Year: 2019
Table with a Half-oval Hole as Individual Treatment Table of ABA Therapy for Autistic Children in Indonesian Autism Therapy Center as an Effective Design to Overcome Behavior
ABA (Applied behavior analaysis) therapy, introduced by Ivar lovaas, is a widely used method for autism therapy in the world …
Boost Sight Reading Skills of Students Using Melodic Ostinato
This study aims to boost the sight-reading skills of the inexperienced grade six students through the use of melodic ostinato …
Designing Experiential Learning Activities for Primary Schoolers
Experiential learning is now deemed a crucial part in primary education in almost all learning contexts because it helps develop …
Perceived Benefits and Challenges of Flipped Classroom: Voices From Teachers in Hong Kong’s Higher Education
Flipped classroom is increasingly being adopted in higher education institutions worldwide. Many studies on flipped classroom focused on evaluating its …
Balinese Young Organization as Building of National Character to Counter Asymmetric Warfare in Indonesia
Bali is an Island that has a diversity of cultures and traditions which is the reason for the rapid development …
Theatre in Vietnam as Critique of the Environmental and Social Crisis
Halfway through the 2010s, Vietnam started to face major environmental and social problems in the race for globalization. Vietnamese people …
Chinese Music, Difference and Inter-community Relations in a 19th-century New Zealand Gold-mining Setting
The socio-cultural milieu of colonial New Zealand changed significantly in the 1860s as a result of the discovery of gold …
Managing Small Institutional Portfolios: ETFs as a Viable Alternative
Institutional portfolios provide necessary income for the efficient and effective management of the non-profit entities they are affiliated with. Many …
Dilemmas on Lithuanian Energy Issues: From the Aspect of Nuclear Energy
This paper discusses post-Soviet Lithuanian nuclear energy issues from the viewpoint of political dilemma. The author examines post-Soviet Lithuanian energy …
The Multifaceted Relationship Between ESL, Special Education, L2 Reading Disability Potential Risk Factors and Neuroscience
Purpose: To analyze and integrate current research connecting neuroscience imaging, K-12 second language acquisition, special education, and risk factors for …
Mapping Circumstance: Human Security, Marginality and Precariousness in Southeast Asia
A central problem in examining multiple insecurities in Southeast Asia is that each country confronts a different context of human …
Japanese ESL Students’ Willingness to Communicate in English: The Effects of L2 Self-Confidence, Acculturation, and Motivational Types
This study aimed to identify the factors that affect English learners’ willingness to communicate (WTC) in the second language (L2) …
Self-compassion Buffers the Negative Psychological Impact of Stigma Stress on Sexual Minorities
The present study aimed to test the associations of stigma stress with negative cognitive outcomes (i.e., self-stigma content and process), …
Glycoscience Augmented Reality Application Demonstrated with Merge Cube
Popular science education of biomedical knowledge can be monotonous and beyond understanding, so it is necessary to involve fun elements …
The Comparison of Industrial Behaviors of the Students of Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
The objectives of the research were in comparison of industrial behaviors of students of Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi classified …
Early Childhoods’ Cooperative Behaviors through HighScope Learning Activities at Kindergarten Demonstration School
The objectives of this research were to study the trend of early childhood’s cooperative behaviors through HighScope learning activities which …
Human Value Creating Global Citizenship: International Perspectives
This study mainly aimed to explore the suitable conceptual frameworks of Human Value Creating Global Citizenship and the related school …
Cultural-Communicative Styles: The Case of Indonesia and India
The present study examines, defines and evaluates the cultural-communicative styles of Indonesia and India. The analysis presented in the report …
What does the Policy Formulation Process of East Lantau Metropolis and Lantau Tomorrow Vision Policy Imply Hong Kong Policy Style
East Lantau Metropolis, a Hong Kong reclamation plan of 1,000 ha in the Central Waters, appeared to have reached consensus …
Adapting Orphan Migrants in Japanese Elderly Care Services: A Diversified Model for Ishikawa Prefecture
In Japan, the growing number of senior citizens requires prolonged medical care and other supports. There is no immediate route …
Benefits of Smartwatches on Health-Promoting Lifestyles
Smart wearable devices are new tools for promoting healthy lifestyles in modern society. Health-promoting lifestyles are a multidimensional pattern of …
Roles of Core Components in Emotional Awareness to the Severity of Anxiety With the Moderator of Sleeping Quality in Youth
The aim of this research is to examine the roles of six core components in emotional awareness in the severity …
Can Mental Health Be Predicted? A Study About Anxiety Degree, Impulsive Behavior, and Mental Distress of College Students
As more and more college students have impulsive behavior and even cause mental distress because of depression or anxiety. The …
Double Consciousness in British Asian Writing
My father’s work took us all over the world, then to a British boarding school. The result was a duality …
The Structure Underlying Japan’s Soft Power Tangles in Thailand: Influences and Foreign Policy Directions
The pursuit of Japan's cultural diplomacy in Thailand holds unique changes after the end of World War II. Amid the …
Being at Home in Transnational Spaces: Conceptualizing the Lifeworld of Chinese Migrants Abroad
In the scientific discourse in China, overseas Chinese are usually represented as constitutive elements of the Chinese nation-state. In contrast, …
Course Redesign & Student Learning: High Impact Practices
Course redesign can enhance the student learning experience by emphasizing real-life application of learning, transversal learning outcomes, and authentic assessment. …
Serving More Than Two Masters: Contextualization of Christianity in Contemporary China and the Changes of Christianity in Translated Texts
The publication volume of translation works of Christian literature from English to Chinese soar recently with the contextualization of Christianity …
Without Dictionaries: Translating Indigenous Oral Literature From Greece
The field of Translation Studies tends to overlook the extensive indigenous linguistic diversity of Europe and the particular issues that …
“Saving Our City”: Christian Perspectives on Mediating Controversies and Conflicts in the Anti-extradition Movement in Hong Kong
The anti-extradition movement has already persisted in Hong Kong since early June 2019. There have been frequent violent confrontations between …
Teacher Professional Development Program in an Indonesian Disadvantaged Region
This quantitative study examines the effects of a mandatory teacher professional development (PD) program on the sources of teacher self-efficacy …
Confucian Values and Public Service Motivation: The Mediating Role of Paradoxical Leadership
Although research of leadership and public service motivation (PSM) has been conducted in diverse cultural contexts, it remains understudied in …
De-radicalization Style in Indonesian Pilot Prisons: Classification Scheme to Support Risk Reduction Theory
In order to tackle radicalism and terrorism phenomenon in the 21st century that become a more serious threat for …
The Digitalisation of Alternative Means of News Gathering and Dissemination in Southern Hinterlands of Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Nigeria is the largest country in Africa with over 70% of its population dispersed in the hinterlands that are characteristically …
A Comparative Analysis of Unique Characteristics, Conditions, and Challenges of Lifelong Education in Four Major Asian Countries — China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan
The authors conducted a comparative analysis of unique characteristics, conditions, and challenges of lifelong education in four major Asian countries, …
A Case Study on the Use of Theater as a Tool in Promoting Positive Discipline for Children in Ozamis City
The study aims to present a qualitative descriptive inquiry in using theater as tool in educating communities on positive discipline …
Renovating Language Labs to Facilitate Classroom Interaction in Language Education
Language labs are widely used in language education. The labs enable teachers to listen to individual students through headsets connected …
Advertising Education in Hong Kong: Perspectives from Industry Experts
The advertising industry has been changed rapidly over the last decade due to the drastic impact of technological advancement. From …
The Japanese Fox: A Rice Guardian or a Female Demon
Fox is often portrayed as a crafty, cunning or wicked animal in both Eastern and Western cultures. Tales and legends …
Perceiving What Comes After War is ‘Natural’: Women Ex-soldiers in Post Conflict Aceh, Indonesia
This paper focuses on the Free Aceh Movement or Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM) women ex-soldiers in the post-Helsinki agreement period. …
Student Evaluations in Teaching – Emotion Classification Using Neural Networks
Student evaluation of teaching effectiveness plays an important role in Higher Education. Evaluations serve as Formative (identify areas of improvement …
Access to Shakespeare
Whether you are teaching Shakespeare to students ages nine or ninety, the question arises as to what approach to use--how …
Factors in Teachers’ Help-seeking Preferences: From the viewpoint of teachers with new appointment terms
This research examines the factors that influence teachers’ help-seeking preferences using a structural equation model. Teachers with new appointment terms …
Integration of Mobile Application in Flipped Classroom for Language Learning
The goal of the integration mobile learning into a flipped classroom is to offer a new way of language learning …
The Advantages of Using Image-schematic Animation in Teaching English Prepositions
In recent years, many researchers have examined how second and foreign language learners benefit from cognitive linguistics insights, especially in …
Modeling the Development Paths of Startup Universities
The 21st century has witnessed an explosion of new private universities across the globe in response to rising demands and …
Bilingual Transition of Address Terms for Family Members: A Longitudinal L1 Case Study from Birth
This longitudinal study focuses on the bilingual transition of address terms for family members used by a Japanese-English speaking child …
Keroncong Music and Social Identity in Surakarta, Indonesia
This article aims at exploring how keroncong (folk music) musicians construct identity in community contexts. Performing music is not free …
Pocket Translation Effectiveness in Real Life Communication Situations
Continual internationalism has seen Japanese increase their interaction with people of various languages and cultural backgrounds for research, business, education, …
Multi-level Structural Equation Model of Factors Affecting the Performance Appraisal Effectiveness of Special Education Teachers
The purposes of this research was to develop and examine the congruence of multi-level structural equation model of factors affecting …
In Search of an Effective Online Campus for Online-only Universities
This is an interim report on an investigation into the psychological and social problems in online campus life at online-only …
Who’s Who in High School Computer Science Textbooks in Taiwan
The scientists mentioned in a computer science textbook represent the significance of their contribution to the field. By learning about …
Problems and Needs in Writing Skills of Sales Support
In business communication, the English language is globally used for extending more business opportunities nationally and internationally. Sales department is …
How the ‘Productive Failure’ Instructional Design Encapsulates the ‘Active Learning’ Essence of Eliciting L2 Output Using the ‘Information Gap’ Construct
Productive failure' (Kapur, 2015) is an instructional design based on the contrast between learners’ intuitive assumptions and proven solutions to …
Comparative Review of the Foreign Language Learning History of a Japanese and a Flemish-Dutch Native Speaker
How we learn a foreign (second, third, fourth, ...) language contains diverse approaches. It depends on, to the great extent, …
Factors Affecting Industrial Behaviors of the Students of Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
The objectives of the research were to study levels of industrial behaviors of the students of Rajamangala University of Technology …
Comparing Indigeneous and Non Indigeneous Drawings: A Lesson Learnt
The study explores the use of language in elementary indigenous students from bilingual communities through the systematic analysis of their …
Alternatives to SDGs-based Global Issues Pedagogy in ELT
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are frequently used as a frame of reference for the teaching and learning of Global …
Is Language a Form of Animal Communication, or Something Different? Implications for Ecological Identities
For many, saying humans are animals is an uncontroversial truism. It follows that human communication systems, including language, are animal …
Being a Supersib: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Being a Supersib Within Singapore
There is increased awareness of the needs of siblings of children with a disability. They are likely to experience difficult …
The 21st-Century Skills of School Administrators under Udon Thani Primary Education Service Area Office
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the 21th Century Skills of School Administrators, 2) to study the …
Fostering Outgoing Mobility by Implementing an Innovative Online Platform for Partner University Allocation – ITMO University Educational Design Practices
Within the Russian internationalisation strategy for increasing incoming and outgoing academic mobility indicators, ITMO University utilises a variety of tools …
Strengthening Social Resilience Through Identity Reflection in High-Schools: iBelong’s Radical ODT Methodology in Israel
iBelong is an Israeli NGO missioned to strengthen the sense of identity and belonging of youth by offering experiential journeys …
Current State and Awareness for Art Activities among the Artists with Disabilities – Focused on Busan area in South Korea
Purpose The purpose of this research is to determine current state and awareness for the artists with disabilities who have …
The Effect of Positive Psychological Program Using Coffee Activities on Happiness and Parenting Efficacy of Mothers of People with Developmental Disabilities
A Study on the Influence of Current Inclusion Experiences of University Students on the Attitude Toward University Students with Disabilities
The purpose of this study is to identify the level of attitude of university students who currently have inclusive education …
Cross-cultural Language in Clint Eastwood’s Movie Scripts
This is a study of cross-cultural language use in Clint Eastwood's movie scripts. Eastwood, the renowned film director, starred and …
Space and Politics of Sukarno’s Utopian Vision Exhibition in Gedung Pola, Jakarta, Indonesia
Gedung Pola not only functions as an exhibition room built specifically to exhibit Sukarno’s Utopian vision on architecture and city …
The Using of Guidance Process for Promoting Opportunity of Adolescent Mothers in Udon Thani
The purposes of this study were to study the needs and the guidelines for supporting of opportunities educational, career, and …
Factors Influencing Legitimate Peripheral Academic Participation of Students in Higher Education
The aim of this study is to examine factors influencing legitimate peripheral aspects such as interpersonal of the lecturer, student’s …
Participation of Local Curriculum Development on Community Pathway Integrated with Royally Initiated Project
The purposes of this study were threefold: 1) to develop and identify educational quality of local curriculum on community pathway …
Student-guided Learning Methodology: From Teaching to Learning
Academic institutions are increasingly viewed as not only knowledge providers but also as cultural change agents. They are therefore expected …
The Effects of Questioning Strategy on Young Girl Students in Web Quest Activity
Promoting science learning and science performance of girl students has been an important issue. The study explored the effects of …
Identifying Variables in English as Medium of Instruction: A Trajectory Equifinality Modeling Analysis of Two English Teachers in Japan
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has long tried to change the medium of instruction …
Progressive Expressions in the Papiamentu Language
Linguists have described the functions of the markers expressing the grammatical categories of tense, aspect, and modality in Papiamentu, a …
Applying Cooperative Development in Exploring College English Teaching in a Large Class Format
Large class size as a growing phenomenon in developing countries is closely related to two reasons: initiatives to achieve universal …
Maternal Affect, Work and Family Conflicts, and Infant Negative Affectivity: A Longitudinal Study of Working Mothers in Singapore
Infant negative affectivity (NA) refers to an infant temperament characterized by a predisposition toward anger, frustration, fear, and sadness. There …
Equipping Adult Learners with Basic Literacy Skills for Cognitive Sustainability
The non-literate adults in Nigeria are often faced with the inability to apply mental intelligence in their lifestyles which is …
Teaching Chemistry Using Differentiated Instruction
The 21st century learners are diverse in many aspects. It became more imperative to integrate Differentiated Instruction (DI) to address …
Bridging the Old and the New – The Digitalization of Museums in Indonesia
We are currently in the midst of the digital era where mobile screens, technological advancement, virtual realities and boundless exchange …
Interdisciplinary Learning in Secondary Schools from Multiple Perspectives
The purpose of this study is to investigate how interdisciplinary learning enhances lower-form students’ learning in secondary schools and is …
The Effects of Inquiry-based Learning on Understanding Writing and Presentation Classroom Research Proposal of Science Student Teachers
The purpose of this research were to study 1) understanding of classroom research, 2) writing ability of classroom research proposal, …
Alignment of Learning Competencies, Instruction and Summative Assessment in Mathematics 10: A Basis for Curriculum Implementation Monitoring Plan
Using mixed-method design, this study determined the extent of the implementation of the curriculum guide in Mathematics 10 classes, the …
The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Work-related Attitudes: The Mediating Roles of Research Self-efficacy and Job Stress
Academic leaders at managerial universities have faced tremendous challenges to recruit and sustain committed and satisfied university faculty members. Against …
Measuring the Computational Thinking Ability and Surveying Freshman Students’ Opinions on Teaching and Learning Styles
Computational Thinking (CT) is a key skill in the 21st century that everyone needs, rather than just being a programming …
Addressing Mathematics Anxiety of Grade 5 Students Through Modules and Strategies and Its Effect to Student Achievement
The study sought to address mathematics anxiety among grade 5 students of Elizabeth Seton School – Las Piñas Campus by …
Junior High School Students who are Extroverted and Lonely Prefer SNS – Analysis of SNS Time by Diary Method
There are a lot of concerning shown about excess using of SNS by Japanese young people on a smartphone. This …
Mapping the Convergence of Communication Disciplines: A Conceptual Study
A positive reputation of an organization is needed in order to ensure the organization sustainability. Therefore, communication with internal and …
Has Online Media Fulfilled Journalism Ethics for News Coverage of Revenge Porn Victims?
In 2017, a girl as victim of revenge porn with the initials HA, became a trending topic on social media. …
Culturally Relevant Gamification Approach for Climate Change Education: Tackling the Climate Change Issues Through Food System Activities
Climate change education require an educational approach that able to engage, motivate, and empowering children to take an action. Gamification …
The Reproduction of Japanese and Foreigners as Separate Categories – An Ethnographic Study on English Summer Camps in Japan
Internationalization (or kokusaika, the "continuation of the practice of being open to the outside world while protecting and promoting the …
Advancing 5C’s for 21st Century Foreign Language Competency
Given the dynamic nature of globalization, the curriculum design and instruction of foreign language education are constantly being discussed and …
The Study of Instructional Steps in STEM Education Curriculum to Enhance Creative Problem Solving Competency
This research aimed to study of instructional steps in STEM education curriculum to enhance creative problem solving competency. In-depth interview, …
The Association Between Parental Anxiety and Early Parenting Behaviour at Six Weeks Postpartum
The present study investigated the influence of parents’ anxiety on their parenting behaviour towards their newborn infants. Five types of …
Data Harmonization and Development of a Common Scale for Measuring Healthy Aging Across the World: The ATHLOS Scale
According to the World Health Organization 2015 report, healthy aging is defined as an “ongoing process of developing and maintaining …
Trends of Independent Living and Associated Factors in Ageing Older Old Adults: Evidence from the UK
The world’s older population is growing at unprecedented rates; the proportion aged ≥60 is projected to reach 22% in 2050, …
Independent State School Partnerships in England – Challenging Boundaries and Embracing Differences
The UK Government’s Department for Education provides state-maintained primary and secondary school places for young people in England. Some parents, …
The Research Competency Improvement Model Based on Integrated Method of Teacher Professional Students in Faculty of Education at Udont-Thani Rajabhat University
The purposes of this research were: 1) to study and compare students’ achievement between pre-training and post-training, 2) to study …
Achieving Quality in Education Under SDG 4 – Financial Challenges and Gaps from an Indian Perspective
India has made significant progress in universalizing both primary and elementary education by showing holistic improvement in Gross Enrolment Ratio …
A Voice E-book Reading System Designed for the Visually Impaired People
No matter in life, study, or at work, reading is one of the major sources to obtain information. However, traditional …
Transferring Results of Intercultural Communication Research to Business English Classroom: Structure and Register Fluctuation in Business Emails from British, Polish, and Spanish Companies
Emails are the most common communication means in the present business world. A broad range of email studies focused on …
Study of English Training Model Based on Backward Design Technique: IAESTE Thailand as a Case study
The university students need to prepare themselves to be ready as the competent workforce for industry. On-the-job plays an important …
Into the Grey Zone: Ethical Implications of Overseas Japanese Security Deployments
The Liberal-Democratic Party government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed bills in the Japanese Diet in 2015, which reinterpreted Article …
In Search of Wellness in Hong Kong: The Evolution of Delusive Public Space in the Metropolis
From a fishing village with only several hundred of the population to one of the most densely populated city and …
Chinese Permanent Residents in Japan: A Qualitative Study on Acculturation Attitudes and Mental Health
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between mental health and acculturation attitudes of Chinese who have …
Oral Discourse Analysis in a Master’s Classroom: A Cross-Cultural Approach
The purpose of this communication is to present the results of a study about some teaching experiences applying oral discourse …
Ensuring Student-Centered, Constructivist and Project-Based Experiential Learning Applying the Exploration, Research, Interaction and Creation (ERIC) Learning Model
Experiential learning literally is making meaning from direct experience. It plays vital role in facilitating the process of creating knowledge, …
Using Gabriel Marcel’s Disponibilité and Creative Fidelity in Highlighting the Importance of Maintaining Marital Vows in Filipino Spousal Relationships
"Until death do us part". This statement is one of the most famous and most striking lines that couples say …
Prevalence and Predictors of Exercise Addiction – A Comparison between High School and College Students in the United States
There is a growing recognition of exercise addiction (EA), which is characterised by uncontrollable and excessive exercise resulting in physical …
Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Online Gaming Addiction among Female College Students in Singapore
Online Gaming Addiction (OGA) is characterized by excessive preoccupation, urge, and impaired control over internet gaming despite negative consequences. Literature …
Acute Effects of a Multi-Disciplinary Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Local Study in Taiwan
Population aging is a global socioeconomic problem including Taiwan. Aging processes would result in a declination of muscle power, cardiopulmonary …
A Blended Learning Model for Public Senior High Schools in the Division of Laguna
This study aimed to design a blended learning model for public senior high schools in the division of Laguna. A …
Mental Health Needs of Depressed New Filipino Fathers
Emerging studies about paternal mental health among new fathers have been seen as a wide interest in terms of experienced …
What’s Noteworthy and What Needs to be Taken Note of: An Exploratory Examination of a Learning Center for Refugee Children
This paper examines the initiatives of a faith-based, non-governmental learning center set up to teach basic literacy and numeracy skills …
Sex Education: Level of Knowledge and Its Effects on the Sexual Behavior and Opinions Among the Government Senior High School Students of Vigan City SY 2018-2019
The Philippines, being a Christian country, finds Sex Education a sensitive topic to discuss with. But, with the increasing cases …
Leadership in Public Basic Education: The Case of Superintendents in the Philippines
In the Philippines, the leadership role of superintendents was widely recognized; however, there were still very limited studies on how …
“No One Left Behind” – A Training Framework for a Data-literate Mindset in Higher Education Administration
In order to leverage the advantages of digitalization, many Higher Education Institutions have initiated transformation towards data-informed models, and attention …
Teaching How to Give: Charitable Giving Education in Japan
This presentation examines how the importance of charitable contribution is discussed and taught in Japan. In response to the financial …
Do Sociodemographic and Gender Determinants of Late-life Suicide Differ in Older Swedish Users and Non-users of Antidepressants? A National Population-based Study
Background: The treatment of depression is a main strategy for suicide prevention in older adults. Our aim was to examine …
Comparative Study of Relation between Realistic Optimism and Well-being Among University Students of India and Japan
Objective: This study examined the relationship between realistic optimism (RO) and well-being (WB) among the university students of Japan and …
The Power of Narratives in Behavioral Policy Interventions: The Case Antanas Mockus’ Mime-Artist Interventions in Bogota, Colombia
When trying to make sense of policies and influence others, citizens and other stakeholders (including policy makers, beneficiaries, opponents and …
A Study on the Relationship among Depression Status, Anxiety Degree and Self-injury Tendency of the College Students
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among depression status, anxiety degree and self-injury of the college …
The Construction of Peer Group Supervision Ability Scale
The purpose of the research was to develop a "Peer Group Supervision Ability Scale (PGSAS) " for professional counselors working …
Factors Related to Active Ageing Among Community Dwelling Older Adults
Active ageing is processes that lead older adults to have a good quality of life that supporting older adults to …
Home and School Profile Variables and the Students’ Academic Performance: Basis for a Proposed Intervention Program
This study aimed to determine the relationship of home and school profile variables to the academic performance of the Grade …
Sailing Through: The Assessment of a Philippine Grief Support Program Using Bible-Based Lessons and Art Therapy
The Sailing Through workshops began in 2018 by my father and I through the Christian Advocacy Reaching Everyone (CARE) Foundation, …
Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy to Reduce the Anxiety Being Experienced by Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Who Required Hemodialysis
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and hemodialysis are conditions that potentially trigger negative emotional responses such as anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, …
Elder Abuse and Quality of Life: A Study Among Elderly in Rural and Urban Households of Maharashtra
The irreversible and inevitable process of ageing, initially seen as a concern of the aged persons and their families alone, …
Flow and Daoism: Comparing Consequent Attitudes
Flow theorist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi compared the experience of Flow to Zhuang Zi’s Dao. To experience flow is like Cook Ding’s …
Nature in Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arrangement): Beyond Sustainability
Engaging and Motivating Foreign Language Learners with Audiovisual Aids: The Case of French in Selected High Schools in Ghana
The integration of multimedia in language teaching and learning has been a subject of interest to many educators in recent …
Empowering Communities by Optimizing the Deployment of Neighborhood-scale Resilience Hubs: A Case Study of Maui Island
As a part of an integrated planning approach to develop programs intended to support communities increasingly facing impacts of natural …
The Influence of Self-determination on Mastery Experience in a Creativity Game-based Learning
Creativity refers to the process of generating contextually or culturally original and valuable products. This study aimed to develop a …
Buddhist Perspective on Economics
Teachings on economics is not taught by the Buddha in a certain, separate discourse (sutta), area and time or it …
Conceptual Metaphors in Political Discourse: State is Woman – Woman is Construction
This project aims to analyze the conceptual metaphors through political discourse during the period of 2018 presidential elections in Montenegrin …
A Snapshot of e-learning: Vocabulary Retention in Academically-advantaged Background
Vocabulary is significant to academic achievement. Instructional curricula are usually designed to include vocabulary teaching, learning, and assessment to help …
Gender Differences in Subjective Age of Word Acquisition
Studies in language development have shown that throughout childhood and adolescence girls are more advanced in language acquisition than boys. …
Effects of Group-based Interactive Cognitive-motor Training (G-ICM) on Cognitive Function in Institutionalized Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Interactive cognitive-motor training can effectively improve gait, balance performance and reduce their risk of falling of older adults. However, …
An Experimental Program for Effective Communication Between Middle-aged and Older Adults and Pharmacists in Taiwan
Plenty of potential drug-related problems was noted in the middle-aged and elderly. Pharmacists play an important role in managing medication …
Possibilian Landscapes: An Exploration on Afterlife Dimensions
The normality of death has dissolved in the context of society through the passage of time. Death has been celebrated …
The Influence of Mentoring and Coaching Relationship on job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction in Teachers: Pilot Study of Vocational Teachers
A lack of support from the principal, colleagues or other school leaders is one of the most important problem in …
The Difference of the ‘Regression in the Service of the Ego’ Between Art Students and Professional Artists
Present study aimed at exploring the difference of the ‘regression in the service of the ego’ between art students and …
Love and Consent in the Sacrament of Matrimony: A Moral-Theological Approach
In the Sacrament of Matrimony, the exchange of consent between the spouses is sustained by the Church to be the …
Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Fall Risk for Older People – Community Setting (FROP-Com) to Thai Version: Psychometric Properties
Fall Risk for Older People – Community Setting (FROP-Com) was developed in Australia. It has the ability to predict falls …
Too Exotic to Enchant? How the Femme Fatale was sent on Retreat
In their latest adaptations of Japanese movies, producers such as Spike Lee, Adam Wingard, and Rupert Sanders all display the …
Transformative Interventions in Cell Biology: Motivating Cell and Molecular Biology Majors Using Instructor/Student-Interactive Demonstrations of Key Concepts
Our overall educational goal is to individualize student learning by creating an environment that values each student. Improved high-quality instruction …
Gaming Disorder among Singapore Adolescents: Influences of Parental Work and Gaming Behavior, Parent-Child Conflicts, and Family Communication
Gaming disorder is a behavioral problem characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities, …
A Practical Theory of Lifelong Learning Assistance for Promoting Community
Lifelong learning is a concept that targets not only adults including the elderly but one that involves all generations from …
Communicating Sustainability
This paper examines contemporary mediated communication on sustainability, encompassing strategic messaging and news. Using case study analysis, it explores how …
Don’t Consume Less, Just Recycle More: Public Perceptions About Waste Generation and the Recycling System
As waste generation and its environmental costs increase globally, do Americans have any idea how much waste they generate? What …
Teaching English to Refugees in Greece: The Case of Lexena School – Challenges and Possibilities
In the last year Greece has experience an influx of refugees, this has been associated with forces having a highly …
Contrasting Pragmatic Elements of L2 Japanese and L2 English Learning: A Closer Look at Refusals and Indirect Opinions
This paper examines the acquisition of pragmatically correct refusal and indirect opinion strategies by first language (L1) English learners of …
Development of Science Academic Achievement by Using Inquiry Based Learning and Problem Based Learning of Grade 1st Students
The aim of this research was 1) to develop the students’ science academic achievement in order to pass the criteria …
A Study in Singapore: Perceptions about the Importance of Written English Language and Undergraduates’ Competency Level
Although there are four official languages in Singapore, English has been the language of the government and its international trade …
Two Recent Lessons in Ethical Humility: Boeing’s 737 MAX and Volkswagen’s Dieselgate
Volkswagen engineers cheated: they intentionally misled U.S. regulars using software. The engine's software sensed when a vehicle was being tested …
Valuing Diversity: Content based EFL Teacher Training
This paper presents a decade of collaborative teaching between two Israeli lecturers: one, a Palestinian-Moslem from Nazareth, the other, a …
Unveiling the Lived Experiences of the Faces Behind the Niqab: Allegiance to Faith
Niqab is the general Arabic term for a woman’s veil that covers the whole head except for the eyes. This …
EAP programme Evaluation: Suggestions from Monolingual Students
This paper explores the quality and effectiveness of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses offered to the first year monolingual …
Designing Mobile Application to Support Immigrants in Higher Education – A Practical User Experience Evaluation Case
In 2015, Finland received a record number of asylum seekers generating subsequently prominent challenge for social integration of immigrants. Regarding …
Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis of Modal Auxiliary Verb Usage by Japanese Learners of English in Argumentative Essays
This research concludes that Japanese non-native English speakers (JNNSs) use modal auxiliary verbs in a way that differs from what …
Math Readiness: Early Identification of Preschool Children Least Ready for Formal Mathematics Instruction in School
Key mathematics competencies mastered in kindergarten are associated with higher mathematics achievement in later elementary and middle school. Unfortunately, deficits …
Intercultural Competence in Internationalization Context: Some Recommendations for Tertiary-level Foreign Language Teaching
In the context of globalization, the internationalization of higher education is an unavoidable tendency. This endeavor, in one way or …
A Proposal to Develop Explicit Grammar Knowledge as an Expansion of the Presentation Stage in the Three P’s Framework
From a theoretical point of view in second language learning, it is crucial to understand the importance of explicit knowledge …
Character Strengths as Paths to Spiritual Life
There is a noticeable increase of interest in the study of spirituality within the context of positive psychology. The literature …
Students Perspectives of Experiential Learning in a Technical Education Program
This paper discusses students’ perspectives of the impact that hands-on experiential learning laboratories have on both technical understanding and soft …
What is Missing in the Process of Poverty Alleviation?
Taking alleviating extreme poverty as the top priority, the World Bank has conducted many projects in achieving this goal, such …
Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) in Community-based Child-rearing Support Centers (CCSCs)
Legitimate peripheral participation (LPP) represents how newcomers become experienced members and eventually experts of a community of practice (Lave & …
An Exploratory Study about Korean Students’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of English Medium Instruction Courses and Their Use of Language Learning Strategies
English Medium Instruction (EMI) in university courses is expected to have positive effects on university students’ English language learning in …
A Critical Discourse Analysis of English Listening Sections of Korean College Scholastic Tests
I conducted a critical discourse analysis of the English listening sections of the 2019 and 2018 Korean College Scholastic Ability …
Curriculum Design of Chinese as a Foreign Language Courses at The University of Hong Kong
As China can still enjoy a high GDP growth rate for the next decade, there is a rapid increase in …
Self-evaluation of The Success of the Main Clinical Skills Given in Medical Faculty
Background: The aim of medical education before graduation is to train qualified physicians who have the knowledge, skills and attitudes …
Doing Multicultural Education in Times of Trouble: A Case of PBL in Bilingual Arab-Jewish School in Israel
Israeli society, like many contemporary societies, consists of various cultures and sub-cultures. This diversity finds expression in Israel's education system, …
A Systematization and Comparison Framework to Facilitate Structured Selection of Sustainability Assessment Approaches
Sustainability assessments (SA) of products, processes, organizations, strategies, etc. aim at providing a basis for decision-making towards (more) sustainable practices …
Increasing Student Engagement in a Hybrid Class
Hybrid learning occurs when face-to-face instruction and online instruction are combined and about 30% to 79% of teaching takes place …
Level of Grit Among Faculty Members in a Selected Higher Academic Institution
This quantitative correlational study investigated if there is a significant relationship between the demographic profile and the level of grit …
Understanding Perceptions in Foster Care: Changing the Narrative
Changing the Narrative is a youth-initiated effort to identify implicit bias toward youth and alumni of foster care (YAFC) and …
Reflection on Mādhyamika Philosophy and Japanese Buddhism
This paper tries to explore the Reflection on Mādhyamika Philosophy and Japanese Buddhism. Buddhist philosophy declares that all worldly things …
Caregiver Burden, Psychological Distress and Marital Dissatisfaction among the Spouses of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
Major depressive disorder is a debilitating mental disorder. Providing care to a family member with any psychological disability can cause …
A Register Analysis of Written Messages From the Papacy and the Universal House of Justice
This study investigates selected features of the Catholic and Bahá’í registers through an analysis of written messages from the Papacy …
A Comparative Study of Three Mathematical Models for Predicting the Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) in Secondary School Classroom
Indoor environmental quality is considered as an important indicator to reflect the occupants’ comfort level in buildings. However, it is …
Exploring CLIL Tasks in EFL Classrooms: Development of Mock English Television Advertisements for Raising Intercultural and Media Awareness
This study aimed to investigate the effects of having Japanese university students create mock English television advertisements as a CLIL …
The Structural Equation Modeling of Human Resource Development Affecting Internationalization of Private Schools
The purposes of this study were to develop and examine the goodness-of-fit of the model of Human Resource Development factors …
English Vowel Duration Affected by Voicing Contrast In Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese
Learning a foreign language, especially to second language learners, comes with learning new phonetics contrasts. Adults often have difficulty in …
No Hands, No Feet: Power in the Art Vision of Bahman Mohasses
As one of the most famous contemporary Persian sculptors, two subjects are important in the work of Bahman Mohasses: the …
Prediction of Success in Online Study: Testing, Evaluation, and Interpreting Data
Distance online education has already proven to be a viable alternative to traditional education. However, the task of raising informationally …
Using Maximum Variation Strategy Within a Case Study to Explore Reasons Teachers Are Willing to Contribute Open Educational Resources
The intent of this exploratory study was to increase the body of knowledge and guide decisions regarding sustainability of Open …
Healing Village: Implementing Biomimicry, Natural Architecture to Promote Sustainability in Healthcare
Sustainability in healthcare is essential to have many beneficial outcomes. Healing Village is a healthcare project in Tehran, Iran which …
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t. A Small-Scale Blended Learning Study in a Rural RE setting in Sindh, Pakistan
With the spread of internet connectivity in the past decade, blended learning, a hybrid teaching model, is receiving much attention …
Using the Delphi Method to Identify Technical Workshop Topics
This research utilized the Delphi method to collect data from a selected panel to both identify and rank the importance …
The Effects of Informal Learning on the Creative Expression of Craft Design
Craft design education can be defined with professional practice and creative expressions in a comprehensive domain. While the apprenticeship used …
Implementing Mindful Learning Intervention to Enhance Creativity
This study aimed at employing technology-based interventions in daily life to investigate the relationship between mindful learning and creativity. One …
Exploring Filipino Kindergarten Children’s Concepts of the Environment: A Study of Drawings
The success of Environmental Education (EE) is based on how the curriculum helps students develop the “right” relationship with the …
Lyotard’s Notion of ‘The Differend’: The Critique of Meta-narrative Approach to Ethics
Being a political philosopher Lyotard’s aim was to establish a philosophy through which the society could find ways to legitimate …
The Picture That Is Worth Ten Thousand Words
Japanese Zen Buddhism and the Impossible Painting, a book by Harvard professor Yukio Lippit, studies one national treasure of Japan: …
Transdisciplinary Knowledge Ecosystems to Advance Interdependence and Agency
This paper proposes that transdisciplinary knowledge ecosystems will take a lead role in the knowledge innovation economy of the 21st …
Teaching Healthy Lifestyle in the Higher Education in Hong Kong: Report and Reflection
Since the major curriculum reform in 2012, most of the university curriculum in Hong Kong has extended by one year, …
The Production of English Affricates by Yemeni EFL Learners of English
The production of English sounds by non-native speakers of English has been extensively discussed in the phonetic literature, particularly in …
Language Learning Behind the Screen: Movies for Second Language Acquisition
Teaching English through movies, TV-shows, and video clips is a relatively modern way of enhancing language acquisition. The benefits of …
Applying the Block Model Approach in Teaching Mathematics in the Philippine Classroom
The teaching of Mathematics involves problem solving skills in which proved to be difficult on the part of the students …
Leveraging Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Increased Access and Quality Education in Nigeria
The rising demand for higher education across the educational landscape at different contexts has made it increasingly necessary for research …