Impact of COVID-19 on the Nature of Academic Work in Colleges of Education in Ghana

This study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on the nature of academic work in Colleges of Education in Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. A sample of 346 students was selected for the study. The participants chosen from the Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education, Peki College of Education and the St. Theresah College of Education in the Volta Region of Ghana through purposive, convenience and snowball sampling procedures. Data were gathered using an online questionnaire. Data were received from 270 students resulting in a 78% return rate. The data were analysed using frequencies and percentages as well as means and standard deviations. The results showed that tutors in Colleges of Education mostly taught during the COVID-19 period by sending audio recordings, texts or slide presentations to students. This was however not done in real time. Also, the tutors gave assignments and quizzes and gave feedback on the performance of the students. Finally, it was found that most students’ services were not provided satisfactorily when school came to an abrupt end because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Specifically, student counselling services, student affairs services, organisation of tutorials/seminars and practical classes as well as technical support or IT services and supervisions and mentorships were not satisfactorily provided. It was therefore recommended that authorities in Colleges of Education should liaise with officers in charge of specific services like counselling, student affairs and technical or IT support so that they can effectively and satisfactorily assist students even when they are not on campus.

There Are No Spanish-Speaking Therapists Here

This chapter involves the issues in the creation of a bilingual and culturally competent psychological clinic in a university town in a southern state in the United States known as one of the most Latinx immigrant hostile states in the country. Prior to the creation of the clinic, there were virtually no options for Spanish speakers for culturally or linguistically competent psychological services, and the population of bilingual/bicultural graduate students in psychology and the college of education was very low. This chapter is written from the perspective of the faculty founder of the clinic and the women who have served as clinic coordinators and sacrificed much time and energy in addition to their significant program requirements so that the local Latinx immigration could have linguistically and culturally competent psychological services. Thus, this chapter will blend the available research literature with the experiences of creating and running a clinic that supports many Latinx immigrant students and their families.

Designing a digital video based on storytelling in an e-learning environment and its effect on developing mental motivation and academic achievement among students at College of Education, King Saud University.

This research aimed to developing mental motivation and academic achievement among students at College of Education, King Saud University, through design a digital video based on storytelling in an e-learning environment. To achieve this goal, a sample of (62) students from College of Education at King Saud University was selected. The researcher divided them into experimental group of (30) students, who studied by using digital videos which designed based on storytelling in an e-learning environment, and control group of (32) students, who studied by traditional method, both groups were enrolling in the course of “Integrating Technology in Education”. The mental motivation measurement and academic achievement test were used as well as T-test for analyzing the research data. This research found the effectiveness of using digital video in an e-learning environment based on storytelling in developing mental motivation and academic achievement among students at College of Education, King Saud University.

Constellations of Support: A Community Development Model

This article describes the rationale, development process, and initial artifacts and outcomes of a faculty support (a.k.a. mentoring) model developed for a specific academic context: a College of Education at a Southeastern comprehensive public university. The purposes of this article are to (1) describe the research and theoretical models that guided the development of the program; (2) provide a research-based rationale for a context-based community development model of faculty support; (3) propose a set of principles for a context-based developmental community model of faculty support; (4) describe the process for developing a community development mentoring model for faculty at all career levels; and (5) offer artifacts, tools, and activities that faculty developers and institutions may use or adapt for their own context-based communities of support.

الرضا الوظيفي لدى لمعلمي مرحلة الابتدائية خريجي كلية التربية جامعة حائل وعلاقته ببعض المتغيرات ( الجنس ,المؤهل العلمي, سنوات الخبرة)

This study aimed to identify the degree of job satisfaction among teachers of primary stage who are graduates of the Faculty of Education, University of Hail. Education University of Hail? Based on the previous question, the study tests the following hypotheses: The general characteristic of job satisfaction among primary school teachers graduates of the Faculty of Education, University of Hail. - There are statistically significant differences in job satisfaction among teachers of elementary stage graduates of the Faculty of Education, University of Hail according to gender variable (male / female) - There is a significant correlation between the level of job satisfaction among the teachers of the primary stage graduates of the Faculty of Education, University of Hail according to the variable of scientific qualification. The researcher reached the following results: - The primary stage teachers are graduates of the College of Education, University of Hail, with average job satisfaction. - There are no statistically significant differences between male and female teachers in job satisfaction. Achieving the principle of fairness in rewards between workers in the field of education Providing - and preparing programs to develop the positive attitudes of teachers towards the teaching profession, lead to teachers consider the teaching profession a message and not a profession to achieve the requirements of life only. - Developing and diversifying training courses for teachers aimed at providing them with skills that enable them to overcome the difficulties of working in a profession.

Difficulties of Understanding English Breaking News Headlines by Iraqi EFL Learners at the University Level

Understanding breaking news necessitates a special attention, since they are written with a special style. The study aims at identifying the difficulties faced by the Iraqi university EFL learners in comprehending English breaking news. The study included 10 fourth year students enrolled at the Department of English, College of Education for Humanities, University of Anbar. Thus, a questionnaire as a research instrument, was sent online to the students. The questionnaire points were related to the identification of difficulties faced by the learners in comprehending English breaking news. The data of the study were (10) headlines selected purposively from Euronews website. The data were qualitatively analyzed based on quantifying the quality procedure. The findings showed that (54%) of the total number of the students stated that the headlines are difficult to understand, and (46%) considered them easy. Based on these findings, the study has concluded that students faced four main difficulties: neologism, difficult vocabulary, ellipsis, and passive voice when reading news headlines. Neologism has scored the highest percentage (32.4324%), while passive voice has been the lowest (5.4054%).

The Academic Assistance and its Relationship with the College and Stage Variables at the Department of Kindergarten’s Students

The study aims at knowing students’ academic assistance at the Department of Kindergarten. It further aims to know the difference of academic assistance among these students with respects to variables like (college of education for women, Baghdad, Thi-Qar). It also aims to know about the difference according to the academic level variable, in addition to its relation to some other variables. To achieve the objectives of the study, a number of university female students were selected from both Baghdad an Thi-Qar Universities in the academic year 2019-2020. The sample of the participants consisted of (400) students from the (second, third, and fourth) levels. To measure the study variable represented by the concept of academic assistance, the researchers designed a measurement test following the scientific steps followed when preparing psychological measurements. Then, the validity and reliability of the measuring test was derived. The researchers further used statistical tools to derive the findings of the study, such as Pearson’s factor, the t-test, and variance analysis). The study has concluded that students have the ability to ask for academic assistance. Besides, there are statistical differences of the academic assistance according to the college variable. Moreover, there are differences of academic assistance between the second and fourth levels in favor of the second level, and between the third and fourth in favor of the third.

Exploring Students’ Factors in Online Teaching during COVID-19 Lockdown from their Lecturers’ Viewpoint and Perspectives

The global community is currently harnessing the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 Education response, to build more resilient education systems. This can effectively be achieved via empirical evidence of the experiences of all stakeholders in education in all nations during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. The purpose of this study was to explore student factors in the lecturers’ experience of their online emergency remote teaching (ERT) in the College of Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using a quantitative descriptive design, the lecturers completed a structured questionnaire about their online ERT experiences. The findings suggest that generally, the students chose the familiar WhatsApp (chat and voice) messaging as against the use of zoom and other platforms for the ERT. Top students’ challenges are:unpreparedness for the ERT.experience of unavailable/unstable network/internet access andinability to purchase enough data.In addition, students lacked:smart phones/laptops/computers,necessary ICT skills, anddid not embrace the ERT, although it engaged them academically during the lockdown.Based on these results and in view of prevalent/imminent lockdown due to emerging new variants of the COVID-19 such as delta and omicron, interventions/strategies for achieving successful and satisfactory online teaching are recommended.

Using Facebook to Engage Iraqi EFL University Students in Learning

Facebook was established in 2004 and has grown up increasable to become not only the most common social networking site in the world but also the most famous social networking tool of the past decade for students’ online learning. Traditional learning models concentrate on the one-way move of information from teacher to student in the shape of lecture and textbook; social application presents flexible space for personalization of learning and in­creased communication between teacher and student. In addition, the student can contribute with each other collaboratively and communicatively in the context of expanding activities and interactions that are unobstructed by place and time. This study attempt to find out the Iraqi University students' awareness of using Facebook in learning EFL. The sample who participated in the study were 150 students in the 2nd year at the Department of English, College of Education for Human Sciences/ Wasit University. Furthermore, results illustrated that students believe their lan­guage skills improved throughout using Facebook, and further, their confi­dence, motivation, manner relating to language learning and improved through their previous experiences. Facebook for learning and teaching because of its unique integrated function that offers pedagogical social. And technological.