Year: 2016

A Communication Requirements Research of Children with Severe Cerebral Palsy
This study looks into the communication needs of a young cerebral palsy (CP) patient with severe physical disability and speech …

Schematic Figures As Foregrounding Elements in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech
A writer's style of persuasion is worth analysing, especially when this style can serve as a powerful tool to convey …

The Relation between Justice and Martyrdoms in Religious Art: The Paintings in the Church of the Gesù Depicting Japanese Martyrdoms
Martyrdoms are powerful political instruments that convey different aspects of the concept of justice. Legally speaking, they refer to public …

The Sound Exchange of Movement: A Study on the Current Soundscape Conditions of Taiwan’s Metro System
Soundscape developed in Europe and Canada. In 1996, it was incorporated into urban planning in Japan. In recent years, Taiwan …

“The White Man’s Burden”: Politics of Volunteer Tourism
This conceptual paper explores critically the political economy of volunteer tourism along the lines of a 'white savior complex' and …

Production of Urban Spaces for the Creation of a ‘Modern Society’ In Turkey
The creation of a new culture, following the proclamation of the Republic and Turkish Revolution is the embodiment of an …

Archival Institution as Agent of Representation of Religious Plurality in Indonesia
Using qualitative research through literature analysis, this paper hows archival institutions could act as a strategic agent of representation to …

Experts Collaboration: Improving Information Services for Maritime Community in Indonesia
Maritime people's livelihood is selling processed marine products. They need some information to produce variety commodity and improve the quality. …

The Attitude of the Pre-Islamic Arabs towards Arts and Crafts
From the late Roman period the Saracens (the Arabs of Arabia) were described by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (c. …

Bribing for the Truth: A Comparative Study of Guanxi and Justice through Geling Yan’s “The Uninvited”
Geling Yan, one of the world's most well-known writers in diaspora literature, has produced a substantial body of works in …

Thinking Outside the Box: Connecting Users with Collection Building and Management: A Case Study in a Research Library
Libraries are continually focused on how to provide better service to users. This is even more critical for a research …

“Hao Shi Duo Mo”: The Combination Practice of Gameplay and Culture Art with IPO-AER Principle
A grindstone was a kind of tool for rural people to grind beans, wheat or other Ingredients to produce food …

Aesthetics of Villages: Analysis of Related Cases in the Combination of Art and Living
This study use the village is not only an art museum but art of life as the main ideology, to …

Applying Digital Media Design in Elementary School: A Case Study of the Soma Cube
SOMA cube is a block that combines seven units of different shapes. With diverse assembly methods, these seven blocks can …

The Medieval University
Medieval Europe saw the emergence of the university. In Italy, France, and England universities developed from the late eleventh century …

Using an Ontology to Develop the Learning Outcomes in Library
Recently, Learning Outcomes(LO) are relevance feedback information from learning activities in the university. Library is a centre of the resource …

The Investigation Research of the Group of Active Aging with Experiencing the High-Tech Eco-Travel Interactive Situation
With the rapid aging of the world population trends and technology, Eco-tourism has become one of the elderly's relaxing and …

Overlooking Injustices for National Pride: Inside the Australian War Memorial’s Representation of the Papua New Guineans During WWII
War is sometimes argued as necessary in maintaining peace and justice. During the Second World War the Australian government sent …

Effects of Robotic Dogs as Catalysts for Social Interactions: A Preliminary Study
As robotics technologies are advancing at an ever increasing rate, robotic pets have emerged in the market offering companionship and …

Constructing a Rubrics of Peer Assessment Applied on Online Course in 2D Animation Production
The continues controversy about the fairness on peer assessment. However, in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) environment, a huge amount …

Digital Humanities from the Ground Up: The Tamil Digital Heritage Project at the National Library, Singapore
To commemorate Singapore's 50th year of independence in 2015, a community-led group sought to present a gift to the nation …

Meeting the Information Service Needs of Researchers: A Case Study of the Research Center for Science and Technology Area (Puspiptek – Indonesia)
Research center for science and technology, known as Puspiptek area, is the name of the Largest Research Area in Indonesia. …

Whose Voice? Love Legend of Phra Khanong: A Case of “Mak, Nak and People of Phra Khanong”
The love legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong was perceived and portrayed as a haunting, revenge and furious ghost story …

Heroes Looking for Their Own Justice as a Cultural Reflection in the New Turkish Cinema
The concept of justice is one of the most sought concepts since the existence of the human beings. According to …

Design and Developing Technology Integrated into Learning Origami: Using the Origami of One Straight Cut as an Example
Students can learn effectively through folding paper to observe and investigate the property of geometry. Therefore, origami is becoming valuable …

Personal Branding of Jesus-Portrayed in The Movies 1987-2014: Applying Meaning Theory of Media Portrayal
A phenomenal figure throughout the centuries, a hero for Christians and the savior for believers 'JESUS- is the name that …

Jesus in Films: Audience Reception from a Promotional Film Poster
Art has seven categories, starts from literature, music, dance, writing, sculpture, theater, and film. One of the art categories has …

Introducing an Integrative Approach for Studying Foreign Languages in Higher Education: The Case of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
After the Republic of Serbia officially adopted the principles of the Bologna Declaration in 2003, the international development of the …

Multiple Reading Program: An Assessment on Reading Comprehension Ability of Thai University Students
In order to develop English reading comprehension abilities, we have to understand how our students learn, pre-assessment and ongoing assessments …

Thai Student Teachers’ Beliefs About Science Teaching and Learning
Teacher beliefs have played an important factor which influence how science teachers teach. This present study intended to explore the …

The Level of Math Anxiety among the Students Who Consistently Perform Poorly in Mathematics at Secondary Level Education in Bangladesh
This paper reports on a research that investigated Math Anxiety among students who are getting poor marks consistently in last …

Chinese-Speaking University Students’ Use of Metacognitive Strategies in English Listening
Listening plays an essential role in enhancing oral communication. The goal of training learners with English listening skill is to …

Promoting Bioethical Decision Making for Grade 10 Students Through Socio-Scientific Issues Based Instruction
This article describes bioethics that supports bioethical decision making skills and develops of social responsibility in biology classroom. Bioethical decision …

The Washback Effect of National Exam’s New Policy towards Mathematics Learning Process in Indonesia
Since the beginning of 2015, national exams in Indonesia are no longer used as graduation standard. This policy was made …

School Head’s Sense of Efficacy and Climate Among Private Schools
This survey - correlational study attempted to determine the level of school head's sense of efficacy and climate among schools …

Measuring Service Quality in Higher Education: The Experience of Technological Education Institute of Central MacEdonia, Greece
In today's turbulent environment, higher education institutes are facing widespread economic, technological, and cultural changes and increased competition in social …

Realistic Mathematics Education: An Approach for Overcoming Math Anxiety of Junior High School Students in Semarang, Indonesia
There are some different levels of students' achievement in Mathematics across various skills such as understanding, communicating, critical thinking, and …

Assessing the Metacognitive Awareness among the Foundation in Engineering Students
The transition phase is a critical moment to the students who have completed their secondary school education and are proceeding …

Exchanging Knowledge and Building Communities via International Networking
This paper is linked to a doctoral study focusing on the impact of international networking and knowledge exchange on the …

A Study for the Elderly Assistive Device Design and Learning Assessment
In recent years, along with the process of economic growth and political democratization, concerns and needs of the rapid increase …

Curriculum Leadership Practices of Administrators in Ateneo De Manila University
The purpose of this research were to understand the curriculum leadership practices of administrators in Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines …

The Effectiveness of Using Touchstone 1a to Promote Low English Proficiency Students of College
EFL textbooks are perceived as a vital and important element in English language teaching and learning as it not only …

A Development of Scientific Method by Using Problem-Based Learning Cooperated with Mind Mapping for Matthayomsueksa 4 Students
The purpose of this research was to study the students' ability of using scientific method by using the problem-based learning …

A Study of the Line Official Account in University Public Relations
A 2014 survey indicated that 77.8% of Taiwanese individuals over 12 years of age were mobile Internet users, and that …

Cultural Differences on an Educational Intervention Program of Prosocial Behaviour and Metacognitive Strategies
Japan and Denmark have two different educational cultures. Where Danish students score high on Quality of Life (QoL) Japanese children …

Culture and Leadership: How Indonesian Culture Influences Leadership Practice: A Case Study in Uin Malang
The study was intended to know the leadership style that was practiced by the rector of UIN Malang, Indonesia and …

Exploring the Framework and Implementation Efficacy of the Flipped-Action Model in a College Bilingual-Education Class
Inspired by the FLIPPED model proposed by Chen et al. (2014), which added three more PED components to the original …

A Survey of Critical Thinking Skill of Matthayomsueksa 5 Students in Thailand
The purpose of this research was to survey the critical thinking skill of Matthayom Sueksa 5 Students. The participants were …

Game-Based Motion Sensing Game Training Systems to Improve Visual-Motor Integration for Children with Developmental Delay in Special Education
Visual perception dysfunction could hinder the participation in school activities, academic performance, and independence in daily living. These unsuccessful school …

Studies in Historical Memory: A Path to Contemporary Understanding
This presentation will examine case studies of historical memory in classes with Japanese university students. Students have grown up with …

The Role of ESL Education for the Social and Economic Development in Global Contexts
English is the "Global language"which is widely used in international business, academics, politics, and technology in the world; therefore, English …

Promoting Parental Involvement to Prevent Elementary Student Dropout in Indonesia’s Backward Regions
The highest dropout rate for elementary school level happens significantly in Indonesia's backward regions (UNICEF for Indonesia, 2012). This will …

An Exploratory Study on the Relationship between Learning Networks and Organizational Identity
Organizational learning leads to distinctiveness of organizations, and distinctiveness is one of the criteria by which organizational members categorize groups. …

A Guideline for Using Lesson Study for Preservice Science Teachers in Thailand
This paper addressed the results of the attempting of using a lesson study in preservice science teacher classroom. The lesson …

The Development of Teacher Knowledge in 4th Year Science Teachers in Thailand Through Lesson Study
The purpose of this study was to investigate how and what teacher knowledge preservice science teachers develop in contexts of …

Promoting Education for Sustainability in Early Childhood Education
Environmental issues have become a public discussion in the last two decades since the Brundtland Report in 1987. It is …

Students Perceptions of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning on Chinese Language Learning
The discussions on second language learning in higher education facilitated by computer supported collaborative learning have increased over the past …

Automated Students’ Thai Online Homework Assignment Clustering
This paper proposes a model to cluster students' Thai online homework assignments before teachers go for further for grading, in …

Entrepreneurial University: A Case Study of De La Salle Araneta University in the Philippines
The results of this study will benefit De La Salle Araneta University in the Philippines, other Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) …

Development of Problem-Solving Ability, Using Problem-Based Learning of Mathayomsuksa 5/8 Students at Borabuwittayakhan School, Mahasarakham, Thailand
This action research aims to develop the problem-solving ability and - scientific attitude, using the Problem-based Learning (PBL) in Physics. …

The Influences of ICT on High School Students’ Understanding in Physics Courses: A Review of the Literature
The number of students who registered in physics courses for upper education is reported decrease across the world. Some studies …

Why Researchers Compared Education Internationally 1994 – 2009 and What This Tells Us about Why We Do This Today
This paper is a systematic literature into the recent history of international comparative education research. I review the reasons given …

Gender Differences in the Predictors of Intention to Attend University using an Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour Model
The purpose of this thesis is to further understanding of the salient factors that underpin students' intentions to study at …

Perceptions of Classroom Learning Environments and Computer Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Computer Science Students
Extensive studies have reported that students' computer self-efficacy beliefs are very important for students' academic achievement and outcomes. Students' levels …

The Audit Commission of Local Government in the UK
This paper examines the Audit Commission of local government in the United Kingdom. The function of the Audit Commission, established …

Students’ First Language in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Classroom in Ubon Ratchathani University: “The Students’ Perspective”
This study tries to investigate the students' perspective on the use of their L1 (Thai) in the acquisition of the …

A Smart Guiding Tours of Eco-Tourism for Taiwan’s Fairy Pitta: The Service Design Viewpoint
Fairy Pitta, is a special bird that could be found in Taiwan during the summer season. Currently, we can only …

Developing a 3D Interactive Tool for Learning OOP Concepts
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) recently became the most influential programming paradigm. Several studies have indicated some serious deficiencies in the …

Send Kids to the World: A Study on Using Postcards to Improve Students’ Writing Skills
English Learning and Teaching (ELT) deals with four language skills, i.e., reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Of all these skills, …

Practice of 21st Century Skills-Oriented Project-Based Learning: A Case for Developing Application Software
Rapid technological advances and globalization of the 21st century have caused a large change in people's way of life and …

iPads and Autism: Using iPads for Autism and the Effects of that on Learning Methods
The purpose of this study is to grasp the opportunity of utilizing technology like iPad for Autistic students. This study …

Building Opportunities for Children to Exercise their Rights at School
There is inconsistency in the relationship children have with regards to their rights in the school setting. Few teachers know …

Fostering Social Justice Orientation through Clinical Legal Education in the Caribbean ___ Stakeholder Considerations
Caribbean law schools governed by the Council of Legal Education, aim to "facilitate the development of competent legal practitioners for …

The Perception of Science Secondary School Teachers Towards the Science Learning Problems of Lower Secondary School Students in Thailand
The purposes of this study are; 1) to find the science learning problems of lower secondary school students in terms …

High School Students’ Understanding of Nature of Science
The aim of this study was to investigate students' understanding of the Nature of Science (NOS). 108 high school students …

Flipping with a mooc: A Case Study of an English Academic Writing
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have been growing in popularity with educational researchers and learners in online environments. Courses in …

Active Compassion: Empowering Buddhist Nuns Through STEM Education
This study endorses teaching and learning opportunities in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) for Buddhist nuns. …

Leading Change Together: A Pitch for Education, Community Engagement, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development
Leading Change Together is the powerful idea of impact behind the mission of Global Tassels, a registered 501(c)3 international organization …

The Effectiveness of Authentic Material Application to Enhance EFL Students’ Listening Comprehension
Up to now, there has been a variety of factors influencing on Thai EFL students who are learning English for …

The Structural Model in Parenting Style, Attachment Style, Self-Regulation and Self-Esteem with Smartphone Addiction
Technological addiction has become a common issues worldwide, this research hopes to discover the possible framework of smartphone addiction, raise …

Musical Meaning as Embodied Meaning: The Case of Horror Film Music
The film sound theorist K. J. Donnelly's essay 'Demonic possession: horror film music' (2005) famously remarks that some horror film …

Communicating Knowledge about the World: Reflective, Collaborating Artists
Art and film-making practices are shared across linguistic and socially diverse social contexts, reflecting a variety of ways of knowing …

Band Musicians in Macau
Researchers have documented the potential social benefits of popular music, such as empowering young people to cope with life challenges, …

The Effectiveness of Self Management Program ‘Bipolar Beraksi’ in Decreasing the Frequency, Intensity or Duration of Bipolar Moods
Bipolar Disorder is a kind of mood disorder which contains of mania or hypomania episode, depressive episode, or the combination …

Levelling the Score – The Role of Individual Perceptions of Justice in the Creation of Unethical Outcomes in Business
Rationalist models of ethical decision making assume that higher order conscious reasoning dominates the ethical decision making process however research …

The Effect of Level of Parenting Stress towards Mother-Child Interaction Quality: A Study on Mothers with Toddler from Poverty Family
This research was conducted to explain the effect of level of parenting stress towards mother-child interaction quality in mothers with …

A Qualitative Study of Genital Sex Reassignment in Transgendered Teens: Age of Consent and Assessment Process
Currently, the WPATH guidelines recommend that a person be at the majority age in order to be considered a candidate …

Asoke Buddhist Education in Thailand
This paper looks into the Buddhist community-based education in the Asoke Buddhist villages in Thailand. The Asoke Buddhist movement has …

An Idea of Justice in the Platonic Tradition of Russian Religious Philosophy
The Platonic tradition is very strong in the ontology and cosmology of Russian religious philosophy. The concept of Sophia as …

Purity and Equanimity the Mandala of Zen Rock Garden
This paper discusses the ultimate essence of realization in Buddhism as the nature of purity and great equanimity. To illustrate …

Self Concept in Adolescent Lesbians Living with HIV: A Case Study
This research is self-concept study in adolescent lesbians living with HIV. The study objectives are studying self-concept, lifestyles, parenting styles …

Justice and the Cyberworld
In its widest sense, justice creates conditions that enable each member of the society to flourish. Justice directs individual to …

Comparison of Dietary Behaviors and Acculturation of Korean International and Japanese Students in Japan
For cross-cultural students to remain healthy, proper nutrition is an important factor. However, Japanese universities do not show adequate interest …

Historical Justice or the Dusk of the West? Messianism and Catastrophism in the Inter-War Philosophical Thought
A quarter-century ago F. Fukuyama announced the end of history, understood in Hegelian terms as a process of a realization …

An Investigation of the Mate Preferences of Young Adults Using Choice Based Conjoint Analysis
The current study is an exploratory investigation concerning mate preferences of young adult males and females. Specifically, those that self …

Japanese Attitudes about Home and Children in Relation to Marital Happiness across Time
The current study analyzes marital happiness in conjunction with attitudes about home and children within a Japanese population over the …

Understanding Emotion Recognition among Malaysian Malay Adults With and Without Major Depressive Disorder
Depression is a mood disorder that affects a large number of people worldwide and in Malaysia the number of people …

The Good Sense of the Modern: Revisiting Heidegger’s Social Ontology
By the term social ontology I mean to argue Heidegger's definition of the social existence of the self. In this …

Coping Strategies of Female Adolescents Living with HIV
This research is on coping strategies in female adolescents living with HIV. The study objectives are study in coping strategies …

Effects of Job Autonomy and Positive Psychological Capital on Job Performance of Banking Employees: Mediating Role of Intrinsic Work Motivation
Factors that affect employee job performance have long been a topic of interest to industrial and organizational psychologists. There are …

A Causal Model of Professional Nurse Engagement Using Organizational Nurse Engagement
Employee engagement has become a hot topic in recent years. Many studies have been published that identify organizational factors that …

Do We Have Epistemic Support for the Existence of Afterlife?
In a paper discussing our attitude towards death, Freud (1915) put forth that it seems impossible to imagine our own …

A Population-Based Study on Health Literacy and Health Behaviors
Health literacy has been proved to be associated with various domains of health. The objective is to describe the prevalence …

Forensic Investigation Protocol on Marital Nullity for Psychologists in the Philippines
The literature on the legal aspect of marital nullity in the Philippines has significantly increased since The Family Code has …

Relationship Satisfaction and Children: Effects on Sexual Satisfaction in Married Couples
This study addresses the great importance of relationship satisfaction in regards to sexual satisfaction. 4000 participants were analyzed utilizing data …

Marital Relationship Satisfaction: Impacts of Children, Religion, Income Level, and Gender
To understand the effect of having children and length of marriage on relationship satisfaction, 4000 participants were analyzed from data …

Symbolic Immortality, Death Anxiety, and Quality of Life in Japanese Elderly Men
According to Erikson's theory of psychological development, elderly people face their own death by withstanding death fear and anxiety in …

Ethical Judgments of Directors’ on Earnings Management Practices
The objective of this study is to determine directors' ethical judgments of earnings management practices. We use the questionnaire which …

The Role of Visual Attention in Preference Formation for Food
Evaluative decision-making is the decision-making based on personal preferences among different choice options. Previous studies have suggested that people tend …

The Effect of Goal Structure on Job Performance: The Mediating Role of Goal Orientation and Work Engagement
Research on work engagement has widely studied and almost exclusively focused on a dependent variable. Based on work engagement model …

Empirically Informed Theorizing About Justice and Distributive Justice Reasoning Among Asians
Although some philosophers who are committed to applying the method of wide reflective equilibrium to theories of justice have already …

The Effectiveness of the Application of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Chinese Learning
Computer supported learning has become a major trend in language learning and teaching in the 21st century. However, there are …

How Can the Pursuit of Equal Opportunity Be Reasonable in Education?: A Perspective from the Rawlsian Theory of Justice
The question of whether equality, or equal opportunity, is an appropriate goal in education has been hotly contested in the …

Disclosure of Zakat Information: Is it Important?
Despite the high collection of Zakat fund, hardcore poverty among Muslims is still exist especially in rural area. The difficulties …

The Rise of Western Pop Music and Pole Dancing in Taiwanese Traditional Religious Festivals
In traditional Chinese religious festivals, a procession in which the participants, prior to returning home from a holy pilgrimage, would …

Guiding Three to Six Year Old Children into Developing Social Sense of Decorum
The paper discusses the hypothesis that a parent or caregiver must master three important child-guiding skills to help improve young …

Philippine Practice of Forensic Clinical Psychology in Marital Nullification: From Client Assessment to Court Appearance
There appears to be a dearth of documentation of forensic clinical psychology practice in the Philippine cases of marital nullification, …

Justice through Recognition
The question(s) of recognition has been largely discussed at the level of public and political debate, as well as studied …

The Development of a Psychological Well-Being Enhancement Model for the Elderly using Family and Community Participation in Nakaew Sub-District
The objectives of the research were to develop a Psychological Well-being Enhancement Model for the Elderly by Family and Community …

Stigma in People with Schizophrenia in Griya Pmi Peduli, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
The purposes of this research are (1) Determining public's view of people with schizophrenia in 'Griya PMI Peduli Surakarta' (2) …

Links between, Prosocial Value and Bystanders’ Helping Behavior in Bullying Situation: The Mediating Role of Collective Efficacy and Psychological Well-Being as Moderator
Collective efficacy was examined as a mediator of associations between prosocial values and bystander's helping behavior, where psychological well-being functions …

Coping Stress of Pilot of Commercial Aircraft After the Crash
The plane crash is a traumatic experience in the life of someone, especially a pilot because it has the burden …

Does Bystanders’ Psychological Well-Being and Attribution towards Victims Matters in Helping a Bullying Victim?
Previous studies shows that psychological well-being plays an important role towards pro social behavior, but it is unclear how bystanders' …

The Effect of Varying Short Message Service (SMS) Intervention for Promoting Safe Sex Among Army Conscripts in Lopburi Army Area
At present, sexual risk behavior is threatening the health status of the Thai population and undermining quality of life of …

A Study on Improving Listening Efficacy of Instructions for Nursing Students Towards the Accurate Information Transfer
Aim: Focusing on the listening efficacy of instructions as skills for medical safety, we devised a social skills training (SST) …

The Correlation between Work and Family Balance and Quality of Life, with Gender as Mediator Variable among Java Ethnic Group
The economic burdens has forced some families all around the world to have dual carriers. In such situation, having work …

Evaluating the Age of Juveniles in the Juvenile Justice System of India From a Developmental and Mental Health Perspective
The current study aims at evaluating the recent lowering of age of Juveniles (from 18 years to 16 years), who …

Corruption: Its Representations and Psychology in Indonesia
Corruption has undermined the sense of justice of the society in various parts of the world, and it has to …

Women’s Needs Related to Obstetric Services: Viewpoints of Mothers of Children with Disabilities in Japan
The experiences of pregnancy and childbirth are considered important events in a woman's life. Particularly, memories related to pregnancy and …

The Art of Justice: Woman Holding a Balance
The Roman goddess of Iustitia (Justice), the blindfolded woman equipped with sword and scales, who impartially delivers human fate in …

Analysis of Social Economis District Proliferation in Indonesia
Regional proliferation in Indonesia for the period 1999-2004 occurred rapidly and reached 114 new districts proliferation. The new Hundredfourteenth districts …

Factors Affecting the Probability of Local Government Financial Statements to Get Unqualified Opinion
The Policy of regional autonomy in Indonesia had an impact on the financial accountability of local governance and that led …

A Pilot Study on Co-Teaching: A Cross-Discipline Approach to Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Trade Specific Context
Failing to realize the importance of English in the workplace, vocational students tend to appear lowly motivated and are reluctant …

Framework of Effective Learning Management System Controls of Technology Enabled Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Institutions
E-Learning is an important education tool in modern teaching and learning. Several E-Learning tools are available for students to make …

Teaching English Vocabulary; From Concept to Instruction
Vocabulary is of prime importance in English language teaching because without sufficient vocabulary, students cannot understand others or express their …

Challenges That English Language Learners at College Level Encounter When Studying Mathematics
A large number of students who are non-native speakers of English are expected to undertake the twofold task of learning …

Relationship between Homesickness, Self-Efficacy, and Achievement Motivation among Non-Native Students of Urmia University of Medical Sciences
Abstract The transition to university often involves separation from home can lead to the challenge of adapting to a new …

Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls in Nigeria: The Way Forward to National Security
Essentially, women have been subjected to social control been dominated by men. This is as a result of persisting cultural …

Image of ‘Justice’ in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1860) is a psychological novel, which has been subjected to various interpretations by the scholars worldwide. …

The Role of Art Education Teacher’s in Developing Designs of Traditional Crafts in Oman: A Field Study
This paper is devoted to a review of the literature that covers all the topics related to the role of …

Justice in Measure for Measure: An Approach through Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga-Psychology
The theoretical approach applied in this paper is based on the 'consciousness investigation' of Sri Aurobindo( 1872-1950), who gives us …

It was the 15th of December
A reflection on the merits of an a priori poeto-epistemology in relation to tacitly held assumptions about the a fortiori …

A Local Investigation into the Attitude Towards Global Products in Karachi
This research investigates the attitude of local consumers of Karachi towards global products with respect to their age and gender. …

L.A. Streetwalkers: Female Artists Telling Stories on the Streets
This presentation will examine the practice and artwork of three female street artists'Annie Preece, A Common Name and Anna Drumm'who …

Testing School Climate as Predictors of High School Students’ Academic Self-Regulation and Achievement Motivation between Public and Selective Schools In Urmia City- Iran
ABSTRACTThis study examined to assess whether school climate variables predicted students' academic self-regulation and achievement motivation and compared how …

Dramatic Tools as a Vehicle Towards Teaching Igbo Language in Primary Schools in South West Nigeria
This paper examines the pedagogical shift from conventional teaching strategies to a dramatic mode in the Igbo class in primary …

The Practice of Language Advising at the School of Modern Foreign Languages (Falem) at the Federal University of Para (UFPA)
This presentation aims at defining language advising, as well as informing how the practice is done, and who is involved …

Entrepreneurship Education and Women Graduates Productivity in Ondo State Nigeria: Available Option in Lifelong Skills Approach
Education has revolved from long established systems to the needs of students and the society. Due to this, nations have …

Comparation of Creativity Dimensions (Fluency, Flexibility, Elaboration, Originality) between Bilingual Elementary Students (Azari Language-Kurdish Language) in Urmia City Iran
ABSTRACTIn Urmia city, many children learn and speak their first language (either Azari or Kurdish) at home and study …

The Disharmonized Space in Postcolonial Memoirs: The Case for Said and Achebe
This research paper will attempt to understand how space is integral in the formation of the colonial/postcolonial subject through the …

Comparison of Health Care Models for the Elderly: Thailand and Japan
This research aims to compare the health care model for the elderly in Thailand and Japan. Data collect consisted of …

Can My Art Do Me Justice? A Feminist Reading of Hend Al-Mansour’s Works of Art
Many outsiders of Saudi society have misconceptions of that culture, especially when it comes to issues of women, gender roles …

Complex Mathematics Tools in Urban Studies
During centuries, the Theory of Architecture and Urbanism has been trying to describe and understand complex realities: the concept of …

The Contemporary Art Market in Istanbul
Istanbul has been a city that has the most active role in culture and art area in Turkey from past …

Jesus in Films: Representation, Misrepresentation and Denial of Jesus’Agony in (Apocryphal) Gospels
Since the discovery of cinematographe in 1895, Jesus has been presented for the silver screen. This representation correlates with the …

Virtue-Based Compatibility of Business and Profession
It is widely believed that ethical obligation in business is owed to stockholders, who are the investors but in the …

Continuance Usage Intention of WeChat by Users in Malaysia
Mobile social communication app WeChat has reached 549 million monthly active users (MAUs) globally, a jump from the 500 million …

Deixis in the Language of Nursing
This paper outlines an approach in semantics and pragmatics which is used in different ways, that is called "Deixis". Deixis …

Confronting Liminal Spaces: Iconography, Gender, Justice, and the Case of Perumal Murugan’s “One Part Woman”
In this paper, I examine the thematics of justice in the controversy surrounding Tamil writer Perumal Murugan's novel One Part …

Biosocial Factors Affecting Spiritual Well-Being of the Elderly in Thailand
Spiritual well-being is a sense of peace and contentment stemming from an individual's relationship with the spiritual aspects of life …

Classical, Biblical, and Shakespearean Intertextuality in Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms
This paper will explore Classical, Biblical, and Shakespearean intertextuality in Desire under the Elms (1924), a tragedy by the American …

Anti-Coloniality in Ali Ahmad Bakatheer’s Mismar Juha and Imberatoriyya Fil Mazad
Ali Ahmad Bakatheer (1910-1969) wrote a number of plays which dealt with some of the nation's pressing issues. One of …

The Gestalt of Book Design
A book is more than the sum of its parts. The main ingredients of a book 'the text, image and …

Of Memory and Justice: Revising History as an Act of Justice
Although Aristotle has maintained that memory 'is of the past,' yet, it does not belong solely in the past, as …

Arabic in ESL Classrooms: A Blessing in Disguise?!
The dispute over whether to use or not to use learners' L1 inside the classroom has always been the topic …

Impact of Learning and Teaching Management on Cooperative Education Subject for Undergraduate Student at Rajamangala University of Technology, Lanna, Chiangrai
This research aimed to study the Impact of Learning and Teaching Management on cooperative education subject for Undergraduate Student at …

Using Comic Strip Stories to Teach Vocabulary in Intensive Reading Comprehension Courses
The present study was carried out to determine the effect of listening to comic strip stories on incidental vocabulary learning …

The Effectiveness of Using Easy Class and Powerpoint on Graduate Students’ Achievements in Classroom at College of Education in Albaha University
E-learning is defined as an element of the combining theories of adult education and permanent learning. Teachers have to accept …

Personality Types in the Classroom
Why is it that Aisha never talks during group work? Why does Sultan always need me to tell him what …

UNHCR’s Self-Image: An Assessment of Its Corporate Identity and Corporate Image
Since companies and institutions in today's world not only market their product and services but also themselves; increasing attention is …

Indian Temples and Erotic Sculptural Art
Sex in the religious art of Indian culture presents an interesting subject. A sexual representation in Indian religious art is …

Perspectives of the Unseen: Educational Meritocracy and Student Mobility
The Ministry of Education, Singapore, has released a statement emphasizing that 'Every school is a good school'. The education system …

An Ide for Java with Multilevel Hints to Develop Debugging Skills in Novices
Novices find it difficult to learn programming. In order to write a program, they have to learn the basic concepts …

Reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a Text of Non-Violence and Civil Disobedience
Recognized as a great anti-slavery narrative, Harriet Beecher Stowe's 19th century novel Uncle Tom's Cabin is often seen as more …

Geography of German Daycare Centers and its Association with the Preschoolers’ Sociolinguistic Characteristics
Purpose: Language acquisition is associated with or influenced by a number of factors which can be called sociolinguistic, social/sociological or …

Strategies and Methods for Creating an Educational Computer Game that Teaches Idioms
This paper will explain a number of strategies and evidence-based methods which were used to ensure the effective teaching of …

Intercultural Competence – Its Role in the Intensive English Program
In the 21st century, with __globalization__ as one of its buzz words, the concept of intercultural competence has drawn attention …

Can You Be Prejudiced Against Your Own Students? Measuring Teacher’s Unconscious Bias in the Classroom
This presentation aims to familiarize the audience with 1) the concept of implicit (i.e., unconscious) attitudes, 2) their significance to …

“We Need to Be Able to See the World Through the Eyes of Others”: Transforming Curricula in Teaching Foreign Languages
The United States Senator of Hawaii Daniel Kahikina Akaka was so right when he stressed the necessity of being "open …

English as a Co-Language: Perspectives by the Foreign Language Learner
AbstractThis research examines the language learning attitudes of English at three universities in one Japanese prefecture. All three universities …

Enhancing Vocabulary Learning through Pictures by E-Mails
This paper reports on the study of students' vocabulary learning through pictures by e-mailand their attitude towards their learning. …

‘Digital Natives’ Require Basic Digital Literacy Skills
This paper discusses a Digital Academic Literacy (DAL) Programme at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). It highlights the …

Including Students with Disabilities: Attitudes of Typically Developing Children and of Parents of Children with and without Special Educational Needs
The present paper constitutes a literature review research, discussing issues of inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Inclusive education refers to …

The Concordance Between EFI Learners’ Linguistic Sequential Development and the Curricula of Formal Learning Settings: An Analytical Study
Do EFL curricula best tackle the learners__ needs and are adhere to the linguistic sequential development? This research explores the …

Transnational Higher Education – Lingustic Negotiations
The demand for transnational higher education, in particular UK education, has been high in countries where there is under- provision. …

Individual Differences, Multi-Tasking and Learning in Virtual Environments
Virtual environments are inherently social spaces where user productivity and collaborative learning can take place. As part of a thesis …

A Factor Analysis of the Transformational Leadership among Undergraduate Student Leaders in Thailand
The study was aimed at factor analysis of transformational leadership among undergraduate student leaders in Thailand. The samples were 328 …

A Method of Estimating Cooperative Activities in Collaborative Learning Based on Participants’ Spatial Relationships
Collaborative learning has become more and more important in education area. In most collaborative works, students are separated into groups, …

English Loanword Modifiers as a Means for Native vs. Foreign Differentiation in Contemporary Japanese
English has had an extensive influence on numerous languages, one of them being Japanese. Historical contact between Japan and Western …

Rethinking the Promise of Scratch in the Applied Linguistics Classroom: Students’ Perspectives, Instructor’s Observations
For the past five fall semesters (2010-2014), undergraduate and graduate students taking applied linguistics (LN400, LN500) at the University of …

Development of Instruction Based on Active Citizen Project
The objectives of this research were 1) develop instruction based on Active Citizen Project and 2) to study effects of …

Development of Learning and Teaching by Television Creative
The objectives of this research were (1) to study development of an instructional model based on television creative presentation and …

Development of Learning and Teaching by Bankruptcy Law
The purpose of this research was to study education development in law by using role playing. This research was experimental …

Time Management in Higher Education: A Challenge for Academic Leaders
Workforce planning is an essential part of every University department__s administrative work. Teaching duties, research and other internal tasks must …

An Appraisal and Corpus Study of Thai News Agencies’ Evaluation of Suthep Thaugsuban Found in Political Conflicts in Thailand
Appraisal has been employed in previous foreign studies focusing on corpus-based analysis and comparison of news reports. However, the previous …

A Japanese-German-English Trilingual Childs Word Acquisition Patterns Focusing on Category Differences in Comprehension and Production
Problem: The current study focused on trilingual ( German, Japanese, and English) word acquisition by a single child to investigate …

The Ultimate Test: Suffix-Conditioned Stress Shift in English L2 Learners
The present study examines the prosodic proficiency of English L2 learners by using derived words with stress-shifting suffixes. Stress-shifting suffixes …

Learning Environment and Academic Performance of Senior Secondary Schools Students’ in Abia State, Nigeria
Learning is described as a change in behaviour that is relatively permanent resulting from experience. It is also the process …

Pitfalls of Enthusiasm: Questioning Our Practices – Reflecting on Our Actions
It is not accidental that by problematizing the question, we, as researchers, begin to 'learn by doing' and formulate 'what …

Promoting Self-Esteem Among Culturally Diverse Kinder Children by Exploring the Background of Their Names
Aim: This Names Project aimed to promote social interaction and positive self-identity, through sharing the background of names of culturally …