This study aims to determine the relationship between educators' understanding and applying of role play activities for preschoolers' language, social, and emotion development. A quantitative study was used to collect questionnaires from preschool educators in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China, who teach preschoolers aged five to six years old. A total of 352 educators (Private Urban N=110, Private Rural N=73, Public Urban N=101, Public Rural N=68) were chosen as research samples using stratified random sampling. The online platform Questionnaire Star is used for questionnaire distribution, which has been validated by experts and pilot studies. Inferential statistical analyses, such as correlation and regression models, are used to interpret the findings. Results showed that educators' understanding and applying of role play have a positive effect on preschoolers' language development (r=0.31, p..

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This study takes “Lao Zhuang’s Philosophy of Education” as the core of discussion, and tries to analyze the pedagogical research methodology of traditional Chinese thought, as well as to clarify the boundaries between the “study of history of education” and the “study of philosophy of education” in the study of traditional Chinese thought in education. It is found that there are two types of Lao-Zhuang's research results related to the theme of education research. First, the research on Lao-Zhuang’s thought is conducted with the concepts related to pedagogy as the main vein and analytical framework, which has the advantage of highlighting the value and characteristics of education, but the disadvantage is that this kind of research does not necessarily present the completeness of the traditional thought. The second is to take Lao-Zhuang’s thought as the core and then interpret its educational implications in the study of philosophy of education. The advantage is that .....

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This research investigated the factors influencing Chinese university EFL students' adoption of mobile technology-integrated vocabulary learning in a student-centered learning context, using an extended unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2) model. The theoretical framework incorporated additional constructs of privacy, trust, personal innovativeness, and information quality, along with the original UTAUT2 determinants of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, price value, and habit, to examine their effects on behavioral intention and use behavior. This study was based on a quantitative approach using a questionnaire adapted from Venkatesh's and Nikolopoulou's research. The sample of the study consisted of 300 EFL students from two universities in the Fujian province of China. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS and AMOS software, employing descriptive statistics, structural equation modeling, a.....

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In recent years, the integration of Flipped Classroom and gamification in teaching and learning process became popular in order to provide flexibility in teaching and learning process. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the content of GamyFlip-Pro module in teaching and learning a topic Programming for pre-university students. This module was developed based on Sidek and Jamaludin’s Model, Flipped Classroom Approach, and The Five Steps of Applying Gamification in Education by Huang and Soman. The development process involves two main process namely; development of module draft, experts’ reviews and implementation of content validity for the modules. Since the development of module draft complete, four subject matter experts will review the module draft. Then, module modification was done based on suggestion and recommendations by subject matter experts followed by the process of calculation content validity of the module. The percentage of experts’ agreement ob.....

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The aims of this study were to develop and validate Bio-GamyX module in teaching and learning Biology for form four students. This module was developed for the topic Chemical Composition of the Cell based on the integration of Sidek and Jamaludin’s Model and the Five Steps of Applying Gamification in Education proposed by Huang and Soman. The process of developing this module involved the preparation of module draft, experts’ reviews and calculation of content validity of the module. During this process, the module draft was given to three subject matter experts consist of academicians and practitioners to be reviewed. Several recommendations were identified and amendment was done accordingly. The amended module was then evaluated for its content validity. The percentage of experts’ agreement obtained for this module ranged from 77% to 85%. This finding shows that Bio-GamyX module has a good content validity. This finding reinforces the use of gamification approach in the design .....

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By examining the intertwined relationship between Chen Jian’s (1497-1567) Huang Ming tongji ????(Comprehensive Annals of Imperial Ming) and the anonymous historical novel Yinglie zhuan ???(The Record of Heroes and Martyrs), this paper demonstrates that these two works together play a significant role in disseminating knowledge about the founding of the Ming dynasty from mid-sixteenth century onward. It first inspects how these two works and their later editions borrow from each other. Then, by paying special attention to the book forms of The Record of Heroes and Martyrs, including the illustrations, table formats, and special marks that serve as reading aids for the reader, this paper analyzes how these special designs might have helped the reader grasp historical information and envision the past of the dynasty in a way hard to achieve before the proliferation of books. While previous studies tend to downplay these historical novels for their Confucian didacticism and lack of artis.....

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Jit Sin Public School was founded in 1918 by the Philomatic Union and Hock Teik Cheng Sim Temple of Bukit Mertajam. Both of the orga nisations became t he school board committee which gathered an intertwined network of commerce, temples, politics, and education to gain a foothold in the port. After the dissolution of the Philomatic Union and Kuomintang in 1925, Jit Sin Public School beca me an important reform organization in the city, and the school board committee became an area where various groups competed for power, as illustrated by two disputes over the election of a school board committee. The first election dis pute occurred in 193 8 when the Hock Teik Cheng Sim Temple was responsible for funding the construction of Jit Sin Public School, leading to a controversy over whether the Hock Teik Cheng Sim Temple should increase its number of seats on the school board committee. The second election dispute occurred in 1947, when Huang again manipulated the election, prompting protest.....

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