Year: 2014
Literature As Content vs Literature As Container: The Case of Sherlock Holmes
The presenter teaches literature in English in a city where English is not the first language. In the processes of …
A Proposal for Teaching the Literary Essay through a Rhetorical Analysis
The literary essay is a heterogeneous genre that may contain expository, narrative, descriptive and argumentative types of text. Due to …
Supervision Matters Teenagers’ Perception of Parents’ Involvement in Their Internet Use
With the growing popularity of digital devices, such as smart phones, iPads, laptops and computers, Internet can now be accessed …
Media Construction of Apocalypse Halleys Comet and the End of Mayan Calendar through the Lens of Discourse Analysis
The research paper deals with media representation of apocalyptic predictions. It aims to describe how the apocalypse is represented / …
A New Method of Resistance to the Political Power: Social Media
Does social media have a voice of authority over the political power? Nowadays, one of the most controversial issues in …
Development of a Survey Based Tool to Measure Digital Literacy in Arabic Speaking Internet Users.
Many countries have embarked on ambitious programs to make the resources of modern information technology available to their citizenry to …
Problems Regarding the Invasion of Privacy on the Internet in Japan.
The simple law that people imitate the desires of others, which Sigmund Freud asserted was at the base of all …
Toward Authentic Language Assessment: A Case in Indonesian EFL Classrooms
Meaningful assessment in Indonesian newly-instituted curriculum (the 2013 curriculum) of EFL now shares a more central position as the curriculum …
Grammaticality Judgement Test: Does it Reliably Measure English Language Proficiency?
Language assessment is an important activity in any language classroom. Out of the various tests or measurements of grammatical competence, …
English Language Vocabulary Usage of Indigenes of Ede a Predominantly Yoruba Speech Community
The presence of an institution of higher learning in an indigenous town has impact on the social, political and economic …
Bridging the Gap in the West African Native Language Learning What Need to Be Done
This paper examines learning and usage of indigenous languages in speech communities to preserve the languages from endangerment. Threats to …
Addressing Cultural Diversity in the International Classroom: A Challenge or an Opportunity?
Composition of classrooms in higher education is evolving as universities become more accessible to students from different social and cultural …
Mainland Chinese Students in Canadian Undergraduate Programs:An Exploratory Study on Students Experiences, Identities and Career Aspirations
This paper examines the experiences, identities and career aspirations of mainland Chinese undergraduate students in a small number of universities …
Learning with the Tide : Enhancing ESL Education with CALL
This literature review will examine current trends in the use of online resources to enhance the English reading skills of …
Asking Effective Referential Questions in an EFL Classroom
Through language interaction in the context of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, the teacher and students co-construct the …
How Far Does the Influence of Cultural Differences Go on the Implementation and Outcome of a Pedagogical Approach? Implications from Two ESL Classrooms
While contextual influences on teaching and learning are now widely recognized, it is interesting to see how far such influences …
Redesigning Tertiary Level Efl Courses through Connecting, Learning and Growing
Despite attempts over the last decade to standardize EFL teaching practices in Israeli Higher Education (HE), no overarching guidelines relating …
Development of Computer-Based Experiment in Physics for Free Falling Objects
The purpose of this research was to create and to develop the computer-based experimental set for physics labs. With the …
Belonging Blurring the Boundaries
This paper explores Whitchurch’s (2008) notion of the ‘third space’ in the context of articulating students from Further Education to …
Unchaining Computer Science Students from the Desktop
Prompted partly by potential space release and reuse, and also by international trends in moving away from desktop computer learning …
Engineering Co-Curricular Role Model Interventions to Develop Women Engineering Students Self-Efficacy at a South African Comprehensive University
Women engineers face often negative stereotypes regarding their competence in the workplace. In the same way, women engineering students face …
T-Story: Storytelling Applied to Training
The project is financed by the Transversal Actions (Key Activity 3 � Information and Communication Technologies) under the Lifelong Learning …
Learning from Eliciting Questions in Exploring Global Knowledge
Twenty first century learning is characterized as a technology-supported, student-centered, collaborative, context-based, and globalized learning. Higher education emphasizing various practices …
The Effect of Constructivist ICT-Mediated Instruction and Programmed Instruction on Children’s Learning Outcomes in Science
ABSTRACT This paper studied the effect of constructivist ICT-mediated instruction and programmed instruction on the learning outcomes of children in …
Putting Object Before or After Verb the Acquisition of VO and OV Word Orders in Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin Chinese canonically uses SVO word order. However, a definite object can precede the verb, yielding OV order. While previous …
Active Learning Spaces in Schools and Higher Education
In today’s world, globalization, technological and demographic changes make necessary and essential lifelong learning, while it is cooperative, global and …
The Correlation Between Personality and Gender in Second Language Acquisition: A Case Study.
Whilst it has been long accepted that personality plays a pivotal role in successful Second Language Acquisition, the role of …
A Case Study of Japanese Language Teaching in a Multicultural Learning Environment Where Different Students Expectations May Exist in Teaching and Learning
The increasing number of international students whose teaching and learning practices are very different from the UK, is studying in …
Implementing Environmental Sustainability Issues in English Language Teaching for Schools
This presentation outlines the ongoing development of a teaching project entitled English Language, School and Sustainability – Consciousness and Citizenship …
The Spirit of Post-Method Era Produces Innovative Methodologies and Successful Learners
In ELT, transition from Grammar Translation Method to Direct Method was considered revolutionary. Every new method or approach was seen …
Rural Basic Education for All: the Impact of the Language of Instruction on the Quality
The paper discusses the issues related to the use of English as Language of Instructions (henceforth LoI) in rural Twelve-Year …
Encouraging Young Learners to Speak and Write
Speaking and writing in a foreign language isn't always easy for children who have only just started to learn it. …
Computer-Mediated Lessons for the Development of Knowledge of Rehabilitation for Patient Undergone Laminectomy for Nursing Students in Thailand
The purposes of this study were to develop and test computer-mediated lesson efficiency in relation to laminectomy knowledge for nursing …
South Algerians’ EFL Errors
In Algeria, an Arabic-speaking and francophone country, it is a foreign language taught as a compulsory subject matter in public …
Constructing a Democratic English Language Classroom
Teaching English to immigrant students is a trending issue in the US as well as in other English-speaking countries. This …
Curricular Design for English Extension Courses at Universidad Libre, Bogota-Colombia
The proposal deals with an ongoing research project at the English Extension Courses at the Faculty of Education at Universidad …
The Effects of Input Type and Tasks on Vocabulary Learning
This paper discusses the effects of various types of vocabulary lists and tasks on L2 vocabulary learning. Two studies were …
If at First You Don’t Succeed…
This research focusses on how errors are generally regarded in the process of language learning, and more specifically in the …
TESOL Teachers’ Reflections on their Language Learning Experience: A Case Study of Six Primary English Language Teachers in Vietnam
Given that language learning experience in the past has great impact on TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) …
Linguistics and L1 Transfer in the Service of Pre-Service L2 Student Teachers
In my talk, I will establish the unique contribution of integrating two major perspectives into Foreign Language (FL) teacher education, …
To Educate Itself to Educate: The Non-Profit Sector Recognizes and Rethinks Itself in the Light of Third Millennium Challenges
Throughout the past decades, the non-profit sector has known a significant growth. Globalization, technological progress, economic crisis are factors that …
Developing a Reflective Teaching Practice Based on Student Voice: Some Changes Experienced from the Point of View of Teachers
Overcoming certain perspectives of teaching that have interpreted teachers as technician, now we consider the teacher as an agent that …
Technohumananistic-Based Character Education (A Perspective for Indonesian Educational Policies to Face the Global Challenges)
Technohumanistic-based character education is an approach in teaching character developed by Dantes (2012) which involves three dimensions namely mastery of …
Heraclitean Thinking For a Philosophy of Education in the 21st Century: Towards an Ontology of a New Mode of Change
Heraclitus does not pin down Βeing, does not separate Being from Becoming. Being simultaneously changes and is identified with itself. …
Emerging Into a Different Way of Becoming and Belonging. A School’s Journey in ‘Living and Sustaining’ Transformative Pedagogy. A Case Study of a New Zealand Primary School
Every school has an organisational storyline that relates to people, objects, relationships and experiences. At a deeper level, a school’s …
The Role of Higher Education in Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Higher Education has a high public value in terms of its contribution to economic transformation and sustainable development through articulated …
Peace Education for Iraq’s Population
Iraqi education has for long been suffering from an out-dated curriculum, poorly qualified teachers, overcrowded classrooms, lack of exposure to …
Learning and Teaching Transformative Processes
Scientific studies never replace or supplant subjective theories, but, in the best case, enter a productive symbiosis; they can contribute …
Student Voice’s Experiences for the Teacher Development an Analysis of Best Practice Guidelines.
Based on the idea of inclusive education, a lot of initiatives are being carried out in order to improve the …
Learning Skills in Journalistic Skepticism while Recognizing Whistleblowers
This paper explains a didactic program of blending provocative teaching method with experiential learning - within the third year of …
Education After the Arab Spring: Alternative Philosophy to Develop Awareness Towards the Other
Young children of Arab countries after the Arab Spring are experiencing great political pressure, conflicting ideologies, and are becoming a …
Examining and Determining the Effect of the Research Methods Used by Teachers on their Educational Performance
This research is done to examine and determine the impact of the research methods used by teachers in their educational …
Case Study: University of Experience and New Technologies Subject
The University Program of the Experience (UPE) at the University of Salamanca (Spain) includes three courses that consists of three …
Collaborative Becoming Engaging in ‘Guided Reflexivity’ to Develop Teaching Practices in the Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) Sector
Based on the journeys of transformation towards becoming teaching practitioners in the Post Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) sector, this …
Educational Practice and Professional Identity among Volunteer Correctional Educators: Becoming a Teacher Behind Bars
This case study examines the experiences of 8 volunteer educators working in a rural county jail in the northeastern United …
Contests As a Way for Changing Methodologies in the Curriculum
Digital Competence involves the confident and critical use of Information Society Technology for work, leisure and communication. It is underpinned …
Pre-Service Teachers’ Perception and Attitude about Service-Learning in Social Studies Curriculum in Nigeria
Nigeria at centenary is dwindled with poverty and high illiteracy rate, where there is corruption and corresponding increase in unemployment, …
Dominant Multiple Intelligences among Students of Medical and Health Sciences
Unlike in the past, studies on learner’s performance are now attributed to the dynamics of Teaching-Learning Process and not only …
Realising Teacher Quality at the M-Level
In Brunei Darussalam the national university is the main provider of initial teacher education. In 2009, undergraduate initial teacher education …
The Role of Teacher’s Written Formative Feedback on Students’ Critical Thinking
In higher education formative feedback has positive effects when it facilitates the development of students’ reflection and self-assessment in learning …
Remarkable Experiences in a Narrative Memoir of a Student of Portuguese/English Teaching Practicum From the School of Education at UFRJ
From a socio-interactional perspective of discourse, this research aims at investigating the written narrative of a student of English and …
Critical Thinking As a Tool for the Development of Interdisciplinarity in University Education.
An interdisciplinary approach is a synthesis of two or more disciplines that result in establishment of a new scientific discourse, …
Best Practices of School Inclusion for Pupils with SEN
Throughout the last 40 years, there has been an increasing need to implement effective inclusive school models, and these are …
A Global Learning Experience Narratives of European Immersive Clinical Nursing Exchanges
Lifelong learners such as nurses require skills to flexibly respond to change, proactively develop their competencies and participate successfully in …
Neuro-Teaching in Primary School. The Principles of Feuersteins Mediated Learning Integrated into School Curriculum
The aim of this experimental research is to examine Prof. Feuerstein�s educational theory. By developing Piaget and Vigotskij�s theories, Professor …
Strategies for Digital Inclusion towards a Pedagogy for Embracing and Sustaining Student Diversity and Engagement with Online Learning
This working paper reports on a PhD research study that aims to develop a conceptual framework for effective learning approaches …
Implementing Incidental or Intentional Vocabulary Learning Strategies: Estimating the Receptive Vocabulary Size of University Level English Language Learners in Malaysia
The notion that we can acquire most of our vocabulary – a core component upon which language proficiency is reliant …
Done with the Do’s in a Venn
Taking the challenge to engage ESL (English as a Second Language) learners in settling a confusing language structure in English …
The Attitude toward the English One Course by First Year Students
English 1 is a compulsory subject that all first year students in Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya Songkhla have to …
Multivariate Gradient Analysis for Evaluating and Visualizing a Learning System Platform for Computer Programming
This paper explores the application of canonical and gradient analysis to evaluate and visualize student performance and acceptance of a …
The Common Semantic Feature of ‘Irregular’ Noun Plural Forms in English
There is only a limited number of Noun Plurals like foot-feet, goose-geese and Past Tense verb forms such as sing-sang, …
Place-Name Target Multi-Source Metaphor and Metonymy
The paper considers metaphorical and metonymical descriptions of places when a place-name target domain correlates with two or more source …
Tablet Reading Bridging the University and Children in Remote Areas
Faced with limited resources and human support, children in remote areas encounter many difficulties in learning and reading with the …
Language Learners Perceptions and Experiences on the Use of Mobile Applications for Independent Language Learning in Higher Education
With the widespread use of mobile phones and portable devices it is inevitable to think of Mobile Assisted Language Learning …
Cool Informatics: A New Approach to Computer Science and Cross-Curricular Learning
Children grow up as “digital natives“, but nevertheless, they don’t know the concepts behind technology and they don’t choose technical …
Contrastive Analysis of French and Yoruba Language
Language as an instrument of communication tends to produce divers effects through linguistic structure. All communication is grammatically governed by …
Social Media in the Classroom: Facebook vs. Wiki
Undoubtedly, social media have been revolutionizing students’ ways of communication and interaction with others. The increasing popularity and influence of …
Parental Concerns Towards the Use of Social Networking Sites Among Adolescents and the Impact on the Family
The study aims to focus on the perception of parents towards the use of social networking sites (SNS) and its …
Interlanguage (Il) Development and Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Proficiency Levels in Sardinian High Secondary School Students
This paper is part of an ongoing larger study, whose general goal is to identify, classify and explain features of …
Meaning for Meaning: Applying the Theories of Dynamic Equivalence and Contextual Correspondence in Language Translation
The effectiveness of “dynamic equivalence” and “contextual correspondence” as theories/approaches in language translation was tested in two translation contexts: (1) …
Tweeting the Disasters: A Sample from Geography Course
It has been a necessity to select and use popular information technologies depending on the content of the course in …
The Effects of Wiki-Based Recursive Process Writing on Chinese Narrative Essay for Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) Students in Singapore
This paper reports on the effects of using wiki-based process writing in Singapore’s Chinese as a second language (CSL) scenarios. …
Case Study: The Use of Wikis As a Teaching-Learning Tool in Science Subjects
In recent years the university studies have change, at all Spanish Universities, together with some other universities from 45 European …
Language, Culture and International Communication
We start by reviewing the relevant literature on World Englishes which proposed any form of English for international communication, considering …
Native English Speaker Teachers Versus Non-Native English Speaker Teachers in King Khalid University: Myths and Realities
Native English Speaker Teachers versus Non-Native English Speaker Teachers in King Khalid University: Myths and Realities A small number of …
Palestinian Liberation Theology. Seeking Social Justice through a De-Zionization of the Holy Scriptures
This proposal focuses on the development of a Palestinian Liberation Theology as a consequence to the establishment of the sovereign …
Gender Dynamics and the Sacred Space of Goa
Goa, an idyllic state on the West coast of India is dotted with Hindu temples that were created in the …
Role of Community in Strengthening Identity of Cultural Tourism Resource in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Nakhon Pathom is an important city in central Thailand that has historical and Buddhist significance. This culturally diverse city is …
Is there any Connection/Relation between Ad Creativity and “Old Brain”? Analyzing Awarded Advertisements through Neuromarketing
Creativity is a central component of advertising success and in a close relation with the other components like getting interest …
Customer Reactions to Service Providers Assertiveness
Despite the acknowledged important of interpersonal interaction in the service encounter, there remain gaps for further investigation particularly on uncovering …
Natural Ventilation as a Passive Cooling Strategy Aimed at Summer Overheating Reduction in Heritage Buildings: The Case Study of Vleeshuis Museum in Antwerp, Belgium
The challenge of reducing energy demand while improving people indoor comfort also for historical and heritage buildings is becoming an …
Decreasing the Residential Energy Consumption: Habitual Behaviours of Occupants
In the residential sector, energy demand may be divided mainly into six different types of final energy use: cooking, air …
ISO 14001 as a Tool to Reduce Carbon Emissions – A Case Study From an Electronics Manufacturer
The concern over climate change and its impact on society is steadily increasing with specific warnings from the IPCC about …
Russia and UK: Studying the Problem of Energy Efficiency in Household Sector
Energy efficiency in household sector has recently become an issue of pressing topicality according to the latest studies and reviews …
Evaluating Material Flow Cost Accounting Method for Energy Efficiency in the Forest Sector
Resource efficiency is one of the crucial aspects in the production process of public and private sector and it affects …
Energy Reduction in Wastewater Treatment Plants
According to the Water and Environment Research Federation, wastewater and biosolids have ten times as much stored energy as that …
The Co-Benefits of Energy Efficiency Policy to Manage the Electric Load in Delhi
Delhi’s power demand has been increasing continuously and the dependence on the power from outside has been increasing simultaneously. Satisfying …
The Effect of Temperature and Biodiesel Fraction on the Viscosity of Biodiesel-Diesel Fuel Blends
This study aims determination of viscosity of the corn oil biodiesel and its blends with petrodiesel fuel at different temperatures. …
Promotion of Energy Saving Behaviours within Businesses
Energy conservation can be achieved through both, the adoption of technical measures and the changing of behaviour. Consequently, energy conservation …
The Role of Wetland Ecosystems as Critical Infrastructure for Climate Change Adaptation
Approximately $3.2 trillion USD will be spent globally on transportation, electricity and sanitation infrastructure in 2013, with an estimated $57 …
EAPM-CW:’ An Ecosystem Approach Framework for Planning and Management of Coastal Wetlands
This paper presents the ‘EAPM-CW’ as a new methodological framework for planning and management of coastal wetlands, which was developed …
Eco-Efficiency Assessment in Apple Production and Storage in the Northeast of Portugal
Cost reduction, product quality, and customer demands have been pressing the agro-industrial sector to adopt more sustainable practices. Assessing the …
Biochemical Effect of Antioxidant Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods on Hematology and Serum Lipid of Healthy Wister Rats
Scientific Research supports biological activity of antioxidant Nutraceuticals and Functional foods. The study compared effect of these two antioxidants in …
Degradation of Cyanide to Ammonia and Nitrate by Mixed Culture of Agrobacterium Tumefaciens Suts 1 and Pseudomonas Monteilii Suts 2
The production processes of many industries such as those for petrochemicals, synthetic fuel processing, mining, and cassava starch use many …
Notions of “Home,” “Nation,” “Identity,” and “Belonging”: A Study on Filipino Migrant Workers in Asia
Drawing on the literatures on diasporas and transnational migration, this paper is a theory-focus article that discusses the notions of …
India-ASEAN Trade Relations
Regional Trading Blocs are established on the premise that free trade leads to greater efficiency and higher growth. Regional Trade …
Legislation of Open Source Usage in Public and Private Institutions in Comparison in Developing Countries , Existing Legislation and New Challenges
Since 1837 , when Charles Babbage discovered his machine of data analysis , until 1886 , where in Berne , …
Establishment of Economic Courts in Egypt
No one can deny that "the phenomenon of the slow pace of litigation" expands to include all wings of the …
The Sponsorship Contract and New Contract Tools for Valorising Cultural Heritage
Scope of the review is the predisposition of contractual tools for protecting and valorising cultural heritage by comparing German and …
Appraising the Appraisal Remedy: Is it Really the Best Option for Dissenting Shareholders?
The availability of appraisal as a remedy for dissenting shareholders in a country�s statute places an obligation on corporations to …
Mining in Rajasthan (India) and Effects on Earth -Environmental Issues, Affecting Human Rights and Burning Legal Aspects
In Rajasthan (India) mining is being conducted since ancient past. The Rajasthan produce 42 varieties of major minerals and 23 …
The European Doctrine of Margin of Appreciation: What Asean Can Learn from its Concept and Application in Universalizing “Controversial” Asean Declaration of Human Rights?
The European Court of Human Rights has developed the doctrine of Margin of Appreciation in supervising when member states of …
A Glance into the Innovation and Patent Management System of Indian Universities
The patent system has been introduced to encourage innovation throughout global economies. The intention is to promote the development of …
Imperatives of Globalization on Growth of Emerging Economies : Evidence From Nigeria (1980-2013)
Study investigates the impact of globalization on Nigeria’s economic growth. This study covers the periods between 1990 to 2013. Quantitative …
The Synergy of Poetic Leadership – How Leading Poetically Bridges the Gaps
We live in a world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), where the disparate needs of individuals, communities and …
Conflict Resolution and Crisis of Governnance in Africa the Case of Nigeria
Undoubtedly everyman desires peace on the conviction that it is the secret of development, and self attainment. Yet, societal relationship …
Criminal Networks and Their Influence in Democratic Systems -Baltic States Examples
In recent years, increased attention from the media, the international community and policy makers has highlighted the destabilizing effects criminal …
Governing Transnational Commons through Strategic Technology Associations: A Comparative Study of Radio Spectrum Management in Europe
The proposed paper examines the role of self-regulation in the management of the electromagnetic radio spectrum � the transnational common …
Public Participation in New Local Governance Spaces: The Case for Community Development in Local Strategic Partnerships
Research into public participation in local decision-making has expanded over the past forty years, reflecting increased interest in the subject …
Development Theory and its Threatening Other
Development's 'Other' is usually assumed to be the undeveloped world. The undeveloped world is portrayed as in some way deficient …
Solidarity in Modern Liberal Societies
The question of the relation between the individual and society has recently gathered momentum in the debate on the universality …
When Judicial Review Becomes a Fading Shadow of Constitutional Democracy: Toward a Comparative Understanding of Judicial Review in Cameroon and Post-Apartheid South Africa
This paper relates to the ineffectiveness of the judicial review mechanism in Cameroon. The Constitutional Council is an organ charged …
Reframing the Conflict ‘of Interest’: The Public/Private Interface
The dominant understanding of the ‘conflict of interest’, grounded in a quintessentially Western conceptualization of public and private , has …
Emma’s Journey: A Case Study on the Death Penalty and Some Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System
The murder on January 1, 1979 of a prominent white business man in the small southern American community of Lincolnton, …
Methodology Review Making a Case for Grounded Theory in Occupants’ Energy Behaviour Research
It has been recognized by many researchers that social issues, such as occupants’ energy behaviour, play a vital role in …
Inclusive Governance by Gender Equality: Innovative Vision to Humanize our Cities
This paper suggests a broad approach to enhance the social sustainability through socially innovative and inclusive governance when planning and …
Public Participation in Environmental Conflict Management in Development Projects in Thailand
Over the past four decades, a rapid economic growth and industrialization have been cased natural resource degradation, environmental pollutions and …
Determinants of Residential Building Occupants’ Behavior in Sustainable Living a Questionnaire Survey in Hong Kong
Green building movement has been playing a major role in sustainable urbanism as well as current architectural development. In addition …
Boardgames as a Tool for Teaching Basic Sustainability Concepts to Design Students
One aspect of sustainability that often baffles design students is the need to balance concepts such as the triple bottom …
Transitional Spaces: Reconciling Conflicts in Dense Sustainable Housing Projects
Density strategies are generally perceived as a powerful leverage for sustainable built environments. Reality unveils however a more nuanced appreciation. …
An Integrated Study of Corporate Social Responsibility and Relationship Management in China: An Interpretive Perspective
The purpose of this study is to determine how companies in China manage their relations with publics (stakeholders) in China …
Marketing of a Net Positive Future
In many climatic regions, both in Europe and the US, it is possible to design and build homes that can …
An Assessment of the Socio- Economic Impact of Medical Tourism on the Mauritian Community.
Medical tourism is also known as medical travel, health tourism or more recently, global healthcare; which in a broad sense, …
“Just Ask Me”: Mechanisms for Being Together in Fragile Communities
Communities located in sparsely populated rural areas traditionally rely on prolific social involvement among members to inform decisions and initiate …
Use of Problem Based Learning to Teach Ethics in Indian Context
Fostering ethical values and its internalization in students’ lives is a daunting process. Mere regurgitation of moral values in classroom …
Transformation in Socio-Cultural Identity: Causes and Effects
Political and economic aspects are shaping the built environment and transform the socio-cultural organization of the cities. Cities play an …
Religion and Respeto: The Role and Value of Respect in Social Relations in Rural Oaxaca
This paper discusses the different ways that the notion of ‘respect’ (respeto) is used in common discourse in rural Oaxaca, …
To Mend the World: Trauma, Containment and Mourning
In his 1989 work, To Mend the World, Emil Fackenheim systematically confronts the questions he believes are posed to philosophy, …
Love, Suffering and Conflict: Some Lessons from Freud’s Civilization and its Discontents
In Civilization and its Discontents, Freud suggests that interpersonal relations constitute one of the three main sources of human suffering, …
NonStandard Ethics
Contemporary Ethics is, mathematically speaking, a field biweldered by its natural commutativity axiom, wherein any nonzero element is invertible. Not …
A Call for Positive Metaphysical Agnosticism: Creating a Synergistic Relationship between the Individual and the Community in the Religious Studies Classroom
The religious studies classroom has become an increasingly dynamic "place" over the last several decades, and this trend will continue …
System of World Coordinates on the Basis of Extreme Dynamic Equilibrium – Link between Natural and Artificial
Artificial formations are often created in arbitrary manner, but in complexity world it is very dangerous. All artificial formations must …
Role of Noobiogeocoenosis in Interaction of Artificial and Natural
The contradictions between artificial and natural reality lead to the ecological crisis. The biosphere is the object of natural planetary …
Industry’s Needs on Oral Communication Skills among Tourism Students in a Polytechnic
As a growing industry, tourism provides tremendous opportunity for students who enjoy working with people. It is important that the …
Existential Communication: Beyond Conflict
Some, if not all, of our most deeply held positions are not at all the
result of reasoned enquiry but …
Cornering the Muses: A Multifaceted Approach to Assessing Creativity
Since Guilford addressed the American Psychological Association in 1950 and called for an academic movement for the study of creativity, …
Applying Culture Bound Theory to Acute Social Withdrawal (hikikomori)
This paper seeks to identify factors that implicate culture bound theory both in the socio demographic orientation of hikikomori and …
Compulsive Buying among Late Adolescents as an Identity-related Compensatory Behaviour: Big Five Personality, Identity Motives and Self-construal as Predictors
Compulsive buying is dysfunctional consumer behaviour with harmful personal, social, psychological, and financial problems. Social psychological perspectives define compulsive buying …
Crime, Conflict and Control in Bangkok
As there were considerable crime and conflict in Bangkok, the researcher studied and analyzed such problems compared with crime problems …
Correlations among Peer Relations, Learning Activities with Friends, and University Adjustment
In September 2013, to examine the correlations among peer relations, learning activities with friends, and university adjustment, a questionnaire was …
A First-attack Urticaira Increased Risk of Following Depression in Adolescence – National Study
Objective: Urticaria is a common ailment in adolescents. Its symptoms (e.g., unusual looking rash, limited daily activities, and recurrent itching) …
Real, Relevant or Redundant: Positioning and Re-Positioning Buddhism in Australia as an Education Paradigm
This paper explores the development of a Buddhist religious education program conducted in state primary schools in Australia. It considers …
Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for the Elderly – A Case Series
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is an increasingly rare commodity to find in psychiatric practice, but has never been seen to have a …
To See is to Believe: Why Students Cannot Detect Geometric Properties?
Geometric properties are important characteristics to identify geometric shapes. The sorting task in geometric shapes is to help students understand …
Students’ Perspectives on Learning Environments: Factors Affecting Their Satisfaction and Emotions in School
Children spend most of their waking time in school; therefore, experiences in school are a major domain in their life. …
Femoral Neck Fracture Increase the Chance of Suffering Depression: A National Population-Based Follow-Up Study
Comorbidities, poor levels of activity and pain may contribute to the development of depression, but these factors have not been …
A Study of the Relationship between Resilience and Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Adolescent Students affected by Civil Unrest in the Three Border Provinces in Southern Thailand
This research is aimed to 1) study resilience of adolescents students affected by civil unrest in the three border provinces …
Internet Using Behavior of Teenagers
This research was qualitative based research. The objectives were to better understand Internet media consumption behaviors and search for terms …
The Discourse Analysis of Social Reflection Drama of Sexual Behavior of Teenagers
The objectives of this research were 1) To find the characteristics of adolescent’s sexual behavior reflected in the characters. 2) …
A Study of Sexual Value of University Students of Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok Chantaburi Campus
This research has two main objectives: 1) to determine the sexual value of students in Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-Ok …
The Study of Well-Being in Grade 12 Students
The purpose of this research was to examine the well-being of high school students and to determine comparability of well-being …
The Growth of Science in Developing Nations: A Discourse in Intercultural Philosophy
Conceiving science in a cultural or national context seems a conceptual absurdity. This sense of absurdity derives from the positivists' …
Indonesian Primary School Students’ Perceptions on Academic Help-seeking Behaviour
Seeking academic help when students are facing academic difficulties is considered to be an adaptive behaviour. However, many studies have …
Oral Health Practices During Pregnancy
Background: This study contends that poor oral health might associate with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Little is known about oral hygiene …
Health Anxiety and Somatic Symptoms in Young Adulthood
In young adulthood most people begin to realize the meaning of health. The amount of costs to be incurred for …
Cognition for Eating Behavior of Thai’s Consumer: The Mirror of Public Health Policies
Nowadays, Thai consumers, especially those who live in the main cities have active concerns regarding their eating behavior even though …
Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) to Investigate Consumers’ Purchase Intention: Usana as an Example
The sudden boom in direct selling business in recent years has drawn a considerable number of participants. The mechanism that …
Cognitive Change among Foreign Managers in Japan’s IT Sector
There is a large volume of research on foreign worker adjustment, though little has taken on the issue of cognitive …
Requiem for a Beast: A Case Study in Controversy
In 2008, Matt Ottley’s Requiem for a Beast: A Work for Image, Word and Music was awarded the Book of …
Developing Reading Culture for the Challenges of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria
The paper critically interrogates and assesses the importance of reading and its indispensable contributions to the educational development of the …
The Recuperation of African History in African Fiction
The relationship between fiction and history is quite an obvious one, especially in postcolonial African settings, where it is more …
When The Whale Talks Back: An Interspecies Cultural Dialogue in Zakes Mda’s The Whale Caller (2005)
The paper explores the ways in which the narrative perspectives relate the interconnectedness between human characters and nonhuman characters, Saluni …
Interference of Arts in the Saudi Literature (Narrative and Formative Model)
The interference with arts contributed effectively to the development of the expressiveness of the literary text ,and to supply it …
Unacknowledged Matricide in T. S. Eliot’s The Family Reunion
T.S. Eliot admits the two serious problems he had not solved properly: the Furies, the disruptive perspective of the play. …
Mario Vargas Llosa’s Conversacion en la Catedral: A Paradigm of Corruption
"At what precise moment had Peru fucked itself up?" exasperatingly asks Conversation in the Cathedral, the highly acclaimed novel of …
Terrible Beauty: the Aesthetics of Death in Polish and Japanese War Literature
War narration is inseparably linked with the image of death, which is a very sensitive issue. This paper shows how …
Considerations on Finnish and Romanian Literary and Cultural Relations within European Context
Sharing similar historical development, fairly equally placed under the eastern bloc pressure, Romania and Finland slowly became involved in a …
Death Drive: Vampires in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles
The essay attempts to discuss the literary meaning of immortality and the symbolic interaction of vampire figures in Anne Rice’s …
Cultural Colonization in Poems by Wallace Stevens
The reason for Wallace Stevens' skepticism regarding cultural colonies is clear. Most of the people in America are descendents of …
Game for None, Game for All: Verbal Contentions and Life Affirmation in De Turkey and De Law
Zora Neale Hurston, a Harlem Renaissance African American female writer in the 1920s, grew up at Eatonville, an all-black community …
Utopian Individuals, Dystopian Societies: Two Communal Imaginations in Meiji Japan
This paper offers a dialogical comparison of the writings of Japanese Buddhist Anarchist pioneers Uchiyama Gudo (1874-1911) and Takagi Kemmyo …
Feminism and the Nigerian Female Question: A Feminist Appraisal of Zaynab Alkali’s Stillborn
This paper examines feminism as a literary ideology, which attempts to win for women a status of recognition and parity …
Challenging Childhoods: Representations of Conflict in Australian Junior Historical Fiction Since 1945
Representations of conflict permeate Australian junior historical fiction, including acts of extreme violence, acts of political protest and acts of …
Atomic Bomb’s Survivors’ Personal Narratives in Contemporary and Intercultural Contexts: Lessons Yet to Be Learned
The voices of A-bomb survivors are getting lost in this multimedia environment as the world stage has become crowded. Hibakusha’s …
A Synthesis of Researches Conducted by Personal of Sirindhorn College of Public Health Chonburi during 2009-2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze the situation of research conducted by personnel of Sirindhorn College of Public …
Design from Fiction to Reality: An Exploration into the Process of Design in Cosplay
Enthusiasts dressing up as anime characters and posing for photography have become a common sight in anime activities around Taiwan. …
Ethical Transformation of Individual Managers through Spirituality: A Sufi Perspective
Business ethics literature appears to focus more on philosophy and seems to have overlooked spirituality. Though spirituality has started to …
Consumer Behaviors of Meat with Traceability in Thailand: The Psychological Mechanism
Due to the outbreak of mad cow disease and bird flu, consumers around the globe are more concerned with meat …
Country Personality: The Application of Brand Personality Concept to Country as a Brand
Brand personality refers to human personality traits associated with a brand. Through a series of studies, Aaker (1997) uncovers five …
“Just Eliminate the Illness; Do Not Eliminate Dharmas”: A Case Study on the Lived Experience of a Buddhist Surviving Spouse
Despite the fact that myriads of publications, basing on Western theories, have investigated spousal loss, which threatens to physical health …
Factors Associated with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders in School-age Children in Thailand
This cross-sectional analytical study examined the relationship between risk factors of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) in school-age children in …
Self-leadership as an Impetus for Individual, Group or Community Development
The concept "self-leadership" is an outgrowth of the broader term "leadership" whose purpose is to motivate others in utilizing their …