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$13.7 Million Grant Will Create Systemic And Sustainable Culture To Support Underrepresented Communities In Health Disparities Research At Uab And Tuskegee, Adam Pope

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2021-November-08-Board Of Trustees Meeting, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY — (Nov. 8, 2021) East Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees will hold its quarterly meeting and several committee meetings on Friday, Nov. 19.

All meetings will be conducted in person at the D.P. Culp Student Center, East Tennessee Room.

Meetings are scheduled as follows:

• Academic, Research, and Student Success Committee – 8 a.m.
• Audit Committee – 9:15 a.m.
• Finance and Administration Committee – 11 a.m.
• Board of Trustees Meeting – 1 p.m.

When they become available, the agenda and accompanying materials for the meeting will be posted at etsu.edu/trustees under “Meeting Schedule & Materials.” The meetings are …

2021-November-08-Archives, Reece Receive Neh Funding, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2021) – East Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and Services announces that the Archives of Appalachia and B. Carroll Reece Museum have received $225,000 in funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funding will support a project to enhance online access to collections and artifacts that document diverse voices in southern Appalachia.

The grant will be used to hire three professional staff members and to purchase equipment to digitize and provide free online access to thousands of rare or unique materials. Over the next 15 months, the Reece and …

2021-11-08 Message From The Provost, Morehead State University. Office Of The Provost.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the Provost of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding campus event announcements from November 8, 2021.

Be Who You Are, Brittany Watley

Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities

The students will understand that everyone is unique and that they should embrace who they are and everything that makes them special; as well as the differences of everyone around them. The students will write about what makes them different and create a new book cover and title page illustrating what they wrote about. The students will demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts of print by identifying parts of a book. The students will identify the topic and multiple details in the text “Be Who You Are” by Todd Parr. The students will create and share personal book creations with others …

The Echo: November 8, 2021, Taylor University

2021-2022 (Volume 109)

Silent Night set to return to campus on Dec. 10 — Taylor increases faculty wages, student tuition cost — Speedway festival closes season — J-term mission trips return — Lewis Center moves locations within the library — Math writer shares his journey with students — New leadership joins Ecuador semester program — Kerr describes music department impact — Keaton Hendricks shares Sky Manufacturing mission — Unintentional community — Mental health in holistic health — What if half of God’s army was immobilized? — MyGen offers communal experience again — Steinbach’s art exhibit showcased at Metcalf — Cellar Door — Full-time …

This Week In Gs Athletics: Nov. 26-Dec. 2, Georgia Southern University

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• GAME PREVIEW: Eagles to Head Deep in the Heart of Texas

Balancing School Improvement Strategies With Workload Pressures: A Participatory Action Research Case Study, Julia E. Morris, Geoffrey W. Lummis, Cath Ferguson, Graeme Lock, Susan Hill, Annette Nykiel

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

This participatory action research case study describes how one secondary school aimed to improve staff culture. Although pre-test data showed the school as performing consistently well in terms of their organisational health, the school chose to implement a line management intervention over 12 months to target three low-rating factors: appraisal and recognition, professional growth, and supportive leadership. Quantitative evaluation showed that while the improvement strategy had no effect on the intended targets, there were unanticipated effects on other factors. Staff reported a mixture of positive and negative effects from the intervention; however, a core issue was its impact on teachers’ …

Five Things You Should Know This Week, Georgia Southern University

A Few Things You Should Know This Week (2020-2023)

• Herty Building on Statesboro Campus fully reopens today
• That Great Gretsch Sound! Museum opening set for Nov. 18
• Vaccine booster doses for qualifying individuals are available for scheduling
• Nominations for the 2021-2022 University Awards of Excellence are now open!
• TAP application deadline for spring is Nov. 15

2021-November-08-Kate Emmerich Named Etsus Staff Woman Of The Year, University Marketing And Communication, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2021) – East Tennessee State University has recognized Kate Emmerich as Staff Woman of the Year.

2021 ETSU Staff Woman of the Year

This award honors one extraordinary woman who has made a notable impact in the workplace and improved the …

Collaborative Online Education: A Case Study Of An Ed.D. Program, Han Rong, Yang Zhang, Rongjing Cao, Jinge Xu

Dissertations

This dissertation discusses collaborative teaching and learning models of online courses. Four research questions guide the study: How do instructors design online courses to facilitate instruction using collaborative teaching and learning models? When instructors co-teach online, how do they utilize collaborative teaching and learning models? How do students build online learning communities from collaborative teaching and learning models? and How do instructors and students evaluate online collaborative teaching and learning models? We conducted a case study of an Ed.D. cohort of Chinese students in the College of Education of the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). We employed a qualitative approach …

Chimes: November 8, 2021, Calvin University

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What have we lost? by Timothy Lin

JV soccer makes the most of five-game season by Jamison Van Andel

Calvin Prison Initiative reconnects after season of remote learning by Grace Toma

Christians, climate change and the church: Calvin staff reflect on environmental stewardship by Kipp De Man

Labor and supply chain challenges cause catering limitations by Isaiah Tenhuisen

Calvin alum founds non-profit for transracial foster care adoptees, global partnership by Hadassa Ribeiro

Non-traditional STEM students bring life experience to class by Sarah Gibes

Artist Collaborative gets an update by Ezra Craker

Attitudes Of Saudi Students Toward The Inclusion Of Students With Disabilities In Physical Education Classes, Zuhair Abdaladeem Al Salim

International Journal for Research in Education

The purpose of this study was to examine typical students’ attitudes toward inclusion of students with disabilities in physical education (PE) classes. The participants were between 10 – 16 years of age and their grade level from fifth grade to ninth grade in the Eastern province in Saudi Arabia. The participants were 614 typical students in elementary and middle schools. Participants responded to Children’s Attitudes Toward Integrated Physical Education-Revised (CAIPE-R). The findings of this study indicated that the overall means scores of attitudes of all participants toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in physical education classes was 2.99, indicating …

Barriers Of The Inclusion Of Children With Special Educational Needs In Mainstream Classes From Pre-Service Teachers’ Viewpoints, Bader Jassem Al-Qallaf, Hamed Jassem Alsahou, Nouf Salem Alenezi

International Journal for Research in Education

This study aims to investigate the barriers towards inclusion of children identified as having SEN in mainstream classes in Kuwait as seen by 452 pre-service teachers at the College of Basic Education. The researchers used a mixed-methods design that involved both an open-ended questionnaire and focus group. Each method investigated dimensions of the barriers towards inclusion in Kuwait as well as the SEN categories that participants believed would be most or least possible to include in mainstream classes. It was found that there are five different dimensions of possible barriers to inclusion: barriers from teachers, social barriers, academic barriers, physical …

Impact Of Some Demographic And Organizational Variables On Grade Eight Science Students’ Performance, Saif Alneyadi

International Journal for Research in Education

This study examined the impact of some demographic and organizational variables (gender, school type, and parental involvement) on the performance of Grade 8 students in the 2015 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessment in the Abu Dhabi Emirate. The study employed a mixed method design to determine if, and to what extent, these factors affected how the students performed in the assessment. The population for the present study comprised male and female students from 68 public and private schools (35 all-boys’ and 33 all-girls’ schools). The study sample consisted of 3400 students (1750 boys and 1650 girls) …

Blackboard Adoption In Efl Teaching: Instructors’ Acceptance And Use, Basmah Ali Abu-Ghararah

International Journal for Research in Education

This study aims to investigate the link between the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model (UTAUT) and the acceptance and use of Blackboard (BB) among English as a foreign language (EFL) instructors. The UTAUT model was employed to determine the strength of predictors for EFL instructors’ willingness to use BB for educational purposes. A questionnaire was administered to 80 EFL instructors at Taibah University. The results indicated that performance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), and facilitating conditions (FC) positively and directly correlated with behavioral intention (BI) to adopt and use BB in language classes. However, this study …

Faculty Knowledge Of Services For Students With Disabilities And Attitudes Toward Academic Accommodation, Reem F. Alrusaiyes Dr.

International Journal for Research in Education

The current study aimed to discover the extent of faculty members knowledge of the services provided to students with disabilities, in addition to identify their attitudes towards providing academic accommodations to students with disabilities. The study investigated the differences in participants' responds attributed to gender, college, academic rank, and years of experience. The researcher used the descriptive approach, using the questionnaire as a data collection tool. The study sample consisted of 213 faculty members at King Saud University. The results showed deficiency of knowledge in the faculty members of procedures and services provided to students with disabilities in university, however, …

The Role Of Sustainable Development In Supporting The Education Of Students With Disabilities From Teachers’ And Special Education Department Pre-Service Teachers’ Viewpoints, Nouf Rashdan Almutairi Dr., Eman Mahmoud Alashmaoie Dr.

International Journal for Research in Education

The study aimed to identify the role of sustainable development in supporting the education of students with disabilities from the viewpoint of special education teachers and pre-service teachers. The sample consisted of 42 teachers and 35 pre-service teachers. The researchers used a survey about the role of sustainable development in supporting learning of students with learning disabilities, which consisted of 40 items divided into four domains. The results showed that sustainable development plays a big role in supporting education of students with disabilities from the point of view of both their teachers and pre-service teachers. There were no statistically significant …

Using Interactive Mobile Applications To Teach Reading Skills To Female Students With Hearing Impairments, Norah Alowayyid, Norah Aldosiry

International Journal for Research in Education

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Modeling The Influence Of Principal’S Leadership On Teachers’ Professional Learning In Governmental Schools In The Sultanate Of Oman, Khalsa Al-Harthi, Yasser F. Hendawy Al-Mahdy, Ehab Omara

International Journal for Research in Education

The study aimed to identify the degree of principals' learning-centered leadership (PLCL) and teachers' professional learning (TPL) in governmental schools in Oman, then to modeling the effects of (PLCL) on (TPL) in governmental schools in Oman, through identify the level of this influence and compare the effects of the different dimensions of (PLCL) on (TPL). The study employed the quantitative approach using the structural equation modeling to analyze the data collected from a convenient sample of teachers (n=574) from government schools in the Sultanate of Oman. The study found that the practices of (PLCL) were at the high level for …

The Extent To Which The Islamic Education Books Include The Needs Of Second Cycle Basic Education Students In The Sultanate Of Oman "This Article Is Extracted From An Unpublished Master’S Thesis By The First Author", Khalsa Harith Sulaiman Al-Hinai, Maimuna D. Al-Zadjali Dr

International Journal for Research in Education

The research aims to identify the extent to which the Islamic education books include the needs of the students of the second cycle basic education in the Sultanate of Oman. In order to achieve this objective, the research adopts the descriptive and analytical methodology. Additionally, a content analysis card has been created as a research tool. After ascertaining their validity and reliability, 42 needs have been found on the basis of the following four axes: physical, psychological, mental and social needs. The research concluded that the axis of psychological needs occupied the first rank, followed by the axis of social …

Difficulties Encountered By Parents Of Students In The Elementary Stage During Distance Learning, Dhafer Saeed Alshahrani

International Journal for Research in Education

This study aimed to identify the difficulties that parents of students in the elementary stage faced during their distance learning and to identify statistical differences according to the study variables. The researcher used the descriptive method and prepared a questionnaire that included 22 items consisting of three subscales. The participants comprised a total of 456 parents of elementary school students in the Eastern Region, Riyadh, and Asir. The results showed the difficulties were at a high level, and the difficulties were in the following order: the organizational difficulties related to the learning environment, the difficulties related to the educational process, …

Impact Of Organizational Support On Faculty Commitment To Academic Accreditation In Higher Education Institutions, Yasser F. Hendawy Al-Mahdy, Nesreen Salah El-Din, Aisha Al-Harthi

International Journal for Research in Education

The study aimed to identify the degree of perceived organizational support (POS) of faculty members and their commitment to academic accreditation (CTAA). Then, it explores the effect of POS on CTAA, gender, nationality, and administrative positions on them. Participants included a convenient sample of 221 faculty members from Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. Data analysis included measures of central tendency and structural equation modeling to conduct confirmatory factor analysis and build regression models. Results showed moderate degree of faculty POS and high level of CTAA. Significant gender difference is also observed for POS, with male faculty members showing higher POS …

Wgolf Preview: Eagles Finish Fall At Mercer Invitational, Georgia Southern University

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Mbb Season Preview: Eagles To Get Tested On The Road, Georgia Southern University

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• MBB Season Preview: Eagles to Get Tested on the Road

Eagles Fall To South Alabama. 1-0, In Sun Belt Title Match, Georgia Southern University

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• Eagles Fall To South Alabama. 1-0, In Sun Belt Title Match

Volleyball Outlasts App, Wins 3-1, Georgia Southern University

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• Volleyball Outlasts App, Wins 3-1

Eagles Place Fourth At Emory Invite, Georgia Southern University

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• Eagles Place Fourth at Emory Invite

Turnovers Plague Eagles In 28-8 Loss To No. 21 Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern University

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• Turnovers Plague Eagles in 28-8 Loss to No. 21 Coastal Carolina

Teachers’ Beliefs And Practices Regarding Assessment In English As A Foreign Language Classrooms In Vietnam, Xuan Van Ha, Nam Giang Tran, Ngoc Hai Tran

The Qualitative Report

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) has generated worldwide popularity as a curriculum innovation, and extensive research has investigated various aspects of the approach. However, little is known about the implementation of classroom assessment in TBLT curricula. This study investigated high school English as a foreign language teachers’ beliefs and practices regarding assessment in a curriculum innovation context in Vietnam. Data comprised in-depth interviews with six teachers, as well as testing documents. The findings revealed a strong impact of the high-stakes exams on teachers’ testing beliefs in that they focused explicitly on linguistic items in the assessed content and forms of assessment. …