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Empowering refugee children with the use of Persona Doll

This study focuses on Arabic-speaking children with a refugee or/and migrant background and its purpose is to explore if and how the Persona Doll method can influence this target group in terms of their attitudes and learning. The present study is a qualitative research in the form of action research. On the basis of data collection through participant observation, interviews and identity texts, a Persona Doll was designed that mirrored specific characteristics of the participant children and shared stories that reflected their personal experiences. The designed sessions with the Persona Doll were based on Brown’s methodology and were implemented in a non-formal education setting. In this paper, a detailed description is provided and after content analysis, the major findings are presented. Specifically, it was demonstrated that the Persona Doll generated positive attitudes, contributed to language education and empowered bicultural identity.

Evaluation of Online Language Exchange Platforms: The Example of “Free4Talk”

This study aims to evaluate online language exchange platforms and its main focus is on the website named “www.free4talk.com” as an example. The theoretical framework is based on self-directed learning, e-tandem language learning, community of inquiry and expressive language competency. Interviews with the founder, administrator and some of the users of the website are conducted and a 5-point Likert type assessment tool with 26 items and 7 dimensions is created with the help of a literature review at the same time. The findings are obtained through analysing the data collected by applying the instrument to 413 people on the website. The research reveals that this platform presents a free environment with a certain amount of safety and it contributes greatly to foreign language development of learners in terms of providing an opportunity for language practice, an undeniable improvement in expressive language competency and a social atmosphere that offers a source of motivation for language learning for both people who finished their formal foreign language training and for students who are still studying at schools.

MATHEMATICS TEACHER CANDIDATES NOTICE HOW

The aim of this research is to examine how mathematics teacher candidates' expressions about what they noticed in videos changed with video-clubs. The study group consisted of 5 teacher candidates studying in the 4th grade of Mathematics Education Department. The data of the study, which used focus group interviews that one of the qualitative research methods, consisted of students' notes while watching the videos and focus group interview video recordings. For the analysis of the data, content analysis that is one of the qualitative data analysis methods was used. Changes in the ways in which teacher candidates expressed the situations they noticed during the meetings were examined separately. It has been determined that teacher candidates’ expressions change according to the teacher they see in the video. If the teacher candidates like the teacher on video, they will use a more affirmative language, if they do not like the teacher in the next video, they will suddenly become critical and judgmental. Article visualizations:

A Study on the Hotel Restaurant Outsourcing: A Qualitative Study Based on a In Depth Interview

A Study on the Hotel Restaurant Outsourcing: A Qualitative Study Based on a In Depth Interview

Improving Students Learning Outcomes in English Through Cooperative Learning Stad

Giving students a various method when teaching is one of the effort to achieve the goal of learning, especially in English. English is one of the subject that has very important role and also one of the national exam subject. In fact English is one of the lesson that the students do not like very much which could effect their learning outcomes. According to interviews with previous teachers learning outcomes of eleventh grade has under the KKM, it because less active of the students when learning and less creative of the teacher when teaching. Therefore, researcher need to conduct a research to improve the student’s learning outcomes. The research aimed to find out how can cooperative learning Student Teams Achievements Divisions improve students learning outcomes of Eleventh Grade Students at SMK Teluk Kepayang This study is a classroom action research using the research model of Kemmis and Taggart. This study was conducted in SMK Teluk Kepayang and the subject of this research were 27 students in eleventh grade in one cycle. The research procedure consist of planning, action, observation, and reflection. Data collection techniques used (1) observation to collect data on student activity (2) tests to assessed student achievement in the end of the study (3) a questionnaire to obtained data about the implementation of students opinion cooperative learning Students Team Achievements Division. The data obtained during the research consisted of qualitative data and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained from observations and interviews, while the quantitative data were gained from tests. The qualitative data were analyzed by condensing data, displaying data, and drawing conclussion. The mean scores of the tests were gained as the result of the quantitative data analysis.. The results showed that: first, students activities in the classroom was increased in every meeting. In meeting 1 53.33%, meeting 2 increased to 59.52%, meeting 3 decreased into 53.57, meeting 4 increased 62.5%, meeting 5 increased 70.63& and the last meeting 75%. Second, the learning outcomes of the students also increased with average from 68.81 to 82.22. So it means that The components of STAD contributed to students learning outcomes and students’ participation in the classroom in small group.

Prototype Design and Development of Online Recruitment System Based on Social Media and Video Interview Analysis

Prototype Design and Development of Online Recruitment System Based on Social Media and Video Interview Analysis

Speak for Yourself: Africa in Dialogue and the Activism of Interviewing; https://africaindialogue.com/

Speak for Yourself: Africa in Dialogue and the Activism of Interviewing; https://africaindialogue.com/

IWRA 50th anniversary interview

1. When did you first became a member of IWRA?In 1979. Subsequently, I was named a Fellow member. 2. What responsibilities have you had with IWRA over the years?Chairman of the IWRA Korea Geographi...

IWRA 50th anniversary interview

1. When did you first become a member of IWRA?1987 Member of IWRA, the year after I moved to Canada.2000 Fellow of IWRA. 2. What responsibilities have you had with IWRA over the years?Chairman of t...

The impossible interviews-Sherlock Holmes interviews David Sackett: 'how much can we trust the guidelines?'

The impossible interviews-Sherlock Holmes interviews David Sackett: 'how much can we trust the guidelines?'

Complejidades y contradicciones de la política migratoria hacia la migración venezolana en el Perú

Section:ChooseTop of pageAbstract <<Introducción1.La nueva ley migratoria...2.La regularización como ...3.La política de asilo pe...ConclusionesReferencias

What do We Really Need to Make A Film?: An Interview with Professor Jeremi Szaniawski

What do We Really Need to Make A Film?: An Interview with Professor Jeremi Szaniawski

An Interview with Jill Pipher

An Interview with Jill Pipher

Mutual Relationship of foreign language learning and cultural Identity: A Critical Overview

The present qualitative study explores the relationship between English language learning and identity reform from the view of Iranian language learners. The data are collected by interviews with twenty male advanced learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The researcher believes that learning English have a profound impact on how they perceive their identity. Motivation and English as an international language have vital role in viewing and reconstructing identity. These days identity change is more common as people are experiencing globalization. That is why sociocultural matters have vital role in recognize shift and reconstruction.

Interview With Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN

Interview With Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN

Escalas para medir las fases de autorregulación del aprendizaje en estudiantes de secundaria

espanolEl objetivo de esta investigacion fue disenar y estimar las propiedades psicometricas de escalas que miden las tres fases del proceso de autorregulacion del aprendizaje. El diseno fue instrumental y participaron 438 estudiantes de educacion secundaria de Ecuador. Las escalas se disenaron a partir de la revision de la literatura, validadas por jueces expertos y entrevistas cognitivas. A demas, se realizaron analisis factoriales exploratorios, confirmatorios y de confiablidad. Los resultados indicaron adecuados indices de validez y confiabilidad; quedo conformada por 53items representados en 5 escalas: 1) Estrategias de disposicion al estudio, 2) autoeficacia para la disposicion al estudio, 3) estrategias cognitivas, metacognitivas, y busqueda de ayuda, 4) atribuciones causales, y 5) autoevaluacion. Se concluye que las escalas son utiles para medir el proceso de aprendizaje autorregulado completo o procesos especificos, tanto para investigadores que disenan intervenciones como para los profesores que buscan promoverla. EnglishThe objective of this research study was to design and estimate the psychometric properties of scales that measure the three phases of the self-regulated learning process. The design was instrumentaland438 secondary education students from Ecuador participated. The scales were designed based on a literature review and were validated by expert judges and by performing cognitive interviews. In addition, exploratory, confirmatory, and reliability factor tests were performed. The results showed adequate validity and reliability indices. There were 53 items represented in five scales: 1) strategies for disposition to study, 2) self-efficacy for disposition to study, 3) cognitive and metacognitive strategies and seeking help, 4) causal attributions, and 5) self-assessment. It is concluded that the scales designed here are useful for measuring the entire or specific part of the self-regulated learning process by researchers who design interventions and by teachers who seek to promote it.

“The Passion That We Don’t Understand”: An Interview with Lisa Gerrard

“The Passion That We Don’t Understand”: An Interview with Lisa Gerrard

The effect of school-family collaboration and parents behavior on students ethical behavior

The aim of this study is to provide opinions on the evaluation of parents' attitudes and behaviors in developing cooperation in ethical education. Although the research is a qualitative study, the study group consists of 10 participants, 5 principals and 5 teachers. A semi-structured interview form was prepared and interview technique was used to collect data. The data were analyzed using the content analysis technique. According to the results of the research, to increase children's awareness of ethical principles and moral virtues, to support each other between family and school so that children can become good people, to transform the understanding of school-family cooperation to contribute to moral education, to the moral maturation of children in order to cooperate with the child and school, effective and new ways should be developed and various and different measures should be taken to carry out these actions. To be positive, desirable and morally mature for children, the school and family must be able to collaborate with the child and find effective and new ways to do this. In the field of moral education, it is essential to provide the measures that families and all collaborators should take, by revealing the need and understanding of cooperation. It is necessary to provide follow-up and support that can ensure very carefully school-family-child cooperation for maximum implementation. Key words: School-family cooperation, moral education, ethics, opinions.

Self-awareness and the quest for belonging in Russian life stories in Latvia

In the 20th century, Latvia has experienced the proclamation of the state, then the loss of independence and the restoration of independence. At such a difficult time in history, the country has changed in terms of demography, ethnicity and linguistic culture. The article features interviews from the National Oral History Project “Ethnic and Narrative Diversity in Life Story Constructions in Latvia” to summarize the self-understanding of the Russian-speaking minority. National identity research has acknowledged that the concept of 'identity' has become too vague, so the analysis of life stories focuses on people's self-understanding of who they feel they belong to while living in Latvia. This is the specificity of the interviews to get the process of self-reflection, how people encounter the history of their family, gain a framework for self-understanding. Respondents talk about the experiences and attitudes of previous generations towards the imprints of history in a totalitarian system on human destinies, up to emotional self-reflection as a healing of injuries. The Russian-speaking minority in Latvia is heterogeneous, with different political experiences and, consequently, attitudes towards the independent state of Latvia. Life story research is a method of initiating a dialogue between two linguistic groups. Listening to and understanding diversity is one way to reduce tensions and avoid ethnic conflicts. The life stories analyzed in the article revealed the so-called ‘Zones of silence’, the defaults of family stories, which only in a democratic society allow them to be told in public. Key words: Life story, cultural memory, self-awareness, belonging to.

Representational system and excessive alcohol consumption by seniors Agni-Sanwi (IvoryCoast)

This study highlights the impact of alcohol on the health of the elderly in Agni-Sanwi society in Cote d'Ivoire. In relation to their representations of Gin and Rum, the elderly consume them excessively during various cultural practices. The study therefore aims to understand the social representations of these strong liqueurs in that society. In a qualitative approach, interviews and group discussions were conducted from January 17 to February 28 2019, with 28 people within the age range of 60 and above, who make up the chiefdom and Elders of this social environment. The thematic analysis of the content of the speeches given by them reveals that Gin symbolizes the vertical relationship with the ancestors and Rum symbolizes joy and restores the horizontal relationship between the brothers of the community. These two liqueurs are therefore positively represented there. However, their excessive consumption by the elderly induces various diseases which, in a context of therapeutic trial and error, condition them to pathological aging. Key words: Representational system, alcohol, elderly people, pathological aging, Cote d'ivoire.