입원 아동 대상 통증 완화 중재에 대한 통합적 고찰 - 조해련; 이정민; 김신정 (Child Health Nursing Research, 2020)
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A Study on Cambodia Pre-service Secondary School Teacher Education with the Perspective of Teacher Professionalism - 이신애 (서울대학교 대학원, 2021)
The purpose of this study is to propose implications for improving Cambodia secondary pre-service teacher education in the view of teacher professionalism. To do so, this study attempts to review the current system and implementation of Cambodia secondary pre-service teacher education and reveal perception of current Cambodia teachers. The survey data in this analysis are from the secondary school teachers in Kampong Chhnang province. Survey, conducted in 2020, provides detailed information on to realistic perception and understanding on effectiveness of pre-service teacher education and teacher professionalism. For analyzing data, descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one way ANOVA are performed using SPSS Window 27.0. The research reveals that firstly, teachers have same degree of extrinsic motivation (monetary reward) and intrinsic motivation (interest in subject and teaching). As previous research reveals, in developing nations, extrinsic motivation can promote intrinsic motivation of teachers who are facing poverty. It provides evidence to make ‘motivational synergy’ for increasing motivation of Cambodia teachers. Secondly, respondent teachers perceived level of effectiveness to professional identity is the lowest score. Lastly, teachers who perceive professional teacher as ‘highly respected with social status’ have the highest training need for continuous learning. Thus, policy implications for making teachers feel that they are socially respected and valued with high prestige is positively influencing to teachers’ will of pursuing continuous learning and professional development. Finding suggests three policy implications. First, there needs to be greater need for improving curriculum for teachers’ professional identity. In other words, a focus on technical, competence and knowledge-based teacher professionalism need to be shifted to inner and moral aspect of teacher by developing curriculum and space to allow preservice teachers to shape and reflect on the meaning of teaching, learning and ultimately professional teacher. Secondly, additional one-year (named ‘professional year) is recommended for enhance Cambodia teacher education credibility and extend career choices that preservice teachers have. Lastly guideline reports on teacher education in developing countries need to be published by professional Korean research institutions. It is because, despite of enhanced global standing and expectation of Korean international development, global education cooperation is not professional yet.

한국의 대학생을 대상으로 한 성교육 프로그램에 관한 통합적 고찰 - 신혜원; 이정민; 민혜영 (한국간호교육학회지, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Uganda UGA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

스마트폰을 이용한 한국 간호대학생 대상 간호교육의 통합적 고찰 - 신혜원; 이정민; 김신정 (한국간호교육학회지, 2018)
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한국의 초등학생을 대상으로 한 성폭력 예방 교육 프로그램에 관한 통합적 고찰 - 신혜원; 이정민; 강경아; 김신정 (Child Health Nursing Research, 2019)
Keywords: _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

指尖上的学习: 触屏学习的作用 - 谢和平; 周宗奎; 黄勖喆; 朱晓伟; 范翠英 (心理科学, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Greece GRC; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Тёмная материя в галактиках - Засов, Анатолий Владимирович; Сабурова, Анна Станиславовна; Хоперсков, Александр Валентинович; Хоперсков, Сергей Александрович (Успехи физических наук, 2017)
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Особенности структуры интеллекта младших школьников, обучаемых посредством гаджетов - Водяха, Сергей Анатольевич; Водяха, Юлия Евгеньевна; Минюрова, Светлана Алигарьевна (Педагогическое образование в России, 2019)
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Experienced teacher learning within the context of reciprocal peer coaching - Zwart, R.C.; Wubbels, T.; Bergen, T.C.M.; Bolhuis, S. (Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2007)

Teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge, curriculum designing, and student’s comprehension of secondary school ordinary level physics in Lusaka, Zambia. - Zulu, Jacqueline; Mulenga, Innocent Mutale (2019)
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Instructional coaching in Kenya: Supporting teachers to improve literacy outcomes - Zuilkowski, S.S.; Piper, B. (The Routledge international handbook on teacher quality and policy, 2017)

Bright and Early: How financing pre-primary education gives every child a fair start in life - Zubairi, Asma; Rose, Pauline (University of Cambridge, 2017)
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Donor Scorecard Just Beginning: Addressing inequality in donor funding for Early Childhood Development - Zubairi, Asma; Rose, Pauline (London: Theirworld, 2018)

Raising domestic resources for equitable education - Zubairi, Asma; Rose, Pauline (Background paper for The Learning Generation. Investing in Learning for a Changing World, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity. http://www. educationequity2030. org/resources-2/2017/3/23/raising-domestic-resources-for-equitable-education, 2016)
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Supporting primary and secondary education for refugees: the role of international financing - Zubairi, Asma; Rose, Pauline (Commissioned by Malala Fund, 2016)
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Country-Level Research Review: EdTech in Bangladesh - Zubairi, Asma; Kreimeia, Adam; Kaye, Tom; Ashlee, Amy (2021)
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EdTech to Reach the Most Marginalised: A Call to Action - Zubairi, Asma; Kreimeia, Adam; Jefferies, Kate; Nicolai, Susan (EdTech Hub. https://docs. edtechhub. org/lib/W8DB96IE/download/XDMFQU9V …, 2021)

Pakistan Digital Learning Landscape Analysis - Zubairi, Asma; Khalayleh, Abdullah; Baloch, Imdad; Mazari, Haani; Kaye, Tom; Groeneveld, Caspar (EdTech Hub, 2022)

Country-level research review: EdTech in Pakistan - Zubairi, Asma; Halim, Waqas; Kaye, Tom; Wilson, Samuel (2021)
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Country-Level Research Review: EdTech in Pakistan - Zubairi, Asma; Halim, Waqas; Kaye, Tom; Wilson, Sam (EdTech Hub, 2021)
Keywords: _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

A district level study on the deployment, allocation and utilisation of teachers between and within Malawi’s primary schools: an accountability and political settlement approach - Zubairi, Asma Tahseen (University of Cambridge, 2021)

A district level study on the deployment, allocation and utilisation of teachers between and within Malawi’s primary schools: an accountability and political settlements approach - Zubairi, Asma (University of Cambridge, 2020)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Cambodia KHM; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Jamaica JAM; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Liberia LBR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mauritius MUS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Niger NER; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Papua New Guinea PNG; _C:Peru PER; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Senegal SEN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Students’ online information use and learning progress in higher education – A critical literature review - Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Hartig, Johannes; Goldhammer, Frank; Krstev, Jan (Studies in Higher Education, 2021)
Learning using the Internet has become a vital factor for academic success in higher education. Students increasingly rely on the Internet as their main information source. However, related research is still an emerging and highly fragmented field. Therefore, this study aims to provide a comprehensive and integrative review of research literature on student learning vis-à-vis using the Internet. The review encompasses research on students' strategies for searching, evaluating, and selecting online information, the use of this information for domain-specific learning, and the influence of the characteristics of both online information sources and learners on searching, evaluating, and selecting online information. Moreover, research on how this information-related behavior develops and affects learning outcomes is considered. The literature research, conducted in 2020, employed the database Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) and the search engine Google Scholar. Based on relevant search phrases and keywords, over 500 publications were found. After a second search, 55 fitting publications from 2009 onwards were identified. The review reveals a lack of research on the characteristics of online information, how these characteristics affect student learning in higher education, and how student learning can be fostered by improving students' information-related strategies. Research integrating these different perspectives is even scarcer.
Keywords: Online learning; higher education; meta-analysis; online media use

Digital Undergraduate Education in Dentistry: A Systematic Review - Zitzmann, Nicola U.; Matthisson, Lea; Ohla, Harald; Joda, Tim (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)
The aim of this systematic review was to investigate current penetration and educational quality enhancements from digitalization in the dental curriculum. Using a modified PICO strategy, the literature was searched using PubMed supplemented with a manual search to identify English-language articles published between 1994 and 2020 that reported the use of digital techniques in dental education. A total of 211 articles were identified by electronic search, of which 55 articles were selected for inclusion and supplemented with 27 additional publications retrieved by manual search, resulting in 82 studies that were included in the review. Publications were categorized into five areas of digital dental education: Web-based knowledge transfer and e-learning, digital surface mapping, dental simulator motor skills (including intraoral optical scanning), digital radiography, and surveys related to the penetration and acceptance of digital education. This review demonstrates that digitalization offers great potential to revolutionize dental education to help prepare future dentists for their daily practice. More interactive and intuitive e-learning possibilities will arise to stimulate an enjoyable and meaningful educational experience with 24/7 facilities. Augmented and virtual reality technology will likely play a dominant role in the future of dental education.
Keywords: _genre:LR-literature_review; augmented reality (AR); dental education; digital dentistry; virtual reality (VR)

Analysing training needs of TVET teachers in South Africa. An empirical study - Zinn, Bernd; Raisch, Kevin; Reimann, Jennifer (International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2019)
Context: This paper reports on a study of the progress of vocational education and training (VET) and the need for further profession-oriented training of lecturers in public, technical vocational colleges in South Africa, under the consideration of societal and political conditions. Approach: The study is based on a mixed methods approach in which an analysis of educational policy documents and a qualitative and a quantitative study with VET teachers and representatives of education authorities in South Africa are conducted. Findings: The classification of the results is conducted in line with the conditions defined by Phillips and Ochs regarding policy transfers. The following can thus be observed through the bilateral relationship between Germany and South Africa: (1) The Guiding Philosophy of the educational system is characterised by societal and political power structures. This is evident in an analysis of approved reforms within the last two decades. (2) The desired effects of “Ambitions Goals” have thus far not taken hold. Nonetheless, there is a willingness to enact reforms to continue developing vocational education, including the training and further education of lecturers that must be noted. Minimum requirements regarding lecturers’ basic qualifications have been formulated, which one in five vocational lecturers in South Africa currently cannot fulfil. (3) The Strategies formulated to implement training methods face the main problem of difficulty in implementation in colleges. (4) The Enabling Structures, i.e. the education-management-system as well as the financial and personnel support of the educational system, are widely perceived by lecturers as unsupportive, ineffective and discriminatory. This is observed, for example, when looking at the equipment used, teachers’ salaries, classroom sizes as well as the mentorship programme and further training opportunities. (5) Processes: a discrepancy exists on the level of the lecturers and the central need for further training regarding modern technologies, especially those used by foreign firms in their production in South Africa. (6) The results of the conducted study document a high variation of qualifications among TVET lecturers when it examines their teaching Techniques. Conclusions: Overall, the empirical results of the study reveal a complex structure with respect to the requirements for further training of TVET lecturers, describe central needs for further training of lecturers and deliver connectable knowledge for both the practical educational advancement of lecturer training and further education training, as well as for research in the context of the internationalisation of vocational training in South Africa.

4.5.A. Review of AfL and lesson pacing - Zimbabwe, OER4Schools (Open Development & Education, 2022)
This resource is an adaptation of the Zambian OER4Schools programme, available here: https://oer.opendeved.net/wiki/OER4Schools. The Zambian OER4Schools programme was adapted for use at Mpumeleo High School (Nkayi District, Zimbabwe) and Siachilaba School (Binga District, near Victoria Town, Zimbabwe).
Keywords: _forthcoming; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence; coming soon

How plasterboard ceilings improve the comfort of a home - zilla (Knauf Tanzania, 2021)
The materials we use to build our homes can impact their safety and comfort. This is especially true when it comes to weather conditions and the level of

Evaluation Learning from Experience USAID Evaluation Policy - Ziegler, Jessica (2020)
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Post-development 25 years after The Development Dictionary - Ziai, Aram (Third World Quarterly, 2017)
Few books in the history of development studies have had an impact like The Development Dictionary – A Guide to Knowledge as Power, which was edited by Wolfgang Sachs and published by Zed Books in 1992, and which was crucial in establishing what has become known as the Post-Development (PD) school. This special issue is devoted to the legacy of this book and thus to discussing PD.
Keywords: Post-Development; development discourse; development studies; development theory

The development dictionary @25: post-development and its consequences - Ziai, Aram (2020)
Few books in the history of Development Studies have had an impact like The Development Dictionary-A Guide to Knowledge as Power, which was edited by Wolfgang Sachs and published by Zed Books in 1992. The Development Dictionary was crucial in establishing what has become known as the Post-Development (PD) school. This volume is devoted to the legacy of The Development Dictionary and to discussing Post-Development. Thisbook originally publishedas a special issueof Third World Quarterly.

Friends or foes? Examining platform owners’ entry into complementors’ spaces - Zhu, Feng (Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2019)
As platform owners continue to expand their ecosystems, many of them have started to provide consumers with their own complementary applications. These moves position the platform owners as direct competitors to their complementors. This paper surveys empirical studies that examine the direct entry of platform owners into complementors’ product spaces. It finds that both the motivation and impact of such entries on complementors are multifaceted. The motivation behind platform owners’ direct entry goes beyond value capture, and the impact of platform entry on complementors varies across empirical settings. It identifies several future research directions that can help advance our understanding of the relationships between platform owners and complementors.
Keywords: Final_citation; multisided markets; platform-owner entry

Cyberbullying Among Adolescents and Children: A Comprehensive Review of the Global Situation, Risk Factors, and Preventive Measures - Zhu, Chengyan; Huang, Shiqing; Evans, Richard; Zhang, Wei (Frontiers in Public Health, 2021)
Background: Cyberbullying is well-recognized as a severe public health issue which affects both adolescents and children. Most extant studies have focused on national and regional effects of cyberbullying, with few examining the global perspective of cyberbullying. This systematic review comprehensively examines the global situation, risk factors, and preventive measures taken worldwide to fight cyberbullying among adolescents and children.Methods: A systematic review of available literature was completed following PRISMA guidelines using the search themes “cyberbullying” and “adolescent or children”; the time frame was from January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2019. Eight academic databases pertaining to public health, and communication and psychology were consulted, namely: Web of Science, Science Direct, PubMed, Google Scholar, ProQuest, Communication & Mass Media Complete, CINAHL, and PsycArticles. Additional records identified through other sources included the references of reviews and two websites, Cyberbullying Research Center and United Nations Children's Fund. A total of 63 studies out of 2070 were included in our final review focusing on cyberbullying prevalence and risk factors.Results: The prevalence rates of cyberbullying preparation ranged from 6.0 to 46.3%, while the rates of cyberbullying victimization ranged from 13.99 to 57.5%, based on 63 references. Verbal violence was the most common type of cyberbullying. Fourteen risk factors and three protective factors were revealed in this study. At the personal level, variables associated with cyberbullying including age, gender, online behavior, race, health condition, past experience of victimization, and impulsiveness were reviewed as risk factors. Likewise, at the situational level, parent-child relationship, interpersonal relationships, and geographical location were also reviewed in relation to cyberbullying. As for protective factors, empathy and emotional intelligence, parent-child relationship, and school climate were frequently mentioned.Conclusion: The prevalence rate of cyberbullying has increased significantly in the observed 5-year period, and it is imperative that researchers from low and middle income countries focus sufficient attention on cyberbullying of children and adolescents. Despite a lack of scientific intervention research on cyberbullying, the review also identified several promising strategies for its prevention from the perspectives of youths, parents and schools. More research on cyberbullying is needed, especially on the issue of cross-national cyberbullying. International cooperation, multi-pronged and systematic approaches are highly encouraged to deal with cyberbullying.
Keywords: Final_citation; anystyle; existing

Teacher-student relationship and mathematical problem-solving ability: mediating roles of self-efficacy and mathematical anxiety - Zhou, Da; Du, Xiaofeng; Hau, Kit-Tai; Luo, Haifeng; Feng, Pingting; Liu, Jian (Educational Psychology, 2020)
This study investigated the mediating roles of self-efficacy and anxiety on the effects of teacher–student relationship on mathematical problem-solving ability. A total of 1667 fifth graders from central China participated in the large-scale survey. The findings indicated that (1) teacher–student relationship had a direct and positive effect on students’ mathematical problem-solving ability; (2) the positive link between teacher–student relationship and mathematical problem-solving ability was partially mediated through self-efficacy; (3) the teacher–student relationship affected students’ mathematical problem-solving ability through self-efficacy and maths anxiety, but the effect of self-efficacy on mathematical anxiety was smaller. Implications for the importance of teacher–student relationships in education as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.
Keywords: Mathematical problem-solving ability; mathematical anxiety; self-efficacy; teacher–student relationship

The effectiveness of technology-facilitated personalized learning on learning achievements and learning perceptions: a meta-analysis - Zheng, Lanqin; Long, Miaolang; Zhong, Lu; Gyasi, Juliana Fosua (Education and Information Technologies, 2022)
As a learner-centered approach, technology-facilitated personalized learning has received increasing attention in the field of education. However, it is not clear whether technology-facilitated personalized learning is effective for both learning achievements and learning perceptions. This study aims to close the research gaps and examine the effect sizes of technology-facilitated personalized learning on learning achievements and learning perceptions from 2001 to 2020. In total, 34 empirical studies were synthesized in the present meta-analysis. The findings revealed that technology-facilitated personalized learning had a medium effect size on learning achievements and a small effect size on learning perceptions. Furthermore, the impacts of 10 moderator variables, including the sample levels, sample sizes, learning domains, research design, research settings, intervention duration, learning methods, software and hardware that support personalized learning, and user-oriented personalized parameters, were analyzed in depth. It was found that learning methods and personalized learning software significantly moderated the effect sizes. The novelty and main contribution of this study is threefold. First, this study revealed that technology-facilitated personalized learning was more effective than traditional learning through the comprehensive meta-analysis. Second, this study found that learning methods and personalized learning software could trigger and leverage the effects of technology-facilitated personalized learning. Third, this study proposed a design framework of technology-facilitated personalized learning to facilitate the implementation of personalized learning effectively.
Keywords: Effect size; Final_citation; Learning achievement; Learning perception; Meta-analysis; Personalized learning; cited; existing

The effectiveness of integrating mobile devices with inquiry-based learning on students' learning achievements: a meta-analysis - Zheng, Lanqin; Li, Xin; Tian, Lu; Cui, Panpan (International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2018)
Mobile devices are gaining more and more popularity in recent years. Researchers and practitioners took advantages of mobile devices to facilitate inquiry-based learning in the past decade. Although there were many studies that using mobile devices in inquiry-based learning, the systematic review of the effectiveness of integrating mobile devices with inquiry-based learning remained lacking. This meta-analysis examined 34 empirical studies with 2316 participants on integrating mobile devices with inquiry-based learning from 2007 to 2016. The results indicated that there was a high effect size of 0.91 for the application of mobile devices in improving students' learning achievements. The features of moderator variables were also deeply analysed and synthesised based on the content analysis of all studies. The results together with the implications for practices and research were also discussed in detail.
Keywords: inquiry-based learning; learning achievement; meta-analysis; mobile devices

The effectiveness of self-regulated learning scaffolds on academic performance in computer-based learning environments: a meta-analysis - Zheng, Lanqin (Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016)
This meta-analysis examined research on the effects of self-regulated learning scaffolds on academic performance in computer-based learning environments from 2004 to 2015. A total of 29 articles met inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis with a total sample size of 2648 students. Moderator analyses were performed using a random effects model that focused on the three main areas of scaffold characteristics (including the mechanism, functions, delivery forms, mode, and number of scaffolds; how to promote self-regulated learning by scaffolds); demographics of the selected studies (including sample groups, sample size, learning domain, research settings, and types of computer-based learning environments); and research methodological features (including research methods, types of research design, types of organization for treatment, and duration of treatment). Findings revealed that self-regulated learning scaffolds in computer-based learning environments generally produced a significantly positive effect on academic performance (ES = 0.438). It is also suggested that both domain-general and domain-specific scaffolds can support the entire process of self-regulated learning since they demonstrated substantial effects on academic performance. Different impacts of various studies and their methodological features are presented and discussed.
Keywords: Academic performance; Meta-analysis; Scaffold; Self-regulated learning

Learning in One-to-One Laptop Environments: A Meta-Analysis and Research Synthesis - Zheng, Binbin; Warschauer, Mark; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Chang, Chi (Review of Educational Research, 2016)
Over the past decade, the number of one-to-one laptop programs in schools has steadily increased. Despite the growth of such programs, there is little consensus about whether they contribute to improved educational outcomes. This article reviews 65 journal articles and 31 doctoral dissertations published from January 2001 to May 2015 to examine the effect of one-to-one laptop programs on teaching and learning in K–12 schools. A meta-analysis of 10 studies examines the impact of laptop programs on students’ academic achievement, finding significantly positive average effect sizes in English, writing, mathematics, and science. In addition, the article summarizes the impact of laptop programs on more general teaching and learning processes and perceptions as reported in these studies, again noting generally positive findings.

Digital competence in higher education research: A systematic literature review - Zhao, Yu; Pinto Llorente, Ana María; Sánchez Gómez, María Cruz (Computers & Education, 2021)
In the information and knowledge society, where technology develops rapidly and penetrates deeply into our lives, the discussion about digital competence has become a hot topic today. After the emergence of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) and with its huge impact on the education industry, the concern about digital competence has reached a new height. This systematic literature review uses Web of science and Scopus as databases to store and analyze the existing research on digital competence in higher education settings. The purpose of this review is to provide the scholar community with a current overview of digital competence research from 2015 to 2021 in the context of higher education regarding the definition of digital competence, dimensions used to evaluate digital competence, research purposes, methodologies, and results and limitations. Major findings include that the majority of publications cited both research and EU policy in describing the definition of digital competence. The review indicates that most university students and teachers have a basic level of digital competence. Besides, the institutions of higher education are encouraged to focus on the development students and teachers’ digital competence, create relevant learning strategies and use appropriate tools to improve the quality of education.
Keywords: 21st century abilities; Digital competence; Higher education

The Relationship between Smartphone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of Tertiary Students in Singapore: A Cross-Sectional Study. - Zhao, Jingming; Yuping, Wei; Maideen, Ismail; Moe, Zan Khin; Nasirudeen, A. M. A. (Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
Keywords: Final_citation; ⛔ No DOI found

OPT: Open Pre-trained Transformer Language Models - Zhang, Susan; Roller, Stephen; Goyal, Naman; Artetxe, Mikel; Chen, Moya; Chen, Shuohui; Dewan, Christopher; Diab, Mona; Li, Xian; Lin, Xi Victoria; Mihaylov, Todor; Ott, Myle; et al. (arXiv, 2022)
Large language models, which are often trained for hundreds of thousands of compute days, have shown remarkable capabilities for zero- and few-shot learning. Given their computational cost, these models are difficult to replicate without significant capital. For the few that are available through APIs, no access is granted to the full model weights, making them difficult to study. We present Open Pre-trained Transformers (OPT), a suite of decoder-only pre-trained transformers ranging from 125M to 175B parameters, which we aim to fully and responsibly share with interested researchers. We show that OPT-175B is comparable to GPT-3, while requiring only 1/7th the carbon footprint to develop. We are also releasing our logbook detailing the infrastructure challenges we faced, along with code for experimenting with all of the released models.
Keywords: Computer Science - Computation and Language; Computer Science - Machine Learning

Academia's responses to crisis: A bibliometric analysis of literature on online learning in higher education during COVID-19 - Zhang, Ling; Carter Jr., Richard Allen; Qian, Xueqin; Yang, Sohyun; Rujimora, James; Wen, Shuman (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022)
This paper aimed to provide a holistic view of research that investigated online learning in higher education around the globe during COVID-19 utilizing a bibliometric analysis. The researchers used co-citation analysis and text mining afforded by VOSviewer to document and analyze research patterns and topics reported in peer-reviewed documents published between January 2020 and August 2021. Findings of this study indicated that scholars from 103 countries or regions from the Global North and Global South investigated a wide array of topics, such as use of various technologies and strategies, redesigned curriculum, student perceptions and psychological impacts of the pandemic-imposed online learning. Many researchers applied technology acceptance theories and structural equation modeling to investigate factors associated with adoption and impacts of the pandemic-imposed online learning. Of the large quantity of research, medical education and chemical education were the most investigated disciplines. Inquiry-based learning, discovery learning, hands-on learning and collaborative learning emerged as instructional approaches frequently discussed or utilized across the target studies. This paper discussed (a) ongoing and emerging challenges to online higher education, (b) placing innovative pedagogies at the forefront of online learning, and (c) rapid, but imbalanced distribution of evolving literature based on the findings. Practitioner notes What is already known about this topic Online learning had attracted growing traction as a flexible and affordable means to complement traditional higher education prior to COVID-19. Higher education institutions (HEIs), faculty and students around the globe have encountered various challenges and opportunities regarding online teaching and learning during COVID-19. What this paper adds A bird's-eye-view perspective of how HEIs around the globe responded to the pandemic-imposed online teaching and learning using the bibliometric methodology. Identifications of a large body of research (n = 1061 documents) conducted by scholars from 103 countries or regions that investigated the pandemic-imposed online higher education, indicating an unprecedented level of participation in this area. An analysis of distinct themes arising from research on the pandemic-imposed online learning, such as medical education and psychological impact, chemistry curriculum and laboratory-based instruction and technology acceptance model. Implications for practice and/or policy The large corpus of studies on online higher education from different aspects can provide cross-disciplinary information guiding future research and design of online learning. With technology often conceptualized as the solution to support online learning, it is imperative to put innovative pedagogy at the forefront of the design of online teaching and learning.
Keywords: COVID-19; bibliometric analysis; innovative pedagogical strategies; online higher education; technology

Planning maize hybrids adaptation to future climate change by integrating crop modelling with machine learning - Zhang, Liangliang; Zhang, Zhao; Tao, Fulu; Luo, Yuchuan; Cao, Juan; Li, Ziyue; Xie, Ruizhi; Li, Shaokun (Environmental Research Letters, 2021)
Keywords: _z:no_pdf

A Systematic Review of Learning and Teaching with Tablets. - Zhang, Lechen; Nouri, Jalal (International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; literature / systematic review; ⛔ No DOI found

Deep Learning in Automatic Math Word Problem Solvers - Zhang, Dongxiang (AI in Learning: Designing the Future, 2023)
The design of an automatic solver for mathematical word problems (MWPs) dates back to the early 1960s and regained booming attention in recent years, owing to revolutionary advances in deep learning. Its objective is to parse the human-readable word problems into machine-understandable logical expressions. The problem is challenging due to the existence of a substantial semantic gap. To a certain extent, MWPs have been recognized as good test beds to evaluate the intelligence level of agents in terms of natural language understanding and automatic reasoning. The successful solving of MWPs can benefit online tutoring and constitute a milestone toward general AI. In this chapter, we present a general introduction to the technical evolution trend for MWP solvers in recent decades and pay particular attention to recent advancement with deep learning models. We also report their performances on public benchmark datasets, which can update readers’ understandings of the latest status of automatic math problem solvers.
Keywords: Automatic reasoning; Deep learning; Math word problems; Natural language processing

Contemporary patterns and issues of school segregation and white flight in U.S. metropolitan areas: towards spatial inquiries - Zhang, Charlie H.; Ruther, Matt (GeoJournal, 2020)
Keywords: Lebanon_event_2021; _C:Chile CHL; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

A Systematic Review of Multimedia Tools for Cybersecurity Awareness and Education - Zhang-Kennedy, Leah; Chiasson, Sonia (ACM Computing Surveys, 2021)
We conduct a comprehensive review covering academic publications and industry products relating to tools for cybersecurity awareness and education aimed at non-expert end-users developed in the past 20 years. Through our search criteria, we identified 119 tools that we cataloged into five broad media categories. We explore current trends, assess their use of relevant instructional design principles, and review empirical evidence of the tools’ effectiveness. From our review, we provide an evaluation checklist and suggest that a more systematic approach to the design and evaluation of cybersecurity educational tools would be beneficial.
Keywords: Cybersecurity educational tools; _genre:LR-literature_review; cybersecurity awareness and education

Policy Learning with Adaptively Collected Data - Zhan, Ruohan; Zhimei, Ren; Athey, Susan; Zhou, Zhengyuan (2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

A Review of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education from 2010 to 2020 - Zhai, Xuesong; Chu, Xiaoyan; Chai, Ching Sing; Jong, Morris Siu Yung; Istenic, Andreja; Spector, Michael; Liu, Jia-Bao; Yuan, Jing; Li, Yan (Complexity, 2021)
This study provided a content analysis of studies aiming to disclose how artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied to the education sector and explore the potential research trends and challenges of AI in education. A total of 100 papers including 63 empirical papers (74 studies) and 37 analytic papers were selected from the education and educational research category of Social Sciences Citation Index database from 2010 to 2020. The content analysis showed that the research questions could be classified into development layer (classification, matching, recommendation, and deep learning), application layer (feedback, reasoning, and adaptive learning), and integration layer (affection computing, role-playing, immersive learning, and gamification). Moreover, four research trends, including Internet of Things, swarm intelligence, deep learning, and neuroscience, as well as an assessment of AI in education, were suggested for further investigation. However, we also proposed the challenges in education may be caused by AI with regard to inappropriate use of AI techniques, changing roles of teachers and students, as well as social and ethical issues. The results provide insights into an overview of the AI used for education domain, which helps to strengthen the theoretical foundation of AI in education and provides a promising channel for educators and AI engineers to carry out further collaborative research.

Exploring machine learning potential for climate change risk assessment - Zennaro, Federica; Furlan, Elisa; Simeoni, Christian; Torresan, Silvia; Aslan, Sinem; Critto, Andrea; Marcomini, Antonio (Earth-Science Reviews, 2021)

Incorporating the dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra into a history of mathematics course - Zengin, Yilmaz (International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2018)
The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers' views about the history of mathematics course in which GeoGebra was used. The qualitative research design was used in this study. The participants of the study consisted of 23 pre-service mathematics teachers studying at a state university in Turkey. An open-ended questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Qualitative data obtained from the pre-service teachers were analyzed by means of content analysis. As a result, it was determined that GeoGebra software was an effective tool in the learning and teaching of the history of mathematics.
Keywords: Colleges & universities; Computer Software; Content analysis; Data acquisition; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Foreign Countries; GeoGebra; Geometry; Higher Education; History; History of mathematics; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematical Logic; Mathematical analysis; Mathematics; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Software; Student Attitudes; Teachers; Turkey; Validity; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098800; __finaldtb; dynamic mathematics software; pre-service teachers' views

Critical pedagogy and emotion: Working through ‘troubled knowledge’in posttraumatic contexts - Zembylas, Michalinos (Critical Studies in Education, 2013)

Teacher turnover in Rwanda - Zeitlin, Andrew (Journal of African Economies, 2021)

Exploring relationships between teachers and students with diagnosed disabilities: A multi-informant approach - Zee, Marjolein; de Bree, Elise; Hakvoort, Britt; Koomen, Helma M. Y. (Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2020)
This study explored unique associations of student disabilities (ADHD, ASD, dyslexia) with teacher-, student- and peer-perceptions of student–teacher relationship quality. Sixty-three teachers, 510 students, and classmates from 24 Dutch mainstream elementary schools completed questionnaires about the student–teacher relationship quality. Teachers indicated whether students were diagnosed with disabilities. Multilevel models indicated that both teachers and classmates, but not students with ADHD themselves, reported higher levels of conflict in relationships. Additionally, teachers experienced less closeness and more conflict in relationships with children with ASD. The lower levels of closeness were also reported by classmates, but not by students with ASD themselves. Last, students with dyslexia experienced less closeness and conflict with their teacher, whereas their classmates and teachers reported more closeness and less conflict in relationships.
Keywords: ADHD; ASD; Dyslexia; Multi-informant approach; Student–teacher relationship

Systematic Reviews in Educational Research: Methodology, Perspectives and Application [Book] - Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Kerres, Michael; Bedenlier, Svenja; Bond, Melissa; Buntins, Katja (Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2020)

Mapping the field of research on African higher education: a review of 6483 publications from 1980 to 2019 - Zavale, Nelson Casimiro; Schneijderberg, Christian (Higher Education, 2022)
Following a global trend, higher education (HE) in Africa has also become a complex enterprise, potentially demanding specific expertise in higher education research. However, despite this, there is a dearth of analysis into the state of research on African HE. This paper seeks to fill this gap by mapping and analysing African HE research. We undertake a systematic review of 6483 articles and books focusing on African HE published from 1980 to 2019 in indexed and non-indexed journals and book-publishers. We particularly examine the evolution of publications, the journals and book publishers, the authors’ affiliations, the researched countries, the publications’ thematic classification, the most prolific authors, and the most influential publications. Based on this analysis, we draw four main conclusions. First, research on African HE is a rather recent phenomenon or has witnessed a recent rise or renewal. Second, a few selected journals and book-publishers, particularly those with a strong regional or international reputation, dominate the field. Third, four communities of researchers are more represented: the community researching teaching and learning issues, the community focusing on structural transformation of HE, the community focusing on the internal organisation of HE and the community focusing on societal engagement of HE. Four, South Africa dominates the field both as home to most of the authors (including the most prolific) and the empirical field of most publications (including the most influential). If South Africa is excluded, African HE research is weak, but some communities are emerging, particularly in West, East and Southern Africa.
Keywords: Africa; Higher education research; Mapping the field; Systematic review

Dark matter in galaxies - Zasov, Anatolii Vladimirovich; Saburova, Ann S.; Khoperskov, Alexander Valentinovich; Khoperskov, Sergey A. (Physics-Uspekhi, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Relationship Between Classroom Physical Environment and Students’ Academic Achievement at Secondary Level - Zaman, Fakhar; Begum, Shabnam; Ullah, Mati (2020)
For fruitful teaching and learning process, physical classroom environment is very essential. The key purpose of the study was examining relationship between classroom physical environment and students’ academic achievement at Secondary Level in Southern KP. The study was descriptive in nature. The population of the study comprised of the five districts in Southern KP in which (n = 400) respondents were taken as sample of the study by applying stratified random sampling technique in which 200 were urban (100 male students and 100 female students). Similarly, 200 were rural students (100 male and 100 female). From each selected district, 05 urban and 05 rural male schools and similarly 05 urban and 05 rural female schools were randomly selected among these 05 districts. Data were collected from 20 schools. A self-developed questionnaire was used to find views of the students about their physical class room environment. Cronbach Alpha was applied. The collected data was entered into SPSS. Results and conclusions were drawn according to the nature of study. Thus, some recommendations were suggested at the end for the further improvement and future researcher.
Keywords: BE:LMIC; BE:RELEVANT

The Emerging Role of Corporate Actors as Policymakers in Education in Emergencies: Evidence from the Syria Refugee Crisis - Zakharia, Zeena; Menashy, Francine (Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2020)

How solar mini-grids can bring cheap, green electricity to rural Africa - Zajicek, Charlie (odi.org, 2019)
Well-suited to small, remote communities, renewable energy mini-grids can be the most cost-effective option for rural electrification in Africa.

Mode of tele-communication and software used by children with hearing impairment - Zahra, Arjamand; Khan, Sikander Ghayas; Butt, Ayesha Kamal; Noreen, Hafsa; Saeed, Muhammad Imtiaz; Iftikhar, Nayab (Biomedical Research, 2018)
Objective: The study is being conducted to find out mode of tele-communication and software used by children with hearing impairment. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was done at special education centers and schools in Lahore and Sheikhupura. Data was collected from children with hearing impairment by using a questionnaire of 11 items about the modes of tele-communication and software used by children with hearing impairment. Sample size was 362 which was calculated by using online sample size calculator. The population includes male and female children with mild, moderate, severe and profound hearing impairment studying in special education schools of Lahore and Sheikhupura. All these children use hearing aid and have congenital bilateral hearing loss. Results: This study shows that almost 80% population of children with hearing impairment know about computer and mobile. They also have awareness about the use of computer, Facebook, e-mail etc. In addition, 40 to 50% children with hearing impairment use Skype, Facebook and e-mail as a communication tool. Conclusion: The conclusion from this study is that most of the children use computer and mobile on daily basis in schools and homes for communication. Mild to moderate hearing loss children benefit from these devices between the ages of 10 to 20 y.

LDA*: a robust and large-scale topic modeling system - Yut, Lele; Zhang, Ce; Shao, Yingxia; Cui, Bin (Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 2017)
We present LDA*, a system that has been deployed in one of the largest Internet companies to fulfil their requirements of "topic modeling as an internal service" ---relying on thousands of machines, engineers in different sectors submit their data, some are as large as 1.8TB, to LDA* and get results back in hours. LDA* is motivated by the observation that none of the existing topic modeling systems is robust enough ---Each of these existing systems is designed for a specific point in the tradeoff space that can be sub-optimal, sometimes by up to 10×, across workloads. Our first contribution is a systematic study of all recently proposed samplers: AliasLDA, F+LDA, LightLDA, and WarpLDA. We discovered a novel system tradeoff among these samplers. Each sampler has different sampling complexity and performs differently, sometimes by 5×, on documents with different lengths. Based on this tradeoff, we further developed a hybrid sampler that uses different samplers for different types of documents. This hybrid approach works across a wide range of workloads and outperforms the fastest sampler by up to 2x. We then focused on distributed environments in which thousands of workers, each with different performance (due to virtualization and resource sharing), coordinate to train a topic model. Our second contribution is an asymmetric parameter server architecture that pushes some computation to the parameter server side. This architecture is motivated by the skew of the word frequency distribution and a novel tradeoff we discovered between communication and computation. With this architecture, we outperform the traditional, symmetric architecture by up to 2×. With these two contributions, together with a carefully engineered implementation, our system is able to outperform existing systems by up to 10× and has already been running to provide topic modeling services for more than six months.

Pedagogical design of K-12 artificial intelligence education: A systematic review - Yue, Miao; Jong, Morris Siu-Yung; Dai, Yun (Sustainability, 2022)

Estimating Level of Engagement from Ocular Landmarks - Yücel, Zeynep; Koyama, Serina; Monden, Akito; Sasakura, Mariko (International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Application and Research of Basketball Tactics Teaching Assisted by Computer Multimedia Technology - Yu, Lei; Li, Dong; Chen, Dong; Li, Wenbin (Springer, 2019)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Effects of responsive stimulation and nutrition interventions on children's development and growth at age 4 years in a disadvantaged population in Pakistan: a longitudinal follow-up of a cluster-randomised factorial effectiveness trial - Yousafzai, Aisha K.; Obradović, Jelena; Rasheed, Muneera A.; Rizvi, Arjumand; Portilla, Ximena A.; Tirado-Strayer, Nicole; Siyal, Saima; Memon, Uzma (The Lancet Global Health, 2016)

Using Web 2.0 technologies to enhance learning and teaching - Younie, Sarah; Williams, Lawrence; Cych, Leon (Debates in Computing and ICT Education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Experimental Impacts of a Teacher Professional Development Program in Chile on Preschool Classroom Quality and Child Outcomes. - Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Leyva, Diana; Snow, Catherine E.; Ernesto Treviño, M.Barata; Weiland, Christina; J, Celia (Gomez et al, 2015)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

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Analysis of the reporting of search strategies in Cochrane systematic reviews - Yoshii, Adriana; Plaut, Daphne A.; McGraw, Kathleen A.; Anderson, Margaret J.; Wellik, Kay E. (Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 2009)
Background: The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions provides instructions for documenting a systematic review's electronic database search strategy, listing elements that should be in the description. Complete documentation of the search strategy allows readers to evaluate the search when critically appraising a review's quality. Objective: The research analyzed recently published Cochrane reviews to determine whether instructions for describing electronic database search strategies were being followed. Methods: Eighty-three new reviews added to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in the first quarter of 2006 were selected for analysis. Eighteen were subsequently excluded because their searches were conducted only in the specialized registers of Cochrane review groups. The remaining sixty-five reviews were analyzed for the seven elements of an electronic database search strategy description listed in the Cochrane Handbook, using dual review with consensus. Results: Of the 65 reviews analyzed, none included all 7 recommended elements. Four reviews (6%) included 6 elements. Thirty-two percent (21/65) included 5 or more elements, with 68% (44/65) including 4 or fewer. Three included only 2 elements. The 65 reviews represented 41 different Cochrane review groups. Conclusion: The instructions from the Cochrane Handbook for reporting search strategies are not being consistently employed by groups producing Cochrane reviews.

Exploring the dynamics of female rural-urban migration for secondary education in Ethiopia - Yorke, Louise; Gilligan, Robbie; Alemu, Eyerusalem (Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021)
Based on ethnographic fieldwork, we explore the rural-urban migration of 27 girls and young women who leave their rural communities and move to the city to pursue their secondary education, in the ethnically diverse Southern Region of Ethiopia. We consider the nature and extent of the inequalities that they face in rural areas which limit their education opportunities and outcomes and underpin their expected entry into marriage. We compare their experiences in their rural communities with their lives in the city, where they have greater access to resources and greater freedom and decision-making power and the opportunity to continue their secondary education, although their futures are still uncertain. Through our analysis we reveal some of the tensions between the promise of girls’ secondary education promoted at the international and national level and the lived realities of rural girls and women, many of whom are unable to realise this promise.
Keywords: Ethiopia; Girls’ secondary education; empowerment; female rural-urban migration; marriage

Everything You Need to Know about Ridge Vents | AMCO - Yorgason, Andrew (American Roofing Company, 2014)
A ridge vent is low profile vent that follows the entire ridge line of your roof creating fresh air to move through the attic. Check out our blog post for more.

Reviewing the evidence on how teacher professional development affects student achievement - Yoon, K.S.; Duncan, T.; Lee, S.W.-Y.; Scarloss, B.; Shapley, K. (Issues & Answers, 2007)
The Regional Educational Laboratory - Southwest (REL Southwest) conducted a systematic and comprehensive review of the research-based evidence on the effects of professional development (PD) on growth in student achievement in three core academic subjects (reading/ELA, mathematics, and science). The primary goal of this study was to address the question, What is the impact of teacher participation in professional development on student achievement? Nine studies emerged as meeting What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards, from more than 1,300 manuscripts identified as potentially relevant. Although the number of studies that met evidence standards was small, the average overall effect size of 0.54 was observed when examined within the three content areas included in the review. The consistency of this effect size indicates that across all forms and content of PD, providing training to elementary school teachers does have a moderate effect on their students' achievement. However, because the average number of contact hours averaged almost 49 hours across the nine studies, the total contact hours must be substantial to get such an effect size. Because of the limited number of studies and the variability in the PD that was represented among the nine studies we examined, we were unable to make any conclusions about the effectiveness of specific PD programs or about the effectiveness of PD by form, content, or intensity. The following are appended: (1) Methodology; (2) Protocol for the review of research-based evidence on the effects of professional development on student achievement; (3) Key terms and definitions related to professional development; (4) List of keywords used in electronic searches; and (5) Relevant studies, listed by coding results. (Contains 3 boxes, 2 figures, 9 tables, and 3 notes.) [This report was produced for the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) by Regional EducationalLaboratory Southwest administered by Edvance Research.]

School Choice and the Polarization of Public Schools in A Global City: A Bourdieusian GIS Approach - Yoon, Ee-Seul; Marmureanu, Cosmin; Brown, Robert S. (Peabody Journal of Education, 2020)
Over the past three decades, urban sociologists have shed light on the intensifying social inequality between the wealthiest and poorest neighborhoods in global cities; yet limited research has been done to illuminate the relationships between urban polarization and school choice (i.e., where parents choose schools for their children). This study sociospatially examines the patterns of secondary school choice in the global city of Toronto to illuminate the relationship between urban polarization and school choice. In doing so, this study combines Pierre Bourdieu’s sociospatial theory with a geographic information systems (GIS) approach. Overall, we found that popular schools and schools with specialized choice programs tend to be located in high-status neighborhoods, defined as neighborhoods with residents in the top 20% of family income, home prices, education attainment, and representation from the dominant culture. We also show that mobile students who choose popular schools or highly sought-after specialized programs tend to come from advantaged neighborhoods. Meanwhile, local students who choose a regular school in their neighborhood tend to come from low-status neighborhoods. With a new interdisciplinary approach, this study contributes to a more spatialized understanding of how social inequality and polarization account for school choice.

Thinking Critically in Space: Toward a Mixed-Methods Geospatial Approach to Education Policy Analysis - Yoon, Ee-Seul; Lubienski, Christopher (Educational Researcher, 2018)
Keywords: Lebanon_event_2021; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

The relationships between teachers’ emotional labor and their burnout and satisfaction: A meta-analytic review - Yin, Hongbiao; Huang, Shenghua; Chen, Gaowei (Educational Research Review, 2019)
Teaching is an emotional endeavor. Unlike mass service employees, teachers enjoy considerable autonomy in their teaching and maintain relatively stable relationships with students, parents, and colleagues. This study is a meta-analytic review of the associations between teachers' emotional labor strategies (i.e., surface acting, deep acting, and the expression of naturally felt emotions) and other relevant constructs. The meta-analysis is based on 85 empirical articles and 86 independent samples, with the experiences of 33,248 teachers represented in the articles reviewed. The meta-correlations are generally in the expected direction. Surface acting is positively related to the individual and interpersonal components of burnout and negatively related to teaching satisfaction. Deep acting is not significantly related to the individual or interpersonal components of burnout, but positively related to teaching satisfaction and the efficacy component of burnout. The expression of naturally felt emotions is negatively related to teachers’ burnout and reduced teaching satisfaction. The moderation analysis of relevant correlates also provides some insights about the research development.
Keywords: Burnout; Emotional labor; Lebanon_event_2021; Meta-analysis; Satisfaction; Teacher; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Oman OMN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Preservice teachers' perceptions about the use of blended learning in a science education methods course - Yılmaz, Özkan; Malone, Kathy L (Smart Learning Environments, 2020)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine the effectiveness of blended learning within the context of a science education methods course for early childhood elementary preservice teachers in Turkey. Elementary teachers historically fear science and avoid using it in their classes. This course was blended to allow the students to experience active science learning during face to face sessions. Student perceptions about their experiences in a blended methods course were collected using a previously validated survey. The data analysis of the post-test only survey research design demonstrated that students’ perceptions were positive towards the use of blended learning within their science education methods course. However, the analysis determined that students felt that certain technical aspects of the blended learning environment hindered their learning.
Keywords: Blended learning; Data analysis; Education; Education--Teaching Methods And Curriculum; Elementary preservice teachers; Higher education; Learning; Learning environment; Science education; Science instruction; Science methods courses; Students; Teachers; Teaching methods; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2095728; __finaldtb

Finding unmapped schools from space with AI - Yi, Zhuangfang NaNa (Medium, 2019)
Accurate data about schools is critical to provide quality education and promote lifelong learning, ensure equal access to opportunity…

A Comprehensive Review of Educational Technology on Objective Learning Outcomes in Academic Contexts - Yeung, Kam Leung; Carpenter, Shana K.; Corral, Daniel (Educational Psychology Review, 2021)
Rapid advances in technology during the last few decades have provided a multitude of new options for teaching and learning. Although technology is being widely adopted in education, there is a shortage of research on the effects that this technology might have on student learning, and why those effects occur. We conducted a comprehensive review of the literature on various uses of digital technology in educational settings, and the effects of that technology on students’ objective learning outcomes. We interpret these effects within the context of empirical research on effective principles of learning, and the extent to which the affordances of technology permit opportunities for increased engagement with the material, retrieval practice, and spacing. Results revealed that technology is neither beneficial nor harmful for learning when used primarily as a means of presenting information (e.g., information viewed on a computer screen vs. on paper), but can be beneficial when it involves unique affordances that leverage effective learning principles. We discues these findings in light of the ever-increasing availability of technology in education, and the importance of evidence-guided criteria in decisions about adoption and implementation.
Keywords: Classroom; Cognitive Science; Effective Learning Principles; Final_citation; Learning; Technology; cited; existing

Correlation of ambient air temperature and cognitive performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Yeganeh, Armin Jeddi; Reichard, Georg; McCoy, Andrew P.; Bulbul, Tanyel; Jazizadeh, Farrokh (Building and Environment, 2018)
Despite their impact on work performance, cognitive responses to thermal variations in buildings have not been accurately quantified. Practical limitations in individual laboratory experiments with limited participants often cause low statistical power and restrict generalizability. Thus, inconsistencies in individual studies motivate summary reviews and meta-analyses. The objective of this study is to estimate the correlation between ambient air temperature and cognitive performance through a systematic literature review. We identified laboratory experiment reports published between 1980 and 2018, out of which 45 passed the targeted inclusion and exclusion criteria set forward by the scope of this study. To obtain summary effect statistics, 28 reports were included in a single analysis conducted by the use of the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software. Under laboratory conditions with fixed clothing values, studies with the weighted mean of 4.34 °C, 10.04 °C, and 26.68 °C increase in the control air temperature show about % 0.40, % 5.37, and % 7.97 reductions in cognitive performance, respectively. Heat stress causes the most significant decline in the most attention-demanding tasks. The results show an overall decline in both speed and accuracy measures due to changes in ambient air temperature. Accuracy measures and longer exposures are associated with relatively more decline in heat and cold. The estimated temperature-performance correlation follows a bell-shaped curve centered around the average control temperature. The results help inform policy and design decisions concerned with thermal comfort and upper limits for occupational exposure to cold and heat.
Keywords: Cold; Comfort; Heat; Indoor; Productivity; Work

Tackling environmental challenges in pollution controls using artificial intelligence: A review - Ye, Zhiping; Yang, Jiaqian; Zhong, Na; Tu, Xin; Jia, Jining; Wang, Jiade (Science of the Total Environment, 2020)

Sustainable groundwater development in Nigeria - Yaya, A. Onugba & O. O. (Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa, 2008)
ABSTRACT: Developing groundwater is generally an excellent option for sustainable water supplies in Nigeria, despite some challenges. However, to achieve a sustainable supply, planning is required which needs hydrological and hydrogeological data as well information on water demand and general socioeconomic conditions. Data requirements include: the quantity of water required per year, intended rate of abstraction, the use of water and the amount of money available; detailed geology of area – type, extent, structure and variability of rocks, aquifer properties; rainfall & surface water sources; the cost of drilling, pumps and other materials; and potential incomes from water sales. Development of groundwater resources involves a sequential process with three phases: exploration, evaluation and exploitation. Often, groundwater supply projects concentrate on exploitation to the neglect of the evaluation phase. Groundwater supply projects can fail if this sequential development process is not followed. Adequate data cannot be available for meaningful planning if no proper evaluation is carried out before exploitation. Equally, to ensure sustainability there is need for periodic re-evaluation of demand, performance and changes in hydrological and hydrogeological conditions. The paper examines groundwater resources development and water supply programmes in Nigeria with emphasis on technical and social constraints to achieving sustainable groundwater development.

Early Occupational Aspirations and Fractured Transitions: A Study of Entry into ‘NEET’ Status in the UK - Yates, Scott; Harris, Angel; Sabates, Ricardo; Staff, Jeremy (Journal of Social Policy, 2011)
There has been significant recent research and policy interest in issues of young people's occupational aspirations, transitions to employment and the antecedents of NEET (not in employment, education or training) status. Many have argued that changes to the youth labour market over the past 30 years have led to transitions to work becoming more individualised, complex and troublesome for many, particularly those from poorer backgrounds. However, little research has examined the connection between early uncertainty or misalignment in occupational aspirations and entry into NEET status. This paper draws on the British Cohort Study to investigate these issues, and finds that young people with uncertain occupational aspirations or ones misaligned with their educational expectations are considerably more likely to become NEET by age 18. Uncertainty and misalignment are both more widespread and more detrimental for those from poorer backgrounds. These findings are discussed in the context of recent research and debates on emerging adulthood and the youth labour market.

ICT Integrations in TVET: Is it up to Expectations? - Yasak, Zurina; Alias, Maizam (Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015)
In today’s world where information and communication technology is playing a major role in people’s daily lives, how a student learns is dependent on how the student reacts to the sophisticated system offered by these technologies. Thus, it is not surprising that online learning is accepted as an important tool in the general education sector. However its adoption in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is yet to reach the equivalence of the general education sector. With the availability of state of the art online learning technology, there is greater opportunity for acquiring the technology that can support TVET practices. The aim of this paper is to discuss the trend of ICT integration in teaching and learning in TVET based on a systematic review of ICT integration in post-secondary TVET. The focus is mainly on the “what’ and “how” aspects of ICT integration in TVET. The literature reviewed indicates that while ICT integration can be aimed at the learning goals in the three domains, the affective, cognitive and psychomotor domain; its effectiveness is more noted where learning goals are of the cognitive domains. More effective integration is also indicated where the blended mode is adopted as compared to the fully ICT mediated mode. Lessons learnt in light of these findings are discussed for future ICT integration in TVET.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; CLL:en; ICT integration in TVET; Postsecondary Education; Review of ICT role in TVET; publicImportV1

Teaching/learning resources and academic performance in mathematics in secondary schools in Bondo District of Kenya - Yara, P.O.; Otieno, K.O. (Asian Social Science, 2010)

Accelerated learning method using edmodo to increase students' mathematical connection and self-regulated learning - Yaniawati, R. Poppy; Kartasasmita, Bana G.; Kariadinata, Rahayu; Sari, Evi (the 2017 International Conference, 2017)
This study aims to analyze implementation of accelerated elearning method using edmodo media to increase mathematical connection ability and self-regulated learning of students. The research method employed was mixed method research with embedded design. Subjects of the study were eleventh grade students of a vocational secondary school in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia. Research instruments used were test for mathematical connection ability, questionnaire of students’ self-regulated learning, observation and interview guidelines. Statistical analysis were t-test, mann-whitney test, and two-way anova. results of this study showed that (1) mathematical connection abillity of high and low clasification students who studied used accelerated learning with edmodo was better than that of students who studied with conventional learning; (2) no differences were found in selfregulated learning of high and low classification students who studied used accelerated learning with edmodo was better than that of students who studied with conventional learning; (3) a positive correlation was found between mathematical connection ability and self-regulated learning students.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Accelerated learning method using edmodo to increase students' mathematical connection and self-regulated learning - Yaniawati, R. Poppy; Kartasasmita, Bana G.; Kariadinata, Rahayu; Sari, Evi (the 2017 International Conference, 2017)
This study aims to analyze implementation of accelerated elearning method using edmodo media to increase mathematical connection ability and self-regulated learning of students. The research method employed was mixed method research with embedded design. Subjects of the study were eleventh grade students of a vocational secondary school in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia. Research instruments used were test for mathematical connection ability, questionnaire of students’ self-regulated learning, observation and interview guidelines. Statistical analysis were t-test, mann-whitney test, and two-way anova. results of this study showed that (1) mathematical connection abillity of high and low clasification students who studied used accelerated learning with edmodo was better than that of students who studied with conventional learning; (2) no differences were found in selfregulated learning of high and low classification students who studied used accelerated learning with edmodo was better than that of students who studied with conventional learning; (3) a positive correlation was found between mathematical connection ability and self-regulated learning students.
Keywords: _AcademicRecoveryOECS

The Obstacles of Geographical Information System (GIS) Development: A Study of Teachers' Distribution in Sukabumi, Indonesia - Yani, Ahmad; Rosita, Rosita (6th International Conference on Educational, Management, Administration and Leadership, 2016)
Geographical Information System (GIS) is an application used to process data in form of thematic maps which is arranged overlapping to produce informations needed by the user. Employing descriptive method, this study indicated that basically the GIS deve
Keywords: Lebanon_event_2021; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Kenya KEN; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Career challenges in construction craft training in technical vocational education and training in Ghana - Yangben, PN; Seniwoliba, JA (2014)
The study examined the challenges of the Pilot Training Centre (PTC) at the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra in the training of tradesmen for the construction industry. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population consists of tutors, current students and past students of the PTC/NVTI and contractors within the Accra Metropolis. The sample comprised ten tutors, fifteen past students, one hundred and ten currents and ten contractors were randomly selected from the PTC and contractors. A set of questionnaire was prepared and used for collecting data for the study. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics from the Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS 16 version).For many years, technical and vocational education in Africa has been considered as a career path for the less academically endowed. This perception has been fuelled by the low academic requirements for admission into TVET programmes and the limited prospects for further education and professional development. Worse of all, the impression is sometimes created by governments that the primary objective of the vocational education track is to keep dropouts from the basic and senior high school system off the streets, rather than project this type of training as an effective strategy to train skilled workers for the employment market. However, 84.3% of the respondents refuted the assertion and only 15.7% supported the assertion. Based on these findings on the career challenges TVET trainees face, it was recommended that training institutions should be well resourced by the collective efforts of government and all other stakeholders so that training programmes can achieve their set objectives. Training providers should liaise with those in the industry so that in-service training activities could be organized which would enrich students with the right skills for the job market. There should be a clear cut for technical students climbing the academic ladder without bottlenecks.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:East Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; P:construction; P:crafts; P:nature; Q:masters; T:Educação profissionalizante; T:TVET; T:Training; T:career; _C:Ghana GHA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Disclosable Restructuring Paper-Support to Implementation of the Regional Education Strategy-P158836 - Yang, Hongyu (The World Bank, 2018)

Temperature-dependent ventilation rates might improve perceived air quality in a demand-controlled ventilation strategy - Yang, Aileen; Holøs, Sverre B.; Resvoll, Marie Opsahl; Mysen, Mads; Fjellheim, Øystein (Building and Environment, 2021)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT

Decentralized Governance of Digital Platforms - Yan Chen, Jack I. Richter, Pankaj C. Patel, 2021 - Yan Chen; Jack I. Richter; Pankaj C. Patel (2020)
Keywords: Final_citation

Acceptance on open and distance learning method amongst special education needs teachers during movement control order - Yahaya, Nasiha Hanis (Journal of Media and Information Warfare (JMIW), 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The effectiveness of intelligent tutoring systems on K‐12 students' reading comprehension: A meta‐analysis - Xu, Zhihong; Wijekumar, Kausalai (Kay); Ramirez, Gilbert; Hu, Xueyan; Irey, Robin (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

AI Applications in Education - Xu, Zhengyu; Wei, Yingjia; Zhang, Jinming (Artificial Intelligence for Communications and Networks, 2021)
In recent years, led by the wave of artiﬁcial intelligence, “artiﬁcial intelligence + education” has become a very hot topic. More and more traditional educational institutions have begun to organize and layout the ﬁeld of ARTIFICIAL intelligence education. Training artiﬁcial intelligence talents will become an important mission of education. Meanwhile, educational methods will change with the development of artiﬁcial intelligence, and the deep integration of artiﬁcial intelligence and education will become the development trend of the future education world. The future has come, when education and artiﬁcial intelligence meet, what kind of spark will be produced? This paper mainly discusses the application, research status and development trend of artiﬁcial intelligence in the ﬁeld of education, as well as the deep integration of artiﬁcial intelligence and education.

Educational Resource Management System Based on JSP Technology - Xu, Qin; Zhou, Zhongli; Yang, Dexiang (Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 2018)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Talent leadership strategies enhance teacher’s professional competencies in 21st century education for sustainable development - Xu, Ping; Yue, Xiaoyao (IOP Publishing, 2019)
Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Thailand THA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Integrating service quality with system and information quality: an empirical test in the e-service context - Xu, J.; Benbasat, I.; Benbasat, I. (MIS Quarterly, 2013)
Keywords: _z:no_pdf

Optimal Experimental Design for Staggered Rollouts - Xiong, Ruoxuan; Athey, Susan; Imben, Guidi W.; Bayati, Mohsen (Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2019)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

DARWIN Series: Domain Specific Large Language Models for Natural Science - Xie, Tong; Wan, Yuwei; Huang, Wei; Yin, Zhenyu; Liu, Yixuan; Wang, Shaozhou; Linghu, Qingyuan; Kit, Chunyu; Grazian, Clara; Zhang, Wenjie; Razzak, Imran; Hoex, Bram (arXiv, 2023)
Emerging tools bring forth fresh approaches to work, and the field of natural science is no different. In natural science, traditional manual, serial, and labour-intensive work is being augmented by automated, parallel, and iterative processes driven by artificial intelligence-based experimental automation and more. To add new capabilities in natural science, enabling the acceleration and enrichment of automation of the discovery process, we present DARWIN, a series of tailored LLMs for natural science, mainly in physics, chemistry, and material science. This series relies on open-source LLM, incorporating structured and unstructured scientific knowledge from public datasets and literature. We fine-tuned the models using over 60,000 instruction data points, emphasizing factual correctness. During the fine-tuning, we introduce the Scientific Instruction Generation (SIG) model, automating instruction generation from scientific texts. This eliminates the need for manual extraction or domain-specific knowledge graphs and efficiently injects scientific knowledge into the model. We also explore multi-task training strategies, revealing interconnections between scientific tasks. DARWIN series not only achieves state-of-the-art results on various scientific tasks but also diminishes reliance on closed-source AI models. Our research showcases the ability of LLM in the scientific domain, with the overarching goal of fostering prosperity within the broader AI for science community.
Keywords: Computer Science - Computation and Language; Condensed Matter - Materials Science; Physics - Applied Physics

Can Touchscreen Devices be Used to Facilitate Young Children’s Learning? A Meta-Analysis of Touchscreen Learning Effect - Xie, Heping; Zhou, Zongkui; Peng, Ji; Qin, Mengyuan; Huang, Xuzhe; Tian, Fei (Frontiers in psychology, 2018)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Psychometric evaluation of the self-efficacy questionnaire for children (SEQ-C): validation among Chinese children and adolescents - Xie, Han; Shlonsky, Aron; Harrigan, Susy (Current Psychology, 2022)
The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C) is a well-established measure of self-efficacy including three specific task demands, that is, academic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, and emotional self-efficacy. The present study examined the applicability of the SEQ-C for measuring children’s self-efficacy in a Chinese population. The sample was comprised of 1491 students in Grade 4 to 11 (boys = 52.8%; mean age = 13.0 years) in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test the factor structure of the SEQ-C. Also, bivariate correlations between SEQ-C and children’s prosocial behavior, bullying behavior and victimized experience were tested to reflect the convergent validity of the SEQ-C. The results revealed that a modified 20-item Chinese version of the SEQ-C had excellent internal consistency reliability, good construct validity, overall acceptable convergent validity and measurement invariance across gender and school level. Only minor adaptions were necessary, and the rationale for making these adjustments was based on both content and performance of the measure. In addition to the cross-cultural validation, this study has extended the age range of the target users (14 to 17 years) by confirming the suitability of the SEQ-C for age groups spanning primary and secondary school children aged between 9 and 18 years. For those working and doing research in schools, this validation study increases confidence in the use of the Chinese SEQ-C and its subscales for identifying children’s self-efficacy in specific domains and for conducting research on interventions where self-efficacy is an important predictor or outcome.

Guidance on Conducting a Systematic Literature Review - Xiao, Yu; Watson, Maria (Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2017)
Literature reviews establish the foundation of academic inquires. However, in the planning field, we lack rigorous systematic reviews. In this article, through a systematic search on the methodology of literature review, we categorize a typology of literature reviews, discuss steps in conducting a systematic literature review, and provide suggestions on how to enhance rigor in literature reviews in planning education and research.
Keywords: CitedIn:BIBBTVET

Urban water resource management for sustainable environment planning using artificial intelligence techniques - Xiang, Xiaojun; Li, Qiong; Khan, Shahnawaz; Khalaf, Osamah Ibrahim (Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2021)

Optimising thermostat settings in school and office buildings for thermal comfort, cognitive performance and energy efficiency - Wyon, David P.; Wargocki, Pawel (2021)
Keywords: BE:RELEVANT; ⛔ No DOI found

Ubiquitous laptop usage in higher education: Effects on student achievement, student satisfaction, and constructivist measures in honors and traditional classrooms - Wurst, Christian; Smarkola, Claudia; Gaffney, Mary Anne (Computers & Education, 2008)
Three years of graduating business honors cohorts in a large urban university were sampled to determine whether the introduction of ubiquitous laptop computers into the honors program contributed to student achievement, student satisfaction and constructivist teaching activities. The first year cohort consisted of honors students who did not have laptops; the second and third year cohorts were given laptops by the University. The honors students found that their honors classrooms were statistically significantly more constructivist than their traditional (non-honors) classroom. The introduction of laptop computing to honors students and their faculty did not increase the level of constructivist activities in the honors classrooms. Laptop computing did not statistically improve student achievement as measured by GPA. Honors students with laptops reported statistically significantly less satisfaction with their education compared to honors students with no laptops.
Keywords: Computer-mediated communication; Pedagogical issues; Post-secondary education

Using Live Video Streaming in Online Tutoring: Exploring Factors Affecting Social Interaction - Wu, Man; Gao, Qin (International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2020)
The growth of live video streaming (LVS) technology provides new possibilities for online tutoring in that it accommodates a massive number of learners simultaneously. Questions still exist, however, about the extent to which new technology can support interactions between an instructor and a vast number of learners, as well as which factors would influence learners’ interactions with the instructor and peer learners. This study explored these questions by conducting a survey involving 189 senior high school students participating in online LVS tutoring. The results indicated that learner–instructor interaction dominated social interaction in the online tutoring environment with the current system design. This design may also contribute to the development of the perceived presence of peer learners with few direct information exchanges among peers. Social Connectedness and perceived enjoyment positively influenced learner–instructor interaction, whereas social fears and the social presence of the instructor negatively influenced learner–learner interaction.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Teachers and the Teaching Profession in Sierra Leone: A Comprehensive Situation Analysis - Wright, Cream (TSC, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Indoor temperatures in patient waiting rooms in eight rural primary health care centers in northern South Africa and the related potential risks to human health and wellbeing - Wright, Caradee Y.; Street, Renée A.; Cele, Nokulunga; Kunene, Zamantimande; Balakrishna, Yusentha; Albers, Patricia N.; Mathee, Angela (International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017)
Keywords: BE:LMIC; BE:RELEVANT

Major climate change-induced risks to human health in South Africa - Wright, Caradee Y.; Kapwata, Thandi; Du Preez, David Jean; Wernecke, Bianca; Garland, Rebecca M.; Nkosi, Vusumuzi; Landman, Willem A.; Dyson, Liesl; Norval, Mary (Environmental Research, 2021)
Keywords: BE:LMIC; BE:RELEVANT

A meta-analysis of the cognitive and motivational effects of serious games. - Wouters, Pieter; Van Nimwegen, Christof; Van Oostendorp, Herre; Van Der Spek, Erik D. (Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013)
It is assumed that serious games influences learning in 2 ways, by changing cognitive processes and by affecting motivation. However, until now research has shown little evidence for these assumptions. We used meta-analytic techniques to investigate whether serious games are more effective in terms of learning and more motivating than conventional instruction methods (learning: k = 77, N 5,547; motivation: k = 31, N 2,216). Consistent with our hypotheses, serious games were found to be more effective in terms of learning (d= 0.29, p .05) than conventional instruction methods. Additional moderator analyses on the learning effects revealed that learners in serious games learned more, relative to those taught with conventional instruction methods, when the game was supplemented with other instruction methods, when multiple training sessions were involved, and when players worked in groups.

A meta-analysis of the cognitive and motivational effects of serious games. - Wouters, Pieter; Nimwegen, Christof van; Oostendorp, Herre van; Spek, Erik D. van der (Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Artificial Intelligence Innovations for Multimodal Learning, Interfaces, and Analytics - Worsley, Marcelo (AI in Learning: Designing the Future, 2023)
The twenty-first century has brought with it a growing variety of authentic and engaging learning environments. While significant portions of human learning still take place in traditional classrooms, researchers and educators have innovated several learning experiences that are embodied, project-based, inquiry-driven, collaborative, and open-ended. Furthermore, there has been greater acknowledgement of the varying timescales and contexts where meaningful learning takes place, as well as greater attention to previously underappreciated competencies like creativity, self-regulation, and collaboration. This expansion in the types, contexts, and timescales of human learning necessitate novel analytic approaches. This chapter will discuss how artificial intelligence-based tools and technologies can help researchers and practitioners navigate and enact these novel approaches to learning, while also providing a meaningful lens for student reflection and inquiry. Consequently, this chapter includes discussions of (1) technologies that provide learners with a broader set of modalities to showcase their knowledge, (2) tools that offer insights within groups of students using audio/video information, and (3) analytic techniques and interfaces for helping researchers collect and analyze different types of multimodal data across contexts. The chapter will also discuss some of the ethics surrounding these types of data and analytic approaches.
Keywords: Ethics; Informal learning; Multimodal data

Audio-described educational materials: Ugandan teachers' experiences - Wormnaes, Siri; Sellaeg, Nina (British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2013)
This article describes and discusses a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study of how 12 visually impaired teachers in Uganda experienced audio-described educational video material for teachers and student teachers. The study is based upon interviews with these teachers and observations while they were using the material either individually, in pairs, or in small groups along with sighted teachers. The findings demonstrate that audio-described material was highly appreciated by the teachers, contributing to their involvement and emotional engagement with the situation for learners with disabilities. The teachers also benefited from the opportunity of participating in the discussion sessions that followed the viewing. In this article, questions regarding what and how to audio describe are discussed in the light of educational objectives and cultural relevance. The overall aim of the study is to make a contribution to knowledge about how audio-described educational videos may assist inclusive and reflective learning processes among blind teachers and student teachers in an East African context. (Contains 1 note.)
Keywords: Access to Education; Cultural Relevance; Culturally Relevant Education; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Inclusion; Instructional Materials; Interviews; Learning Processes; Postsecondary Education; Qualitative Research; Reflection; Student Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education; Teachers; Uganda; Video Technology; Visual Impairments; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098573; __finaldtb

Breaking: DFID merged with FCO - Worley, William (Devex, 2020)
Opponents say the announcement marks the culmination of a slow-drain on DFID's influence, and worry about what it means for the future direction of U.K. aid.

Worldreader | Sierra Leone - Worldreader (2020)
Worldreader brings digital reading to schools in Sierra Leone in partnership with the Klintworth Family Foundation.
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Sierra Leone population 2020 - WorldPop (2018)
RF-based gridded population distribution datasets produced in the framework of the Global Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076)
Keywords: Population distribution, Population, Dasymetric disaggregation; _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Assistive Technology in the African Region: Results of an Online Rapid Assistive Technology Capacity Survey - World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (2018)

Defining sexual health: report of a technical consultation on sexual health, 28–31 January 2002, Geneva - World Health Organization (2006)

World Report on Disability - World Health Organisation; World Bank (2011)

Global Risks Report 2022 - World Economic Forum (World Economic Forum, 2022)
World Economic Forum: This year's Report, shares the results of the latest Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS) in the context of the current global outlook, followed by an analysis of growing divergences in the areas of climate transition, cybersecurity, mobility, and outer space.
Keywords: Final_citation; existing

The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution - World Economic Forum (Global Challenge Insight Report, 2016)
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is interacting with other socio-economic and demographic factors to create a perfect storm of business model change in all industries, resulting in major disruptions to labour markets. New categories of jobs will emerge, partly or wholly displacing others.

The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update - World Bank; UNESCO; UNICEF; FCDO; USAID; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2022)

The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery (Vol. 1): Report - World Bank; UNESCO; UNICEF (: The World Bank, UNESCO, and UNICEF, 2021)

Results of Mongolia COVID-19 Household Response Phone Survey (Round 1) - World Bank; National Statistics Office of Mongolia (World Bank Group, 2020)

Guide for Learning Recovery and Acceleration: Using the RAPID Framework to Address COVID-19 Learning Losses and Build Forward Better - World Bank; Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; FCDO; UNESCO; UNICEF; USAID (2022)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

World Bank EdTech Readiness Index (ETRI) - World Bank Group (2021)

A Landscape Review of ICT for Disability-Inclusive Education - World Bank (2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

A Landscape Review of ICT for Disability-inclusive Education - World Bank (World Bank, 2022)
Information and communication technology (ICT) tools can have a catalytic effect in advancing both educational access and learning outcomes for children with disabilities. Despite tremendous potential, a gap exists between technology advancements and their large-scale application in educating children with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. This landscape review of ICTs for disability inclusive education by the Inclusive Education Initiative seeks to understand the current status and trends in the practice of educational technology (EdTech) and the use of ICT in improving the educational participation and outcomes of children with disabilities. The review explores what factors enable or restrict this improvement within the wider EdTech ecosystem.
Keywords: Access to Education; Access to Learning; Disability Inclusion; Edtech; Education Technology; Inclusive Education

Acting now to protect the human capital of our children - World Bank (2021)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Allô École! Using mobile technologies to connect government, teachers, and parents - World Bank (World Bank, 2017)
A World Bank pilot is promoting a mobile social accountability platform « Allô École! » to increase accountability in the primary education sector of the DRC.
Keywords: C: Democratic Republic of Congo

Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults) - Sierra Leone - World Bank (2012)

Breaking old habits and adopting new ones: how to change teaching practice when change is hard - World Bank (2021)
The types of skills an effective educator hasare: being skilled in developing safe and supportive learning environments, checking for student understanding, adjusting instruction according to needs, developing socio- and emotional competences in their learners, among others.

Cost-effective approaches to improve global learning: What does recent evidence tell us are “Smart Buys” for improving learning in Low and Middle Income Countries? - World Bank (2020)
Cost-Effective Approaches to Improve Global Learning : What Does Recent Evidence Tell Us Are “Smart Buys” for Improving Learning in Low and Middle Income Countries? (English)
Keywords: _genre:LR-literature_review

COVID-19 Could Lead to Permanent Loss in Learning and Trillions of Dollars in Lost Earnings - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)

Curricula, Examinations, and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa - World Bank (World Bank Working Papers, 2008)

Expanding Access to Early Childhood Development Using Interactive Audio Instruction - World Bank (World Bank Group, Education Development Center, 2016)

GDP per capita cCurent US$) - Sierra Leone - World Bank (World Bank Data, 2021)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Human Capital Project - October 2020 - World Bank (2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Improving Educational Quality through Interactive Radio Instruction - World Bank (2005)

Incidence of HIV, all (per 1,000 uninfected population) - Sierra Leone | Data - World Bank (2020)

Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk) - Sierra Leone, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Data - World Bank (2018)

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) - Bangladesh - World Bank (2020)

Mathematics education in Sub-Saharan Africa : status, challenges, and opportunities - World Bank (The World Bank, 2016)
This study on Assessment of mathematics education in Sub Saharan African countries is in support of the efforts to improve mathematics education in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study is in response to a growing recognition that countries in SSA will need to boost performance in the Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects if they are to realize their full potential in a competitive global market increasingly shaped by the use of new technologies. Chapter 1 of this report lists the constituent countries of SSA and describes the study’s research questions and methods. Chapter 2 explores the economic and social arguments for making the improvement of mathematics education in the region a priority. Chapter 3 presents evidence as to current levels of numeracy and mathematical competence in the countries of SSA from a wide range of assessments. Chapter 4 looks at factors which have the potential to raise mathematical achievement indirectly by improving the quality of schooling in general. Chapter 5 considers the effectiveness of various interventions targeted specifically at improving mathematical outcomes. Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 are dedicated to issues concerning the capacities of serving teachers of mathematics and the pre-service training arrangements for those preparing to teach mathematics in schools. Chapter 8 describes assessment practices and their potential roles in improving learning outcomes. Chapter 9 gives an overview of a range of more recent initiatives designed to improve mathematics education both in SSA and beyond. Chapter 10 summarizes the study’s main findings and sets out some suggestions for overcoming barriers to progress. Finally, Appendix A sets out the findings of the in-country surveys.

OECS-Systematic-Regional-Diagnostic-P165001-1.pdf - World Bank (2018)

Open Data Readiness Assessment: Sierra Leone - World Bank (2015)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Open Knowledge Repository - World Bank (2023)
Keywords: Final_citation

Project Appraisal Document: Sierra Leone Free Education Project - World Bank (2020)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Project Information Document (PID): Sierra Leone Free Education Project (P167897) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2019)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Project Information Document: Sierra Leone Free Education Project - World Bank (2019)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Remote Learning, Distance Education and Online Learning During the COVID19 Pandemic - World Bank (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020)

Republic of Sierra Leone Higher and Tertiary Education Sector Policy Note - World Bank (2013)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Results of Mongolia COVID-19 Household Response Phone Survey (Round 1) - World Bank (World Bank Group, 2020)

Revitalizing Education Development in Sierra Leone (REDISL) Project - World Bank (2014)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

School Hits the Airwaves: Sierra Leone Turns to Education Radio as a Response to COVID-19 - World Bank (The World Bank, 2021)
Sierra Leone's experience with education radio during the 2014 Ebola outbreak has helped strengthen its radio programming during school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Sierra Leone: Human Capital Index - World Bank (2018)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Sierra Leone - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017 - World Bank (2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Special Needs Education in Uganda: Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4 Concerns Quality and Inclusive Education - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
About 16% of Ugandan children have a disability, this suggests that most children with disabilities are not able to attend school and that learners with special needs fail to transition from one educational level to another.

Teach - World Bank's Classroom Observation Tool - World Bank (World Bank, 2019)
Teach-Related Blogs

Teacher Management 2.0: Improving Teacher Deployment in Malawi - World Bank (Innovations in Education — Africa, 2016)
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Teachers and Teaching in Sierra Leone : Teacher Quality and Management Study - World Bank (2021)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone

The Changing Nature of Work - World Bank (2019)

TV-Based-Learning-in-Bangladesh-Is-it-Reaching-Students.pdf - World Bank (World Bank, 2020)
Keywords: _COVID_DEAA-List

Understanding Multidimensional Determinants of Disability-Inclusive Education: Lessons from Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Zambia - World Bank (World Bank, 2022)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) - Sub-Saharan Africa | Data - World Bank (2020)

World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education's Promise - World Bank (World Development Report, 2018)
World Development Report 2018: LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise
Keywords: C:Low- and middle-income countries; CitedIn:PhD_Thesis; EDUCATION; EDUCATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN CAPITAL; LEARNING CRISIS; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SCHOOL MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SHARED PROSPERITY; SKILLS GAP; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIOEMOTIONAL SKILLS

World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work - World Bank (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2019)

The Impacts of Teacher Training and Parental Engagement on Kindergarten Quality in Ghana - Woolf, Sharon; Aber, J.Lawrence; Berhman, Jere R. (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), 2021)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

English in Action: a new approach to continuing professional development through the use of mediated video, peer support and low-cost mobile phones in Bangladesh - Woodward, Clare; Griffiths, Malcolm; Solly, Mike (Innovations In The Continuing Professional Development Of English Language Teachers, 2014)
Keywords: C:Bangladesh; _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Argentina ARG; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Bahrain BHR; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Bulgaria BGR; _C:Cameroon CMR; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Croatia HRV; _C:Czech Republic CZE; _C:Djibouti DJI; _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Hungary HUN; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kazakhstan KAZ; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Lithuania LTU; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mali MLI; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Mongolia MNG; _C:Montenegro MNE; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Oman OMN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Poland POL; _C:Romania ROU; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Serbia SRB; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Syrian Arab Republic SYR; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Ukraine UKR; _C:United Arab Emirates ARE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; _C:Uzbekistan UZB; _C:Yemen YEM; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

English in Action: a new approach to continuing professional development through the use of mediated video, peer support and low-cost mobilephones in Bangladesh - Woodward, Clare; Griffiths, Malcolm; Solly, Mike (Innovations In The Continuing Professional Development Of English Language Teachers, 2014)
Keywords: C:Bangladesh

New Look at Habits and the Habit-Goal Interface - Wood, Wendy; Neil, David (Psychological Review, 2007)

A Methodology for Deploying a Digital Literacy Framework for Diverse Socioeconomic and Sector Contexts - Woo, James David; Law, Nancy Y.W. (ICT and International Learning Ecologies, 2021)

RAMESES II reporting standards for realist evaluations - Wong, Geoff; Westhorp, Gill; Manzano, Ana; Greenhalgh, Joanne; Jagosh, Justin; Greenhalgh, Trish (BMC Medicine, 2016)
Realist evaluation is increasingly used in health services and other fields of research and evaluation. No previous standards exist for reporting realist evaluations. This standard was developed as part of the RAMESES II project. The project’s aim is to produce initial reporting standards for realist evaluations.
Keywords: Delphi approach; Realist evaluation; Reporting guidelines

Broadening artificial intelligence education in K-12: where to start? - Wong, Gary K. W.; Ma, Xiaojuan; Dillenbourg, Pierre; Huan, John (ACM Inroads, 2020)

The Informal Apprenticeship Miracle: A Case for Mbare-Magaba Informal Industry, Zimbabwe - Wonder, M; Tenson, M (Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, 2017)
The economic turbulences faced by Zimbabwe in the first decade of the 21st century culminated in almost total demise of the formal industry. Concomitantly, this resulted in the emergence and proliferation of the informal industry as an alternative solution. This study explored the training strategies and approaches employed in the informal manufacturing industry. The study adopted the qualitative research paradigm to collect, present and analyse data. Findings from the study point to the efficacy of the informal apprenticeship in terms of human capital development and hence this skills training approach becomes the main trajectory to economic recovery for Zimbabwe.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Zimbabwe; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:T; P:artist; P:manufacture; P:social; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:apprenticeship training; publicImportV1

EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE OF MEXICO AND BRAZIL - Wolff, Laurence; Castro, Claudio de Moura; Navarro, Juan Carlos; García, Norma (Technologies for Education: Potentials, Parameters and Prospects, 2002)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

MOOC adaptation and translation to improve equity in participation - Wolfenden, Freda; Cross, Simon; Henry, Fiona (Journal of Learning for Development, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

MOOC adaptation and translation to improve equity in participation - Wolfenden, Freda; Cross, Simon; Henry, Fiona (Journal of Learning for Development, 2017)
There is an urgent need to improve elementary and secondary school classroom practices across India and the scale of this challenge is argued to demand new approaches to teacher professional learning. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) represent one such approach and one that, in the context of this study, is considered to provide a means by which to transcend traditional training processes and disrupt conventional pedagogic practices. This paper offers a critical review of a large-scale MOOC deployed in English, and then in Hindi, to support targeted sustainable capacity building within an education development initiative (TESS-India) across seven states in India. The study draws on multiple sources of participant data to identify and examine features, which stimulated a buzz around the MOOCs, leading to over 40,000 registrations and a completion rate of approximately 50% for each of the two MOOCs.
Keywords: Access to Computers; Access to Education; Attitude Measures; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Equal Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; India; International Programs; Large Group Instruction; Online Courses; Partnerships in Education; Postsecondary Education; Pretests Posttests; Program Implementation; Questionnaires; Surveys; Teacher Education Programs; Teacher Educators; Technology Uses in Education; United Kingdom; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096064; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

OER Adaptation and Reuse across cultural contexts in Sub Saharan Africa: Lessons from TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa) - Wolfenden, Freda; Buckler, Alison Sarah Hemmings; Keraro, Fred (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2012)

Moving towards more participatory practice with Open Educational Resources (OER): TESS-India Academic Review - Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina; Cross, Simon; Lee, Clare; Paranjpe, Sandhya; Safford, Kimberly (The Open University, 2017)
Keywords: C: India; _C:India IND; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

An exploration of agency in the localisation of open educational resources for teacher development - Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina (Learning, Media and Technology, 2019)
This study examines the practice of adaptation and translation (localisation) of Open Educational Resources (OER). It employs a sociocultural perspective to focus on the experiences of practitioners (localisers) who undertook the localisation of a suite of 125 OER created as part of a teacher professional development programme in India. This localisation process generated eight unique versions of the OER in five languages. Drawing on project reports, practitioner interviews and analysis of the adapted OER, the study explores how localisers created meaning for the task, the situational and linguistic factors that influenced and mediated their decisions to adapt the materials – or not – and the skills and experiences that emerged through the process. Although the findings revealed that changes to the materials were limited, suggesting that enacting localisation is more difficult than perhaps suggested by OER proponents, the analysis indicated forms of localisers’ emerging professional agency through this endeavour.
Keywords: India; Open educational resources (OER); __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2457357; __finaldtb; localisation; professional agency

Supporting induction to the teaching profession for women in Malawi - Wolfenden, F.; Gallastegi, L; Chitsulo, J. (Distance Education and Teacher's Training in Africa Conference, 2011)
Gender parity in primary and secondary education has yet to be achieved in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Malawi. The presence of female teachers is recognised as positively impacting on girls’ enrolment and learning success, but in many rural areas in Malawi, there are few qualifi ed female teachers working in primary or secondary schools. This paper contributes to the current debates on how to address this gap in qualified female teacher recruitment and retention in rural areas. One suggested solution to breaking the cycle of low female achievement in rural areas is the use of distance education to prepare local women to become teachers in their own communities. In the programme reported on in this paper, aspiring female teachers are supported to take on the role of “learning assistants” in their local community primary schools while studying to achieve the qualifi cations necessary for application to a formal primary teacher training course. Using applications, interviews and workshop data from the early stages of the programme, the backgrounds and motivations of applicants to the programme are explored. The paper also discusses the implications for the design of this distance learning programme, emerging constraints on the achievement of programme intentions and areas for further study.

TPD@Scale: Designing teacher professional development with ICTs to support system-wide improvement in teaching - Wolfenden, F (Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development., 2022)

Berufsbildung und Kultur – Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Berufsbildung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit - Wolf, Stefan (2009)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Cumulative Risk and Teacher Well-Being in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wolf, Sharon; Torrente, Catalina; McCoy, Marissa; Rasheed, Damira; Aber, J. Lawrence (Comparative Education Review, 2015)
Keywords: C:DRC; __C:filed:1

Measuring and predicting process quality in Ghanaian pre-primary classrooms using the Teacher Instructional Practices and Processes System (TIPPS) - Wolf, Sharon; Raza, Mahjabeen; Kim, Sharon; Aber, J. Lawrence; Behrman, Jere; Seidman, Edward (Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2018)
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. In recent years, there has been an increase in the demand for and supply of early childhood education (ECE) in low- and middle-income countries. There is also growing awareness that unless ECE is of high quality, children may attend school but not learn. There is a large literature on the conceptualization and measurement of ECE quality in the United States that focuses on the nature of teacher-child interactions. Efforts to expand access to high quality ECE in low- and middle-income countries will require similar measurement efforts that are theoretically-grounded and culturally-adapted. This paper assesses the factor structure and concurrent validity of an observational classroom quality tool to assess teacher-child interactions—the Teacher Instructional Practices and Processes System©(TIPPS; Seidman et al., 2013)—in Ghanaian pre-primary classrooms. We find evidence of three conceptually distinct but empirically correlated domains of quality: Facilitating Deeper Learning (FDL), Supporting Student Expression (SSE), and Emotional Support and Behavior Management (ESBM). Teachers’ schooling level, training in early childhood development, and professional well-being positively predict the three quality domains in different ways. SSE and ESBM predict classroom end-of-the-school-year academic outcomes, and SSE predicts classroom end-of-the-school-year social-emotional outcomes. Implications for the field of international education and global ECE policy and research are discussed.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:LOW; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; D:middle-income country; F:access; F:learning; F:outcomes; F:policy; P:culture; P:measurement; P:nature; P:social; P:teacher education; P:teachers; R:observation; T:Training; Z:Pre-primary school; Z:Process quality; Z:School readiness; Z:Sub-Saharan Africa; Z:Teacher education; Z:Teacher-child interactions; _C:Ghana GHA; publicImportV1

Impacts of Pre-Service Training and Coaching on Kindergarten Quality and Student Learning Outcomes in Ghana - Wolf, Sharon (Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2018)
Using a randomized-control trial, this study evaluates a program designed to support Ghanaian kindergarten student-teachers during pre-service training through mentorship and in-classroom training. Several potential barriers to improved teaching quality and learning outcomes are examined. Findings show that the program improved knowledge and implementation of the national curriculum for individuals both when they were student-teachers and, the following year, when they became newly qualified teachers (NQTs). There were mixed impacts on professional well-being, increasing personal accomplishment and motivation but decreasing job satisfaction for NQTs. There were mixed impacts on teaching quality, with increases in child-led learning but decreases in some other aspects of quality. There were no impacts on NQTs’ student learning outcomes. The findings highlight system level challenges with both the posting of NQTs and the absence of support in their first teaching year. Implications for global early childhood education policy and teacher education are discussed.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; CA:AandC; CCZ:Ghana; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; F:curriculum; F:learning; F:motivation; F:outcomes; F:policy; F:teaching; P:measurement; P:services; P:teacher education; P:teacher training; P:teachers; R:impact; R:trial; T:Training; Z:early childhood education; Z:kindergarten; Z:pre-service training; Z:sub-Saharan Africa; Z:teacher training; _C:Ghana GHA; publicImportV1

An Evaluation of the Literacy-Infused Science Using Technology Innovation Opportunity (LISTO) i3 Evaluation (Valid 45) Final Report. - Wolf, Rebecca; Cook, Michael; Reid, Alan; Neitzel, Amanda; Ross, Steven; Risman, Kelsey (Grantee Submission, 2021)
Keywords: Final_citation; ⛔ No DOI found

Primary Teacher Education in Rural Cameroon: Can Informal Learning Compensate for the Deficiencies in Formal Training? - Wohlfahrt, Melanie U (Africa Education Review, 2018)
The objective of the research on which this article reports was to evaluate the training conditions of primary school teachers in rural Cameroon, so as to identify alternative paths towards their qualification through informal learning in the workplace and outside. Following Denzin's (2009) between-methods triangulation approach, quantitative techniques, including statistical analyses and standardised questionnaires, were applied in addition to qualitative techniques, such as face-to-face interviews and observations of practising teachers and experts. The article presents the most common learning strategies of teachers in rural areas of Cameroon and recommends seminal solutions for teacher education. It can be concluded that informal learning in the workplace corresponds to traditional ways of learning in collectivist-oriented, oral societies in rural areas. Therefore, the combination of informal methods with formal structures of teacher education could improve the current educational system of many African countries, and provide a solution to meet the high demand for qualified staff within restricted budgets.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:Cameroon; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; F:attitude; F:learning; F:qualification; F:standards; F:teaching; F:teaching method; P:media; P:school teacher; P:teacher education; P:teachers; Q:informal learning; R:interview; R:observation; R:qualitative; R:quantitative; R:questionnaire; R:trial; T:Ausbildung; T:Training; T:workplace education; Z:Elementary school teachers; Z:Learning; Z:Rural areas; Z:Rural schools; Z:Teacher education; publicImportV1

COVID-19 Crisis, Impacts on Catholic Schools, and Potential Responses: Introduction - Wodon, Quentin (COVID-19 and Catholic Schools, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

COVID-19 Crisis, Impacts on Catholic Schools, and Potential Responses | Part 1: Developed Countries with Focus on the United States - Wodon, Quentin (COVID-19 and Catholic Schools, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

COVID-19 Crisis, Impacts on Catholic Schools, and Potential Responses | Part II: Developing Countries with Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa - Wodon, Quentin (COVID-19 and Catholic Schools, 2020)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Global economic crisis: A challenge to the entrepreneurship development of technical vocational education and training in oil and gas sector of the Nigerian Economy - Wodi, SW (International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2012)
The paper attempts to evaluate the Global economic crisis and the challenges to entrepreneurship development of technical vocational education and training in oil and Gas sector of the Nigerian economy. Effects of the global melt down in the economies of developed countries of the world and its chain-link action has gradually enveloped the entire world economy. This development impacted negatively on the Nigerian economy coupled with the Niger delta crisis that has drastically affected oil and gas production and development of new fields with its attendant consequences. Accordingly, vocational and technical education institutions that undertake training of technicians in such enterprise as welders, electricians, pipe fitters including safety experts were affected as a result of global melt down, constraining the oil and gas companies from engaging the services of Technical Vocational Education and Training Professionals (TVET) in the energy sector.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:T; P:economy; T:TVET; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Communication in Sierra Leone: an Analysis of Media and Mobile Resources - Wittels, Annabelle; Maybanks, Nick (BBC Media Action, 2016)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Mobile learning in schools: Key issues, opportunities and ideas for practice - Wishart, Jocelyn (Routledge, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Brunei Darussalam BRN; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:India IND; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Jamaica JAM; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Qatar QAT; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Slovenia SVN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

A Historic Shock to Parental Engagement in Education: Parent Perspectives in Botswana during COVID-19. Policy Brief - Winthrop, Rebecca; Ershadi, Mahsa; Angrist, Noam; Bortsie, Efua; Matsheng, Moitshepi (Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2020)
When schools closed in Botswana on March 23, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, education administrators, teachers, and ultimately parents were faced with difficult decisions about how to help children continue learning without setting foot inside a classroom. In-person classes returned on June 17, 2020, though a second school closure occurred for two weeks beginning July 30 in greater Gaborone. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a historic shock to education systems worldwide, necessitating parents to join the frontlines of the teaching-learning process. In this report, the authors share data from recent research on parents in Botswana, seeking to shed light on a range of questions, including: (1) What have been parents' experiences in relation to their children's education? (2) What are parents' beliefs about what makes for a quality education for their child? (3) What informs parents' beliefs about education at this time? and (4) What can the education community learn from the different parent engagement approaches used during COVID-19 that could be relevant long term? While there is much to learn from parents' responses, the report presents three main findings that have implications for education policymakers, administrators, educators, and civil society partners: (1) parents have high but declining levels of satisfaction with their children's education; (2) parents want schools to teach a breadth of academic and non-academic competencies and skills but believe their children's teachers primarily value academic skills; and (3) despite prioritizing non-academic skills, parents rely heavily on academic exams to indicate a good quality education. [This report was co-produced by Young 1ove.]
Keywords: Blended Learning; COVID-19; Course Content; Distance Education; Educational Quality; Electronic Learning; Experience; Foreign Countries; Pandemics; Parent Attitudes; Parent Influence; Parent Role; Parents as Teachers; Satisfaction; School Closing; Skill Development

Physical, psychological, sexual, and systemic abuse of children with disabilities in East Africa: Mapping the evidence - Winters, Niall; Langer, Laurenz; Geniets, Anne (PloS one, 2017)

Lighting and discomfort in the classroom - Winterbottom, Mark; Wilkins, Arnold (Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2009)
Aspects of classroom lighting and décor that can promote discomfort and impair task performance through glare, and imperceptible 100 Hz flicker from fluorescent lighting, were examined in a sample of UK schools. In 90 classrooms, across eleven secondary schools and six local education authorities variables measured included flicker, illuminance at desks, and luminance of whiteboards. Results showed that 80% of classrooms are lit with 100 Hz fluorescent lighting that can cause headaches and impair visual performance. Mean illuminance (from excessive day- and artificial lighting) was in excess of recommended design illuminance in 88% of classrooms, and in 84% exceeded levels beyond which visual comfort decreases. Lighting could not be adequately controlled due to classroom design and infrastructure. Ceiling-mounted data-projectors directed at whiteboards mounted vertically on the wall resulted in specular reflection from the whiteboard, visible as a glare spot with luminance high enough to cause discomfort and disability glare. The intensity of the glare spot varied between different brands of whiteboard. Ambient lighting, needed for close work at pupils' desks, reduced image contrast. Venetian blinds in 23% of classrooms had spatial characteristics appropriate for inducing pattern glare. There was significant variation between schools and local authorities. These findings may provide insights into small-scale reports linking pupils' attainment, behaviour and learning to classroom lighting, and may also help explain some of the benefits of coloured overlays for pupils' reading.

Educational attainment gap: Regional disparities - Winchester, Nicole (2022)
Following the release of this year’s GCSE and A-level results, some commentators have raised concerns that the educational attainment gap between the north and south of England has widened. This issue is the focus of an upcoming question for short debate in the House of Lords. In preparation for the debate, this briefing looks at recent commentary on the issue and provides an overview of this year’s results.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Journey to Scale: Moving Together Past Digital Health Pilots - Wilson, Kate; Gertz, Beth; Arenth, Breese; Salisbury, Nicole (PATH, 2014)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

The German 'Dual System' of Occupational Training: - Wilson, David N (Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, 2000)
Germany's Dual System, which consists of in-school and in-enterprise components, facilitates entry into 374 recognized technical, white-collar and blue-collar occupations listed in training regulations that are grounded in legislation. The Dual System's origins and development in Germany were examined along with several attempts to replicate the German model in other countries. The literature on transfer and replication of the Dual System model was reviewed, and micro case studies of attempts to adopt the German model in the following countries were presented: Botswana; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; India; Indonesia; Lebanon; Seychelles; Singapore; and Sri Lanka. Reflections of Germany's Dual System in United States work-based youth apprenticeships were also considered. Of all the countries examined in the micro case studies, only Singapore seems to have replicated the German record of participation of 64%-81% of 16- to 18-year-olds in the Dual System. It was concluded that integration of academic and technical-vocational curricula is extremely difficult in nations where technical and vocational education and training is often perceived to be second-class education. It was further concluded that Germany's culture of in-firm training may be the most difficult-to-develop attribute of the Dual System in developed and developing nations alike. (Contains 52 references.) (MN)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found