The Leadership of Principal in Space Managementprincipium and Pattern
The leadership of principal in space management is a new theory of education leadership. It is rapid development in the …
Technology Acceptance by In-Service Teachers in Hong Kong – Preliminary Results
Educational technology is appealing to some educators due to its potential in supporting a larger variety of pedagogy. Since 1998, …
Learning Media of Currency Introduction for Children with Special Needs
Application of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) has no longer been uncommon and has reached almost every aspect of human …
Designing Childrens Multimedia Learning Application in Developing Childrens Knowledge of Child Sexual Abuse
Various educational applications has successfully utilized multimedia in learning environment. Many researchers agree that multimedia can facilitate learning through its …
Integration of Flipped Classroom Approach and Project-Based Learning in an Undergraduate Engineering Course
Encouraged by the increasing numbers of successful cases both on Flipped Classroom approach and project-based learning around the world, the …
Instructional Support for Improving Students’ Planning Skills to Solve Physics Problems
Deep analysis on students’ cognition (i.e. mental representation in solving Physics problem) is crucial to develop tool to support learning. …
Attitude towards Holography in Teaching among Lecturers in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions
The very many advantages offered by ICT in education sector have led most educational institutions to integrate it in academic …
The Effect of Theme Preference on Academic Word List Use: A Case Study of Smartphone Video Recording Feature
67 Japanese English as a Foreign Language undergraduate learners completed 1 cell phone video production per week based on a …
Taiwanese EFL Learners’ Perceived Use of Online Reading Strategies
Reading strategies are beneficial to learners’ reading comprehension in second language learning. The strategies can be divided into different categories, …
Gamification of Web Based Learning Environment for Physics Problem Solving
In today’s digital generation, gamification has become a popular tactic to encourage specific behaviors, and increase motivation and engagement. While …
Developing ESP Multimedia Courseware for Taiwan East Rift Valley National Scenic Area
The Taiwan government has carried out various policies to promote the tourism industry. To meet the needs of the industry, …
Using the Flipped Classroom Approach to Stimulate Deep Learning in Large Classrooms
This project used the Flipped Classroom approach to stimulate deep learning in large classrooms during the film module of a …
Building a Value Network Model for the Design and Use of Learning Solutions
It is generally agreed on that ICT can have a meaningful role in teaching and learning. However, learners – children …
Teaching Science in the Basic Education Levels in Nigeria: Challenges and Way Forward
ABSTRACT This paper thus looked into the teaching science in the basic education levels in Nigeria: challenges and way forward. …
Beyond the Bars, Breaking Barriers towards Digital Inclusion: Family Visits through ICT-Based “E-Dalaw” as Innovation in the Reformation Program of the Maximum Security Inmates of the New Bilibid Prison, Philippines
Information Communication Technologies (ICT)’s enabling power of bringing about participation fosters social and digital inclusion, and supports the Philippines’ development …
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Continuing Accountability Discourse in Education
Currently, Australian governments are again shining the spotlight on education and teacher quality. This has particularly resulted from literacy and …
The 10,000 Hour Rule and What it Means for Language Teaching
For many years the Japanese Ministry of Education MEXT and English language teachers have tried to increase the English proficiency …
Towards an Audiovisual Translation Policy in Arabic
The future of translation studies in Arabic is in screen and not print translation. As digital technology is fast changing …
Transformative Language Education: The English of Sustainability
As the countries of South-East Asia continue to broaden their horizons and coalesce into a single ASEAN community, there are …
Romantic Illusions in ELT: The Cultural Creation of Pedagogic ‘Self’ and Student ‘Other,’ from Shakespeare and the Sublime to English Textbooks
This paper will discuss the connections between Western cultural movements such as the enlightenment and the romantic counter-enlightenment, and their …
Assimilate the Individual ‘I’ Into the Collective ‘we’? Mainland China Students’ Localisation and Adaptation during Their Study in Hong Kong
The binary concept of globalise/localise, similarities/differences as well as the issue of actualise/neutralise (Vischer, 1989, 1996; Hall, 2003) constitutes the …
Digital Competencies in the Early Years
The paper presents a model for development of digital skills in early years. The model is structured in four levels …
Online Comic in Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Learning: A Case Study of Budi Utama Multilingual School in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
This research aims to 1) investigate the improvement of CFL elementary-school students’ skill in learning Mandarin Chinese vocabulary through creating …
Ethical Decision Making in Education Systems in Times of Transformation: Codes of Ethics and the Potential Benefits of Deontology, Consequentialism, and Mixed-Consequentialism
In times of transformation, the issues of equity, social justice and social change require careful review in educational institutions. Effective …
The Impact of Students’ Participation to a Facebook Group on Their Learning Motivation and Scores
The development of Information and communications technology (ICT) has brought rapid and profound changes in the field of Education. Nowadays, …
The Main Components of Self-Development Model to Enhance Non-Formal Education Facilitators’ Potential in Lifelong Education Management
Recently, lifelong learning has been essential in knowledge-based economy and learning society. Thai laws and policies indicated lifelong learning was …
Narration as a Means of Formulating and Transferring Tacit Knowledge
The goal of this study is to highlight the importance of the narrative type of knowledge, its relation to tacit …
The Curriculum Development of Science Camp for Primary Students in Udon Thani Municipality Schools Based on Constructivist Paradigm and Learners’ Skills in 21st Century
The curriculum of Science Camp for Municipality Students Project was used an area-based collaborative strategy that designed to provide local …
Participative Management as a Strategy for Enhancing Job Satisfaction of Teachers: The Case of South African Teachers
Participative management and shared decision-making are increasingly finding their way into schools. This signifies a radical change for many teachers …
Current Issues on Vocational and Technical Education in Nigeria
The study was primarily designed to investigate current issues on vocational and technical education (VTE) in Nigeria. Specific objectives were: …
School Leadership: Impact of Changing School Management to Internal Stakeholder Satisfaction
One nearly collapsed public primary school has been determined successful and well managed by a new principal. The case highlights …
Developing Problem-Solving Skills and Pair Programming Strategy for Fundamental Computer Programming Course
Many research showed the barriers to learning programming of learners were that students don’t have basic problem solving skills and …
Developing Research Skills of the Third Year Teachers Students Using the RTI Model in Thailand
This research aimed to 1) develop research skills of the third year students, 2) develop teaching method by using the …
Integrating Formative Assessment in the University Education
Assessment in education should effectively measure if and how students learn. This paper discusses the integration of formative assessment (FA) …
Assessment Patterns in Computing Education
Computing education aims to develop computational thinking skills in students. It requires many higher order thinking skills such as analysis, …
The Effect of Using Games and Puzzles on the Achievements of Mentally Retarded Pupils in Multiplication Table
The mentally retarded pupils face a big problem to remember multiplication facts. For that this research tries to measure the …
Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) Program among Grades 1 and 2 Public School Teachers in Lupi, Camarines Sur
Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) in the Philippines is on its early stage of implementation. It aims to address …
The Result of Using Notebooks for Increasing Competency in the 21st Century of the Elementary Students in Thailand
Reading is a process essential for all aspects of development. It is an integral part so important in building up …
Transcending Teacher Professional Development from Deterministic to Complexity
The multiplicity of factors and actors that come at play to make teacher professional development (TPD) a strategic and powerful …
Situation, Problem, and Need in Teaching and Learning Process Based on Research-Based Approach of a School Belonging to Mahasarakham Provincial Administrative Organization: Nakha Witayakhom School, Mahasarakham, Thailand
The purpose of this study was to investigate the situation; problem and need related the teaching and learning process of …
Continunous Professional Development Program for Novice Teachers of English
Novice language teachers, especially those who are in their first or second year of teaching, generally feel a need for …
A Model of Small-Group Problem-Based Learning in Pharmacy Education: Teaching in the Clinical Environment
Problem-based Learning (PBL) is an alternate method of instruction that incorporates basic elements of cognitive learning theory. Colleges of pharmacy …
A Social Constructivist Approach toward Teacher Learning: A Case Study Aimed at Revitalizing the Japanese Teacher Development Approach, ‘Jugyokenkyu’, Internationally Recognized as Lesson Study
The material in this presentation describes the results of several teachers going through a teacher-learning process in Japan known as …
The Design and Use of Multimedia Storytelling Book for Hearing Impaired Students
Multimedia application of a multimedia storytelling book is useful and has many advantages for hearing impaired students. This paper presents …
Cloud Computing for Collaborative Knowledge Construction: A Case with Google Drive
Usage of mobile technology in daily life has been developed to be a part of the cultures in many countries …
Application of Grey Wolf Optimization for Time Series Forecasting
Forecasting the price of nonrenewable commodity such as crude oil is a critical task and requires careful attention. Due to …
Grey Wolf Optimizer for Solving Combined Economic Emission Dispatch Problems
Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is a newly proposed algorithm that developed based on inspiration of grey wolves (Canis Lupus). This …
The Mediating Effects of Green Product Design on Economic Performance of Reverse Logistics: A Conceptual Study
The dwindling of natural resources and higher demand for landfill space fuelled the concept of sustainable consumption. For decades, buy …
Institutional Strength and Strategic Use of E-Government to Improve Inter Government Collaboration: A Study on Implementation of E-Audit in Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia
Government institutions have used information and communication technology (ICT) not only to improve public service delivery but also to fight …
Website Vulnerability Scan for Information System of Toddler’s Growth and Development
Web-Based Information System of Toddler’s Growth and Development is a client server application which has been information source as monitoring …
Gender Effect on Student Teachers’ Attitudes toward Peer Feedback in a Wiki Learning Environment
The focus of this research is pre-teachers’ attitudes toward peer feedback in a wiki learning environment and its relation to …
A Hybrid Digital Watermarking Method Using Sectioning and Dwt Technique in Chrominance Channel
In this research, we proposed a hybrid method to improve performance of extraction process of the digital watermarking by applying …
Social Media Technology as a Disruptive and/or Complementary Technology in Higher Education: A Case Study of Vhembe Further Education Training College-South Africa
Social media technologies are being widely used by students in institutions of higher learning and these are transforming their way …
Developing a Game-Based Proprioception Reconstruction System for Patients with Ankle Sprain
Research results have revealed that ankle sprain is the top one cause for sport injury, indicating the relatively high demand …
A Study of Relocation Factors of Production Base and Investment of Japanese Investors from Thailand to CLMV+I Countries
The aim of this research is to study the factors that affect theories applied to the inventory management of auto- …
Transforming Language Learning through Technology
As is the case in many educational systems worldwide, secondary education in Thailand is largely teacher-centered. Students transitioning from this …
The Study of Elementary School Teacher’s Behavior of Using E-Books by UTAUT Model
The purpose of this research is to applied Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model to investigate …
Development of a System to Analyze Students’ Keystroke Sequence in Programming Education
A coding style is one of the techniques of improving the quality of software. However, coding processes, such as a …
Design of Accessible Digital Picture Books for People with Print Disabilities
This research examined the design of accessible digital picture books (e-books) for people with print disabilities. Accessible e-books can be …
Derivations of the Factors Influencing Imagination Capabilities of Students Major in Computer Graphics
Computer graphics is an efficient means for exchanging information through graphical communication. Imagination capabilities are essential for computer graphics majored …
Valuation of Emerging Learning Solutions – Perspectives from Four Countries
Last decade has been a period of strong and rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT). However, schools have …
Policy-Making Process of Higher Education and Vocational Training in the EU
This paper studies the policy-making process of higher education and vocational training in the EU from the viewpoint of norms …
Critical Perspectives on Arts Integration in Learning: For Whom and Why?
In 2002 when the British Columbia government mandated that school districts generate their own revenue, one attractive option was the …
Examination of Picture Story Books in Terms of Language-Cognitive Development Area Indicator and Concepts in Moe 2013 Early Childhood Education Program
This research is conducted for the examination of the compliance of picture story books prepared for early childhood education period …
Didactic Simulator Applied to Solving Problems of Vector Algebra in Two Dimensions
Education today faces challenges that put into question the value of their purpose, content and process, consequences of complexity in …
Analyzing Impact of Formally Taught Life Skills’ Curriculum on Self Esteem and Thinking Skills of Early School Children
There is a rapidly developing trend of anxiety and depressive disorders; the level of prevalence of such disorders is at …
Flipped Classroom in Hong Kong Higher Education: An Experience Sharing
Flipped Classroom is a pedagogy in which direct instructions in class are flipped with practices and revisions at home. Students …
Peculiarities of Bachelors of Computer Science Professional Training: Japanese and Ukrainian Experience
The article presents the most urgent problem of reformation of system of professional education at Bachelor cycle in Ukraine with …
Confronting Underlying Issues of Racism for Effective Intercultural Communication
This workshop session provides an overview of pertinent research and major theories related to both racism and communicating with people …
Developing Sustainable Thainess Indicators for Promoting Sustainable Thainess of Non-Formal Education Students
The purpose of this study was to develop sustainable Thainess indicators for promoting sustainable Thainess. Thai non-formal education had to …
Learning Promotion Trends Based on Problem and Need of Thai Farmers
Since Thailand has been applying green resolution which is development path, Thai farmers are unsuccessful in term of stable income. …
IDC Learning: Artificial Neural Networks … and our LMS gets “intelligent”!
The wide spread of online courses, both in academic and business field, helps reducing the costs of training, but has …
Modeling Student Affect in English Learning Achievement Using Association Rules
Educational studies have been conducted to search for methods of optimum learning. Student-teacher interaction is important in classroom settings for …
Algorithm for Innovative Educational E-System on Strategic Management for Technology New Ventures
The goal of this article is to present the results from a research on strategy modeling for technology new ventures …
Institutional Framework of Science and Technology in Indonesia: Encourage Interaction Academics, Business, and Government
Act No. 18 year 2002 about National System of Research, Development, and Application of Science and Technology (S&T) form the …
Complexity, Accuracy, Fluency: A New Paradigm for Language Education and Cross-Cultural Communication
A complexity-accuracy-fluency triad has emerged as a dynamic L2 proficiency assessment tool in TESL/TEFL. This paper takes the position that …
Minimizing Perceptual Mismatches – Re-Arranging the Lens
Miscommunication or being misconstrued is indeed an old story of the English language classrooms. Chances of miscommunication further escalate when …
Using Dna Barcoding as a Pedagogical Tool to Teach Genetics to Undergraduates at Queensborough Community College
Over the past five years, the author has noticed that students who take the Biotechnology (lecture/lab) first, do better in …
Transformative Education: A Tool for Sustainable Educational Development in Nigeria
Education is the key to human development and progress; an indispensable tool for a nations’ growth and overall development. In …
Dancing with the Trees: A New Way to Learn Science with Classical Values
Science education has undergone a sea of change with different approaches and methodologies. But value oriented science education has not …
Impacts of Educational Macro-Policies on Developing Creativity in Iran
Many educational and training approaches aim at improving creativity in students. In today’s world, tremendous need for individuals who can …
Storytelling As a Form of Academic Discourse Engaging English Language Learners in the United States Standards-Based Classroom
Academic discourse is the pattern of speech and writing that exists in academic settings. In the American school system, academic …
A Goals-Based Evaluation Regarding a Contrasting Analysis of Profession Growth and Evaluation Programs
This goals-based evaluation analyzes and compares several professional growth and evaluation programs among selected states in the United States and …
Sustainability in the Curriculum and Teaching of Economics: Transforming Introductory Macroeconomics
Sustainability is arguably the outcome of a holistically integrated economic system. However, when the marketplace fails to assess the “true” …
Concept Deficiency: Remediation for Masters’ Theses and Dissertations
Throughout graduate departments in the United States, students and teachers report significant difficulty in forming concepts and framing subjects chosen …
Is it Cheating If Nobody’s Watching? Conflicting Beliefs about Dishonesty in Online Learning
This paper addresses part of an extensive study investigating faculty and student perceptions of academic integrity in online courses. This …
The Educator Fraud Paradigm and Implications for Educators and Academia
In response to the USA Today and Atlanta Journal Constitution articles indicating massive educator cheating, states have been under intense …
International Service-Learning in Nicaragua for Japanese Medical Students.
Service-learning aims to match subject content with social need to give practical meaning to student learning. This international service-learning trip …
When an Adjective Behaves like a Verb: Adjectival Verbs in Mandarin Chinese Maternal Input
The distinction between adjectives and verbs in Mandarin Chinese is not as clear as that in English. Adjectives in Mandarin …
Supervision as an Educational Activity in Clinical Psychology Training Programs: Conceptions on Its Core Characteristics and Implementation
During the first stage of a broader educational evaluation study, a qualitative exploration has been conducted on conceptions that clinical …
Experiencing the Perspective of the Other: Stanley Milgrams Cyranic Method as a Means of Exploring Alternative Identities
Barriers to understanding and cooperation arise when we fail to take the perspective of the other people in our lives. …
Understanding Antisocial Behaviors: The Roles of Sensation Seeking and Subtypes of Empathy
There is limited research on how subtypes of empathy predict subtypes of antisocial behaviors and the role of sensation seeking …
The effect of social exclusion on color preference
The current study examined the effects of social exclusion on color preference. Previous researches have suggested that people are more …
Influence of Normative Models on Social Representations
Our research fit into social representations’ framework (Moscovici, 1961), defined by Jodelet (1997) as “modalities of practical thought orientated towards …
The Influence of Affordance on Cognitive Workload
In the study, it was demonstrated that whether there was a difference between an affordance condition and a no-affordance condition …
Teacher Factors in Enhancing Quality Assurance in Physics Education: A Panacea for Transforming Physics Education for Sustainable Development
The study employed a descriptive survey to investigate Senior Secondary Three ( SSS3) Physics students' perception of the teacher factor …
Assessing the Effectiveness of Applying a Tailored Time Management Course in Reducing Wasting-Time Attitude of University Students in the Field of Clothing Technology
The purpose of the present study was to apply a tailored time management course on fourth year students at the …
The Individual and the Arts in a Globalised Society
The topic for this presentation would be to make use of the social and political agendas in the Arts in …
Rape Culture in Music: Lyrics that Provide a Step-by-step Guide to Sexual Assault
The evolution of gender relations has brought women to the forefront of social functions. However, these roles have come with …
Effects of Cinema Sounds on the Perception of the Motion Picture
A big number of studies have investigated the mechanisms of the human nervous system that receive environmental stimuli in order …
The Representation of Ethnic Youth Gangs in “The Combination”
In December 2005, Sydney was subject to one of its worst racial riots in history. Thousands of White-Anglo Australians lined …
Multiplicity and Difference: Pluralities of Identity
The main objective of this paper is to discuss the idea of cultural identity its tendency become the overriding or …
The Concept of Ghostwriting from Literature to Film Music: The Moacir Santos Case of Study
In most cases, the concept of ghostwriting in film music is related to bigger budget industrial movies. It happens mainly …
1+1=1; An Exploration of Bakhtinian Minimum for Existence in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia
Mikhail Bakhtin's emphasis upon the constructedness of language and consciousness, the essential connectedness of individuals to each other, and the …
The Power of Pretty: Re-Appropriating the Gaze and Feminine Agency in “Spring Breakers”
When Mulvey (1975) posited the marginalization of female characters in film as passive, powerless figures that advance the narrative only …
Okinawa: “The Land of Courtesy” in a Conflict of Linguistic Interests
UNESCO has listed Ryukuan, the language of the ancient Ryukyu Kingdom, now Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, as severely endangered. That means …
Interpreting Poems, Interpreting Worlds – on Poetry Translation
Li Bai’s poems are appreciated and enjoyed by people all over the world, which shows the universal aspect of language …
Malcolm Lowry the Russian Connection
In Under the Volcano (1947) Malcolm Lowry (1909-57) presents us with a Faustian image of a British ex-Consul tormented by …
Socio-Philosophical Evaluation of Conflict Resolution and Synergy: A Path to History
In the enlarged human society, the human person has always emerged out of struggle and conflict. Conflict and struggle are …
An African Theory of Moral Conflict Resolution: A Kwesi Wiredu’s Paradigmatic Model
This paper interrogates Kwesi Wiredu's theory of "Ethical Consensus" as a method of moral conflict resolution in indigenous African societies. …
An Architectural Reading of Islamic Virtue
O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to cover your private parts and as an adornment, but …
Christian Conservatives and the LGBTQ Community in a Pluralistic World
Conservative Christians and the LGBTQ community are seldom bedfellows with a common cause. The former often lashes out publicly against …
The Use of Teaching Aids in the Teaching of French as a Foreign Language in Nigeria
Language is said to be the fulcrum of human development as well as instruments for unification of people and nations. …
Eliot’s Notion of Tradition and Its Significance in the Age of Multimedia
Our world today is being remade through the continuous spread of multimedia. We are actually living in what is called …
Hello Kitty’s Popularity and Its Change of Representation
Since it was introduced in the market in 1974, Hello Kitty, a fictional white cat, became a Japanese cultural icon …
Pakistan, Its Youth and Social Media
Pakistan has faced some serious problems in recent years. It has a tarnished international image, but there is optimism in …
Israel through the Lenses of Oscar-Nominated Documentary Film ‘Promises’
Film is a significant tool of (re)shaping, (re)constructing, (re)presenting and (re)structuring realities. According to Edelman (1993) the social world is …
The Learning of the Photograph in the Young People
In this paper we will explain how a group of young people of three communities in Lisbon (Bairro Padre Cruz, …
Models of European Integration Enlargement or Neighbourhood
MODELS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: ENLARGEMENT OR NEIGHBOURHOOD The European Union is set up with the purpose of ending the wars …
The Exclusion of the Bakla in Philippine Contemporary Cinema
This paper explores representations of the bakla (a Filipino gender category that conflates sexual orientation and gender identity through the …
Common Songs: A Study of the Saibara Collection and Inquiry into “Fuzoku” Arts in the Heian Court
Premodern Japanese scholarship has focused on the major literary collections of the Nara and Heian periods. In the area of …
The Lonely Island of Queerness: Manifestations of Early Shōwa Homosexuality Discourse in Edogawa Ranpo’s Kotō no Oni
The focus of this paper will be put on the literary analysis of Edogawa Ranpo's mystery novel Kotō no Oni …
Aspects of Italian Buddhist Presence and Poetry
The first, shorter section of this paper will briefly inform on how Buddhism was imported to Italy. The latest and …
Examining a Collaborative Conversational Feature between Australian Men and Women
Many past studies of gender interaction discussed differences in masculine and feminine conversational styles. In particular, collaborative talk is regarded …
The Creation of Trans-cultural Belonging: Chinese Artists’ Paintings from Tibet after 1982
Since the 1960s, Tibetan self-government has been established in autonomous areas; there, Tibetans live in compact communities under the unified …
Intercultural Awareness and Competence: Cultural Differences and Challenges among International Students in a Private Malaysian University
In the past, almost the whole university student population in Malaysia comprised three major ethnic groups, namely Malays, Chinese and …
Frontiers in Google Maps: Commodification and Territory in the Borderlands
From carving up empires to enclosing the commons, the history of maps has long been caught up in creating, legitimising …
Surviving and Thriving in the Borderlands: An Autoethnography
This autoethnography recounts the process of developing my own agency out of a borderland lifeworld formed in multiple geographic sites. …
Globally Not Yours … The Master Discourse of Transcultural Mediation
Globally not yours …
The master discourse of transcultural mediation
Intercultural encounters, particularly between civilizationally and power-unequally related cultures, demonstrate …
The New Style of Hybridity in Global Village – Two Cases of Studies of Both Techno Nezha and Old Master Q Puppet Theater
By the rapid flow of internet and media, McDonaldization has somehow mixed with local cultures everywhere. Culture represents our whole …
Tolerating Difference: Japanese Experiences with Difference and Multiculturalism
Post-Modernity, Globalization, Neo-Liberalism, many words come to mind to describe the contemporary world, but there is one type of discourse …
The Exhaustion of the Multicultural Australian Philosophy and the Rise of a New Visual Regime of Signification: Melbourne between Multiculturalism and Globalization
The Second World War caused unprecedented hardship, but it also accelerated change. A massive European immigration reached Australia’s shores, giving …
The Borderlands of Motherhood: Representation of Spatial Belonging of Mothers and Families in Government Posters
Japan, like many developed countries, has seen its population decrease and reached the lowest low fertility rate of 1.41 in …
Liminality & Belonging in Refugee Resettlement: An Ethnographic Case Study of Bhutanese Refugees in the UK
The paper is based on qualitative, ethnographic research with Bhutanese refugees who resettled to the UK via the Gateway Protection …
Unconsidered Ancient Treasure, Struggling the Relevance of Fundamental Indonesia Nation Philosophie “Bhinneka Tunggal Ika” in Forming Harmony of Multicultural Society
Indonesia is a multicultural country that consists of hundreds of distinct native ethnic, racial, and religist groups. Historically, the Nation …
Colonialism, Migrations and Ethnic Integration in Asia: The Case of Modern Sri Lanka
Colonialism fundamentally changed the traditional pattern of Asian migration and opened new avenues for trade and investment for migrant merchant …
Borderlands – Exploring Commonalities and Overcoming Challenges in Sarawak
Today there still exist many borders which hamper transit and crossings for many others. Case in point is the border …
Practicing Peace: The International Okinawan Martial Arts Community as a Community of Practice
Economists to academics have noted the simultaneous tendency towards globalization and localization in recent decades. At times, the increasingly globalized …
Representation of Indonesian Beauty in Cosmetic Advertisements
Sari Ayu is a homegrown and local owned Indonesian cosmetic brand. Every year since 1985, Sari Ayu has been featuring …
Self-identity in Love: The problem of self in Zweig’s Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1922), one of the Stephan Zweig's monuments, shows the contradiction between self and others in …
Reception and Consumption of Korean TV Drama by Asian Audiences: The Fansubbing Phenomenon
Changes in the new media environment are radically shifting the ways audiences consume media products like foreign language TV dramas. …
Consuming and Interpreting Japanese Television Dramas: Attitudes among University Students in Malaysia
Japanese media cultures have become diversified in Malaysia, providing opportunities for local audiences to gain access to media products from …
The Hostess at the Border: An Emergent Anachronism
In 2003 the Actroid range of robotic androids was launched in Japan. Its creators and vendors imagine that the 'bots …
Yayoi Kusama – Manhattan Salvation Addict
Kusama Yayoi is a world famous Japanese artist who has worked in a wide variety of media. Since the 90's …
Kung Fu Canton:Culture of Martial Arts in Guangdong, China
Abstract：Kung Fu is a word borrowed from the Chinese word gongfu, which translates as accomplished or cultivated skill. Wushu would …
Matrilineal Canadian Nikkei Generations: Representations of Belonging and Transnational Nikkei Identities
The Japanese in Canada have a complex cultural identity relating to their sense of (not) belonging in Canada, their imaginings …
Conserving Cultural Landscape as a Driver for Identification in Local Communities in Taiwan
A cultural landscape, which encompasses various elements in a specific area, represents the combined works of nature and man. An …
Maximum Power Point Tracker Based on Perturb and Observe Algorithm for Photovoltaic Energy System under Egyptian Conditions
In this paper, a maximum power point tracker (MPPT) based on perturb and observe algorithm for photovoltaic (PV) energy system …