The aim of this study is to evaluate the new Turkish education program that has been being implemented since 2005 gradually in light of teacher suggestions. The study has been done in scanning model. In this study which has been conducted with the purpose of evaluating the newly prepared Turkish education programs, the program has been tried to be evaluated in light of Turkish teachers' opinion…
Early years and primary teachers have a unique opportunity to apply their strong teaching practices, classroom management and understanding of childhood literacy development to teaching a language. They could provide the 'dream scenario' of introducing a subsequent language in a purposeful, social and communicative environment with only a simple level of language acquisition and cultural unders…
The research aims to establish academic attitudes and trends towards what the research calls (Infographic media), and to pay greater attention to employ academic studies in Arab media practices, and in a focus towards media and data journalism, as it aims to define the history and future of integrative and associative relations between scientific Infographics and mass communication sciences lay…
Information and communications technology (ICT) is widely utilized in the accounting profession and has transformed the accounting functions in business and the role of accountants. Acknowledging the significance of ICT skills in accounting education, many employers and professional associations are calling for integration of accounting curricula with ICT. Therefore, it is vital for potential a…
Different aspects of diversity have been explored in order to assess whether preservice teachers are being prepared to meet the needs of their diverse student population. Diversity continues to be examined in a fragmented way by looking at issues separately. It seems necessary that prior to assessing preservice teachers' competence in diversity, teacher education programs be examined in their t…
This article considers the literacies of Health and Physical Education in the context of Australian education. It argues that much more than traditional literacy is involved and that emerging literacy theories offer ways of considering a broader range of literacies, including multiliteracies and body-as-text, and their place in the curriculum.
This chapter offers practicing educators' experiences and perspectives of equity in education. The authors explore personal issues within the current realm of education (preschool through graduate levels) in an attempt to offer insight into some of the inequities we experience today in the classroom and beyond. By engaging in this conversation, the authors attempt to learn from prior experience…
In addition to the existing two-semester system, the option of a credit system was for the first time offered to the students of the secondary (high school) education program in Kuwait in 1978. Earlier attempts which aimed at the quantification of the academic effectiveness of the two programs of secondary education have shown contradictory and inconclusive results. This paper reports the findi…
Purpose: This study explored how often sound-field amplification and personal frequency-modulated (FM) systems are used in preschool classrooms, teacher perceptions of advantages and disadvantages of using hearing assistive technology, and teacher recommendations for hearing assistive technology use. Method: The study used a cross-sectional survey design. Participants were professionals who …
Although HBCUs predate the Civil War, Lincoln University in Missouri offered the first journalism major in the 1940s. The number of schools offering majors in journalism and mass communication proliferated after the enactment of the major civil rights legislation in the mid 1960s. Despite low starting salaries for majors, at least 40--approximately 40 percent--HBCUs belong to the Black College …