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Curriculum Enhancement Through Learning Partnerships
The aim of this paper is to discuss an Aston University (Birmingham, UK) model for programme enhancement offered to international partners through programme diversification and student engagement in curriculum design (QAA,2012). One of the main reasons for enhancing a primarily English for Academic Purposes programme, such as the International Year Abroad Programme, has been to …
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 Health Chonburi Thailand and to summarize the knowledge extracted from the research. This was done by examining the quality of all twenty four research reports completed during 2009-2011. Data were collected through both information …
Fostering Career and Life Development of Secondary School Students Through Effective School Self-Evaluation Mechanism
OCED (Mann, Denis & Percy, 2020) reported that in the survey of PISA (2018) 15 year-old students in OECD countries participate in career and life development (CLD) activities were relatively low (average 46%) and Hong Kong was merely 27%. An effective self-evaluation mechanism, as an important part of the quality assurance process, could support ongoing …
The Effectiveness of ChatGPT in Enhancing English Language Proficiency and Reducing Second Language Anxiety (L2)
This study investigates the effectiveness of generative AI, specifically ChatGPT3.5, in enhancing interaction skills and reducing second language (L2) anxiety in English language teaching. The study is situated in the context of the rapid advancements in AI technology and its increasing significance in educational settings, particularly in computer-assisted language learning. The aim of this study …
European Master Active Ageing and Age-friendly Environment (EMMA)
This poster presentation focuses on the Erasmus+ Project EMMA (European Master Active Ageing and Age-friendly Environment) which runs from September 2020 to August 2023 consisting of six higher education institutions from Austria, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Slovenia. The aim of the project is to develop a 100% online, transdisciplinary and transnational joint degree which …
Double Consciousness in British Asian Writing
My father’s work took us all over the world, then to a British boarding school. The result was a duality that ran through me; this was a sensibility that was very British but at the same time very Indian. This sensibility impacted the way I wrote my novel Begums of Peshawar (Hachette, 2018). Focusing on …
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) have the right to provide education and professional training and the need of that locality and participate in the provision of education and training by the state, especially vocational education : program for preparing workforce …
The Analytic Hierarchy Process – A Survey of “the desirable demand” of a Graduated Worker in Chiang Mai and Lamphun Province, THAILAND
The survey of “the desirable demand” of a graduated worker to meet the needs of employers is one mechanism to improve achievement and learning characteristics of students who were identified in the quality assurance aspects of teaching and learning of Chiang Mai University (CMU). CMU determines that the graduates of higher education should inclusive two …
Development of Multimedia for Improving English Listening Comprehension Skill for Grade-2 Students
The research objectives were to 1) develop quality multimedia for improving English listening comprehension (ELC) skills for Grade students. 2) compare the learning achievement scores of students Pre-Post-Listening Test. 3) study the effectiveness index (EI) of learning achievement scores, and 4) study the students’ satisfaction after using multimedia for improving ELC skills. The population consisted …
Estimating Effectiveness and Efficiency of Solar Energy Policy for Indonesia: A Hybrid Agent-Based Model Analysis
We estimate the impacts of four renewable energy policy interventions to photovoltaic (PV) market size, government expenditure, economic growth, and environment. For this reason, we develop an agent-based model dedicated to capturing the specific economic and institutional features of developing economies focusing on Indonesia. We undertake an integrated approach to ABM by combining input-output analysis, …
The Syntax and Semantics of the Benefactive Applicative in Temne
The benefactive applicative in Temne is typologically unusual for an applicative in that it has a variable, but regular syntactic effect on the valence of the verb. It can add one applied object, a beneficiary or an instrument, and two applied objects, a beneficiary and a substitutive or a beneficiary and an instrument to the …
The History of Tuna Fishing in Tambler, General Santos City, Philippines
This study presents the historical evolution of tuna fishing in Tambler, General Santos City with emphasis on the fishing methods. The paper focuses only on the tuna offshore fishing; sub-industries activities like fish marketing, smoking, canning, exporting and value-added processing would be discussed if deemed necessary but considered beyond the study. As a qualitative research, …
How Increasing Students’ Interest and Motivation to Study Affects Perceived Service Quality and Academic Satisfaction at University
Instructional Design has provided models and theories to make lectures more effective and attractive. However, managing and evaluating educational outcomes are still challenging because of their intangibility and heterogeneity. In particular, Learning Experience (LX), results in a change in value, motivation, or behavior to study, is rarely included as an integral part of Perceived Outcome …
Computerization and Standardization of Arabic Scientific Terminology
Due to the rapid growth of scientific terminology added to the international lexicon every day, the need is felt to computerize and standardize of Arabic scientific terminology. The fact that we have many academies in the Arab World working in this field, yet the lack of coordination among them has led to a long list …
Using Local Content Teaching Visual Narrative in the Gulf
Visual communication is a global activity and often demands using visual language that will be understood across cultures. Lack of place specificity is often considered desirable in design. But the trend toward visual globalization can have the disadvantage of taking students in many regions away from the visual language they are familiar with, leaving them, …
Advance Surveillance and Security in the Social Media Regime: An Analysis of the Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
The use of the information superhighway, which is enabled by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has helped to strengthen and extend security surveillance and information sharing across the entire continents of the world. The potential of the Internet and its associated social media tools as an open communication system to create an alert on impending …
Awareness on Fish Depletion and Fishing Practices among Fishermen around River Rima and Kware Lake, Northwestern Nigeria
Human dependence on freshwater fish is significant, owing to the nutritional value provided by fish to populations particularly in the developing world. Fish are overexploited or severely depleted as a result of excessive fishing quotas, illegal fishing practices and poor management of our freshwater resources. Fishermen around River Rima and Kware Lake were surveyed to …
Temples: Probing the Possibilities of Economic Regeneration of the Local Communities in Goa
Temples of Goa have played a very vital role as symbols of cultural resistance to the Portuguese hegemony. In the post-liberation era, these temples have been integrated into the national pilgrimage networks and as such receive a large inflow of not only the Goan diaspora, spread far and wide in the country, but also tourists. …
How Far Does the Influence of Cultural Differences Go on the Implementation and Outcome of a Pedagogical Approach? Implications from Two ESL Classrooms
While contextual influences on teaching and learning are now widely recognized, it is interesting to see how far such influences may go. To investigate how far cultural differences may affect the implementation and impact of a pedagogical approach, a study was conducted in the naturalistic settings of two ESL writing classrooms at the same grade …
ISSN: 2186-5906 – The Asian Conference on Media & Mass Communication 2012 – Official Conference Proceedings
1: Social Media Usage, Over-Usage and Addictive Patterns
2: Globalization and Internationalization: Performance and Outlook
3: Communication Ethics and the Media’s Social Responsibility: Power & Responsibility in an Era of Change
November 2-4 2012, Osaka, Japan
ISSN: 2186-5906
The Effectiveness of the Application of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Chinese Learning
Computer supported learning has become a major trend in language learning and teaching in the 21st century. However, there are still few studies addressing the application of computer supported collaborative learning in teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign language. The researchers designed a distance collaborative program in which 72 Chinese learners in the US …
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 (NER) is more than 100 percent whereas Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is less than 100 percent in elementary education. The paper analyses the data on disability in schools as reported under Unified District Information System …
The Politics of Disaster Reporting: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of News Reports on Typhoon Lando
Much of what we know about the politics of disaster reporting is limited to a straightforward knowledge of what stakeholders do during crises. Largely unnoticed in previous studies of this topic is the extent by which other modes apart from language are utilized for ideological purposes and the textual mechanisms through which these can be …
Design and Evaluation of an Educational Board Game for Learning ESG Sustainability Challenges
Towards the Paris Agreement underlines the need for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, it has become more and more important for companies to transform and create an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainable development ecosystem. Moreover, there is a growing emphasis on educating and training employees in the concept of ESG. In addition to traditional …
T-Story: Storytelling Applied to Training
The project is financed by the Transversal Actions (Key Activity 3 � Information and Communication Technologies) under the Lifelong Learning Programme from the European Commission. Between November 2012 to October 2014, seven institutions from seven European countries (Italy, Portugal, Romania, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Greece) will be carry out the intent to promote a …
Synthesis of Legal Provisions and a Financial Feasibility Study on Investment Project of Serviced Apartment Business around the Court in Amphur Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of apartment business investment around the court located in Amphur Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. A synthesis of legal provisions of Ministerial Regulation on the Building Control Act (No.9) B.E. 2535 (1992) was an approach for the research. The area suitable for investment …
Resilience of La Rose En Vie: Recovering from Upheaval through a Transphenomenology of Spirit on the Basis of the Arts and Humanities’
During the pandemic the arts and humanities have often been underestimated, usually considered marginal to other more pressing matters, or too weak to look after themselves let alone others. This paper will revert this view by stating that the success of any civilisation, even in times of crisis, derives from the strength of the foundations …
Foster Critical Thinking Skills through Movies and Multimedia
The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how to foster students’ critical thinking skills by adopting multimedia and film in the classroom. In the current practice of the learning and teaching paradigm of student-centered approach, creating an environment to promote the learners’ critical thinking abilities by actively engaging them in the processes of analysis, …
Effectiveness of Digital Game-Based Learning on Academic Achievement in an English Grammar Lesson Among Chinese Secondary School Students
Previous studies have proven that the widespread implementation of digital game-based learning (DGBL) in educational practice can be potentially beneficial. To date, however, far too scant attention has been paid to its efficacy in English grammar learning in China. Therefore, the principal objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of DGBL on Chinese …
Future Competencies for United Arab Emirates
Equipping the workforce with the appropriate competencies to harness the potential of disruptive technologies and leverage global trends is an immense task for any nation. The United Arab Emirates is an interesting case as the country has built its national strategy based on the Fourth Industrial Revolution that includes initiatives such as the world’s first …
Taiwan and EU Strategies Against Climate Change – Main Topics for International Education
The 6th report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents detailed knowledge about climate change and calls for more immediate actions to reduce risk and increase resilience. We provide an overview of the climate adaptation and mitigation strategy of Taiwan and the European Union (EU) including the general framework, individual programs, their achievements …
Digital Application Literacy and the Modern Classroom
Pivoting to online learning in a pandemic posed challenges for educators, administrators, parents, and students. This exploration examined quantitative data establishing the disparities of access to computers and the internet for students, the likelihood of canceled classes, and differing experiences with virtual coursework or remote learning on paper for students based upon gender and race/ethnicity. …
Restructuring Interdisciplinary Teaching Materials: Crossing Over From Non-STEM to STEM
This study presents seven types of visual modifications to customize teaching materials for an interdisciplinary course called “The Role of Hydrogen Energy for Net Zero Emission and Practice.” An instructional designer with a non-STEM background worked with a team of instructors to redesign their lecture slides, with the goals of appealing to students from a …
Using Technology at Community Colleges to Equip Adult Learners for Employment: Digital Divide a Challenge
The world has entered the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and South Africa is no exception. In order not to be left behind, everyone needs to embrace 4IR. This study emanates from the Adult Community Education and Training (ACET) programmes that are offered at community learning centres in the rural area of Limpopo Province whereby, facilitators …
Participation in Early Childhood Education Toward Global Targets of Sustainable Development
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals ensure that all girls and boys have access to early childhood development, care, and quality pre-primary education by 2030, enabling them to be prepared for primary education. The Indonesian government has implemented policies to attain these targets in line with these objectives. However, the national Gross and Net Enrolment …
A Study on the Differences in Perspectives of Cyber-Bullying Between Korea and Japan
South Korea and Japan are the top IT powerhouses in East Asia. Teenagers are taking lessons and forming social relationships such as peer relations through the Internet. Accordingly, cyberbullying by teenagers is increasing and this is a serious social problem. In this study, we focused on cyberbullying by teenagers, which commonly experience of Japan and …
The Global Economic System is in a Reverse Direction and No One Repaired it
The way money has been handled is directly related to the multiple crises facing humanity. The existence of debt allows domination among social classes, among nations and, consequently, super-exploitation of the human being over nature. This study aimed to question the debt logic, which is the basis of the current global economic system. By observing …
Time Series Analysis of Thai Flooding Effects on Japanese Insurance Companies
In this paper, we analyzed effects of the 2011 Thai flooding on Japanese economics, especially on the Japanese insurance companies. In 2011, the Japan economy was severely damaged by the great East Japan earthquake that happen on 11th March. To pay the insurance premium, Japanese major insurance companies were also damaged. In addition, the flood …
Sustainable Development of Catchment Land-Use for Multifunctional Agro-Ecological Landscapes Under a Changing Climate
Incorporating the likely impacts of climate change into regional and rural planning is vital to accommodate their profound effects on anthropogenic systems such as agriculture that interact with natural environments. The importance of agriculture to feed the growing world population without compromising the already scarce and depleted resource base, makes it a challenging, yet promising …
Bowing to the Creative Industry: Making Art a Useful Commodity
A survey of globally diverse art school models, including those that already exist, along with those still on the theoretical drawing table, shows that while no perfect institution exists, there is at least one issue that proffers itself over, and over again within the university art education domain. Surprisingly, this issue is not about good …
Applications of the Arduino Electronics in the Kinematics
Due to high precision, quick response and low price, Arduino electronics, including motherboards and sensors, have potential to be the main parts of physical experiments. Especially, the experimental data can be easily transferred to smartphones and tablets through the Bluetooth communication that greatly enhances the portability of the experimental equipment. There are many commercially available …
Increasing ESP Student Engagement through a Process of Structured Feedback
Student engagement is a common concern among many instructors in higher education (Fraser, 2012). This is particularly true relative to student feedback. Indeed, of all the responsibilities inherent in university teaching, grading papers and offering feedback is considered one of the most important, yet least enjoyable among instructors. There are numerous reasons for this, including …
Perceptions of the Concept Moral Courage: The Stories of Religious and Secular Teachers in the Israeli Ethnocentric Educational System
Moral courage of teachers in Israeli education system has an additional value, because the Ministry of Education has complete control in determining policy and educational activities in the country (Baratz & Reingold, 2010). Kidder formulates it: “Moral courage is the courage to be moral” (Kidder, 2005, p. 10). That is to say, moral courage is …
Techno-Economic Analysis of a Grid-Connected Hybrid Biogas/Photovoltaic Power Generation System in the Mediterranean Region
Depletion of fossil fuels and oncoming impacts of global warming reveal the vitality of utilizing renewable power generation systems for future generations of humanity. Investing in those systems also has several incentives in Europe for domestic equipment usage or selling produced electricity to the grid with advantageous tariffs in recent years. Reciprocating internal combustion engine …
Food and Power: Global Food Challenges Affecting Interactions among Actors
This paper emphasizes on food as a source of power of states in international politics. During the twentieth century, there are growing challenges on food problem such as food scarcity, famine and more nations are depending on imported food. This situation has created a situation where food is became an importance issue in international politics. …
Grey Wolf Optimizer for Solving Combined Economic Emission Dispatch Problems
Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is a newly proposed algorithm that developed based on inspiration of grey wolves (Canis Lupus). This GWO algorithm mimics the nature of grey wolves in leadership hierarchy and hunting mechanism. This paper is in the purpose of introducing GWO to solve combined economic emission dispatch problem (CEED) in power system. CEED …
Digital Piracy Case of Learning Materials in China: A Tough Challenge to Chinese Copyright Law
Digital piracy of learning materials is arguably considered as unlawful behavior of students under Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as “Chinese Copyright Law”), which has caused great harm to the copyright owners and licensed users. This study aims to examine the reasons for digital piracy of learning materials and …
The Specificities of a Public Procurement Contract Contract Formation
As opposed to civil law, where contracts are generally formed simply through offer and acceptance, in public procurement law the contract is the result of a complex procedure with rules and terms strictly established by national and European legislation. In civil law, for a promise to become an enforceable contract, parties must agree on the essential …
Applying DANP to Explore the Critical Factors for Building Taiwan Restaurant Industry’s Customer Loyalty
The restaurant industry in Taiwan embeds a characteristic of easy entrance and lower imitation barriers that results in a fierce competition in nature. How to build customer loyalty for encouraging customers to visit repeatedly is an essential challenge for every restaurant manager. This article employs the DANP method to explore the criteria and their priority …
A Community Market as Economic Foundation of Logistics Process Starting Point: A Case Study of Community Market at Chachoengsao Municipal Stadium, Muang District, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
A community market is the unique resource of economic rotation in the local community and is still well-accepted by the consumers among the growth of very big and highly competitive department stores. The study of the community market at Chachoengsao Municipality Stadium was conducted. The objectives of this study were 1) to study the context …
Do Sound Bites Impact Students’ Perceptions of Credibility of Podcasts? An Experimental Analysis
Due to their relatively low price and appeal, podcasts are commonly used in educational contexts (e.g., Cho et al., 2017). A common structural element of podcasts is the use of sound bites, which are excerpts of longer pieces of outside media (e.g., interviews). A main indicator of quality upon which students judge podcast material is …
Scaling Protected Western Fence the Fate of Nigeria Immigrants to Europe
The world is gradually shrinking that at the press of a button events happening in far-flung part of the earth could be followed live via cable network. Globalization or capitalist penetration of every economy is the new phenomenon. Industrialized nations of the West are growing richer and having access to natural resources of the third …
Value Creation in Photovoltaic Supply Chain Through Market and Product Diversification: Insights From Emerging Building Integrated PV Segment
The recent years in the PV industry have been marked with a severe imbalance of manufacturing capacities and demand, which led to abrupt market shocks and end-product price volatility. Moreover, the Chinese fast-follower producers managed to grasp the significant competitive advantages, both, in terms of scale and technological advancements. Under such conditions, the PV segments …
Drying of Fruits, Vegetables, Spices and Medicinal Plants with a Mixed-Mode Solar Drying System with Internal Reflectors
It is observed that, when the production is high, the farmers have to sell the food products on the same day of harvesting at very low price. A high moisture content of fresh food products leads to rapid deterioration in the quality of the product because of the growth of spoilage, toxigenic and infectious organisms. …
Rape Culture in Music: Lyrics that Provide a Step-by-step Guide to Sexual Assault
The evolution of gender relations has brought women to the forefront of social functions. However, these roles have come with a price as women have often been labeled by society as nothing more than sexual objects for the taking regardless of their profession, and especially in public forums. This research seeks to impose upon the …
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 been running its own schools for the last thirty years. Thousands of young people have been trained in these samma sikkha schools. Many of the young people subsequently stay in the Asoke groups and may …
Cross-Cultural Investigation of Eye-Gaze Patterns for E-Learning Content Optimization
E-Learning in developing countries is still in a marginal state, mainly because of the cost of its introduction, and the lack of human resources to maintain the system. But the situation has changed and the price of the e-learning device has become affordable. So far, a large part of educational material is simply imported from …
Left Behind: The Rural Children of Chinas Alternative Cinema
Against the narrative of success propagated by the Chinese government, China’s independent filmmakers have committed themselves towards articulating an alternative vision of her phenomenal transformation in recent years. One important subject is that of rural children being left behind by parents who go in search of better job prospects and lives in the city. Using …
Factors Affecting the Market Mix of Hydroponics Vegetables, Seaweed, and Mushroom
This study was aimed at determining of factors affecting market mix of vegetables grown by hydroponics, seaweed, and mushroom, which would lead to market development of the processing products under Bangkla Natural Innovative project ofRajabhat Rajanakarindra University. The participants were consisted of 200 tourists who visited Chachoengsao province and general consumers living in Chachoengsao province. …
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 return can influence their revisit intentions. The purpose of this research is to unfold the key elements by which a Quick-Service restaurant image (QSRI) influences perceived value, customer satisfaction and revisit intentions. Previous research has …
Introduction of Renewable Energy into City-Chino in Nagano
City-Chino is located at the foot of Mount Yatsugatake in the central Japan. Its elevation ranges from 800 to 1300m above sea level. This area can be characterized by long sunshine duration and a large elevation difference, which are both favorable to the renewable energy. Accordingly, the first author, a civil servent of the local …
Adoption of Thai Rubber Smallholders’ Household on the Use of ICT: A Case of Southern Thailand
Rubber is one of them which create high economic values for Thailand apart from rice. Under the uncertain socio-economic and environment situation, rubber smallholders’ household confronts with many obstacles such as rubber price and climate variation. The rubber smallholder is intensively supported by the government, in forms of technology and production inputs such as seedlings, …
Under Fire: Developing Micro-Level Partnership Practices Between a Ukrainian and United Kingdom University as a Rapid Response to Threats to Higher Education During Military Invasion
This research uses a case study design (Creswell and Creswell, 2022) to engage in a framework of reflection-in-action (Schön, 1983) exploring the implementation and impact of a series of small-scale micro-level events initiated between departments of education at a Ukrainian and UK university. This was as a response to the challenges faced by Higher Education …
How to Implement Innovative Education in Senior High Schools?: From an Entrepreneurial Leadership Perspective
In the rapidly changing global environment, innovative education in senior high schools serves as an important connecting link in the process of cultivating talents, and the leadership of principals is also the core of school reform. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore how to develop innovative education in senior high schools through …
Color Development Trend of Modern Clothing in China from 1993 to 2023: Take “Hempel Award” as an Example
Modern clothing design in China started late, but has developed rapidly in a relatively short period of time and has undergone tremendous changes, which can be reflected especially in the colors of clothing. The colors of clothing can reflect the identity, emotions, aesthetics and many other aspects of the wearer. By analyzing the changes and …
Combating Corrupt Governments Through the Imagination of Public Sphere: Textual Analysis of TV Series “Sluga Narodu”
Former comedian Zelenskyy successfully became the president of Ukraine through the comedy series “Sluga narodu.” It is worth exploring the public meaning of this pop culture phenomenon for people suffering similar structure searching for a paradigm for salvation. This article uses concepts of public sphere such as forums, private citizens, connection, public opinion, authoritative representatives, …
Virtual Reality to Increase Intercultural Competence and Openness
Using the framework of Allport’s contact hypothesis (1946) and Deardorff’s pyramid for Intercultural competence (2006), this study examines the findings of using virtual reality (VR) in university communication classes to increase intercultural competence and motivation to learn about foreign countries and cultures. Twelve students spent fifteen to twenty minutes traveling the world using Wander software …
Fluid Vernacular Architecture —Spatial Ethnograpy in the Rural Area of Southeastern China
After the 1970s, the Chinese rural area has been shaped by two forces. One is from the rural community, which is internal and reflected in the inheritance of traditions and old habits; the other is from outside the community, which is external and manifested in the penetration of urbanization and the intervention of the strong …
Analytic Recommendation of Learning Graphs Based on User’s Learning History
Learning online (e-learning) has gained popularity in a world where emerging technologies are transforming the world in particular self-training due to what it provides of low-cost learning and relieving the learner of all logistical concerns that traditional learning methods impose. Although e-learning systems have managed to establish many advantages, in terms of time management, and …
Understanding and Teaching Slam Poetry: An Empirical Research of University Students
This paper focuses on the definition of slam poetry and its possible uses in the classroom. Based on two Hungarian slam poetry performances, qualitative empirical research has been conducted on Hungarian university students. During a slam poetry performance, the slammer creates a rhetorical situation, in which a new genre organises the experiences of the audience …
Developing Pedagogies: Reflections on Pedagogical Intersections During a COIL Project Between South Africa and the Netherlands
Teaching practitioners in higher education are increasingly encouraged to engage in collaborative projects. This work follows from scholars who have lauded COIL and other collaborative projects for facilitating global citizenry and providing third spaces for learning (Guimaraes & Finardi, 2021). This paper reports on a case study of a collaborative project between a University in …
The Correlations Between Sound and Meaning in Fuzûlî’s Su Kasidesi (The Eulogy with the Repeated Word “Su”)
Repetition of sounds, i.e. alliteration and assonance, supports, and even sometimes forms, various meanings in literary works. Literary scholars argue that the well-known poet Fuzûlî uses repetitions of sounds masterfully in his poems. In this study, we provide evidence for this claim by analyzing Su Kasidesi (The Eulogy with the Repeated Word “Su”) in the …
Accessibility of Inclusive Education in Indonesia: A Trajectory From Classroom Practice to Policy Recommendation
Based on statistical data for Special Education (2020), there are a total of 2,270 Special Schools (SLB) at various levels of education units throughout Indonesia. With details of 593 schools owned by the government and 1,677 schools owned by the private sector. The number of SLB mentioned above is compared with the number of predictions …
Music and the ESL Classroom: Problems and Possibilities
This article seeks to investigate real-time classroom uses of music in ESL language education. We focus on two partially overlapping methodologies: one that assumes that music and language constitute two different cognitive realms that could speak to each other, and another that grounds instruction on what it perceives are fundamental aspects both share as languages. …
Subaltern Bugis Women in Short Story “Ketika Saatnya”: Spivakian Postcolonial Studies
This study aims to reveal the phenomenon of social-cultural facts of Bugis women as subalterns in the short story “Ketika Saatnya,” written by Darmawati Majid. The problem in this research is the narration of the third-world women in Darmawati’s Ketika Saatnya. This study uses the subaltern theory by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. The term subaltern refers …
A Study of the Process of Resilience in the Face of Economic Crises in the Past: A Case Study of Micro-Enterprise Entrepreneurs in Bangkok and Vicinity Who Experiencing Repeated Economic Crises
A micro-enterprise entrepreneur is particularly vulnerable to developing mental health issues due to the pressures of economic volatility. Although resilience is an important factor in helping a person maintain good mental health when faced with difficult situations, the findings of current research do not cover the knowledge needed to describe the process of resilience. This …
Land Art Creation and Environmental Space Beautification
The research purpose of this paper is to study the influences of Land art creation on the beautification of environmental space and the aesthetics of life. Artists use their experience to create Land artworks in urban squares, manhole covers, and rural pastoral fields. The research methods are to classify the themes of the works of …
Exploring Cultural Imagination for Indian Most Popular Movies
In India, South India film industries outperform Bollywood in recent years. For Indian audiences, they experience historically different choices for film appreciation and entertaining styles. This study uses textual analysis to interpret public and social meanings for two kinds of most popular Indian movies: Top 10 movies in India movie markets, and Top 10 most …
Culturally Responsive Approach in STEAM Secondary School: Teachers Perceptions
To effectively teach the increasingly diverse students in United States public schools, educators must be aware, acknowledge, and be sensitive to the skills, culture, interests, and experiences our varied learners bring to the classroom. Furthermore, educators must connect students’ cultural knowledge to academic knowledge to relate the concept to students’ lives in meeting students’ academic …
An Exploration of Psychological First Aid in Climatic Disaster Contexts of the Pacific Islands
Psychological first aid is an activity of mental health and psychosocial support. This study reviews the purpose of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (ISAC) guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support and the level of intervention. The study also uses survey questionnaires to explore psychological first aid (PFA) interventions in the context of climate disasters in …
Emotional Responses to Different Modes of Occlusion Applied to Phrases Expressing Situational/Emotional Concepts
In prior basic research exploring the influence of different Chinese character structures and varied positions of occlusion, the speed and accuracy of character reading recognition has been explored. Based on those cumulative research results, this study extends the investigation from occluding single words to occluding phrases. The experimental design, tested on 105 men and 115 …
Examining Undergraduate Students’ Attitudes Towards Plagiarism in Mongolia
In light of the internet, technological advancement, and artificial intelligence, plagiarism has become one of the major issues for students and the academic community to be concerned. Plagiarism is an ethical misconduct in which one uses others’ ideas, words, and intellectual productions without acknowledging the authors or one’s contribution. Previous studies have documented contributing factors …
STEAM Implementation Analysis on Creative Thinking Skills of Middle School Students in East Java
The Covid-19 pandemic impacts each sector of life around the world, including the education sector namely, changes in the implementation of education. This impact is related to the implementation of learning that switches from online to offline. Students feel passive when learning offline. Science learning emphasizes that students should be active in STEAM project assignments. …
A Comparative Analysis of the Self-Perceived and Actual Grammatical Competence in English of Filipino Grade 12 Students in Metro Manila
Is there a difference between a person’s self-perceived and actual grammatical competence in English? This descriptive study uses a quantitative approach to compare the levels of self-perceived and actual grammatical competence in English of Filipino Grade 12 students in Metro Manila according to sex, income class, type of school attended, foreign travel experience, movie preference, …
Pagtimakas: Modular Learning Experiences of CAPSU MSC Students
Hiligaynon is a language used in Western Visayas, Philippines. Pagtimakás is a Hiligaynon word meaning to exert oneself or make great efforts. In the Philippines, the Education sector is among the most highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Capiz State University, Mambusao Satellite College (CAPSU MSC), is situated in a rural area with limited internet …
Student Satisfaction With the Internship Experience in the Graphic Design Industry
The Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) curriculum provides opportunities for students to study off-campus for 2 semesters. One of them is the internship program. The Ministry of Education and Culture facilitates this internship program through an independent campus. In addition to certified internships, the study program also provides regular internship programs. The internship program was …
Replacing Video Cameras With Mobile Phones Using the Multi-Phone Livestreaming (MultPLS) Method
Livestreaming has become the new normal for universities. It is common nowadays for academic events such as webinars and conferences to be streamed live to a global audience. A conventional livestreaming session typically utilises multicamera production (MCP) to achieve varied and dynamic video angles. This kind of footage is crucial for the audience to fully …
The Effects of Podcast Sound Bites on Information Retention: An Experimental Analysis
Podcasts are an increasingly popular tool for teaching and learning in higher education (e.g., Newman et al., 2021). These audio recordings often couple narration with sound bites, or excerpts from interviews. To date, little-to-no research has been conducted on the cognitive effects of educational podcasts. This lack of research, in combination with the structure of …
Vocabulary-Enhanced ESP for Physical Therapy
A large population uses English for Specific Purpose (ESP) instructions with a content-based approach in Japanese universities. Given this trend, various studies have been conducted that focus on ESP’s theory, status, effects, and issues. Many have suggested further effective implementation of the ESP program, thus emphasizing the importance of acquiring vocabularies. Believing in the requirement …
Teaching in Social Network Times: Practices Towards Its Use by Spaniard Teachers in Compulsory and Higher Education
The use of social networks (SNs) in our societies has implied the transformation of the traditional communicative referents and impacts how knowledge is created and shared. For the last years -and increasingly after Covid 19 pandemic- there has been a genialized scenario that urges teachers to use social media to showcase their academic work, find …
Analysis of the Chinese Calligraphy Using Kansei Engineering
Chinese calligraphy is closely related to the Chinese cultural circle, and it is also the most important part of Chinese art history. “Regular script” is regarded as the morphological standard of Chinese characters, while “cursive script” has a strong artistic quality. For the analysis of Chinese calligraphy, this study uses the cursive script “Autobiography” and …
An Initial Attempt of A.I. in the ESL/EFL Writing Classroom: Lessons Learnt
Recently, artificial intelligence (A.I.) and its use in the language classroom is a topic that has sparked widespread discussion across the globe recently. Amongst these A.I. models, one particular software is called Jenni AI, which supports writers in creating pieces of writing step-by-step. In this paper, the teacher-researcher reports on his experience in using Jenni …
The Interpretation of Wayang Characters in Cyberpunk-Styled Digital Art: A Case Study of Mr. Lakon’s Artworks
Wayang, an Indonesian traditional puppet performance, represents a centuries-old tradition that has been passed down for generations. The extensive journey of wayang has resulted in the continuous transformation of wayang in its artistic aspects, form, and function. In recent years, digital art has emerged as a new form of artistic expression, and artists like Mr. …
Computer Vision Based Video Game to Enhance Agility for Elderly Individuals
Staying physically and mentally healthy is important for the elderly individuals. In this paper, we propose a computer vision video game that allows the user to exercise their hands by raising their hands above their shoulders. The video game we designed uses a laptop with a webcam and employs computer vision to track the elderly …
The Roots of Reform: Understanding the Form, Content, and Meaning in Habib Tanvir’s ‘Charandas Chor’ (1975)
The post-independence canon of Indian theatre is a manifestation of the socio-cultural turbulence that marks a paradigmatic shift in the reformist agendas of the playwrights. Some playwrights used the method of proscenium plays, while others relied on street or folk theatre to make reformist appeals. Habib Tanvir is one reformist playwright of the period whose …
Matrilineal Canadian Nikkei Generations: Representations of Belonging and Transnational Nikkei Identities
The Japanese in Canada have a complex cultural identity relating to their sense of (not) belonging in Canada, their imaginings of Japan as homeland, and the growth of Nikkei identifying themselves transnationally. This paper compares representations of Canadian Nikkei families in the post-Redress (1988) and post-Canadian Multiculturalism Act (1988) period by Canadian Nikkei authors. It …
Life Design Counseling With High School Students: A Narrative Approach
According to educational experts and career guidance, the market and global economic forces linked to a postmodern society have led to a crisis in career development models and practices. in such an uncertain changing context students face major challenges during their career development. The life design method was used in this study to increase student’s …
The Effect of “jarimatika” Multimedia Learning in Children Mathematic Learning Motivation
The paper is an action research class conducted by non equivalent pre-test and post-test control group design. Techniques and data collection using questionnaires and achievement tests. The data analysis is using t test analysis techniques. At the implementation stage of learning it uses the Jarimatika Learning media based on the multimedia which is developed by …
Volition 2.0: English Central in the Junior High School Context
In the past few years, English Central, a website that uses authentic videos to develop the speaking and listening skills of English language learners (ELLs), has become a popular tool used by teachers to supplement classroom practice. The following presentation will outline a research study conducted at a private junior high school in Shiga, Japan …
Female Teenager’s Perseption toward Indonesian Boyband’s Masculinity in the 2010
This research figure out gender discourse which stored in Indonesian Boyband performance as one of the popular culture’s text. The concept of boyband comes in different ages by the nineties till nowadays. Boyband phenomenon within popular culture opens up a new and important questions about youth cultures and gender terms. Masculinities is a social construction …
Monitoring Progression and Personalized Coaching in a Virtual Gaming World for Learning Sciences
It is important to better integrate the use of web learning applications in classrooms and also to ensure that some individualized coaching is available for students depending on the context, their progression and their preferences. Some control of the system must be offered to the teacher, so he can follow the progression of his group …
Usage of Devanagari Numbers in Primary School in Maharashtra, India
Section 29(2)(f) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides that “the medium of instruction shall, as far as practicable, be in the child’s mother tongue.” Many research articles have emphasized the importance of teaching in the mother tongue but how important is teaching regional numbers in this converging …
Needs Assessment for Buru Language Training
One of the indigenous communities on Buru Island, Maluku, East Indonesia, that uses the Buru language as its native language of communication is now extinct. The Buru language, which is part of the Austronesian language, is spoken by approximately 45,000 people on the island of Buru, with a current population of 136,757. At least, there …
Mental Health Services & Education Policy for Generation Z After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Yogyakarta City
Mental health is a serious issue during and after the pandemic. Young people, including Gen Z, are the most vulnerable group to experience mental health. Yogyakarta is the locus of research where this city has a high life expectancy of 75.04 years, but unfortunately the prevalence rate of mental disorders is the second highest in …
Designing an Alternate Reality Educational Game That Integrates Virtual Reality and Storyline to Learn About the History and Culture of a Local Town
Local cities in Taiwan actively emphasize the preservation of town cultural assets and the creation of distinctive cultural attractions. In this study, we designed an alternate reality educational game, taking the love story of the town of Puzi in Taiwan 70 years ago as the theme, and connecting several representative cultural attractions. The learning objective …
Black Kewpie and Little Black Sambo: Reading Juvenile Food Culture in American-Occupied Japan
This paper aims to explore the hitherto underexamined topic of juvenile food culture in American-occupied Japan (1945–1952) by analyzing Kuronbo Sambo (1949), a Japanese translation of Helen Bannerman’s The Story of Little Black Sambo. Just like other Japanese translations of Bannerman’s tale, the story of Kuronbo Sambo also starts with Sambo, the protagonist, facing the …
Determinants of Learning Amongst 21st Century ESL Learners
This study focuses on determinants of learning amongst 21st century English as a second language (ESL) learners at Wenzhou-Kean University. Although it is an undoubted fact that the persistent change in learning experiences has contributed to the changing of learning determinants of 21st century ESL learners, the actual determinants have not been explored and defined. …
A Study on the Interaction Between Gender Morality and Free Love in Early 20th Century: Centered on Du Cheng Shu & Qu Jiang’s Love Letter
This article attempts to answer the question of “love” and why it has been prohibited from entering the public sphere in Chinese history. This article takes the “Love Letter Incident” as a case study and uses the process tracking method to analyze the love letter incident between Du Chengshu and Qu Jiang. In this event, …
Examining the Impact of Reaction Videos on Chinese University Students’ Independent Thinking: Influential Factors and Perceived Effects
In today’s digital landscape, where social media platforms are ubiquitous and influencers with substantial followings are prevalent, the dissemination of information through these channels has profoundly influenced global citizens. However, one emerging form of secondary content creation, reaction videos, remains understudied, particularly within the field of communication. Therefore, this study aims to examine the impact …
Unraveling Young Chinese Addiction With the K-pop Culture: Cultural Identity and Representation
With the rise of the “Second Korean Wave” driven by K-pop culture, it has become ubiquitous in the lives of Asian students, particularly in China. Notably, Chinese students have exhibited a strong addiction to this pop culture phenomenon. This study aims to investigate the reasons behind young Chinese students’ addiction to K-pop culture, utilizing the …
Do Prior Knowledge of Advanced Mathematics Influence Academic Confidence of Students Taking Pre-university Chemistry Courses
The relationship between Chemistry and Mathematics are directly proportional in the perspective of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. This study investigates the relationship between prior advanced mathematical knowledge attained in high school could predict the outcome of student’s overall confidence in studying Pre-University Chemistry courses. Mathematics is often perceived as a subject that …
Human Capital Investment in Science and Technology Education and Quality of Life in Thailand
Investment in education is a vital factor for the development of both individuals and the whole country. In Thailand, people have attempted to increase their human capital in terms of academic knowledge by studying in university as well as entering higher education with the expectation for higher wages and salaries, and a better quality of …
Investment in Social Science Education and Its Worthwhile Wage
Investing in education is a type of capital accumulation in humans. The value of money spent or accumulated in humans from birth to graduation is called human capital. Therefore, being a company employee is like investing in capital equal to the amount of human capital accumulated in that company. Wage or salary earned by a …
Determinants of Career Adaptability of Undergraduates in Malaysia
Career adaptability refers to adapting to changing tasks and engaging in continued self-learning. It is crucial to respond to the changing demands of employers. Undergraduates are the future talents of a country. Their readiness to join the dynamic labour market is essential to be examined. Thus, this study examines the factors affecting career adaptability among …
The Participatory Media Production Process Using Design Thinking Approach to Promote Community Tourism in Thai Phuan Community, Thailand
This research uses a design thinking approach to examine Thai Phuan tourism promotion media production. It is employed Qualitative research methodology by using in-depth interviews. The sample has been divided into two groups: 1) Thai Phuan community members, and 2) media production experts or academics in communication. The sample has been selected by criterion sampling. …
The Multi-Format Visual Storyteller:Exploring Narrative Perspectives in Contemporary Media and the Intersection of AI and Narrative Creation
The Emergence of digital technology has revolutionized the way narratives are constructed and conveyed across various media formats. The advent of multi-format visual storytelling has expanded the creative possibilities for artists, filmmakers, and content creators. This study aims to investigate the potential of AI in storytelling and visualization by comparing their performance with GPT-4 and …
Making Decision: Masculine Women in Indonesian Movies
Gender is understood as a cultural concept that seeks to make a distinction in terms of roles, behavior, mentality, and emotional characteristics between the sexes of men and women. In society, gender tends to implicate feminine traits in women and masculine traits in men. One of the fundamental but significant masculine traits is the courage …
How to Be Insufferable on Facebook: Revealing Communities of Practice and Social Construction Through Social-Media Dynamics
Facebook is one of the most influential media dynamics in modern history and it is the most popular social media platform in the world. Several years ago, Wait but Why, a popular blog revealed a pattern of user behaviors that made a post insufferable. This textual analysis uses these core ideas to ascertain ways these …
The Ocean as ‘Splendor’ in James Prudenciado’s Made of Saltwater
When it comes to the ocean in literature, as it is generally used, multiple authors have utilized this body of water to discuss or imply powerful and sometimes incomprehensible messages and meanings that may often contain sublime implications. This paper aims to discuss the vast, inevitable terror and pleasure present in the sublimity of the …
Disability Art at the Exhibition “Seni Raba Menggambar Suara”
People who are visually impaired from birth cannot see two-dimensional visual objects and do not even have visual memories in their lives. This paper focuses on the recognition of the visually impaired (since birth). This research uses the method of literature study from the Indonesian Visual Art Archive (IVAA) and data reduction with interviews. This …
Addressing the Attainment Gap: Investigating Gaps in Personal Tutoring Provision
The department of Biochemical Engineering, UCL, is one of the smallest departments in the faculty of Engineering Sciences, with an average annual intake of approximately 40 undergraduate students on the BEng/MEng programmes. Of that intake, around a third tend to be home students and of that, 40% identify as BAME (black and ethnic minority). With …
An Exploratory Pilot Study on the Integration of Neurodiverse University Students Into Mainstream Learning and Their Performance: Case of Jones Learning Center
This pilot study explores the impact of inclusive classroom on neuro-diverse college students at Jones Learning Center (JLC) – University of the Ozarks, and their consequent academic performance having participated in an integrative process designed to support students who are intellectually capable of obtaining a college degree, but who require support for learning challenges owing …
Unveiling Mood Classifications in Malaysia: Analysing Code-Mixed Twitter Data for Emotional Expression
The fast rise of social media platforms has given academics unparalleled access to user-generated data, allowing for large-scale studies of public attitudes and moods. In a nation with such a rich culture as Malaysia, it is typical to see tweets written in Malay, local slang, and English. This language variation makes it more difficult to …
Paintings of the Self: Ethics and Poetics in the Talking Clothes of the Visual Artist Solange Gonçalves Luciano
The research is sketched in the field of art and unreason, from the post-structuralist philosophical perspective of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. The objective is to present the work of the multi-artist Solange Gonçalves Luciano, entitled Talking Clothes, held at the Creativity Workshop of the São Pedro Psychiatric Hospital, in the city of Porto Alegre, …
An Exploration of Female Agency in an Awarded Thai Novel: The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth
The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth is Veeraporn Nitiprapha’s debut novel, which won the SEA Write award in 2015. Set during the last quarter of the 20th Century in Thailand, The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth points out changes in cultural values and norms, especially those regarding the notion of romantic love and codes of …
Astrology Content Reading Habits of Final Year Graduation Students From Mass Media: A Study in Udupi District
Media from a long time ago often features astrology content. Following the 1930 stock market disaster, the British Tabloid published the first astrology column. Due to this, the column gained popularity and persisted (Smallwood, 2019). It has endured against all odds, from the days of print to the age of social media. Although there is …
Art Projects Using Augmented Reality Technology
Augmented Reality (AR) lets visual artists place their creative digital artwork in physical environments. Artists create visual stories and produce digital assists. Then, Augmented Reality Technology magically brings digital media to life. Augmented Reality technology uses digital media by displaying its creativity into the physical world. Digital media overlays in the physical environments to complement …
Computer Science Integration With Traditional Science Disciplines
An alarming trend was identified at the presenter’s school (grades 9-12). Few female students and students of color were enrolled in “accelerated” 9th and 10th-grade compulsory courses. Even worse, those students dropped out of “accelerated” courses at much higher rates than their white male counterparts, such that female students and students of color were conspicuously …
The Impact of Snapchat Beautifying Filters on Beauty Standards and Self-image: A Self-Discrepancy Approach
This study explores the problematic nature of Snapchat’s beautifying filters by presenting Saudi women’s perceptions of self-beauty and reactions to these face-perfecting filters, from satisfaction to self-discrepancy. It expands the existing literature on Snapchat filters to users from Eastern regions. It uses the self-discrepancy theory to show the impact of perceived discrepancies between the actual …
ECE Leadership: Developing Resilience During Periods of Uncertainty in Hong Kong
The current COVID19 pandemic has needed several, mostly at short-notice, school modifications. School leaders and educators have always worked in a complex world to ensure continuity for students, families, and communities. This notion has contributed to controversies about when schools should be closed; what actions, protective measures school leaders should take to benefit the school …
A Review on the Technological Innovation in Traditional Musical Instruments: Methodology, Challenges and Public Acceptance
The rapid development of modern technology has to some extent affected the interest of public toward traditional musical instruments and thus many research discovered has focused on the innovation of the instruments. The aim of this review is to investigate and analyze past and current studies on the exploration of technological innovation in the field …
Landscape Compositions and Behaviors in Urban Parks: Evidence from Social Media
Since entering the Web2.0 era, human social interaction behaviors and information exchange modes have become more diverse and efficient with the advancement of Internet technology. Social media users act as receivers and providers of information at the same time, sharing images, videos, audio, geographic locations and other diverse information, forming a huge amount of data …
Reinventing the Cross Culture of Paddy in Indonesia
The cross-culture of rice is interesting to revisit. After nearly twenty centuries, a clear historiography of West Java’s Indonesia rice culture history is needed. This study aims to reinventing the cross-cultural dynamics of rice in Indonesia by taking a case study in West Java province from the inception of records on rice cultivation in Indonesia …
Opportunities and Challenges of Korean Politics With B-class Culture: A Case Study of Pengsoo’s Political News
For a long time, politics and popular culture have been intertwined and inseparable. In America, this connection has reached an unprecedented height in the Trump era. For this reason, press and social media seized the interest of the audience and published a large amount of content that combined politics and popular culture during the US …
Indonesia’s Digital Native Perception of the Concept of ‘Privacy’
This study focuses on describing Indonesia’s Digital Native Perception of the Concept of ‘Privacy’ concept in social media. The significance of this research is the case violations’ high number of internet users’ privacy, which have a serious impact on the aspects of security. It is chosen the digital native age group as the subject of …
The Impact of Digital Interventions with Students at-Risk for Math Difficulty: A Meta-Analysis
Children in the United States continue to underperform in mathematics from the earliest grades and at alarming rates. Furthermore, the high prevalence of learner variability can make addressing the problem of math learning difficulties even more challenging to address. However, advancing technologies, in the form of digital math interventions, hold the promise of addressing learner …
Mediating Language Learning in Virtual Exchanges: The Role of the Teacher in Institutional Integrated Teletandem
Virtual exchange is an approach to teaching and learning in which groups of learners from different countries work virtually and collaboratively with the support of a teacher over an extended period of time (O´Dowd, 2008). This paper aims at discussing the professor´s dual role in a bilingual model of virtual exchange, the institutional integrated teletandem …
Promoting Interreligious Dialogue and Ecumenism: An Analysis of John Paul II’s ‘Ut Unum Sint’ and Its Relevance to Peace Education
There are moments in history that religion has been a cause for division, debates, and misunderstandings. This sad reality defeats the purpose of the goal of religion to promote faith, hope, and love. Instead of uniting people, the diverse understanding of other faithful posits the opposite. With this, this paper explicates the importance of promoting …
REVAMP: Transforming Technology-enhanced Education to Cater for Learners’ Dispositions
The integration of technology into an education system is a precarious affair that prompts educators and policy-makers to refer to various technology implementation guidelines including but not limited to Technology Acceptance Models, Gilly Salmon’s 5 Stage model, Puentedura’s SAMR model, or Koehler’s TPCK model; to name a few. The integration of technology involves the aspects …
The Influence of Soft & Hard Skills on the Graduates Competence Vocational High School Students
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) released about unemployment in Indonesia in February 2020. The highest open unemployment rate (TPT) occurred in residents with Vocational High School (SMK) graduates, reaching 8.63%, followed by Diploma I/II/III and high school (SMA) levels, respectively 6.89% and 6.78%. This becomes very ironic because the aim of SMK is to produce competent graduates …
The Effect of Internal Locus of Control on the Entrepreneurial Intention of Vocational High School Students
Internal locus of control is one of the factors that has contributed to the entrepreneurial intentions of vocational high school students. This study aims to test empirically the relationship between internal locus of control and entrepreneurial intentions of vocational high school students. The population in this study were all students of class XII Vocational High …
Action Research on Note-taking Instruction
The importance of note-taking skills for English for academic purposes (EAP) students and teachers is growing due to a rapid increase of English-medium instruction (EMI) courses offered in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts. Note-taking is a complex process that involves comprehending aural input, identifying important information, and recording information. All of which is …
The Debt of Roy Anderson’s Dark Humor to Samuel Beckett and the New Objectivity
One of the main characteristics of Roy Anderson’s movies is the dark humor and tragicomedy. Various art sources influence his dark humor, such as Samuel Beckett’s oeuvres and New Objectivity paintings. Beckett’s approach towards tragicomedy can be discerned in Andersson’s world and his comic figures. Andersson emphasizes on human being’s dark side to create comic …
The Role of Voluntary Communities in Tackling Environmental Problem in Samarinda, Indonesia
The emergence of voluntary communities unavoidably influences the government’s work of way to solve problems. They mostly afford funds by themselves to run their activities and they work across organizations in a voluntary way to take part in tackling problems in various fields. The public engagement in solving public problems has emerged a new paradigm …
The Guidelines for Development of Agricultural Areas Based on Concepts from Participatory Ecological Agriculture to Solve Environmental Problems
This project is to design and develop agricultural areas in accordance with the concept of participatory agriculture ecology to solve poverty and protect the environment. Using the study of Landscape ecology and agriculture ecology concepts. In-depth interviews were used to explore the problems and impacts of agriculture affecting the economy Society and Environment of Wapi …
ASEAN and Environmental Security Taking Indonesian Haze Pollution as an Example
In the past, military, economic, trade, and political issues have been the focus of many international organizations, however environmental issues have become increasingly significant, given the impact of environmental factors on issues of both trade and national security. In organizations such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), environmental pollution and climate change are …
Embracing Differences through Dialogue and Engaged Learning
This paper presents the elements of an engaged learning experience, with the aim of embracing differences through a pedagogical lens that uses dialogue as a process and content. A qualitative exploratory case study was conducted that included a structured dialogue methodology. Class dynamics and engagement from an online classroom of 30 Japanese and international students …
Butch-girl Arya Stark in HBO’s The Game of Thrones: Got My Own White Steed
Arya Stark is a complicated heroine-antiheroine in The Game of Thrones television drama series. Her character sparks discussion within published texts (Frankel, 2014) and social media. Arya defies traditional gender roles, as many “butch-girls” and strong female characters before her (Brownstein, 1994; Inness, 1999; Inness, 2004; McCaughey & King, 2001; Neroni, 2005). She challenges patriarchal, …
A Visual System for Grammar Instruction in Foreign Language Learning
Complementary to verbal explanations, visual techniques are often implemented in grammar instruction to help learners process information. Highlighting using typograhic features can help distinguish the structure in focus from its context, aiding information seeking and drawing attention to important features. Additionally, visual encoding can associate graphical traits to grammar categories to support the identification and …
Can the Intervention of SCAMPER Bring About Changes of Neural Activation While Taking Creativity Tasks?
SCAMPER (substitution, combination, modification, putting to other uses, elimination, and rearrangement) has been regarded as an effective technique that provides a structured way to help people produce creative ideas and solutions. Although some neuroscience studies regarding creativity training have been conducted, no study has focused on SCAMRER. This study pioneers computer-based learning in integrating fMRI …
The Birth of Smart Teachers: A Genealogical Examination of the Newest Teacher Subjectivity on the Matter of Technology Use
This study employs Foucauldian concept of “genealogy” to explore rules, norms and knowledge of popular educational discourses about ‘SMART education’ in South Korean contexts. This research is significant on the point that it shows the formation of a specific teacher subjectivity at this specific historical jSuncture which might be rather limited in relation to issues …
Identifying Quality Critical Thinking Apps for K-12 Students
This proposed presentation discusses the essential criteria for the evaluation of iOS-based K-12 critical thinking mobile applications (apps) and reports on the findings of an evaluation study. (The study examines iOS-based apps on the App Store because it offers most educational apps.) The study attempts to answer the following two questions: (a) what are the …
“Visual Colonization”: A Discussion on “Visual Expression” in Geling Yan’s Novels
Visual culture has increasingly shifted into a dominant culture in contemporary society. More and more visual factors appear in non-visual arts and affect their creation methods, which results in “visual colonization” (Wei, 2009). As a non-visual art, literature is also influenced. This paper illustrates the film adaptation of literary works as a way of “visual …
Keeping Hume’s Guillotine: The Validity & Deontic Irrelevance of ‘is’-‘ought’ Inferences
Ever since its formulation in Hume’s (1739) A Treatise of Human Nature, philosophers have had to contend with the idea of an inferential barrier between non-ethical (‘is’) propositions and ethical (‘ought’) propositions. Much of my work focuses on providing a more logically rigorous characterization of the is-ought thesis, describing Prior’s Paradox in terms of a …
De-radicalization Style in Indonesian Pilot Prisons: Classification Scheme to Support Risk Reduction Theory
In order to tackle radicalism and terrorism phenomenon in the 21st century that become a more serious threat for national security, countries in the world have been implementing various soft approach methods and techniques that adjusted to domestic wisdom of the respective countries. In Indonesia, the so-called de-radicalization program has been designated for its terrorist …
Compiling Learner Corpora on Four Types of Common Errors Made by Chinese EFL Students
A number of EFL studies have been conducted in China to analyze different types of common lexico-grammatical mistakes made by college students in English writing. However, there has been very little research attempted to explore how instructors can practically utilize the resource of a learner corpus to help students improve their writing proficiency. The proposed …
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 an action to fight the exclusion and alienation of atheists’ beliefs in the U.S. religious discourse. I argue that the images of New Atheism use burlesque and carnivalesque as rhetorical strategies. Result, in the public …
Research on the Learning Experience and Effectiveness of Digital Action Learning on Design Education
Nowadays, learners use digital mobile devices to learn online resources and content at flexible times to obtain the convenience, expediency and immediacy of mobile learning. Action learning has achieved considerable results in changing the traditional learning model. The mobile devices used by college students are mostly smart phones, which have become the main application devices …
Art and Self-expression on Social Media: The Recreation of the Historical Value During the Pandemic State in 2020
In this paper I discuss from an ethical and aesthetical perspective how a specific account on Instagram has changed the relationship between people and famous paintings. The Instagram account Tussen Kunsten Quarantaine has become a collaborative space with thousands of people across the world sharing pictures, including personal recreations of masterpieces of art. The account …
The Language Variation of Pendalungan Jember
This research examines the language variation of Pendalungan Jember through describing the structure of language and regional accent which show characteristics of Pendalungan people. Data obtained from public places and social media (instagram) to be observated, interpreted, and classified according to the language variations. According to the data, Pendalungan language variations contain: a) lexical variations; …
Exploring the Hybridization of Traditional Printing and Digital Fabrication Processes to Expand Design Innovation in the Classroom
Design education has been institutionalized for several decades, but digital competencies have shifted the role of the “designer-author” to a “digital black-box operator”. Computational Design and Media Literacy are directly related to the development of critical thinking. Promoting these literacies is a priority as they allow us to understand and operate a range or set …
Using a Smart Chatbot System as a Communication Tool for Campus Navigation
First-year students and visitors to South African universities often lose their way. This is due to widespread areas and complex routes or pathways on campuses. The experience can be intimidating and confusing to students and visitors who ask for directions from senior students or university personnel at helpdesks. This paper presents a potential answer to …
Transferring Results of Intercultural Communication Research to Business English Classroom: Structure and Register Fluctuation in Business Emails from British, Polish, and Spanish Companies
Emails are the most common communication means in the present business world. A broad range of email studies focused on cultural variations in business email writing, but very few approached intercultural business communication in Europe. In one of them, Gómez-Moreno and Skorczynska (2013) described variations concerning the prototypical move structure and register in a corpus …
The Resilience and Innovative Impact of Service Design on Regional Culture
The research potential of resilience has received much attention in recent years, but there is a lack of relevant research on cultural resilience. We should realize that resilience cannot be achieved in isolation from the cultural dimension. So, what does cultural resilience need to draw upon to achieve it? Service design has now emerged as …
Innovative Lecturer: Using Digital Tools in the Study Process
The modern world is characterised by terms such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, artificial intelligence and big data (A. J. Means, 2018; H. Arieli, 2021). A. J. Means (2018) stresses that in the future, humans will live in a fully intelligent physical space, starting with robotic factories, smart cities and other tools …
Reformed STEM Education and Its Effects on Student Learning Outcomes and Plagiarism Rates: A Look at a Higher Education Institution in the Northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Research on higher education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is virtually absent (Zavale & Schneijderberg, 2020). Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs are being encouraged by the global community without assessments of the learning outcomes of the students enrolled (Blom, Lan & Adil, 2015). This project compared two STEM programs within the …
Picture Books to Support the Teaching of Disciplinary Literacy in the Primary School Classroom
This study seeks to investigate the use of picture books in relation to the burgeoning area of disciplinary literacy in the Irish primary school context. At the centre of this research is the recognition that picture books play a central role in teaching and learning across the curriculum in primary schools; with this research deciphering …
Research on the Design of Cultural Creative Products From the Perspective of Cultural Identity
Improved cultural soft power is now a strategic goal of cultural building in nations all over the globe, as economic globalization has hastened the intermingling and collision of cultures. As a result, we should pay attention to how product design shapes culture, as this aids in developing cultural identity. Cultural creative products are a result …
New Models of Representing Reality in Digital Journalism: The Case of News Games
In this paper we analyze a new model of journalistic reporting that aims to overcome the traditional dichotomy between the normative paradigm – centered on a narrative that is as neutral as possible, detached, and uncontaminated by subjective evaluations – and the increasingly emotional and interpretative journalism that has taken shape with the rise of …
The Differences in Bilingual Signs Found in EMI and Non-EMI Universities in China
The linguistic landscape (LL) is a multifaceted phenomenon worldwide. LL is important in multilingual contexts, referring to the public display of the visible written language. Despite recent interest in LL, studies of code-mixing in English and Chinese in the linguistic landscape are few. This study extends Radtke and Yuan’s 2011 research into code-mixing in Chinese …
A Study of the Washback Effects of a Standardised Test on the EFL Context
This study determines the washback effects of the TOEIC on EFL learning and instruction in South Korean hagwons or private cram schools. It uses a sequential mixed-method design involving both quantitative and qualitative components. Firstly, a quantitative survey was conducted on a sample of 103 students and 22 teachers. The teachers and students were given …
Research on the Learning Effect of Experiential Learning Theory Applied to Design Education
Experiential learning theory enables course study to establish practical experience exchanges, and instructors who take the initiative to provide guidance to learners perform better. Students apply the professional skills learned from their own experience, meet their learning needs, and ask questions from their peers, which can enhance the true value and confidence of cooperative learning. …
Mechanical 2021: Educational Game Concept to Promote Sustainable Thinking and Cooperation in Basic Education in Brazil
This work aims to present the results of preliminary tests of the concept of a board game whose objective was to make people aware of the importance of their social/environmental responsibility related to the treatment and collection of plastic and electronic waste. The game is not characterized by competition between players, but cooperation, as it …
A Biometric Method for Spatial Experience Analysis: A Case Study of Airport Design and Traveler Stress
Why do certain built environments and events induce stress? How does the design of our spatial environment affect our mental state? What can we do to measure and understand these interactions? Interdisciplinary collaborations between architecture and psychology have given rise to a new frontier of architectural research, and emerging biometric sensor technologies lead to innovative …
Sonic Kinesthetic Forest: Listening to and Dancing With Trees
Sonic Kinesthetic Forest is an interdisciplinary research project and pedagogical investigation that uses sensory-based, creative methods of drawing, sound, and movement for connecting humans more viscerally to trees and forest landscapes. Our work responds to David Abram’s premise in The Spell of the Sensuous that sensory practices are vital for mitigating human disembodiment, desensitization and …
ISSN: 2188-9643 The European Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
EuroMedia2021 Online from London, United Kingdom
Thursday, July 22 - Saturday, July 24, 2021
ISSN: 2188-9643
Interpreting International Students’ Experiences in Terms of Their Higher Education Academic Integration
Internationalization of higher education in Central European countries is increasing. In addition to their quality of education, higher education institutions are taking advantage of its geographical location, attracting foreign students into their corpus maximizing a multicultural environment. Research is needed in the field of international students’ experiences from central European countries. Therefore, the present report …
Unveiling the Pragmatics of Maguindanaon Greetings
This study examines the pragmatics of Maguindanaon greetings using the S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. tools of situation, participants, ends, speech acts, key, instrumentality, norms of communication, and cultural or traditional speech genres, drawing from the theory of Dell Hymes’ ethnography of communication (1974). This uses an ethnographic research tool to investigate how greetings function among the Maguindanaon as …
The Reimagined Migrant Portrait – Exploring the Lives of Chinese and Taiwanese Minorities Living in South Africa
This multimedia project explores the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese migrants living in South Africa and how language, culture, community and marginalisation have come to shape their identities and to visually represent them in a way that is not prevalent in mainstream media. It uses two visual mediums – photography and video interviews – to …
Traditional Practices and Rituals Incorporated in Preparing Maguindanaon Native Delicacies
Food is a reflection of the Maguindanaon beliefs and cultures. This demonstration can be traced back from the roots of this Maguindanaon tribe where practices of food preparation is reflective of their faith in Islam. Evidently, Maguindanaon traditional dishes maker observe practices and rituals which are intertwined with their religiosity. This study employed qualitative descriptive-developmental …
Revisiting Manto, Recovering Histories: Partition Violence and the “Little People”
India’s freedom came at many great costs. Communal riots and partition related violence preceded, as well as accompanied, independence in 1947. In Punjab, one of the provinces most plagued by rioting, violence was acute. Saadat Hasan Manto has bequeathed to us vivid sketches of the trauma. This article explores the complexity which imbues Manto’s post …
Content Value Analysis of Taiwan Social Issues Advertising Design Which Using AR
In the past, most of the methods to publicize social issues were Graphic Poster Design or TV advertisements. However, with the development of global Internet technology, people read newspapers and magazines less than before. Therefore, the value of print ads declined significantly after 2008. On the other hand, in 2016, the proportion of watching videos …
Scientific Production in Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL) Research: A Bibliometric Analysis
Language education is a key component in international education. However, language instructors faced numerous challenges in moving classes online during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, especially in classes where instructions rely on live communication and immediate feedback. Conversely, language instructors adept in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) were at an advantage in alleviating the sudden transition to …
The Hidden Language Classroom: A Case Study of a Chinese Immigrant Mother’s Using Everyday Objects for Heritage Language Maintenance
Language input and language environment are key factors for immigrant children, who strive to acquire two languages both as their first languages. My previous research confirmed that many immigrant Chinese families see it a priority to maintain their heritage language in their Family Language Policy and home education, based on their perception that the social …
The Exploration of Primary School Teachers’ Self-expectation Under the 5+2 Education Model – Take Nan’an City as an Example
China is implementing a series of” Further Reduce the Burden of Homework and After-School Tutoring on Students in Compulsory Education” (“Double Reduction”) policy, the aim of the double reduction policy is to ensure the quality of students’ learning and to require schools to improve after-school services to reduce the burden on families. This research mainly …
Personalized English Course Instructional Design for Fourth-year Undergraduate Program
The fourth-year undergraduate program is the last academic year before students graduate and continue their future plans. Some students plan to continue their education by enrolling in a graduate program, while others plan to search for a job directly and pursue their careers. This research focuses on the instructional design of an English course for …
Education Resilience in Facing Pandemic Covid-19 (Study Case: Batam City, Indonesia)
The pandemic covid-19 in Indonesia had an impact on the education system. The Ministry of Education has produced the policy regarding the acceleration of coronavirus spread prevention in form of policy Number 3/2020 and Ministerial Order of 36962/MPK.A/HK/2020 by conducting online learning. The use of technology will be needed to support the policy. However, many …
ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2021: Official Conference Proceedings
KAMC2021, Online from Kyoto, Japan
November 09-11, 2021
ISSN: 2436-0503
Exploring the Cinema of Exile in Hisham Bizri’s Films
This research paper examines the themes of exile and diaspora in Hisham Bizri’s films Vertices: Beirut. Dublin. Seoul (2016), Shooq (2017), and ELEKTRA, My Love (2021). The paper analyzes Bizri’s films by applying Hamid Nafsi’s concept of accented films as an analytical framework, which refers to films produced in the West by postcolonial or Third …
Performing Priyanka Chopra Jonas, the Global Indian: Analysis of How the Celebrity Memoir ‘Fits In’
Memoirs are narratives presenting the lives, emotions, and experiences of authors from their own perspective. Celebrity memoirs, while promising disclosure of the authentic self, are often carefully constructed stories mediated by ghost-writers and publicists (Lyons, 2014). Inevitably, they apply rhetorical strategies to produce exaggerated life stories, justify choices and re-frame controversies; thereby becoming a performance …