All posts by James Alexander Gordon

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Cognitive Change among Foreign Managers in Japan’s IT Sector

There is a large volume of research on foreign worker adjustment, though little has taken on the issue of cognitive …

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Requiem for a Beast: A Case Study in Controversy

In 2008, Matt Ottley’s Requiem for a Beast: A Work for Image, Word and Music was awarded the Book of …

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Developing Reading Culture for the Challenges of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

The paper critically interrogates and assesses the importance of reading and its indispensable contributions to the educational development of the …

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The Recuperation of African History in African Fiction

The relationship between fiction and history is quite an obvious one, especially in postcolonial African settings, where it is more …

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When The Whale Talks Back: An Interspecies Cultural Dialogue in Zakes Mda’s The Whale Caller (2005)

The paper explores the ways in which the narrative perspectives relate the interconnectedness between human characters and nonhuman characters, Saluni …

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Interference of Arts in the Saudi Literature (Narrative and Formative Model)

The interference with arts contributed effectively to the development of the expressiveness of the literary text ,and to supply it …

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Unacknowledged Matricide in T. S. Eliot’s The Family Reunion

T.S. Eliot admits the two serious problems he had not solved properly: the Furies, the disruptive perspective of the play. …

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Mario Vargas Llosa’s Conversacion en la Catedral: A Paradigm of Corruption

"At what precise moment had Peru fucked itself up?" exasperatingly asks Conversation in the Cathedral, the highly acclaimed novel of …

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Terrible Beauty: the Aesthetics of Death in Polish and Japanese War Literature

War narration is inseparably linked with the image of death, which is a very sensitive issue. This paper shows how …

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Considerations on Finnish and Romanian Literary and Cultural Relations within European Context

Sharing similar historical development, fairly equally placed under the eastern bloc pressure, Romania and Finland slowly became involved in a …

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Death Drive: Vampires in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles

The essay attempts to discuss the literary meaning of immortality and the symbolic interaction of vampire figures in Anne Rice’s …

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Cultural Colonization in Poems by Wallace Stevens

The reason for Wallace Stevens' skepticism regarding cultural colonies is clear. Most of the people in America are descendents of …

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Game for None, Game for All: Verbal Contentions and Life Affirmation in De Turkey and De Law

Zora Neale Hurston, a Harlem Renaissance African American female writer in the 1920s, grew up at Eatonville, an all-black community …

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Utopian Individuals, Dystopian Societies: Two Communal Imaginations in Meiji Japan

This paper offers a dialogical comparison of the writings of Japanese Buddhist Anarchist pioneers Uchiyama Gudo (1874-1911) and Takagi Kemmyo …

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Feminism and the Nigerian Female Question: A Feminist Appraisal of Zaynab Alkali’s Stillborn

This paper examines feminism as a literary ideology, which attempts to win for women a status of recognition and parity …

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Challenging Childhoods: Representations of Conflict in Australian Junior Historical Fiction Since 1945

Representations of conflict permeate Australian junior historical fiction, including acts of extreme violence, acts of political protest and acts of …

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Atomic Bomb’s Survivors’ Personal Narratives in Contemporary and Intercultural Contexts: Lessons Yet to Be Learned

The voices of A-bomb survivors are getting lost in this multimedia environment as the world stage has become crowded. Hibakusha’s …

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A Synthesis of Researches Conducted by Personal of Sirindhorn College of Public Health Chonburi during 2009-2011

 
The purpose of this study was to analyze the situation of research conducted by personnel of Sirindhorn College of Public …

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Design from Fiction to Reality: An Exploration into the Process of Design in Cosplay

Enthusiasts dressing up as anime characters and posing for photography have become a common sight in anime activities around Taiwan. …

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Ethical Transformation of Individual Managers through Spirituality: A Sufi Perspective

Business ethics literature appears to focus more on philosophy and seems to have overlooked spirituality. Though spirituality has started to …

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Consumer Behaviors of Meat with Traceability in Thailand: The Psychological Mechanism

Due to the outbreak of mad cow disease and bird flu, consumers around the globe are more concerned with meat …

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Country Personality: The Application of Brand Personality Concept to Country as a Brand

Brand personality refers to human personality traits associated with a brand. Through a series of studies, Aaker (1997) uncovers five …

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“Just Eliminate the Illness; Do Not Eliminate Dharmas”: A Case Study on the Lived Experience of a Buddhist Surviving Spouse

Despite the fact that myriads of publications, basing on Western theories, have investigated spousal loss, which threatens to physical health …

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Factors Associated with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders in School-age Children in Thailand

This cross-sectional analytical study examined the relationship between risk factors of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) in school-age children in …

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Self-leadership as an Impetus for Individual, Group or Community Development

The concept "self-leadership" is an outgrowth of the broader term "leadership" whose purpose is to motivate others in utilizing their …

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The Role of Service Competencies: Promoting the Relationship between Frontline Employee and Customer

Within the service industry, the service-person enhances customer commitment by increasing customer benefits and decreasing customer costs, but is also …

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The Influence of Sekentei and Significant Others on Seeking Help toward Psychological Services

The under-utilization of mental health services is salient in Japan, implying that those seeking psychological help can be inhibited through …

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Logo-bibliotherapy on People Suffering from Myasthenia Gravis

Myasthenia Gravis (MG), is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease that is characterized by a weakness of the skeletal muscles within …

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Cognitive Dissonance among Chinese Gamblers: Cultural Beliefs versus Gambling Behavior

The main objective of this research was to ascertain whether there is cognitive dissonance among Chinese gamblers as a consequence …

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Relationship between Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, and Attachment Style among Juvenile Delinquency in Urmia City – Iran

Psychological factors, such as self-esteem and self-efficacy, have been shown to be equally as important in contributing to the cause …

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An Application of the UTAUT Model for Exploring Cosmetics Product Purchase Intention of Virtual Community Members

Technology development have been rapidly grown and adapted by people. Internet users in Taiwan have been a great number and …

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Note on Publishing Intensity and Publishing Breadth

Given a set of leading scholars, a list of journals and a
period of time, publishing intensity (PI) of a …

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A Structural Model of the Factors of Dissatisfaction Involved in Mobile Applications

Mobile Applications (Apps) have been increasingly popular in the recent years and are changing people's daily lives in leisure and …

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Measuring Performance Using Data Envelopment Analysis and Balanced Scorecard for Taiwan Medical Equipment Industry

Nowadays, the rapid changes of industrial environment have led to fierce competition among enterprises, and evaluating performances has become crucial …

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Exploring the Effect of Service Recovery Strategy on Internet Consumers’ Satisfaction and Word-of-Mouth

While more and more consumers are shopping on the Internet, the consumers can easily change their mind and switch to …

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The Driving Factors of Key Value Influence Online B2B Banking Satisfaction

Purpose - In the case of rapid technological progress, online business-to-business (B2B) banking services provide efficient and convenient finical services …

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Challenges and Opportunities for Chinese Library to Face SCOAP3’s Development

The SCOAP3 funding model is entirely open to "core" journals in the HEP
content. This article describes the development, funding …

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The Innovative Arrest Warrant Tracking System

There currently remain 152,148 warrants in the database of the Royal Thai Police (data as of 28 March, 2013, Royal …

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Attitudes towards Meeting in Real Life via the Internet in Japanese University Students

In recent years, several crimes concerning victims and perpetrators who had previously met via the Internet and had subsequently met …

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Self-esteem, Readiness for Self-improvement and Subjective Well-being in Women from Collectivistic and Individualistic Cultures

The question of how collective self-esteem and personal self-esteem are linked to readiness for self-improvement and subjective well-being in women …

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The Study of Social Intelligence in Adolescents in Roi-Et Province

This study aimed to 1)examine the level of Social Intelligence in adolescents in Roi-Et province, Thailand 2)to study correlation between …

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Uses and Gratifications for Paid Mobile Applications

The increasing growth of the mobile applications industry attributes to the popularity of the smartphone. More and more people use …

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Exploring Consumer Perception of Pop-Up Advertisement

Nowadays, not only on the computer, but also smart phones and other mobile devices, Internet advertising has become increasingly common. …

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A Study on Quality of Life in Male to Female Transgender

The objective of this study was to examine Transgenders' quality of life. Samples were 120 Transgenders in Chonburi province, Thailand, …

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Predicting Consumer’s Intention to Buy Local Specialty Online

The purchases of local specialties were usually seen in conventional physical stores in the past. The potential consumers were the …

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Influence of Mental Models of Attachment during Middle Childhood on Self-esteem and Social Competence: A Short-term Longitudinal Study

Purpose: This short-term longitudinal study examined the influence of attachment mental models (AMM) during middle childhood on self-esteem and social …

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A Study on Reasons for Living of Inmates in Chonburi Women’s Penitentiary Center

The purpose of this study was to survey the female inmates' reasons for living. The samples included 99 inmates who …

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The Effect of Sensation Seeking from Peers, Parenting Style, Religious Values ​​and Juvenile Delinquency in Middle Adolescence of High School

This study wanted to see the effect of sensation seeking, parenting style, and the value of religious studies on juvenile …

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The Potential of the Museum Collection Management Systems (MCMS) Development in Hong Kong Museum of History (HKMH)

The aim of this paper is to provide insights into the use of qualitative methods in the field of library …

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Car Safety Rating and Consumer Decision Making: with Respect to ASEAN NCAP

Emerging as one of the developing regions in automotive industry, countries in the Southeast Asia region are experiencing growth at …

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The Changing Face of American Business Education: Past, Present and Future Trends

Traditional business education in America through most of the 20th century has been male dominated, aimed at providing tools for …

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Montessori Materials as the “Instrument” for Expansive Learning

In this paper I aim to introduce Montessori Materials for the "instrument" of expansive learning theory, and show a pilot …

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A Case Study in Complexity and Accuracy in Development in ESL Academic Writing: A Dynamic Perspective

This presentation is a case study on the development of complexity and accuracy in an advanced English learner's academic writing …

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Creating Interdisciplinary Collaborations in a Learner-centered Global Environment

"Creating Interdisciplinary Collaborations in a Learner-centered Global Environment" Strategic initiatives for major US research universities include the increased emphasis on …

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The Effects of Input and Output during Interaction: A Diary Study of an Adult Learning Korean as a Second Language

This study investigated how comprehensible input is received and how output facilitates second language acquisition (SLA) through a dairy study …

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The Relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision of Educational Leadership

The scope of this paper is to highlight the relevance of Gandhi's vision of educational leadership to the present-day educational …

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Promoting Alternative Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A General Survey

Alternative higher education has become a major subject in learning and teaching, reflective of current trends in educational provisions worldwide. …

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The Relationship between Students’ Learning Style and Academic Performance in MARA Professional College, Malaysia

A study was conducted to determine MARA Professional Colleges students' perception on learning style. The study builds on the Dunn …

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Factor Affective Stress and Stress Removing Methods Of Undergraduate Student Teachers

The objectives of this research were to study the stress levels, factors affecting personal stress, and stress removing methods, of …

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Using Educational Technology to Enhance Student Engagement and Retention

The Bachelor of Accounting course of the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in Australia was recently established and has adopted …

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Cross-Age Tutoring: Its Effects on High Performing Students and Students At-risk with Learning Disability in Mathematics

This study aimed to determine the effects of cross-age tutoring on high performing students and students at-risk with learning disabilities …

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The Challenge of Curriculum Design in the Transnational Classroom: Put Theory into a Practice

This paper aims to review existing activities in the internationalisation of the curriculum at one division of an university in …

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Higher Education and the Malaysian Public Employment

Higher education expanded rapidly in Malaysia. Shouldering the country’s aspiration to achieve the goal of becoming a developed nation by …

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English Language Teachers’ Digital Literacy Development: A Case Study of English as a Foreign Language Teachers at a Vietnamese University

Information and communication technologies have significantly contributed to the shaping of an increasingly digitalised landscape of English language teaching over …

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Engendering Education: Ensuring Equity

Securing free, compulsory, quality public education for all is a need of time. The Charter on Rights Respecting School for …

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Perspectives on World Englishes in Government-Authorized High School Textbooks in Japan

The study attempts to unveil the treatments of English as a lingua franca (henceforth ELF) and the linguistic and cultural …

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Development and Evidence of the Student Participatory Class Model in Mathematics Education

The student participatory class model in mathematics education was developed to nurture the necessary literacy in mathematics education. To nurture …

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Whose Role is it to Develop Secondary Students as Self-regulated Learners? A Study Exploring Student, Parent and Teacher Perceptions

This paper draws on data from a doctoral study exploring how schools approach the development of self-regulated learning (SRL) for …

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Why Mentoring Matters: Professional Development in a Virtual World

Population growth, demographics, advances in technology, globalisation and associated economic imperatives are a few of the drivers behind the changes …

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Motivating Students in an Era of Declining Motivation and English Ability

Over the last 20 years, many teachers in Japan have witnessed the gradual decline in student motivation and ability with …

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The Literacy Practices of Adolescents in a Digital World

This study investigates young adults' online literacy practices in asynchronous computer-mediated communication, ACMC, in Taiwan. Aligned with New Literacy Studies, …

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Thailand’s Educational Strategic Plan in Preparation for the ASEAN Community

This research was aimed to study Thailand's Educational Strategic plan of Thai government during 2008-2015 A.D. in preparation for the …

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The Development of a Communicative English Learning Process for Local Cutural Communication

The present research was aimed to investigate and to develop the communicative English learning process based on the necessary content …

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Democracy, Trust, Responsibility, and Global Workforce Competence: A Case Study Revisited

In 2001, the researcher studied the values of democracy, trust, and student responsibility as featured in the Swedish National Curriculum; …

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Globalisation and Internationalisation of Education: Is on Right Direction?

One aspect of the process of globalisation in recent years has been the increase in the number of students travelling …

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Are We Ready to Engage Students with Our Own Mobile Devices?

Nowadays, mobile technology becomes the most penetrating innovation in this information generation. Students and teachers are exposed with fascinating and …

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How to Better Integrate Summer Projects: Insights from Students’ Comments

This presentation explores students’ reflection on their experiences of summer research and service programs at a liberal arts university in …

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English Passive Sentence Construction of Thai EFL University Students

Student errors are considered as a device that learners use and from which they can learn (Corder, 1967); they provide …

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Primary School Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of Calculators in the Mathematics Classroom

The use of calculators in the mathematics classroom has been a topic of intense debate among educators and policy-makers alike …

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The Android Appreciations Training Package in the Change Money System According to the IDFVE Model for the Technical Training

The objectives of this study were 1) to develop the android appreciations training package in change money system according to …

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Culture Education in College Foreign Language Teaching

As language and culture are interdependent dual unity, they can't be separated from each other。 However, it is a common …

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Implementing Mobile Assisted Language Learning in Rural Schools for Enhancing Learning Opportunity

There are  gaps between students in rural school and urban school  in Indonesia relating to motivation and interests in learning …

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American Progressive Education and Yutori Kyoiku

Few groups in the history of education have been as influential as the American progressives, who were part of the …

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Citizenship Responsibility Higher Learning: Combining The Spiritual-Cultural, Rights-Responsibilities, and Economics of a Civic Development Higher Learning Thru a Sociology In English

Blanton (1992) argues that education often violates the deepest needs of the human spirit by (1) alienating and boring or …

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A Development of Analytical Thinking Skill of Graduate Students by using Concept Mapping

Graduate students need to have an analytical thinking skill to do research and develop new knowledge and innovation by themselves. …

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3D Animation for Energy Reduction Campaign

Recently, every country has been using technology for manufacturing and agricultural development, including creating various convenient facilities to satisfy human …

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Learning and Teaching in Times of Change, Challenges and Transformation: Reinventing the Aims of Education

The most demanding challange before us is that Education all over the world has completely failed to make compasssionate and …

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Designing a Curriculum for the Advanced Stream of a Foundational Literacies Course

Originally, members of the Basic Skills project at Kanda University of International Studies were given the task of developing a …

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How Labor Market Perceptions Affect Undergraduates’ Preparation?

2,407 undergraduates from six universities in Taiwan were surveyed in this research. Results showed that female undergraduates perceived a greater …

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A Case on Learning about ‘You Tubing’ and ‘Face booking’ for Learning

This paper aims to better understand the experiences of the youth with the tapping of social media like YouTube videos …

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A Study on Establishing Decision Tree of Teacher Ethic Reasoning in Taiwan

Due to saving the teacher prestige, teacher professional ethical as one of professional trait theory should be taught during pre-service …

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Problems and Advantages of Children with Filipino Parents in Their School Lives in the Philippines and in Japan: Through Their Experiences in Both Countries

The paper focuses on the problems in primary and secondary education of children with Filipino parents in Japan. The number …

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A Gamification Platform to Encourage the Students Social Etiquette Improvement

Information Technology and globalization help bring people closer. The boundary between nations are blurred and many cultures are lost or …

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Are Students our ‘Customers’? : A Perspective on the Bureaucratic Implications of ‘student-customer’ Concept in Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions

This paper is about the use and abuse of treating students as ‘customers’ and implications that follow for quality assurance …

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Determining Demand in Thai Job Market for Communications-Related Degree Title: A Survey of an Online Job Website

This study sought to determine the extent of the demand for graduates of communication-related academic degrees in the Thai job …

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Tone in the Khorat Dialect and the Northeastern Dialect

The main objective is to study and a comparative acoustic characteristics study of the tone in the Khorat dialect and …

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Thai Food Culture through Grammatical Patterns of English Translation

Thai food has been recognized and become popular across the world. To present Thai food culture to foreigners, English translation …

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Peace Education: Community Development and National Prosperity

In light of the current political dynamics and transformations that engulf the MENA region and especially Lebanon, Higher Education Institutions …

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The Development of Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Teaching Practices Through Reflective Process

The purposes of this descriptive research were to develop a criterion for evaluating pre-service science teachers' teaching practices and to …

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Critical Thinking in Second Language Learning: An Intercultural Approach

It is commonly agreed that critical thinking is a significant concept to be promoted in our students at higher education …

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Mathematics Assessment in Primary Classes – Formative or Summative, or Seize the Moment?

There is a need to move away from the present day conflicts and tensions that surround formative and summative assessments. …

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Effectiveness of a Programme of Movement Education and Traditional Physical Education on Movement Satisfaction, Attitude Towards Physical Activity and Self-Concept of Elementary School Children

Traditional Physical Education in elementary schools is under critical evaluation with regard to its contribution to alround development of children. …

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Placing Digital Literacy in Audiovisual Translation Studies

Egypt’s second revolution on June 30th 2013 came to reinforce the power of digital technology and the importance of digital …

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The Effect of Poverty on English Language Learning Outcome: College Level

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of poverty on English language learning outcome in college level. …

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Transnational Education as an Emerging Feature of Migration

This study investigates student teachers' conceptions of even numbers and the relationship between proof types and conceptions of even numbers. …

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Tracing the Impact of Foreign Influences on Irish Playwrights: Wilde and Yeats

During the late nineteenth century, many Irish playwrights searched for a new "form" of drama as realistic drama was increasingly …

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An Exploration of Graduate Students’ Writing Competencies in Educational Research

In any academic institution, writing skills are essential to meet educational demands more importantly those who are in research field …

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A Construction and Evaluation of Electronics Slides on Supplementary Grammar Through E-Learning on English II Course (999042)

English is not the official language in Thailand, it is taught as a foreign language. Thai undergraduate students who have …

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Language Contact: Challenging in Diversity

The aim of this study is to analyze and compare tonal systems and acoustic characteristics of tones in four Tai …

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Structural Equation Modeling for Korean Elementary School Students’ Achievements of English Capacity

The goal of this paper is to find out causal relationships among Korean elementary school students' achievements of English capacity, …

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A Multi-level Modeling Approach to Predict Teaching Quality, Student’s Satisfaction, School Climate on Student Achievement

This study explores theoretical and empirical research concerning school effectiveness and school improvement, in particular, improving student achievement through school …

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Trends in Vocational Education Provision of Municipalities in Thailand

The municipality's role in education provision has been discussed in last two decades that decentralization in Thailand has been an …

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Utilizing Junior High English Texts at the Japanese University Level for Large Non-English Major Courses

Many non-English majors encounter extreme difficulty when it comes to writing in English. Most learners are perplexed when asked to …

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Problem Analysis of English Major Undergraduate Students on Internship: A Case Study of Burapha University

Thailand may encounter both crises and opportunities when the ASEAN Economic Community is implemented in 2015. Newly graduated student may …

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The Developmental Co – Operation Strategy of Local Administration Organizations in the Provision Vocational Education

This intention of Constitution of The Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2550 and Educational Act B.E. 2540 Local Administration Organizations (LAOs) …

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Solar Powered Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Thermoelectric Generator

Durable, location independent, environmental-friendly sources of energy which allow for modular, few moving parts, low operating noise, high electricity generation …

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Student Satisfaction with Hybrid and Face-to-Face Teaching Approaches in an English Course

Hybrid courses combine technology with innovative teaching practices to facilitate learning. This paper studied satisfaction of students who experienced a …

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Teaching Values Using Creative Teaching Strategies: An Asian Perspective and Exploration

To teach values is to respond to the crisis of apparent normalcy in these post-modern times. Globalization, secularization and modernization …

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A Developmental of Environmental Ethic and Learning Achievement in Environment Impact Assessment Course by Action Learning Style

The researchaimed to find the relationship between environmental ethic development and learningachievement in the environmental impact assessment course. It used …

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Implementations of Knowledge Management as a Strategy for Improving Competitiveness of Higher Education Organization (Aplication Reseach of Soft System Methodology for Higher Education Organization)

Impact of globalization on the organization, reactive to changes in the environment and able to respond to the challenges faced. …

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Behavioral Relationship between Sexes and Sexual Relations of Male Students in Silpakorn University, Thailand

This study presents qualitative research, which is aimed to make an understanding on behavioral relationships between sexes and activities related …

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A Study of Learning Motivation of Current and Prospective School Teachers in Online Psychology Classes

Indifferent and careless school teachers bring much harm to a society. That is why the study of teachers' motivation, specifically …

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Gender Impact On The Information Environment Of Distance Learners In Botswana

Gender issues have occupied the front burner of educational discourse over the past decades. Cases of gender imbalance in education …

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The Lessons from the Experience of Educational Risk Management of Thai Government University

The objectives of this research were to 1. To study the situations of risk and 2.to study the lessons from …

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General Education Model of University in Thailand

The purpose of this study was to describe the General Education Model of University in Thailand. Using a mixed methods …

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Language Use and Identity within the Virtual Community of Mahjoob.com

This paper introduces the virtual community of the Mahjoob.com website, a global community of 1,261 web forum posters, where globalizing …

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How to Make Technology Better?

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Integration of PSO and BP Neural Network for Building the Artillery Ballistic Model

The artillery firing precision plays an important role in the war and it's hard to describe the projectile trajectory in …

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Administrative Success Factors of Private Pre-Schools in Khon Kaen under Office of the Private Education Commission : Multi-Cases Study

The aims of these studies were to investigate factors of the schools’ administration achievements by both overall and classifications according …

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Using Machinima as a Method for Color Practice and Digital Narrative Creation

Combining visual game scenes, actions and narrative, Machinima, a by-product of the digital game, has been seen as a storytelling …

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Emotional Prosody Mediated Visual Search in a First and Second Language: Evidence from Eye Movements

The difficulties that children have in thinking about time concepts may result from the complexity of time as a concept, …

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Collaborative Feedback in a Blended Learning Environment: A Case Study of an EFL Writing Class

Collaborative feedback in a blended learning environment was studied to encourage learner-centeredness in the process of writing. The study aimed …

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Development of Teach by Social Networks

The objectives of this research were to compare the achievement of students' learning through Social Networks ss to study the …

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One Big Happy Family? Subverting Reaganism in Peggy Sue Got Married

While much critical analysis has been done on films made during Ronald Reagan’s two terms in the White House (1980-1988), …

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Luang Prabang Film Festival: 3 Years of Strength with the Power of Movie Fanatics to Enhance Filmmaking in Southeast Asia

The Luang Prabang Film Festival was founded in 2010 by Gabriel Kuperman, an American expat who had a strong passion …

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Malaysian eStories: The Passing of Oral Traditions

With new media and mediums, the art of oral traditions such as storytelling has evolved. Children and youngsters today learn …

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Applying an Evaluation Model for Media Performance On Taiwanese Cinema

The rise of huge Chinese markets leads to many movie entrepreneurs and professionals in Taiwan and Hong Kong transferring their …

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Traditional Chinese Aesthetics in “Life of Pi”: An Analysis of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics in Ang Lee’s Films under Contemporary Context

With the rapid development of film market in China, more Hollywood films involving Chinese philosophy has begun to proliferate. This …

“Our Fear Has Taken on a Life of its Own”: The Monster-Child in Japanese Horror Film of The Lost Decade

The monstrous child of Japanese horror film has become perhaps the most transnationally recognisable and influential horror trope of the …

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Retelling the Nation: Narrating the Nation through Biopics

Cinema plays a pivotal role in the negotiation and construction of national identity, selectively appropriating history, attempting to forge a …

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Emotional Realism and Actuality: The Function of Prosumer and Social Media Aesthetics in Film Production

Studies of film spectatorship and production techniques have rarely ignored notions of Reality. From the psychoanalytical approaches of Baudry and …

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The Representation of Women’s Sexual Subjectivities in Republican China: A Case Study of Ling Long Women’s Magazine (1931-1937), Shanghai

In line with the "sexual turn" in historical research, this thesis analyzes women's sexual discourses in one of Shanghai's most …

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Past, Present, and Future: Roles and Trends of Thai Community Newspapers in Los Angeles

This study focuses on Thai newspapers in Los Angeles, regarding services and benefits offered to the Thai community, their individual …

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The Role of Online Media in the Public’s Agenda Setting on the Crisis Situation. Case on Floods, Jakarta 2013

For some scholars the old theories of media effect are no longer relevant to use in analyzing the effect of …

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Gender Justice and Social Media Networking in India: New frontiers in “connectedness”

Social media emerges as the new tool/avtar for the multicultural networking in India, stimulating a new form of dialogic discourse …

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How are Political Consumers Engaging with Social Media?

Understanding contemporary political identity is compelling because traditional participation like voting is in decline. Political consumerism and social media are …

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Arabs Motives for using New Media: A Uses and Gratifications Perspective

In western countries, where citizens have access to many avenues for expressing themselves, new media may not be used for …

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Control and the Modern News Worker: Autonomy and Resistance in an Evolving Newsroom 

News workers in the U.S. are pressed by digital routines, industry confusion, and their organizations’ loss of journalistic focus. This …

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News Reporting and News Management on the Issue of Righteousness in Political Behaviors of a Head of the Government: A Case Study of General Surayut Chulanont from the Perspectives of the Thai Daily Newspaper from 2006 to 2008 B.E.

Research quastions: 1. How do newspapers critique in the political legitimacy, ability of administrate, personality, political behavior of General Surayut …

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Socio-Cultural Influence on the Creation of a Cultural Production: The Case Study of The Asean Perspective of Bangkok Documentary

This is a qualitative research with the following objectives:• To analyse the process and conflict of a socio-cultural influence on …

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Locating Hybrid Identity Formations: Readings on Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Bhaji on the Beach

Diasporic cinema or what Hamid Naficy would like to call ‘accented cinema’ is an expression from the interstices of societies …

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The Influence of Advertising in Thai Local Cable TV on the Audience’s Attitudes and Behaviour

This study examines the approaches of advertising in Thai local cable TV by in-depth interviews with key informants to assess …

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Social Media and Media Literacy in Thailand

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that media literacy be prioritized and address all kinds of media, …

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An Analysis of Television News Procedure of Televistion Stations by Using Social  Media in Thailand via Ethical Approach

The purposes of this research were operating analysis the television news of the television station in Thailand via ethical approach. …

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Young Adults’ TV Consumption and Their Implementation of Filial Piety in Taiwan

The ethnographic turn in mass communication and audience research manifested the limitations of those traditions which de-contextualize the audience from …

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Value-added Ads: An Analysis of Award-winning Advertisements in the Philippines

Mass media impacts society in many ways - a fact which entails responsibility for practitioners. Advertising, being regarded as major …

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The Future of Radio in Thailand  After Digitalization: Dead or Alive?

Radio broadcasting services in Thailand are in transition and face an uncertain future. This situation has arisen from enforcement of …

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“Universal” Video Games? Reintroduction and Influence of Cultural and Social Identities in the Virtual World

As of today, The Video Game Industry has become one of the most profitable and influential leisure businesses in the …

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The Influence of Political Communication Network on Thai Newspaper Agendas

The research found that the online media services of both Twitter and Facebook impacted the news agenda items of both …

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Indonesian Female Beauty Concept: Does It Take into Account the Traditional Values?

This article will discuss the way Indonesian commercial of female cosmetic products portray Indonesian female beauty concept. Generally speaking, for …

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Killing Time: New Memory and Smartphone Photography

In the smartphone era, personal snapshots move swiftly beneath the gaze of a vast audience of different countries and time …

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Privatisation, Convergence and Broadcasting Regulations: A Case Study of the Indian Television Industry

In India till 1991 there was only one television channel – Doordarshan, the public service broadcaster. With the opening up …

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The Utilities of New Media for Indonesian Organic Community

Making a commitment to eat healthy food is a great start towards a healthier life. Organic food has become very …

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The Influencing Factors Pressuring Thai Women toward Beauty and Appearance

Today's modern society has set a high competitive standard for what is considered beautiful. Women in Thai society today are …

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Discussion and Research of Motion Picture Aesthetics on Smart Mobile Devices

The smart mobile device market is long with rich and varied applications. No matter the screen presentation it is the …

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Efforts of Control of Political Power over the Social Media in Turkey

Mass media can be put down with constituted rules and enforcements of economy. However the situation becomes different when it …

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A Study on Social Impact of Internet on Students of State Universities in Tamil Nadu, India

Internet today is widely recognized not only as a means of communication but also as a powerful tool. It is …

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Community Television in the mist of Digitalization in Thailand: Policy and Community’s Practice

The media reforms especially broadcasting media are clearly seen in the year of 1997 that the ownership of frequencies were …

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Self-presentation of Thai Women on Dating Websites for Seeking Foreigner Guys

The research “Self – presentation of Thai women on Dating websites for seeking foreigner guys “ has two objectives; 1) …

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The New Atheist Movement in the Blogosphere: Burlesque and Carnivalesque as Rhetorical Strategies in Visual Productions

This paper examines the visual production of the New Atheist Movement in the Blogosphere. The new atheist movement appeared as …

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How the Elements of Arquitectural Design, Color, Lighting and Layout of a Quick-service Restaurant Image (QSRI) Influences Perceived Value, Customer Satisfaction and Revisit Intentions

A restaurant's interior and exterior design can have an enormous influence on customer’s perception of value and satisfaction, which in …

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Exploring the Notions of an Indigenous Presence in the Public Sphere of Mining Discourse: The Alangan Mangyan’s “Enclaved Public”

The study problematized the presence of “public sphere” in an indigenous people’s community using the Habermasian construction of the public …

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Community Radio Use to Providing Knowledge of Media Literacy among the Elderly in Rural, Thailand

The consequence of attempts to radio broadcasting reform in Thailand has been delayed more than 15 years. It’s causing emptiness …

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Being Liked’: The Constructed Identiity of Project-Based Workers in the New Zealand Film Industry

"The New Zealand screen industry, in line with similar trends in the UK and US, has experienced a proliferation of …

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Social Activities on Microblog: Exploring Fighting Against Human Trafficking on Weibo

Fighting against human trafficking is one of the most popular social activities on a Chinese social media site -- Weibo. …

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Wikis and the World: Connecting Japanese Non-English Majors

In spite of instant Internet access many young Japanese have limited exposure to the actual outside world. Globalization and Internationalization …

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Where in the World is Kolkata? Can International School Placements Make a Difference to Intercultural Awareness?

When an invitation was extended to the University of New England (UNE) to take a group of preservice teachers to …

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Interactive Weblogs: Breaking Barriers in L2 Writing in the Philippines

Mastery of the rules of a language is often clearly reflected in written outputs. In the Philippines, where English is …

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