An evaluation of secondary school studies as predictors of performance for accounting majors     

Pak K. Auyeung  John S. Sands 《The Australian Educational Researcher》1993,20(3):51-61

This study examines the impact that secondary school studies have on university accounting courses. Multiple regression analysis has been used to determine the significance of various academic factors. Secondary school accounting and mathematics were found to have far greater effectiveness in predicting results in the initial university accounting course than did other variables, but this benefit diminished in the second year and vanished in the third year of the accounting programme.  相似文献   

Dialogue's Impact on the Quality of Relationships     

Caroline Seet  Ng Pak Tee 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2003,2(3):205-214

This paper presents the findings of an action research that examines teachers' perception of the quality of dialogue and how it impacts on the quality of relationships in a primary school in Singapore. The paper explores how school leaders can facilitate dialogue and also discusses the issues and factors that affect teachers' perception of dialogue. Analysis of the data obtained through a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews shows that the more favourable the perception of dialogue amongst teachers, the more favourable is their perception of the quality of relationships in the school. The implication for school leaders is that by developing a higher quality of dialogue, a better school climate is fostered. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Current status of cadaver sources in Turkey and a wake‐up call for Turkish anatomists          下载免费PDF全文

İlke Ali Gürses  Osman Coşkun  Adnan Öztürk 《Anatomical sciences education》2018,11(2):155-165

Persisting difficulties in body procurement in Turkey led to the acquisition of donated, unclaimed, autopsied, and imported bodies regulated under current legislature. Yet, no study had investigated the extent of the on‐going cadaver problem. This study was aimed to outline cadaver sources in anatomy departments and their effectiveness by means of an online survey. Additionally, official websites of each department were investigated regarding any information on body donation. Unclaimed cadavers (84.8%) were the major source for anatomy departments, followed by donated (50%) and imported cadavers (39.1%). Foundation‐based medical faculties were more likely to import cadavers (P = 0.008). There was a moderate increase (r_s = 0.567; P = 0.018) in donation registrations to our department after 2000. The departments in cities with significantly higher City‐Based Gross Domestic Product measures (US$9,900 vs. US$16,772, P = 0.041), frequencies for mid‐ or high‐school graduates (30.4% vs. 31.3%, P = 0.041), and frequencies for under‐ or post‐graduates (13.1% vs. 15.8%, P = 0.24) had managed to use donated cadavers. Anatomy departments’ major reasons for using unclaimed cadavers were education (45.9%), unclaimed cadavers being the only source (24.3%), and receiving inadequate donations (21.6%). Nine out of seventy‐four departments (12.2%) provided information regarding body donation on their websites. Body procurement remains as a serious problem in Turkey and it is apparent that current legislature does not provide a sufficient cadaver inflow. Similarly, anatomy departments’ effectiveness in public awareness of body donation and support in the National Body Donation Campaign seems questionable. Anat Sci Educ 11: 155–165. © 2017 American Association of Anatomists.  相似文献   

Violence against pregnant women can increase the risk of child abuse: a longitudinal study     

Chan KL  Brownridge DA  Fong DY  Tiwari A  Leung WC  Ho PC 《Child abuse & neglect》2012,36(4):275-284

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An examination of school leadership in Singapore through the lens of the Fourth Way     

Pak Tee Ng 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2012,11(1):27-34

School leadership is an important factor in educational reform and school transformation. This article aims to examine the challenges of school leadership in Singapore through the lens of the Fourth Way. In particular, this article makes reference to three messages in the Fourth Way and examines the paradoxes and challenges faced by school leaders in Singapore associated with each message. The article argues that the government both drives and steers the education system; that democracy and professionalism, and bureaucracy and market coexist; and that educators embrace both accountability and responsibility.  相似文献   

Self and teacher assessment as predictors of proficiency levels of Turkish EFL learners     

İhsan Ünaldı 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2016,41(1):67-80

Although self-assessment of foreign language skills is not a new topic, it has not yet been widely explored in the Turkish English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. The current study investigates the potential of self-assessment of foreign language skills in determining proficiency levels of Turkish learners of EFL: 239 learners participated in the study. Their receptive language skills were tested with an objective placement test, and the results were compared with the grades assigned by their instructors and the results of criterion-referenced self-assessment scores. Multiple regression analysis revealed that teacher and self-assessment scores were significantly correlated with each other; however, teacher assessment, compared to self-assessment, appeared to be a much stronger predictor of the actual proficiency levels of the participants. In addition to this, participants at lower level of proficiency revealed a common tendency of overestimating their language skills, while with the higher level learners there were clear signs of underestimation.  相似文献   

A Different View of the Bologna Process: the case of Turkey     

YASEMİN YAĞCI 《European Journal of Education》2010,45(4):588-600

Since the beginning of the 20^th century, integration with the Western world has been a determining driver of higher education policies, as well as many other policy areas in Turkey. Becoming a signatory country of the Bologna Process in 2001 brought a new impulse to the higher education policies in this direction. The Bologna Process reforms introduced necessary changes and set new challenges. This article discusses the main implementation activities in the context of the Bologna Process in Turkey and the governance of the reform at the national level with a focus on the roles of the key national bodies.  相似文献   

Reflections from Within: Ten Years of Service to HEQ          下载免费PDF全文

Yoon K. Pak  Christopher M. Span  James D. Anderson 《History of education quarterly》2015,55(4):407-412

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Non-linear Technologies in Education     

N. I. Pak 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》1998,29(3):273-276

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Understanding active metal reaction kinetics with Cu-Mg replacement reaction     

İlhami Ceyhun  Zafer Karagölge 《Resonance》2017,22(2):155-162

Metal substitution reactions are simple redox reactions. These reactions demonstrate the relative activity and the electrochemical series of metals. In particular, the purpose of this study is to help students comprehend the displacement reaction among, Mg metal and solutions containing Cu⁺², Ni⁺², Pb⁺², Cd⁺², Co⁺². This study is an important experiment towards understanding reaction kinetics.  相似文献