Education

Embracing Joy: A Light Through the Tunnel of Teacher Burnout

Educators Dr Derek Porter and Dr Stephanie McGuire discuss teacher burnout and explain how by embracing joy in classroom, it not only enhances the learning experience for students but also helps teachers stay committed to their purpose.
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Education

Supporting International Students to Adjust to Academic Culture in the UK

“British academic expectations are too often presented as a fixed and implicitly global worldwide norm, which in fact they are not.” This article looks at academic expectations in different countries as “cultural phenomena” and discusses supporting students, especially international students, effectively.
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Education

Technological Innovations in Educational Tools: What Doctoral Learners Need

Remilyn Mueller & Jeff Cranmore from Grand Canyon University discuss the skills doctoral learners need to acquire and the potential EdTech tools that can aid them in their learning experiences.
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Education

How Teacher Training in the UK Can Better Prepare Teachers for their Teaching Profession?

Following a Department of Education report advocating changes to teacher education, James Underwood and Elly Tai point out that given the broad topic, there are many voices to be heard when designing ‘appropriate’ training that will best suit teachers across a range of contexts and levels.
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Education, History

To Hanoi University and Beyond

Sara Legrandjacques, PhD candidate at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, explains how student mobility in Vietnam is not a new phenomenon. Large-scale higher education, and the “mobile origins” of tertiary studies is at least a century old in the country.

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Education, Language Learning

The Three Barriers on the Way to International Communication

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova offers insight into English language learning in Russia. She explores which of the three barriers on the way to international communication is the most difficult to break down and explains how this can be done.
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Education, Media, Film & Journalism

Paul Lowe: Learning Strategies in Practice-Based Courses

Dr Paul Lowe, Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award, on the various instructional approaches he takes with students in his postgraduate photography courses.
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Education

Whither (or Wither) Equality in Teacher Education? (An Invitation to a Conversation)

Entrance to teacher education is a highly political issue with high entrance scores and some form of aptitude test being the norm. This article by Dr Yvonne Masters of the University of New England, Australia, is a discussion starter to examine the questions: who is missing out and is equity being ignored under the guise of quality?
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Cultural & Area Studies, Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Terrorism, Violence and Tomorrow’s Citizens in Japan (18/20)

Professor Stuart D. B. Picken looks at the mentality of Japanese terrorism and violence, and where its roots lie, in Part 18 of “Death in the Japanese Tradition”.

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Cultural & Area Studies, Education, The Arts & Literature

The Gift of Certainty: What Does it Mean to be Knowledgeable?

Using two excerpts by contemporary authors, Francesca Pierini examines our perception of knowledge, and the ways in which it can both empower and limit a society.

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Education, Media, Film & Journalism, Politics, International Relations & Law

Star Trek: Illustrating Concepts of International Relations

Half a century after its inception, Professor Joel Campbell looks back at Star Trek and explains why the cherished television franchise is a perfect tool for illustrating concepts of international relations in the classroom.
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