Month: January 2014

The Changing Face of American Business Education: Past, Present and Future Trends
Traditional business education in America through most of the 20th century has been male dominated, aimed at providing tools for …

Montessori Materials as the “Instrument” for Expansive Learning
In this paper I aim to introduce Montessori Materials for the "instrument" of expansive learning theory, and show a pilot …

A Case Study in Complexity and Accuracy in Development in ESL Academic Writing: A Dynamic Perspective
This presentation is a case study on the development of complexity and accuracy in an advanced English learner's academic writing …

Creating Interdisciplinary Collaborations in a Learner-centered Global Environment
"Creating Interdisciplinary Collaborations in a Learner-centered Global Environment" Strategic initiatives for major US research universities include the increased emphasis on …

The Effects of Input and Output during Interaction: A Diary Study of an Adult Learning Korean as a Second Language
This study investigated how comprehensible input is received and how output facilitates second language acquisition (SLA) through a dairy study …

The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision of Educational Leadership
The scope of this paper is to highlight the relevance of Gandhi's vision of educational leadership to the present-day educational …

Promoting Alternative Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A General Survey
Alternative higher education has become a major subject in learning and teaching, reflective of current trends in educational provisions worldwide. …

The Relationship between Students’ Learning Style and Academic Performance in MARA Professional College, Malaysia
A study was conducted to determine MARA Professional Colleges students' perception on learning style. The study builds on the Dunn …

Factor Affective Stress and Stress Removing Methods Of Undergraduate Student Teachers
The objectives of this research were to study the stress levels, factors affecting personal stress, and stress removing methods, of …

Using Educational Technology to Enhance Student Engagement and Retention
The Bachelor of Accounting course of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in Australia was recently established and has adopted …

Cross-Age Tutoring: Its Effects on High Performing Students and Students At-risk with Learning Disability in Mathematics
This study aimed to determine the effects of cross-age tutoring on high performing students and students at-risk with learning disabilities …

The Challenge of Curriculum Design in the Transnational Classroom: Put Theory into a Practice
This paper aims to review existing activities in the internationalisation of the curriculum at one division of an university in …

Higher Education and the Malaysian Public Employment
Higher education expanded rapidly in Malaysia. Shouldering the country’s aspiration to achieve the goal of becoming a developed nation by …

English Language Teachers’ Digital Literacy Development: A Case Study of English as a Foreign Language Teachers at a Vietnamese University
Information and communication technologies have significantly contributed to the shaping of an increasingly digitalised landscape of English language teaching over …

Investigation into a Special Needs Student Coping with a Physical Handicap and the Issue of Low-visual Acuity to Understand How it Affects the Student’s Learning and Social Interaction; and Suggesting Possible Strategies to Overcome These Barriers to Learning
In this unique case study I identify the issue of low-visual acuity and how it affects a student's learning in …

Engendering Education: Ensuring Equity
Securing free, compulsory, quality public education for all is a need of time. The Charter on Rights Respecting School for …

Perspectives on World Englishes in Government-Authorized High School Textbooks in Japan
The study attempts to unveil the treatments of English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) and the linguistic and cultural …

Development and Evidence of the Student Participatory Class Model in Mathematics Education
The student participatory class model in mathematics education was developed to nurture the necessary literacy in mathematics education. To nurture …

Whose Role is it to Develop Secondary Students as Self-regulated Learners? A Study Exploring Student, Parent and Teacher Perceptions
This paper draws on data from a doctoral study exploring how schools approach the development of self-regulated learning (SRL) for …

Why Mentoring Matters: Professional Development in a Virtual World
Population growth, demographics, advances in technology, globalisation and associated economic imperatives are a few of the drivers behind the changes …

Motivating Students in an Era of Declining Motivation and English Ability
Over the last 20 years, many teachers in Japan have witnessed the gradual decline in student motivation and ability with …

The Literacy Practices of Adolescents in a Digital World
This study investigates young adults' online literacy practices in asynchronous computer-mediated communication, ACMC, in Taiwan. Aligned with New Literacy Studies, …

Thailand’s Educational Strategic Plan in Preparation for the ASEAN Community
This research was aimed to study Thailand's Educational Strategic plan of Thai government during 2008-2015 A.D. in preparation for the …

The Development of a Communicative English Learning Process for Local Cutural Communication
The present research was aimed to investigate and to develop the communicative English learning process based on the necessary content …

Democracy, Trust, Responsibility, and Global Workforce Competence: A Case Study Revisited
In 2001, the researcher studied the values of democracy, trust, and student responsibility as featured in the Swedish National Curriculum; …

Globalisation and Internationalisation of Education: Is on Right Direction?
One aspect of the process of globalisation in recent years has been the increase in the number of students travelling …

Are We Ready to Engage Students with Our Own Mobile Devices?
Nowadays, mobile technology becomes the most penetrating innovation in this information generation. Students and teachers are exposed with fascinating and …

How to Better Integrate Summer Projects: Insights from Students’ Comments
This presentation explores students’ reflection on their experiences of summer research and service programs at a liberal arts university in …

English Passive Sentence Construction of Thai EFL University Students
Student errors are considered as a device that learners use and from which they can learn (Corder, 1967); they provide …

Primary School Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Calculators in the Mathematics Classroom
The use of calculators in the mathematics classroom has been a topic of intense debate among educators and policy-makers alike …

The Android Appreciations Training Package in the Change Money System According to the IDFVE Model for the Technical Training
The objectives of this study were 1) to develop the android appreciations training package in change money system according to …

Culture Education in College Foreign Language Teaching
As language and culture are interdependent dual unity, they can't be separated from each other。 However, it is a common …

Implementing Mobile Assisted Language Learning in Rural Schools for Enhancing Learning Opportunity
There are gaps between students in rural school and urban school in Indonesia relating to motivation and interests in learning …

American Progressive Education and Yutori Kyoiku
Few groups in the history of education have been as influential as the American progressives, who were part of the …

Citizenship Responsibility Higher Learning: Combining The Spiritual-Cultural, Rights-Responsibilities, and Economics of a Civic Development Higher Learning Thru a Sociology In English
Blanton (1992) argues that education often violates the deepest needs of the human spirit by (1) alienating and boring or …

A Development of Analytical Thinking Skill of Graduate Students by using Concept Mapping
Graduate students need to have an analytical thinking skill to do research and develop new knowledge and innovation by themselves. …

3D Animation for Energy Reduction Campaign
Recently, every country has been using technology for manufacturing and agricultural development, including creating various convenient facilities to satisfy human …

Learning and Teaching in Times of Change, Challenges and Transformation: Reinventing the Aims of Education
The most demanding challange before us is that Education all over the world has completely failed to make compasssionate and …

Designing a Curriculum for the Advanced Stream of a Foundational Literacies Course
Originally, members of the Basic Skills project at Kanda University of International Studies were given the task of developing a …

How Labor Market Perceptions Affect Undergraduates’ Preparation?
2,407 undergraduates from six universities in Taiwan were surveyed in this research. Results showed that female undergraduates perceived a greater …

A Case on Learning about ‘You Tubing’ and ‘Face booking’ for Learning
This paper aims to better understand the experiences of the youth with the tapping of social media like YouTube videos …

A Study on Establishing Decision Tree of Teacher Ethic Reasoning in Taiwan
Due to saving the teacher prestige, teacher professional ethical as one of professional trait theory should be taught during pre-service …

Problems and Advantages of Children with Filipino Parents in Their School Lives in the Philippines and in Japan: Through Their Experiences in Both Countries
The paper focuses on the problems in primary and secondary education of children with Filipino parents in Japan. The number …

A Gamification Platform to Encourage the Students Social Etiquette Improvement
Information Technology and globalization help bring people closer. The boundary between nations are blurred and many cultures are lost or …

Are Students our ‘Customers’? : A Perspective on the Bureaucratic Implications of ‘student-customer’ Concept in Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions
This paper is about the use and abuse of treating students as ‘customers’ and implications that follow for quality assurance …

Determining Demand in Thai Job Market for Communications-Related Degree Title: A Survey of an Online Job Website
This study sought to determine the extent of the demand for graduates of communication-related academic degrees in the Thai job …

Tone in the Khorat Dialect and the Northeastern Dialect
The main objective is to study and a comparative acoustic characteristics study of the tone in the Khorat dialect and …

Thai Food Culture through Grammatical Patterns of English Translation
Thai food has been recognized and become popular across the world. To present Thai food culture to foreigners, English translation …

Peace Education: Community Development and National Prosperity
In light of the current political dynamics and transformations that engulf the MENA region and especially Lebanon, Higher Education Institutions …

The Development of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Teaching Practices Through Reflective Process
The purposes of this descriptive research were to develop a criterion for evaluating pre-service science teachers' teaching practices and to …

Critical Thinking in Second Language Learning: An Intercultural Approach
It is commonly agreed that critical thinking is a significant concept to be promoted in our students at higher education …

Mathematics Assessment in Primary Classes – Formative or Summative, or Seize the Moment?
There is a need to move away from the present day conflicts and tensions that surround formative and summative assessments. …

Effectiveness of a Programme of Movement Education and Traditional Physical Education on Movement Satisfaction, Attitude Towards Physical Activity and Self-Concept of Elementary School Children
Traditional Physical Education in elementary schools is under critical evaluation with regard to its contribution to alround development of children. …

Placing Digital Literacy in Audiovisual Translation Studies
Egypt’s second revolution on June 30th 2013 came to reinforce the power of digital technology and the importance of digital …

The Effect of Poverty on English Language Learning Outcome: College Level
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of poverty on English language learning outcome in college level. …

Transnational Education as an Emerging Feature of Migration
This study investigates student teachers' conceptions of even numbers and the relationship between proof types and conceptions of even numbers. …

Tracing the Impact of Foreign Influences on Irish Playwrights: Wilde and Yeats
During the late nineteenth century, many Irish playwrights searched for a new "form" of drama as realistic drama was increasingly …

An Exploration of Graduate Students’ Writing Competencies in Educational Research
In any academic institution, writing skills are essential to meet educational demands more importantly those who are in research field …

A Construction and Evaluation of Electronics Slides on Supplementary Grammar Through E-Learning on English II Course (999042)
English is not the official language in Thailand, it is taught as a foreign language. Thai undergraduate students who have …

Language Contact: Challenging in Diversity
The aim of this study is to analyze and compare tonal systems and acoustic characteristics of tones in four Tai …

Structural Equation Modeling for Korean Elementary School Students’ Achievements of English Capacity
The goal of this paper is to find out causal relationships among Korean elementary school students' achievements of English capacity, …

A Multi-level Modeling Approach to Predict Teaching Quality, Student’s Satisfaction, School Climate on Student Achievement
This study explores theoretical and empirical research concerning school effectiveness and school improvement, in particular, improving student achievement through school …

Trends in Vocational Education Provision of Municipalities in Thailand
The municipality's role in education provision has been discussed in last two decades that decentralization in Thailand has been an …

Utilizing Junior High English Texts at the Japanese University Level for Large Non-English Major Courses
Many non-English majors encounter extreme difficulty when it comes to writing in English. Most learners are perplexed when asked to …

Problem Analysis of English Major Undergraduate Students on Internship: A Case Study of Burapha University
Thailand may encounter both crises and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community is implemented in 2015. Newly graduated student may …

The Developmental Co – Operation Strategy of Local Administration Organizations in the Provision Vocational Education
This intention of Constitution of The Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2550 and Educational Act B.E. 2540 Local Administration Organizations (LAOs) …

Solar Powered Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Thermoelectric Generator
Durable, location independent, environmental-friendly sources of energy which allow for modular, few moving parts, low operating noise, high electricity generation …

Student Satisfaction with Hybrid and Face-to-Face Teaching Approaches in an English Course
Hybrid courses combine technology with innovative teaching practices to facilitate learning. This paper studied satisfaction of students who experienced a …

Teaching Values Using Creative Teaching Strategies: An Asian Perspective and Exploration
To teach values is to respond to the crisis of apparent normalcy in these post-modern times. Globalization, secularization and modernization …

A Developmental of Environmental Ethic and Learning Achievement in Environment Impact Assessment Course by Action Learning Style
The researchaimed to find the relationship between environmental ethic development and learningachievement in the environmental impact assessment course. It used …

Implementations of Knowledge Management as a Strategy for Improving Competitiveness of Higher Education Organization (Aplication Reseach of Soft System Methodology for Higher Education Organization)
Impact of globalization on the organization, reactive to changes in the environment and able to respond to the challenges faced. …

Behavioral Relationship between Sexes and Sexual Relations of Male Students in Silpakorn University, Thailand
This study presents qualitative research, which is aimed to make an understanding on behavioral relationships between sexes and activities related …

A Study of Learning Motivation of Current and Prospective School Teachers in Online Psychology Classes
Indifferent and careless school teachers bring much harm to a society. That is why the study of teachers' motivation, specifically …

Gender Impact On The Information Environment Of Distance Learners In Botswana
Gender issues have occupied the front burner of educational discourse over the past decades. Cases of gender imbalance in education …

The Lessons from the Experience of Educational Risk Management of Thai Government University
The objectives of this research were to 1. To study the situations of risk and 2.to study the lessons from …

General Education Model of University in Thailand
The purpose of this study was to describe the General Education Model of University in Thailand. Using a mixed methods …

Language Use and Identity within the Virtual Community of Mahjoob.com
This paper introduces the virtual community of the Mahjoob.com website, a global community of 1,261 web forum posters, where globalizing …

Integration of PSO and BP Neural Network for Building the Artillery Ballistic Model
The artillery firing precision plays an important role in the war and it's hard to describe the projectile trajectory in …

Administrative Success Factors of Private Pre-Schools in Khon Kaen under Office of the Private Education Commission : Multi-Cases Study
The aims of these studies were to investigate factors of the schools’ administration achievements by both overall and classifications according …

Using Machinima as a Method for Color Practice and Digital Narrative Creation
Combining visual game scenes, actions and narrative, Machinima, a by-product of the digital game, has been seen as a storytelling …

Emotional Prosody Mediated Visual Search in a First and Second Language: Evidence from Eye Movements
The difficulties that children have in thinking about time concepts may result from the complexity of time as a concept, …

Collaborative Feedback in a Blended Learning Environment: A Case Study of an EFL Writing Class
Collaborative feedback in a blended learning environment was studied to encourage learner-centeredness in the process of writing. The study aimed …

Development of Teach by Social Networks
The objectives of this research were to compare the achievement of students' learning through Social Networks ss to study the …

One Big Happy Family? Subverting Reaganism in Peggy Sue Got Married
While much critical analysis has been done on films made during Ronald Reagan’s two terms in the White House (1980-1988), …

Luang Prabang Film Festival: 3 Years of Strength with the Power of Movie Fanatics to Enhance Filmmaking in Southeast Asia
The Luang Prabang Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Gabriel Kuperman, an American expat who had a strong passion …

Malaysian eStories: The Passing of Oral Traditions
With new media and mediums, the art of oral traditions such as storytelling has evolved. Children and youngsters today learn …

Applying an Evaluation Model for Media Performance On Taiwanese Cinema
The rise of huge Chinese markets leads to many movie entrepreneurs and professionals in Taiwan and Hong Kong transferring their …

Traditional Chinese Aesthetics in “Life of Pi”: An Analysis of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics in Ang Lee’s Films under Contemporary Context
With the rapid development of film market in China, more Hollywood films involving Chinese philosophy has begun to proliferate. This …

“Our Fear Has Taken on a Life of its Own”: The Monster-Child in Japanese Horror Film of The Lost Decade
The monstrous child of Japanese horror film has become perhaps the most transnationally recognisable and influential horror trope of the …

Retelling the Nation: Narrating the Nation through Biopics
Cinema plays a pivotal role in the negotiation and construction of national identity, selectively appropriating history, attempting to forge a …

Emotional Realism and Actuality: The Function of Prosumer and Social Media Aesthetics in Film Production
Studies of film spectatorship and production techniques have rarely ignored notions of Reality. From the psychoanalytical approaches of Baudry and …

The Representation of Women’s Sexual Subjectivities in Republican China: A Case Study of Ling Long Women’s Magazine (1931-1937), Shanghai
In line with the "sexual turn" in historical research, this thesis analyzes women's sexual discourses in one of Shanghai's most …

Past, Present, and Future: Roles and Trends of Thai Community Newspapers in Los Angeles
This study focuses on Thai newspapers in Los Angeles, regarding services and benefits offered to the Thai community, their individual …

The Role of Online Media in the Public’s Agenda Setting on the Crisis Situation. Case on Floods, Jakarta 2013
For some scholars the old theories of media effect are no longer relevant to use in analyzing the effect of …

Gender Justice and Social Media Networking in India: New frontiers in “connectedness”
Social media emerges as the new tool/avtar for the multicultural networking in India, stimulating a new form of dialogic discourse …

How are Political Consumers Engaging with Social Media?
Understanding contemporary political identity is compelling because traditional participation like voting is in decline. Political consumerism and social media are …

Arabs Motives for using New Media: A Uses and Gratifications Perspective
In western countries, where citizens have access to many avenues for expressing themselves, new media may not be used for …

Control and the Modern News Worker: Autonomy and Resistance in an Evolving Newsroom
News workers in the U.S. are pressed by digital routines, industry confusion, and their organizations’ loss of journalistic focus. This …

News Reporting and News Management on the Issue of Righteousness in Political Behaviors of a Head of the Government: A Case Study of General Surayut Chulanont from the Perspectives of the Thai Daily Newspaper from 2006 to 2008 B.E.
Research quastions: 1. How do newspapers critique in the political legitimacy, ability of administrate, personality, political behavior of General Surayut …

Socio-Cultural Influence on the Creation of a Cultural Production: The Case Study of The Asean Perspective of Bangkok Documentary
This is a qualitative research with the following objectives:• To analyse the process and conflict of a socio-cultural influence on …

Locating Hybrid Identity Formations: Readings on Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Bhaji on the Beach
Diasporic cinema or what Hamid Naficy would like to call ‘accented cinema’ is an expression from the interstices of societies …

The Influence of Advertising in Thai Local Cable TV on the Audience’s Attitudes and Behaviour
This study examines the approaches of advertising in Thai local cable TV by in-depth interviews with key informants to assess …

Social Media and Media Literacy in Thailand
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that media literacy be prioritized and address all kinds of media, …

An Analysis of Television News Procedure of Televistion Stations by Using Social Media in Thailand via Ethical Approach
The purposes of this research were operating analysis the television news of the television station in Thailand via ethical approach. …

Young Adults’ TV Consumption and Their Implementation of Filial Piety in Taiwan
The ethnographic turn in mass communication and audience research manifested the limitations of those traditions which de-contextualize the audience from …

Value-added Ads: An Analysis of Award-winning Advertisements in the Philippines
Mass media impacts society in many ways - a fact which entails responsibility for practitioners. Advertising, being regarded as major …

The Future of Radio in Thailand After Digitalization: Dead or Alive?
Radio broadcasting services in Thailand are in transition and face an uncertain future. This situation has arisen from enforcement of …

“Universal” Video Games? Reintroduction and Influence of Cultural and Social Identities in the Virtual World
As of today, The Video Game Industry has become one of the most profitable and influential leisure businesses in the …

The Influence of Political Communication Network on Thai Newspaper Agendas
The research found that the online media services of both Twitter and Facebook impacted the news agenda items of both …

Indonesian Female Beauty Concept: Does It Take into Account the Traditional Values?
This article will discuss the way Indonesian commercial of female cosmetic products portray Indonesian female beauty concept. Generally speaking, for …

Killing Time: New Memory and Smartphone Photography
In the smartphone era, personal snapshots move swiftly beneath the gaze of a vast audience of different countries and time …

Privatisation, Convergence and Broadcasting Regulations: A Case Study of the Indian Television Industry
In India till 1991 there was only one television channel – Doordarshan, the public service broadcaster. With the opening up …

The Utilities of New Media for Indonesian Organic Community
Making a commitment to eat healthy food is a great start towards a healthier life. Organic food has become very …

The Influencing Factors Pressuring Thai Women toward Beauty and Appearance
Today's modern society has set a high competitive standard for what is considered beautiful. Women in Thai society today are …

Discussion and Research of Motion Picture Aesthetics on Smart Mobile Devices
The smart mobile device market is long with rich and varied applications. No matter the screen presentation it is the …

Efforts of Control of Political Power over the Social Media in Turkey
Mass media can be put down with constituted rules and enforcements of economy. However the situation becomes different when it …

A Study on Social Impact of Internet on Students of State Universities in Tamil Nadu, India
Internet today is widely recognized not only as a means of communication but also as a powerful tool. It is …

Community Television in the mist of Digitalization in Thailand: Policy and Community’s Practice
The media reforms especially broadcasting media are clearly seen in the year of 1997 that the ownership of frequencies were …

Self-presentation of Thai Women on Dating Websites for Seeking Foreigner Guys
The research “Self – presentation of Thai women on Dating websites for seeking foreigner guys “ has two objectives; 1) …

The New Atheist Movement in the Blogosphere: Burlesque and Carnivalesque as Rhetorical Strategies in Visual Productions
This paper examines the visual production of the New Atheist Movement in the Blogosphere. The new atheist movement appeared as …

How the Elements of Arquitectural Design, Color, Lighting and Layout of a Quick-service Restaurant Image (QSRI) Influences Perceived Value, Customer Satisfaction and Revisit Intentions
A restaurant's interior and exterior design can have an enormous influence on customer’s perception of value and satisfaction, which in …

Exploring the Notions of an Indigenous Presence in the Public Sphere of Mining Discourse: The Alangan Mangyan’s “Enclaved Public”
The study problematized the presence of “public sphere” in an indigenous people’s community using the Habermasian construction of the public …

Community Radio Use to Providing Knowledge of Media Literacy among the Elderly in Rural, Thailand
The consequence of attempts to radio broadcasting reform in Thailand has been delayed more than 15 years. It’s causing emptiness …

Being Liked’: The Constructed Identiity of Project-Based Workers in the New Zealand Film Industry
"The New Zealand screen industry, in line with similar trends in the UK and US, has experienced a proliferation of …

Social Activities on Microblog: Exploring Fighting Against Human Trafficking on Weibo
Fighting against human trafficking is one of the most popular social activities on a Chinese social media site -- Weibo. …

Wikis and the World: Connecting Japanese Non-English Majors
In spite of instant Internet access many young Japanese have limited exposure to the actual outside world. Globalization and Internationalization …

Where in the World is Kolkata? Can International School Placements Make a Difference to Intercultural Awareness?
When an invitation was extended to the University of New England (UNE) to take a group of preservice teachers to …

Interactive Weblogs: Breaking Barriers in L2 Writing in the Philippines
Mastery of the rules of a language is often clearly reflected in written outputs. In the Philippines, where English is …

The Effect of “jarimatika” Multimedia Learning in Children Mathematic Learning Motivation
The paper is an action research class conducted by non equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. Techniques and data …

Synthesis of Legal Provisions and a Financial Feasibility Study on Investment Project of Serviced Apartment Business around the Court in Amphur Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of apartment business investment around the court located in Amphur …

Task-based Language Learning: An Approach to Help Students to Become Balanced Thai-English Bilinguals
Bilingualism and/or multilingualism have long been praised as an invaluable asset, particularly in the today's contracted global era or village. …

Methodology of Play Translator’s Score Developing within the Cross-cultural Theatre Making Educational Project
The present paper is devoted to the translation score developing in the cross-cultural project as a special form of communication. …

Uncovering a Cultural Black Box: A Case Study of a Classroom Discourse of a Regional Award-Winning Thai Social Sciences Teacher in a Topic of Culture
Cultural understanding and its knowledge are an integral facet in education. Nevertheless, the transmission of cultural related issues and knowledge …

The Diversity of Learning Skills Among Entrepreneurial Students in MARA Professional College Malaysia
This study was aimed to investigate the study skills acquired by tahe entrepreneurial students of MARA Professional College, Malaysia. The …

Learning Style Preferences of Entrepreneurial Students in MARA Professional College, Malaysia
The study examines MARA Professional College students' learning styles preferences. A total of 758 diploma level students of different study …

Assessing Learning Style of Entrepreneurial Students in MARA Professional College, Malaysia
This study aims to investigate the diversity of learning styles of Entrepreneurial students at the MARA College Professional Malaysia. A …

Creative Process Experiences with Digital Storytelling: A Tale of Two Engineering Students
Creativity is an essential trait for engineering students to be innovative and successful in current and future global economy. Thus, …

A Study on India’s the Right to Education Act: Overcoming Social & Economic Challenges
Indian governments have had to address a number of key challenges with regard to education policy as it is a …

Learning Management Outcome from an Integrated Instruction between Authentic Learning and Community Academic Service for Nursing Students in the Human Society Environment and Health Subject
This descriptive research aimed to study the learning outcomes from the use of a student centered instruction by mean of …

The Role of Imagination in Motivating EFL Learning
Engaging and motivating students is always a key factor for successful learning. In educational systems where English is compulsory, such …

Changing Teachers’ Perceptions on Low-Achieving Students’ Cultural Capital and Habitus
In general, low-achieving students in Singapore schools have been reported to perform well in literacy tests (PIRLS), compared to their …

Modern vs. Post-modern Teacher Education: Revealing Contrasts in Beliefs and Practices
Based on the feedback collected from more than 140 instructors in an educational leadership program at a private university in …

On Increasing Instructional Emphasis on the Differences Between Written and Spoken Grammars
This paper proposes the necessity of increasing the emphasis on the different use of written and spoken grammars in classroom …

University Entrance Examination: One Critical Challenge for Iranian Multi-functional Educational Institutions
It has been more than 55 years that university entrance examination in Iran exists.This entrance examination is held for 4 …

A Development of Management Model Using Business Intelligence Methodology for Higher Education Students to Enter Occupation Internationally
The purpose of the research study was to develop a model of learning management using the business intelligence methodology to …

Virtual 3D Media in Royal Temple Thailand: Wat Yannasangvararam
Thailand has many invaluably cultural heritages found in various areas, particularly historical heritage, arts, architecture, and the way of life, …

Learning Differentiation’s Sub Topic in Mathematics Using an Educational and Casual Flash Based Game
Proficiency in Mathematics becomes a critical skill for national growth nowadays. Despite this, there is a worrying decline in mathematics …

Teaching and Managing a Project-based English Course to the College Students in Diverse Levels of English Proficiency
It is generally recognized in Japan today that having high level English skills is certainly a big advantage for college …

Advanced Level Curriculum: Speech Acts – What to Say and How to Say It – With Implicit Culture Behind Language
This paper addresses the importance of creating awareness of the implicit culture behind language, particularly in advanced Japanese language course …

The First Step of the Implementation of a Software to Facilitate Italian Children in Learning English
The aim of of this work is to show the theoretical basis and the primary steps necessary to realize an …

Trees and Rhizomes: Students as Masters of Learning
This paper analyzes an innovative university based studio based learning program, called the Bower Studio, that offers architecture students real-world …

Model of Learning Environment for Creative Education on Social Network to Develop Creative Thinking
The purposes of the research study were 1) to investigate factors essential for the learning environment of creative education on …

Time-honored Tradition Meets 21st Century Literacy: Changes in Composition Instruction
Two researchers, an American and Japanese collaborated on a qualitative project describing Japanese composition instruction in elementary school. We highlight …

Performance of In-service Basic Education Teachers Of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
In-service teachers with family responsibilities perform better in diversity of learners, community linkages, and personal growth and professional development; those …

Formulaic Language Patterns in Social Science and Natural Science Research Papers: A Corpus-Based Study

The Factors of Research and Innovation Management Using Electronic Supply Chain for Thai Higher Education Institutions
The purpose of the research study was to study the factors of research and Innovation management by using electronic supply …

Education for Sustainable Development
The present academics in the undergraduate & graduate levels, particularly in the field of engineering & technology are contextualized to …

The Impact of Outcomes-Based Accreditation on the Continuous Improvement of Engineering Education in Taiwan
In the past years, research on engineering education reform has tended to rely on quantitative data obtained from questionnaire surveys. …

The Development of Massive Open Online Networked Learning for Thai Education
The research study purpose is to implement our SEED of WISDOM Agile Project Management model (SEED stands for Scheme, Execute, …

Bulgarian Kindergartens on the Way to Change
The paper describes an applied model of cooperation between science and business created to change the working environment in Bulgarian …

Teacher-Student Interactions Considering Virtual space: An Action-Based Approach
Teacher-student interactions are one of the critical components of an educational process. Upon an action-based view, human beings are regarded …

Imaginative Education within the Framework of Action
Imagination is amongst important faculties of human mind that its definition plays a significant role in different areas of education. …

The Effects of Language Learning Strategies on the Students’ English Learning Achievement
Most EFL learners adopt grammar-translation and memory link methods during their learning process in vocabulary and grammatical concept. However, research …

Establishing an e-Environment that Empowers ICT within the Education System
Investing the educational system within an e-environment dedicated by Information and Communications Technology (ICT) administrative and learning technologies and capabilities …

Assessing Students’ Performance in Accountancy through Team Delegation: Self Organize Model Vs Mcgrath’s Model (A Team Design Experiment)
This paper aims to (1) assess students’ performance in accountancy through team delegation, by comparing two team designs, the first …

Designing a Creative and Innovative Learning to Create Accelerated Learning in an Accountancy Class: A Merging Application between Ingenuity Learning Model and TANDUR Acronym
The purpose of this paper is to give understanding of the importance of the accelerated learning approach and explain how …

Human Performance Technology in ICT of Thai Higher Education Lecturers
The research study was conducted to develop human performance technology in ICT of Thai Higher Education Lecturers under three conceptual …

The Implementation of Electronic Transactions as Seen from the Consumer Protection Law
Nowadays, the development of information technology and telecommunications has resulted in the various services of existing telecommunication facilities, as well …

Behavior Which Promoted Health Condition of Elders in Urban Areas: Effect of Social Management in Thailand
This research concerns the study of behavior, which promoted health condition of elder in urban area which represented effect of …

Prediction of Market Situation for Studying Elder Consumers’ Health Care Product Usage Behaviors in Medical Clinics in Thailand
This research aims to study older consumers' health care product and service usage behavior in medical clinics in Thailand, applying …

Mining Facebook in Identifying Software Engineering Students’ Personality and Job Matching
Getting the job that suits our capability is a dream of each job seeker. But in real life, job seekers …

Motivation of Extrovert and Introvert Gamer’s using Different Screen Sizes
The use of games as educational activities have been widely discussed and studied, and more recently it has been suggested …

Adoption Theories in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) of Health Service for the 21st Century
The research aims to synthesize the concepts that affect the adoption behavioral of the Enterprise Resource Management system of healthcare …

The Information Technology for Thai Qualifications Framework for Higher Education
Presently, the information technology plays an extremely vital role in the development of educational systems. The office of the Higher …

A Comparative Study of Prosodic Boundary Features with Encliticized and Procliticized Function Words
In spontaneous speech, unlike read speech, there are many cases that prosodic phrasing does not match with syntactic structure. Through …

Monitoring Web Browsing Habits of User Using Web Log Analysis and Role-Based Web Accessing Control
Computer network in campus is an essential facility for education. The university network was proposed to provide student knowledge accessibility. …

Language Learning in a Shared Space
We present a state-of-art technology called “WaaZam” developed at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Technology of Institute (MIT). WaaZam is an …

Implementing Second Life in Higher Education: A Literature Review
Many educators around the world have shown an interest in three-dimensional virtual world such as Second Life in order to …

Witnessing the Birth of Asian Hollywood through the Hong Kong Film Archive: An Informational Interview with the Head of the Hong Kong Film Archive
Hong Kong Chinese-language cinema has a century-old history. In comparison to cinema in China, Hong Kong enjoyed a greater degree …

The Evolution of the Technological Characteristics of Media Websites
This paper discusses technological characteristics and tools offered by Web 2.0 which can be employed in media websites. The aim …

Spatialization of Ownership in Indonesian Broadcast Industry: Study on Media Division of Kompas Gramedia Group
Spatialization is part of the political economy and has now become one of the trends in media industries which eventually …

Degradation of Politeness: Social Media’s Fault?
It has been argued in many local news and discussions that the younger generation in Indonesia experience degradation of politeness …

Inside Newsroom: Social Media & News Production in the UAE
News Coverage in the Middle East has managed to break its shackles of censorship to a large extent in the …

Japan’s “Abenomics” Media Coverage: The Converging Relationship between Print and Social Media
Beryl Hawkins is a former radio journalist, talk show host, professional voiceover artist/narrator and producer who worked in news and …

Narrative News: How the Factuality of Narrative Style News and Fictions Affects Readers’ Emotional and Cognitive Response
This study examines how the factuality of narrative style news and fictions affects readers' emotional and cognitive response. Participants read …

Social Media and Public Relations: The Perception and Adoption of Facebook by Malaysian Public Relations Consultancies as Effective External Communication Tool
The explosion in social media, especially social networking site such as Facebook with increased connectivity and interactivity has caused many …

Creating Visual Identity with Cultural Symbols and Local Fairy Tales – A Case Study: Packaging Beipu Oolong Tea
Cultural and creative industries in Taiwan have boomed in the last decade as a result of the encouragement of government …

“Eatable Media Image”? Food in Culture Industry and the Consumer Culture
Different from the critique of "McDonaldization" this paper focuses on: the food consumption itself appears not only for "functionality" but …

Focusing on the Literal and Metaphorical Patterns of Prepositions: Corpus and its Applications
English prepositional phrases are among the most easily confused patterns for learners of English. In this paper, we investigate eleven …

Mapping Narrative Trajectories in Documentary Films
Documentary films may set out to be objective but most end up advocating a point of view (Fox 2011, Taibbi, …

“Learning on the Move: The Value of Student Cultural Study Trips”
In this paper we will state the case for student cultural study trips being an essential component of a student’s …

A Lens Comparison of Vocational Education and Training in the Beauty Sectors in Taiwan and the UK
This study presents qualitative research, which is aimed to make an understanding on behavioral relationships between sexes and activities related …

The Analytic Hierarchy Process – A Survey of “the desirable demand” of a Graduated Worker in Chiang Mai and Lamphun Province, THAILAND
The survey of "the desirable demand" of a graduated worker to meet the needs of employers is one mechanism to …

Teaching Model for Competency Improvement of Deaf People on the Industrial Job
Job market of Thailand highly requires more than 110,000 welders each year while only 13,200 graduated one could be provided. …

Knowledge Management Competencies Development of Student in the 21st Century
Students in the 21st century should be developed to perform the necessary operations to be a great member in learning …

Comparison of Attitudes to Science Fields of the Stakeholders of School Education in Japan and Other Countries
This research addresses the attitudes of the stakeholders of the school education (students, parents and teachers) toward learning and teaching …