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Psychological Factors Facilitative to Sports Injury Rehabilitation Adherence Among Filipino Injured Athletes: A Basis for Intervention Program
Injury is a detrimental event in an athlete’s life that has been happening for years now in Philippine Sports. The way an athlete copes varies from one to another, as they are not just posed with the goal of physical recovery. They also highly face psychological consequences that affect their behavior toward rehabilitation programs. The …
The Effect of Positive Psychological Program Using Coffee Activities on Happiness and Parenting Efficacy of Mothers of People with Developmental Disabilities
[Purpose] This study aimed to identify the effects of positive psychology programs using coffee activities on the happiness and parenting efficacy of mothers who raise people with developmental disabilities. [Methods] Nine mothers who used N Welfare centers in B city voluntarily participated in program and agreed the purpose of this study. The program was conducted …
Influence of Romantic Comedies on Young Adults’ Perception of Relationships
The paper “Influence of romantic comedies on young adults’ perception of relationships” focuses on the effect of the consumption of romantic comedies. The goal of the paper is to whether a correlation exists between the consumption of romantic comedies and young adults’ attitudes toward romantic relationships, including their opinions, ideas, expectations, and relationship behavior. The …
Program Evaluation of a School-administered Youth Facility for Children in Conflict With the Law
Rehabilitation facilities for children in conflict with the law are usually administered by government and non-government agencies. In the Philippines, a private school has pioneered the establishment of a free transformational youth facility under its mission and development program. This study aimed to evaluate their formation program using the objectives-based approach. Survey respondents consisted of …
Shining Stars amidts Dark Clouds: Enhancing Positive Aging through a European Project
Statistics show a generalized aging in populations for the most industrialized countries. Absence of policies on aging, like in Portugal, change in the household composition, negative age stereotypes conveyed by the media, the post-modern individualism and consumer mentality contribute to marginalize the elders, considered a burden to society, relegating them to isolation that often causes …
Preferences for the Form and Financing of Long-term Care Among Older Adults – The Case of Warsaw and Madrid
As the number of family carers decreases, older adults with advanced dependency will have to rely on formal long-term care. Most older people prefer home-based care – provided by family members (informal) or by formal caregivers in their own home. However, as dependency increases, informal care is no longer effective. The aim of this study …
Student Views of Attendance at Japanese Universities in the Era of COVID-19: A Preliminary Look
As with a great many other educational and pedagogical issues, there is little consensus regarding the taking of student attendance at the university level. While many institutions and individual instructors, particularly those in the West, refrain from implementing attendance requirements on various grounds (e.g., attendance is the responsibility of students, tracking student attendance distracts instructors …
Classical Charcoal Making and Properties of the Charcoal from Palmyra Palm Fruit as the Traditional Community Practice
Survey on classical charcoal making from Palmyra palm fruit as the traditional community practice at Ramdang, Songkhla was carried out. Results revealed that as for the community way of life.The first experiment involved with quality assessment of charcoal obtained from 4 traditional charcoal making methods. Treatments were compared using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with …
The Effect of an Introductory Peacebuilding Class on Attitudes Toward Social Justice
Social justice advocacy is a term in which individuals are both aware of the “injustices and inequities” of certain populations and are engaged in creating a just and equitable experience for individuals (Bemak & Chung, 2005). This study aimed to measure the effect of an introductory undergraduate Peacebuilding course on students’ advocacy for social justice. …
No Better if Not Trustworthy: The Unreliability in Farmers’ Agricultural Method
Adoption of agricultural technology results in a variety of positive outcomes for individuals and society, such as increased productivity, income maximization, cost reduction, environmental and health advantages. For several years, the Thai government has spent a lot of money on a campaign trying to persuade farmers to adopt organic practices. However, farmer adoption remains low. …
Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP) in Community-based Child-rearing Support Centers (CCSCs)
Legitimate peripheral participation (LPP) represents how newcomers become experienced members and eventually experts of a community of practice (Lave & Wenger 1991). The purpose of this study is to investigate the developing LPP process in Community-based Child-rearing Support Centers (CCSCs) through qualitative research on the process that the participants (parents) experience mutual communications and acquiring …
The Successful Graduate Students’ Research Supervision Pedagogy
To make up the successful graduate students’ supervision, pedagogical practices are presented in this research. Upon reviewing the existing research works in the same research area, together with the tested four hypotheses for this research, the analyzed raw data was collected by a questionnaire that was answered by ninety qualified respondents. Those hypotheses are: (i) …
Predictors, Sources of Test Anxiety and Coping Strategies: A Comparative Study of Postgraduate Taught Students in the UK and Saudi Arabia
Test anxiety (TA) is pervasive across cultural boundaries and is related to impaired academic performance and psychological wellbeing. This study aimed to investigate predictors, sources of TA and the coping strategies employed by postgraduate taught (PGT) students in UK universities (UKUK), international students in UK universities (IUK), and Saudi students in Saudi universities (SASA). The …
Learning International Literacy and News English Through Cross-disciplinary Instructional Modules
Discussing international affairs demands multidisciplinary knowledge and communication strategies from partakers. The demand is elevated for nonnative English speakers when critical ideas are exchanged for controversial topics in English. This research explores the value of an innovative ESP training featuring interactive educational technology and cross-disciplinary team-teaching, to introduce international literacy to 26 college-level Taiwanese English …
A Hybrid Digital Watermarking Method Using Sectioning and Dwt Technique in Chrominance Channel
In this research, we proposed a hybrid method to improve performance of extraction process of the digital watermarking by applying the multiple sections embedding technique together with DWT digital watermarking method in the embedding process. The YCbCr colour space was selected for embedding and extracting a watermark signal. Also, a new pixel prediction method is …
Cross-Cultural Comparison on Age-Friendly Cities: Akita, Japan and Columbus, Ohio
Reason: This research will help bridge the cultural gaps in aging studies. Japan is on the forefront of our aging world and we need to take this opportunity to learn from their experiences. This research will primarily focus on the differences in our approach to a similar problem and how that may be affected by …
Social-Emotional Challenges and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning
The schools these days are facing many challenges in terms of anti-social behavior of children like bullying, verbal and physical aggression. The burden of academics coupled with home environments where both the parents need to work for sustenance has resulted in behavioral and adjustment problems. Many more cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are …
Slang Words from Loanwords Reflecting Thai’s Language Use on Facebook Fan Page ‘Tai Tiang Dara’
This article aims to present results of an analysis of slang words from loanwords reflecting Thais’ language use on the Facebook fan page “Tai Tiang Dara” collected between September and November 2017 from a total of 344 posts to reflect Thai culture in language use during this period. It was found that there were 23 …
The Need for Academic Writing Support for Undergraduates in an English Medium Tertiary Institution in Malaysia
The status of English as a global language seems to be reinforced as there is a growing trend of Asian students seeking tertiary education in English-medium institutions in Asia. These institutions tend to set English language entry requirements based on standardised tests of English such as IELTS and TOEFL. However, these tests seldom reflect a …
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 Efficiency of the Commodity Futures Market in Thailand
Since two commodity futures markets are organized in Thailand – the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) and the Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET), non-agricultural commodity (gold and Brent crude oil) is traded in TFEX while agricultural commodity (rubber, rice, tapioca chip) is traded in AFET. This paper not only examines non-agricultural and agricultural commodity futures …
Renewable Energy Solutions for Sustainable Fishing Practices and Improved Livelihoods of the Fisherfolk in the South West Coast of India
This paper looks at the application of renewable energy solutions for sustainable fishing practices and improved livelihoods of the fisherfolk in the south west coast of India. This region is featured with the indigenous coastal community which is known for their traditional and sustainable fishing practices. At the same time, they are considered to be …
Academic Success and Emotional Competence in the Higher Education Nursing Students
1. Aims: To analyse the influences of emotional competence in the academic performance of the higher education nursing students. Emotional intelligence has an increasingly important role not only in people´s well-being but also as a fundamental factor in personal, professional and social development and success. 2. Method: The data collection was carried out in September …
Participation Factors of Education Service Officer’s in Lifelong Learning
The study was conducted to identify factors that encourage and hinder the participation of education service officer’s in lifelong learning. A total of 400 teachers was involved as respondents in this study. The study was a quantitative research that uses the survey method. Data were collected through feedback from the respondents using questionnaire. Quantitative data …
Emotional Stability as Predictor of General Coping Among Engineering Students
Emotional stability is defined as the ability of an individual to keep one’s emotional balance under pressure. At the same time, coping allows an individual to grow and move forward when dealing with stress. With the academic demand of engineering courses, it is essential to understand emotional stability and general coping, as education can also …
Robots in Education: Influence on Learning Experience and Design Considerations
The influence of digital artifacts is increasingly present in today’s life. To prepare pupils adequately for the challenges of an evermore digital world an early education on this topic is necessary. A playful access for pupils are robots, as they are an illustrative and practical example of many important computer science concepts. In this paper …
Gross Domestic Product and Gross Domestic Happiness: A Review of Asian Economic Development Models
Comparative analysis of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH) is a strategic approach towards adding value to international economic modeling. This paper is an innovation in economic thought and will discuss the concept of Gross Domestic Product and gross domestic happiness. It will present and analyze Flying Geese Model (FGM) of Asian …
Selected Factors Related to Problem Behavior: The Discriminant Analysis Between Juvenile Delinquency Group and Late Adolescent Student
This research attempts to study the selected factors related to the juvenile delinquency group and to tests predictions about selected factors related to juvenile delinquency by using the problem behavior theory. The conceptual model was tested with 300 high school students and 300 juvenile delinquency youth (mean age: 18.0 years). Discriminant analysis indicates that family …
Assessing the Vulnerability of Rice Production to Climate Change in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Upper East Region of Ghana. This region is known to be the most vulnerable to climate change in the country. However, no study has found any local variations as the study tended to be defined by administrative boundaries. To assess rice production vulnerability to biophysical aspects of climate change (e.g., rainfall, temperature), we applied a …
Preservice Teacher Perceptions of Using 360° Cameras and Virtual Reality for Education Preparation
Using XR technological tools such as 360° cameras and virtual reality in education preparation has been found to be a beneficial way for preservice teachers (PSTs) to reflect on their teaching styles and experience the virtual classroom (Ardisara & Fung, 2018; Coffey, 2014; Ferdig & Kosko, 2020; Feurstein, 2019). Additionally, utilization of XR in PST …
First Language Influence and Its Effect on Language Fluency Among HS Students: An Analysis
Linguistic competence constitutes direct knowledge of the target language, hence, this knowledge is tacit and implicit especially among the second language learners. This establishes the idea that students do not have direct access to the principles and rules that govern the norms in terms of English language learning processes; be it in terms of speaking, …
Measuring the of Level of Commitment in Tertiary Child Health Care Units for Effective Performance in Pakistan
The objective of the study was to examine the impact of commitment of tertiary child health Care units performance in Pakistan and to identify factors associated with it. As reform attempts in Pakistan public health sector system have done over the years but regarding the improvement in health performance and delivery especially in child health …
A Comparative Analysis of Virtual and Traditional Grammar Approach in Teaching Use of English at College of Education, Ikere, Nigeria
This study aims to compare the pedagogical feasibility of two distinct approaches in teaching Use of English to freshers in College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Nigeria: the Virtual approach and traditional grammar method. Furthermore, the study aims to discover which one of these approaches is relevant and rewarding to the communicative and linguistic needs of …
Stand Alone Worksheets for Basic Mathematical Computation Skills Development
The recent National Achievement Test (NAT) results proved the mathematics performance of Filipino learners fall below the DepEd’s 75% MPS target. Additionally, international assessments including TIMSS and PISA revealed similar poor results of Filipino students in math. This study developed “Stand Alone Worksheets” (SAW) to address least mastered computation skills; it revealed the developed Grade …
Plan-Do-Review-Share-Happy (Plandoresh) as a Development Strategy for Critical Thinking of Vocational School Students
The learning process and traditional teaching materials include activities that require memory and memorization. Most students are trained to follow this low-level thinking pattern in schools including vocational schools. When computers take over the routine tasks at work, a number of employees will be involved in tasks that require them to be more flexible and …
The Examination of Adolescents’ Motives, Relational Maintenance and Intimacy in the Communications with Their Parents
The widespread and mobile access to new technologies have affected adolescents in their daily life. Prior studies have attributed the influences of emerging technologies to the negative effects of adolescent behavior while little attention was given to the results of family relationships. Drawing from the perspectives of media uses and gratifications and family relations, this …
Development of Holistic Creative Learning Skills for Elderly People in Rural Area of Thailand: Career Dimension
Thailand is entering the aging society because the elderly population is increasing rapidly and the elderly population, living in the rural area, still has insufficient income and learning skills for careers. Thus, they still need care and learning skills in the rapidly changing society. This article presents the results of the study on the situation …
The Acceptance of Social Network Services of Generation Y in Thailand
This research is aimed to 1) study the relationship between the perceived usefulness in the use of social network services and the behaviour of Generation Y people in using social network services; 2) study the relationship between the perceived ease of use of social network services and the behaviour of Generation Y people in using …
A Collaborative Strategy for the Construction and Graphic Representation of A Cultural Ecosystem Involving Participatory Design in the Academic and Business Context
The main theme of this work is games as tools for promoting empathy, inclusion and teamwork in both academic and professional environments. Our objective is to present the entire process of elaboration of the Cultural Ecosystem derived from the realization of workshops that resorted to a participatory design approach that resulted in the identification of …
The Effects of Input Type and Tasks on Vocabulary Learning
This paper discusses the effects of various types of vocabulary lists and tasks on L2 vocabulary learning. Two studies were conducted in 2013 and 2014 with 29 Japanese students who are native English speakers. In study 1, three different vocabulary lists containing 37 verbs were presented to three groups: words in alphabetical order, words with …
Facing the Challenge of Being a Woman Officer in the Belgian Army: Personality Profile and Coping Strategies
Forty years ago, the first women soldiers joined the Belgian army. Since then, much progress has been made in the feminization of the staffs, particularly through various laws and policies implemented on this purpose. However, female staff is still a largely under-represented group in the Belgian army. This could be mainly explained by the fact …
Integration of Contents of Local Wisdom in Curriculum for Cosmetology Vocational Schools: An Analysis
This study aims to analyze the curriculum in beauty vocational schools in Ponorogo Regency-East Java based on the values of local wisdom. This school’s curriculum is based on the character and resources that exist in the area, both natural and human resources. This type of research is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques through observation, …
Indicators to Manage the Enjoy-Learn Impact of Kahoot on the Engagement Learning
The introduction of educational technologies in teaching-learning processes has modified the educational context traditionally focused on lecturers, connecting the student to a learning network without barriers. At present, scholars advocate the use of educational gamification tools, such as Kahoot, that lecturers could apply to encourage the student´s motivation and engagement in the university classrooms. This …
Finding the Root Substance: Religious Classification of Liu Zhi
During the Qing dynasty in China, starting particularly in the 17th century, Hui Muslim scholars began to develop a distinctive Chinese reinterpretation of Islam based on the preceding Neo-Confucian tradition. In the early 18th century, the work of several such scholars was collected in the Han Kitab, a volume compiled by and primarily authored by …
Science Graduate Employability and English Language Proficiency: Findings from a Malaysian Public University
This study investigated the relationship between the employability of science graduates of a public university in Malaysia and their English language proficiency. Utilising a quantitative research design, the study involved 3,918 graduates from the 2015, 2016 and 2017 graduating years. Using available secondary data, three variables were examined: the graduates’ employment status, their English Language …
Effectiveness of Incorporating Mindfulness Programs for Corporate Executives: The IMC Case Study
Mindfulness is bringing one’s complete attention to the experiences occurring in the present moment, in a non-judgmental or accepting way (Brown & Ryan, 2003; Kabat-Zinn, 1990; Linehan, 1993a; Marlatt & Kristeller, 1999) and can be developed through meditation and deep breathing activities. The impact or results demonstrated through research are that it increases awareness, insight, …
Evaluating the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) as a Predictor of Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
Introduction: Malnutrition can worsen clinical outcomes in older patients, underlying the importance of using a screening tool to detect patients at risk. We evaluated the association between Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) and mortality in elderly patients with COVID-19 infection. Methods: We evaluated 241 patients aged ≥65y who were admitted with COVID-19 infection to the …
Assessing Biological Diversity Literacy Levels Among Students and Teachers at Teacher Training Colleges in the Eastern Region of Ghana
The biodiversity conservation concept is essential for literacy levels, as it provides the primary value of ecosystem life support, renewable resources, and ecological services. This research assesses the biological diversity literacy levels among students and teachers in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The research used the purposive sampling technique to select 515 students and 45 …
Wikis and the World: Connecting Japanese Non-English Majors
In spite of instant Internet access many young Japanese have limited exposure to the actual outside world. Globalization and Internationalization are especially difficult to explain and convey to Japanese learners of English who are also non-English majors. Through the use of Wikis, students are assigned a country to investigate through class tasks and assignments. These …
Human Capital and Technical Efficiency: An Analysis of the Stochastic Production Frontier and Inefficiency Effects Model for Thai manufacturing SMEs
This paper employs the World Bank�s 2006 Enterprise Survey and the stochastic production frontier and inefficiency effects models to empirically investigate the significant impact of human capital, such as i) skilled workers’ years of education, years of tenure and age, ii) workforce’s education and iii) unskilled foreign workers, as well as iv) in-house and outside …
A Study on the Purchase Factors of Mobile Game Loot Box – Taking Tower of Saviors as an Example
With the rapid development of smart phones, nearly 70% of Taiwan’s population currently owns smart phones, and nearly 90% of Google Play users have access to mobile Internet. With the integration of smart phones into people’s lives, they also drives the demand for APP applications.The needs of the program. The game-related APP is currently the …
Developing Language and 21st C Skills Through Problem-Based Learning
Students at the American University in Cairo are expected to be able to work on group projects and produce high quality outcomes. However, coming from a school background where rote learning is stressed, many of the students joining the Intensive English Program (IEP) at the university lack the essential problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, and communication skills …
Trilingual Preschool Children’s Cognitive Understanding of Mouth Action Verbs in Chinese, English and Malay
This paper explores how Malaysian Chinese children acquire word concepts in the Chinese language with the “interference” from the English and Malay languages. We selected eight commonly used Chinese eating and drinking verbs (吃 “eat”, 喝 “drink”, 咬 “bite”, 吸 “suck”, 嚼 “chew”, 吞 “swallow”, 啃 “nibble”, 舔 “lick”) for this study and tested 80 …
Decision-Making Reasons of Thai People to Put Elderly Parent in Nursing Home
This research aimed to study 1. To study the reasons and the desirable characteristics of the elderly nursing home 2. To study the financially feasibility to invest in the elderly nursing home and 3. To study the sensitivity analysis to invest in the elderly nursing home. The primary data are from both the interview the …
Research on the Relationship Between Reflective Practice and Academic Performance in Experiential Learning
This research is based on the manipulation of experiential learning, combined with feedback surveys of reflective practice. The implementation project is three learning activities of creative thinking, advertising script and video shooting in the advertising design course. Based on the learning effect of the project design, the participants go through the four processes of analysis, …
Transnational Education as an Emerging Feature of Migration
This study investigates student teachers’ conceptions of even numbers and the relationship between proof types and conceptions of even numbers. 22 student teachers in the course of mathematical teaching for young children participated in this study. All participants were asked to finish three research tasks. Task 1 was designed to provide information of student teachers’ …
Politeness and Impoliteness Strategies in the Courtroom: An Analysis of a Trail Script
This research presents a conversation analysis (CA) study based on the data from an American reality TV show which aims at solving the following question: what type of politeness and impoliteness strategies are applied by the participants in the courtroom? Results from the trial conversation data show that the conflict between the speakers is the …
Perceived Barriers to, and Benefits of Physical Activity Among Injured or Sick British Military Veterans: A Behaviour Change Wheel Perspective
Background Physical activity (PA) has been shown to have many positive benefits for wounded, injured, and/or sick (WIS) British military veterans. Before PA is promoted in this population, however, it is important to understand the perceived barriers to, and benefits involved. Yet, to date, research has not explored this topic; despite many WIS veteran PA …
Study of the Level of Solitude in the Elderly at the Yogyakarta Nursing Home
Aging and loneliness has been established widely. Loneliness has been studied from many different points of view and there is no unified definition (Muhumed, K & Cervinkova, M, 2011) Mainly, loneliness is thought as being stranged from others. (Killeen 1998, 763-764.) Feeling of loneliness most vulnerable seems to be adolescents and elderly people. Loneliness among …
Transforming Science Education at Grade 9 With a Pedagogical Technological Integrated Medium: An Integrated Approach for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
The study aimed to explore the potential of technology beyond its role as a teaching tool in science education by introducing the concept of a Pedagogical Technological Integrated Medium (PTIM). The PTIM approach functions as a platform for scaffolding, enabling students to construct meaningful knowledge structures. It brings together teachers (T), learners (L), and parents …
Keys to Words That Are Already There: Chief Bromden’s Psychedelic Journey Towards Redemption
This paper investigates how One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is an artistic piece of psychedelic creation that traces the journey inside the mind of a psychotic narrator. This psychedelic narrator only heals through the effect of the psychedelic hero who opens his Pandora’s Box and uncovers his book of mystery. This journey is nothing …
Flipped Classroom: The Case of Professional English Writing Course
Recently the teaching trend is to keep up-to-date with the boom in technology. Flipped teaching, which is rated as one of the “top trends in educational technology” (Watters, 2012), has gained foot in the EFL/ESL classrooms only recently (Fahim & Khalil, 2015; Bauer-Ramazani, Graney, Marshall, & Sabieh, 2016). To follow the teaching trend, the researcher …
Development of Teach by Social Networks
The objectives of this research were to compare the achievement of students’ learning through Social Networks ss to study the students’ recommendation of studying through Social Networks ss. The sample of this experimental research was 60 students in Communication Research Course, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, 1st Semester, Academic Year 2555/2012. The 30-student random sampling group taught …
Storytelling with Multi-media Technologies
Storytelling is considered one of the most effective ways for teaching a foreign language, and it enables learners to build greater confidence in their target language fluency through improving their presentational skills. Furthermore, storytelling sparks learners’ curiosity about the target culture while stimulating learners’ creative thinking and active learning processes. This paper investigates how the …
Intermedia Motion Tracking in AR/VR – On Immersive Storytelling and Choreographic Patterns
According to the KAMC Submission Stream “Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music”, we would like to contribute details on our current research project IML – “Immersive Media Lab” (https://research.fhstp.ac.at/en/projects/immersive-media-lab). The project was funded by FFG COIN “Aufbau” and started in 2018 at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences under the leadership of Dr Franziska …
Social Bond of Indonesian Higher-Education Students Who Access Facebook
Along with technological advances and the rapid flow of information, people’s need to access the Internet is increasing. According to data held by www.internetworldstats.com, a site that continues to monitor internet usage in the world of on-line, internet users in Indonesia, in 2008, reached 25 million people. This is because apart from being a source …
Educational Practice and Professional Identity among Volunteer Correctional Educators: Becoming a Teacher Behind Bars
This case study examines the experiences of 8 volunteer educators working in a rural county jail in the northeastern United States. More specifically, it explores the challenge of developing a critical educational practice and nascent professional identity in a context otherwise alien to them and on the “borderlands” of contemporary educational practice It is well-documented …
De-colonizing Canadian Post-Secondary Education
In Canada, the recent Truth and Reconciliation Committee of Canada Report (2015) revealed the devastating impact of over a century of forced assimilation on Indigenous peoples. In the educational context, assimilation manifested itself in the residential school system, a system which existed from the late 19th century until 1996 and whose mandate was to “Kill …
Web-Based Science Learning as Innovative Instruction
There are so many mediums of technology, which is radically redefined in order to obtain communication and change the view of teaching and learning. The widespread use of the World Wide Web (www) extended the capacity of the different educational institutions involved in training to extend the possibilities of e-learning. There are a lot of …
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 computers.They appeared immediately after the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW) and are now widely used.By using these particular pieces of information, websites have the capability to offer customized services covering the personalized needs …
An Investigation Into the Efficacy of Students-as-partner Pedagogy in a Singapore University Education Learning Context
In Students-as-partner (SAP), students work in partnership with staff members in higher learning institutions to facilitate deeper learning in students by promoting student engagement. While SAP’s impact on student consultants and staff members directly involved in partnership is generally well and widely researched, relatively little is reported about its application on student learning in an …
Learning Media of Currency Introduction for Children with Special Needs
Application of Information Technology and Communication (ICT) has no longer been uncommon and has reached almost every aspect of human lives, including education and learning aspects. The learning media in this study is targeted at children with special needs. It is constructed based on the standard curriculum for mathematics, especially the topics related to numbers, …
Game Analysis on Stakeholders of Low-Carbon Building Market Promotion
Recently, the climate change has become a globe issue influencing human survival and development and all countries have taken steps to reduce carbon emissions to address climate change. Low carbon building is one of the effective methods to deal with climate change. However the low carbon building market is developing slowly. Thus, it is necessary …
The Risks of Purchasing Superficies Right-Based Housing: The Perspective of Consumer Protection
This paper investigates the risks of buying superficies right-based housing for consumers and takes the Zone T-9 development project in Taipei city as a case study. It explores the potential risks consumers face when purchasing such housing and the question of how they can safeguard their personal rights and interests. Interviews were conducted with scholars …
Community, Peace and Sustainability: Leveraging Institutional Positionality to Affect Local and System Change
In October 2018 the IPCC published a predictable, but no less grim, report on where ‘we’ are situated vis a vis climate change and what is yet to unfold. Despite over a hundred years of scientific concern from scientists on the human effects of industrialization and globalization we now face out of control wildfires, drought, …
Equity and Meritocracy in the Singapore Education System: Can There Be a Balance?
The Republic of Singapore is a small multiracial and multicultural island-nation. While the Malays are recognized as the country’s indigenous group, they make up less than 14% of the total population. The Chinese, being the dominant group, form 75%, while the Indians, at 8%, are represented as another minority group. The rest of the population …
Risk Management and Profit-Loss Analysis of Foreign Currency Risks During Low-Interest-Rate Periods: A Case Study of NTD/NZD
In recent years, central banks in many countries have adopted quantitative easing monetary policy which induces lower-interest-rates; take Taiwan as an example, currently the interest rates for short-term (one year or shorter) time-deposits range from .1%~1%. Yet, foreign banks offer short-term deposits with interest rates between 1%~5% which greatly welcome by investors. The drawback for …
Exploring Consumers’ Intention to Accept Smartwatch
Smartwatch is currently the most popular form of wearable technology, a promising category of information appliances. As an integration of classic timepiece and fashionable IT industries, smartwatch is a challenging business since both of the industries used to have very different marketing strategies. However, there are few studies having discussed about consumers’ attitude toward such …
The Audit Commission of Local Government in the UK
This paper examines the Audit Commission of local government in the United Kingdom. The function of the Audit Commission, established in 1983 as an independent public corporation and dissolved in 2015, is to audit administration by the local authorities. However, in fact, the Audit Commission has been playing roles of the policy maker and influencing …
Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) to Investigate Consumers’ Purchase Intention: Usana as an Example
The sudden boom in direct selling business in recent years has drawn a considerable number of participants. The mechanism that makes the participants stand out and entices consumers to buy products is crucial to them. This study explores the impact that two independent variables, which are argument quality (central path) and source expertise (peripheral path), …
Hello Kitty’s Popularity and Its Change of Representation
Since it was introduced in the market in 1974, Hello Kitty, a fictional white cat, became a Japanese cultural icon and has been attributed as being ��kawaii�� (��cute��). Characters of Kitty have been used in a myriad of ways like iPods, PCs, Nintendo 3DS, Play Station, games, telephone, televisions, buses, jewelries, coins, and etc. Many …
Is there any Connection/Relation between Ad Creativity and “Old Brain”? Analyzing Awarded Advertisements through Neuromarketing
Creativity is a central component of advertising success and in a close relation with the other components like getting interest and attention. Many awards in the advertising business focus on creativity, only a few focus on the effectiveness of advertising. Neuromarketing is a new field of advertising research which tries to understand consumer’s mind. It’s …
Community Radio Use to Providing Knowledge of Media Literacy among the Elderly in Rural, Thailand
The consequence of attempts to radio broadcasting reform in Thailand has been delayed more than 15 years. It’s causing emptiness and establishing community radio stations without monitored almost 8,000 stations all over Thailand, which mainly produced the programs for commercial and political purposes. It does not conform to the principle of the community radio in …
Reaching Global Audiences Through Platform Partnerships
This presentation will walk through how the University of Virginia has partnered with third-party platforms to reach global audiences. Data on the massive open online course (MOOC0 portfolio of the University of Virginia and the related metrics on enrollments and completions will be reviewed. The content strategy of the University utilizing courses and specializations to …
Reflection of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intent Among the Learners on Completion of Courses on Sustainability
The increased awareness of destruction created by human behavior is serving as fuel to stand together for a sustainable planet as a society. The irrational behavior towards society and the environment has moved us closer to global crises like global warming hunger & poverty. The studies in recent times prove the learned consumers are attracted …
The Mediating Effects of Green Product Design on Economic Performance of Reverse Logistics: A Conceptual Study
The dwindling of natural resources and higher demand for landfill space fuelled the concept of sustainable consumption. For decades, buy and throwaway society created a string of negative environmental consequences and a positive change is taking place as developed nations take the lead in closing the supply chain loop via extended producer responsibility (EPR). Returns …
Using Peerwise to Improve Engagement and Learning
This paper assesses the experiences of Bournemouth University in using the on-line multiple choice question (MCQ) tool, Peerwise, in student learning and engagement. MCQs are excellent for testing knowledge, providing reassurance or identifying development needs. The creation of MCQs reinforces learning by tasking students to generate challenging questions. By engaging students using gamification in these …
Trends in Reference Newspapers in Chile: The Art of Balancing Positions Through the Framing of Political News Sources
The study analyzes whether the press, in the context of Chile’s concentrated media ownership, shows trends to a uniform framing of viewpoints in news about the actions of the government, political parties or civil society. A content analysis isolating positions of the sources and the own media regarding the framing of their quotes will permit …
A Language Proficiency Test that Works
Either out of inadequate technology or for the sake of convenience, most language proficiency tests tend to oversimplify students’ diverse needs and provide one size fit all solutions. Take Oxford Young Learners Placement Test for example. One part of this test combines grammar, vocabulary and functional language use. A student gets a final score and …
Evaluation of Social Sustainability in Building Projects: Theoretical Framework and Impact Assessment Approach
In the last decades, various sustainability assessment tools have been developed to facilitate shift towards sustainability in building industry. However, existing tools mainly focus on environmental and economic issues while give limited consideration on social aspects. This study fills this gap through developing a methodological framework for social sustainability assessment of building projects. Social life …
Femininity and Masculinity in Twenty-First Century Thai Romantic Fictions
The main purpose of this study is to examine the modes of subjectivity and discourses of femininity and masculinity found in Thai romantic novels published in the 21th Century. First, I will discuss generic conventions in Thai romance. Additionally, I will seek to locate it within the socio-cultural contexts of Thai society, which influence the …
Mapping Circumstance: Human Security, Marginality and Precariousness in Southeast Asia
A central problem in examining multiple insecurities in Southeast Asia is that each country confronts a different context of human security and faces a set of specific challenges embedded in people’s daily-lived experience. The ambiguous ways in which the ‘invisibility’ of their situations are conditioned and configured are neither readily recognized nor understood. State-led action …
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 potential, remanufacturing facilitates multiple use of the value-added from new production by several life cycles. For preserving work, material and energy effort costs of new production can be avoided. Ecologically, this leads to corresponding resource …
Visual Framing in Ichikawa’s 1964 Tokyo Olympiad
Depicting a mega-event such as an Olympic Games is generally centered around heroic victories played out in spectacular stadiums. Such films usually combine elements of Nichols’ (2010) poetic and expository modes. But beyond the use of Nichols’ taxonomy, the issue of framing is also paramount in deconstructing an Olympic documentary. At the heart of the …
Framing the Pre-Olympic News Coverage of Tokyo 2020: A Comparative Analysis of Tokyo’s Successful Bid and the Olympic Stadium Design
The Olympics as a global spectacle usually generates a significant amount of international news coverage for the host country. The power of the media to shape public opinion or the ‘complementary role of macro-communications and interpersonal micro-communications through media’ as Jacques Ellul describes it, suggests that the messages and symbols which are now emerging from …
Developing an Instructional Model to Teach Periphery Researchers to Write English Scientific Research Articles for Scholarly Journals
Periphery researchers in sciences have been found to have problems with publications of their research articles (RAs) in scholarly journals. However, the corpus-based studies available tended to focus more on RAs’ features than on the development of pedagogical practices aiming to enhance researchers’ writing ability. Having witnessed these problems among Thai researchers trying to publish …
Satisfied and Happy: Establishing Link between Job Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being among Filipino Teachers
Job satisfaction refers to people’s reactions and feelings towards aspects of their jobs. On the other hand, subjective well-being refers to people’s evaluations of their lives which include cognitive judgments, such as life satisfaction; and affective evaluations like moods and emotions. The present study describes the relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well-being specifically among …
A Proposed Framework to Support Adaptivity in Virtual Learning Environments
The revolution of the Internet and technology has dramatically changed the educational system in many countries. Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are becoming crucial and widely used in many educational institutions for the adoption of blended and distance learning. However, the “one-size-fit-all” approach is the basis of most of these systems where the differences and preferences …
The Role of Advanced Typographic Taxonomy Systems Vis-à-Vis Modular, Variable and Parametric Typography
Typographic taxonomy systems categorise and describe the vast corpus of typefaces, created over centuries, and are used in teaching, commercial and professional settings. Mainstream taxonomy systems usually focus on separating neatly defined, text-bound typefaces into discrete classes, while grouping a huge diversity of display-bound typefaces and other outliers into loosely defined, generic classes. Modular and …
Enhancing Employability of Vietnamese Students: A Study of Collaborative Programs Between Universities and Industries
One of the most crucial solutions in Vietnam’s higher education today is to strengthen collaborations with businesses to improve students’ qualifications and broaden their employment prospects. As part of a PhD dissertation, this research paper is intended to examine collaborative efforts between universities and industries in Vietnam, with a focus on bolstering the employability of …
The Experience of Empathy in 10th Grade Students With the LGBTQ+ Community Through Narrative Transportation: A Qualitative Investigation
This research explores secondary school students’ expreriences of empathy while engaging with a TV series featuring LGBTQ+ characters. The study, conducted with grade 10 students aged 15-16 in Japan, aimed to uncover perspectives through a generic qualitative inquiry. Thirty-one participants completed a reflection survey, leading to the identification of ten emergent themes related to 1) …
A Case Study of Students’ Initial Approach to a Research Writing Course
The present research examined the extent to which the initial approach to a research-writing course by STEM and non-STEM second-language learners may entail the contribution of different dispositions to course performance and ultimately be responsible for dissimilar outcomes. Individual differences in dispositions and behavior were assessed during the first four weeks of the semester. They …
The Experience of Empathy With the LGBTQ+ Community Through Narrative Transportation When Not LGBTQ+: A Qualitative Investigation
In this study, non-LGBTQ+ college students described their experiences of reading a novel with LGBTQ+ characters from the formers’ perspectives. The target population for this study was cisgender, heterosexual, traditionally-aged college students, defined as 18-35 years of age. Eight participants fully participated in the discussion and were interviewed for the study. The participants were located …
The Power of Quantity in Ai Weiweis Sunflower Seeds
Can quantity be a type of power��Perhaps, this question will be answered by the work titled Sunflower Seeds produced by Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei. In 2010, London Tate Modern Museum invited Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to exhibit his installation “Sunflower Seeds” at Turbine Hall. It consisted of 100 million hand-made porcelain sunflower seeds, and …
Envisioning a Healthier Build Environment for Elderly People with Dementia in Denmark – A Conservatory for People and Plants
Recent scientific research has shown how exposure to daylight, clean air and continual contact with greenery, natural elements and habitats are crucial factors for human well-being (e.g. Gonzalez & Kirkevold, 2014; Detweiler et al, 2012). In the wake of these findings, it is highly important to improve access to facilities that enable and promote these …
Suicide Intervention Experiences and Practices of School Counselors: Basis for Development of Practice Guidelines
The current study investigated the Filipino school counselor’s knowledge, attitudes, and competencies in suicide intervention as well as their experiences and practices in suicide intervention. The study also aimed to develop and standardize suicide intervention guidelines. The study has two (2) phases. Phase 1 utilized the descriptive and generic qualitative inquiry methods of research. Purposive …
EAPM-CW:’ An Ecosystem Approach Framework for Planning and Management of Coastal Wetlands
This paper presents the ‘EAPM-CW’ as a new methodological framework for planning and management of coastal wetlands, which was developed mainly upon principles of the Ecosystem Approach. The EA ‘Ecosystem Approach’ is the most internationally recommended to meet sustainable development especially in such sensitive ecosystems, as it has been recommended by several international organizations such …
Transition of Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders from Primary to Post-Primary School: A Framework for Success
Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have specific difficulties which impact on the transition between primary and post-primary school (Steady and Roberts, 2013). As an increasing number of students with ASD are now accessing mainstream education due to Irish Government policy on inclusion (NCSE, 2013), this has led to increased challenges for schools in providing …
Visser: Addressing the Need for Modern Science Laboratories in the Philippines
Access to modern science laboratories is still a problem in most public high schools in developing countries like the Philippines. Based on a survey with 173 respondents conducted from September 2013 to June 2014, 77% of schools have laboratories. However, only 15% have access to digital measuring devices and sensors. To address the need for …
Development of Learning and Teaching by Television Creative
The objectives of this research were (1) to study development of an instructional model based on television creative presentation and (2) to study effects of learning focusing on creative television production project published through YouTube media. The populations of this experimental research were 31 students taking the Television Creative Presentation Course at Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University …
Communication Process and Strategy to Create Participation for Thai Early Childhood Oral Hygiene Development Campaign Among Healthy Teeth Network Schools, Thailand
The objectives of this research are to study the communication process to create participation for Thai early childhood oral hygiene development campaign among Healthy Teeth network schools in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand, and to study the communication strategy to create successful participation. This research uses qualitative research. The data were collected from 15 key informants …
Internet Addiction Motivations Among Chinese Young People: A Qualitative Analysis
The present study aims to explore the internet use pattern and the possible internet addiction motivations among Chinese young people, such as parenting style, social environment, changes of communication pattern, and psychological empty etc. Qualitative interviews were conducted. A total of 25 addictive young people and two parents were interviewed individually. Analysis of interviews found …
UGC on Youtube and Political Participation: Using the 2016 Taiwan Presidential Election as an Example
The aim of this study is to examine the democratizing potential and political implications of user-generated content (UGC), including political expression, idea exchange and public discussion, during the 2016 Taiwan Presidential election. YouTube, the largest and most widely used video-sharing website, both appeals to a large audience and allows for diverse modes of expression through …
Communication of Thailand Homestay Standard Compares ASEAN Homestay Standard
This research study communication of Thailand homestay standard compares ASEAN homestay standard. This research is qualitative research is a research document from sources including data from two sources together with the following documents: 1. Thailand homestay standard and ASEAN homestay standard 2. Secondary documents, including books, documents and the Internet. With content related research. Data …
Adaptive Course Design for WBI
Recently, with the popularization of end devices such as computer, mobile, and table PC, increasing number of web designers and developers recognize the importance of Web Standard. There are numerous advantages, inclusive of enhancing website maintenance and ensuring accessibility. This study discusses the know-how to design an online course for eighth grade students in learning …
Improving Customers Satisfaction to the Development of User Interface Design for Mobile Shopping through QFD
Retailers are trying hard to develop good relationships with their customers through mobile devices (e.g., smart phone, Tablet computer, etc.). Utilizing mobile devices is a low-cost and real-time way to provide high-quality service/ product for customers,which is a direct medium between retailers and end customers. However, unfriendly user interface (UI), such as small-size screen, low-resolution …
A Study on Behavior Intention to Use Live Streaming Video Platform Based on Tam Model
Due to the high penetration of internet and well-developed technology in current Taiwan, it’s enough to provide greater bandwidth and faster network. It makes users use the internet easier and save time. Some application platforms in use on computer or entertainment device is necessary of enough bandwidth and live streaming video platform is one of …
Authenticity in Project Based Learning: Building Community
The benefits of using authentic material as a form of input in Project-Based Learning are well established, but creating authentic output and audience still remains a formidable challenge. The aim of this presentation is to report on a project designed for a third-year class of English majors in a Japanese university. The project had the …
A Move Analysis of the “About Us” Page on University Engineering Websites
This study investigated the rhetorical structure of the “About Us” page on North American universities’ engineering website based on move analysis developed by Swales (1990). Promotional genres tend to promote products for potential audiences as communicative purposes. The university “About Us” page is considered as one type of promotional genres (Bhatia, 2004). It aims at …
Engaging ESL Students Through a Project-Based Learning Activity
Due to the increased influence of multimedia and technology on contemporary students, one of the most difficult challenges facing many language teachers is to develop effective strategies to integrate online technology into the classroom. To help achieve greater integration, ESL teachers can employ the basic tenets of Project-based Learning (PBL). This presentation details the implementation …
Employability of BSIT Graduates of Central Philippines State University Main Campus
This research focused on the employability of BSIT graduates. The study covered 170 graduates of CPSU-Main Campus, school year 2012-2014. A standardized questionnaire was employed to gather data. Cross tabulation, frequency, percentage distribution, and chi-square test were utilized. Findings showed majority of the respondents were employed locally in private sector, had regular status, waiting time …
Facebook : Communication Behavior of Thai Teenagers in the Public Sphere
Currently, young people are increasingly using the Internet, especially social networking sites. Facebook.com has grown dramatically with many researches showing that the largest group of Facebook users are adolescents. The research of “Communication Behavior of Thai Teenagers in Public Sphere: A Case Study of Social Networking Website Facebook” conducts three methods: an informal interview of …
Digitizing Local Trip: Global Connectivity of Spatial Narratives in Indonesian Web-Series
Indonesia’s local film creation has further flourished into many kinds of innovative narratives, giving them power to be autonomous and independent within Indonesia documentary/web-series industry. Popular Indonesian travel narratives emerge in an overflowing number, bringing the story of places in Indonesia within reach of global access. This paper will focus on a popular web-series Jalan …
Can You Be Prejudiced Against Your Own Students? Measuring Teacher’s Unconscious Bias in the Classroom
This presentation aims to familiarize the audience with 1) the concept of implicit (i.e., unconscious) attitudes, 2) their significance to the educational process, and 3) how to measure them. First, I will explain what implicit attitudes are and how that are different from explicit attitudes. This will show that explicit and implicit attitudes can be …
New Literacy Practices: Imaginative Implications for 21st Century Literate Identities
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the intersection of new literacy practices and literate identities. The experiences of young adolescents were examined to better understand how these experiences and their perceptions impact the development of their literate identities in multiple contexts. As such, this study sought to explore the following research …
Reimagining Support for Japanese Teachers of English
This presentation explicates a nascent research project that aims to understand and support the practical needs of pre-service English teachers who intend to teach at junior high schools and senior high schools in Japan. The presenters will outline the necessity for such practical support considering the current teacher-training structure in Japan. Through intensive workshops and …
Social Media and Public Relations: The Perception and Adoption of Facebook by Malaysian Public Relations Consultancies as Effective External Communication Tool
The explosion in social media, especially social networking site such as Facebook with increased connectivity and interactivity has caused many public relations (PR) agencies begun to recognize the need to embrace these new media for effective communication with a variety of internal and external audiences. Yet, researches examining the relationship between social networking sites and …
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 …
School Websites as Mechanism for Good Governance Basis for E-Governance Initiatives
Websites are believed to be the central public information sharing networks which potentially involve the public in communicating, participating, and sharing public information and services (Sandoval-Almazan & Gil-Garcia, 2012); hence, the crafting of the national government’s E-Government Master Plan (EGMP) in 2012. In compliance with EGMP, the Schools Division Office of Imus City implemented Project …
The Deductive Model of Thumbnail Ranking on Video Websites: Studies of Consumer Perception and Thumbnail Similarity Analyses
Access to video websites is an indispensable part of young people’s leisure activities. Providing effective contents of thumbnail images that fit consumer’s desires become an important issue for website owners to survive in the competitive environment. Through by using mixed methods, including means-end chains (MECs), Kano two-dimensional model, importance-performance analysis, factor analysis, cluster analysis, MDS …
Working in the Pacific, Working in Asia: The Challenges of Sustaining International Partnerships in a Pandemic
In early 2020, members of the international, nursing and research teams at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology, New Zealand, met with a number of education and practice providers in China, to explore an education and research collaboration. These discussions facilitated the establishment of the Sino-New Zealand Aged Healthcare Association (SNZAH) which currently has 15 inaugural …
Spatialization of Ownership in Indonesian Broadcast Industry: Study on Media Division of Kompas Gramedia Group
Spatialization is part of the political economy and has now become one of the trends in media industries which eventually will lead to concentration of ownership. This condition happens because the owners consider to expand to a larger media bussiness with minimum efforts. Spatialization refers to the term “the proccess of overcoming the constraints of …
Village Voiced, Village Empowered: A Case Study of the Citizen Journalism Practice Using New Media as a Medium of Empowering the Villagers at Banyumas Regency in 2012-2013
Village is basis of the poor in Indonesia. This condition has placed Village as the main target of the poverty-eradicating program. Unfortunately, the development program that has been implemented in Village is ineffective. So far, Village is viewed more as passive object with limited authority to manage itself independently. The condition above encourages a group …
Cross-cultural Language in Clint Eastwood’s Movie Scripts
This is a study of cross-cultural language use in Clint Eastwood’s movie scripts. Eastwood, the renowned film director, starred and produced numerous movies in a variety of genres. The study focuses on the language of the movie scripts used in Eastwood’s War films and Western. Scripts were downloaded from a website “The Web’s Largest Resource …
A Materials Library Created by Students, for Students: An Invaluable University Resource
A materials library, like other curated collections, contains valuable reference which can be used for a wide variety of purposes. It is highly desirable for universities, especially those with strong engineering and materials science programmes like Queen Mary University of London Engineering School (QMES), to have a materials library as it allows students to see, …
Pros and Cons of Learning Latin Vocabulary Using Duolingo
In 2019, the language-learning website and app Duolingo released a Latin course that currently has almost 1.5 million learners. Despite its potential, Duolingo has already received several criticisms regarding other languages for what are considered unrealistic goals. Furthermore, it was pointed out that the proposed method might be helpful for vocabulary but only in addition …
The Effects of Smartphone-based Interventions on Changes of Creativity Mindset, Passion Toward Smart Phones, and Self-efficacy of Creativity
This study aimed to examine a smartphone-based intervention effect on changes of passion in smartphone use, growth creativity mindset, fixed creativity mindset, and self-efficacy. Participants were 84 college students. The employed instruments included Inventory of Passion towards Smart Phones (IPSP), Creativity Mindset Inventory (CMI), and Inventory of Self-Efficacy in Creativity. The IPSP included four types …
A Computer-based Interactive Program for Teaching the Psychological Theory of Lev Vygotsky
The idea of “intelligent machines” helping in teaching humans is not new. In 1954, B.F. Skinner proposed the first modern sample of a teaching program, and this area of educational activity began to be called “programmed learning”. His idea was enhanced by other experts and progressed due to advanced computer technologies. This paper is devoted …
Building Resilience and Connection during the Pandemic: Using Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the Teaching of Chinese and Italian Cultures Through Noodles
The experience of trauma, both national and personal, may inhibit learning and decrease learner motivation. As the pandemic raged globally, professors investigated new pedagogies in order to interact effectively with students in an unpredictable world. Our students had experienced a myriad of hardship, isolation, uncertainty, and fear by the time they enrolled in our summer …
Digital Traffic Flow in Undergraduate Engineering Course Sites Before and During Covid-19
In this work the author examines how the digital traffic flow has changed during the past 10 years in undergraduate Engineering course sites, relating to both lec-turer announcements and student’s queries. The assumption is that students in 1st and 2nd year tend to ask more questions than students in their 3rd or 4th year and …
Reconstruction Model of Community Development for Energy Self Sufficient Village
Changes in Indonesia’s status as a nett importer of oil and the rise of international crude oil prices in 2005, led the newly appointed SBY government (in October 2004) to find solutions in fulfilling national energy needs. One of them is the development of jatropha oil as biodiesel. At that time, jatropha biodiesel would be …
Assessment in Groupwork Project-Based Learning in Business English Classrooms
In the context of global economic integration in which English language competence along with essential soft skills have increasingly been of great significance, it is the responsibilities of teachers of English in general and Business English in particular to facilitate project-based learning. However, assessment of project-based learning has always been the matter of concern every …
Faculty Members in the Eyes of their Students
Teachers, as the most important human resource in school, need to be monitored and evaluated for continuing improvement of the learning process. The study analyzed results of the faculty evaluation from the students’ point of view through the ratings and comments indicated in computerized student evaluation of the university. The student evaluators were chosen through …
Ruby Chisti’s “Free Hugs”: Claiming Spaces Through Utopian Feminist Futures
This paper focuses on Chishti’s artwork entitled Free Hugs (2002), a three-dimensional installation consisting of ten half life-size female fabric sculptures holding each other in what seems like an empathetic embrace. Using textile residues and discards to shape the bodies, this installation creates a unified female experience of unknown futures, grief, loss, and love. Exhibited …
Blended Learning for the Softer Side of Computing
Computing students tend to like ‘2+2=4’ types of modules, where the topics are clear and logical and have a definite right answer. They like structured materials and this ties in well with their programming skills. However, most computing students will end up interacting with non-computing personnel in the workplace and this can sometimes be a …
Power- Conflict: Empowering Human Relation
‘Power-conflict’ has been in existence in different forms in our lives. Notionally, it estranges interpersonal relations. But the present paper seeks to show that the interplay of power is not necessarily violent and coercive rupturing human relation, rather it strengthens man’s bond with his own being and with others. The thoughts, emotions and values which …
The Persuasive Power of Person Deixis in Political Discourse: The Pronoun ‘We’ in Obama’s Speeches as an Example
Politicians resort to ‘soft power’ to influence others and to convince them to support their attitudes about given issues through the use of language as a persuasive power. Among the linguistic tools adopted to achieve specific goals is the pronominal system. That is why the present research tries to investigate the use of person deixis …
The Potential Use of Videos to Improve Communication Skills in an English Language Course
An important soft skill that would be advantageous for undergraduate students is the ability to communicate effectively in English in the workplace. The current study is part of a larger study which is being conducted since 2012 in a tertiary level institution in Malaysia. English is taught as a second language in Malaysia. This study …
Investigating Students’ Problems in Understanding Their Personal Qualities and Skills for Cover Letters: A Self-Assessment Approach
This paper explores students’ problems in presenting their personal qualities in cover letters for job application and examines the effectiveness of self-assessment approach in countering these problems. This study adopts the action research approach, and the research methods used are content analysis, individual interview and self-assessment feedback. The research procedure consists of a three-stage approach. …
Organizational Culture as a Primary Driver of Organizational Success: The South African University Experience
The new business paradigm foregrounds accountability, transparency, sustainability and good governance as the pillars on which organizational success is built. It demands attention to a range of strategies that have until recently been treated as “soft issues” deserving of inclusion into organizational scorecards, but having peripheral value only. These strategies include the identification and realization …
Quality of Mentoring and Personal Attributes as Correlates of Professional Competencies Among Librarians of Region 10
It is essential for librarians to advance professionally. The professional competencies of librarians that were acquired through education and library practice may no longer be relevant for the jobs that have been changed or redesigned by technology. Thus, this study determined the association between the head librarians’ quality of mentoring and personal attributes and the …
Health Consideration in Architectural Design: An Interrelation Between Architecture and Neuroscience
Neuroarchitecture is a new frontier in architecture that lies between the interrelation of neuroscience and architecture. The aim of this research is to understand and accumulate factual knowledge on the impact of architectural design in human perception and judgment while monitoring brain activity using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. To achieve this, the experiment has been separated …
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 is important since it helps to navigate the current position of Vietnamese journalism in its transition from the Soviet Communist to the soft authoritarian style. The paper recognizes the challenges of the Facebook emerged public …
The Effects of Culture on Consumers’ Response to a Carbon Tax and Container Deposit Scheme: A Sustainable Consumption Study
As the temperature of the planet rises, governments are adopting measures to curb human activities that contribute to global warming. Introducing policies that people would adopt and to achieve the desired outcome is, however, a growing challenge. This situation is not quite unexpected particularly in multicultural societies where people have diverse cultural values and attitudes …
Preparing Globally Work Ready Allied Health Care Graduates: Technology as a Useful Teaching Tool for Allied Health Educators
Global education requires collaborative, standardized and flexible teaching pedagogies fit for purpose to each local community. International development and globalization of sustainable teaching and learning strategies in higher education result in a work-ready universal workforce with good soft and human skills. Educational initiatives and use of technology are essential to train self-directed lifelong learners with …
A Culture of Peace and Indigenous Women’s Engagement in Peacebuilding: A Cross-Cultural Concern
Southeast Asia is home to various cultural communities beset with war and conflict. Peace building efforts in the islands have been raised to a certain level of intensity. With the hopes to avoid war and conflict, initiatives toward achieving peace have been documented, but mostly, those which are wanting of stories involving women in the …
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 …
BME Higher Education and Social Justice
This presentation will explore the idea of educating the BME population and try to question what drives education- “borders of power” or “borderlands of being and becoming”. Black and minority ethnic students and their educational achievement has been researched for a while now and HEA (2012) report shows that there is a huge attainment gap …
Are Lecturers Teaching and Students Learning in a Post-pandemic Environment: A Case Study at a Business School in South Africa
Lecturers were confronted with so many changes and new technologies during the Covid-era that it was deemed of utmost important to analyse the different perspectives of lecturers within a Business School, in South Africa. The primary objective of the study was to determine to what extent teaching practices needed to change as well as to …
Cultural Diplomacy in UAE Foreign Policy Towards China –Sheikh Zayed Center as a Model
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the primary president of the United Arab Emirates, made soft power one of the pillars of the state’s foreign policy, and allowed cultural diplomacy to play more influential roles, this became an approach to which the Emirati political leadership was committed and keen to develop it. This reflected positively …
Students’ Perspective on Intercultural Service-Learning as Non-medical Volunteers for Foreigners: A Case in Taiwan
In Taiwan’s hospitals, language barriers often create challenges for foreign patients, many of whom come from Southeast Asia. To solve the problem, a language university in Taiwan initiated a service-learning program to train college students to assist in improving communication between foreign patients and health care workers. This study aims to explore the student volunteers’ …
High Impacts of Intercultural Service-Learning Program on Taiwanese College Students
Intercultural service-learning has been regarded a high-impact educational practice which can enhance students’ learning and civic engagement. Yet, research investigating into its process and outcome in Asian settings is comparatively rare. This study aims to assess the learning effects of a Tourism English course which integrated intercultural service-learning element into its curriculum to connect students …
Redefining Masculinity in Korean Drama, Films and Music: Exploration of Dynamics of Fan Culture in Malaysia and Changing Gender Landscapes
As the ‘Hallyu’, or the Korean wave swept across the globe – it came with implications for how consumers of popular culture perceive and engage in the making or remaking of gender norms. It popularized the idea of ‘soft masculinity’, marking a major shift from the filmic hegemonic representations of gender in Hollywood and Bollywood …
Human-Centered Design as a Qualitative Research Methodology in the Area of Public Health
This paper builds a deeper understanding of human-centered design (HCD) as a qualitative research approach in the pursuit of generating proper solutions in the area of public health. This study draws similarities and discrepancies between human-centered design methodology and the qualitative research approach. HCD largely emphasizes ethnography, which is inherently qualitative. HCD relies on the …
Policy-Making Process of Higher Education and Vocational Training in the EU
This paper studies the policy-making process of higher education and vocational training in the EU from the viewpoint of norms and legalization. The legal system of the EU is characterized by binding hard law as the legislation and non-binding soft law as the norm. In the field of international relations, the concept of the norm …
Fostering Academia-industry Collaboration: Insights on the Demola Portugal Initiative by IPV Teachers Acting as Trainees and Facilitators
Academia-industry collaboration has been around for some time, through internships and joint projects, but, in recent years, there has been a shift in both the education and workforce settings to work closely together, coordinating initiatives across all sectors, in an attempt to mutually drive innovation, provide opportunities to go from concept to action, encourage entrepreneurship …
Machine Learning to Guide STEM Learning: Relative Importance of Social vs Technical Competencies for STEM Students from Underrepresented Groups
Students interested in STEM professions are often unsure about exactly will be required of them upon graduation. Academic planning is made even more difficult by the fact that STEM fields evolve quite rapidly. In addition to technical qualifications, such as programming, employers increasingly deman soft-skills, such as communication, self-reflection, conflict management and team work. Underrepresented …
Tourists Explore the Cultural and Creative Products for Purchase Intention: A Case Study in Kinmen Images
Cultural creative industries are considered a crucial indicator of a country’s soft power. Amidst the wave of globalization, cultural and creative products of a region, which are rich in cultural content and characterized by local images of that region, have attracted the attention of tourists and became a memento of their travel experiences. Under this …
Diversity Training in Graduate School
Graduate students in an Educational Psychology program completed a course on the Multicultural Family. Thirteen students agreed to participate in a study that used reflection essays that were part of the class assignments as data. A memoir reading was combined with traditional academic readings with content on multicultural families. Students completed reflection essays through an …
Reincarnation: Back From the Dead
It is in the nature of human beings to search for the meaning of life. In this connection the idea of reincarnation is steadily gaining greater credence in the West. In this essay the author takes a critical look at the various aspects of the reincarnation concept and presents the arguments of both its supporters …
The Prevalence and Impact of the Maltreatment of Child Laborers in Developing Countries: A Scoping Review Protocol
Background: Children working in the rural agricultural and domestic workforce are more prone to maltreatment than children in any other social settings. Objectives: This protocol outlines the key components of a scoping review that explores the prevalence and impact of maltreatment of child laborers in domestic and agricultural work in the South Asian rural context. …
The Multifaceted Relationship Between ESL, Special Education, L2 Reading Disability Potential Risk Factors and Neuroscience
Purpose: To analyze and integrate current research connecting neuroscience imaging, K-12 second language acquisition, special education, and risk factors for a L2 reading disability, with the goal to identify potential new educational strategies. Introduction: An extensive literature exists addressing second language acquisition, special education, and risk factors for a L2 reading disability. However, literature for …
Improving Adult Lifelong Learning and Distance Learning
The term ‘lifelong learning’ is widely used in education but what does it really mean? Most adults have been busy accumulating wealth through various occupations to provide for their families and survive dismissing the pursuit of education. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a grave impact upon social, economic, political and educational institutions. Many working adults …
Resilience in Our Hour of Need
In these transformative times of interrupted realities we take a step back, not of our own free will but by force, after prior to COVID-19 having been engaged in a frantic rush forward in search for some unattainable goal while the past was left forgotten in the dust and material hype mattered more than ever. …
A Tale of Difference and Resilience in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island
Human society, locally or globally, is characterized not only by its diversity but also by interdependence which accords harmony among people even within a varied global context. For instance, in the time of COVID-19, we saw people dealing with the pandemic by extending physical, mental, and logistic support, transcending the demarcated lines of religion, nation, …
The Modulation of Cultural Priming on the Self-Bias Effects in Perceptual Matching
Recent research has discovered a bias towards the processing of self-relevant information in perceptual matching tasks. Judgments for self-associated stimuli are processed faster and more accurately than judgements for friend or stranger associated stimuli. It is also well known that priming of independent or interdependent self-construals successfully modulate self-biases in high-level tasks such as self-referential …
The Palamite Paradigm of Ecstasy and Its Impact on Eastern Christianity Model
“Is human being an ecstatic being? Is it possible for a human being to live without any kind of spiritual experience?” Even from ancient times people were searching through various methods, ways to reach some high spiritual experiences regardless their religious views or methods they used such as iatromantis, yoga as Indian way, Buddhist meditation …
Designing Mobile Application to Support Immigrants in Higher Education – A Practical User Experience Evaluation Case
In 2015, Finland received a record number of asylum seekers generating subsequently prominent challenge for social integration of immigrants. Regarding 40 % of working-age immigrants in Finland to be higher educated, and smartphones widely used among immigrants, SIMHEapp project (Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education) was initiated. Existing applications are designed primarily to speed up successful …
BioTRIZ: Subsidies for Projects in Biomimicry and Design
Biomimicry combines multiple perspectives from the biological sciences to generate creative productions through emulations of nature. In this sense, the integration of tools of such field in the design area is valuable and it would, ultimately, stimulate the transformation of the production cycles so that they can resemble the rich systems of the biosphere. Therefore, …
Voice Control Mode of Operation Used on Mobile Devices
This thesis presents a novel speech application on the Mobile Devices. Traditional speech interfaces such as Apple Siri and Google Voice Search cannot directly handle system setting on the mobile devices. Therefore, this thesis presents a friendly user interface based on a voice-controlled API. The proposed method can simplify user manipulation on the mobile device. …
Emerging Leadership Orientations in a Changing World
This paper presents findings from a quantitative research study conducted among the adult population of the United States and Asia-Pacific. The study sought to quantify how leadership is transforming so that theoretical and empirical contributions can be made towards a new genre of leadership that can yield significant benefits to organizations in their search to …
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 …
Monitoring Web Browsing Habits of User Using Web Log Analysis and Role-Based Web Accessing Control
Computer network in campus is an essential facility for education. The university network was proposed to provide student knowledge accessibility. Student in undergraduate school sometimes get involved with many study distractions, and also including using the campus network in the wrong direction. Redundant connections in campus network are always main problem with very challenging study …
An Application of the UTAUT Model for Exploring Cosmetics Product Purchase Intention of Virtual Community Members
Technology development have been rapidly grown and adapted by people. Internet users in Taiwan have been a great number and powerful growth. There are 36.4% people who use internet to search for cosmetics information. These challenges highly involved the technological innovations in cosmetics market. Due to plenty of internet users, virtual community (VC) has been …
Are We There Yet? Understandings of Home Among Compulsive Migrants
This paper closes a gap in the field of cultural studies by analysing compulsive migrants — individuals who voluntarily migrate out of desire rather than need. Employing in-depth interviews, I create a theoretical framework for compulsive migrants’ understandings of home based on their lived experiences. Academic research on migration focuses on home from a literal …
The Trauma of the Loss of Identity and Anguish of Alienation: An Appraisal of the Indian Writing in English
This paper explores alienation as a global problem in reference to Indian Writing in English. We all live in a global world today where people with different backgrounds and roots come in contact with one another feeling the difference between home and exile. These individuals are torn between two cultures and are unable to totally …
Internet Using Behavior of Teenagers
This research was qualitative based research. The objectives were to better understand Internet media consumption behaviors and search for terms that corresponded to Internet media consumption behaviors of teenagers. Respondents were both male and female university students studying in the first to fourth year. One group of nine people they were selected and volunteered to …
A German Fountain in the Ottoman Capital
The paper is going to focus on “Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain”, or the German Fountain in turkish, as an embodiment of the political landscape of the turn of the century Ottoman-German relations. It will try to understand the Fountain as a german monument in an Ottoman city, away from its origins. Kaiser Wilhelm Fountain was …
The Duality of Narrative Voice and the Possibility of Friendship in Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Everything Is Illuminated”
In Jonathan Safran Foer’s postmodern novel, Everything is Illuminated, we see a semi-autobiographical journey in search for generational memory, family secrets, and the display of self-identification through a combination of Joycian stream-of-consciousness narration, picturesque demonstration of words, and magic-realism (Ward 152). Its 2005 film adaptation has opened a new ground for various interpretations toward the …
Transfiguration of Space: Practice-Based Research in Painting and Digital Art by Kong Ho
Envisioned as a practice-based research project in painting and digital art by Kong Ho, “Transfiguration of Space” will explore the theme of spirituality as it is conveyed through meditative symbolic icons, logarithmic spirals, nautilus shells, floral patterns, natural forms and memoristic images found in my daily living environment. The Taoist-Buddhist perspective for understanding humans and …