Year: 2014
Transformative Education: A Tool for Sustainable Educational Development in Nigeria
Education is the key to human development and progress; an indispensable tool for a nations’ growth and overall development. In …
Dancing with the Trees: A New Way to Learn Science with Classical Values
Science education has undergone a sea of change with different approaches and methodologies. But value oriented science education has not …
Impacts of Educational Macro-Policies on Developing Creativity in Iran
Many educational and training approaches aim at improving creativity in students. In today’s world, tremendous need for individuals who can …
Storytelling As a Form of Academic Discourse Engaging English Language Learners in the United States Standards-Based Classroom
Academic discourse is the pattern of speech and writing that exists in academic settings. In the American school system, academic …
A Goals-Based Evaluation Regarding a Contrasting Analysis of Profession Growth and Evaluation Programs
This goals-based evaluation analyzes and compares several professional growth and evaluation programs among selected states in the United States and …
Sustainability in the Curriculum and Teaching of Economics: Transforming Introductory Macroeconomics
Sustainability is arguably the outcome of a holistically integrated economic system. However, when the marketplace fails to assess the “true” …
Concept Deficiency: Remediation for Masters’ Theses and Dissertations
Throughout graduate departments in the United States, students and teachers report significant difficulty in forming concepts and framing subjects chosen …
Is it Cheating If Nobody’s Watching? Conflicting Beliefs about Dishonesty in Online Learning
This paper addresses part of an extensive study investigating faculty and student perceptions of academic integrity in online courses. This …
The Educator Fraud Paradigm and Implications for Educators and Academia
In response to the USA Today and Atlanta Journal Constitution articles indicating massive educator cheating, states have been under intense …
International Service-Learning in Nicaragua for Japanese Medical Students.
Service-learning aims to match subject content with social need to give practical meaning to student learning. This international service-learning trip …
When an Adjective Behaves like a Verb: Adjectival Verbs in Mandarin Chinese Maternal Input
The distinction between adjectives and verbs in Mandarin Chinese is not as clear as that in English. Adjectives in Mandarin …
Supervision as an Educational Activity in Clinical Psychology Training Programs: Conceptions on Its Core Characteristics and Implementation
During the first stage of a broader educational evaluation study, a qualitative exploration has been conducted on conceptions that clinical …
Experiencing the Perspective of the Other: Stanley Milgrams Cyranic Method as a Means of Exploring Alternative Identities
Barriers to understanding and cooperation arise when we fail to take the perspective of the other people in our lives. …
Understanding Antisocial Behaviors: The Roles of Sensation Seeking and Subtypes of Empathy
There is limited research on how subtypes of empathy predict subtypes of antisocial behaviors and the role of sensation seeking …
The effect of social exclusion on color preference
The current study examined the effects of social exclusion on color preference. Previous researches have suggested that people are more …
Influence of Normative Models on Social Representations
Our research fit into social representations’ framework (Moscovici, 1961), defined by Jodelet (1997) as “modalities of practical thought orientated towards …
The Influence of Affordance on Cognitive Workload
In the study, it was demonstrated that whether there was a difference between an affordance condition and a no-affordance condition …
Teacher Factors in Enhancing Quality Assurance in Physics Education: A Panacea for Transforming Physics Education for Sustainable Development
The study employed a descriptive survey to investigate Senior Secondary Three ( SSS3) Physics students' perception of the teacher factor …
Assessing the Effectiveness of Applying a Tailored Time Management Course in Reducing Wasting-Time Attitude of University Students in the Field of Clothing Technology
The purpose of the present study was to apply a tailored time management course on fourth year students at the …
The Individual and the Arts in a Globalised Society
The topic for this presentation would be to make use of the social and political agendas in the Arts in …
Rape Culture in Music: Lyrics that Provide a Step-by-step Guide to Sexual Assault
The evolution of gender relations has brought women to the forefront of social functions. However, these roles have come with …
Effects of Cinema Sounds on the Perception of the Motion Picture
A big number of studies have investigated the mechanisms of the human nervous system that receive environmental stimuli in order …
The Representation of Ethnic Youth Gangs in “The Combination”
In December 2005, Sydney was subject to one of its worst racial riots in history. Thousands of White-Anglo Australians lined …
Multiplicity and Difference: Pluralities of Identity
The main objective of this paper is to discuss the idea of cultural identity its tendency become the overriding or …
The Concept of Ghostwriting from Literature to Film Music: The Moacir Santos Case of Study
In most cases, the concept of ghostwriting in film music is related to bigger budget industrial movies. It happens mainly …
1+1=1; An Exploration of Bakhtinian Minimum for Existence in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia
Mikhail Bakhtin's emphasis upon the constructedness of language and consciousness, the essential connectedness of individuals to each other, and the …
The Power of Pretty: Re-Appropriating the Gaze and Feminine Agency in “Spring Breakers”
When Mulvey (1975) posited the marginalization of female characters in film as passive, powerless figures that advance the narrative only …
Okinawa: “The Land of Courtesy” in a Conflict of Linguistic Interests
UNESCO has listed Ryukuan, the language of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom, now Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, as severely endangered. That means …
Interpreting Poems, Interpreting Worlds – on Poetry Translation
Li Bai’s poems are appreciated and enjoyed by people all over the world, which shows the universal aspect of language …
Malcolm Lowry the Russian Connection
In Under the Volcano (1947) Malcolm Lowry (1909-57) presents us with a Faustian image of a British ex-Consul tormented by …
Socio-Philosophical Evaluation of Conflict Resolution and Synergy: A Path to History
In the enlarged human society, the human person has always emerged out of struggle and conflict. Conflict and struggle are …
An African Theory of Moral Conflict Resolution: A Kwesi Wiredu’s Paradigmatic Model
This paper interrogates Kwesi Wiredu's theory of "Ethical Consensus" as a method of moral conflict resolution in indigenous African societies. …
An Architectural Reading of Islamic Virtue
O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to cover your private parts and as an adornment, but …
Christian Conservatives and the LGBTQ Community in a Pluralistic World
Conservative Christians and the LGBTQ community are seldom bedfellows with a common cause. The former often lashes out publicly against …
The Use of Teaching Aids in the Teaching of French as a Foreign Language in Nigeria
Language is said to be the fulcrum of human development as well as instruments for unification of people and nations. …
Eliot’s Notion of Tradition and Its Significance in the Age of Multimedia
Our world today is being remade through the continuous spread of multimedia. We are actually living in what is called …
Hello Kitty’s Popularity and Its Change of Representation
Since it was introduced in the market in 1974, Hello Kitty, a fictional white cat, became a Japanese cultural icon …
Pakistan, Its Youth and Social Media
Pakistan has faced some serious problems in recent years. It has a tarnished international image, but there is optimism in …
Israel through the Lenses of Oscar-Nominated Documentary Film ‘Promises’
Film is a significant tool of (re)shaping, (re)constructing, (re)presenting and (re)structuring realities. According to Edelman (1993) the social world is …
The Learning of the Photograph in the Young People
In this paper we will explain how a group of young people of three communities in Lisbon (Bairro Padre Cruz, …
Models of European Integration Enlargement or Neighbourhood
MODELS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: ENLARGEMENT OR NEIGHBOURHOOD The European Union is set up with the purpose of ending the wars …
The Exclusion of the Bakla in Philippine Contemporary Cinema
This paper explores representations of the bakla (a Filipino gender category that conflates sexual orientation and gender identity through the …
Common Songs: A Study of the Saibara Collection and Inquiry into “Fuzoku” Arts in the Heian Court
Premodern Japanese scholarship has focused on the major literary collections of the Nara and Heian periods. In the area of …
The Lonely Island of Queerness: Manifestations of Early Shōwa Homosexuality Discourse in Edogawa Ranpo’s Kotō no Oni
The focus of this paper will be put on the literary analysis of Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel Kotō no Oni …
Aspects of Italian Buddhist Presence and Poetry
The first, shorter section of this paper will briefly inform on how Buddhism was imported to Italy. The latest and …
Examining a Collaborative Conversational Feature between Australian Men and Women
Many past studies of gender interaction discussed differences in masculine and feminine conversational styles. In particular, collaborative talk is regarded …
The Creation of Trans-cultural Belonging: Chinese Artists’ Paintings from Tibet after 1982
Since the 1960s, Tibetan self-government has been established in autonomous areas; there, Tibetans live in compact communities under the unified …
Intercultural Awareness and Competence: Cultural Differences and Challenges among International Students in a Private Malaysian University
In the past, almost the whole university student population in Malaysia comprised three major ethnic groups, namely Malays, Chinese and …
Frontiers in Google Maps: Commodification and Territory in the Borderlands
From carving up empires to enclosing the commons, the history of maps has long been caught up in creating, legitimising …
Surviving and Thriving in the Borderlands: An Autoethnography
This autoethnography recounts the process of developing my own agency out of a borderland lifeworld formed in multiple geographic sites. …
Globally Not Yours … The Master Discourse of Transcultural Mediation
Globally not yours …
The master discourse of transcultural mediation
Intercultural encounters, particularly between civilizationally and power-unequally related cultures, demonstrate …
The New Style of Hybridity in Global Village – Two Cases of Studies of Both Techno Nezha and Old Master Q Puppet Theater
By the rapid flow of internet and media, McDonaldization has somehow mixed with local cultures everywhere. Culture represents our whole …
Tolerating Difference: Japanese Experiences with Difference and Multiculturalism
Post-Modernity, Globalization, Neo-Liberalism, many words come to mind to describe the contemporary world, but there is one type of discourse …
The Exhaustion of the Multicultural Australian Philosophy and the Rise of a New Visual Regime of Signification: Melbourne between Multiculturalism and Globalization
The Second World War caused unprecedented hardship, but it also accelerated change. A massive European immigration reached Australia’s shores, giving …
The Borderlands of Motherhood: Representation of Spatial Belonging of Mothers and Families in Government Posters
Japan, like many developed countries, has seen its population decrease and reached the lowest low fertility rate of 1.41 in …
Liminality & Belonging in Refugee Resettlement: An Ethnographic Case Study of Bhutanese Refugees in the UK
The paper is based on qualitative, ethnographic research with Bhutanese refugees who resettled to the UK via the Gateway Protection …
Unconsidered Ancient Treasure, Struggling the Relevance of Fundamental Indonesia Nation Philosophie “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” in Forming Harmony of Multicultural Society
Indonesia is a multicultural country that consists of hundreds of distinct native ethnic, racial, and religist groups. Historically, the Nation …
Colonialism, Migrations and Ethnic Integration in Asia: The Case of Modern Sri Lanka
Colonialism fundamentally changed the traditional pattern of Asian migration and opened new avenues for trade and investment for migrant merchant …
Borderlands – Exploring Commonalities and Overcoming Challenges in Sarawak
Today there still exist many borders which hamper transit and crossings for many others. Case in point is the border …
Practicing Peace: The International Okinawan Martial Arts Community as a Community of Practice
Economists to academics have noted the simultaneous tendency towards globalization and localization in recent decades. At times, the increasingly globalized …
Representation of Indonesian Beauty in Cosmetic Advertisements
Sari Ayu is a homegrown and local owned Indonesian cosmetic brand. Every year since 1985, Sari Ayu has been featuring …
Self-identity in Love: The problem of self in Zweig’s Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922), one of the Stephan Zweig's monuments, shows the contradiction between self and others in …
Reception and Consumption of Korean TV Drama by Asian Audiences: The Fansubbing Phenomenon
Changes in the new media environment are radically shifting the ways audiences consume media products like foreign language TV dramas. …
Consuming and Interpreting Japanese Television Dramas: Attitudes among University Students in Malaysia
Japanese media cultures have become diversified in Malaysia, providing opportunities for local audiences to gain access to media products from …
The Hostess at the Border: An Emergent Anachronism
In 2003 the Actroid range of robotic androids was launched in Japan. Its creators and vendors imagine that the 'bots …
Yayoi Kusama – Manhattan Salvation Addict
Kusama Yayoi is a world famous Japanese artist who has worked in a wide variety of media. Since the 90's …
Kung Fu Canton:Culture of Martial Arts in Guangdong, China
Abstract：Kung Fu is a word borrowed from the Chinese word gongfu, which translates as accomplished or cultivated skill. Wushu would …
Matrilineal Canadian Nikkei Generations: Representations of Belonging and Transnational Nikkei Identities
The Japanese in Canada have a complex cultural identity relating to their sense of (not) belonging in Canada, their imaginings …
Conserving Cultural Landscape as a Driver for Identification in Local Communities in Taiwan
A cultural landscape, which encompasses various elements in a specific area, represents the combined works of nature and man. An …
Maximum Power Point Tracker Based on Perturb and Observe Algorithm for Photovoltaic Energy System under Egyptian Conditions
In this paper, a maximum power point tracker (MPPT) based on perturb and observe algorithm for photovoltaic (PV) energy system …
Successful Aging among Immigrants after Midlife
Relocation by crossing borders can be a risky endeavor, regardless of the amount of resources and support one receives. While …
Impact of Cultural Differences on Business Projects between Germans and Swiss Germans: Unravelling Sub-Proximity HR Challenges of Cross-Cultural Projects
Based on Hofstede´s 5 cultural dimension we explored in a study among Germans and Swiss Germans that cross-cultural diversity and …
The Demand for Automobile Fuel Efficiency in Taiwan
Based on the data for Taiwan's automobile industry, we explore consumers' preferences over various automobile characteristics and responses to increasing …
Future Perspectives within Japanese and Chinese Children: A Comparative Study about Children’s Expectations and Concerns for the Future
Adopting a comparative methodology, this study attempts to identify similarities and differences in children’s expectations and concerns for the future …
Wind Catcher Earth Air Tunnel: A Tool for Passive Cooling for Residential Homes in New Cites of Egypt
Wind catcher Earth air tunnels systems are proposed to be used in modern buildings to minimize the consumption of non-renewable …
Mapping the Concept(s) of Belonging
Various epistemological changes - such as the linguistic, narrative, and cultural turns that have influenced humanistic and social scientific studies …
The Fiction of Fernanda Dias and Senna Fernandes Revisiting the Colonial Macau Through the Lens of Ethnicity, Gender and Patriarchy
Senna Fernandes and Fernanda Dias are outstanding fictional voices from Macao, the last colonial settlement of the Portuguese empire. Being …
Subjects, Nationalism, And Citizenship in Spivak, Butler, And Balibar’s Dialogue
The present political situation shows the fresh wave of nationalisms, of speeches and practices headed for reaffirm closing off identities …
Parental Socialization for Emotional and Social Development of Children in Urban Slums
This study aims at understanding the parental socialization practices, behaviors and beliefs for their child's emotional and social development, as …
Boundary Line of the Life: Belonging or Not Belonging to the Culture
It is one of important matters for people in Japan whether they belong to their culture or not. There are …
Folklore As a Reflection of a Society: Black Pete and Cheoyong
Folklore is not genuinely false, in that it is originated from facts in the history, and history cannot be completely …
The Hunger Games: Designing the Girl As a Spectacle
Since Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games was published, much attention has been given to the bravery of the young heroine. …
A Socio-Cultural Explanation for the Difference Between Development Trends of Iran and Japan
A socio-cultural explanation for the difference between development trends of Iran and Japan In this research, Iranian and Japanese societies …
Diaspora and the Politics of Difference and Sameness
Diaspora has established itself as one of the major topics in the literary and cultural studies of the twenty-first century. …
Pushing Ethnoscape Identity Through Taiwanese Movie Box Office after the Popularity of Cape No. 7
New Media offer Taiwanese as an alternative media to explore their ethnic group identity when other mainstream media fail to …
Moving Toward a Better Business Model for the Millenial Generation
Moving Toward a Better Business Model for the Millenial Generation Abstract By Dr. Koushik Ghosh, Professor, Economics, Central Washington University, …
The Social Protest Ethical Challenges of the Political Leadership
Inspired by the Arab Spring, a series of transnational social movements, such as the Indignants and Occupy Wall Street, began …
The Globalization War Can Ethics Bring Peace?
In a recent talk on Capitalism, Bruno Latour argues that economic globalization is at war with the Globe and that …
Autonomy and the Demands of Love
J. David Velleman has argued that what it makes sense to care about out of love for someone is the …
Roald Dahl’s Problematic Gender Characterization of Miss Trunchbull in Matilda
Despite the popularity of Roald Dahl's last major work, Matilda (1989), there seems to be comparatively few scholarly criticisms about …
Parenting Style Preferences in Malaysia
This is a cross sectional study that investigated perceived parenting styles and its effect on social skills development among 500 …
Namibia’s Emergent Transculturalism: Dissolving Boundaries and Contestation in the African Global Borderlands
Gloria Anzalduá’s (1999) idea of ‘borderlands’ is stated representationally as “the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third …
The War 2003 Aftermath Post Traumatic Growth Among Iraqi Students
Background: Iraqi society has suffered from several wars and violence over three decades, the worst is after 2003. Post traumatic …
Political Moralism As an Illness in the Church?
In his homily on October 17, 2013, Pope Francis set a new tone for opposition to what is generally referred …
The Impact of Learning Skills Instruction on Emotional Intelligence and Self-Esteem of Female High School Students
Objective: The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of social emotional learning skills program on the emotional …
Divided Presentations in History Textbooks in Three Ex Yugoslav States Discussing Implications for Identity Development
Main aim of this study is to determine the differences in the presentation of significant historical events during Yugoslavia war …
The Development of Resilience Quotient (Rq) Promotional Model to Apply for the Flooded Community by Using the Community Participation Activity, Case Study District, Lampang Province
This research had the objectives to analyze the resilience quotient (RQ) promotional method, develop the RQ promotion format for flooded …
Motivation Among Engineering Students: A Qualitative Analysis
In recent years, it has emerged that the UK Engineering sector continuously experienced a low turnout of engineering graduates. Elucidations …
Evaluation of Consumers Awareness on Importance of Reading Food Labling in the Kumasi Metropolis (Ghana)
Many diseases are diet related and can be managed or prevented by eating the right food. To change eating patterns, …
Cognitive Functioning of Patients with Chd After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Recent researches have shown significant and persistent cognitive impairment in cardiac patients undergoing myocardial revascularization. At the same time, mild …
Mindfulness Training in Nigerian Schools: A Belated Hitherto Welcome Development
There is a growing interest in the use of contemplative science particularly mindfulness based practices in schools around the world …
Promoting Interculturalism Through Non Formal Education. An Evaluation Procedure.
Interculturalism is an area that was officially recognised as a teaching subject in formal education in several countries all over …
Causes and Consequences of Acid Attacks on Women: A Case Study of District Lahore, Pakistan
The current qualitative study explores the psychological, economic, social and cultural aspects of acid attacks on women in District Lahore. …
Scaling Protected Western Fence the Fate of Nigeria Immigrants to Europe
The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in far-flung part of the earth …
Narratives of Mothers Who Mother in a Foreign Environment
In the last three decades there has been a growing number of mothers' own narratives of mothering in contemporary women's …
People Power PR: Recasting Activists as Practitioners in Turkey’s Gezi Park Resistance
This paper examines the use of public relations tactics (traditionally associated with corporations) by activists and protesters during the 2013 …
Solving Problems and Pleasing Patrons: The Case Study of the Egyptian Artists Who Decorated the Xviiith Dynasty Private Theban Tombs
This study is focused on the artists involved in the decoration of the private Theban tombs of the nobles of …
“Dancing Boys to Dancing Men Danicng Their Differences” Using Critical Events, Critical Reflection and (Auto)Biography to Inform Us of the Lives of a Community of Male Dancer/Choreographers.
Boys and men do not dance - it is not perceived as a masculine characteristic or trait in a culture …
Using Local Content Teaching Visual Narrative in the Gulf
Visual communication is a global activity and often demands using visual language that will be understood across cultures. Lack of …
Interdisciplinary Art Approach Collaboration, Equal Partnership and Common Language
Visual artists no longer dwell in the ivory towers, which isolate themselves from the existing world, thus creating artworks based …
Semantic Gaps Are Dangerous
Semantic gaps are dangerous Language adapts to the environment where it serves as a tool to communication. Language is a …
The Reproduction of the Image of Traditional Turkish Womens Role in Commercial Television ( A Study on the Expectations of the National Television Channels Imposed Upon Female Workers)
The national television channels strengthen the current perception about Turkish women. Gender discrimination can be observed when the presenters of …
Citizen Journalism and News Credibility: BBC and Al Jazeera Networks. A Comparative Study
In a world facing rapid technological advancements and a continuous occurrence of events, citizen journalism has become widely used in …
Modern Communication: Judgement of the Past
The ideology of modern communication that is represented in the current digital era includes highly active participation with online social …
Indian Woman’s Search for Identity Vis-A-Vis Mainstream Bollywood Cinema
Bollywood cinema, while entertaining India�s millions, plays an important role in reinforcing cultural stereotypes. The Indian Woman�s �drama of self-formation� …
Minorities’ Stereotypes in Pakistani Films
The media provide distorted representation of women and minorities and exposure to these distorted images can have a negative effect …
The Film is the Story: Story-Extension in Digital Distribution of Independent Films
Independent films have always found themselves at the margins, most even completely outside of popular film culture. Traditionally, only a …
Showing Conflict on the Screen: Film Festivals and Cinematic Events Bridging the Gap between the Individual and the Community. Cinema and Social Function in Conflict Resolution.
Out of the many roles that a film festival and other forms of cinematic events can play within the community, …
Respecting Human Rights with Individuality and Flexibility for Creating Better Society
Considering individuality, having disagreements each other is normal. The majority in the world treat conflict as one of common consequences …
George Lathrop’s Short Story “Left Out” and Its Unknown Translations
The journalism boom in the nineteenth century facilitated not only development of a new literary genre, the short story, but …
Ambivalence of Monstrosity and Sense of Reality Discourse of Humanity and Pacifism in the North Korean Film Bulgasari
As in the Western world, Korea has a variety of mythical monsters. Among them is Bulgasari, a iron-eating monster and …
Contemporary Japanese Defence Strategy: Towards Conflict or Resolution?
Japanese defence policy under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is accelerating its post-Cold War …
A Contrapuntal, Ecocritical Reading of Abysmal Return in Contemporary Middle Eastern and Native American Fiction.
The research offers a contrapuntal, eco-critical and comparative reading of contemporary Middle Eastern and Native American Fiction. Nature is emblematic …
The Interpretation of Literary Images of Feminized Nature From the Perspective of Ecofeminism
In this paper, I will compare the gendered landscape or the image of feminized nature in Wordsworth�fs poem �gNutting�h to …
Role of Religion in Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and Farah’s Sweet and Sour Milk
The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the role religion plays in the lives of the characters …
Gynos-Synthesis En Route From Conflict to Harmony a Psycho-Spiritual Re-Reading of Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf
That ‘Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains’ is true of men and women today, greatly owing …
Reflection of Fate in Epic – Mythological Heroes: Beowulf and Rustam
This paper examines the effect of fate on epic-mythological heroes in the west and east societies. This research also investigates …
Racial Tensions and Identity Conflicts in Hanif Kureishi’s Major Works
In the twentieth century British society, one-sided racist social policy that excluded diasporic people from social life started to change …
The Influence of National Classical Literature on Moulding National Identity
An intense interest in national identity is a paradoxical but an utterly human reaction to globalization. The paper considers the …
The Nfluence of International Art Market on the Art Management Education
Art is a phenomenon that transforms itself along with the society while also reflecting it. With the development of technology, …