The internet has been an integral part for most EFL teachers nowadays. Those teachers make use of the internet to help them at least search for appropriate materials for their classroom teaching. Some others use the internet to discuss particular courses outside the classroom time. However, the fact that the internet has been of central use, the research on it in relation to literacy (read, write, research and publish) for EFL teacher personal and professional development in developing countries is under explored (Warschauer, Shetzer and Meloni, 2002, cited in Cahyani & Cahyono, 2012). In that regard, this article is to address that critical issue. As an EFL teacher from the developing country myself, my personal and professional experiences and my encounters with colleagues on the internet use inform my subjectivities in writing this article. As the current globalized world requires teachers to have multi-literacy skills, I deliberately frame the internet use within New Literacy Studi.....

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Over hundreds of years of modern education system has been developing and implemented in the schools at European countries and slowly around the world. Not only the education system has changed, but also more and more tools and gadgets had been invented and developed for the sake of better education. In most developing countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Brunei, Interactive whiteboard (IWB) becomes a strange tool for most new and even experienced teachers. The purpose of this study is to review back the related literature reviews of the effectiveness of the use of IWB for teaching and learning which currently have mixed findings on its contributions as a tool in the classrooms. Thereafter, it believes will lead to the understanding of the use of IWB for teaching Chinese characters. Key words: Interactive whiteboard, Educational technologies, Teaching tools..

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Kewujudan masalah disiplin dalam kalangan remaja terutamanya pelajar sekolah menengah yang sentiasa meningkat kini telah menjadi trend bagi budaya persekolahan. Persoalan mula timbul iaitu dari siapakah remaja mempelajari nilai moral dan kehidupan? Remaja tahu apa yang betul dan apa yang bermoral akan tetapi mereka tidak bertindak sewajarnya kerana ia lebih sukar untuk memenuhi keperluan mereka dengan cara tersebut. Oleh itu, remaja terutamanya pelajar yang bermasalah disiplin menghadapi kesukaran untuk memikirkan yang terbaik untuk diri mereka berdasarkan kemoralan. Berdasarkan kepada faktafakta ini, objektif utama kajian yang berbentuk kuantitatif telah ditetapkan iaitu untuk mengkaji darjah pertimbangan moral dalam kalangan pelajar bermasalah disiplin. Kajian ini menggunakan sampel bertujuan berjumlah 100 orang responden. Borang soal selidik yang telah dibangunkan oleh Daniel Brugman, Gibbs dan Fuller (2007) iaitu _Sociomoral Reflection Measure _ Short Form Objective_ (SRM-SFO) digu.....

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Penyelidikan ini bertajuk Perspektif Feminisme dalam Karya Tari Terpilih Ciptaan Ni Putu Ari Handayani yang dikaji menggunakan kaedah kualitatif dengan pendekatan kajian kes. Kaedah analisis kualitatif sebagi proses inkuiri untuk memahami masalah sosial berdasarkan isu-isu perempuan. Manakala kajian kes deskripsi dan penerangan yang melibatkan koreografi yang merefrsentasikan kekuatan perempuan. Kajian ini juga menggunakan teori feminis eksistensialisme oleh Simone De Beauvoir (2019) dan teori simbol Susanne K. Langer (2006). Kajian ini membincangkan masalah gender wanita Sasak dalam penciptaan karya tari Ni Putu Ari Handayani. Sebagai koreografer wanita di Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Ni Putu melihat fenomena sosial dalam masyarakat khususnya yang berkaitan dengan wanita. Ni Putu membangkitkan topik wanita dalam karya tari beliau khususnya berkaitan peranan dan fungsi kewanitaan dalam tradisi Sasak. Fenomena wanita dalam budaya Sasak sentiasa melekat pada aspek inferiority yang dalam .....

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Murid yang terpilih mengikuti tahfiz aliran perdana di sekolah-sekolah Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia (KPM) merupakan murid-murid yang dianggap mampu dan layak untuk mengikuti kedua-dua aliran iaitu akademik dan hafazan dengan baik dan seimbang. Justeru, pelbagai gaya dan strategi yang digunakan oleh murid-murid ini bagi menguasai pembelajaran. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti gaya pembelajaran murid-murid sekolah tahfiz aliran perdana di bawah Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, dan menganalisis hubungan gaya pembelajaran murid tersebut dengan penguasaan akademik dan hafazan murid berdasarkan model visual, aditori, reading & writing dan kinestetik (VARK) dan Ibn Khaldun. Reka bentuk kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kuantitatif dengan soal selidik sebagai alat pengumpulan data. Seramai 495 responden dipilih dengan kaedah persampelan rawak mudah. Data kajian dianalisis dengan menggunakan perisian Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) untuk mendapatkan kekerapan, peratus, min.....

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This study aimed to explore bullying prevention and intervention among school counselors in Masafi-Fujairah schools, UAE. A descriptive design using qualitative case studies was used on several Masafi-Fujairah schools. The study participants were seven counselors in all four schools within the selected area. Interview techniques were used to collect data and analyzed through thematic analysis using NVivo-10 software. Findings show that school counselors' definitions of bullying vary according to their experience and context. Study participants said verbal bullying was the most preventable, and the counselors noted the increasing rate of cyberbullying. The study also found that some students report bullying cases to teachers, especially to counsellors. Moreover, it was found that counselors have the necessary training to handle bullying and employ educational programs, awareness campaigns, student development programs, and teacher-oriented programs. Study participants also mentioned mos.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti hubungan antara kepimpinan digital Guru_ Besar dengan kreativiti guru serta pembelajaran profesional guru sebagai perantara di_ sekolah rendah, Negeri Perak. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif melalui_ kaedah tinjauan yang melibatkan seramai 377 orang guru sekolah rendah. Pemilihan_ responden_ kajian_ dijalankan_ secara_ persampelan_ kelompok_ pelbagai_ peringkat. Data_ dikumpulkan melalui soal selidik dan dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan_ statistik_ inferensi_ menggunakan_ Statistical Package_ for_ Social_ Sciences_ (SPSS)_ dan_ Analysis_ of_ Moment_ Structures_ for_ Structural_ Equation_ Modeling_ (AMOS-SEM)._ Kajian mendapati bahawa_ tahap kepimpinan_ digital Guru Besar, kreativiti_ guru, dan_ pembelajaran profesional guru berada pada tahap tinggi. Kajian mendapati kepimpinan_ digital Guru Besar mempengaruhi pembelajaran profesional guru (_=0.548, p..

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This study has mainly explored the artistic value and cultural significance of contemporary Chinese painting under the postcolonial thinking influence, then revealed the different levels and practical effects of its influence on this painting form expression. The postcolonial concepts have integrally influenced the cognitive thinking and behavioral logic of different art groups in Chinese contemporary aesthetic ecology as a whole, adapted to the current aesthetic context to profound change related creation, research and aesthetic activities, and presented postcolonial contemporary aesthetic illustration with different impact effects due to regional cultural differences and local artistic diversity. Researcher has used mixed research methods to investigate and collect data from different art groups in different cities and related art venues in China, then used different types of descriptive analysis methods to analyze the specific data feedback. On this basis, researcher has summarized .....

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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of different relatedness supportive settings on the motivation, engagement and effort of a-motivated students in secondary physical education. 147 a-motivated students from 5 schools were taught in a setting that was either high or low in support for their need of relatedness. Data were collected using a pretest and posttest design to examine a-motivated student_s level of motivation, engagement and effort. Repeated measures ANOVA_s with follow-up comparisons were utilized to analyze the data. Results indicated that students engaged in the high supportive setting significantly increased their levels of motivation, engagement and effort compared with students in the low support group. Findings from this study provide the first empirical evidence that supporting relatedness can positively influence the affective aspects of students with low motivation. Keywords Low motivation, self-determination theory, relatedness..

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This study investigated the effects of game-based practice on year three pupils_ vocabulary acquisitions in the Chinese language classroom. Two different teaching practices were adopted, i.e. a game-based practice for the experimental group and a conventional based practice for the control group. The teaching program was the same for both groups. Each group had 30 pupils which were randomly assigned. Data was collected through a vocabulary acquisition test. Statistical results revealed that there were no significant differences between the two groups on vocabulary acquisition test. However, the middle vocabulary level pupils in the experimental group made significant improvement and performed as well as the high vocabulary level pupils. When tested separately, the pupils of high, middle and low vocabulary levels in the experimental group significantly performed better than those in the control group. These positive results offer a notable incentive to language teachers to include game-.....

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