Month: January 2014

Traditional business education in America through most of the 20th century has been male dominated, aimed at providing tools for short-term profit maximization within the context of the vertically integrated corporation. However, starting in the 1970’s a number of social and economic historical events have presented inescapable challenges to MBA and other business education programs. …

In this paper I aim to introduce Montessori Materials for the “instrument” of expansive learning theory, and show a pilot study of “interventionist studies” (Engeström). In this study, I give support to teacher’s educational practice what innovate in their public kindergarten by themselves. After world war Ⅱ, there was no chance to use Montessori Materials …

This presentation is a case study on the development of complexity and accuracy in an advanced English learner’s academic writing over one semester. Studies on complexity and accuracy measures in second language (L2) development have shown diversified results. While some studies suggest a trade-off relationship between complexity and accuracy (Skehan, 1998, 2009; Skehan & Foster, …

“Creating Interdisciplinary Collaborations in a Learner-centered Global Environment” Strategic initiatives for major US research universities include the increased emphasis on a global education that crosses the boundaries and confinement of structural departmental requirements. These cross discipline courses are emphasized but often difficult to implement for schools and departments who operate with less time, less money, …

The scope of this paper is to highlight the relevance of Gandhi’s vision of educational leadership to the present-day educational management practices. This paper will show that Gandhi’s leadership and managerial skills were based on a well articulated vision and they were rigorously applied in practice, although he did not formulate the theory in an …

Alternative higher education has become a major subject in learning and teaching, reflective of current trends in educational provisions worldwide. Its promotion in sub-Saharan Africa has had some roots in the attempt to address the problems of inadequate educational provisions and respond to developments in educational technology. The promotion platforms have included universities, the industry, …

A study was conducted to determine MARA Professional Colleges students’ perception on learning style. The study builds on the Dunn and Dunn model and instruments of learning style. This model believes that students’ preferences and learning outcomes are related to factors other than intelligence, such as environment, opportunities to move around the classroom, working at …

The Bachelor of Accounting course of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in Australia was recently established and has adopted educational and information technology (EIT) in the delivery of the course. This paper is written to identify the EIT tools that have been used in teaching and to evaluate the perception of teachers about the …

This study aimed to determine the effects of cross-age tutoring on high performing students and students at-risk with learning disabilities in Mathematics in Tinago National High School, Naga City, Philippines, S/Y 2012-2013. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: (1) Are there significant differences between the control and experimental groups along cognitive (Scholastic Performance …

This paper aims to review existing activities in the internationalisation of the curriculum at one division of an university in Melbourne, Australia. It begins by looking at the concept of internationalisation in general then refines this to consideration of its transnational dimension. This entails treatment of the challenges, issues, and opportunities facing students undertaking transnational …

Higher education expanded rapidly in Malaysia. Shouldering the country’s aspiration to achieve the goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020, higher education systems and institutions are under pressure to produce skilled and quality graduates to meet the nation’s workforce and employers’ needs. The Malaysian government is the major employer of the country. Although graduate …

Information and communication technologies have significantly contributed to the shaping of an increasingly digitalised landscape of English language teaching over the past decades. Recent years have seen initial changes in the technology-supported English as a foreign language education in Vietnam including a number of emerging initiatives aimed at developing teachers’ technological competencies. In this light, …

Securing free, compulsory, quality public education for all is a need of time. The Charter on Rights Respecting School for students is much talked worldwide to ensure non-discrimination, safe and non-violent environment. It is thus education that can act as an agent of social change, minimizing violence against girls. Unequal power relation constructed by the …

The study attempts to unveil the treatments of English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) and the linguistic and cultural diversity of World Englishes (henceforth WEs) in Japanese high school teaching settings. The study investigated government-authorized textbooks of English approved in 2013 in ways the current situations of ELF and linguistic varieties of WEs are …

The student participatory class model in mathematics education was developed to nurture the necessary literacy in mathematics education. To nurture mathematical literacy, Compulsory Linkage, Project Cycle Management for Education, and Micro Presentation are used. Of the basic mathematical academic abilities, the author focused on Logical Thinking, Critical Thinking and Mathematics Expression, and made efforts to …

This paper draws on data from a doctoral study exploring how schools approach the development of self-regulated learning (SRL) for secondary school students. Self-regulation is becoming increasingly important as we move towards technologically driven self-directed learning environments, where greater amounts of autonomous learning may be necessary.  Equipping students with self-regulation skills that help them navigate …

Over the last 20 years, many teachers in Japan have witnessed the gradual decline in student motivation and ability with respect to English. Teachers want to create a suitable English environment in their classrooms but students continually revert to Japanese, especially during pair or group work. The aim of this research was to identify the …

This study investigates young adults’ online literacy practices in asynchronous computer-mediated communication, ACMC, in Taiwan. Aligned with New Literacy Studies, this study explores choices of language, writing systems, and orthography and examines how these features influence young adults’ identity construction in an online community of practice. Viewing digital texts as a social practice entails the …

This research was aimed to study Thailand’s Educational Strategic plan of Thai government during 2008-2015 A.D. in preparation for the ASEAN Community in 2015 A.D. The question of this research is how Thai government determined and proceeded educational strategic plan in preparation for the ASEAN Community after the ASEAN countries have officially established the ASEAN …

The present research was aimed to investigate and to develop the communicative English learning process based on the necessary content of for local cultural communication. The research methods consisted of 3 steps as: 1) to survey the necessary content of communicative English learning process for local cultural communication in which the samples consisted of 20 …

In 2001, the researcher studied the values of democracy, trust, and student responsibility as featured in the Swedish National Curriculum; in addition, he examined the concept of “global workforce competence” (teamwork, problem solving, pragmatic technical skills, and entrepreneurship). The three-site case study was comprised of an elementary, a middle, and a high school in a …

One aspect of the process of globalisation in recent years has been the increase in the number of students travelling abroad to complete their education. Although a number of university campuses around the world have seen significant numbers of overseas students since the 1950s, in recent years the numbers have climbed to far higher levels. …

Nowadays, mobile technology becomes the most penetrating innovation in this information generation. Students and teachers are exposed with fascinating and powerful mobile devices in everyday life. With the advanced technology development and high connectivity to the Internet through wireless networks in school, it becomes common that students and teachers are bringing their own mobile devices …

This presentation explores students’ reflection on their experiences of summer research and service programs at a liberal arts university in Bangladesh. In order to emphasize connections between university learning and local and global community issues, universities and colleges are increasingly incorporating short-term programs which stress active learning and/or public engagement and service. In this context, …

Student errors are considered as a device that learners use and from which they can learn (Corder, 1967); they provide evidence of the learner’s level in the target language (Gass and Selinker, 1983), contain valuable information on the learning strategies of learners (AbiSamra, 2003; Lightbown and Spada, 2006; Richards, 1974; Taylor, 1975), and also supply …

The use of calculators in the mathematics classroom has been a topic of intense debate among educators and policy-makers alike around the world. In Singapore, from 2009, the use of calculators were allowed in the mathematics examination in the Primary School Leaving Examination, a national examination taken by all students near the end of their …

The objectives of this study were 1) to develop the android appreciations training package in change money system according to IDFVE model to meet the 80/80 efficiency criteria; 2) to study the learning progress of students who learned from the android appreciations training package in change money system according to IDFVE model; and 3) to …

As language and culture are interdependent dual unity, they can’t be separated from each other。 However, it is a common practice in a large number of Chinese universities that the second language teaching only attaches importance to the acquisition of the target language without sufficient and systematical introduction to its cultural background; or though it …

There are  gaps between students in rural school and urban school  in Indonesia relating to motivation and interests in learning English as a second language in Indonesia. In fact, the students in rural area typically achieve an English proficiency less than students in urban school. There are some factors impact the rural students motivation and …

Few groups in the history of education have been as influential as the American progressives, who were part of the broader wave of Progressivism that swept the developed world in the late-19th century. It is often seen as an American movement, but its roots lay in the Prussian welfare state. American intellectuals educated in Germany …

Blanton (1992) argues that education often violates the deepest needs of the human spirit by (1) alienating and boring or dulling teachers and students, and or by (2) failing to address in any meaningful ways the real issues of importance in our lives. As higher educators, when we enter the classroom, we bring with us …

Graduate students need to have an analytical thinking skill to do research and develop new knowledge and innovation by themselves. Concept mapping is an efficient tool for analytical thinking skill development. This research is focusing to develop the analytical thinking skill of graduate students by using the concept mapping. It is a classroom participatory action …

Recently, every country has been using technology for manufacturing and agricultural development, including creating various convenient facilities to satisfy human needs. Existing energy has been very much been used, for example; electricity, oil, etc. and soon run out. The careless use of energy, lack of knowledge of energy, overusing energy can have devastating effects on …

The most demanding challange before us is that Education all over the world has completely failed to make compasssionate and responsible human beings. Present century is known for explosion of knowledge. In this flood of knowledge Education has neglected the over all personality development of the child. There is a need to re-invent and re-structure …

Originally, members of the Basic Skills project at Kanda University of International Studies were given the task of developing a new curriculum for the Basic Reading course.  Recent developments, however, have complicated this task.  The new course being designed has been renamed ‘Foundational Literacies’ to better reflect the move away from traditional thinking about teaching …

2,407 undergraduates from six universities in Taiwan were surveyed in this research. Results showed that female undergraduates perceived a greater need than their male counterparts did to prepare for the future labor market, suggesting that female undergraduates may experience greater employment pressure than male undergraduates. The results of the SEM model demonstrated that undergraduates’ perceptions …

This paper aims to better understand the experiences of the youth with the tapping of social media like YouTube videos and Facebook for learning. The youth of the 21stcentury has better autonomy of time, choice of what to learn, how to learn and when to learn with such large depositories of information and data around …

Due to saving the teacher prestige, teacher professional ethical as one of professional trait theory should be taught during pre-service teacher education. Actually, the teacher professional ethical is the null curriculum in teacher education program in Taiwan. Especially, the teaching practice is complicate to deal with in uncertainly context that depends on teachers’ deliberation (Cohen, …

The paper focuses on the problems in primary and secondary education of children with Filipino parents in Japan. The number of these children who are studying at schools at the elementary and secondary education levels in Japan has been increasing. Some measures regarding the education of new-comer foreign children have been implemented however they themselves, …

Information Technology and globalization help bring people closer. The boundary between nations are blurred and many cultures are lost or being absorbed by westernization. Thailand, like many Asian countries, has unique manners and norms that are considered old or obsoleted by some younger generations. The idea such as selflessness or the will to help people …

This paper is about the use and abuse of treating students as ‘customers’ and implications that follow for quality assurance in Malaysian higher learning institutions. Students graduating from PhD programs in higher learning institutions are increasing in number every year. In the year 2012 alone a number of public universities have produced or have ‘graduated’ …

This study sought to determine the extent of the demand for graduates of communication-related academic degrees in the Thai job market. To accomplish this, the study utilized content analysis, which involved monitoring on a weekly basis (for six consecutive weeks) the number of available job ads that require a communications-related academic degree in the Thailand …

The main objective is to study and a comparative acoustic characteristics study of the tone in the Khorat dialect and the Northeastern dialect in Nonsung, Nonthai, Phimai and Pakthongchai district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand. The data of the research was recorded from 2 native speakers per district using the Cool Edit Pro program. 60 wordlist …

Thai food has been recognized and become popular across the world. To present Thai food culture to foreigners, English translation of Thai menu is needed. Poor English translation can lead to misunderstanding of Thai culture and the taste of Thai food. On the other hand, proper English translation helps to communicate cultural identity and present …

In light of the current political dynamics and transformations that engulf the MENA region and especially Lebanon, Higher Education Institutions need to assist the youth in developing new values such as democracy and acceptance of the different other in order to maximize community development and consequently, national prosperity on the social and economic levels. This …

The purposes of this descriptive research were to develop a criterion for evaluating pre-service science teachers’ teaching practices and to study the effect of using criterion in supervision process through reflective process. The views of cooperating teachers and university supervisors on pre-service science teachers’ teaching practices were collected by questionnaire. The data was analyzed and …

It is commonly agreed that critical thinking is a significant concept to be promoted in our students at higher education level, particularly considering the time of turbulent changes that societies are immersed nowadays. In this study I have developed the idea of critical thinking taking Brookfield, Paul and Elder’s conception and it has been applied …

There is a need to move away from the present day conflicts and tensions that surround formative and summative assessments. Much assessment is happening in the primary mathematics classrooms which is informal, spontaneous and is often undertaken as the normal process of teaching rather than under the overemphasized aegis of formative or summative assessments. The …

Traditional Physical Education in elementary schools is under critical evaluation with regard to its contribution to alround development of children. Movement Education, which developed initially in England, has been acclaimed as a viable alternative for the education of children through free and expressive movement experiences. The Problem-Solving and Guided Discovery methods applied in Movement Education …

Egypt’s second revolution on June 30th 2013 came to reinforce the power of digital technology and the importance of digital literacy. The ability to create, access and understand material online has been crucial to recent Egyptian developments since January 2011. Yet, digital literacy is only the domain of a small group of young, tech-savvy Egyptians. …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of poverty on English language learning outcome in college level. Some techniques of quantitative methodology were applied. Twenty university students who enrolled in English I (EN101) were asked to complete the questionnaire consisting demographic information in order to categorize their family’s economic status. Independent sample …

This study investigates student teachers’ conceptions of even numbers and the relationship between proof types and conceptions of even numbers. 22 student teachers in the course of mathematical teaching for young children participated in this study. All participants were asked to finish three research tasks. Task 1 was designed to provide information of student teachers’ …

During the late nineteenth century, many Irish playwrights searched for a new “form” of drama as realistic drama was increasingly felt to be outmoded. A reaction against dominant realist and naturalist tendencies in literature was initiated by the French Symbolist Movement, begun during 1880 – 1895, which would expand into what might be called anti-realistic …

In any academic institution, writing skills are essential to meet educational demands more importantly those who are in research field disciplines, the graduate students. Prior to their graduation, students faced the most challenging part of their academic life wherein they have to write a 150 pages research paper as a course requirement. Hence, they are …

English is not the official language in Thailand, it is taught as a foreign language. Thai undergraduate students who have studied English as a foreign language for ten years are still at the low level of English proficiency. To be competent in English, students need to acquire linguistic knowledge including English grammar to lift up …

The aim of this study is to analyze and compare tonal systems and acoustic characteristics of tones in four Tai dialects of Phrae Province, Thailand which are Tai Yuan, Lue, Phuan, and Tai Yai as spoken by three groups of speakers grouped by age; over 60 years old, 35-50 years old, and under 25 years …

The goal of this paper is to find out causal relationships among Korean elementary school students’ achievements of English capacity, their motivation and attitude for study, their self-directed methodology, the level of self-esteem, and such parent factors as parental education. For this, we used the Korean government’s official survey data of 5,059 4th graders and …

This study explores theoretical and empirical research concerning school effectiveness and school improvement, in particular, improving student achievement through school process as dependent variable on changing teaching quality, school climate and students’ satisfaction. A multi-level model of school practice consisting of student grade point average (GPA, dependent variable), teaching quality, students’ satisfaction, and school climate …

The municipality’s role in education provision has been discussed in last two decades that decentralization in Thailand has been an active issue. The most of municipalities provide early childhood and compulsory education but only seven municipalities have the vocational college. The purposes of this study were to (1) analyze the trends in vocational education provision …

Many non-English majors encounter extreme difficulty when it comes to writing in English. Most learners are perplexed when asked to produce sentences that are comprehensible and cohesive enough to form a paragraph. Items such as a topic sentence, connecting clauses and phases may be unknown or long forgotten from their earlier schooling. Japanese junior high …

Thailand may encounter both crises and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community is implemented in 2015. Newly graduated student may face the difficulty in the domestic and international workforce regarding to the use of English language. To prepare university students, especially those whose major were English is the mission of the department. This study, therefore, …

This intention of Constitution of The Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2550 and Educational Act B.E. 2540 Local Administration Organizations (LAOs) have the right to provide education and professional training and the need of that locality and participate in the provision of education and training by the state, especially vocational education : program for preparing workforce …

The paper is an action research class conducted by non equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. Techniques and data collection using questionnaires and achievement tests. The data analysis is using t test analysis techniques. At the implementation stage of learning it uses the Jarimatika Learning media based on the multimedia which is developed by …

Bilingualism and/or multilingualism have long been praised as an invaluable asset, particularly in the today’s contracted global era or village. Although bilingual behaviors had been harshly criticized as a deficit form of language use in early 1900s, bilingualism is getting more and more important in the current 21st century, especially in business. As Thailand and …

The present paper is devoted to the translation score developing in the cross-cultural project as a special form of  communication. The examples presented by the authors illustrate the universal character of translation score developing methods under analysis. Personal experience in  the international theatremaking projects, opera  laboratories,  cross-cultural master-classes give more opportunities to single out the …

Cultural understanding and its knowledge are an integral facet in education. Nevertheless, the transmission of cultural related issues and knowledge in educational contexts, as with other subject knowledge or skills, is influenced by the cultural perspectives held by a teacher.  To understand a teacher’s perspectivation of culture, an understanding of beliefs and practices need to be …

This study was aimed to investigate the study skills acquired by tahe entrepreneurial students of MARA Professional College, Malaysia. The study involved 106 randomly selected respondents. The study using questionnaire and Likert five-point scale to measure six categories of skills learned by Dunn and Dunn which are reading skills, note taking skills, time management skills, …

The study examines MARA Professional College students’ learning styles preferences. A total of 758 diploma level students of different study years, programmes and gender involved in this study. The study employed a set of questionnaire measuring on students’ different learning styles using five likert scales. The five dimension of learning styles dimension by Dunn and …

This study aims to investigate the diversity of learning styles of Entrepreneurial students at the MARA College Professional Malaysia. A total of 106 respondents were randomly selected. This descriptive study using questionnaires and five point Likert scale to measure the five categories of learning style model by Dunn and Dunn (1978) which are the environment, …

Creativity is an essential trait for engineering students to be innovative and successful in current and future global economy.  Thus, it is important for their creative potential to be nurtured.  Since digital storytelling has been portrayed by previous studies as being influential in enhancing creativity, the purpose of this study is to explore the creative …

Engaging and motivating students is always a key factor for successful learning. In educational systems where English is compulsory, such as the case in Taiwan, learners may struggle hopelessly for the duration of their academic lives. Dornyei (2005) builds on the psychological theory of possible selves to develop a new conceptualisation of L2 motivation, the …

In general, low-achieving students in Singapore schools have been reported to perform well in literacy tests (PIRLS), compared to their counter-parts in other countries. However, for these students to achieve even a higher level of literacy skills in English, as promoted by the latest English Language Syllabus, classroom discourse patterns will need to change. The …

Based on the feedback collected from more than 140 instructors in an educational leadership program at a private university in Southwest U.S., there is an apparent “tension” stemming from the disconnect between what seems to be the belief sets and practices of the respondents in terms of modern and post-modern teacher education programs. There are …

This paper proposes the necessity of increasing the emphasis on the different use of written and spoken grammars in classroom settings on the basis of Multiple Grammar Hypothesis (MGH) (Iwasaki, in preparation). MGH suggests that Japanese is a language that has a different set of grammars between written and spoken discourse aside from the difference …

It has been more than 55 years that university entrance examination in Iran exists.This entrance examination is held for 4 hours which should reflect over 13 years of student educational experience.––This tough exam and its result at the end of 4thyear studying at high school makes students uncomfortable to predict their future career. For their …

The purpose of the research study was to develop a model of learning management using the business intelligence methodology to help higher education student enter the occupation internationally. The research study consisted of two phases. The first phase was to develop the learning management model and the second phase was to evaluate the appropriateness of …

Thailand has many invaluably cultural heritages found in various areas, particularly historical heritage, arts, architecture, and the way of life, which attract tourism in Thailand at the present. Although, some heritages have not properly been kept in good condition or used for arts and appreciation of intelligence of locality. Wat Yannasangvararam is a Buddhist place …

Proficiency in Mathematics becomes a critical skill for national growth nowadays. Despite this, there is a worrying decline in mathematics achievement among student population. Four-yearly study; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 2007, revealed Malaysia fell 10th in 2003 to 20th place in 2007. Among the main factors that may contribute towards …

It is generally recognized in Japan today that having high ­level English skills is certainly a big advantage for college students to open up their future career. Japanese colleges are facing increasing societal demand for a better English curriculum which fosters both communicative and academic English skills. The project-based English course, which is practiced at …

This paper addresses the importance of creating awareness of the implicit culture behind language, particularly in advanced Japanese language course curriculum, by implementing the practice of appropriate language used in real life situations (speech acts such as apologizing, requesting, complimenting, refusing or thanking). It is critical that language curriculum pay closer attention to ‘invisible’ culture; …

This paper analyzes an innovative university based studio based learning program, called the Bower Studio, that offers architecture students real-world experience in consulting and building consilience with client partners from marginalized and poorly resourced communities in remote Australia and Papua New Guinea. It both documents the strategies used to build meaningful, cross-cultural partnerships and sets …

The purposes of the research study were 1) to investigate factors essential for the learning environment of creative education on social network to develop creative thinking 2) to design a model for development learning environment, and to evaluate the developed model. Three steps of the research study were: 1) reviewing literature to analyze and synthesize …

Two researchers, an American and Japanese collaborated on a qualitative project describing Japanese composition instruction in elementary school. We highlight educators from three schools in Japan, framing their pedagogical beliefs with Ivanic’s (2004) discourses of teaching writing. These include discourses of skills, creativity, process, genre, sociopolitical and social practices. We extend this work, taking into …

In-service teachers with family responsibilities perform better in diversity of learners, community linkages, and personal growth and professional development; those holders of master’s degree and who were assigned in district 4 have better teaching performance in curriculum; master teachers perform remarkably in learning environment, diversity of learners and curriculum; and those who are compensated with …

[PREPOSITION the NOUN Of] (e.g. on the basis of, in the case of), as some studies noted (e.g. Biber, 2009; Cortes; 2004), is one of the most frequent frames in academic discourse. Particularly, Groom (2005, p. 259) further emphasized that a similar frame may show different preferences in the words that commonly serve as fillers …

The purpose of the research study was to study the factors of research and Innovation management by using electronic supply chain for Thai higher education institutions. The research procedures consisted of three Steps : 1) study of the document and related research to create a conceptual framework , 2) study research and innovation management of …

The present academics in the undergraduate & graduate levels, particularly in the field of engineering & technology are contextualized to a specific subject area and less focused on experiential learning perhaps due the overcrowded curricula, limited resources for vocational training and lack of institutional drive and commitment. The academics should aim to prepare students to …

In the past years, research on engineering education reform has tended to rely on quantitative data obtained from questionnaire surveys. The present study seeks to examine the impact of engineering education accreditation implementation over the past eight years from the multiple perspectives of faculty members, department chairmen as well as the deans in colleges of …

The research study purpose is to implement our SEED of WISDOM Agile Project Management model (SEED stands for Scheme, Execute, Evaluate, and Develop) to develop the project named Massive Open Online Networked Learning (MOO-NL) for Thai Education. We want to prove whether our model is effective enough to use as a guideline to manage any …

Teacher-student interactions are one of the critical components of an educational process. Upon an action-based view, human beings are regarded as agents. Thus, teachers and students are all considered actors, who can act and interact with each other actively. Every action is based on cognitive, emotional and willing foundations. Accordingly, students and teachers interact their …

Imagination is amongst important faculties of human mind that its definition plays a significant role in different areas of education. Educating imagination could be either an educational end itself or a method to reach some other educational ends. This article aims at illustrating dimensions of imagination in light of a specific theory of action. Putting …