Cultural Institutions as Spaces for Education: Artistic Expressions in Initial Teacher Training at the University of Madeira
This communication aims to highlight the formative and artistic role of three socio-cultural institutions in the island territory of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal, as spaces that preserve various local cultural aspects while promoting artistic education, inclusion and citizenship from a perspective of education for all — basic elements in the training of future …
‘The Tyranny of Silence’: The Uses of the Erotic in Audre Lorde’s Poetry
The idea of passion and pain becomes important to understand the erotic in Lorde’s poetry. It is soaked with a fearlessness with which she demands other women to speak. The notion of the erotic which has always been seen in the mainstream as closely aligned to the idea of the sexual act, finds a new …
City’s Study Construction: Considerations for Application of Wenzhou (China) Creative City
City’s Study, as the usage of design thinking in Wenzhou urban construction, has had a great development. It has significant guidance for the application of Wenzhou Creative City. This paper aimed to draw the considerations of City’s Study for Creative City construction and adopted the mixed method paradigm in the study. The researchers found out …
Hope in Times of Trouble: An Academic Development Perspective of Learning and Teaching During a Crisis
Higher education experienced unprecedented disruption with the arrival of COVID-19. While the pandemic has dissipated to some extent, the lessons learned helps to consider responses to disruptive events in the future. This paper explores the reflections of two academic developers’ experiences from two diverse institutions, as they supported academic staff with the transition to remote …
Startup Music Business Finance, Valuation and Ethics: Methods and Techniques
This paper examines the interactions between Music business ethics related to start-up music businesses and discusses their methods and techniques for start-up music business finance and valuation. The practice of music business ethics creates trust between the funding agency and start-up entrepreneurs that helps to mitigate investors’ problems in the music industry. In such cases, …
Choice of Gender in High School Dropout: A Comparison of MNL and BIMNL Models
Purpose – To estimate gender disparity in high school dropouts when households experience financial shocks, this study aims to extend the simple decision-making process of school dropouts to allow for the multiplicity of dropout choices with respect to gender in households having exactly one boy and one girl in high school. We also account for …
The Survey on Online Learning for Secondary School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has forced nearly all students including K-12 into online education during pandemic time. This study explores how students at the secondary school reacted to the full-time online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey has been carried out in Fort Bend and nearby counties, Texas to compare students’ online learning conditions, experiences, and expectations. …
Students’ Quality in Community Education in Improving the Human Development Index in Indonesia
The Human Development Index (HDI) is taken from the average life expectancy, education (average length of schooling and expected length of schooling), and a decent standard of living. Based on the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) database in 2020, there was a slowdown in the growth of the HDI in 2020 compared to previous years. This …
Exploring AI in Education: A Quantitative Study of a Service-Oriented University Chatbot
The following paper presents the evaluation of an artificially intelligent assistant system (DIAS) with a service-oriented chatbot as a central communication element. The conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence) is supposed to increase information transparency in higher education environments and thus support students, teachers, and administrative staff. The exploratory study had two objectives: first, we intended to …
Sources of Anxiety Among Freshman College of Science Students and their Coping Skills to Manage Life Difficulties
College is an educational milestone that can be exciting and challenging incredibly for freshman students. Creating a new start may also entail adjusting to the new environment, building positive interactions with peers and professors, keeping up with academic demands, and balancing personal and social life. However, these normal developmental experiences during college may not be …
Diagnostic Assessment as the Essential Tool to Identify Students’ Early Pitfalls and Unravel their Potentials
Diagnostic assessment is an essential tool for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of individuals, groups, or organizations. Diagnostic assessment helps identify areas where improvement is necessary and develop targeted interventions to improve learners’ performance. As experienced educators and assessment specialists, we aim to share best practices and strategies for conducting effective diagnostic assessments and to …
The Multifaceted Face of Creativity: Experiences of Music Educators and Performers in the Educational Process
Creativity has become a particularly significant component of any modern educational process. When scientists and researchers analyze creativity in the context of the education of future music educators and performers, we encounter many models, opinions, and concepts. This becomes a challenge to improve the creativity of learners effectively and rapidly. Purpose of the research – …
Exploring the Efficacy of Context-Based Instructional Strategy in Fostering Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Agbani Education Zone, Enugu State Nigeria
The study investigated the effect of Context-Based Instructional Strategy (CBIS) on students’ achievement in chemistry. CBIS was used as experimental group and Expository Instructional Strategy (EIS) as control group, sources showed that students’ poor achievement in chemistry is from teaching strategy adopted by the chemistry teachers. Two research questions were answered and two null hypotheses …
Understanding Childhood from Children’s Perspective: An Interpretivist Exploration
The present study aims at contemplating the different perspectives which are prevalent in the field of Childhood Studies, namely- Developmental Perspective, Socio-cultural or contextual perspective and the perspective of Discursive Psychology. The existing trends in the research in the discourse of Childhood Studies are also discussed. One of the biggest critiques of the studies conducted …
An Investigation of University Students’ English-Speaking Problems and Needs
International trends, compounded with the effect of globalization, have made English communication skills become much more crucial for university students. Of the four aspects of English skills, namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing, speaking instructions have not been adequately provided to university students in Taiwan. Nonetheless, there is a national educational goal that university students …
Rethinking Inclusive Education in Portugal
After the Salamanca Statement, UNESCO (2017) reiterated the challenge that every student matters and matters equally. Therefore, the policies, practices and culture of inclusion must dictate the guarantee of equity, coating with authenticity an education aimed at “for all,” “with all” and “by all,” through political decision-makers, educational agents and of societies that have the …
Enhancing the Alignment of 4IR Industry Skill Sets of Finance Graduates with the Principles of Distributed Cognition for Teamwork
The purpose of this paper is to report on the confluence of student-centered learning based on the principles of Distributed Cognition for Teamwork (DiCoT) and alignment with industry needs in a 4IR environment. There is an ever increasing need to produce industry ready graduates with the skill sets needed for 4IR. Emerging technologies, such as …
Digitizing Specialized Assessments for Educational Professionals in the United Arab Emirates: A Conceptual Analysis and Innovative AI Driven Approach
This conceptual paper reveals novel insights on ways that digitized psychometric testing of subject matter and pedagogical competencies is developed as part of teaching professional credentialing procedures in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As global fields continue to embed technological advancements, digitizing assessments is becoming more widespread in education. In the UAE educational professionals successfully …
Under Fire: Developing Micro-Level Partnership Practices Between a Ukrainian and United Kingdom University as a Rapid Response to Threats to Higher Education During Military Invasion
This research uses a case study design (Creswell and Creswell, 2022) to engage in a framework of reflection-in-action (Schön, 1983) exploring the implementation and impact of a series of small-scale micro-level events initiated between departments of education at a Ukrainian and UK university. This was as a response to the challenges faced by Higher Education …
Droughts and Gender Heterogeneity in High School Dropouts in Marginal and Small Agricultural Households in India: Discrete Time Survival Analysis
Purpose – We examine whether droughts are differently associated with high school dropout of girls and boys from marginal and small agricultural households compared to other households. While non-agricultural households may adopt a utility maximisation framework regarding educational investments, marginal or small agricultural households have to make an additional profit maximisation decision regarding production and …
Interracial Online Partner Shopping Experiences: Application of Bauman’s Theory on Liquid Love
The research examines the dynamics of marital relationships of heterosexual unions among Asian-American and Asian-European couples. These couples have united through digital dating platforms, prompting the researchers a to reevaluate of gender-specific preferences in seeking lifetime partners online. The study aims to shed light on whether online dating applications have reshaped traditional marriage conventions. Employing …
An Empirical Test of Dimensions That Influence Community Members’ Engagement With a University in Uganda
There is sparse empirically supporting information on explanatory dimensions influencing community members’ participation in university-community engagement. An insight into these dimensions could provide an invaluable starting point for designing suitable community development interventions. This study investigates the dimension that influences Rwenzori local community members’ engagement with Mountains of the Moon university in Uganda. Community members’ …
Identity Negotiation of International Women in Higher Education: Language and Culture in Focus
The role of women in academia and especially in STEM fields has been receiving more and more attention among researchers, however few studies used a quantitative approach and considered the experiences of international women across various disciplines in relation to identity negotiation. This study examines the experiences of foreign-born female faculty living and teaching in …
Music Composition: Lagu J-Mahmad Folk Dance for Jazz Ensemble
This article is about a music composition name “Lagu J-Mahmad Folk Dance.” The song composed for Jazz Ensemble. It has 4 musical part that include, part A-B-A-C-A which has been play in 6 minutes long. The composer using the melodic ideas, Motif ideas and rhythmic ideas from the southern of Thailand folk song name “Lagu …
Research on the Awareness of Affective Needs and the Design of Observation Checklist of Classroom Behavior for Gifted Students
This study tried to understand gifted students’ emotional needs and develop the observation checklist of classroom behavior for gifted students to improve the effectiveness of gifted educators’ counseling strategy and build a comprehensive preventive counseling mechanism for gifted students through class observations, interviews, and Delphi technique by gifted teachers with practical experience. We observed and …
Exploring Students’ Responses and Reasons for Liking Reading Text With Culturally Familiar or Foreign Cultural Context
This study explores the students’ responses and reasons for liking culturally familiar and unfamiliar texts in their reading comprehension practices. The participants in this research comprised 61 students studying in the second year at a state University in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. In order to collect the data for the study, the researchers used two instruments: …
Design of the Performance Evaluation Indicators for Tunnel Engineering Course
The world is increasingly challengeable. High education would play an active role in this situation. As a traditional course needs redesigning, well-designed assessment for the course is necessary. Here is the design of the performance evaluation indicators for the Tunnel Engineering course at Chang’an University in China. Following the student-centred principle, an assessment system integrating …
Digital Gender Gap at the High School Level: The Case of Computer Technicians in Mexico
The gender gap has generated inequalities in women due to barriers that limit their progress and participation in various areas of their lives. Barriers and inequalities that bound women within the digital world have been identified, generating a fracture called the digital gender gap or gender digital divide. This phenomenon can be maximized or decreased …
Gender Digital Divide: The Complexity of Digital Media Literacy Among High School Students With Professional Technical Training in Mexico
Nowadays, society faces a new era of digitization and virtualization due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This era has influenced all the complex aspects of human life. Therefore, it is vital to promote the digital media literacy of students in all educational levels, but it is needed in high school as a step before higher …
Mobile Phone Use Among Indonesian Elderly People and Its Obstacles
Background: Mobile phone users among Indonesian elderly people experienced the highest increase in the last 5 years. This increase was 3.6% from 43.08% in 2019. Mobile phone is useful for the elderly. We explored the way the Indonesian elderly people use mobile phone and its obstacles. Methods: This descriptive research included fifty elderly people in …
Environmental Education in Indonesia Secondary School Teachers’ Perspective: A Systematic Review
Environmental education (EE) as a means to implement natural awareness and eco-friendly behavior among students is influenced by the teacher’s perspective towards it. In the previous Indonesian school-based curriculum (KTSP), EE is incorporated and mentioned distinctly as a subject. However, the alternation of KTSP into the 2013 curriculum has removed EE as a unit in …
An Empirical Test of Dimensions That Influence Community Members’ Engagement With a University in Uganda
Since even before COVID-19, one of the most important challenges of Higher Education has been and continues to be the need for innovative and flexible educational methods. We could all agree that one of the goals of Higher Education is to equip students with a variety of intellectual and practical skills that, at the same …
Curricular Design of Higher Education in Colombia From Educational Policies
With the Colombian Constitutional Reform of 1991, the Government ceased to be the sole curriculum designer in educational institutions. With this Reform, the Government fulfills the role of supervision and control of educational quality. On the other hand, the Universities are granted the autonomy for the design of their Institutional Educational Projects, therefore, the design …
Up Start: Community-Based Creative Industries
The article focuses on the Up Start – Creative Industries project, an initiative by the Aga Khan Foundation Portugal in partnership with the University of Évora, under the scope of the Partnerships for Impact Programme and Portugal Social Innovation. The interaction between the two institutions focused on design for social innovation, heritage and management with …
UAE Female K-12 Students: Decision Influences on Bachelor’s Degrees Choices
One of the most crucial decisions that students make in their lives is the major choice as it affects students’ job opportunities and the labor market’s structure. Many adolescents, who will one day meet the need of knowledge-based economies, have the goal of attending a university but lack the means to do so. In order …
A Study on the Effectiveness of Active Learning in Different Learning Environments: Active Learning Method in the Field of Business Management
With the spread of active learning (AL), various teaching methods have been proposed in business management education. However, it is difficult to understand a pragmatic science like business management for undergraduate students who do not have business experience. In this situation, we proposed an active learning method based on the PDCA cycle to draw out …
A Comparative Analysis of Language and Typography Between Two Chinese Enclaves in Singapore for Nostalgic Design Trends
Using the multimodality approach of Linguistic Landscape, this paper reports a comparative analysis of language composition and typographic treatment of signs found on historic shophouses in Singapore’s two distinctive Chinese ethnic enclaves, Bukit Pasoh (Chinatown) and Joo Chiat Road. The choice of languages used and typographic treatment on signs are analysed in context of approaches …
Studying Problems in Agricultural Areas to Find Effective Policy Solutions to Protect the Valuable Environment in Thailand’s Agricultural Landscape
The agricultural landscape includes three primary elements, First, agricultural areas and agricultural processes, second, concrete and abstract meaning or significance of the community, and, natural landscapes. Consequently, agricultural areas have evolved as a result of economic and social factors that have an impact on natural components and the environment. This study aims to, Firstly, investigate …
Student-Produced Podcast in an Arabic as Foreign Language Classroom
Scholars in Digital Humanities have pointed out that using digital tools, such as podcasts, in language learning plays a positive role (Burdick et al., 2012; Travis & DeSpain, 2018). In particular, Birgit Philips (2017) found that podcasting involves students in higher-level cognitive processes, which facilitates language learning, creative thinking, increases learner confidence, supports collaborative learning, …
Self-regulation Strategies for Distance Learning Study of Pre-service Teachers
Distance learning can be a great challenge because students must apply more self-regulation strategies than in face-to-face teaching. The aim is to find out the current situation of 238 trainee teachers of a master’s degree in educational technology in four aspects of self-regulation of their learning, related to their study habits: organisation of the task, …
Selected Korean TV Series Depiction of School-themed Dramas: South Korean Educational System Issues
The main purpose of the study is to explore the South Korean Educational System that represents Korean families, teachers, administrators and students through selected school-themed Korean dramas. It also discusses various factors that affect the educational system in their own culture, tradition, belief, socio-economic status, and society. The researcher chose these TV dramas because they …
The Recollection of Khun Yuam: Music Evokes Memories
Khun Yuam, a small district in Mae Hong Son, northern Thailand, is known as a wood and border trade area. From 1943-1945, the Japanese army retreated to Khun Yuam, and this period became part of the local people’s memories. Furthermore, during music fieldwork in 2021, the researcher interviewed the Ruam Dao Khun Yuam Ensemble, a …
Pre- And Post-COVID-19 Vaccination: Stories of Elderly Persons At-Risk
Using an exploratory sequential mixed research design, this study aimed to capture the lived experiences of 23 elderly persons at-risk during the pre- and post-COVID-19 vaccination seen at Department of Geriatric Medicine St. Luke’s Medical Service Center Quezon City, Philippines from August 2021 to November 2021. Specifically, it aimed to: (1) explore the participants lived …
Practice of Knowledge Presentation in Tunnel Engineering Teaching
High education situation is increasingly challengeable. The courses in traditional fields would surfer more squeeze from the changing environment. The teaching style should accordingly be robust and more favorable to student knowledge acquisition. Here is the practice of knowledge presentation in Tunnel Engineering teaching at Chang’an University in China. The presentation style is part of …
Okakura Tenshin and His Contribution to Japan-India Cultural Exchange
In this study, the author will clarify how the Japanese artist and philosopher Okakura Tenshin contributed to the cultural exchange between India and Japan, which started in the early 20th century. The research is based on secondary data. Desk research was conducted for this study. As an artist and philosopher in the early 20th century, …
Music and Games in Education: Technological Experiences and Human Development
Music and Games share a wide range of specific characteristics mediated by the technological component which, in a way, impose an incessant dialogue between the demands of education, music education and human development itself. The consonance and versatility of this approach interact directly with the teaching and learning processes, constituting itself as a potential integrator …
Locating Your Inclusive Practice: A Reflective Heuristic and Workshop
Conceptions and theoretical understanding of what constitutes Inclusive Pedagogy abound (Hernández-Torrano et al., 2020; Hockings, 2010; Lawrie et al., 2017; Livingston-Galloway & Robinson-Neal, 2021). Furthermore, wide-ranging recommendations proliferate, complicating implementation. Building on the groundwork of Lewis and Norwich (2004) and Moriña’s (2020) the facilitator provides a heuristic for attendees to clarify their own conception, implementation, …
City and Mobility Representation in the Films of Studio Ghibli
The paper looks at the representation of cities in films, particularly animated films by Studio Ghibli, and the role of mobility in these representations. Highlighting the historical significance of city representation in cinema and its influence on urban discourse, the paper explores how the films by Studio Ghibli films depict cities and urban mobility. The …
Exploring Immersive Reality: Case Studies From a North American University
Higher education institutions are increasingly utilizing immersive technology to support interdisciplinary research, teaching, and student development. For instance, Arizona State and Pennsylvania State have established virtual reality (VR) spaces on their campuses to support interdisciplinary research, the integration of VR into teaching, and VR development spaces for students. These spaces provide opportunities for students, faculty, …
A Preliminary Study of Zang Feng Behavior in Chinese Organizations
In Chinese culture, humility is a moral aspiration for the ideal personality. Showing humility helps to build good relationships and make a good impression on others. By hiding one’s strengths and accomplishments in an organization, one not only avoids the attention of others but also gains appreciation and respect. The behavior of Zang Feng (藏鋒) …
Study on Architectural Remains of Tuman: A Forgotten Capital of the Kalachuris
Tuman is a small village located at 10 km away from Katghora in the Korba District of present day Chhattisgarh, India. This place is considered to be the first capital of the Haihaya or Kalachuri Royal Dynasty of South Kosala. According to its political, social, religio-cultural importance this place gained attention of the researchers. This …
Perspectives on Multiculturalism, Migration and Interculturality: The Cultivativation of Belonging in African Migrant Communities in Taiwan
Cultural and immigration policies and public attitudes toward migrants often contribute to the practices of multiculturalism. Under the extremely monocultural conditions in Taiwan, African migrants in particular are a severely underrepresented minority group. As a result, they face constraints and obstacles that affect their ability to adapt, integrate, and cultivate their sense of belonging. Therefore, …
Nora Fantasia: Transferring Nora’s Folk Tune to Wind Band
Nora, a southern Thai folk-dance theatre, was awarded UNESCO status in 2021. The music of Nora is distinctive because the performer must improvise a long oral devotion singing together with dance, including being compatible with the rhythm. Nora’s overture, called Dam Noen or proceed in English, is typically played on a Pi Nora, a double …
Investigating the Usage of Labster and Its Future Implications for Industry and Academia
The unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on engineering education has resulted in lasting changes in the way educators teach as well as the way students learn. One of the most impacted areas was the inability of students to undertake laboratory training, which is crucial for engineering employability. In 2020-21, UCL Biochemical Engineering implemented the use of …
Family Support on Self-Compassion Development: A Case Study of Thai Lesbians
The family has played a crucial role in psychological development, especially for Asians. This qualitative study aims to explore the ways in which family support could assist Thai lesbians to develop self-compassion. This study employed purposive sampling to examine how 6 participants perceived what and how their family could foster their self-compassion. The data were …
Evidence-Based Reflective Practice to Help Engineering At-Risk Students in Supplementary Lesson Context
This paper documents the author’s application of reflective practice to enhance quality teaching, in a supplementary lesson context at Singapore Polytechnic (SP). Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate educational framework standards were implemented in active teaching and learning methods as well as enhancement of faculty teaching competence, via evidence-based reflective practice (EBRP). To help engineering at-risk students to pass their …
The Paradox of the UNESCO Initiative for an Ecological Consciousness-Oriented Education: A Critical Analysis Utilizing the WPR Approach
Environmental sustainability development (ESD) has been considered a priority in educational policy. This was evident in the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) (UNESCO, 2015b, p.1), the Global Action Programme (GAP) (2015–2019) and the UN’s (2015) proposal (Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development). Despite all these efforts, UNESCO (2020b) …
Tackling the STEM Recruitment & Retention Challenges at a Flagship, Research Institution With an Evidence-Driven, Innovative Hybrid Course
The challenges of recruitment and retention in STEM did not start with the COVID-19 pandemic; however, these challenges still affect the workforce needs of our world. Historically marginalized students in STEM fields are disproportionally affected by these ongoing challenges that further causes diversity & inclusion issues in the workforce. An innovative hybrid course grounded on …
Continuity of Learning Through TBM: Technology-Based Modalities During and After Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is definitely a health issue that has affected much of the sectors in the community. As a city, Santa Rosa has never been hindered by the present challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, different calamities, and problems that need to be addressed appropriately. This investigated the learners’ perspectives on their current capacity …
Combating Labor Trafficking With Design: Utilizing Storytelling, Collaboration, and Cultural Relevance to Raise Awareness
This paper discusses a collaboration among a non-profit organization, designers, and artists to create a labor trafficking awareness campaign. The project’s purpose was to explore a new and effective approach to human trafficking awareness campaigns. By prioritizing empathy and information over stereotyping, sensationalism, and over-simplification—the campaign aimed to convey the complexity of labor trafficking, provide …
Challenges in Enforcing “Linguocultural Aspect of Fictional Literature” in Uzbekistan Higher Education
Teaching the Linguocultural Aspect of foreign literature is a new branch in Uzbekistan, and it has been a crucial part of the discussion in the education system. Considering the process of a student-centered classroom, learning English literature through the lingual and cultural factors can be the most perspective part of the involvement. In Uzbekistan, Linguocultural …
Bridging the STEM Education Gap Among Secondary School Female Learners: Need for an Integrated Secondary School STEM Education Monitoring Tool
The under-representation of girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in developing countries has been, and continues to be, an issue of global debate. As a result, a study was undertaken to explore factors affecting STEM education including the learning and teaching environment of students and teachers. This paper presents research findings on …
“That Goes Against My Philosophy”: Examining the Emotional Labor and Identity Negotiation of ESL Pre-service Teacher
The graduate school experience can be quite intense, specifically for international students who currently teach English to multilingual students. Despite their dynamic and fluid identity, they also undergo a range of emotions as they strive to assimilate into a specific community of practice and to be professionally accepted. The purpose of this narrative analysis is …
Awit-Tuksuhan at Tsismisan: Filipino Children’s Folksongs in the Context of Modern Day Hugot at AOS Lounge
All-Out Sundays, more known as AOS, is a weekly musical variety show in GMA Network. While it shares most of the elements present in rival ABS-CBN’s All-Star Afternoon Party (ASAP), humor is one of the show’s distinct features through the AOS Lounge segment. The AOS Lounge segment is known for situational and observational comedy through …
An Empirical Investigation on Perception of Organizational Politics, Job Stress & Job Satisfaction Among Academicians in Pakistan Using Second-Order Construct
Level of job satisfactions among academicians has remained enriched area of research for the academic’s institutions. Therefore, the rationale behind conducting research was to investigate the influence of Perception of Organizational Politics (POP) and Job Stress (JSt) on Job satisfaction (JS) academicians. Research framework has been formed based on Social Exchange Theory (SET) to create …
The Ethics of OpenAI/ChatGPT
The OpenAI Playground and ChatGPT use GPT-3.5 to produce text using an AI language model that is capable of routinely producing texts that would appear to have been written by humans at a level of sophistication that would meet typical benchmarks for competence in those fields. Policy responses at universities currently speak to the capacity …
Compassionate Acts: Implementing Forum Theatre as a Tool to Create a Compassionate Peer Structure for Bereaved Students in Schools
Child Bereavement Network estimates 127 children are bereaved of a parent every day. Compassion Arts, in partnership with St Luke’s Hospice, aims to change the nature in schools around death and dying by 1) training young people to understand bereavement, dying, and anticipatory grief and 2) talking about death and bereavement in an open and …
Challenges in Technology Integration for Online Teaching and Learning for English Sessional Academics
The new norm, post-COVID-19, is characterized by the worldwide espousal of the virtual classroom. While full-time university academics are typically provided with continuous training support for their technology integration in online teaching, this is not so for sessional academics, who are inadvertently deprived of such opportunities. This would subsequently threaten the quality of online lessons, …
Critical Incidents as Small Interactional Stories and Their Functions in the Context of Cultural Belonging
The poster presentation highlights a sub-area of my ongoing doctoral project, which is dedicated to the negotiation of cultural identities in conversations between German native speakers and Russian native speakers learning German as a foreign language. 30 hours of oral, face-to-face communication with different focal points (first contacts, conversations among friends, random conversations among flatmates, …
Indonesian Young Muslim Voters and Their Views on Political Islam
Indonesia as one the biggest Muslim populated country, political Islam is important case to discuss because voters’ political preference can highly be affected by their believe in this sense, it could be religion. In addition, young Moslem voters although they are important political asset, there are rarely any research in exploring their perspective toward political …
Exploring the Linguistic Identity of Lebanese Undergraduates: Experiences and Perceptions of Lingua Franca Speakers
Globalization has turned English into the world’s dominating lingua franca. Its rapidly- growing spread of English has brought changes to its static rules, replacing by that its national culture with a global one (Dornyei’ et al. 2006 as cited in Jenkins, 2007) and leading to a linguistic diversity in the way English is used (Norton …
Use of Artificial Intelligence in Career Guidance: Perspectives of Secondary Guidance Counselor
Choosing the correct academic track and strand is one of the major decisions that a junior high student must make, which can be difficult due to the numerous influences in their environment. It is important to assist these students by using an effective tool to provide them with choices of suitable tracks or strands, as …
Transformative Internationalization Processes in Ibero-American Higher Education Institutions
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the internationalization of higher education has become a central concern in institutional agendas, due to the geopolitical changes, dynamism and diversity of the global context, which has generated diverse ways of understanding and focusing internationalization processes and actions. In this context, the internationalization dynamics of nineteen Ibero-American higher …
Time and Elegiac in the Later Poetry of Andrew Young
The poetry of Andrew Young (1885–1971) has most usually been contextualized within the landscapes of his adopted home in the county of Sussex, and the Anglican church to which he turned in later life. While turning points seem to characterize Young’s career, his later work is indebted to a long-held commitment to the exploration of …
The Correlations Between Sound and Meaning in Fuzûlî’s Su Kasidesi (The Eulogy with the Repeated Word “Su”)
Repetition of sounds, i.e. alliteration and assonance, supports, and even sometimes forms, various meanings in literary works. Literary scholars argue that the well-known poet Fuzûlî uses repetitions of sounds masterfully in his poems. In this study, we provide evidence for this claim by analyzing Su Kasidesi (The Eulogy with the Repeated Word “Su”) in the …
Supporting Equity in Education for Underrepresented Learners
Educational institutions lead in the construction and dissemination of knowledge. The responsibility of supporting underrepresented learners in their pursuit of knowledge includes proactive and collaborative action. Higher education was once considered a tool for social mobility but now reinforces the social and economic divide. Earning an education was a promise to level the playing field …
Subaltern Bugis Women in Short Story “Ketika Saatnya”: Spivakian Postcolonial Studies
This study aims to reveal the phenomenon of social-cultural facts of Bugis women as subalterns in the short story “Ketika Saatnya,” written by Darmawati Majid. The problem in this research is the narration of the third-world women in Darmawati’s Ketika Saatnya. This study uses the subaltern theory by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. The term subaltern refers …
Summative Assessment Development for Classroom Use: Insights from Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory
This presentation reports an ongoing empirical study where a summative test for classroom use is analyzed for further improvement using psychometric techniques from Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory (e.g. Rasch analysis and 2PL or 2-parameter logistic model). The research aims to show a comparison of these techniques by applying them on the same …
Some Aspects of South Korean Youth Political Protest Culture of the Candlelight Rallies in the Information Technology Age
The rapid progression in information and communication technologies has created a new paradigm of political participation in several countries worldwide. The diffusion of this technology is at the global forefront in South Korea. The South Korean youths have a growing presence of this through expanding social networks, new alliances, businesses, protests and advocacy campaigns, and …
Structuring Interactive Stories: A Framework for Considering Storytelling in Art and Design
Since identifying the challenges of enhancing students’ creativity as the main research question, I aim to apply trans-disciplinary thinking by bringing some insights from physics into art and design practices. In the practices of art and design, the creativity is the most vital ingredient as its appearance is unpredictable just like quantum leaps (Koyama and …
Respond to Diversity: Study of a Japan Nonformal Learning Program’s Remote Effect Fostering Cross-Generational, Multicultural Relationships, and Disruption of Stereotypes
In response to the cumulative consciousness of learners’ diversity, it is vital to study the format of learning to better address the needs of learners today. Japan, where secondary education remains conventional, the study has been conducted since 2015 to examine the proposed nonformal learning program. The program, comprised of voluntary-based facilitators whose ages range …
Patterns of Medication Use Before and After Fall-Related Injury in US Nursing Homes According to Facility Racial Composition
Introduction: Fall related injuries (FRIs) are sentinel events for nursing home (NH) residents and serve as an opportune time for medication review. Few studies have examined racial disparities in medication use between facilities. The objective of this study was to identify whether there are disparities in prescribing patterns of medications in NH residents following a …
The Role of Knowledge Management Enablers in Higher Education Institutes on Institutional Accreditation: An Empirical Study of Business Graduation Association (BGA) Accreditation in China
In the increasingly competitive and internationalized higher education, institutional accreditation has become a supportive role in higher education institutions’ (HEIs) ranking and development. Institutional accreditation is a form of knowledge sharing and transfer in organizational management, research, learning and teaching, and networking. But how can such knowledge sharing be enabled within different higher education organizations? …
Investigating the Effectiveness of Feedback Loop on Second Language Writing Accuracy Among Young Learners
Feedback and its effectiveness on L2 writing performance has been studied by many scholars, and the debate about its effects has been a controversial topic for over two decades (Cao, 2021). Apart from the inconclusive results, most studies on this topic have been conducted with postsecondary students (75%) and adult learners (86%), which highlights the …
Empowerment and Transfer of Student Learning From Transformational Model in Evaluation: Applied Case in Higher Education
This study describes and deepens the use of evaluation procedures based on the participation of students with respect to objectives and achievements in their learning outcomes, promoting evaluation processes based on empowerment and the transfer of effective learning from evaluation. The study is based on a descriptive qualitative approach, with a non-experimental design based on …
A Validation Study of the Savoring Beliefs Inventory in Taiwan
Research has shown that savoring, a capacity of perceived control over positive emotions, is largely independent of the capacity about coping (Bryant, 2003). Although the concept of savoring has received more and more attention by the study of positive psychology, relatively little research has focus on savoring in Taiwan. Bryant (2003) proposed a Savoring Beliefs …
Chinese Preschool Educators’ Language Use for Meaning Making During Shared Reading with Wordless and Text-based Picture Books
This study analyzed Chinese preschool educators’ language use for meaning making that were differed in shared reading with wordless and text-based picture books with the same topic of Aesop’s fable story (The lion and the mouse). We transcribed the verbal interactions of two cohorts of educators who read the books to preschool children. One cohort …
Characterizing an Emergency-Responsive Unit Plan in Senior High School Literature Courses
The purpose of this paper is to characterize an emergency-responsive unit plan by investigating the experiences of select Senior High School English teachers in an exclusive private institution and their literature unit planning documents before, during, and after an educational emergency. A qualitative method using descriptive study was utilized in the research work. Purposive sampling …
Visualizing Convergence or Divergence: Exploring Applied Mathematics Students’ Understanding of Infinite Series Using Direct Comparison Test
Infinite series is one of the topics that most undergraduate students find difficult to understand. Due to its abstract nature, students have difficulty visualizing and manipulating them. As part of an ongoing dissertation project, the current research focuses on students’ understanding of the convergence or divergence of infinite series using direct comparison test (DCT). Specifically, …
The Elements of Employability 4.0 Hearing Impaired Special Education Student in Malaysian Polytechnic From the Perspective of Lecturers and Employers
The use of IR 4.0 digital technology, computer and smartphone that grow rapidly and replace job scope demand required hearing impaired special education students at Malaysian polytechnic to obtain and master the digital skill in line with employer’s need. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify the elements of employability 4.0 for special needs student …
Quality Early Childhood Education Enhancement Through Teachers’ Qualification and Training in South Africa
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Four was on the provision of quality education for all. The meaning of quality education has been controversial among authors. However, studies on early childhood education conclude that to have quality education for young children two indicators must be available – structural and process indicators. This study aimed at …
For School Turnaround in Centralized Systems of Education: A Case Study of Bahrain Public Schools
The past decades have witnessed a remarkably consistent effort by educational policy makers and the Ministry of Education of Bahrain to reform schools by holding them more publicly accountable for enhancing student performance and overall school improvement. With the establishment of the Education & Training Quality Authority (BQA) in 2008, public schools went under intensive …
The Problem and Satisfaction of Lecturers Towards the Independent Study: Case Study in Indonesia
The aim of this research is to describe the achievement and satisfaction of teachers as users of the Independent Study or Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program in Indonesia. Additionally, this study reveals problems related to implementation, including the benefits, obstacles, and expectations of teachers towards improving future execution of the Independent Study program. Simple …
A Reading Program for College Students
This study aimed to develop a reading comprehension program on the reading competencies and comprehension level of college students. A focus group discussion (FGD) was conducted to gather insights from students on their reading habits and challenges, which served as the basis for the development of the reading program. The program focused on teaching specific …
How Highly Achieved Students Differ From the Others? A Text-Mining Approach to Personal Learning Goals
People often set goals at the start of a new event in their life. Goals are related to performance across different domains, including sports, psychotherapy, leadership, health care, as well as education. Those students who set learning goals are found to have higher learning motivation, more persistence in learning, better course attendance, and better academic …
The Conceptual Framework Development of Internationalization Process Model of Thai Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Emerging Markets: A Study of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS)
The phenomena of internationalizing business to emerging markets has resulted from the internationalization of both public and private enterprises, according to modern organization theory. An enterprise cannot survive in an open system and highly dynamic environment. In response to radical changes in the political, legal, and socio-cultural contexts of emerging markets, inter-organizational networks have been …
Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception Towards ChatGPT Among University Students and Faculty: A Preliminary Exploration
Launched on November 30, 2022, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm with its ability to generate human-like text in a conversational style. The reactions varied from enthusiasm about its potential to enhance learning to concerns about its threat to students’ cognitive development and academic integrity. This exploratory study aims to (1) gauge the level …
Double Didactics to Prepare Future Educators
Reading strategies are very important for students to obtain as they can foster reading comprehension. Additionally, it is not only essential to teach students reading strategies, but also that they know how to use them. The university class discussed in this article is for education students, who want to become teachers or work in the …
The Repercussions of Assessment of the Teaching and Learning Process
Assessment plays a pivotal role in the educational process despite occupying the fourth position in the educational cycle. It follows objectives, techniques, teaching aids to guide, enrich and correct teaching and learning by identifying the weaknesses to address them along with the strengths to builds on them. Furthermore, a well-purposeful exam will have a variety …
Third Spaces and Benefits of Designing Food Safety Curriculum for Science Classes: Using Third Space to Promote Food Safety Learning
Food safety is one of the most important dimensions of food. With the growing number of food-borne illnesses, it is imperative to design curricula that address this important issue and equip students with the necessary knowledge to combat food-borne illnesses. Scholars have discussed the idea of using third spaces to bridge the gap between students’ …
Challenges of Implementing Social Justice in University Classroom
The purpose of this study was to explore the challenges that university teachers face while implementing social justice in their classrooms. It also examined teachers’ conceptions regarding social justice teaching. Implementation of social justice in stereotypical classrooms is a task that needs examination at both the micro and macro scales. This study pursued to find …
Online Education and Adult Learners’ Engagement – A Case Study at the Open University of Mauritius
Education using technology or through technology is gaining massive interest and it is commonly agreed that the use of various education delivery approaches is vital to enable all citizens to benefit from it. Likewise, many universities are opening their doors to the adult population to enable them to earn certificates without compromising work and family …
Identification of Teacher Competence Moral Elements for Becoming Principals as Learning Leaders
The principal has a central impact on enhancing the education unit and a strategic role in developing school resources. The principal has a crucial role to play in realizing a superior school as a learning leader. This study aimed to describe the moral competencies that a teacher must possess in order to serve as the …
Reinforcing Pancasila Student Profiles: The Ideal Frameworks of Project-Based Learning in Secondary Schools in Indonesia
Students in Indonesia are expected to be capable of being useful members of society and becoming great human beings in the twenty-first century. Critical thinking skills and character building are among the characteristics necessary to attain the Pancasila student profiles. Project-based learning is being used in schools in an effort to enhance Pancasila students’ profiles. …
‘Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair’: reparative intimacies with the pandemic’s child
Saving lives from the pandemic put people under the rule of exception. But for those already regulated through social hygiene,those “inhuman, and humans-humus” surviving in “refuges” (Haraway 2016),government tightening of social distancing was not a pastoral command for economizing physical contact but criminalization of life. This paper explores how contact zones–wherein marginality, social abandonment, morbidity …
Arts-Based Way of Being and Knowing: Music Therapy With Young People From Multicultural Backgrounds in South Korea
The purpose of this research project is to gain an in-depth understanding of the musical experience of young people from multicultural backgrounds and to explore any effects of music therapy on their well-being. It ultimately focuses on giving voices to young people from multicultural backgrounds and sharing experiences through music. A mixed methodology has been …
Improving Master’s Students’ Information Literacy Through Online Instruction
The ability to manage information obtained from the internet for learning purposes represents a difficult task for most students, even in higher education, where this ability takes on major importance for the writing of academic texts. The Information Problem Solving (IPS) model breaks down this ability into five different skills: defining research questions; planning research …
Exploring Student Interest in Global Health as a Component of Medical English Education
This work looks at student interest in the concept of global health as a component of medical English education. With the rise of global pandemics and the increasing interconnectedness of the world, understanding global health has become more critical. In Japan, various aspects of global health such as public health, epidemiology, social medicine, and cross-cultural …
The Significance of Lifelong Learning Against the Spread of Ignorance
Agnotology indicates that ignorance does not only consist of unknown or inaccessible information but also of stored or suppressed information. While the coexistence of ignorance and science might be quite interesting, examining the cases involving ignorance can answer the questions of why and how ignorance exists. This study, it is aimed to explain the formation …
Children’s Narrative Drawing and Early Literacy
In literate societies of the 21st century, written language seems to play a decisive role in both the working and social life of individuals and for this reason, educational reforms focus on children’s development of literacy. Great importance is attached to individuals’ ability to read and understand what they read, since this ability is the …
Evaluating the Impact of Economic Empowerment Policies on the South African Rural Elderly-A Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
Following both international and local waves of criticism due to overwhelming high rates of youth unemployment, the South African post-Apartheid government has passed several economic empowerment policies to address the challenge. In addressing the youth unemployment and sustainability of livelihoods, institutions and their policies availed resources to the youth and left a gap in responding …
Exploring and Bridging the Increasing Digital Divide for Cambodian Educational System
The usage of information technology (IT) has changed the process of learning and teaching in the last few years significantly. This trend has been boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students not having the needed IT equipment, IT skills or online connections are facing issues in this process: A digital divide in education. This research aims …
The Development and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Tutor for a Java Programming Class
The advent of Artificial Intelligence has brought numerous opportunities for innovation in the field of education. One such tool is ChatGPT, a conversational AI model, which can aid students in their learning process and enhance their Java programming skills. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of ChatGPT in helping students with Object Oriented Java …
Alternative Classroom Design’s Relation to Student Satisfaction, Learning Engagement and Perceived Teaching Effectiveness in a Malaysian University Setting
This study collected feedback from students and lecturers regarding “traditional” and “creative” (i.e. non-traditional) classroom designs. A sample of 140 current undergraduate and graduate students (male = 40, female = 100) and four lecturers (male = 1, female = 3) were surveyed regarding their learning experiences and impressions in “traditional” compared to “creative” classroom settings. …
All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy Is No Longer True
Education is not always funny, and teachers must motivate students in order to give them the sense of a constant work. Active learning removes apprentices from their safe place by establishing a situation where risk gambling is supported, as Howell (2021) explains in his investigation. This environment allows them to share their thoughts and highlights …
Support Technology for Nonverbal Communication of Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder –Systematic Review
In recent years there have been an exponential number of technological proposals designed for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) of which there is not always enough evidence to support their effectiveness. This can make it difficult for teachers and students to benefit from technology support that is more effective and tailored to the needs …
A Longitudinal Case Study on Transformational Videoconferencing-Based EFL Teacher Education for Pre-service Teachers’ Professional Development
New technologies and digital learning have opened up a wide range of learning possibilities for language learners. Even though traditional, face-to-face foreign language teaching remains predominant, there is a growing interest in teaching foreign languages (especially English as a Foreign Language – EFL) on videoconferencing (VC) platforms such as Zoom and MS Teams. Using the …
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Development of Teaching Effectiveness: A Tool for Personalization of Learning in Higher Education
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most important sustainable technology tools today because it offers several advantages for teachers and students that allow them to improve their performance in their academic and professional activities. Through the use of this tool people can automate repetitive tasks and free up time for more meaningful learning. …
Experiences and Pedagogical Reflections on Virtual Teaching Practice in Mexico
Digital platforms help us establish sociocultural and educational communication with the ethical other. They have facilitated pedagogical follow-up for our students during the pandemic period through the intermediation of the digital interface and the emerging pedagogical mediation of students’ parents. With the purpose of acquiring data regarding the everyday experiences of teachers during the COVID-19 …
Can Artificial Intelligence Be Used as a Tutor to Improve Student Performance in a Technical Writing Class?
The utilization of artificial intelligence in language modeling has seen a significant rise in recent years, particularly in the area of text generation. One of the most prominent models in this field is ChatGPT3. This study aims to assess ChatGPT’s ability to provide feedback on college-level technical reports. The research tested three different control groups, …
Bridging Distance for Young Students with Disabilities in Online Learning
This virtual video presentation reviews literature on how to engage young students with disabilities in effective learning and discusses how this research can be applied to developing lessons for online teaching. Many teachers have reported their struggle to engage young children, especially children with disabilities in synchronous online learning activities. When teachers needed to take …
IIIEPE – A Laboratory for the Development of Stem Teaching Competencies Through Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence
This article presents a teacher training strategy based on the design of an educational innovation laboratory that promotes the development of STEM teaching competencies through computational thinking and artificial intelligence in public schools in the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. Today, the development of computational thinking is a core teaching competency, which reveals the importance …
Assessing the Impact of Empowerment Policies on the South African Urban Legal Cannabis Market
Following an international wave of legalizing cannabis for medical, recreational and economic reasons, South African national government have been encouraging entrepreneurs to participate in related cannabis technology and innovation. The gap is in the urban customer perceptions towards the legal cannabis industry to assist in aligning existing policies with the government’s cannabis industry goals. The …
The University and Postmodern Times
Around the 1950s, in the so-called “post-industrial era”, science and the University, given the technological impact of knowledge, underwent substantial changes in their statutes, by marginalizing the theoretical framework provided by the philosopher, relegating ontological issues to the sidelines and prioritizing gnosiological issues. From the moment that the metaphysical framework of modern science was invalidated, …
Self-Concept and Perceived Social Support as Predictors of Self-Esteem Among Students in a Malaysian University
Recent findings have shown that the differences between self-concept and self-esteem are becoming more apparent. Self-concept serves as a cognitive domain of the self, while self- esteem involves emotional and affective stances. Historically, self-concept and self-esteem were used interchangeably. As studies have found, self-concept is not the sole factor that influences self-esteem but social relationships …
School for Social Justice: Pedagogical Reflections on Equity in Education in Gramscian Perspective With a Focus on the Italian Context
The role of school for social justice is supported internationally (Connel, 1993; Hytten & Bettez, 2011; Pearson & Reddy, 2021): everyone must be included in democratic participatory processes (Bauman & Tester, 2002; Gerwitz, 2006) and have the cultural and political tools to change History (Bell, 2007; Hackman, 2005). Taking equity in education (Rawls, 1972; Nussbaum, …
Transforming Undergraduate Research Experiences With Experiential Learning
Science and technology drive innovation, create economic opportunity, and are critical to national security. With increased competition for a skilled STEM workforce, high barriers to participation in STEM, the missing millions (Gershenfeld et al., 2021), and the longstanding underrepresentation of minoritized US communities, collective action is urgently needed to expand STEM education and training. Strengthening …
The Effect of Educational Technology Program Approach on Students’ Attitude Towards Problem Solving
Integration of educational technology program has become an essential element of education in Malaysia due to its positive impact. Despite its implementation, students are unable to fully realize its potential benefits. This study investigated the effect of an educational technology program approach on students’ attitude towards problem solving. The educational technology program approach that has …
The Development Multimedia for Learning to the Achievement of English Grammar for Senior High School Students in Lampang, Thailand
This research is an academic service project for schools in the service area of Lampang Rajabhat University. The objectives of this research were: 1) to develop multimedia for learning to the achievement of English grammar for senior high school students to be effective. 2) to compare the learning achievement of English grammar by using the …
Effectiveness of Incorporating Mindfulness Programs for Corporate Executives: The IMC Case Study
Mindfulness is bringing one’s complete attention to the experiences occurring in the present moment, in a non-judgmental or accepting way (Brown & Ryan, 2003; Kabat-Zinn, 1990; Linehan, 1993a; Marlatt & Kristeller, 1999) and can be developed through meditation and deep breathing activities. The impact or results demonstrated through research are that it increases awareness, insight, …
Acts of Faith: A Braided Autoethnography
This creative-critical paper takes the broad strokes of belief and explores various personal experiences, grounding memory through diverse narratives. In the social sciences, the idea of multiple selves (Lester, 2010) offers how the mind is made up of subselves that account for the co-existence of conflicting desires or forces. In this paper, the focus is …
The Takhi, The Bear, The Dragon, and The Eagle: Mongolia’s Historic Foreign Policy Challenges
Despite multiple interactions between the United States and Mongolia over the course of 70 years, a formal relationship was not established until 1987. Much of that delay was because U.S.-Mongolian relations often took a backseat to other strategic interests including relations with China and the Soviet Union. Three years after the normalization of relations, a …
Accessibility of Inclusive Education in Indonesia: A Trajectory From Classroom Practice to Policy Recommendation
Based on statistical data for Special Education (2020), there are a total of 2,270 Special Schools (SLB) at various levels of education units throughout Indonesia. With details of 593 schools owned by the government and 1,677 schools owned by the private sector. The number of SLB mentioned above is compared with the number of predictions …
Examining Ageism Faced by Older People in Engaging with Digitalization (A Literature Review)
The shift in global age structure has sparked debate among scholars from various disciplines, with the primary focus on ageing as an alarming risk. Ageism has arisen as a result of the media, policymakers, and many academics portraying old age as difficult rather than promoting the critical role of the elderly in society. Rosales and …
Research Supervision During COVID-19: A Comparison Between Supervisors’ and Supervisees’ Experiences
The COVID-19 pandemic shaped teaching, learning, and research activities and imposed an urgent online transition. Technology was extensively used to facilitate research and mentoring purposes, including research supervision. The importance of this research project stems from the need to explore the experiences of research students and research supervisors during the pandemic to assess the way …
Re-investigation of Cinematic Narrator: An Analysis of Japanese Film Narratage
This research re-questions the concept of cinematic narrator, to evaluate the understanding towards narrative cinema and its operations. Through a case study on the feature film Narratage (2017), this research attempts to problematize how film arranges the logic of its storytelling through narrative structure and narration, as well as how the elements of film style …
The Development of a Local Curriculum on Bamboo Wicker for Primary Students
The purpose of this study was to develop a local curriculum on bamboo wicker for grade 6 students at Klumnakkhawying 2 school (Ban Bowee). The sample consisted of 20 grade 6 students at Klumnakkhawying 2 school (Ban Bowee). The research instruments consisted of 1) curriculum conformity assessment form, 2) knowledge test about bamboo and bamboo …
Communication as a Social Science
The study of communication is usually treated as a social scientific discipline. At the same time, it is often placed under the aegis of the ‘human science’, suggesting it is a discipline within the humanities. Hence, the objective of this presentation is to delineate the nature and scope of communication as a social science per …
The Development of a Malay Language Pretend Play Assessment Kit for Assessing Malaysian Children’s Pretend Play
Pretend play involves representation of objects or individuals as another for amusement seeking and one of the multifaceted play activities that children engage in for fun, yet promotes a myriad of skills development and learning including cognitive, language, social, and emotional skills. Children across gender, geographical and cultural backgrounds engage in pretend play, however, there …
Pre-service Teachers’ Learning Experiences With Educational Technologies in South Africa
Online teaching and learning have become a fundamental platform for teaching and learning in higher education institutions, more so, since globally an extensive academic disruption was experienced during the coronavirus pandemic 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. This study describes pre-service teachers’ perceptions on online teaching and learning platforms at one University in South Africa. The purpose of …
Inculcating Creativity: A Study on the Creative Abilities of Educators in the Field of Design
The study aims to evaluate the range of creative abilities of design educators in Indian colleges and universities. A total of 149 participants, including 49 males and 100 females, were surveyed using a questionnaire from the Leadership Assessment Tools. The study finds that only 2% of educators are classified as ‘very creative,’ and none are …
Efficiency in Learning Computer Programming Through Blended Learning Methods
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way education is delivered, leading to a widespread adoption of online learning methods. Online education has adopted many methods of learning, such as synchronous, where teaching is present during instruction, and asynchronous, where pre-recorded video learning is provided for students. In addition, there is also blended learning, where both …
Influencing Learner Interest With Authentic Materials in a Tertiary CLIL Context
Authentic materials are an extremely valuable tool for instruction particularly in Content Language Intergraded Instruction (CLIL) contexts but often instructors shy away from using these materials, citing the linguistic difficulty for students. This presentation will discuss a mixed methods research project focusing on the effect on learner interest (LI) with the incorporation of English authentic …
Speak Better: A Meta-Analysis of Language Learning Modalities for Improving Speaking Proficiency
Whether it is to improve one’s job opportunities or understand the lyrics of your favorite KPOP band’s latest single, the importance of knowing a second or third language is becoming more vital. Despite foreign languages being a compulsory subject in many countries’ K-12 education, many language learners are unable to exceed low intermediate speaking proficiency. …
Towards the Design and Implementation of a Blended Learning Framework for Student-Centredness
In the 21st century, the use of the internet and technology become essential in every facet of a life. The outbreaks of the Covid-19 pandemic, prevent direct human contact but increase the usage of digital technology for numerous services. Traditional teaching methods called also face-to-face in educational environments have changed in order to conform to …
Theatrical Space, Seating Arrangement and Audience Participation in the Blackfriars Playhouse
The play-going and play-watching experience in a recreated early modern indoor playhouse is drastically different from a more “traditional” proscenium theater in many fundamental ways, such as the breakdown of the fourth wall and direct audience contacts, which are closely intertwined with the unique theatrical space and the dynamic and fluid exchange between actors and …
The Social Aspects of Code-Switching in Online Interaction: The Case of Saudi Bilinguals
This research aims to investigate the concept of code-switching (CS) between English, Arabic, and the CS practices of Saudi online users via a Translanguaging (TL) lens for more inclusive view towards the nature of the data from the study. It employs Digitally Mediated Communication (DMC), specifically the WhatsApp and Twitter platforms, in order to understand …
The Role of Women Self Help Groups (Chama) in Empowering Rural Women in Kenya
Rural women in developing countries face significant cultural challenges. Notably, women in patriarchal communities are constrained by gendered norms and roles. These norms have contributed to gendered exclusions, high expectations, and inequitable access to resources, leaving most women in these communities disempowered. Kenya is one of the countries whose rural women have been subjected to …
Student Personality and Emotional Intelligence: Canton Ambato Case Study
The aim of this study was to evaluate the personality of students in the eighth, ninth and tenth years of the Private Educational Units of the Ambato-Ecuador canton, using the Eysenck Personality Test. Initially, we worked with a population of 287 students between 13 and 15 years of age of both sexes, the aspects evaluated …
Phatic Communion: How It Works in Face-To-Face and Online Communications
This is a paper that demonstrates how phatic communion works in both face-to-face and online communications. Communication is the act of transferring information from the speaker(s) to the hearer(s). Phatic communion is a type of communication that occurs in social interactions. In many communicative situations, speakers intend to convey information, but in some situations, it …
Exploring High School Learners’ Proficiency in Euclidean Geometry
This paper reports on a qualitative study that probed high school learners’ proficiency in Euclidean geometry in South Africa. Euclidean geometry lessons were conducted in a collaborative learning classroom, and participants’ competence was assessed using Kilpatrick’s five strands of mathematical proficiency as benchmark. Kilpatrick’s five strands of developing mathematical proficiency was the theoretical framework and …
An Evaluation of the Maltese School Literacy Environments and Practices of Students With Down Syndrome
This study aimed to evaluate the literacy abilities of students with Down Syndrome (DS) from the perspective of educators while also evaluating the school literacy environments of students with DS within the Maltese context. This enabled the researchers to investigate the level of collaboration between educators and other professionals, to evaluate whether educators were sufficiently …
Awareness of Cooperatıve Insurance in Turkey
Cooperative insurance is a model in which partners come together to form a company. Aiming to help each other, this model is funded by stakeholder contributions and managed by the company. The individual who wants to insure his/her commodity becomes the policy customer as well as the partner of the cooperative. Unlike conventional insurance companies, …
The Impact of Low Birth Rate on Higher Education in Taiwan: University Teachers’ Work stress and Coping Strategies
The decreasing birth rate in Taiwan has caused a significant enrollment drop among many universities in Taiwan. In the year of 2022, a total of 19 universities have failed to reach a 60% enrollment rate. According to the statistics provided by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan, at least twelve universities have been shut down …
Factors Influencing Motivation and Demotivation in the EFL Classroom for Taiwanese College Students
Learning a foreign language is not an easy task and sometimes it is overwhelming. Therefore, enhancing learner’s motivation so as to elevate English proficiency has been a critical issue for educators and researchers over the past decades. Learners are motivated differently, and the motivators for English learners nowadays might not be the same as they …
From Fully Online to Face-to-Face Learning: A Qualitative Study of Malaysian Higher Education Students’ Agency in Learning following the Pandemic
Based on the concept of student agency which is an individual’s ability to manage their own learning, this study explores Malaysian higher education (HE) students’ responses in their transition back to on-campus learning following long periods of fully-online learning during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic. Data from students at 13 Malaysian HE institutions were gathered through an online survey’s open-ended questions, exploring their perceptions of their …
Videos in the Language Classroom As Learning Mediators
The inclusion of videos in teaching has become widespread in the last decades. The paper faces the question of whether this practice should be considered beneficial to learning in any case, due to the attractiveness of audio-visual resources. Studies in cognitive psychology offer a complex answer: on the one hand, the double channel – sight …
The Sleeping Beauty topos in The Monk and Dracula
A hundred years separate two of the most successful masterpieces of English Gothic Fiction: The Monk (1796) by Matthew Gregory Lewis and Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker. The significance of this circumstance goes beyond mere chronological coincidence and is revealing of a closer connection between the two texts. Such a connection, made up of a …
“Our Gipsy Blood”: A Pragmatic Analysis of Minor Languages in Peaky Blinders
The present paper seeks to explore how, in the popular TV series Peaky Blinders (BCC, 2013-2022), minor languages are employed to deliver “face attacks”. My analysis will be centred on the pragmatic function exerted by/towards the Shelby family members – the leading gangsters of Birmingham, where the plot unravels – when the so-called “broken Romanian” …
Research Skill Level of Grade 12 Students of Penablanca National High School and Their Learning Needs in Practical Research 2: Basis for an Intervention Plan
This study primarily aimed to assess the research skill level of the Grade 12 students of Penablanca National High School. It further identified the respondents’ learning needs and formulated an intervention plan for their least mastered competency in Practical Research 2. Descriptive evaluation design was utilized in this study. This study included 200 respondents who …
Pedagogical Actions Towards Cultural Heritage and Archival Preservation –Bridging Design Education Between Past and Future
The nature and the materiality of cultural heritage and archives are being brought to design research, questioning the ways in which they are communicated, curated, and used. Design, as an activity with the ability to creatively engage with other fields in its education process and as an active agent in communication and society, endorses a …
The Quercetum Chorus Workshop
The Quercetum Chorus Workshop introduced students in the Cal Poly Pomona Interdisciplinary Paris Study Abroad Program (CPP IPSAP) to methods of deepening human-tree relations through sound, drawing and movement. Students applied a multi-sensory approach to knowing trees by attuning to their frequencies, textures, shapes, and movements. They were invited to reimagine trees as more-than-human bodies …
Othello: A Legal Alien in Multicultural Renaissance Venice
Venice was like no other city in the world during the Renaissance. It was the beating heart of the Eastern Mediterranean. With its extensive political, cultural, and economic prowess, Venice served as a site of encounter between the East and the West. A seemingly quite integrated and racially diverse society, Venice was an opulent city …
Towards Creating a Transformative Arabic Language Classroom: A Pedagogical Model
Language learning is interrelated with learners’ identities (Temples, 2010; He, 2010). However, research that explores Arabic teachers’ innovative identity-targeted pedagogic practices in creating transformative Arabic classrooms is limited. This qualitative study draws upon the field of Positive Futures (Kraft, 2022) where positive perceptions of the future enrich students’ learning outcomes and asks: what pedagogic innovations …
Understanding and Teaching Slam Poetry: An Empirical Research of University Students
This paper focuses on the definition of slam poetry and its possible uses in the classroom. Based on two Hungarian slam poetry performances, qualitative empirical research has been conducted on Hungarian university students. During a slam poetry performance, the slammer creates a rhetorical situation, in which a new genre organises the experiences of the audience …
Service Learning in Nutrition and Dietetics Education: A Systematic Review
Service learning (S+L) is a teaching method through which students apply what they learn in the classroom to real-life situations. In so doing, students help a community in addressing their needs and challenges, and, at the same time, students deepen their learning about specific contents in a university programme. The aim of this paper is …
The Crisis of Alzheimer’s Disease in “The Father” and “Still Alice”: Media Representations of Dementia in Contemporary Film Narratives
Film and television have an essential impact on how we understand and respond to contemporary medical issues. In the case of dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, this has translated into a fear of and stigmatization of the disease. While the standard frames for dementia in contemporary media focus on the biomedical aspects, these representations often translate …
Turning Art Into a Literary Communication Tool
The paper investigates the unity of theatrical and musical arts as supplementary communication tools employed by the literary medium. The literary practice of integrating music and drama into a novel is seen through the prism of intermediality-based processes employed by modernist writers, namely E. M. Forster in his novel Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905). …
Teaching Students to Draw Quickly: A Strategy to Encourage Traditional Drawing Skills
With the introduction of better design and drawing software in the previous decade, Architecture and Interior Design students are relying more and more on the computer to produce visual representations of their ideas. Students entering the College of Architecture, Art and Design at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) are becoming less motivated to build …
Systematic Literature Review: Implementation of Digital Leadership in Education in Several Countries
Digital leadership is strategic leadership by utilizing technology, especially digital assets to achieve organizational goals. The purpose of this research is to find out how digital leadership is implemented in various countries. The research method used in this study is the SLR (Systematic Literature Review) method. Collecting data by collecting similar research articles with research …
Systematic Literature Review: Learning Design Using the Flipped Classroom Model to Improve Learning Outcomes and Student Participation
With the help of anytime, anywhere access to online technologies, the flipped classroom learning approach focuses on students’ needs to improve learning efficiency. One style of learning is called a “flipped classroom,” which combines face-to-face synchronous interaction with online, individual learning. This study aims to analyze the use of the flipped classroom model to improve …
Raise Your Voice: Students with Learning Disabilities’ Perspectives About Their Science Learning
There is an underrepresentation of individuals with disabilities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the importance of diversity to achieve an evolving society, increasing the representation of individuals with disabilities in STEM post-secondary education and careers is essential. One way that this can be accomplished is by incorporating the voices …
Insight of Twitter Ban: Student’s Perspectives in Higher Education
Twitter appears to be a platform for the elites, with abuse, misuse, misinformation, and disinformation. Twitter bans in various countries, including Nigeria, have raised worries about freedom of expression and information access. This study examines Nigeria’s Twitter ban’s reasons, effects, and alternative measures The research study was carried out using a quantitative method that takes …
Future Preschool Teachers’ Perspectives on Integrating Music Into the Teaching Activities
This paper focuses on the positive effects of music on the development of children’s musical and general abilities and the readiness of future preschool teachers to use music in different daily activities. The aim of the study was to determine the students’ opinions about the importance of music in preschool education and the musical skills …
Framework for Filtering the Expectations of Common Behavior and Standards in a Highly Diverse Student Environment
The European Campus Rottal-Inn (ECRI), which is a part of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology, is considered to be one of the most culturally diverse campuses, with one of the highest international student populations, in Germany. The highly diverse and international environment of the campus, which is set in a rural area of Bavaria, offers …
Flesh, Bones, and Meat: Approaching the Becoming-Cow in Julio Medem’s Cows
This paper takes as the starting point the lifelong obsession of the protagonist for the cow that further introduces an uncanny relationship of symbiosis between man, cow, and camera in Julio Medem’s Cows/Vacas (1992). Enlightened by Deleuze’s and Guattari’s writings on becoming- animal in A Thousand Plateaus (1980) and Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation …
Filipinos for Export: The Case of Low-Skilled Workers
This research aims to analyze the Philippine government’s involvement in exporting labor to Taiwan, a country where the Philippines is recognized as a major labor provider. Focusing on the recruitment, selection, and preparation of low-skilled Filipino migrant workers, the study delves into how the Philippine government prepares these workers by imparting knowledge about Taiwanese culture …
Controlling the Level of Anxiety in L2 Presentation Performance: Case Study of EFL Students in Japan
The main objective of this research is to investigate the impact of pedagogical techniques involving L1 on reducing anxiety in L2 presentation performances among Japanese university students learning English as a foreign language (EFL). In our English presentation class, seventeen EFL students gave a short presentation in English based on homework in which they write …
BreMo: A Mobile Application to Promote Primary Knowledge About Breast Cancer
To promote early diagnosis – an essential pillar of breast cancer management (WHO) – thousands of apps exist on the Google Play Store. Only 13% of all breast cancer apps focus on awareness and self-check and have not been scientifically evaluated. The primary objective of this study was to co-design and develop BreMo for Nepalese …
Analysis of Automated and Personalized Student Feedback to Improve Learner Experience
Due to the vast amounts of data generated at educational institutions and need for teachers to personalize feedback to every student, having an automated feedback system to support educators is important. Data research teams at the Atlantic Technological University have developed an automated feedback system that sends lecturer feedback to student based on their performance …
A Formative Assessment of the Mental Health (MH) and Wellbeing (Wb) of Students Enrolled in the Heroes Development Programme (HDP)
The Heroes Foundation investigated youth Mental Health and Wellbeing as part of the HDP due to the increased reports of child abuse and neglect during the COVID-19 pandemic and mass migration of Venezuelans. This formative assessment is one of the measures that will assess the effectiveness of implemented interventions. The aim was to benchmark the …
Neurodiversity in the Workplace: Understanding ADHD in the Indian Workforce
The conventional workplace which centres around neurotypical employees can be exclusionary to its neurodiverse employees, making the workplace harder for them to manoeuvre. The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of neurodiverse employees with ADHD in the Indian workplace, with particular reference to the nature of the problems faced and how the …
Better to Unfriend You!: The Effect of Ostracism and Group Membership on Unfriending Behavior
A growing body of literature has revealed that there are various reasons for unfriending in SNSs (Social Network Sites) such as posting too frequently and polarizing topics, making crude comments, and getting minimal contact. The present study aims at the effect of ostracism and group membership on unfriending behavior in SNSs. We used Cyberball Paradigm …
Emotional Responses to Different Modes of Occlusion Applied to Phrases Expressing Situational/Emotional Concepts
In prior basic research exploring the influence of different Chinese character structures and varied positions of occlusion, the speed and accuracy of character reading recognition has been explored. Based on those cumulative research results, this study extends the investigation from occluding single words to occluding phrases. The experimental design, tested on 105 men and 115 …
A Cognitive and Socio-cultural Perspective on the Tendency to use Gmail’s Smart Reply-like AI-based Texting Features
Introduced by Google in the year 2016, Gmail Smart Reply gives reply suggestions to users through deep neural networks, based on its ML model trained on a massive database collected earlier. By 2017, Smart Reply was already sending about 6.7 billion email replies on behalf of humans. The present study explores the tendency of email …
An Exploration of Psychological First Aid in Climatic Disaster Contexts of the Pacific Islands
Psychological first aid is an activity of mental health and psychosocial support. This study reviews the purpose of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (ISAC) guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support and the level of intervention. The study also uses survey questionnaires to explore psychological first aid (PFA) interventions in the context of climate disasters in …
Influence of Speed and Effort on Moral Judgment of Cognitive Enhancement
Previous research suggests that pharmacological cognitive enhancement (PCE) is viewed negatively due to perceived medical uncertainty, coercion, and unfairness and hollowness of the outcome. With the increasing advancement in and use of technology, along with a shift towards machines and gadgets, there seems to exist a need for humans to improve their mental functioning in …
Simulation-Oriented Training: Analysis and Modeling of Trainer Activity During Post-simulation Debriefing (D-STAM)
In post-simulation debriefing, the role of the trainer is increasingly recognised as an important asset for effective professional training. However, there are no specific models that focus on the trainer’s activity during this fundamental phase of learning. Existing work often provides prescriptive insights and lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework from the trainer’s perspective. To fill …
Status of E-Inclusion, and Prediction of Social Inclusion Among the Elderly in Taiwan
Digital aging is an essential part of active aging. E-Inclusion means that everyone in society can participate in the information society. In an aging society, whether E-Inclusion affects social inclusion? The secondary data analysis method was used in this study— the source of original data from the National Development Council(2021). There are 1,745 who are …
Successful Cases of Transiting From Restraints to Restraint-free Care of Older Residents in Long-term Care Facilities: Perspectives of Multi-disciplinary Staff
Background: In recent decades, considerable attention has been given to efforts to reduce and eliminate restraint use in older institutionalized people. Previous research showed that staff expressed varying views of restraint-free care. Yet, no qualitative research has described this phenomenon in Hong Kong. Purposes: This paper will present and compare the views of staff towards …