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El orden de nacimiento se ha relacionado con diferencias conductuales y fisiológicas entre herman... more El orden de nacimiento se ha relacionado con diferencias conductuales y fisiológicas entre hermanos. Una de los fenómenos más estudiados es su relación con las diferencias en personalidad. Se ha reportado que los primogénitos tienden a ser más reflexivos, rutinarios, obedientes, organizados y perseverantes en sus metas; en contraste, en los hijos últimos predomina una personalidad más espontánea, flexible, impulsiva y desafiante. Sin embargo existen investigaciones que no respaldan estos hallazgos, señalando que los efectos reportados se deben a limitaciones metodológicas en los instrumentos utilizados (cuestionarios autoaplicables). Es necesario evaluar los rasgos de personalidad a través de pruebas menos sujetas al nivel de pretension de los individuos evaluados. En este trabajo se propone evaluar las funciones ejecutivas relacionadas con los rasgos de personalidad descritos. Evaluamos a estudiantes universitarios, 35 primogénitos y 35 hijos últimos, utilizando tareas neuropsicológicas que miden la inhibición conductual y otras funciones ejecutivas asociadas a las características de la personalidad descritas para primogénitos e hijos últimos. Los resultados muestran diferencias significativas; los primogénitos puntuan más alto en áreas como control inhibitorio, y evitación del riesgo pero no tareas de flexibilidad cognitiva ni en habilidades de planificación. Estos hallazgos confirman la presencia de algunos rasgos de personalidad descritos en la literatura del orden de nacimeinto. Sin embargo se recomienda que estudios futuros incluyan otras mediciones neuropsicológicas y psicofisiológicas.
Sporting functional areas in industry require a multidimensional perspective. Developments and te... more Sporting functional areas in industry require a multidimensional perspective. Developments and technological breakthroughs in today's world's sports organizations have made it imperative to take asymmetric variables into account, along with symmetrical ones. Because the form opponent and struggle will take will mean the absolute defeat of one-dimensional system of thinking. The goal of this research is to identify the role and functions of leaders in the frame of the level of the reach of the sports industry in the world. This research has been examined in accordance with qualitative research methods, phenomenological design and the descriptive approach. Sports management within the sport industry will need leaders who can make the right decisions through an effective judgment process, which requires multidimensional thinking, uncertainty and rapid reaction in unexpected situations. The leadership qualities and reasoning techniques and methods that have to be possessed in order to find solutions to institutional problems have increased in terms of significance by using the reasoning ability of the leading personnel who take roles in all the functional areas and all levels of sports organizations.
Teachers have important influence on learners’ academic achievement. However, Chepkorio division ... more Teachers have important influence on learners’ academic achievement. However, Chepkorio division in Elgeyo Marakwet County has witnessed average results in academic performance in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination. The study target population comprised of 521 teachers and 47 headteachers from Chepkorio Division. A sample size of 42 headteachers and 226 teachers were selected. The data was analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively using both descriptive and inferential statistics. It was found out that teachers utilised learner-centred approaches more as compared to teacher-centred ones; print media: textbooks and references books were commonly used as opposed to audio and video media in classrooms. The study recommends that; in-service training should be provided to teachers and head teachers should supervise teachers’ utilisation of various instructional resources in classrooms.
The use of Instant Messaging (IM) applications on the mobile phones of the youth has become inext... more The use of Instant Messaging (IM) applications on the mobile phones of the youth has become inextricably attached to their everyday lives. Students on university campuses cannot leave their mobile phones behind for a minute because of the importance they attach to the use of IM applications. This paper investigated how the use of abbreviations in IM affects the writing of Standard English language of learners of English as a second language. A sample of 150 students in their 3rd and 4th years at Kenyatta University was used. The study also interviewed a lecturer on the problem. While students indicated that the IM usage does not do any harm to their formal English writing, a faculty member disagreed. It was recommended that awareness should be created through seminars and lectures to bring the issue to the fore for students. This would help students to be cautious of the use of IM.
This study investigated the effectiveness of Experiential Teaching Strategy (ETS) on students' ac... more This study investigated the effectiveness of Experiential Teaching Strategy (ETS) on students' achievement and scoring levels in senior secondary school physics. The study adopted the pretest, posttest, non-randomized control group quasi-experimental design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select two schools used for the study. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. Also, two null hypothesis were formulated and tested for acceptance or rejection at 0.05 significance level. The sample used for the study was ninety five (95) senior secondary two (SS2) physics students randomly selected from the two schools in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The study made use of Physics Achievement Test (PAT) with internal consistency of 0.82 using Kuder Richardson Formular 21. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Finding of the study showed that Experiential Teaching Strategy (ETS) had significant effect on physics student’s achievement (t-cal = 3.572, p = 0.000) and scoring level (F(2, 38) = 16.025 at p = 0.000) in the concepts of Optics in physics. The findings also showed that the high scorers benefitted most from the treatment followed by the average and low scoring students. The study concluded that teachers should be encouraged to adopt the use of Experiential Teaching Strategy in teaching the concept of Optics in physics in order to improve student’s achievement in the subject.
The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of teaching the unite “Granular Structure of... more The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of teaching the unite “Granular Structure of Substances” using a four-stage life-based teaching model on students’ academic achievement and the retention of learning. The study employed a pretest-posttest randomized control group design. It surveyed a total of 52 6th-grade students attending a selected middle school. 24 students were included in the experimental group and 28 in the control group. The study used an “Achievement Test on the Granular Structure of Substances” consisting of 31 items as a data collection tool to measure the achievements of the main acquisitions and concepts covered in the unite “Granular Structure of Substances”. Independent samples t-test and dependent samples t-test were used in in the data analysis. The research results indicated that teaching activities prepared using the four-stage life-based learning model concerning the determined subject were influential on students’ academic achievement and the retention of learning. In addition, the four-stage life-based teaching model was found to be more successful in enhancing academic achievement and the retention of learning compared to the traditional approach to teaching.
After the 1990’s, the changes in the football world had helped to develop and to grow the economy... more After the 1990’s, the changes in the football world had helped to develop and to grow the economy of football rapidly. The development of digital broadcasting led to build a bigger commercial structure. With the effect of those changes, commercial incomes, sponsor revenues, stadium and facilities incomes, and betting incomes have increased over time. This rapid change also brings several problems. UEFA has published UEFA criteria in order to protect football’s sustainability and viability in a long term. Depending on license criteria that is published by UEFA, it has used a road map for football clubs, regarding of corporate structure of UEFA to work, that identified the general rules like in a company structure and management that should be all the necessary factors of production in a systematic and effective way in order to transform football clubs to a corporate organization and make them sustainable. With this out of the common guide explains readers how to run a club in today’s demanding, high competitive and high-tech environment and, establish its brand, and bring in the revenue required to ensure long-term success. Those who manage and lead clubs will find that they can improve a successful business plan of their club mission and have the instruments to develop and sustain organizations that are feasible and financially wealthy and that satisfy the needs of footballer and those who support them.
El deterioro, la destrucción, la desaparición de los elementos naturales traen consigo numerosos ... more El deterioro, la destrucción, la desaparición de los elementos naturales traen consigo numerosos problemas, en este sentido, la educación, bajo el objetivo esencial del desarrollo integral, juega un papel fundamental por la determinación que tienen los valores relacionados con el respeto al medio ambiente, cuyo origen se deriva del modelo de interacción y percepción del entorno inmediato. La preocupación por la Educación Ambiental llega a la escuela, como no podía ser de otro modo, como una de las fuentes de valores más importantes con la que poder trabajar en las aulas. El respeto, el cuidado, la valoración, la protección, el interés, por todo aquello que nos rodea, resulta fundamental para la formación y desarrollo integral de los alumnos. La Educación Ambiental toma un cariz especial en el entorno educativo, dada la situación actual de deterioro progresivo del medioambiente, propiciando y favoreciendo el desarrollo de competencias básicas relacionadas con la participación activa y el desarrollo de valores en el alumnado. En España la Educación Ambiental vino de la mano de los Ejes Transversales, de lo que se denominó Educación para…(Perrenoud, 2012), con la Ley de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo Español (LOGSE, 1990) se trató de impulsar prácticas educativas que abordaran los problemas ambientales de manera interdisciplinar estimulando, con ello, la educación en valores en el alumnado. Aunque se trata de un planteamiento francamente abierto, este trabajo tiene como objetivo justificar la importancia del tratamiento de la Educación Ambiental, como valor educativo, dentro de la formación en valores.
The depletion, destruction and disappearance of natural elements entail numerous problems. In this sense, education, which has the essential aim of holistic development, plays a fundamental role due to the purpose that the values related to respect for the environment, and whose origin is derived from the interaction and perception of the immediate environment model. As was to be expected, the concern for Environmental Education reaches schools as one of the most important sources of moral values with which to work with in the classroom. The respect, the care, the value, the protection, the interest shown towards everything around us, is fundamental for the education and holistic development of students. Environmental Education takes a special turn in an educational setting, given the fact that the situation nowadays is of progressive deterioration of the environment, favours the development of the key competencies related to an active participation and of values in students. In Spain, Environmental Education came hand in hand with cross-cutting themes and was defined as Education for... (Perrenoud, 2012), in the education law called Ley de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo Español (LOGSE, 1990), which tried to bolster educational practices so as to tackle environmental problems in an interdisciplinary manner, and thus education in values, with students. Even though it is a frankly open approach, the aim of this paper is to justify the importance of teaching Environmental Education as a moral value, within the formation of values in general.
En este artículo se presenta una propuesta de innovación en el área de la intervención tutorial y... more En este artículo se presenta una propuesta de innovación en el área de la intervención tutorial y de la orientación educativa en Radio ECCA . Para poder realizar la propuesta de innovación previamente se inició un proceso de análisis dentro de un modelo de proceso y de trabajo colaborativo entre un grupo de profesores-tutores de bachillerato y su alumnado junto a un asesor de la Universidad de La Laguna. A través de esta revisión se pudo extraer una priorización de necesidades a atender para mejorar el sistema de tutorías y de orientación educativa del centro, proponiendo para ello el diseño de unos talleres que conformaron la experiencia preliminar a partir de la cual se propuso un programa de innovación basado en la investigación-acción en torno a la mejora de la acción tutorial en Radio ECCA.
This article presents a proposal for innovation in the area of tutorial intervention and educational guidance in Radio ECCA. In order to carry out the innovation proposal previously, a process of analysis was initiated within a process model and collaborative work between a group of teachers-tutors of the baccalaureate and their students together with an advisor from the University of La Laguna. Through this review, it was possible to extract a prioritization of needs to be addressed to improve the system of tutoring and educational orientation of the center, proposing for it the design of some workshops that formed the preliminary experience from which a program of innovation based on action research around the improvement of the tutorial action in Radio ECCA.
Research has proven beyond doubt that music activities are an invaluable resource in the learning... more Research has proven beyond doubt that music activities are an invaluable resource in the learning process, especially for young children. However, how these music activities are used in the learning process is not known. The current study set out to document the various ways preschool teachers use music activities in the course of instruction. It was anchored on the theory of Multiple Intelligences by Gardner. The researcher randomly selected one preschool teacher from each of the twelve sub-counties in Kiambu County, Kenya. This made a total of 12 respondents. A researcher constructed observation guide was used to record how preschool teachers used music activities in real preschool classroom situations as they taught. The respondents were later interviewed. This article documents the findings, which revealed very innovative ways of integrating music activities in the course of instruction. It is recommended that teachers reflect and explore the best ways and times to use music activities in the learning process for maximum effect. Music may also be used at other levels of education to improve the learning environment.
The study aimed at assessing how teachers’ mastery of practical Geography skills influenced A-lev... more The study aimed at assessing how teachers’ mastery of practical Geography skills influenced A-level students’ acquisition of these skills. The sample comprised 744 respondents including 60 teachers and 672 students. Data was analyzed using one–way ANOVA and the t-Test using SSPS data analysis package (16.0 version). Qualitative data was analyzed using descriptions in themes deciphered in the course of the study. Majority of the teachers and students lacked requisite skills to in practical geography. There was a significant relationship between teachers’ mastery of skills and students’ acquisition of these skills. Both teachers and students found difficulties in interpreting photographs and map, and in using field and statistical data. It was concluded that many teachers and students lack sufficient skills in A-level practical geography. There is need to strengthen preservice and in-service teacher training focusing on teaching strategies, mastery of the skills in practical Geography and field work activities.
INVESTIGATION OF HOW TO MOTIVATE LIBYAN
EFL STUDENTS TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR
LEARNING PROCESS BY USING COMPETITIONS
Traditional learning allows students to study and memorize ineffectively in order to pass the tes... more Traditional learning allows students to study and memorize ineffectively in order to pass the tests. On the other hand, learning, in its real and new context, encourages students to apply information and improve their critical and imaginative thinking, mental creativity, and other different life skills. This study investigates the advantages and the effect of using competitions in EFL context. The participants of this study are 60 sophomores and juniors who were divided into four competing groups. The competition includes three tasks. In order to collect the data, the researchers have observed the students’ performances and attitudes during and after the time of the given task. Furthermore, an open-ended questionnaire was used to investigate students’ thoughts and opinion of the participation in the competition. The results showed that students' participation in the competition enhanced their motivation and awareness of their language use, critical thinking and creative abilities. In conclusion, although this was a small-scale study, the students' participation in the competition shows that the new teaching ideas can be implemented successfully despite of the limited resources and the time pressure as the competition was set at the end of the academic year.
In recent years, learning objects have been playing a crucial role in the teaching process. Howev... more In recent years, learning objects have been playing a crucial role in the teaching process. However, research focused on the analysis of science learning objects is particularly limited. The present study aims to analyze the science learning objects of the Greek Digital Learning Object Repository that are intended for primary school from a learning activities perspective. A total of 178 learning objects were analyzed. The analysis of learning objects from the perspective of the learning activities (cognitive and metacognitive) they activate in the students was carried out in line with the analysis framework of Overman, Vermunt, Meijer, Bulte and Brekelmans (2013). The analysis of learning objects showed that they are dominated by low level cognitive learning activities, while the learning objects that activate high level cognitive learning activities are limited. Finally, no learning objects activating metacognitive learning activities in the students were detected.
In this study, I would like to write the review of the book, entitled ‘Motivational Currents in L... more In this study, I would like to write the review of the book, entitled ‘Motivational Currents in Language Learning- Frameworks for Focused Interventions’. It was written by Zoltán Dörnyei, Alastair Henry and Henry Muir. Zoltán Dörnyei is a professor of Psycholinguistics at the School of English at the University of Nottingham in the UK. Alastair Henry is an associate professor in language education at University West in Sweden. Christine Muir is a postgraduate teaching fellow at the School of English at the University of Nottingham in the UK. This book was first published in 2016 by Routledge. The right of Zoltán Dörnyei, Alastair Henry and Christine Henry to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988.
In this study, I would like to write the review of the book, entitled ‘The Autonomy Approach’. Th... more In this study, I would like to write the review of the book, entitled ‘The Autonomy Approach’. The authors of this book are Brian Morrison and Diego Navarro. It was published by the Delta Publishing in England in 2014. The International Standard Book Number of this book is 978-1-909783-05-8. It was edited by Mike Burghall and designed by Christine Cox. It was printed in Greece by Bakis Aebe. The introduction part of this book starts on page 3 and the title of that page is From the Authors.
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European Journal of Education Studies by Open Access Publishing Group
The depletion, destruction and disappearance of natural elements entail numerous problems. In this sense, education, which has the essential aim of holistic development, plays a fundamental role due to the purpose that the values related to respect for the environment, and whose origin is derived from the interaction and perception of the immediate environment model. As was to be expected, the concern for Environmental Education reaches schools as one of the most important sources of moral values with which to work with in the classroom. The respect, the care, the value, the protection, the interest shown towards everything around us, is fundamental for the education and holistic development of students. Environmental Education takes a special turn in an educational setting, given the fact that the situation nowadays is of progressive deterioration of the environment, favours the development of the key competencies related to an active participation and of values in students. In Spain, Environmental Education came hand in hand with cross-cutting themes and was defined as Education for... (Perrenoud, 2012), in the education law called Ley de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo Español (LOGSE, 1990), which tried to bolster educational practices so as to tackle environmental problems in an interdisciplinary manner, and thus education in values, with students. Even though it is a frankly open approach, the aim of this paper is to justify the importance of teaching Environmental Education as a moral value, within the formation of values in general.
This article presents a proposal for innovation in the area of tutorial intervention and educational guidance in Radio ECCA. In order to carry out the innovation proposal previously, a process of analysis was initiated within a process model and collaborative work between a group of teachers-tutors of the baccalaureate and their students together with an advisor from the University of La Laguna. Through this review, it was possible to extract a prioritization of needs to be addressed to improve the system of tutoring and educational orientation of the center, proposing for it the design of some workshops that formed the preliminary experience from which a program of innovation based on action research around the improvement of the tutorial action in Radio ECCA.