Year: 2019
Integrating Independence & Interdependence: Education Beyond Dualism
We must realize that the current needs of society are due to how we have developed the minds of our …
A Framework for Matching the Competencies of Hospitality Graduates with Expectations from Industry in the Ghanaian Context
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to match the skills and competencies of hospitality graduates with the expectations from …
Parents as Learners, Teachers and Facilitators in an Intervention Program for Enhancing Children’s Math Learning in Taiwan
Parents who are involved in their children’s education contribute not only to higher academic achievement, but also to positive behaviors …
Cognitive and Informative Level of Knowledge about Puberty in Primary School Pupils in Sweden
Knowledge is a summary of the acquired information gained in the learning process. It expresses pupils´awareness. Cognitive and informative level …
Connectivism as a Driver to Improve Citizen Learning in Cognitive Cities: A Literature Review
Society has changed as a result of the new technologies of the digital age. In addition, we are living today …
The Impact of a Literacy Strategies Course Taught in a Public-School Setting on Teacher Candidates and Students with EBD
School-university partnerships have been among the most frequently recommended approaches to educational reform. From the university perspective, the goal of …
The Spectator Facing the Cut: A Neurocinematics Review
The cut, conceptualized as articulator of the filmic fact and as a sense-generating agent, constitutes the nuclear occupation of the …
The Clash of Humanism and Neoliberalism: A Research on Practices and Ideologies in Croatian Universities
The prevailing economic ideologies that entered the European higher education in the last few decades disrupted the long tradition of …
Perceptions of the Impact of US Drama Binge-Watching in the Emirates
Binge watching is a new TV-watching behavior; that is tremendously becoming very popular among young people in the Middle East, …
L1 and L2 Attitudes and Willingness to Communicate in Taiwanese Middle School Bilingual Program
While most language learners in Taiwan are school aged children, academic research in field mostly address university level students. Considering …
Subjective Well-being at Old Ages: Does Educational Background Matter?
Given the trend of demographic transition and population ageing around the world, improving the welfare of older persons has become …
Contributions of Knowledge From Past Generations in Current Contexts of Arts Education
This article stems from the analysis of the professional life and work of Portuguese scholars, researchers and artists, graduated at …
Investigation of the Best-case Scenario of Rice Husk/Briquette Combustion for Lower Particulate Matter Emission
Air pollution has been a major cause of diseases and deaths, especially in developing countries, due to their inability to …
The Self on Instagram: A Study on How People With Different Hair Colors Use Instagram for Online Self-presentation
This study explores how women with different hair colors use Instagram for online self-presentation, considering how hair has been historically …
Rethinking Facts and Values
C.S.Peirce claimed that logic is a normative science. It is not about how people think, but how they ought to …
Energy Substitution Potential in China’s Non-metallic Mineral Products Industry-based on the Translog Function and Corrected Formula for Elasticity
The non-metallic mineral products industry (NMMPI) of China is the largest in the world and has a character of low …
A Report on Students’ Views About Japanese Secondary Education in 2000 and 2019: The Basic Research for Developing Learning Content for the Original E-learning Programme of Intercultural Training
The aim of this report is to show how students’ views on secondary education for the global age have evolved …
Values as Predictor of Youth Procrastination in the Conditions of Globalization
Procrastination as a voluntary, irrational postponement of the planned actions despite the fact that it will cost a lot or …
Global Cinema as Environmental Ambassador
This argument connects several international cinematic shooting locations to ecological states of affairs that reside there in order to imagine …
Cultural Sustainability of China the Relationship of the “Geomantic Omen” and Microclimate
Sustainability is understood to be one of the most important solution to environmental issues. Adjusting the microclimate elements around the …
Air Quality-forecasting Impacts from Industrial Sources with an Operational Atmospheric Modelling System: Spain Case Study
Introducing an integrated software tool to help industrial plants assess the impact of their emissions on air quality in surrounding …
Cambodian New Generations: From Family Dependents to State Influencers
Against the backdrop of recent social, economic and political developments, traditional interactions between youth, adults and the State have been …
Dance and the Future: Sustainable Contemporary Practices for the 21st Century
Arts and cultural organisations today need to have relevance in order for participants and audiences to survive economic, environmental, social …
Improvement of the Logistics Operations of an Integrated Waste Management Company – Application to a Real Case in Portugal
One of the strategies of companies today is, instead of directing their investments on expanding the business, focus more on …
Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy on L2/FL Learning for Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) Influenced Students
English is learnt as a second (L2) or foreign language (FL) among Asian students such as Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese. …
Measuring the of Level of Commitment in Tertiary Child Health Care Units for Effective Performance in Pakistan
The objective of the study was to examine the impact of commitment of tertiary child health Care units performance in …
Taiwanese Cinema Development and Ruling over Indigenous Peoples in the Early Japanese Colonial Period
Taiwanese cinema began in the era of Japanese rule. In the early days of Japanese Colony, indigenous peoples fought fiercely …
Reclaiming the Future of Undergraduates from the Challenges of Social Media: Elizade University, Ilara Mokin in Analysis
Functions such as stating, questioning, requesting, and exclaiming can be performed by languages especially, English language. Social Media had done …
Psychological Wellbeing and Organizational Commitment: A Predictive Study in Algeria
BACKGROUND: Organizational commitment (OC) and psychological wellbeing at work (PWW) are at the grassroots of organizations’ success. The importance psychological …
Residential Preference Toward Logo of Thai Property Developer
A logo is considered as one of the simplest tools that serves an organization in distinguishing itself from others. In …
Speech Production and Language Learning of Special and Normal Children in Two Primary Schools in Osun State
Human development begins through the vast pool of transmitted experiences by care-givers and parents, hence, pass down sociocultural values to …
Public Diplomacy in Lebanon: From Sectarian Division to Communitocracy
It has been almost three decades since the war in Lebanon ended. A new post-war generation which does not have …
Women and Spirituality: The Case of Yoruba Indigenous Oro Cult and Pentecostalism
This paper is a comparative investigation of the Oro cult and the Ikoyi Pentecostal prayer mountain, both in Southwest Nigeria. …
Ruby Chisti’s “Free Hugs”: Claiming Spaces Through Utopian Feminist Futures
This paper focuses on Chishti's artwork entitled Free Hugs (2002), a three-dimensional installation consisting of ten half life-size female fabric …
Parental Stress and Coping Strategies in Mothers of Children with Cochlear Implant
Background: Children with hearing problems usually suffer from psychological problems that extend to their families. In Algeria, it is believed …
Psychological Well-being and Psychological Loneliness Among Retirees With High Blood Pressure
Background: Retirees are generally suffering from various physical and psychological problems. One of which is high blood pressure which is …
Popular Mexican Snacks Originated in Japan
Japanese immigrants played a prominent role in Mexican snack culture. Cacahuate japones, muegano, jamonsillo, chamoy, and habas are all snacks …
Exploring Communicative Activities in EFL Classrooms: Can Development of CLIL Lesson Plans Work as a Communicative Task for University Students?
This study explored how and to what extent the development of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) lesson plans can …
The Spatiotemporal Dimension of “After” in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
In After Fukushima Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of the Fukushima nuclear disaster through what he terms “the equivalence of …
The Quality in the Separation of Rigid Packaging of High-density Polyethylene – Application to a Real Case in Portugal
In recent years, companies producing high-density polyethylene have been affected by huge reductions in sales volumes as well as the …
Educational Culture in a Synchronous Class: Case of Filipino-Chinese Interface
One key target of the global education system is the equipping of graduates exhibiting sets of core 21st-century competencies. Looking …
Sin and Sin Offering as Sacred Space Among the Nigerian Sabbatharians: An Ethical Reflection
Every traditional society had inherent indigenous patterns through which its values and morals were maintained. The world has become a …
Direct and Indirect Feedback: How do They Impact on Secondary School Learners’ Writing Anxiety and How do Learners Perceive them?
Previous research focuses mainly on the effectiveness of written corrective feedback (WCF) in second language acquisition (SLA), but individual differences, …
Climate-based Daylight Metrics Applied for Sustainable and High-quality Design Strategy of Office Spaces
Daylight using in office space not only has the energy-saving potential, but also achieve visual requirements and improve work efficiency. …
An Investigation of Possible Relationships Between Parent and Child Motivation Towards Foreign Language Learning in UK Secondary Schools
The decline in foreign language learning in UK secondary schools is well-researched, particularly from the point of view of language …
Adapting Modern Technology Into the Public Relations Classroom: An Analysis of Pedagogy in the Classroom
This study further assesses instructional pedagogies utilizing public relations technology in classrooms and how it heightens student success. Habitually, a …
#Me Too Campaign – Creating a Healthy Atmosphere at Work Place for both Females and Males – A Study in the Context of India
The #Me-too campaign initiated by a social activist Tarana Burke in the year 2006, has started gaining ground after Alyssa …
A Method to Predict Students’ Success in Distance Online Courses
Information technologies change the entire structure of the educational process. Its aspects – academic, administrative, technical, communicative, and personal – …
The Study Curriculum for Production of Social Studies Teachers in Thailand
This objective of this research was to study characteristics of the curriculum for the production of social studies teachers, in …
Effectiveness of a Counseling Program for the Development of Organizational Citizenship Behavior Among High School Students in Bahrain
Background: There is a growing need for educational institutions, especially middle and high schools, for organizational citizenship behavior. Schools, especially …
The Discussion of Still Frames and Motions on Timing Value: A Case Study of Some Awards Best Animated Shorts
The sense of accomplishment is seeing these still images come alive in the linear spatial reality in which we live, …
Improvement of Environment for Tourists in Japan from the World Complying with ISO Standards on Translation and Interpreting Services
The purpose of this paper is to make an appropriate suggestion of environment improvement that visitors to Japan from the …
Tracing the Time of the Chinese Ancestors, Yan, Huang and Chi: Weixin Shengjiao’s Religious Care, Enmity-bond Release and Universal Peace
At the beginning of the Chinese People, Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou led three tribes respectively and fought against each other …
The Religious Interpretation of Ethnic Harmony in Chinese Three-ancestor Culture Expressed in the Worship Rituals Held by Weixin Shengjiao
The Chinese people is a people with long and profound history. It can be dated to Kunlun civilization in ancient …
Struggles on Agrarian Colonial Policies in Southeast Asia: Movements in Vietnam, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines, A Suggestion for K-12, Araling Panlipunan
History is always told according to the narrative of the victors, the rulers and their administration. This study presents the …
Reclaiming the Future Through Remediation and Transmediation
The grammatization of industrialized programming inscribes a market force of knowledge where science is privileged over humanities, speed over slow …
Muslims in Ming China – A Reappraisal
This article seeks to reconstruct the integration and acculturation of Muslim communities in the early Ming Dynasty in China (1368-1424). …
Attitudes of Thai Male VDO Game Players in Choosing to Use VDO Games’ Women Characters
This study aims to investigate the online social phenomenon related to the attitudes of Thai MALE GAMERS opting to use …
The Analysis of Cultural and Visual Symbols in the Political Campaigns of the Right-wing Populism in German Speaking Countries
The growing importance of the right-wing political parties in the central and eastern European countries in the 21th century shows, …
The Language of the Right-wing Populism: A Lexical Analysis of the Texts by the Freedom Party of Austria
Today politics is only successful if it is successfully communicated. A political trend that has recently achieved great election success …
Disparities in Education of Thailand’s Childrens through Economic, Social and Cultural Perspective
Equality of education is prominently presented in the constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand. However, inequality has been found in …
Enhancing English Language Teaching and Learning Through Ipadagogy
English Language Teaching and Learning has evolved in contemporary times, and shifts in society have partly influenced this evolution. This …
Designing an Ambicultural Business Model for Cause-based Partnerships: A Feasibility-study on the First Underwater Museum in Taiwan
How to design the ambicultural business-model for cause-based partnerships (Parker & Selsky, 2004)? We attempt to apply the theoretical perspectives …
Strategic Model of English Language Learning Activities to Enhance Tour Guide Skills of Thai Youth: Case Study in Cultural Tourism Community at Thakha, Amphawa, Samuthsongkram, Thailand
This study is conducted in order to survey learning conditions and availability for being tour guides including to study language …
The Effect of IBSE Integration to the K-12 Grade 9 Curriculum at Passi National High School, Passi City, Iloilo
This documentary educational research was conducted to perceived the effect of IBSE integration in the K-12 Grade 9-Curriculum at Passi …
Beauty and the Beast in Twenty-First Century Thai Romantic Fictions: Characters and Motifs
Beauty and the Beast has always been a well-known and popular tale throughout the world, regardless of race, class, or …
Assessment of Maximum Permissible Capacity of Distributed Generations Connected to a Distribution Grid with Feeder Voltage Control Equipment
The main purpose of this paper is to assess the maximum permissible capacity of distributed generations (DGs) connected to distribution …
The Political Institution of the Democrat Party: Thailand’s Oldest Political Party, After the Coup, 22 May 2014
The purposes of this study were as follows: the status adaptation and political institution of the Democrat Party to examine …
Differences in Achievement Gap in Nepal: Analysis of Teacher-student Ethnic Match
The current study investigated the differences in achievement gap among the eighth-grade students in science, mathematics, social studies and the …
Mindfulness in the Shattering Times
Mindfulness can be considered both a teaching and a learning competency, especially valuable in our shattering times. One can reclaim …
The Influence of Formative Assessment in “Reading Critically” Course on English Major Students’ Self-regulated Learning of Academic Vocabularies in Linguistics
This study investigates the influence of formative assessment in “Reading Critically” course on English major students’ self-regulated learning of academic …
Developing Holistic English Language Learners Through Flipped Learning: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an ECE Pre-service Teacher English Course
Despite the fact that flipped classroom approach has proved to be successful in developing students' interaction and higher-order skills in …
Analysis of Errors Committed by Thai EFL Non-English Major Undergraduate Students
The purpose of the study was to investigate the English linguistic elements which cause errors in writing made by the …
Far to Go: Nine Takeaways from a Survey of Businesses’ Progress on the Journey to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
This paper investigates how companies are reacting to the launch of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by updating their existing …
Exploring the Interactions by Virtual Characters for Interconnectedness Communication
Peoples communicated on the current social media were mainly to share emotions and experiences in addition to exchanging information. However, …
A Study of Consumers Purchasing Factors Through Facebook Online Live Streaming: Taking Sales of Clothing for Example
Owing to the rise of online live streaming in recent years, many socializing platforms successively introduce the live streaming services …
A Study on the Purchase Factors of Mobile Game Loot Box – Taking Tower of Saviors as an Example
With the rapid development of smart phones, nearly 70% of Taiwan's population currently owns smart phones, and nearly 90% of …
A Study of Virtual Reality in Digital Interactive Field of Light Art
In the past, most of the works of art were fixed, but due to the increasing number of cases of …
Tracing the Lifelong Learners in a State University
Lifelong learners are those highly motivated to pursue acquiring skills and values in a formal and informal setting who signified …
A Research on Interactive Augmented Reality Applied in Product Advertisement – A Case Study of External Product Package
Due to the rapid development and rising popularity of mobile device, product advertisements and marketing can be presented in a …
Faculty Members in the Eyes of their Students
Teachers, as the most important human resource in school, need to be monitored and evaluated for continuing improvement of the …
The Research and Creation of Projection Mapping on Motion Poster Design
Posters have been used as advertising media for a long time. However, the effect of printed posters are limited since …
Student Reflection to Curriculum Design for Computer Scientist Comprehensive Examination
Currently, computer scientists do not need professional certificates for applying for jobs although many organizations have introduced several specific-purpose certificates. …
What is Expected of Us? – Study Abroad and Expected Roles of Native and Local Teachers
As study abroad with English has become popular for university students in Japan, in-country language preparation courses have become a …
The History of English Education in Japan: Focusing on Its Dawn
How did the English education start in Japan? A strong need to foster human resources to handle situations in the …
Journeying with Communities: Theoretical Reflections from the Community Integration as Complex and Integrative Strategy for Teaching, Research and Community Development
Teaching and serving in a university setting is very challenging and yet very substantial. The role of the faculty members …
The Historiographical Turn and Attitudes to History in Japanese IR
In recent years, a “historiographical turn” in International Relations has led to a great deal of excavation and critique of …
Neighbourhood Environment and the Elderly’s Ageing-in-place Experiences in Singapore Public Housing – A Case Study of Boon Teck Neighbourhood
To confront ageing challenges and opportunities, “ageing-in-place” (AIP) is promoted by public policy and preferred by the elderly. Neighbourhood is …
Ambivalent Attitudes Towards State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in China: A Case Study in the Southwest of China
This paper is part of my research on workers in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in the late reform era. The …
How the Arts and Culture Industry in Singapore is Taking on Big Data
Data is a big buzzword today and the arts and cultural industry is not immune to the hype. My paper …
Social Project Management Method for Creating Business to Solve the Social Issues
To reclaim the future, it is necessary to solve the social issues such as poverty alleviation, democratic governance and peacebuilding, …
Topical Structure Analysis of Philippine and Chinese Journal Abstracts
This study examined the topical structure of Philippine and Chinese journal abstracts on bilingual education. Specifically, it looked at the …
Development of Grammar Competence by Using Knowledgebase for Bachelor of Education (English) Students, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Thailand
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of the http://esp-pro.pnru.ac.th knowledgebase of lessons and exercises of grammar, employed to enhance …
Exploring the Bearing of Urban Geography on Physical Well-Being of Communities in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria
Due to increasing human activities in cities, occurrences widely known as pollution, residential inadequacy, congestion and related challenges like slums, …
Facing the Face of Death in Serenity: Learning from Abrahamic Religion
You and everyone you’ve ever known someday will die with a certainty. Death is a topic which relevant to us, …
The Values of Australian Foreign Policy and the 2019 Election: A Potential Contest of Political Philosophies?
Australia’s political system is dominated by its two main parliamentary parties: the conservative Liberal-National Party Coalition, which has been in …
Stage of Development Indicators Outlined by the Sufficiency Economy in Highland Communities of Thailand
The highland in Thailand is located in the North mountainous complex at 500-1,400 meters above sea level covering 10.75 ha …
Humanistic Approach on Art Therapy In Attempts To Create Balance Self-Concept
This research paper explores the connection between Self-Concept and developmental process of a person in attempt to understand better about …
Empathy and Late Adolescents’ Self in Digital Age
Adolescents develop a sense of self by exploring the world through social interaction. However, the digital technology nowadays changes the …
Building an E-profiling of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Instructors in Malaysia
The study in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has been progressively improving for the past decade supporting all …
Is the Death Penalty Ethical?
The Death Penalty (DP) becomes more controversial especially after Pope Francis revised the New Roman Catechism declaring that DP is …
Analyzing the Modern Sex Selection with the Perspective of the Prohibition of Infanticide
The emergence of modern biomedically assisted sex selection for non-medical reasons facilitates parents to desire the sex of a fetus. …
Further Development of Concise Power Conditioners for Photovoltaic Power Generation
In latest medical equipment, the development of the structural function in the operating system is remarkable. The endoscopic surgery including …
Paionia Retsuden (The Biographies of Pioneers): Accounts of 127 Japanese Immigrants in Mexico
Paionia Retsuden, or The Biographies of Pioneers (1975) by Kenichi Murai, outlines the personal histories of 127 Japanese immigrants to …
The Empirical Study of a SPOC Embedded Flipped Classroom Model for College Intercultural Communication Course: Perceptions of Students
Higher education in China has experienced a significant transformation from an elite educational system to a stage of massification since …
A Study on Cochlear-implanted Children’s Early First Language Development
This study investigates the cochlear-implanted (CI) children’s early language development status. It mainly focuses on two issues: (1), whether and …
Exploring the Reflections of Non-optionist Polytechnic English Language Lecturers (PELLs) in Identifying Their Professional Development Concerns
The exploration into teachers’ reflection in a language classroom context can be considered as an effective tool to investigate their …
Investigating the Idea of EAP Classroom Diglossia and Patterns of Code Switching
This small study is being conducted in a Sino-British University in China with preliminary year students learning academic reading and …
Promoting Junior High Students’ English Grammar and Environmental Awareness in a Five-Day English Summer Camp in Taiwan
Learning English grammar is considered an essential part in junior high level in Taiwan. However, learning grammar is tedious, and …
Re-fragmentation of the Coral Echinopora Lamellosa (Esper 1795) for Mariculture
Repeated fragmentation of corals can increase the source material to re-stock a coral nursery and reduce dependence on wild stocks. …
Further Development of Concise Power Conditioners for Photovoltaic Power Generation
In latest medical equipment, the development of the structural function in the operating system is remarkable. The endoscopic surgery including …
Scenarios and Impacts of Future Floods on Low Income Housing in Chiang Mai, Thailand
This study aimed to estimate the risk of low-income people whose suffer livelihood problems and housing damage due to present …
Quality of Life and Psycho-affective Supervision of Elderly in Accommodation Facilities for Dependent Elderly People in Cameroon: A Cross-sectional Study
Ageing is accompanied by the loss of autonomy in some people, forcing families to use appropriate structures for their care. …
Study Case of Elderly Nutrition Status for Improvement Long Term Care Program’s Planning in Nursing Home, Salatiga
In Indonesia, the number of older persons significantly increases every year. In 2017, there are an estimated 22.66 million older …
Role of Progressive Aspect in the Definitions of Stative and Dynamic Verb
This experimental study aims to find out reasons behind scanty knowledge of stative and its dynamic counterpart among the EFL …
Exploring the “Self-flowing” Rural Living Water Model in Suzhong Water Network Area of China
The relationship between the “canal-frame-row-squat” water network system built by Zhang Jian in the Suzhong area of China 100 years …
Mutual Effort Restoring Growth in Education for A Public-Private Sectors Partnership: Basis for a Proposed Action Plan
Public–Private Partnerships (PPP) in Education enormously gained support particularly on the constructions of school buildings, improvement of school facilities, professional …
Advance Surveillance and Security in the Social Media Regime: An Analysis of the Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
The use of the information superhighway, which is enabled by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has helped to strengthen and …