Define and elaborate the cyberwellness issue you have identified (please provide citations) Why is this issue important for your students? (10 marks) Internet addiction is a form of "any online-related obsessive, compulsive behavior that interferes with an affected person's normal living, and causes severe stress on himself", his friends and loved ones. It is also described as an "impulse-control disorder which is similar to pathological gambling" (Dr. Young, 2010). There are several forms of...
Remigration can be defined as the return of migrant to the city of origin where as an expatriate can be defined as a person who has citizenship in one country but living in another country. As we know that people migrate from underdeveloped to developed nation in pursuit of a better life but then why some people choose to come back if life abroad is such a blessing. According to recent research people come back due to several reason such as are unable to integrate in the society, some expats ...
Guidance simply means instruction or direction. As a dictionary definition, "Guidance" means; help and advice about how to do something or about how to deal with problems connected with your work, education, or personal relationships. This term is strongly related with the profession of education as it is apparent from these definitions. For that reason a loose definition of "Guidance" specifically about education can be stated as "Information that is provided by the coach or teacher for the ...
This article is based on one of the emerging phenomenon of brain drain. It is aimed at identifying the factors at individual level that create inclination in foreign students to stay in host country. With the help of this identification of factors author has developed a model that is showing relationship between brain drain and these factors. Defining brain drain is phenomenon in which people of high skill, education, and competencies leave their countries and emigrate. One major case of the ...
At the first step of this assessment I have to answer what the advantages and disadvantages are of relying solely on field notes, in comparison with producing a transcription of an audio or video recording, I thought it was an easy task. However, I found myself in difficulty since I was not sure where I could start off. During the second half of the twentieth century, we saw a huge growth in the amount of educational research and the emergence of a substantial methodological literature on how...
Based on the methodological orientation, the data has been gathered by applying the mixed method approach: questionnaires (quantitative), interviews and textual analysis (qualitative). As the study deal with the sensitive issue of the alignment, the use of mixed method approach will help the researcher to produce quantifiable data and at the same time enable her to validate the research with qualitative data. To ensure the suitability and to counter any difficulties involved in data collectio...
Piaget stressed cognitive development, intelligence, and learning as a function of age. He suggested that children developed step by step through different stages of development. According to him to move next stage children could complete cognitive development steps of former stage. Piaget determined approximate age periods for these stages, however, he stated that stages should be longer or shorter. He claimed that there were four main stages of development which are, sensorimotor(0-2 years)...
The purpose of this survey is to measure the satisfaction index of the students of "The LIMIT College", Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore. The survey was conducted on sample basis and it was decided to obtain response of 50 students of The LIMIT College. In order to ease in administration of the survey, the Allam Iqbal Town Campus of the College was selected. Students of Bachelor Degree program studying in 3rd year and 4th year were selected as sample and in order to avoid complexity, it was decided ...
In this new information technology era, we should hardly neglect the benefits the internet brings to our lives. While we are relying more and more on the World Wide Web to enhance our living quality, the rapid popularization of internet surfing has actually widened the digital divide particularly for school-age children from low-income families.In Hong Kong, the great disparity between the rich and the poor has further deepened the gap of digital divide in society as the disadvantaged group c...
INTRODUCTION India is a developing country with a strong focus on improving its educational system because the quality of life depends on the quality of its educational system. Andaleeb (2003) [1] described that "education and development are intertwined and through education, a country develops its productive human resources that serve the engine of social and economic transformation" (p.487). In the case of teachers, the study of job satisfaction is relevant for understanding and improving ...
