Professional Development (PD) programs for Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers’ foster higher  teaching quality and learning of children when sustained, meet the objectives and mission of  education. This qualitative study sought to identify the dimensions and domains of the Framework  for Sustainable Professional Development (FSPD) of ECE Teachers. This is to address the new  standards and policies for teacher quality that inform Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in  the Philippines and respond to the global demands. Sources of data included CPD frameworks of five  countries, two Philippines’ standards and policies related to CPD, two CPD program observations,  multiple CPD documents, and interviews. For the individual and focus group interviews purposive  sampling was used to select 25 participants which included ECE teachers, school administrators and  other CPD providers. The Stake’s Countenance Model incorporating SWOT analysis was employed toÂ.....

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The purpose of this study was to examine a remedial course to alleviate reticence in oral  participation among TESL (Teaching of English as a Second Language) students in EAP (English for  Academic Purposes) classrooms. Adopting a multiphase mixed- method research design, this study was  implemented in four phases: (I) identification of reticent students, (II) needs assessment, (III)  remedial course development, and (IV) course implementation and evaluation. Data were collected  through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and classroom  observations. 9 EAP instructors and 144 TESL students from a university involved in Phase I and  Phase II of the study. For the remediation, an intact group of 31 TESL students participated in the  remedial course. The needs assessment results in Phase II showed that the remedial course should  cover the teaching of oral participation skills, modifying reticent beliefs and alleviating fear  towards or.....

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Kajian bertujuan membina dan menilai kesan modul pembelajaran berasaskan teori konstruktivisme menggunakan model instruksional Lima Fasa Needham (K5FN) bagi topik kadar tindak balas, berdasarkan kurikulum kimia kebangsaan Indonesia. Kajian ini juga mengenal pasti kesan modul K5FN terhadap pencapaian akademik, sikap saintifik dan minat pelajar. Selain itu, kajian juga meneliti persepsi pelajar tentang modul K5FN sebagai sebuah bahan bantu mengajar. Modul K5FN dibina berdasarkan gabungan model instruksional Rowntree-Tessmer. Kesan modul ini diuji menerusi kajian eksperimen kuasi. Instrumen kajian terdiri daripada ujian pra dan pasca, soal selidik sikap saintifik, minat, persepsi dan satu protokol temu bual. Sejumlah 189 pelajar tingkatan sebelas dipilih secara rawak daripada tiga buah sekolah menengah di Palembang. Seterusnya, 89 pelajar dalam kumpulan eksperimen mengikuti pembelajaran menggunakan Modul K5FN, manakala 100 pelajar kumpulan kawalan menggunakan kaedah konvensional. Analisis.....

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The aim of the study was to determine the effects of ‘happy’ emotions during learning on the performances of addition and subtraction among grade 1 Filipino pupils. Specifically, the study sought to determine if ‘happy’ emotion induced by background music, colorful materials or a combination of the two could improve the performance of grade 1 Filipino pupils in addition and subtraction. Teaching aids were developed utilizing ‘happy’ emotion through Filipino children’s music as background, colorful materials or a combination of the two. A quasi-experiment was conducted with 4 groups (music group, n=83; color group, n=80; combination of music & color group, n=87 and control group, n=70) from two schools in Manila. The control group was taught the same lessons without the teaching aids. Ten Filipino children’s music were selected to be background music. The results showed that nine out of these ten Filipino children’s music were effective background music in inducing hap.....

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The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a financial education program and determine its effect on kindergartens’ financial literacy. Development of the Kwartalino Financial Education Program involved adaptation of the ADDIE model. Purposive sampling was used in the first phase of the program development and consisted of six kindergarten teachers and five experts. Interview with teachers revealed essential components of the program like appropriate learning activities, relevant instructional materials, and active parent involvement. Data from comparative analysis and financial education standards checklist show appropriate financial lessons for kindergarten children. Experts confirmed the program’s content validity. In the second phase to determine the effect of the Kwartalino program on kindergarten’s financial knowledge, a quasi-experimental with experimental group (n=38) and control group (n=36) with pre-and post-test design. Simple random sampling was employed t.....

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This research seeks to describe some of the language phenomenon if it is different or agree with the text. The explanation should be linked with its semantic aspect in the text. This is derived from some of the books of Ibn Jinni may god rest his soul a. And to reveal if the use of contrary grammatical phenomenon is a matter of linguistic necessity. This research came in the introduction, three chapters and conclusions as follows, the first chapter title is Ibn Jinni. The second chapter title is the linguistic phenomena between sculptors and rhetoricals. The third chapter title is Ibn Jinni and the role of the text in the interpretation of linguistic dahaler phenomena. This research with adopt the descriptive methodology.  ..

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Many of courses under education system are not total designed according to students’ actual need and purpose of teaching and learning.This research attempts to investigate the relationship between students’ need and Arabic course for business purpose in Yin Chuan University, Ning Xia of china. A total of 60 final year students who are studying Arabic for business purpose courses were randomly selected from department of Arabic language of Yin Chuan University, self-reported instruments were distributed for data collection. The data analysis will depend on SPSS vision 2.0. Descriptive analysis was used to descript Category frequencies of the demographic variables, and Correlation method will apply to determine the relationship between two variables of students’ need and Arabic course for business purpose. It was found as a result of the analysis shows that there was significant relationship between students’ needs in teaching and learning Arabic for business purpose in Yinchuan .....

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