Year: 2015
Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone’: Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflections on International Service-Learning
Within the field of teacher education, international service-learning (ISL) provides a unique opportunity to help future graduates develop intercultural awareness …
The Relationship between the Motivation for I-Ching Learning, Life and Family Satisfaction in a Lifelong Learning Program of I Ching University
Individuals facing the competitive environment will need to learn how to live together, to know, to be, to do, and …
The Development and Application of E-Learning on Elderly Education in Taiwan
The transformation of the country development in the 21st century, it depends on the supplementary promotion of country competition. The …
From Theory to Reality: Enhancing Creativity and Achievements of Hong Kong Students through Online Design Platform and Consideration of Culture
Visual merchandising is the manipulation of design elements and themes in retail outlets that creates a pleasant store atmosphere and …
The Effect of I-Ching Education on the Temperament of Elementary School Children, Lifelong Learning Capability and Bullying Behavior
Among the world's four ancient civilizations, only Chinese culture has remained viable into modern times. The main reason is that …
A Movement-Based Game Designed According to Input-Process-Outcome Model in a Cooperative Learning Environment in Hygiene Education
Research showed that first graders may have difficulty developing their daily hygiene habits when they bridge their lives in kindergartens …
Empowering Rural Communities through Small And Medium Enterprises in Samar Island, Philippines
The study sought to determine the level of empowerment of rural communities through Small and Medium Enterprises ( SMEs) in …
Transcending Borders and Building Bridges: Creating A Technological Infrastructure to Support a Community of Practice across Nine Nations
Progressions in technology provide researchers with increased prospects to locate and conduct research across borders. This paper has two aims; …
Trusting for Authentic Friendshps in the Perceptive World of Everybody Lies Online
With the technological advancement of communication, especially the internet, more and more people no longer live life in a set …
Education, Technology and Cultural Change: A Review of Social, Cultural and Religious Practices of the ADI Community of Arunachal Pradesh, India
Arunachal Pradesh is a home to twenty six major tribes and more than fifty sub-tribes. A majority of the people …
The Implications of TV White Space to Development Programs in Philippine Rural Areas
TV White Space is recognized as an emerging approach to addressing the digital divide, and this has been piloted and …
The Effect of Taxation Supplementary Measure for the Performance of the Elementary School Teachers
The purpose of this study is to understand the job satisfactions and performances of the elementary school teachers after cancelling …
Using Google Documents to Enhance Peer Editing
Two common goals of writing instructors are to foster collaborative writing and to encourage students to develop independent peer-editing skills. …
The Influence of Visual Information During Reading in Children with Dyslexia
The current understanding is that digital texts can be made accessible to children with dyslexia by presenting them in a …
Human Rights as an Introduction to Academic Research
Being asked to conduct academic research comes as a shock for many undergraduates, especially when the research is to be …
Engaging ESL Students Through a Project-Based Learning Activity
Due to the increased influence of multimedia and technology on contemporary students, one of the most difficult challenges facing many …
The Study of Students’ Willingness to Use Mobile Learning in English Classes
Recently, New Taipei City of the Taiwanese government has made great efforts to promote mobile learning. For example, the related …
Financial Controls in Education Policy of the UK
This paper examines financial controls in education policy of the United Kingdom, from the 1970s to the present days. The …
The Use of iPads to Improve Attainment in Technology for Pupils with Learning Difficulties
A radical change to how and what children in Wales are taught is underway 26 years after the National Curriculum …
The Impact and Benefits of Therapeutic Interaction on Educational and Behavioural Outcomes
‘In many educational settings and contexts throughout the world, there remains an assumption that teachers are the possessors of knowledge …
A Case Study on the School Counselor’s Work Predicaments at Elementary Schools in Xinzhung District, New Taipei City
This study aims to investigate the Work Difficulties and Social Support of New Full-time Counselors in junior high school, and …
Poverty Alleviation in the Rural Communities in the Philippines: Rural Livelihood Survey on Selected Barangays in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
This study surveyed the rural livelihood of selected barangay in Urdaneta City. It sought to answer the questions on the …
Divide & Loop to Classify Similar Data in a Neural Network
In this paper, we develop a structure of a divide & loop neural network that can improve the classification performance …
The Impact of ICT on Youths Development in Nigeria
The world today is very competitive as a result of Globalization. The rapid changes in technology have brought into focus …
Education as Cultural Data-System Development through Teaching and Upbringing
A cultural approach to cultural values in education through theory and practice of teaching-upbringing seeks to build knowledge about cultural …
Peace Education in Lebanon: A Case Study in the University Context
Peace Education encompasses a diversity of pedagogical approaches within formal curricula in schools and universities and non-formal education projects implemented …
Collective Will to Change Education Trajectory by Transcending Boundaries
It’s “a matter of wills”: cultural will, social will, organizational will, and political will. Dr. Ron Edmonds said, “We can, …
Performance of the Kindergarten Teachers and Its Relation to Pupils Achievement in Different Learning Areas
This study aimed to determine the performance of the kindergarten teachers and its relation to pupils’ achievement in different learning …
Employability of BSIT Graduates of Central Philippines State University Main Campus
This research focused on the employability of BSIT graduates. The study covered 170 graduates of CPSU-Main Campus, school year 2012-2014. …
A Preliminary Report of the Use of Piazza for a Language Class
This paper presents a preliminary report of the project that investigates the impact of using an online forum for language …
Bullying Among Schoolchildren: What School Authorities and Parents Can Do
Alarmed by the controversies on bullying and the harm it can do in the lives of every affected children in …
A Study on the Relationships Between Time Management and Working Pressure for Teachers with Un-Administrative Positions in New Taipei City
Since 1990, there has been a lot of education reform in the world, including in Taiwan. That reform has included …
The Efficacy Beliefs of Social Studies Teachers Candidates Regarding the Teaching-Learning Process
The aim of this study was to examine special field efficacy beliefs of social studies teacher candidates related to the …
Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Students’ Cognitive Ability in Physics
This study aimed at determining the impact of the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) instructions in the Cognitive Ability in Physics …
Performance of the Kindergarten Teachers and Its Relation to Pupils Achievement in Different Learning Areas
This study aimed to determine the performance of the kindergarten teachers and its relation to pupils’ achievement in different learning …
The Benefits of Images : Guess and Check Game in Math Classroom
Geometry is a learning that requires some ability to cover it. One of it is the spatial ability. The purpose …
From Preparation to Practice: The Experiences of Beginning Teacher in Kiengiang Province,A Remote Area of Mekong Delta Region in Vietnam.
This study examines the experience of beginning teacher in the Kien Giang province, an area located in one of remote …
The Application of Ic Ticketing System in Clinic Fees Payment
The purpose of this study was to investigate the demand of application of IC ticketing system in domestic retail industry …
Is Shiroi Howaito? English Loanword Modifiers in Contemporary Japanese
Historical contact between English and Japanese led to the extensive introduction of English-based lexicon. Although, the Japanese language had successfully …
School Space and Cross Religious Communication in Provoking Sense of Mutual Respect; Case of a Faith-Based School in Jayapura, Indonesia
Religious conflict in Papua mostly found in symbolic and narrative encountered, and public spaces in society for all religions to …
The Field Trip Project Asia: Developing 21st Century Competencies through Cross-Cultural Art Projects
This paper will examine the impact that cross-cultural art projects have on the development of 21st Century Competencies in students. …
The Innovation of Music and Computer Courses Designed to Improve the Skills of Thai Music Students in Silpakorn University
Music and Computer The Music and Computer course is designed to improve the skills of Thai music students both majors …
Visualization in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Interior Design Education: A Case Study at Sunway University
The utilization of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology has revolutionized the architecture and interior design industry globally in recent years. …
Real Science in Clear English
Real Science in Clear English The Issue English dominates the world of science. In order for students in countries such …
The Educational Philosophy and Teaching Style Preferences of College Faculty at the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
This study aimed to determine the educational philosophies and teaching styles of the college faculty of the University of Perpetual …
Possibility of Implementing Multiple Intelligence Theory Based English Instruction for Remedial Purposes
Decreasing English skills among new university students have been reported over the years in Japan. Some solutions adopted to overcome …
The Usefulness of Curriculum Mapping in Writing Learning Modules
This study sought to determine the usefulness of curriculum mapping in teaching Asian History. As the High School Social Studies …
Student Empowerment Pathways to Poverty Alleviation: Nurturing Innovative Teachers and Education Leaders
The Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA), under which this study was carried out, aims at addressing chronic poverty …
Finding a Place for Karate-Do in Mainstream Education
This paper discusses some of the benefits of including karate-do lessons in schools. It begins by providing a brief history …
New Thinking about Strategy, Power and Victory in the Twenty-First Century
It is normal to talk about foreign policy strategy, in the sense of achieving the national interest, but the language …
Changing Security Dynamics in East Asia and Its Impacts on South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy
China’s economic and military rise in recent decades has begun to change East Asian regional security order, dominated by the …
Transnational Crimes of Human Trafficking in Malacca Strait: National Security Threat Analysis
This paper is an elaboration of the research results generated from three activities: a meta-analysis, field studies and reflexivity. The …
Japan-China Game: Navigating Through the Risk Zone
This research aims to analyze the recent developments in the strategic interactions between Japan and China over their territorial disputes …
Yasukuni, The Soft Power of Clashing Identities
Yasukuni Jinja, or Shrine for a Peaceful Nation, in Tōkyō was established by Emperor Meiji to commemorate those who gave …
Security for Development: Tun Abdul Razak’s National Security Strategy
Socio-economic and socio-political stability are closely related with national security. Thus, security and development in these two aspects played a …
A Synopsis of Theoretical (I.R) Perspectives on Peace Operations
Within the broad APSec 2015 conference theme of “Power”, this research proposal embraces the twin thematic streams of ‘International Relations …
A Five Year Follow-Up Study of Fellowship Baptist College Graduates Basis for Student Development Program
This study was conducted to determine the extent of the contribution of the student services of the Fellowship Baptist College …
Power Dynamics in Development-Induced Resettlement
The undertaking of resettlement in development projects is often a controversial process that has attracted a lot of debate and …
Education and Business Management: A Strategic Management Review in Context
Our management experiences earned from both business sectors and management academic sectors bring us endeavours to do research on the …
Minority Representation and the Media Studies
This research examines the question of minority representation and discourse expanding Stuart Hall's identity theory. Representation of identity changes the …
Effect of Seed Size on Seed Germination Rate of Adansonia Digitata from Five Natural Populations in Malawi
Recently there has been concern over sustainability of natural indigenous fruit trees due to depletion of natural resources. This has …
Cognitive Psychology as the Background of Behavioural Strategies
The paper content is embedded in both management science, especially strategic management, and cognitive psychology – mainly in terms of …
The Impact of Health on Labour Productivity in Nigeria From 1970 to 2012, Applying the Standard Neo-Classical Growth Framework
This study estimates the impact of health on labour productivity in Nigeria from 1970 to 2012, applying the standard neo-classical …
Community Empowerment to Enhance Demographic Awareness: An Educational Approach from Indonesia
This study aimed to enhance the demographic awareness through educational approach which focused on community empowerment. In an effort to …
The Properties and Suitability of Corn Stover for Co-Gasification with Coal in a Computer Simulated Downdraft Gasifier System
Characterization of corn stover and coal were undertaken in order to compare their properties and to determine the combustion characteristics …
Numerical Analysis for Energy Performance of Ground Source Heat Exchanger Under Environmental Conditions of Istanbul, Turkey
By reason of limited amount of natural resources exploited for heating and cooling, and considering that reduction of environmental impact, …
A Framework for the Governance of Socio-Technical Transitions in Urban Energy Infrastructures
In this paper, a conceptual framework is proposed to analyze the dynamics of techno-institutional lock-in preventing urban energy infrastructures to …
The Role of Regional Strategies in Realising Energy Neutrality in Regions: Experiences from the EU-LEE Project SUSREG
The EU has high ambitions with respect to climate change mitigation and energy independence, but realisation of these ambitions is …
Additional Electricity Generator Model From Vehicle Movement Within an Industry Area
The purpose of this research was to create the method and to design the generator model from vehicle movement in …
Residual Biomass: A Silver Bullet to Ensure a Sustainable Bioeconomy?
The transition to a bioeconomy is generally considered as a step towards increased sustainability. However, land use changes caused by …
Depositions of Acid Aerosols and Black Carbon from Biomass Burning Over the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve Forest, Thailand
Burning of biomass is an important source of acid aerosols and black carbon emissions into the atmosphere. In the tropics, …
Fog: An Important Water Source in Arid Zones
In semiarid and arid zones, fog is considered an important alternative water source. The southeast Pacific anticyclone, the cold Humboldt …
Climate Variability and Food Security in Tanzania. The Case of Western Bagamoyo
Among other factors, climate variability is the most influencing factor that affects food security for sustainable development. The second idea …
Inventory Management and Firm’s Performance During the Period of Financial Constraints: An Empirical Analysis of SME Sector in Greece
Inventory is one of the most essential component of firm's current assets. Their efficient management notably determines the achievement of …
Financial Slack and Firm Performance During an Economic Downturn
This conference contribution examines whether financial slack has an impact on performance in the particularly hostile environment of an economic …
Narratives About the Need to Develop the Sense of Cooperation of Managers
Nurture a sense of cooperation is one of the “soft skills” of managers. Our work aims to describe how is …
The Issue of Women Poverty in Turkey in the Context of Capability Approach
The main purpose of this study is to present a detailed picture of women’s poverty in Turkey in the context …
Failed States
Failed states were regarded as a contrast to what is considered an ideal state according to the Westphalian system, which …
European Enlargement and Women: An Analysis on Turkey
The EU’s recent economic and political stalemate has found its most obvious reflection in the European Commission’s new president Mr. …
Change of Circumstances and Judicial Power: A European Perspective of Contract Law
An obligation should always be performed, even when its performance has become more onerous. However, if the performance of a …
Legal Nature of Resolutions issued by the Bodies of the Self – Government of Legal Advisors – EU Perspective
The topic concerns the self-governing regulatory bodies of the legal profession within different EU Member States and the resolutions passed …
Online Reviews in an E-Commerce Environment: Impact on Brand Trust and Consumer Equity
This study adopts a quantitative approach using a factorial between-subjects experimental design to determine the effects of online reviews on …
Co-Evolution of Internal and External Selection
The paper content is embedded in an evolutionary approach in strategic management, in which the processes of selection, variation, and …
A Novel Business Model Based on Real Time Bidding and Online Video Interaction Technology
The aim of this paper is to introduce a novel business model based on real time bidding (RTB) and an …
Effects of the Re-Branding Campaign Strategies on the Image of Nigeria Abroad (2009-2014)
This paper is an assessment of the effects of the Re-branding Campaign launched in 2009 by the Federal Government of …
Success and Performance: A UK SMES Perspective
The SME sector is very diverse it covers a range of types of businesses and they cover a wide range …
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Survivability of Banks in Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Human Capital Management
This study empirically investigates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organizational survivability as well as the mediating role of human …
What Precedes Flexible Role Orientation?
Wild race of business nowadays enforces organization to form a troop of reliable employee. It is not the time to …
Enhancing Women’s Capacity in Peace Building Through the Open and Distance Learning System
The World Economic Forum reported in 2012 that women make up one half of the world's human capital. This study …
Cosmopolitanism as Biopower: Creating and Targeting Cultural Others
The paper analyses cosmopolitanism from the lens of biopower. The central argument is that the actual and prospective actions undertaken …
Misapplication of Power and the Death Penalty in Georgia: There is No Power Greater Than That Over Life and Death
The death penalty is a lottery, in which fairness loses and power wins. Under consideration are the supremacy of the …
Developing Social Media Policy for Public Agencies in Egypt
The use of social media tools in Egyptian government, while still relatively new, is gaining acceptance at all levels of …
Discretion in Public Policy in Indonesia
In the perspective of governance, any agency or government officials in carrying out its responsibilities shall implement the general principles …
Piloting the CLIMASP-Tempus Interdisciplinary Minor in Climate Change and Sustainability Policy: Outcomes Achieved
Higher education plays a unique and critical role, one often underestimated and/or neglected in making a more sustainable society. The …
Development of a Behavioural Change Tool for Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Case of Nigeria Office Buildings
The increasing impacts of global climate change and the building sector’s contribution to reducing this impacts has led to more …
A Study of the Social Causes of Over-Medication in China
This paper seeks to examine the root causes of the pharmaceutical drugs over-use or over-medication in China. By this mean, …
Business Negotiation Power: How is it Used in the Arabian Gulf?
The attitudes of business negotiators in the Arabian Gulf towards the use of negotiation power were explored through a qualitative …
The Impacts of the Family Allowance Program (Programa Bolsa Familia) on the Development of the UN Millennium Development Goal 1 – Eradication of Hunger and Poverty made by Brazil Between 2000-2015
This paper addresses the fulfilment of the UN Millennium Goals by the Brazilian state, with special emphasis on the Millennium …
Multidimensional Performance Measures as Inductors of the Adoption of Best Practices and the Achievement of Projects’ Goals
“Sebrae at your doorstep” is the program designed by Sebrae, the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service, to actively …
The Effect of Poverty on Women’s Health in Khewra City, Pakistan
Poverty has been increasing in Pakistan since the 1990s, after declining during the previous two decades. However, Pakistan bears a …
Are We on the Same Jobsite? Expectations of Millennial Students vs. Construction Industry Employees
Many organizations face the challenge of integrating diverse generations in a workplace. With the retirement of a large number of …
Ecocinema in the Anthropocene Era
The concept of mind-body dualism rests in the various distinctions human thought has made between the conscious mind, represented as …
Performance Evaluation for a 10 kW Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Power System to Operate in the UK Climate Conditions
A considerable amount of medium/low grade thermal energy is available in the form of Renewable sources (solar, geothermal, biomass) and …
The Changing Perception of the Other in Europe in Post Cold War Period
In this study, nationalism and the perception of 'the other' which are nowadays the most effective factors to the international …
The Fight against Impunity for Grand Corruption: Prosecuting Kleptocracy as an International Crime
Corruption constitutes one of the most serious problems the world is facing today. The large-scale looting of public treasuries and …
Whaling in the Antarctic and the Power of Public International Law
The Convention for the Regulation of Whaling and the associated recent litigation before the International Court of Justice reveal a …
The Effect of Work Family Conflict on Employees Job Attitudes and Mediating Role of Organization Citizenship Behavior: A Study of the Banking Sector of Pakistan
Researchers have repetitively verified the nonconstructive effects of work and family conflict on employee’s behaviors and attitudes. For this reason …
A Comparative Study on Political Responses to Issues of Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies between the United States and Nigeria
The issue of insurgency is a global stigma that has and is still stalling the socio-economic development of many nations …
Payment for Environmental Services and the Increase of Life and Environmental Quality: A Study of Brazilian Case
The water crisis around the world, the increased deforestation and the need of finding new industrial solutions make clear the …
Reinvigorating Urban Nodes and Spatial Growth in Akure, Nigeria
Rapid urbanization in developing nations of the world is quite obvious. In Nigeria, the uncontrolled intensification of land use at …
Moulding for Excellence at Federal College of Education(FCE), Abeokuta, Nigeria
Moulding for excellence as the motto of the Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Nigeria is a reflection of the College …
Teaching English in a Multiligual and Multicultural Context: The Nigeria Experience
Nigeria is a country with about 400 Languages. A teacher therefore, always finds herself teaching a classroom consisting of students …
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976) as a Muslim Poet-Writer: An Apology
Abstract After a conscientious perusal of Kazi Nazrul’s writings, most of the readers come to the point that Kazi Nazrul …
The Effectiveness of a Suggested Program Based on English Songs on Developing Primary School Pupils’ Vocabulary, Grammar and Their English Language Learning Interest
This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of using a suggested program based on English songs on developing sith year, …
Teaching beyond the Borders: Using the ELT Classroom to Raise Students’ Social Awareness
In our time where war prevails and women and children suffer different faces of abuse and when the environmental conservation …
Speech Acts in Political Speeches
The study investigates the role of language in the communication and interpretation of intentions by examining selected political speeches of …
Motivating Students and Improving Language and Interpersonal Skills through Forensics
The aim of this paper is to propose a highly motivational framework of integrating Forensics into the State School Systems …
Difficulties of Building English Sentences in Writing
This study aims at investigating the problems of writing correct English sentences as for the Sudanese students of secondary schools. …
The Importance of Phonological Studies to Nigerian Learners of Arabic
Abstract The Importance of Arabic Phonological Studies to Nigerian Learners of Arabic Foreign language learning has become in recent time …
Grammarly Grammatical Grammar: An Investigation into Writing Issues
The paper used an electronic writing enhancement platform to identify writing issues in two essays of Level 4 Foundation students. …
Igbo Dialect Constraints in Indigenous Language Education in Nigeria: A Case Study of Public Secondary Schools in Imo State, Nigeria
This paper examined the impediments confronting the development of Igbo as language of Education at public secondary school level in …
Barriers to E-Learning in Higher Education Systems in Iran
Introduction: In recent years, use of technology in learning environments has become a serious necessity so that most universities in …
Exploring the Impact of iPads in Teaching Introductory Physics Courses at UAEU
This study investigates the impact of iPad usage in teaching introductory physics courses at United Arab Emirates University. Four first …
Quality and Equity in Nigerian Education System: A Panacea for Economic Empowerment, Development Strategy and Social Justice
This paper relates to Education: Social Justice and Social Change. It examines the issues of quality and equity in Nigerian …
Achieving Transnational Spaces through Collective Will Power
It�s a matter of �wills�: cultural will, social will, organizational will, and political will. Dr. Ron Edmonds said, �We can, …
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Integration and Education in the Age of Globalization: A Holistic Framework
The constant evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) integration in k-12 settings has been accompanied by research into the …
Studying the Importance of Curriculum Planning Components in Virtual and Conventional Training of Nursing
Due to the advancement and development of information technology and the use of telecommunications in the society, tools and methods …
Factors Affecting the Achievement Level of Biological Science Students at the University of Eastern Philippines
This study employed the descriptive method of research to describe the achievement level in Biological Science in the areas of …
The Impact of Group Work in Improving EFL Medical Students’ Academic Performance
Group Work is modern instructional approach in which students learn best when they are actively involved in the process of …
How to Make Differences a Value and not a Barrier in International Business/Management and Education: The Case of the Global Village Program
A major challenge of both International Business/Management and Education is the current increase in environmental, organizational and group spaces and …
Developing a Model for Academic Deans’ Leadership Styles in the UAE
Leadership in higher education has been the focus of increasing debate and concern for nearly two decades. Although academic deans …
An Evaluation of Science Lecturers’ Testing Skills in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: A Case Study of Kogi State University, Anyigba
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how science lecturers in tertiary institutions apply testing skills in their testing …
There is No Box: The International Interdisciplinary Nature of Higher Education
“We think by feeling. What is there to know?” Roethke, “The Waking” Just as the concept of traditional disciplines needs …
Internationalization of Global Women in Higher Education: Shifting to a “Two-Way” Approach of Engagement
Higher education is globalized and internationalized; and the number of international students, particularly women studying in U.S. institutions of higher …
Minimalist Program and Ease of Language Acquisition: Investigating Chomsky’s Uniformity, Simplicity, Economy
The minimalist program is in part a reaction to some problems that have afflicted GB theory. A theory of grammar …
Teaching Skills and Work Behavior of Clinical Instructors of Nursing Schools in Northern Samar
This study intended to determine the instructional and preceptorship skills and work behavior in the classroom and clinical settings of …
The Importance of Organizational Learning for Change in Higher Education Institutions
Many works have been written about different forms of organizational learning (OL), mostly in business environments. However, currently, academic environments …
The C.L.E.A.R. Framework for Successfully Educating and Empowering Diverse Student Populations
Breaking the visible and invisible barriers that impede the success of school-age children of racially and linguistically diverse communities requires …
Education in Africa for the Twenty First Century: Perspectives for Change
Education in its widest sense is at cross roads of societal development and change. The key to understanding the situation …
Bridging the Talent Gap of the Petroleum Industry: Developing Transnational Competency-Based Education
Petroleum workforce is facing a serious challenge despite high international migration flows. Many countries are becoming more restrictive towards inward …
From Conceptualization to Reflection: A Transnational Model for Preparing and Ensuring Robust Clinical Experiences in Teacher Preparation Programs
A major challenge for teacher candidates is meeting the demands of the clinical practice experience which assesses how they make …
A Study of Interactive Influence of Brain-Based Learning and Hemisphericity of Students of Standard VIII on their Academic Achievement in Biology, Study Habits and Stress
Brain-based learning is an interdisciplinary answer to the question of, “what is the most effective way of the brain’s learning …
Students-Enthusiasts in a Virtual Classroom: Their Contribution to the Educational Process
In this work, the phenomenon of students' enthusiasm was explored. 47 graduate students, which took the author's online psychology courses, …
Students’ Experiences with Blended Learning Using a Flipped Classroom Approach
Flipped classrooms have recently emerged as a result of technological, instructional and pedagogical developments. They reflect a specific approach to …
A Smartphone-Assisted English Reading Instructional Model for English Major Students in the Northeast of Thailand
Title A Smartphone-assisted English Reading Instructional Model for English Major Students in the Northeast of Thailand Abstract Reading is considered …
Teaching and Assessing Online Discussions: A Case Study
Asynchronous multi-threaded discussions have become increasingly widespread. This paper deals with some aspects of challenges faced by educators in teaching …
The Status Quo and Future of the Off-Campus Internship Programs for Students in the Departments of Electronic Engineering and Information
Off campus internship has been regarded as an important facet of the industry-university collaboration for the education of the students. …
Questions and Mutual Understanding in the L2 Classroom
An integration of questions in the teaching of L2 is strongly supported in educational arguments. However, the nature of the …
Social Media as the New Transnational Educational Space
There has been a growing realization that the youth is increasingly disengaged from the traditional political process and the polity. …
Mathematical Modeling – A Synthesis of Qualitative Research: A Proposal for an Integrated Mathematics and Science Modeling Cycle
The purpose of this study was to synthesize qualitative research findings about mathematical modeling at the high school and college …
Building Academic Staff Portfolio to Increase Employee Retention: A Case Study of a Thai University
The competition to retain the best employees, specifically learned and research-active faculty members, is now a challenge for universities in …
Essays and Related Writing Tasks for Language Testing
For many reasons writing is one of the foundational skills of educated persons. Tests of writing skills are therefore needed. …
Initial Teachers’ Education and Training: An Amazing Challenge
The article is focused on initial teacher training and illustrates the historical features and the institutional and political background that …
Instructional Learning Versus Action Learning: A Grounded Theory Study of Vietnamese Students’ Perspective in an International Educational Program
The theoretical stand about learning has evolved greatly over the last century from the belief that the learner is passive …
Color-Coded Marking: Using Vibrant Feedback to Enhance ELL Engagement
Social science research suggests that using a red pen for essay marking evokes a negative student response. Beyond the choice …
Healthy Children Healthy Minds: Helping Children Succeed Now for a Brighter Future
This workshop will be divided into 3 parts: 1. Keeping the Brain and Mind Healthy which will explore exercise, nutrition, …
Socio-Demographic Predictors of Occupational Stress Among Secondary School Teachers in Anambra State, Nigeria Counselling Implications
The study examined socio-demographic predictors of occupational stress among secondary school teachers in Anambra State – Nigeria. Five hypotheses were …
Performance of the Kindergarten Teachers and Its Relation to Pupils Achievement in Different Learning Areas
This study aimed to determine the performance of the kindergarten teachers and its relation to pupils’ achievement in different learning …
Public Service Announcement for “Public Interest”?
The public service announcement or advertising (PSA) is conceptualized as “public spot” in Turkey. The term is used for short …
Beyond Genre: Black Elements in Radiohead’s “Bloom” Or Black Music/White Music, What’s the Difference?
Today’s music scene, rather the industrial marketing mechanisms orchestrating the music scene, perpetuates segregation in music. However, such marketing belies …
Revitalising Indigenous Resistance and Dissent through Online Media
Indigenous peoples continue to experience exclusion from mediated mainstream public sphere debates. In Australia, recent government funding cuts suppress opportunities …
Organizational Culture as a Primary Driver of Organizational Success: The South African University Experience
The new business paradigm foregrounds accountability, transparency, sustainability and good governance as the pillars on which organizational success is built. …
The Way of Music: Phraya Phomeesewin
This study aims to explore the path of becoming Thai traditional musician expert of the notorious Phraya Bhumisevin,the royal court …
Intercultural Communication through an Anthropology Approach
This paper probes some key elements of cross-cultural issues in international business communication and provides a framework for creating competitive …
Peacebuilding in Information Technology Age in Afghanistan: E-Solha
Violence is the greatest challenge for Afghanistan in particular and the world in general. Both Afghan government and people want …
Thai News Cultural Landscape in Digital TV Era
This research titled “Thai News Cultural Landscape in Digital TV Era” studies Thai news and current affairs landscape in Thai …
New Turkish Documentaries: The Tools to Raise Public Awareness with Their Narrative Structures and Discourses
Undoubtedly, NGOs, different ethnic and religious groups, political dissidents, and sexual orientations and identities convey the unseen images, unheard voices …
Illegitimacy of Capital Punishment: Its Unethical Contemporary Resurgence in Igboland, Nigeria.
Murder was proscribed even as a retaliatory measure as Gen 4:15 cautions: if any one kills Cain, he will suffer …
Development of Appropriate Knowledge Cultivation and Production of Para Rubber for Farmers in Loei Province, Thailand
This research aimed to study on 1, To create and promote participatory learning in the field of knowledge management of …
Handsome Is As Handsome Speaks
The presented work is a multi-year project of defining essential lingual characteristics for building up a Gestalt of a positive …
The Persuasive Power of Person Deixis in Political Discourse: The Pronoun ‘We’ in Obama’s Speeches as an Example
Politicians resort to ‘soft power’ to influence others and to convince them to support their attitudes about given issues through …
The King and His Queen: Henry VIII’s Verse and Katherine of Aragon as Center of the Chivalric Court
This essay examines the ways in which Henry used poetics and performances to establish the iconography of his court and …
The Web of Signification in Journey to the West
Journey to the West, one of the ancient Chinese classics, is an imaginative narration of the historical event of the …
The Personal Story as the Message: A New Approach to Health Communications
Health is a topic that affects everyone, either through their own personal experiences or those of their family, friends or …
The Ethical Dimension in Citizen Journalism Practice: A Study of the 2015 Presidential Election in Nigeria
Media can set agenda which can positively or negatively affect the society. Beyond the setting of agenda the media can …
The Power of Literature in African Development Since the 1950s
African history has been described as a hero in African literature. In this paper I argue for the reverse: that …
Michael Chabon’s ‘the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’ Re-Presenting the Historical Novel
Can literature represent reality? And, if so, is the novel the best genre to do so? Although these questions are …
The Procedure of Nationalism in King Rama VI’s Play: A Case Study of Hua Jai Nak Rob
In the reign of Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua — King Rama VI who is known as King Vajiravudh, Thai were …
A Deranged World through Structural Disarray: The Power of Narrative in 1980s Chinese Fiction
China under Maoist totalitarian extremity is a deranged world. In literary works by critically acclaimed authors Yu Hua, Can Xue …
Women at the Edge: Crimes of Power against Women in the Context of Nadeem Aslam’s Novel ‘The Wasted Vigil’
This paper aims to give a clearer perspective of the reasons of crimes of power committed against women in the …
Can the Subaltern Be Heard: Subalternisation in the Context of the God of Small Things
Colonialism and Post-colonialism are theoretically speaking two mutually entangled but conflicting terms. Colonialism prospered on exploitation, hegemony, control, and deprivation …
Power of the Linguistuc Choices
Slave narratives have always been the source of multifarious examinations and the subject of so many pieces of research that …
The Power of Traumatic Loss in William Faulkner’s the Sound and the Fury: The Quentin Section as an Example
This paper examines the theme of the power of trauma in Quentin Compson’s section in William Faulkner’s novel The Sound …
The Influence of Online Social Communication Networks on the Agenda of the Front Page of Thai Newspapers
The research found that the online social media services of Facebook impacted the news agenda items of both Thairath and …
Understanding Malaysian Twitter Users Behaviour Using Hans Eysenck’s Three-Trait Model
The study seeks to understand Malaysian Twitter users personality using Hans Eysenck's three-trait model; that entails of extraversion, neuroticism, and …
The Opinion of Media Entrepreneurs towards Thai Mass Media
The purposes of the research are to study the roles of today’s mass media and to gather media members’ opinions …
Impact of Motivation on Job Performance in Nigeria Broadcast Industry
This study was carried out to know the impact of motivation on job performance in a broadcast organization. The scope …
Hate Speech or Voice from Minority? – Media’s Dilemma under Multicultural Pressure
This research is both an effort to examine the mass communication discourse on hate speech incidents and to draw a …
Campaign American Style? Facebook Activity of Presidential Candidates in Poland before 2015 Election
The Barack Obama presidential campaign of 2008 was the first of its kind to use social media in a positive …
Propaganda in the Service of Genocide- Case of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
ISIS is considered as great threat to international peace. According to report by Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner …
Classifying and Profiling Social Media Users: An Integrated Approach
The fast evolving business practice and the continuously changing users’ profiles attract researchers’ interest, such as Brandtzaeg& Heim (2010) and …
Social Media as a Voice to the Voiceless: The Nigerian Experience
Social media as a communication tool has some advantages over the traditional media because of its ability to bridge the …
K.J.Yesudas: The Discursive Formation of the Cult of a Playback Singer in the Kerala Public Sphere
K.J. Yesudas, the popular film singer, has been a central figure in the realm of popular culture constituted by Malayalam …
Deconstructing Gender: Laurence Anyways and the Mise-En-Scene of a Transition
Can the cinema, in 2015, contain the rejection and ostracism that suppose the non-representation of the difference? Basing the analysis …
Cultural Peculiarities and Equivalents : A Perspective of French and Igbo Proverbs
Every culture has its mode of expression. This is true for its various aspects including social, material, political or religious …
Exploring Power: Aboriginal Artefacts and Records in Australian Libraries and Archives
Knowledge is power. By extension, the language utlised to control, disseminate and record knowledge can actively challenge, or sustain, existing …
A Critical Study of Mahfouz’s Representation of the Oppressed ‘Intellectual’ During the ‘Nasserite Experiment’
An intellectual can be defined as "someone able to speak the truth, a courageous and angry individual for whom no …
The Ethnopoetic Study of Igbo Oral Funeral Poetry: A Case Study of Edda Dirge.
This study is an analysis of Igbo oral funeral poetry with particular reference to Edda. The principal objective of the …
Social Media as a Game Changer in the 2014 Indian Parliamentary Election: A Study of the Indian Diaspora Society in Canada and Oman
India is the seventh largest democracy of the world. Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and Press are its four pillars. So, media …
Supporting 21st Century Learning & Teaching; Who’s Got the Power? Academic Libraries: At the Heart of the University
In the higher education (HE) sector there has been increasing interest in delivering a range of support services within a …