Month: May 2020
Smartphones at the Workplace: An in situ Mixed-Method Study on Smartphone use During Intellectual Work
Smartphones and other ICTs have become permanent companions in our daily lives. Increased use of these devices has impacted and …
Blended Fashion and Textiles Pedagogy in the Age of Change
Fashion has always been at the forefront of change, it is a social leader in its ability to adapt and …
Innovative Spanish Teachers: The Case of Juan Macho Moreno
This study focuses on the Spanish educator Juan Macho who led the fight against illiteracy and drop-outs in rural and …
How Can Educators Make Online Work Well?
This paper connects best practices observed and developed through experiential learning in online forums, structured as open reflective spaces, with …
Agile Project Management for Digital Innovation and Improved Performance: A Case Study From the Telecommunications Industry
The goal of this paper is to explore the impact of Agile Product Development on the financial and non-financial performance …
Transformative Pedagogy: A Twenty-first Century Perspective Towards Improving Education
Education in the twenty-first century needs to break existing boundaries and adopt a new blend of teaching to meet the …
Brownfield Remediation in Austria – Successful Stories
Deindustrialization created brownfields throughout all traditional European industrial regions. Their significance is understood due to their adverse socioeconomic impacts. The …
In the Claws of Tondo: The Convergence of Hero and Place as Depicted in Selected Fernando Poe, Jr. Films
This paper analyzes Tondo as setting, motif, and metaphor in selected films by Filipino actor Fernando Poe, Jr (FPJ). Using …
Physics Instruction Using High-speed Video Analysis Technique
In this study, we report on the use of tracker video analysis and high-speed camera as an interactive approach to …
A Case for a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Lesson from The Middle East
In educational settings where a curriculum developed in the USA is taught on foreign soil, teaching is particularly challenging, especially …
Moral Choices in Class: The Importance of Reminders
Circumstances, such a difficult test or a looming deadline, may challenge the rectitude of otherwise honest students. According to the …
How Do Middle Eastern Students See the World? A Study of Relational Versus Categorical Encoding
Evidence exists that the human mind can process information from the surrounding world (Kagan, Moss, & Sigel, 1963) in two …
Outcome Predictions of Low-Performing Students: Illusion of Knowing or Lack of Confidence?
Successful performance on a test or assignment relies on the overlap between the knowledge and skills that learners possess and …
Students’ Perceptions of a Designed Online Asynchronous Learning Activity Regarding the Community of Inquiry (COI) Framework
The COVID-19 pandemic situation is causing a rapid shift in higher education to be an online instruction or distance learning. …
A Cross-cultural Analysis of Self-examination in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Chinese Philosophy and Tragedy
Western culture and Chinese culture are two completely different cultural systems in the world, while both of them can be …
What Influences High School Teachers’ Motivation to Engage in Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Numerous studies have confirmed that continuing professional development (CPD) is a significant contributor for improving teacher effectiveness. Hence, this paper …
Embracing New Identities with Batik
Fashion is at the forefront of global technological advancements and mass communications as it embraces the internet age. We find …
Aesthetic Quality Experiences Leading the Way for Learning How to Read and Write More Effectively
This study presents the way in which the creation of aesthetic quality experiences as objects of innovation contributes to improving …
Out-Of-Field Teaching in Ghanaian Basic Schools: A Matrix of Teachers Experiences
Globally, the problem of out-of-field teaching still persist despite the frantic efforts of policy makers to ensure that qualified teachers …
Representation of Women in Premkumar’s Films
In the wake of waves of feminism and feminist film theories there are more expectations from the film industries, as …
The Effects and Challenges of Adopting the CLIL Approach at a Japanese University: Exploring Ways to Provide Language Support Effectively
This study reports on the results and challenges of implementing the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach in an …
Employing English Literature to Craft Skills: Listening Speaking, Reading, Writing
The purpose of the present study is to use English Literature to enhance Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing by the …
Developing Self-efficacy of Pre-service Science Teachers Through Teacher Professional Development Program
This research aimed to develop a self-efficacy of pre-service science teachers. The participants were 17 science pre-service teachers who were …
Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of a Thai Translation of the Body Appreciation Scale-2
Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Thai version of the Body appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2). …
Teacher Leadership Relationship With Workload, Time Allocation and Self-esteem
Background. In research on teacher leadership the teacher workload, teaching time allocation, and teacher self-esteem at school are not studied …
Teacher-Parent Collaboration in the Individualized Education Program Planning Process: Parents’ Perspective
This qualitative research was designed to understand Israeli parents' experience of their working process with teachers in the planning and …
The Inclusiveness of Inclusive Education – The Key Themes, Attitudes, and Challenges a Review of the Literature
The global initiatives of Education for All and inclusive education (IE) have created many unique problems as countries around the …
Free Speech Guidelines and Ethics in American Educational Institutions: Contemporary Educational Policy and the Constitutional Rights of Students
This paper examines the legal status of free speech in American educational institutions, the need for school leaders to have …
Facilitating the Process of Interiorisation: Explorations of a Novel Approach in Fashion Technique Pedagogy
This thesis offers an exploratory journey on the experimentation of a novel approach to a fashion technique pedagogy using the …
Developing Advanced Critical Thinking Skills in Education Systems: Higher Order Thinking Processes in an Era of Rapid Change
This paper examines the close connections between critical thinking and cognitive development, logic, and emotionality and the growing importance of …
The Least of our Worries: Reception Teachers’ Understanding of Visual Art and its Place in the EYFS Curriculum
Visual art education in early childhood has been shown to have an especially significant impact on children living with high …
The Development of Lesson Plan Based on CIPPA Model in Principles of Guidance Course
The aim of this study was to develop the pedagogical approach under the concept of CIPPA instructional model in order …
Can the Intervention of SCAMPER Bring About Changes of Neural Activation While Taking Creativity Tasks?
SCAMPER (substitution, combination, modification, putting to other uses, elimination, and rearrangement) has been regarded as an effective technique that provides …
Suicide Intervention Experiences and Practices of School Counselors: Basis for Development of Practice Guidelines
The current study investigated the Filipino school counselor’s knowledge, attitudes, and competencies in suicide intervention as well as their experiences …
College Students Informal and Formal Ways of Seeking Help: Who’s to talk with?
Records show various ways to better understand help-seeking behavior. Literatures also showed that despite the fact that free counseling is …
Boosting Self-care Strategies and Resiliency Manual for Promoting Counselors’ Wellness
Counselors’ well-being is very essential in the fulfillment of day to day task of providing counseling services to their clients. …
Management of Natural Protected Areas Within the Romanian Cities. Case Study: Văcărești Protected Landscape and Natura 2000 Sites
The rapid pace of city expansion is drawing more and more attention to the reconsideration of interest in the city-environment-landscape …
Impact of Differentiated Classroom Instruction on Conceptual Understanding of Selected Physiology Topics Among Dentistry Students With Varied Learning Styles
In Dental education, there is a great need for enhancing the learning achievements, specifically, identifying the conceptual understanding in Physiology. …
A Shifting Gender Regime in Contemporary China? Fans’ Queer Readings of the Film Ne Zha
The animation film Ne Zha was a hit in the summer of 2019 in Chinese cyberspace. The film generated a …
The Impact of Camera Innovations on Visual Aesthetics in Documentary Films – A Filmmakers Perspective
Innovations in camera technology often have a direct impact on the moving image aesthetics. This is especially true for documentary …
Soft Heroes and Unusual Detectives: Researching Bodily Parody by Reading Itxaro Borda While Staring at Ana Laura Aláez
The body has become a central element in the Basque cultural production, even if it arrived with some delay in …
The Implementation of VR Technology in the Recoloring of the Historical Pharaonic Sites: Case Study on Khuwy’s Tomb
Egypt has a rich Pharaonic heritage. Most of them are tombs or temples as the Egyptians believed in eternity. The …
World Order, Regime and Law of the U.S., UK, France and Europe
After the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, France and Europe have built Peace, World Order, Regime and …
Hemingway and Dos Passos: The 1930s
Herbert Solow’s declaration (of April 1938 ) in "Substitution at Left Tackle: Hemingway for Dos Passos" (Partisan Review 4- April …
Developing a Modern Pharaonic Identity Through the Implementation of Creative Geometrical Grid Systems
Most of the remains from ancient Egypt came from tombs and temples, as the Egyptians believed in afterlife eternity. That …
Who is Oliver? Unexecuted Wills and Threatened Legal Rights in Oliver Twist
In this paper, I examine the unexecuted wills and the difficulty in exercising legal rights in Oliver Twist. In Dickens’s …
A Study on Students’ Cognitive Load, Learning Motivation, and Learning Strategies in a Engineering Course Integrating with Mobile Learning Tools
This study carried out via both qualitative and quantitative methods. Results showed that in terms of learning emotions, flipped classroom …
Fellini in Memoriam – Auteurship and Absurdism as Keys to Understand a 2020’s Society Where Normality is Anything but Normal
We live in global times where, at once, we enable the world to grow closer and become more unified, and …
Usage Application of Multimedia for Learning Values of Thai Literature to Develop Learning Achievement for High School Students
This qualitative research had designed multimedia materials for efficient learning of Thai Literature in high school students. The created multimedia …
Effects of Using Self-regulated and Metacognitive Learning Strategies in L2 Writing Through Instructional Cognitive Involvement at a Thai University
This mixed method research study has investigated the possibilities and effects of instructionally induced cognitive load to facilitate self-regulated and …
Barriers to Girls’ Education at the Elementary Level in India
Gender inequality in India has remained a subject of considerable interest among the researchers. With about one-third population comprising of …
A Study for Entrepreneurial Education for the Middle-ages
The purpose of this paper is to explore the significance of considering the characteristics of the entrepreneurial process in entrepreneurial …
An Interdisciplinary Look Behind the Top 100 International Universities Recognized for Innovation: Geographically, Historically, and Financially
The need for higher education institutions to strategically innovate proves no small feat given strong heritage and reputations for being …
Exploring the Conceptual Framework and Knowledge Base of Nature-based Experiential Education
Given the active interest in developing nature-based learning opportunities (e.g., nature schools), it would be beneficial to know how it …
Education and Embracing Cultural Differences
The paper aims to highlight the role of education to overcome the cultural barriers. In the difficult times that humanity …
Whose Culture? Exploring Multiculturalism Through Ministry-approved Children’s Literature in the Republic of Croatia
This research aims to explore how the mandatory children’s literature, prescribed by the Ministry of Science and Education and covered …
Increasing Reproduction of Territorial and Social Inequalities in Public Education in Hungary: Causes, Components, Practices and Mechanisms
In the lecture, I examine the development and reproduction of socio-spatial inequalities through the system of education, learning and training. …
Oral Language and Comprehension as a Predictor of School Readiness Using Preschool Early Literacy Indicators
The REDY, Set, Start: School Readiness for All! study attempts to improve school readiness for pre-kindergarten students in North Carolina …
Action Research at Educare: Shifting Focus to the Learner for the 21st Century
A new small-school, Educare or Edu2 (pronounced edu-car-ai; from the Latin word meaning "to draw out") opened its doors in …
From College to Workplace: English for Specific Purposes Beyond Technical Skills
In most college curriculum, technical skills and knowledge are prioritized across disciplines. However, the academically monolateral curriculum insufficiently prepares college …
Learning International Literacy and News English Through Cross-disciplinary Instructional Modules
Discussing international affairs demands multidisciplinary knowledge and communication strategies from partakers. The demand is elevated for nonnative English speakers when …
Trends in Practical Undergraduate Training of Future Primary School Teachers
The aim of the paper is to outline the development and current trends in practical aspects of undergraduate training of …
Motivational Impact of Perceived Self-sufficiency and Personal Religious Beliefs
In this paper we set out to explore the impact of perceived self-sufficiency and personal religious beliefs on the connection …
Correlation Between Interlanguage and Internalization in SLA
Interlanguage is the type of language or linguistic system used by second- and foreign-language learners who are in the process …
Actual English for Hospitality Industry From Foreign Hotel Guests in Thailand: A Case Study of Ayutthaya Province
Effective and appropriate communication in the hospitality industry needs more than language knowledge. This study aims to 1) explore the …
Impact of Learners’ Backgrounds on Speaking Proficiency of EFL Young Learners in Mexico
This study investigated how learners’ background characteristics have an impact on the language ability of young learners of English (YLE). …
Death of the Enemy: The Spectacularity of War and a Zombie Enemy
The constructedness of the notion of ‘enemy’ specially during war times often includes demonization and propagandist characterization bordering on depicting …
Cross-cultural Language in Clint Eastwood’s Western
This is a corpus-based text analysis of some of Clint Eastwood’s Western movies. Eastwood starred in and directed numerous Westerns. …
Professional Photographers of Instagram: The Meaning of Visual Communication Through Modern Photography in Digital Society
The purpose of this paper is to study the modern forms of visual communication of people, through Instagram. In order …
Transformational Journeys of Institutional Leaders of University Community Engagement
Alternatively described as a practice, a movement, a philosophy and a field, university-community engagement has been institutionalized in different models …
Hybrid Learning Higher Education: The Co-creation of Value in the Student’s View
Interaction (student-teacher relationship) and active participation (student involvement) were enhanced due to digital transformation and as long as the student …
An Evaluation Model for a Non-sexist Education: Beyond Performance Accountability
This article refers about the development of assessment tools concerning to identify gender biases in teachers of a Vocational Education …
Attitude to Authority and Digital Competences of Bulgarian Primary Teachers
The thesis of this study is based on the assumption that the authority of the teacher manifests as a specific …
Research of Primary School Students’ Knowledge and Attitude to Internet Tolerance
Internet tolerance is a very relevant problem in the context of the 21st century, when a greater percentage of communication …
Supporting the Academic Dimension of the Transition to University
The transition from further to higher education is both an exciting and challenging time for first year undergraduate engineering students. …
Developing a Cultural Ecosystem Services Valuation Framework for Enhanced Natural Resource Management for Bangladesh’s Forests
From till-date literature review it has been found that there is no universally accepted definition of cultural ecosystem services (CES) …
Interrogating International School Teacher Precarity: The Short-term as Opportunity for Developing Resilience
Whilst the popular image of the international school teacher as the globe-trotting explorer is still prevalent in the popular imagination, …