This study examined 24 elementary teacher education students' thoughts, feelings, and attitudes about university team teaching. More specifically, overall perceptions of course team teaching approaches, and their understanding of the course concepts, environments, and evaluations were investigated over the Spring Quarter, 2001. The data were collected using open-ended questions and were analyze…
The study aimed to determine the management philosophies of primary school principals. Stratification method of sampling was used in the study. The study sample consisted of 33 school principals and 132 teachers serving at primary education schools in Isparta in the academic year 2008-2009. The "Manager Philosophy Scale" developed by Tanriogen and Cermik (2002) was used in order to survey the v…
Higher education institutions are increasingly adopting leaning management systems (LMS) as a complementary tool in improving learning systems. The purpose of this study is explore the factors influencing students' satisfaction in Palestine Technical University-Khadoury (PTUK) in Palestine toward using the learning management system (Moodle). Six potential factors were used including perceived …
The devolution of decision-making powers from central level to the school level is currently an international trend in education reform. Together with certain structural reforms regarding shared decision-making, the South African government has also initiated programmes of curriculum reform and a general drive to improve the culture of teaching and learning in schools. This article describes th…
A telephone survey was conducted of Kuwaiti citizens' preferences for two types of national news programmes. Of the 490 Kuwaiti respondents, about 82% viewed the Al-Jazeera satellite channel (JSC), a liberal television model that provides news and political programming, while 98% watched the news and political programmes on Kuwaiti Television (KTV), a government television model. Two factor ana…
The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics of localism in Jordan daily press through analyzing the contents of four national daily newspapers. In so doing, the essay tried to find out how daily press is immersed in local affairs and the features of the press treatment of local affairs in order to find out the editorial policies adopted by press toward local affairs. This study sho…
Guided by framing theory, a quantitative content analysis was conducted on news programming from five transnational satellite news channels that broadcast to/from the Arab world—Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, Alhurra, and BBC Arabic. The project examined if differences exist between the networks, and between two dimensions of a network taxonomy—western and liberal commercialâ…
Since independence, Nigeria has been searching diligently for a viable educational system capable of enhancing the socio-economic and political values inherent in the country. This paper discusses concepts such as management, qualitative education and Universal Basic Education. In addition to the above, the paper also examines the National objectives of universal basic education, the envisaged …
Many educational institutions have reconceptualized their relationships with students to conform with principles of total quality management (TQM). One facet of this orientation has been to portray students as customers and treat them accordingly. The metaphor of students as customers does place students at the center of the educational process, where they belong. This advantage, however, is ou…
Background There is a shortage of health care professionals competent in diabetes management worldwide. Digital education is increasingly used in educating health professionals on diabetes. Digital diabetes self-management education for patients has been shown to improve patients’ knowledge and outcomes. However, the effectiveness of digital education on diabetes management for health care…