Category: Virtual Presentation

Factors Affecting Human Capital Efforts in Developing Economies: A Case Study on Cuba
Cuba faces considerable domestic and global challenges as they strive to compete in the global marketplace and increase their population’s …

Learners’ Perspective of the Critical Benefits of Digitalisation of Teaching and Learning in Nigeria Higher Education
In recent years, the Nigeria youths have embraced online interactions through social media, though for social interactions with least applications …

How Do Executives’ Values Influence Corporate Responsibility Adoption
Strategic Leadership theory posits that senior executives are responsible for shaping their organizations’ strategic direction. Values are central in guiding …

Case Study of Administrative Planning in Japan: Initiation Stage of Citizen Participation and Information Sharing in Child-Rearing Support Plan
In Tokyo, encouraging the acceptance of childcare centers is an urgent issue as many children still need a nursery. The …

Information Sharing and Administrative Planning: From Japan’s Local Government Ordinances
There is presently no provision for administrative plans under the Administrative Procedure Law of Japan. In administrative planning, utilizing the …

A Study on Education in Japanese Legal Expression: Through a Survey of Japanese University Students
The text on Japanese law is known for being difficult for Japanese people. The law is a part of the …

Cosmetic & Disruptive Technologies Management in Education
The user experience is well developed in the business world but less so in the world of Education. Hours of …

Improving Online Readiness in Higher Education: A Case Study
eLearning is becoming the sine qua non of higher education due to its increasing popularity and numerous Learning Experience (Lx), …

Culture and Identity in Public Green Spaces: The Story of Suropati and Menteng Park in Central Jakarta, Indonesia
Changing the role of parks and green spaces to fit into the sustainable city framework are now an ongoing agenda …

Decolonizing the Contemporary African University: Towards an Inevitable Alternative
Studies show that many universities in developing countries imitate the Western university model (Chan, Li, & Yang, 2017). In the …

Where were you Mutti? Reflections on the Success of Decreasing Gender Bias in Education History Texts for Senior Secondary Schools in New South Wales
One of the transformations of modern history has been the institutional recognition of female agency to historical processes. Given that …

Extraversion and Introversion in Young Adult ESL Learners
Why do some ESL intermediate classes seem so energized while others seem so much more subdued? And why do even …

Overview of Edtech Research Practices and Decision-Making in Higher Education
This session will review the results of a year-long research project looking at the role of efficacy research in educational …

A Three-Level Problem Corpus for Introductory Computer Programming Courses
Solving problems is a very important exercising activity for students in an introductory computer programming course. The paper introduces the …

Bernstein’s Pedagogic Device As Deconstruction of Teaching Practices
The aim of this study is to discuss Bernstein's Pedagogic Device Theory as the grounding for deconstruction of teaching practices …

21st Century Learning: Developing Critical Thinking and Communication Skills in the English Language Classroom
Rightfully, a crucial 21st century skill, 'critical thinking' has become the buzzword in foreign language education worldwide. Whilst many approaches …

History of Conflict Between Interest and Law
What happened on May 1998 has attracted many attention since there was a conflict among any interest which could not …

McDonaldization Advertising in the Context of Electronic Colonialism Theory
Food is an important element in defining culture and can be seen to be the oldest global carrier of culture. …

The Power of Facebook Over the State-Controlled Journalism: Recapture the Position of Vietnamese Journalism
Within the frame of press classification theories developed from Siebert et al. in 1963 to Cain in 2014, this paper …

China Daily’s Western Type Framing of the Egyptian Arab Spring
Existing research has mainly focused on the role of the media in the uprisings against the regimes of the countries …

The Importance of Practicing Social Media in Journalism
In the early years of social networking, users sent personal messages to one another, or a small group of family …

Cultural Export of Japan: A Case Study of Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics
Men's rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a certain amount of domestic …

In Search of Justice Narratives in Music Performances
Since the Indonesian independence era, the topic of justice has become the concerns of gamelan composers believing that music posseses …

Manufacturing Politicians: Angela Merkel’s Image in the Spanish Press During the German Federal Elections
Spanish public opinion shows, according to sociological surveys, a disaffection towards the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. From the influence …

Writing of the History: Ernesto Rogers Between Estrangement and Familiarity of Architectural History
Ernesto Rogers was the key figure of the post-war Italian architecture. Architect, educator, writer, editor, he was a man of …

Self-Reflection on Buddhist Dhamma Teachings Through Acrylic Paintings and Video Art: Experiential Approach of Understanding
This research aims to study the experiential method of learning and understanding of buddhist teachings on Truth or Dhamma through …

De-Westernising Travel Journalism: Consumerism Meets Postcolonialism
Scholars have long viewed travel writing and travel journalism from a postcolonial perspective, based on the history of ‘the West …

Silesia and Oikology: What Knowledge of Home Does Silesia Offer?
The author addresses the problem of the philosophy of the Silesian home. Silesia is a borderland in Central Europe now …

Women as Reflected in Egyptian TV Commercials
In the Arab countries, many studies have tackled the image of women in different media platforms, like in drama, movies, …

The Representation of History in “The Chronicles of Yerevan Days”
The film “The Chronicle of Yerevan Days” is unique in the way it uses city ambience as a narrative technique. …

From Greatcoats to Gym Tunics: Reading History through Images of Women Playing Netball
Visual representations of women playing sport have always struggled to gain a consistent foothold in the visual history of sport. …

Reading RPF as Digital Fiction: New Perspectives for Interpretation
Real person fiction is a type of fanfiction utilizing real (living) people as characters. It tends to flourish within subcultural …

Race and the Quest for Identity in Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah
Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used …

City of a Nation and a Nation of Cities: Jawaharlal Nehru and the Civic Consciousness of Anti-Colonial Nationalism in India
Most historical writings on India have often put the village as the backdrop of the study of Indian society. This …

Stories About Hope’: Exploration of Survival, Refugee Identity and Possibilities for Belonging Through Art
In the settings of the World refugee crisis, we get to hear only one story - a story of trauma, …

Ecofeminist Ethics for Sustainable Urban Public Space
Throughout history, the public urban space has been the reflection of a city’s social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being. In …

If the Amazon Turkers Are Representative of the “New” Economy, What Does it Mean for Mental Health Services?
Objectives: The structure of formal economies has changed significantly in the past decade, making millions of people partly or wholly …

Theoretical Underpins of Lean Construction for Environmental Sustainability in the Built Environment of Developing Economies
One of the key global concerns for sustainability is to achieve environmental sustainability. According to earlier studies achieving environmental sustainability …

Economic Performance of Portuguese Regional Health Administrations Following the European External Bailout: Trends After Austerity
This work aims discussing the economic performance of Portuguese regional health administrations after leaving the bailout program (May 2014) established …

What are Eco-Innovations?
Due to the challenges associated with measuring eco-innovations from patent information and surveys, the literature-based innovation output (LBIO) indicator, built …

The Libyan-Italian Partnership: Attempts of Innovation in Solving the Migration Crisis
Italy and Libya hold a close relationship, and the migrations flows across the Mediterranean only deepens it. In August 2008 …

Bureaucracy of Power-Dependence in Domestic Politics in Japan and Interdependence of International Relations in the UK, U.S. and EU
This paper investigates power-dependence of central-local government relations and interdependence of international relations. The power-dependence means political dependence in the …

Towards Sustainable Buildings Production Through the Lens of Lean Construction Perspectives
The study proposes the application of the principles of lean construction to the processes that would lead to the production …

The Journey on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Preservation for Improving Community’s Welfare: The Ideas from Pesanggaran Power Generation, Bali, Indonesia
Energy efficiency and environmental sustainability are now becoming the highest priority for Pesanggaran Power Generation, Bali – Indonesia. Considering the …

Socio-Energy-Environmental Management in West Bali: A Case Study of Gilimanuk Gas-Turbine Power Plant, Indonesia
This paper mainly presents about Environmental Management, taking into account energy and societal aspects, of Gilimanuk Gas-Turbine Power Plant (GTPP), …

Aggregate Production and Gases Emissions in Rich Countries: Are the G7 Contributing to Environmental Air Damage?
Due to the importance of the G7 (Group of Seven) countries, and taking into account the current need for nations …

Reification of Social Privilege in International Volunteerism
International service learning programs are highly regarded in U.S. undergraduate education as an effective tool for enhancing and promoting intercultural …

A Critical Review of Three Current Cantonese Textbooks Published for Teaching Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers in Hong Kong
Despite the growing importance of Mandarin, Cantonese has not died out in Mainland China. There are at least over 66 …

Depth of Teachers’ Subject Content and Pedagogical Knowledge as Predictors of Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Kwara State, Nigeria
High rate of students’ failure in Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in Nigeria has become a perennial source of worry …

Learning Cat Tools Using E-Learning Tools: A Case Study
The Post-Graduation Program in Translation at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, a private university in Portugal, is in its fifteenth edition. …

Negotiation Strategies to Support Misbehaving Children: The “Deal” Strategy
PurposeTo negotiate behavioural changes with children, while developing an attitude of personal accountability for progressing the kindergarten program.Method…

Developing Intercultural Awareness in Primary Teacher Training through International Placements: Some Early Reflections on the Spiral Experiment
The European Commission report “Supporting teacher competence development”, published in July 2013, makes primary school teacher training a key priority …

Needed Interventions for More Effective Counsellors’ Role Performance in the School System in Edo and Delta States of Nigeria
This study investigated teachers’ opinions about principals needed interventions for more effective counselling services in schools. The purpose of the …

The Use of Digital Means in the Teaching and Learning of Multiplatform and 2.0 News Communication
The debate promoted decades ago on the use of the ICT as a key factor for the learning processes in …

The Effect of Stimulating Children’s Brains Using Digital Games on Their Information Retention
Children of the “Digital Age” are very attached to smart devices. It is not easy for parents and educators to …

Writing Learning Outcomes for Courses/Programs and Beyond
Program assessment for accreditation purposes is one of the main topics of discussion among higher education faculty members. Classroom management …

Course Facilitation Tools – Engaging 21st Century Adult Learners
As we develop online courses for our learners, we nurture them with well-conceived, well-designed, well-presented courses and programs. Course facilitation …

Content Analysis of English Itineraries About Iran Translated Into Persian, Existing in the Libraries
A travel log has nice and sad stories inside by narrator to show historical facts. So this study investigates English …

A Curator(Ial) Collaborative: Curating Contemporary Asian Art in an Australian Context
This presentation begins with an examination of the historical relationship in cultural shifts in Australia, which reflects the re-orientation towards …

An Issue of Suicidal Woman and Feminism in Vietnam: Situations, Solutions, and It’s Effects on Society
Gender inequality is a normal and prevalent fact in Vietnam since the early years of the 20th century. However, when …

The Model of Intervening Cultural Space in the Hybrid Design Case Study: The Combination of Japan-Indonesia Craft
The development of craft in Indonesia has a huge economic potential due to the availability and diversity of materials as …

Continuing Professional Development of Modern Regulators: Innovation and Discovery in Program Approach
The impacts of not establishing and maintaining a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program can be particularly disruptive for regulatory agencies. …

Mediated Citizenship: Examining the Tokyo Big Three Newspapers Depiction of Citizens during Japan’s Postwar Independence and Commencement as a Democracy
This study analyzed the Tokyo Big Three commercial newspapers (Asahi, Mainichi, and Yomiuri) in the wake of Japan’s postwar independence …

NOx Behaviors Upon Conventional and Advanced Combustion Treatments of Woody Biomass
Based on the easy approachability and affordability, bio-energy has always been termed as basic source of energy since the evolution …

Managing Carbondioxide Emissions Through Spatial Planning: An Approach in the Realization of Sustainable Development in Indonesia
In the last decade, emissions of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased significantly. Recorded by the IPCC (2007), the concentration …

Towards Age-Friendly Built Environment
The population of aged people is increasing dramatically throughout the world and this demographic variation is generating different challenges for …

Multidimensional Determinants of Caregiving Burden in Chinese Male Caregivers of Older Family Members in Hong Kong
During recent decades, demographic changes and family structure transformation in Hong Kong have made a growing number of male undertaking …

Sustainability Should Be Fun: Designing Board Games to Teach Sustainability
Teaching sustainability to undergrad students, particularly those in design degrees, faces barriers when it comes to relating core concepts such …

Recent Computer Applications in Marketing
Especially in recent years, marketing efforts of businesses have gained more importance along with the intense competition. Creating value to …

Designing the Interior of a Nursing Home for the Elders of Mauritius
The phenomenon of population ageing is occurring in Mauritius, this is due to the progressive ageing of the median age …

Dealing with Unexpected Experiences: Transformative Learning of Japanese Pre-Service Teachers During the Teaching Practicum
In the current Teaching Licensing program accredited by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, students who plan to …

Japan Away from Japan: The Tehran Supplementary Japanese School
How can my multi-racial children maintain and even improve their competency in their heritage languages? This is a common struggle …

Web 2.0 Tools in Teacher Training Programs in a Multilingual Setting: Searching, Selecting and Using Information
The aim of this submission is to present the findings of a research conducted in Catalonia,a multilingual region in the …

Writing the History of Humanimals: Illustrated with the Poetics of Documentaries
Animals play a starring role in human history; their presence is ever so ubiquitous that it would be remiss of …

Customer Orientation Ensure Organization’s Flexible Response to Keep Sustainability
Global competition forced education organizations to rethink about providing better service to their customers. Many firms and public sectors have …

Personality Factors Assessing Emotional Intelligence and Creative-Potential as Predictors of Job Satisfaction among Managers in Karachi, Pakistan
Exploring emotional intelligence and creativity have become an absolute in today’s organizations and personality dispositions for its study is a …

E-Kankor: Opening New Vistas of Higher Education Through an Innovative Intelligent Tutoring System
Passing the entrance examination to a university is a major step in one's life. Kankor is the nationwide tertiary entrance …

E-Learning Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions in Rural Settings in South Africa: A Case Study
The use of ICT is changing all aspects of our lives and fueling the economic growth globally. Technology can play …

Linking Supply on Demand of Indonesia Human Resource in Science and Technology on Perspective Black Swan Phenomenon
This paper discusses how the influence of the phenomenon of black swan in the development of human resource on science …

The Use of Video-Based Instruction in Higher Education: Impact on Knowledge Gain
The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of video-based instruction in a course entitled "Environmental Studies" to impart environmental …

Ethical Leadership Competencies for Revitalizing Moral Learning in Higher Education
Moral and ethics courses are widely provided in higher education institutions; yet, they are taught by ineffective teaching methods. So, …

Stealing from the Poor: A Challenge to Eradicating Poverty in Nepal
BackgroundIn 2015, an earthquake in Nepal killed over 9,000 people and destroyed over a million homes pushing millions of …

“Everyone Has a Story to Tell: Learning English Through Narratives”
The present study is about the use of Narratives in the classroom of English especially where English is taught and …

Asian-Woman Mutedness in the Memoirs of Maxine Hong Kingston and Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
The study analyses how woman muteness is revealed as self-portrait of the Asian-woman in the literary memoirs of Maxine Hong …

Storytelling and Playing with History: The Ludic in French and Chinese Fiction
This paper explores how the device of storytelling can be used in fiction to construct a specifically ludic i.e. playful …

Ned Kelly: The Multiple Truths of Australia’s Most Famous Bushranger
In a line-up of all the Australian criminals, who sparked fear in the community and generated business for the law …

The Structure of Narrative Design. A Case Study: Interior Design Proposal of Thread of Life Gallery in Bali
When an exhibition is designed with object-oriented approach, merely focuses on conservation, display and object information, visitors often don’t understand …

Roman Histories by Louis Kahn
The architecture of Louis I. Kahn changed radically in the 1950s. Such was the transformation that it is difficult to …

The “Anti-Hungry, Anti-Civil War” Movement at Yenching University
In May 1947, there was a student protest called “Anti-Hungry, Anti-Civil War” Movement, which played a key role in overthrowing …

Beyond “Sex and the Family”: Revisionist Historiography in Nora Okja Keller’s Comfort Woman
Until the early nineties and due to various reasons, the experiences of (Korean) comfort women were edited out of Korean …

Using ICT for Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language in Nigeria: Issues and Challenges
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become indispensable tool for both teachers and learners in various fields and discipline. The …

Friends with Benefits: Causes and Effects of Learners’ Cheating Practices During Examination
One of the major cognitive contents of educational system concerning examinations is the prevailing fraudulent culture--copying other learner’s answers during …

The Use of Contemporary Video Art Techniques to Convey Buddhist Dhamma Teaching
This research aims to explore the use of video art based on contemporary/western performing art and visual art techniques to …

Beyt El Hekma’, The House of Wisdom: The Legacy of Arabic Science, Interdisciplinarity and Contemporary Art Practice
The Arab-Islamic Empire historically evidences interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge production and scholarship. This was realised with vast success during a …

Bureaucracy in the Power-Dependence of Domestic Politics and Linkage in Foreign Policy
The domestic politics and foreign policy have relevance. The policy-making actors in domestic politics are bureaucracy, party and parliament. Especially, …

Case Study: Pre-Service Teachers Characterization and Engagement Levels of Critical Reading
Preservice teachers must be critical readers and thinkers if they are to prepare our future generations for the challenges of …

Academic Issues and Solution Proposal in a Plurilingual EFL Class in Japan
The purpose of this study is to propose solutions for issues in class of reading and writing English which South …

The 21st Century Skills in Higher Education
To increase the employability of baccalaureate graduates, tertiary education must include what are known as professional or 21st century skills. …

Scenery Changes in Campus Proceeded by Students
University is where students improve their abilities and professors proceed with their research. It is fortunate if their interests coincide …

Teacher Will: A Framework to Transform Classroom Practices! It’s Intentional
The single unit of change in what matters for student learning is an effective teacher. What makes an effective teacher? …

An Application of Team-Based Learning (TBL) with Thai as a Foreign Language Course
Team-based learning (TBL) is a structured type of cooperative learning that has growing application in many education fields. As opposed …

Oil Producers, Refiners and Renewable Energy Consumers: Correlation to the Wealth, Competitiveness, Peace and Happiness of Populations
A popular perception suggests that nations with abundant natural resources will ultimately demonstrate stronger economic performance. Studies investigating this perception, …

Policy Networks of Central-Local Government Relations in the UK and Japan and Linkage of International Relations in the EU
Policy networks and linkage are tightly connected concepts in the politics. The policy networks defined by Rhodes are set of …

Indian Sandalwood Fragrance Culture from East to West
The present study explores the cultural and techno sphere of Indian Sandalwood that has been affecting the increase of the …

Curricular Changes in Teacher Education: A View of Comparative Research in Three Contexts
This work is part of a project whose objective was to study curricular changes in teacher training programs from a …

When Fraud Wears Religious Cassocks
According to the US court papers, Taipei Smartphone maker HTC Corp’s founder, Cher Wang, was defrauded out of US$7.4 million …

A Comparative Analysis of Environmental and Economic Costs of PV Solar Imports and Manufacturing: China vs. Ontario, Canada
Solar energy is one of the most suitable renewable sustainable energy options with the opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. …

International Law & Sovereignty: A Divisive Concord of Paradigms in the South China Sea
The contemporary system of interdependent states, driven by the continuous demands of globalization has led to the ever-increasing relevance of …

The Analysis of China’s Soft Power in Africa (1978-2015)
The main purpose of this paper is to examine China’s soft power in Africa (1978-2015). Coincided with seizing power by …

Examining Effects of Two Computer Programming Learning Strategies: Self-Explanation Versus Reading Questions and Answers
The current study explored the differential effects of two learning strategies, self-explanation and reading questions and answers, on learning the …

A Study on the Effectiveness of the Education Development Fund as a Post-Colonial Strategy to Control Non-Tertiary Education in Macao SAR
As a former colony of Portugal, Macao has experienced slack control on education, which resulted in the diversity in it …

School Bullying: Its Influences on the Academic Performance of the Basic Education Students
Bullying has already been a pervasive problem across Asia. It has been noticed as a school nuisance causing harm to …

Implementing Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education in an Area of Armed Conflict in Southern Philippines: A Case Study
With Philippine schools adopting the use of mother tongue as the medium of instruction from Kindergarten to Grade 3, this …

Classroom Climate: Implications to Students” Academic Achievements
This descriptive-correlational study determined the relationship between classroom climate and student’s academic achievement measured in terms of their general average …

School Engagement: It’s Influence on the Academic Performance of College Students
Academic success is influenced by many factors, one of which is student engagement that this study explored in relation to …

The Global and Local Urban Identity
The notion of urban identity has been the subject of many researches. In the era of globalization, the impact of …

Investing on Preventive Diplomacy: How ASEAN can Generate Soft Power through Its Peacemaking Mechanism
Preventive diplomacy is defined by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum as diplomatic or political action used …

Unjust Identity Quest: Sahar Khalife’s the Inheritance: A Post-Colonial Study
In Sahar Khalifeh’s novel The Inheritance, the reader is immersed in a hysterical world of various Diasporas revealed between the …

Mother Goddess in Kerala: Discursive Struggles and Contested Signifiers in a Popular Faith Phenomenon
Mata Amritanandamayi faith is a popular faith phenomenon that began in Kerala, South India during the late 1970s. Over the …

Talk Little and Know How to Listen’: Women’s Magazines as Moral Judges
Even though women’s magazines do not escape the general malaise affecting journalism today, they have always managed to captivate a …

Educational Practices Between Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University and Lipa City Colleges: A Comparative Study
The study determined the difference between the educational practices of Lipa City Colleges (LCC) and Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University (BSRU) such …

Domestication and Foreignization in the Revolt of the Young: Essays by Tawfiq Al-Hakim
The Revolt of the Young is a collection of essays originally published in 1984 by one of the most distinguished …

Media Websites and Their Visitors’ Choices on Cookies
Cookies are small bits of data that are being sent from the websites a user visits and downloaded to their …

Illustrating Justice between Literal Representation and Visual Metaphor
Artists have been representing justice as an abstract concept for long centuries, revealing and interpreting its comprehensive meaning through illustrations, …

Easy-To-Read Books for Children with Dyslexia in Public Libraries
In Japan, most public libraries do not provide sufficient easy-reading materials or make available reading facilities suitable for Japanese children …

Educational Planning: Dropout of CWSN and SLD Children in India
India is striving for universal enrolment up to secondary level in schools. The planning documents reveal that Net Enrolment Ratio …

Justice for Psychopaths: Punishment or Therapy
Psychopathy is one of the most dangerous mental disease and provides a theoretical and practical challenge to the Criminal law …

Acquisitive Prescription ss a Mean of Acquiring Ownership: An Albanian Perspective on the DCFR
Acquisitive prescription has been for centuries a consolidated institute through which becomes possible the acquisition of ownership. The goal of …

Industry Sectors Specifics of Remanufacturing Processes
Today remanufacturing is a key industrial discipline at the end of a product's life cycle. In terms of the economic …

Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Development the Case of the Niger Delta
In recent years, multinational companies operating in developing countries have come under increased pressure to engage in community development as …

Migration Flows and Municipal Waste Analysis Using the Spatial Panel Durbin Model – The Case of Poland
The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of migration processes (mainly the emigration and immigration) and economic …

Path Analysis of the Effects of Science Literacy and Science Process Skills on Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Efficacy Beliefs
Behavior of teachers in the achievement of educational goals has invisible complement known as teacher beliefs. In science education, the …

Embedding and Assessing Compassion in the University Curriculum
Psychology, anthropology and neuroscience are currently researching compassion - how it can be defined and understood, and how compassion can …

Social Media in Sport Coaching: Knowledge, Attitude and Use of Information and Communication Technology in Service Delivery among Tertiary Institutions
Social media is undoubtedly making significant impact across the globe. Interconnectivity and social links are gaining ground every day. Apart …

A Service Oriented Perspective in Higher Education Curriculum Evaluation
The work being done to evaluate higher education curriculum covers a wide area, but this study will focus on the …

Digital Funds of Identity: Funds of Knowledge 2.0 for the Digital Generation
The question of teaching and researching for social justice has been explored in relation to the Funds of Knowledge approach …

Videogame Technologies for a Neurosciences Program
In this paper we present the advances corresponding to the implementation of a laboratory for neuronal rehabilitation using videogames technologies. …

Resource and Profitability Assessment of Transition to Flipped Video-Based Lecturing
In the current digital era, competitiveness of educational institutions is defined by the ability to satisfy the needs of smart …

A Corpus Informed Study of Thai News Agencies’ Evaluation of Two Key Participants Found in Political Conflicts in Thailand
Appraisal has been employed in previous foreign studies focusing on corpus-informed analysis and comparison of news reports. However, the previous …

Teaching and Learning: The Approaches of a Modern Environmental Regulator
Established in 1971, the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA Vic), located in Melbourne Australia, is the world's third oldest environment …

Foreign Investment and Environmental Protection: The Liability of Private Enterprises Under International Environmental Law
Foreign investment and environmental protection entertain both synergistic and conflicting relations. On the one hand, foreign investment can harness the …

The Design and Experience Model of Mixed Reality Interactions in Museums
The Museum is a physical space for preserving cultural heritage and historical records. Due to the rapid development in global …

How the Conceptualization of Refugees Impacts Their Capacity to Fulfill Their Social and Economic Agency
By the end of 2014, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had identified 14.4 million refugees globally (UNHCR …

Rites of Passage in Japanese Traditional Culture
The paper examines the rites of passage in Japanese traditional culture from the perspective of semiotic method, a study of …

Negotiating Power in Culturally Determined Bioethics Secular vs Islamic Bioethics in Decision Making
The supposition of this paper is that bioethics in its different strata is culturally determined. Other than universal in the …

Information Sharing Between the Civil Administration and Citizens: An Implementation Proposal of Open Data Strategy in Japanese Local Governments
Administrative services in Japan have become diversified as a result of economic growth. However, as this growth has slowed down …

A Proposal for Information Dissemination of Regional Culture for the Purpose of Multicultural Coexistence: Based on Japanese Local Government Plans
Japan has witnessed a considerable increase in the population of residents with multicultural backgrounds (MCR), especially around urban areas. A …

Politeness Strategies Among Japanese College Students: Discussion of the Acquisition of Honorifics and Onomatopoeias
In general, learning the proper use of parts of speech peculiar to the Japanese language, such as honorifics and onomatopoeias, …

A Corpus Stylistics Study of the Mental Clauses and Speech and Thought Presentation of Gilbert’s (2006) ‘Eat Pray Love’
Elizabeth Gilbert's (2006) memoir Eat Pray Love depicts her journey of self-discovery in her trips to Italy, India and Indonesia …

The Use of MARIE CPU Simulator in the Computer Architecture Course: A Brief Exploratory Study of the Students’ Perception Learning
The teacher has to always bear in mind that he/she has to present educational contents regarding his discipline always trying …

Internships in French-Speaking Environments: First Steps of a Thai University
Internships in French-speaking environments are transformational learning opportunities (TLO) that often contribute to enrich and broaden student learning and personal …

Ideas of Justice and Punishment in Frank Johnson’s “Famous Detective Stories”
In 1939, after many decades of debate around the value of different types of reading, Australia imposed import restrictions ' …

Justice As Mercy and Revenge: Antigone, Medea, Montecristo, Yong Pal
This paper is about personal justice understood in two of its opposite manifestations, mercy and revenge, and oriented against official …

Role of Televisual Literacy in Second Language Teaching
In non-native English speaking countries like Asian countries, where English is learnt as second language, teachers explore innovative practices for …

The Relation between Justice and Martyrdoms in Religious Art: The Paintings in the Church of the Gesù Depicting Japanese Martyrdoms
Martyrdoms are powerful political instruments that convey different aspects of the concept of justice. Legally speaking, they refer to public …

Archival Institution as Agent of Representation of Religious Plurality in Indonesia
Using qualitative research through literature analysis, this paper hows archival institutions could act as a strategic agent of representation to …

Experts Collaboration: Improving Information Services for Maritime Community in Indonesia
Maritime people's livelihood is selling processed marine products. They need some information to produce variety commodity and improve the quality. …

Meeting the Information Service Needs of Researchers: A Case Study of the Research Center for Science and Technology Area (Puspiptek – Indonesia)
Research center for science and technology, known as Puspiptek area, is the name of the Largest Research Area in Indonesia. …

Students Perceptions of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning on Chinese Language Learning
The discussions on second language learning in higher education facilitated by computer supported collaborative learning have increased over the past …

Leading Change Together: A Pitch for Education, Community Engagement, Social Justice, and Sustainable Development
Leading Change Together is the powerful idea of impact behind the mission of Global Tassels, a registered 501(c)3 international organization …

Asoke Buddhist Education in Thailand
This paper looks into the Buddhist community-based education in the Asoke Buddhist villages in Thailand. The Asoke Buddhist movement has …

Image of ‘Justice’ in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1860) is a psychological novel, which has been subjected to various interpretations by the scholars worldwide. …

The Role of Art Education Teacher’s in Developing Designs of Traditional Crafts in Oman: A Field Study
This paper is devoted to a review of the literature that covers all the topics related to the role of …

Justice in Measure for Measure: An Approach through Sri Aurobindo’s Yoga-Psychology
The theoretical approach applied in this paper is based on the 'consciousness investigation' of Sri Aurobindo( 1872-1950), who gives us …

The Practice of Language Advising at the School of Modern Foreign Languages (Falem) at the Federal University of Para (UFPA)
This presentation aims at defining language advising, as well as informing how the practice is done, and who is involved …

Anti-Coloniality in Ali Ahmad Bakatheer’s Mismar Juha and Imberatoriyya Fil Mazad
Ali Ahmad Bakatheer (1910-1969) wrote a number of plays which dealt with some of the nation's pressing issues. One of …

Geography of German Daycare Centers and its Association with the Preschoolers’ Sociolinguistic Characteristics
Purpose: Language acquisition is associated with or influenced by a number of factors which can be called sociolinguistic, social/sociological or …

Including Students with Disabilities: Attitudes of Typically Developing Children and of Parents of Children with and without Special Educational Needs
The present paper constitutes a literature review research, discussing issues of inclusion of individuals with disabilities. Inclusive education refers to …

An Appraisal and Corpus Study of Thai News Agencies’ Evaluation of Suthep Thaugsuban Found in Political Conflicts in Thailand
Appraisal has been employed in previous foreign studies focusing on corpus-based analysis and comparison of news reports. However, the previous …

Promoting Self-Esteem Among Culturally Diverse Kinder Children by Exploring the Background of Their Names
Aim: This Names Project aimed to promote social interaction and positive self-identity, through sharing the background of names of culturally …

Some Insights into a Peer Mentoring Programme
The FBE Senior Peer Mentoring programme piloted peer engagement methods from an internationally accredited programme, namely the Peer Assisted Session …

Gerontological Educational Work in the Context of Neighbourhood Community Work – A Reliable Path towards Greater Social Equality and Empowerment
Gerontological educational work in the context of neighbourhood community work __ a reliable path towards greater social equality and empowerment.…

Comparing Labour Market Expectations and VET Qualifications in the NecVET European Project
This paper presents the results of research in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET) undertaken with respect to …

News Framing of the Typhoon Haiyan Disaster Coverage: A Comparative Study of the Philippines Inquirer and the Wall Street Journal News Sites
Natural disasters, which strikes without warning and leaves limited scope of preparedness, is a potentially traumatic event that is collectively …

Memory Devices: Reflections about the Animated Documentary Films
Documentary films have an impact on the construction of historical memory. As cultural devices aren__t neutral means to reach ends …