Category: Higher Education
Data, Data, Data – What Does Management Want and Need to See?
News flash! Data is important and learning analytics are a major near-term trend. What data does administration need and want …
Using Peer Assessment and Feedback to Support Individual Learning
Background Feedback supports learning but providing detailed individual feedback is time consuming. Involving students in peer marking and providing constructive …
The Research and Development of Internal Quality Assurance System for the Faculty of Education, Burapha University
The objective to develop an internal quality assurance system for Faculty of Education. To try and assess the quality assurance …
Building Students’ Characters Through the Utilization of Used Goods As Learning Media
This study aims to investigate the utilization of used goods as learning media to build students’ characters in the economics …
What Do University Students Liken Academic Members to?
Problem Statement: Sometimes people try to explain the feelings and thoughts in life by using metaphors. These metaphors may be …
Perceptions of an Artist and Art Education: A Study of Pre-Service Year One Teachers at a Fijian University
Gaining an insight into primary pre-service teachers' perceptions is vital for teacher educators especially in the field of primary art …
The Efficacy of Placement Interviews for English Language Classes at a National Japanese University Based on a CEFR-J Model
From January 2015 to March 2015, the authors in conjunction with other faculty at the University of Fukui created a …
From Theory to Reality: Enhancing Creativity and Achievements of Hong Kong Students through Online Design Platform and Consideration of Culture
Visual merchandising is the manipulation of design elements and themes in retail outlets that creates a pleasant store atmosphere and …
Collective Will to Change Education Trajectory by Transcending Boundaries
It’s “a matter of wills”: cultural will, social will, organizational will, and political will. Dr. Ron Edmonds said, “We can, …
The Efficacy Beliefs of Social Studies Teachers Candidates Regarding the Teaching-Learning Process
The aim of this study was to examine special field efficacy beliefs of social studies teacher candidates related to the …
Real Science in Clear English
Real Science in Clear English The Issue English dominates the world of science. In order for students in countries such …
The Educational Philosophy and Teaching Style Preferences of College Faculty at the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
This study aimed to determine the educational philosophies and teaching styles of the college faculty of the University of Perpetual …
Possibility of Implementing Multiple Intelligence Theory Based English Instruction for Remedial Purposes
Decreasing English skills among new university students have been reported over the years in Japan. Some solutions adopted to overcome …
An Evaluation of Science Lecturers’ Testing Skills in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria: A Case Study of Kogi State University, Anyigba
The purpose of this study is to evaluate how science lecturers in tertiary institutions apply testing skills in their testing …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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).” …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …