Örgütsel Bağlılık Sivil Havacılık Kabin Ekipleri Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Örgütlerin amaçlarına ulaşmasında en önemli etken, yapılan işin kalitesidir. Bir işin kalitesi de insan faktörüne bağlıdır. Bu nedenle, örgütler amaçlarını gerçekleştirmek için insan kaynağına sürekli yatırım yapmalı ve örgüt bünyesinde tutmaya çalışmalıdır; yani çalışanların örgüte olan bağlılıklarını artırmalıdırlar. Çalışan memnuniyeti ile örgütsel bağlılık arasındaki ilişkiye yönelik yapılan araştırmalarda, memnuniyetin örgütsel bağlılık boyutları üzerindeki etkileri araştırılmıştır. Araştırmaların ortak sonucuna göre; genel olarak çalışan memnuniyeti ve örgütsel bağlılık arasında istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı ilişkiler ortaya çıkmıştır. Bu çalışmada, havacılık sektöründeki çalışanların memnuniyetlerinin artmasıyla çalışanların örgüte karşı bir bağlılık duyacağı ve bunun sonucunda müşterilere daha kaliteli hizmet verileceği varsayılmıştır. Sivil havacılık sektöründe kabin ekipleri, her havayolu şirketinin ön hattını temsil etmekte ve hizmet kalitesinin sağlanmasında önemli bir rol oynamaktadırlar. Bu nedenle örgütsel bağlılık her organizasyon için yaşamsal bir öneme sahip olmaktadır. Bu araştırma, bir havayolu şirketinden rasgele seçilmiş 100 kabin görevlisinin, bağlı olduğu şirkette çalışmaktan ne derece memnun olduğunu ve bu memnuniyetinin ya da memnuniyetsizliğinin hangi faktörlere bağlı olduğunu ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Aynı zamanda yaş, cinsiyet, medeni durum, deneyim (görev süresi), eğitim durumu gibi bazı demografik özellikler açısından farklılık gösterip göstermediğinin tespit edilmesi de araştırmanın amaçları arasında yer almaktadır. Araştırmanın verileri anket yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Bu bağlamda, çalışma iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde, örgütsel bağlılığa ilişkin kavramsal çerçeve sunulmuş ve örgütsel bağlılığı etkileyen faktörler literatüre uyumlu bir şekilde ifade edilmiştir. İkinci bölümde ise araştırma bulguları ve bu bulgulara ilişkin değerlendirmeler yapılmıştır. Kabin görevlilerinin örgütsel bağlılık düzeylerinin çeşitli boyutlarının, yaş, cinsiyet, görev süreleri, bulundukları pozisyon ve eğitim durumlarına göre farklılaştığı tespit edilmiştir. Kabin ekiplerinin çalışan memnuniyeti ve örgütsel bağlılık arasındaki ilişkide pozitif yönlü ve anlamlı ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sivil havacılık sektöründe yer alan örgütlerin çalışan memnuniyeti ve bağlılıklarını arttırmaya yönelik uygulamalar tavsiye edilmektedir. Örgütsel bağlılık kavramı gelecek yıllar içinde örgütler açısından önemi koruyacaktır. Anahtar Kelimeler: Çalışan Bağlılığı; Çalışan Memnuniyeti; Kabin ekibi; Örgütsel Bağlılık; Sivil Havacılık

Effect of using guided inquiry teaching method in improving grade eight students’ concept of photosynthesis, primary school: Ethiopia

The main objective of this study was to investigate the effect of using guided inquiry teaching method in improving grade eight students’ conceptual understanding of photosynthesis. The study employed Quasi-experimental research method. The data collection instruments were multiple choice tests, observation, as well as informal assessment. The pre-test and post-test were administered before and after treatment respectively. The informal assessment also administered before and after intervention. Besides, the observation was conducted from the first day up to the last day of the intervention. The pre-test and post-test data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-tests quantitatively while; data collected through informal assessment and observation were presented using narration. The finding of pre-test revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean score of the two groups. The post-test result revealed that experimental group students significantly improved their conceptual understanding of the topic photosynthesis compared to the control group students. The study concluded that guided inquiry teaching method is more effective than the lecture method in improving students’ conceptual understanding of photosynthesis. Based on the finding of this study, it was recommended that governments should encourage biology teachers to apply guided inquiry teaching method by providing appropriate instructional material. Keywords: Conceptual understanding Guided inquiry, photosynthesis,

Educational games for miss-concentration students (ADHD students)

Increasing a kid’s concentration is a major problem for both teachers and parents, but the presence of educational games solves almost 70% of this problem and the other percentage relies on teacher and parent roles to increase the kid’s concentration using different methods and this is the main role of our game here. Our game’s name is Cube Invasion and we derived its name out from its context because it is a 3D game with cubes which surround the kid’s player and he try to hit most of the boxes to get the highest score in a less time and tries not to lose to the time or not get the least amount of score to pass the level. We can achieve our goal of the game (increasing the kid’s concentration level) by making the game’s surroundings a lot harder in the intercourse of the game; so we have here four kinds of surroundings for the kid to interact with—green box: this is the main box for the kid to hit; yellow box: this is a box with a negative attitude that the kid should be aware of; white box: this is a box for increasing time if he runs out of time; red box: this is a rare box and it appears and disappears in a second and requires a high concentration level to hit it. We used Unity game engine for gaming control and programming because it is the most famous game engine right now and it provides a lot of helpful things for the kid to interact with. We use the after effects for the game design and development of both introduction video, game components and animation of the game. Our game storyline talks about a peaceful planet called Pill-earth where everyone loves each other. We have our hero and his lover (girlfriend) sitting in the park and all of a sudden an invasion of cubes comes to the planet to occupy it and spread hatred among the planet’s inhabitants. They abduct the hero’s girlfriend and he gets angry and tries to restore her and free the planet from this disastrous occupation. At last, he succeeds in killing the leader and restoring his lover and freeing the planet. This story makes the child interact more with the game. Keywords: ADHD treatment, educational games, FPS games.

Media and educational technology in Nigeria: Managing the broadcast programmes of Radio Nigeria Globe FM towards girl child education

This study was carried out in Shall and Yalwa village areas of Tafawa Balewa and Dass local government areas, respectively, in Bauchi state (Nigeria) with a strong view of determining the efficacy of media in education towards managing girl child issues in Nigeria. An intensive oral interview was employed in data collection from staff of Radio Nigeria Globe FM, as well as the students and staff of schools and the parents from both Shall and Yalwa villages. The study employed a survey design and utilized a documentary approach to obtain data. Descriptive statistics (means, frequency and percentages) and χ2were used in analysing the socio-economic characteristics of the stakeholders in girl child education. The results revealed that 91.2% of the responses hold the opinion that the strategies used by the Radio Nigeria GlobeFM to intervene in girl child education proffered unique and far-reaching benefits in educating the girl child to discover herself and associate with the right group of people, marry the right kind of men, make the right contributions and help men develop sustainable environment. The results also revealed that 61.8% of the responses hold the belief that Radio Nigeria GlobeFM programmes on the Nigerian girl child are much effective, educative and relevance. The study suggested that the adoption of educational technology strategies is a way forward to managing girl child education, which is a progressive approach in Nigeria, there by setting up booster stations and organise village rallies, discussion programmes with women as moderators to serve as role models for young girls, radio links programme to initiates talks with parents and other stakeholders, initiate kiddies programme fashioned after the likes of the world of children and finally strategies for career guidance. Keywords: Broadcast programme, educational technology, girl child, management, media.

Investigation of cognitive, psychomotor and social emotional progress in primary schools by directors’ ideas

The aim of this study was to identify the ideas of the directors about the progress of cognitive, psychomotor and social-emotional skills of the primary fifth-grade teaching programme. This study is qualitative and it is conducted by case study and intertwined case patterns. A total of 12 directors (7 principals and 5 assistant principals) participated in this study who are working in schools in Nicosia district. These schools are linked to the Ministry of Education. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews and were analysed by content analysis. According to the results of this study, students studying in the fifth grade reached the teaching programme’s aims, i.e., 59.83% in the cognitive domain, 42.2% in the psychomotor domain and 76.52% in the social-emotional progress domain. The negative reasons of these results respectively are teachers, individual differences, teaching programme, curriculum incompatibility, lack of infrastructure and college exams. Keywords: Cognitive development, teaching programme, psychomotor development (motor), social-emotional development (affective).

MScs in railway transport and logistics: State of the art and perspectives for a new programme

The objective of this paper is to discuss results obtained from a structured survey on MScs in railway transport and logistics, which has been conducted within the RiFLE project. RiFLE stands for Rail Freight and Logistics Curriculum Development and was funded by the Erasmus (LLL) programme of the European Commission. The aim of RiFLE was to develop master courses to be delivered in English language by the participating institutions as separate but shared programmes in their universities. The approach was to analyse, enhance and adapt existing courses already offered by the participating institutions within a modern rail freight and logistics environment. Therefore, the goal of the survey was to define the state of the art of the current offer of MSc ‘railway transport and logistics’ related courses across the European and non-European countries. For the collection of data, a questionnaire has been developed. ‘SuperSurvey’ was used to approach intended respondents. SuperSurvey is a user-friendly online platform for collecting information using questionnaires. The target group included professors, lecturers and masters programmes managers in transport and logistics. Existing relevant programmes from European and other universities and institutions for higher education have been collected and analysed. Information collected helped to define a comprehensive framework of transport and logistics curricula, courses and programmes and to understand different levels of learning and structures of higher education such as single modules, bachelor courses, master courses, as well as mobility programmes and patterns. Keywords: Rail freight and logistics, higher education, innovation, survey, state of the art.

The General situation of ilm al-kalām in the Ottoman educational system up to the 16th century

In this paper, the formation of the Caliphate, which emerged as a scientific discipline by Mu‘tazila in Hijri 2nd Century, the general situation and basic features of the Ottoman education system up to the 16th century and the works of Kalām taught in madrasas are examined. This study is a descriptive and comparative study. This research will use the classical soruces of the history of Islam, the history of sects in islams and kalam. In spite of some unfavorable reactions which have been exhibited against Ilm al-Kalām since the earliest period of the Ottoman period, Ilm al-Kalām has been able to enter the curriculum of the Ottoman madrasas and become a knowledge discipline favored by the Ottoman sultans and their ʿulamās. The most important contributor to this was the Ottoman sultans, who showed great interest in science, valued the freedom of thought and belief, and provided free thinking and working environment in the Kalām and philosophical areas. In this respect, the Ottoman lands became a science and culture center and a great deal of scholars have been trained in scientific and religious areas up to the 16th century, and in these areas, they produced lots of precious works. Among these works, there are not only independent studies on akaid and Kalām but also works belonging to other disciplines which study the fields of faith, worship and morality together. Ilm al-Kalām came to the fore in the Ottoman education system with the help of these scholars who interested in Ilm al-Kalām. Through the middle of the 16th century, the importance given to the education of Kalām was decreased due to a number of reasons and Kalām was replaced by fiqh. The Anti-Kalām thought reached such a point that many books on Kalām theology had been removed from the madrasah course curriculum and some scholars gave fatwas that say that learning Kalām was forbidden. The findings state that the science of Kalam was considered important until 16th century after which it has lost its importance in the educational system. This caused the loss the culture of criticism and the philosophical though has been ignored. Key Words: Ottoman, Kalām, Philosophy, Ahl al-Sunna, Madrasah

Examining the students’ understanding level towards the concepts of magnetic field: the case of conducting wire

The electromagnetism is one of the important topics in physics and it has quite a lot of applications in a wide range of area. It also examines the electromagnetic force researches that occur between the electrically charged particles. On the other hand, examination of the magnetic field around the conductors and the movement of the charged particles in the electromagnetic field is quite interesting topics on that the physics researchers intensively investigated. The electromagnetic theory has an abstract nature, because the university level students have many learning and understanding difficulties about the concepts related to these topics. In realization of meaningful learning, the role of the students’ prior knowledge about the aforementioned concepts is becoming important. This study aims to investigate the understanding of 12 pre-service physics teachers related to the concept of moving particles in an electromagnetic filed by using the qualitative research methods. The data collected through the test consisting of three question and it was analysed by using content analysis method. The understanding levels and the alternative conceptions of the pre-service physics teachers were determined by different categories at the end of the content analyses process. Keywords: Alternative conceptions, electromagnetism education, pre-service physics teachers; understanding level;

Determination of the opinions of prospective science teachers about the planned trip to the sugar factory

In this study, it was aimed to determine the opinions of pre-service science teachers about the planned trip to the sugar factory. This study was carried on phenomenology method which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study was carried out with the fourth year students of pre-service science teaching in Erciyes University in 2018-2019 academic year.The data were obtained with semi-structured open-ended questions. The document analysis used in the research was controlled by a science teacher and a science education expert. Codes were generated from the pre-service science teachers' views using content analysis. In the study, it was concluded that out-of-school learning environments have positive effects on science learning and these trips provide permanent and meaningful learning when included in the program. In addition, it was found that out-of-school learning environments concretize knowledge, and discovering new places increases students' desire for science. As students gain experience and make inferences by making observations in out-of-school learning environments, excursions related to courses should be organized. Keywords: Informal learning environments, Kayseri Sugar factory, phenomenology, pre-service science teacher

Gender leadership styles and linguistic practices: The case of Lebanese International University coordinators

Sociolinguistic research is interested in the way people, including leaders, use language to construct and perform social identities. Given that an increasing number of professional women have to do leadership side by side with men, this case study research, which was conducted at the Lebanese International University, studied gender and leadership styles from a qualitative content analytical perspective. More specifically, it sought to determine male and female leadership styles and to investigate their linguistic practices through the analysis of self-reflections and interviews. The researcher used five male and five female coordinators’ self-reflections and transcribed interviews that were collected, analysed and categorised to find out any differences in the leadership style and language use of male and female leaders in the academic settings. The findings showed the influence of the genders in their choice of linguistic expressions indicating the noteworthy dominance of the two prevalent dimensions in leadership styles, namely, transformational and transactional. Keywords: Gender leadership styles, gender linguistic practices, transformational leadership, transactional leadership, Lebanon.