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Strategies for Compiling a Teaching Material for Under-College Students
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
Pages:
1-3
Received:
6 November 2013
Published:
20 December 2013
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjedu.20140201.11
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Abstract: MEEP (Marine Education Enhancement Project) is a four-year pioneering project (2008 to 2012) supported by Ministry of Education of Taiwan for the sake of spreading and deepening the ocean-related knowledge to the public as well as students at all universities and schools. MEEP covers several sub-projects which include the academic courses for college students either with or without marine background, the career training for students interested in ocean-related industries and shipbuilding, and the teaching material editing for students from 6 to 18 years old. Among these sub-projects, the last one may be the most important because in Taiwan professional books containing ocean knowledge for younger students are quite few in the past. To this end, the author completed teaching materials entitled as “Ocean science, technology and history” suitable for students at pre-college schools in 2010. Different from textbook used in universities and colleges, it requires more delicate strategies and vivid descriptions which are usually beyond a professor’s academic ability. Experiences including how a successful editing team was established and how the structure of chapters was chosen are well discussed in this paper.
Abstract: MEEP (Marine Education Enhancement Project) is a four-year pioneering project (2008 to 2012) supported by Ministry of Education of Taiwan for the sake of spreading and deepening the ocean-related knowledge to the public as well as students at all universities and schools. MEEP covers several sub-projects which include the academic courses for colle...
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Students’ Perspectives of the Food and Nutrition Program at the University of Cape Coast Home Economics Department and Its Implication on Curriculum Change
Naomi Kuokor Neequaye,
Sarah Darkwa,
Manasseh Edison Komla Amu
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
Pages:
4-11
Received:
31 December 2013
Published:
20 January 2014
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjedu.20140201.12
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Abstract: Curriculum evaluation provides insightful information that helps make decisions to maintain, modify or stop a program. Evaluating students’ perspectives of an existing program is an important technique used in assessing its relevance to the global economy. The study evaluated students’ perspectives of the food and nutrition program at the University of Cape Coast and its implications on curriculum change. Out of a total of 336 students, 129 made up of 62 first and 67 final year students were purposively selected for the study. Two sets of questionnaires were developed and self administered to students. In all, 116 questionnaires (62 final year students; 54 first year students) were retrieved giving a response rate of 90%. Results showed that 52% of the students were well informed about the program through the university admission brochure prior to enrollment. Students reported several overlaps in different courses and recommended synchronizing course outlines. Seventy (60%) of the students rated science based courses as very important (nutrition and health; food storage and preservation) and non science courses less important (food production and service; other catering related courses). Students labeled some courses as irrelevant in contemporary times and recommended their removal and replacement with more relevant ones. In addition, students requested for more practical lessons to equip them with the requisite skills needed to compete for jobs after graduating. Students indicated health related jobs as their first choice of employment with few interested in teaching. It was concluded that the existing program though developed to train students to teach food and nutrition in the second cycle schools in Ghana has lost its focus, rather students are more interested in being trained to work in the health sector rather than teach. Thus it is important to review the courses and update them to reflect changing trends in the global economy.
Abstract: Curriculum evaluation provides insightful information that helps make decisions to maintain, modify or stop a program. Evaluating students’ perspectives of an existing program is an important technique used in assessing its relevance to the global economy. The study evaluated students’ perspectives of the food and nutrition program at the Universit...
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The Perceived Gap between Academics and Professionals about Accounting Education System in Iran
Bita Mashayekhi,
Roya Mohammadi
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
Pages:
12-21
Received:
24 January 2014
Published:
10 March 2014
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjedu.20140201.13
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Abstract: The spread and acceptance of globalization and the great improvements in the information technology has caused incredible changes in the state of business. These changes have brought about new challenges not only in accounting as a career but also in its education. Schools educating future accountants are responsible for causing the gaps between adoptive skills in the universities and the perceived skills in the profession and worldwide markets. This research tries to identify the challenges that accounting education brings in educating students in regard to possessing knowledge and skill at a competitive level in response to the market’s needs. These challenges justify why the competitive skills of the accountants must improve. Accounting education in its current situation and the skill level of the graduates of the field is not parallel to what is needed in the dynamic atmosphere of the world’s trade. That is why it is necessary to search for a plan in order to fill the gap between adoptive knowledge and skills and the expected knowledge and skills so that it prepares the students facing the challenges in the new state of the global business. In this paper, accounting education challenges are scientifically investigated and a strategic plan is proposed in order to overcome them. This issue is addressed first by considering the curriculum of prominent universities around the world and then by evaluating the current Iranian curriculum for the accounting major at the master level using questionnaires.
Abstract: The spread and acceptance of globalization and the great improvements in the information technology has caused incredible changes in the state of business. These changes have brought about new challenges not only in accounting as a career but also in its education. Schools educating future accountants are responsible for causing the gaps between ad...
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Methods of Solving Diophantine Equations in Secondary Education in Romania
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
Pages:
22-32
Received:
8 February 2014
Published:
10 March 2014
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjedu.20140201.14
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Abstract: This study aims to highlight the importance of knowing the methods of solving Diophantine equations. The material is structured into: Introduction, Classes of Diophantine equations, presentation of first-degree Diophantine equations, Pythagorean triples and higher - Diophantine equations, methods for solving Diophantine equations. The paper describes and exemplifies different methods such as the decomposition method, the parametric method for solving Diophantine equations, solving Diophantine equations with inequalities through the method of modular arithmetic, mathematical induction, Fermat's method of infinite descent. Solving problems is illustrated by various applications of the mathematical results methods presented above. Any education, including mathematical education, has a double effect. On the one hand, the learner gains knowledge, on the other hand, he builds those skills which are engaged in work, develop the abilities needed to perform this education. Mathematical education builds thought. Of course, other actions are involved in building thought, but the role of Mathematical education is essential. This article is part of an empirical research on the teaching and learning of mathematics, teaching practices related to the main classes of Diophantine equations, leading to the development of cognitive skills in students.
Abstract: This study aims to highlight the importance of knowing the methods of solving Diophantine equations. The material is structured into: Introduction, Classes of Diophantine equations, presentation of first-degree Diophantine equations, Pythagorean triples and higher - Diophantine equations, methods for solving Diophantine equations. The paper descri...
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Interdisciplinary Learning in Japanese Lower Secondary School: A Questionnaire Survey of Students’ Understanding of Enzymes as Life or Matter
Toratane Munegumi,
Masato Inutsuka
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2014
Pages:
33-36
Received:
16 February 2014
Published:
10 March 2014
DOI:
10.11648/j.sjedu.20140201.15
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Abstract: The new Japanese Government Curriculum Guidelines include a framework that comprises the four core ideas of energy, particle, life, and earth. These are primarily relevant to physics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences, respectively. The four core ideas allow the boundaries between subjects to be flexible, which may foster interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary viewpoints. An enzyme is an interdisciplinary learning item that lies between life and particle (or matter), and may be used as a marker for the evaluation of students’ interdisciplinary viewpoints. The results of the questionnaire show that Japanese lower secondary students have only a vague concept of an enzyme, and of the boundary between life and matter.
Abstract: The new Japanese Government Curriculum Guidelines include a framework that comprises the four core ideas of energy, particle, life, and earth. These are primarily relevant to physics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences, respectively. The four core ideas allow the boundaries between subjects to be flexible, which may foster interdisciplinary or ...
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