Category: Higher Education

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There is No Box: The International Interdisciplinary Nature of Higher Education

“We think by feeling. What is there to know?” Roethke, “The Waking” Just as the concept of traditional disciplines needs …

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Internationalization of Global Women in Higher Education: Shifting to a “Two-Way” Approach of Engagement

Higher education is globalized and internationalized; and the number of international students, particularly women studying in U.S. institutions of higher …

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Minimalist Program and Ease of Language Acquisition: Investigating Chomsky’s Uniformity, Simplicity, Economy

The minimalist program is in part a reaction to some problems that have afflicted GB theory. A theory of grammar …

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Teaching Skills and Work Behavior of Clinical Instructors of Nursing Schools in Northern Samar

This study intended to determine the instructional and preceptorship skills and work behavior in the classroom and clinical settings of …

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Pre-Service Teachers Teaching Effectiveness: The Nueva Vizcaya State University Experience

In the world of teaching, teachers are constantly amazed by the ingenuity of their teaching; they learn to be imaginative …

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Self-Efficacy of Preservice Teachers toward Differentiation

Self-efficacy refers to the degree of confidence future teachers have that they can perform successfully in the task of differentiation. …

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Salvaging Nigeria Tertiary Education through Public-Private Partnerships: Issues and Constraints

Education worldwide is an instrument for national development. Funding remains a critical factor for quality education and poor funding has …

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Is More the Merrier: The Relationship between Taiwan University Students English Language Learning Strategies and English Proficiency Test Performance

Second language learning has always been a complicated process involving many factors such as biological, neurological, psychological, and sociological factors. …

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Students’ Perception on Using Movies in Medical Education

Background: Using movies can be an effective way to stimulate rich discussion about professional and personal development. Reflection on the …

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Research on Environmental Education Management Combined with Factory Touring Based on Field Theorysonispa Tourism Factory in Taiwan

The promotion of factory touring in our country has exactly reached the tenth year, during which the traders engaged in …

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The Teaching of Speech and Oral Communication in English for Computer Studies Students: A Needs Analysis

In the context of educational systems where English is a second or foreign language, the learning of its spoken form …

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Development of a Blended Instructional Model Via Weblog to Enhance English Summary Writing Ability of Thai Undergraduate Students

The objective of this research and development was to develop an effective blended instructional model via weblog to enhance English …

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Industry Profile of Sponsoring Agencies of Language Practicum Trainees

This study forms phase 3 of a research project titled. “Language Practicum 2013 and Beyond” which explores academe-industry partnership, a …

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Job Performance of Bicol University Language Practicum Trainees 2013

The main objective of this research is to evaluate the first batch of Language Practicum (LP) trainees among the AB …

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Psychological Empowerment of Students Using Cross-Pollination Class Projects

Over the course of the past two semesters, experiential cross-pollination projects were incorporated into the classroom in a small (1100 …

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Health and Physical Education (HPE): Local and Global Communities of Practice

This paper shares a university health and wellbeing community initiative. The project (2011-2014) ‘Best Start: A community collaborative approach to …

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CEFR-J Based Survey for Japanese University Students

This study attempts to empirically examine self-ratings of Can-Do statements of the CEFR-J (Tono, 2012), which was modified from the …

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Trends and Issues in Technology Education Research in Taiwan: A Co-Word Analysis of 1994-2013 Graduate Theses

In Taiwan, the “Technology Education (TE)” for graders 1-12 is comprised of courses “Living Technology (LT)” and “Information Technology (IT).” …

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Important Considerations in the Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning in Contemporary Education Setting

Teaching and learning are core reasons why educational institutions are established in the world over. It is important to note, …

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Determinants of Quality in Higher Education Institutions in Morocco

Education has entered a new era in which quality is considered a vital factor in the competition among economies since …

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The Impact of National Preschool-Grade 12 Educational Reforms on the Preparation of the Future Educator Workforce in the USA

The USA has been facing several new reform initiatives in education that directly impact the instruction and assessment of elementary …

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A Comparative Study of Non-Traditional Student Teachers’ Social Representations in Brazil, Sweden and Germany

It is common to hear that teachers play an extremely important role in society. This statement motivated this doctoral research, …

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Patriotism and the Teaching/Learning of History in Nigeria’s Basic Education Schools: An Assessment of NCCE Minimum Standards

Patriotism and civic responsibilities of the average Nigerian has been a major subject of discourse in contemporary study of citizenship …

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Teaching through Inquiry: A Case-Based Approach

Case study method has been used rather widely in Universities across the world. The literature has also reported widely on …

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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 …

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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 …

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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) …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Dominant Multiple Intelligences among Students of Medical and Health Sciences

Unlike in the past, studies on learner’s performance are now attributed to the dynamics of Teaching-Learning Process and not only …

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Realising Teacher Quality at the M-Level

In Brunei Darussalam the national university is the main provider of initial teacher education. In 2009, undergraduate initial teacher education …

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The Role of Teacher’s Written Formative Feedback on Students’ Critical Thinking

In higher education formative feedback has positive effects when it facilitates the development of students’ reflection and self-assessment in learning …

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Remarkable Experiences in a Narrative Memoir of a Student of Portuguese/English Teaching Practicum From the School of Education at UFRJ

From a socio-interactional perspective of discourse, this research aims at investigating the written narrative of a student of English and …

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Critical Thinking As a Tool for the Development of Interdisciplinarity in University Education.

An interdisciplinary approach is a synthesis of two or more disciplines that result in establishment of a new scientific discourse, …