondary education in Ireland, formed part of a larger study on student transition in mathematics from primary to secondary education in Ireland. It is the first study of its kind since the introduction of a new mathematics curriculum in Ireland in 2010. Using a large sample of 304 students, the data was analyzed for all students and also for students grouped by gender. The results of this study show high levels of student engagement, motivation and positive self-belief in mathematics, despite recorded declines in mathematical performance after a full year's instruction. This study also highlights a gender disparity in mathematics self-beliefs, particularly in relation to self-efficacy, self-concept, and anxiety.
Advancing Learners&apos; Islamic Knowledge through a Parenting Education Module
Author: Kosim, Muhammad
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Junior High School Students,Islam,Parent Child Relationship,Religious Education,Religious Factors,Muslims,Parent Participation,Instructional Materials,Parent Education,Foreign Countries,Parenting Skills,Program Evaluation

Parenting activities have been conducted in junior high schools in the city of Padang and the Solok Regency in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with the goal to increase the involvement of parents in educating teenagers in accordance with Islamic teachings. However, the material presented in the parenting activities has not been well planned nor arranged systematically. Therefore, it is necessary to develop Islamic-based parenting education modules that contain material on the subject of educating adolescents according to Islamic teachings. The valid and practical module presented in this study is teaching material developed by following the Plomp research and development model for parenting activities at school, as well as a reading material for the speakers and the parents. There are 12 sections developed from three scopes of Islamic-based parenting education material: the nature of humanity and education, the nature of Islamic teachings, and contemporary Islamic education studies about educating teenagers. The materials are presented in parenting activities held twice a semester, therefore, in three years, every section in the module would have been presented in parenting activities. It is hoped that this module can be used in junior high schools, especially for Muslim parents with teenagers.
Infusing Explicit Argumentation in Science Reading Activities: Helping Prospective Science Teachers Reduce Misconception and Foster Argumentation Skills
Author: Siswanto, S.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Reading,Persuasive Discourse,Misconceptions,Scientific Concepts,Preservice Teachers,Science Teachers,Program Effectiveness,Skill Development,Foreign Countries

Science reading activities play an important role in shaping and constructing new knowledge. The enactment of these activities was commonly used to develop scientific literacy and enhance students' understanding. However, lack of the study focuses on reducing misconceptions and developing argumentation skills. This study, therefore, aimed to investigate the effect of reading activities infusing argumentation activities in reducing misconceptions and advancing argumentation skills. We employed a quasi-experimental (non-equivalent control group design) by involving 72 prospective science teacher students as participants divided into experimental and control groups in the same proportion. The participants in the experimental group were involved to do science reading activities infusing argumentation activities whilst the control group was engaged in only science reading activities. All the groups did these activities for four meetings of which each meeting took 90 minutes. To elicit data, we used a three-tier test to measure students' misconceptions and a student survey to measure argumentation skills; both of which were tested before and after the learning process. The findings of the research showed argumentation activities infused in science reading activities have succeeded to reduce significantly students' misconceptions and develop argumentation skills. In addition, argumentation activities in science reading activities also succeed to drive students to propose comprehensive arguments and to improve the scientific quality of students' arguments. We ultimately discussed the implications arising from this study.
Investigating the Principal Transformational Leadership Strategy in Implementing Character Education at the Senior High School Level (SMA) in Indonesia
Author: Sahertian, Pieter
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Principals,Transformational Leadership,Values Education,High School Students,Program Implementation,Foreign Countries,Educational Strategies,Leadership Role

Character education (CE) in secondary schools is one of the educational programs aimed to anticipate the tendency of moral perversion, as a result of moral decadence. Various forms of moral deviations that occur among high school students result in them being alienated from life because they conflict with cultural norms, school discipline, and life ethics in society. This article aims to discuss the relation of character values reinforcement and the principal's transformational leadership strategy to shape student characters in a descriptive-critical manner. The objectives of this study are school strategies in optimizing the implementation of character education reinforcement. This research uses a qualitative method with a case study design. The instrument of data collection was through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation studies. Data analysis used a modified analytic analysis method. Meanwhile, the data validity measurement was based on the level of credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results emphasize the importance of shaping student character as an anticipatory step to minimize moral distortions among high school students, and the effectiveness of the principal's transformational leadership role in optimizing the implementation of character education programs (CEP) in schools.
Is Symbolic Modeling Videos Containing Malay Values Effective to Improve Student&apos;s Social Harmony?
Author: Halida
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Social Values,Junior High School Students,Teaching Methods,Models,Modeling (Psychology),Interpersonal Competence,Gender Differences,Video Technology,Social Integration,Cultural Pluralism,Cultural Differences

Social harmony stimulations should be given as early as possible since it correlates with a number of conducts, such as respecting cultural differences, tolerance, and willingness to constructively resolve a conflict. As social harmony affects students' characters, an intervention to enhance their social harmony is required. This study aims to investigate the efficiency of symbolic video modeling consisting of Malay values in improving students' social harmony. It used a quasi-experimental design with one group pretest-posttest model. This study involved 101 randomly selected respondents and used 45 items social harmony scale to obtain the data. The data analysis was carried out using a dependent sample t-test. The results suggest that the symbolic modeling video of Malay values is effective in enhancing the social harmony of the Junior High School students. Further, the 13 years old female students are observed to have higher social harmony than their 12 and 14 years old counterparts. The findings of this study can be used as a reference in resolving students' issues, primarily the issues related to social harmony. This study has beneficial for counselor especially in improving students' social harmony with the Malay values.
Multicultural Education Based on Religiosity to Enhance Social Harmonization within Students: A Study in Public Senior High School
Author: Saihu, Made
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Islamic Culture,High Schools,Multicultural Education,Religious Education,Student Diversity,Religion,Muslims,Inclusion,Consciousness Raising,Cultural Awareness,High School Students,Moral Values,Religious Cultural Groups,Cultural Pluralism

This paper discusses implementing the Islamic learning approach model in Jembrana-Bali's case study in State High School (SMAN) 1 Jembrana. This paper explores the effectiveness of multicultural learning models used in Islamic religious education learning. Multicultural learning model creating harmonious interaction. Furthermore, the integration of diversity understanding between Hindu and Islamic students aims to peaceful practices in the educational environment. Data sources were obtained through unstructured observations and interviews from July to September 2019. The result showed that the learning process of Islamic religious education with a multicultural approach forms the character of students, both Hindu and Muslim, to be humanist, tolerant, and inclusive. In shaping character and fostering understanding diversity, the learning approach used is the contribution approach, additive approach, and the decision making and social action approach proposed by Allison Cumming-McCann. The interaction of students in SMAN 1 Jembrana, both Hindus and Muslims, aims to acculturation and enculturation of two different religions and traditions.
Needs Assessment: Developing a Non Formal Economic Education Framework to Improve Economic Management Capabilities and Earning Activities of Housewives Credit Institutions Customers
Author: Prastyaningtyas, Efa W.
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Needs Assessment,Economics Education,Family and Consumer Sciences,Homemakers,Females,Money Management,Credit (Finance),Debt (Financial),Loan Repayment,Income,Expenditures,Foreign Countries

Debt will provide economic benefits if it is used for productive things and the debtor have a good plan to repay. Many of the women in the village of Baleturi are in debt, but most of the women who are in debt do not use the money for productive activities. As a result, they decide to take on new debts in order to pay off old debts. The purpose of this study is to find out what is needed (needs assessment) by women who are in debt so that they can use debt for productive things. The design of this research is descriptive qualitative by using interviews and in-depth observations to obtain the necessary data. The results of the study found that most had plans to pay in installments with the income they got every month but most of the plans did not go well because expenses exceeded income. The only way out that the housewives take is to apply for a new debt (robbing Peter to pay Paul). From this side, women who are in debt need simple debt management skills and simple financial management according to their respective incomes. They also need a series of productive activities from planning to execution that are simple and according to their abilities to be free from debt bondage. Productive activities that are able to be carried out by Baleturi women are planting vegetables by utilizing the yard and culinary production.
The Health Students&apos; Perception of Online Education Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Baytak, Ahmet
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: COVID-19,Pandemics,Health Education,Electronic Learning,Distance Education,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Access to Computers,Access to Education,College Students,Adult Vocational Education

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lifestyles throughout the World. This study aims to investigate the health students' perception of online education. The field of health requires practical education. Indeed, online education has a different concept. Thus, the health students' perceptions draw attention especially during the hard time of pandemic. This quantitative study was conducted with 581 students studying a field of health in Turkey. The data from an online survey was analyzed with Kruskal Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests. The results show that some health students see online learning platform not suitable for their fields, even though some are favor of online education with some points. There was no significant difference between the perception of female and male students. The students' perception differences were found statistically significant by faculties, classes, watching lessons live, having technology difficulties and using different device to access to online education. These findings confirmed that the sudden shift to online education made a different experience for health students. The research concludes with suggestions to design online education for any unexpected pandemic.
Scrutinizing University Students&apos; Online Learning Readiness and Learning Achievement
Author: Ismail
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: College Students,Electronic Learning,Readiness,Academic Achievement,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Scores

This study aims to determine the level of student online learning readiness (OLR) and scrutinize its correlation with students' learning achievement (LA). To achieve this goal, a quantitative correlational design study was conducted. The participants of this study were fifty-six students joining Islamic Philosophy course (IPC) in a first semester of academic year 2021/2022 at an English Education Department in a public university in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. To collect the data, the researchers administered OLR questionnaire and documented students' final test score in IPC. In the present study, this score was considered as LA. Moreover, a semi structured interview was conducted to confirm findings obtained from OLR questionnaire administration. The data were analyzed quantitatively using SPSS 23 for getting the descriptive statistic of OLR level and the variables' correlation score. Then, descriptive thematic analysis was done for the interview data. The results showed that students' OLR level was in ready with improvement level as indicated by the average OLR score of 3.65. However, students mentioned some challenges during OL such as unstable internet connection, inconducive learning environment, and inability to be multitasker. This study revealed that students' OLR had very strong correlation to LA as shown by r=0.085, sig=0.000. Henceforth, this study implied the need for teachers and educational institutions to help students to be ready for joining the new learning system. However, this study promotes improvement for future investigation due to its limited variables and samples.