Higher Education Research

Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020

  • Enhancing Student Interactions in Online Learning: A Case of Using YouTube in a Distance Learning Module in a Higher Education Institution in Uganda

    Proscovia Namubiru Ssentamu, Dick Ng’ambi, Emily Bagarukayo, Rehema Baguma, Harriet Mutambo Nabushawo, Christine Nalubowa

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 103-116
    Received: 19 April 2020
    Accepted: 14 May 2020
    Published: 15 June 2020
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    Abstract: One of the challenges facing higher education institutions in general and Uganda in particular, is the widening gulf between increased use of technology for teaching and learning and achieving meaningful learning outcomes, especially in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we report on one use of technology where a teacher’s integratio... Show More
  • A Multiple Mediation Analysis of the Effect of Prior Performance on Academic Achievement Through Student Teachers’ Motivational Orientations

    Eric Anane

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 118-130
    Received: 11 May 2020
    Accepted: 4 June 2020
    Published: 15 June 2020
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    Abstract: The study investigated the mediational effect of student teachers’ motivational orientations on the relationship between prior performance and academic achievement. This cross-sectional correlation study employed a survey approach in the collection of quantitative data. Stratified and Systematic sampling approaches were used in selecting 500 studen... Show More
  • The Construction of Bachelor's Degree on TCSOL in OUC

    Cui Jiaxing, Yang Yongbo

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 131-136
    Received: 26 April 2020
    Accepted: 4 June 2020
    Published: 20 June 2020
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    Abstract: The Open University of China has stared the construction of a new major which is TCSOL since 2017. With specific methodologies such as literature research, data statistics based on the Constructionism, from both diachronic and synchronic angles, we have done an investigation on 60 universities and compared psychological theories to construct TCSOL ... Show More
  • On the Construction of Smart Classroom in Shanghai JiaoTong University

    Shen Hongxing, Shao Jingjing

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 137-142
    Received: 30 April 2020
    Accepted: 29 May 2020
    Published: 28 June 2020
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    Abstract: The integration of information technology and teaching puts forward new demands on the teaching environment of colleges and universities, which further drives the reform. How to construct the intelligent teaching environment in colleges and universities in a scientific and reasonable way so as to provide high quality resources, places and facilitie... Show More
  • A Study of Demotivators in Chinese University’s English as a Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

    Guimei Xie

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 143-153
    Received: 23 May 2020
    Accepted: 15 June 2020
    Published: 28 June 2020
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    Abstract: Demotivation and motivation study among foreign language learning has been salient and meaningful around the world since they influence the result of language performance. Different demotivators were drawn by different researchers coming from different perspectives. The objective of this paper is to investigate and develop demotivating factors in a... Show More
  • Evaluation of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Guidelines for Training Culturally Competent Physical Therapists

    James McKivigan

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 154-161
    Received: 21 June 2020
    Accepted: 20 July 2020
    Published: 23 July 2020
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    Abstract: Background: Training healthcare practitioners on cultural competence and increasing the cultural diversity of healthcare professionals, may help to alleviate barriers and improve patient outcomes. The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has implemented goals and guidelines for the training of culturally competent physical therapists. The g... Show More
  • Empathize and Sympathize with Less Privileged Academic Fraternity

    Adhikarla Suryanarayana Rao

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 4, August 2020
    Pages: 162-166
    Received: 15 July 2020
    Accepted: 3 August 2020
    Published: 13 August 2020
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    Abstract: Academic fraternity in different countries of the world though work honestly, face several hurdles to project themselves—a fact that needs to be realized. In this context it is definitely fair to say that it was unfortunate in the past to defame a very a large number of authors and journals and continue to nurture this attitude till today. Authors ... Show More