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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of an Educational Scenario Exercise on Participants' Competencies of Systemic ThinkingSimon BurandtProblem statement: Education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to shape key competencies of individuals and therefore needs methods to enable learners to acquire these competencies. Systemic thinking can be regarded as a meta-competency in ESD, because it contains many important aspects found in most key competencies of ESD. Scenario analysis is described as a learning environment that fosters the acquisition … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 8,738 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractGreen Chemistry: Educating Prospective Science Teachers in Education for Sustainable Development at School of Educational Studies, USMMageswary Karpudewan, Zurida Hj Ismail, Norita MohamedProblem statement: Agenda 21 of Chapter 36 spelled out the role of education in imparting knowledge that could develop behavioral change that leads to sustainable lifestyle. In line with this, University Sains Malaysia has embarked on various projects and activities in educating and preparing the campus community towards tomorrow’s sustainability. One of the strategies taken to address ESD is through … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 18 Dec 2010 · 9,394 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPrevalence of Obesity, Overweight and Underweight among Elementary School Children in Southern Iran, 2009Elham Ahmadi, Ali Rikhtegaran Tehrani, Akbar AhmadiProblem statement: In recent years obesity has become epidemic in children and adolescents and was one of the main problems in developed and developing countries. Considering the importance of obesity complications for the health state of society and its increasing rate, careful evaluation, monitoring and follow up of obesity in children and adolescents was of a great importance. The aim … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 11 · 8 Nov 2010 · 7,769 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMany Sources, One Theme: Analysis of Cyberbullying Prevention and Intervention WebsitesRebecca AhlforsProblem statement: Cyberbullying represents the expansion of traditional bullying into the electronic realm. As the problem of cyberbullying typically occurs via the Internet, many cyberbullying prevention and intervention resources have been made available online. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine general characteristics of cyberbullying prevention and intervention websites. This study was conducted as a preliminary survey of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 23 Oct 2010 · 12,798 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA System for E-Learning Processes ManagementHassan Mohammed M. ElmetwalyProblem statement: This research deled with difficulties and challenges facing students in their seek to reach specialized courses and curriculums. Approach: It also deled with methodology of facing such challenges and difficulties and hence facilitating process of allowing such data and information to all beneficiaries, either they are student, trainees or educational organization all over the world. Results: E-learning system … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2010 · 6,920 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractLearning Outcomes of Project-Based and Inquiry-Based Learning ActivitiesMookdaporn Panasan, Prasart NuangchalermProblem statement: Organization of science learning activities is appnecessary to rely on various methods of organization of learning and to be appropriate to learners. Organization of project-based learning activities and inquiry-based learning activities are teaching methods which can help students understand scientific knowledge. It would be more efficient. This study aimed to compare learning achievement, science process skills and analytical … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2010 · 10,456 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Comparative Study of Iranian Consumers' Versus Extension Experts' Attitudes towards Agricultural Organic Products (AOP)Morteza Akbari, Ali AsadiThe main purpose of this study was to asses the attitudes of consumers and extension experts towards Agricultural Organic Products (AOP) in Iran. The statistical population included all of the consumers and extension experts (1000). A sample of 416 consumers and 289 extension experts were selected by the use of proportional random sampling methods. Questionnaires were used to collect data. … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 7,850 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Creative, Educational Drama Activities on Developing Oral Skills in Primary School ChildrenAbdulhak Halim Ula&#351A research study was carried out to determine whether native language teaching courses that utilize creative drama activities are more efficient in developing oral communication skills in primary school students than the traditionally applied native language teaching courses. In the present research, the elements of oral communication skills of primary school students were investigated in terms of pronunciation and interpretation … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2008 · 9,349 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractE-Learning System Development using an Open-Source Customization ApproachH. Mohammadi, S. A. Monadjemi, P. Moallem, A. A. OlounabadiEducational organizations have different methods of deploying E-learning systems, of which is using and developing open-source e-learning systems. One should consider some criteria when choosing a suitable system includes: documentation, usage rate, structure, standards support and educational strategy. In this work an e-learning software system has been elected and five phases of modification has been done to domesticate it, which … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 5 · 31 May 2008 · 6,739 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTowards a Theory and View of Teaching Compressed and Abbreviated Research Methodology and Statistics CoursesJames Carifio, Lisa EriksonOne of the highly questionable effects of educational reform and other curriculum reshaping factors at both the high school, post-secondary and graduate levels has been the shift to teaching compressed, pared-down or abbreviated courses in still needed or required subject-matter that became de-emphasized in the current educational reformation. Research methodology, particularly the highly quantitative and experimental kind and statistics, are … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2007 · 7,760 accessesView PDFCite