The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant difference between Years 4 to 6 and Years 7 to 9 non-Thai students’ level of motivation toward learning Thai, and to determine if there was a significant association between Years 4 to 6 and Years 7 to 9 non-Thai students’ orientation of motivation toward learning Thai at an international school in Bangkok, Thailand. An adapted version of Gardner’s Attitude/Motivation Test Battery (AMTB) was used to collect data from 29 non-Thai students in Years 4 to 6 and 44 non-Thai s...

The main purpose of this study was to identify the demographic profiles of teachers, to determine Teachers’ Perceptions towards Principal’s Instructional Leadership, and to compare Teachers’ Perceptions towards Principal’s Instructional Leadership at USH private School Mandalay according to their gender, age, educational background and work-experiences in 2017. A total of 53 teachers (23 male and 30 female) from USH private school Mandalay completed the questionnaire, it was designed to identify the Teachers’ demographics and their percept...

The following paper presents a phenomenological view of Street children’s future aspirations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (HCMC) in 2018. Information was collected addressing general background data, their experiences of living on the street, and the reasons for and how they came to be living on the streets. The subjects studied comprised 3 male and 3 female street children living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Phenomenological interviews were generated using a variety of quantifiable data techniques. They included: in-depth interviews of p...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the teachers’ perception of the Head Teacher’s leadership style and the teachers’ job satisfaction at a selected International School in Bangkok, Thailand. The researcher conducted a quantitative study to answer the research questions and test the research hypothesis; there is a significant relationship between the teachers’ perception of the Head Teacher’s leadership style and job satisfaction. The results indicated the teachers’ did not perceive the Head Teacher to use a t...

Facebook is the number one social networking site in the world that people engage in the most. Its popularity has reached epidemic proportions and it leaves many questions unanswered as to whether it is good or bad for users’ psychological health, especially for Millennials who engage in Facebook more than any other activity in their lives. The current investigation attempted to explore the direct and indirect influences of the personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism on self-esteem and life satisfaction, being mediated by Facebo...

The main purposes of this study were: 1) to identify teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s leadership behaviors at Jeyang Middle School; 2) to identify teachers’ perceptions towards principal’s leadership behaviors at Hkachyang Middle School; 3) to compare principals’ leadership behaviors perceived by teachers between Jeyang and Hkachyang Middle Schools in Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar. The researcher designed this study as a quantitative and comparative study using the questionnaire in two parts. Part one was associated with the teache...

Student leadership development provides students with opportunities to demonstrate and cultivate their leadership characteristics. In this research, the main purpose was to create a model for the development of student leadership characteristic practice at Normal Universities in Hebei Province of China. It applied both qualitative and quantitative methods. The researcher applied the content analysis about desirable student leadership characteristics in higher education. Skills, knowledge and attitude were crucial components of student lead...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between learning style in terms of instructional preference, social interaction, information processing and personality in e-learning in terms of visual, auditory and tactile; and attitude towards e-learning among undergraduate students in international program in Bangkok Thailand. A total of 300 respondents participated in a demographic questionnaire survey using the Learning Style Scale, Learning Style Inventory-Likert and E-learning Acceptance Scale for data collection. Regres...

The purpose of this comparative study was to compare academic achievement and student motivation under teacher-centered and student-centered instructional methods in science grade eight at Triamudomsuksa Pattanakarn School, a government school located in Bangkok, Thailand. A total of 59 students took part in this study over a period of seven weeks. The research involved six objectives. Objectives 1 and 2 were to determine student motivation under teacher-centered and student-centered instructional methods. Objectives 3 and 4 were to determ...

The main purpose of this thesis was to compare parental satisfaction with the quality of education according to their demographics in Palina Kindergarten, Bangkok, Thailand. The research objectives were (1) to identify parental satisfaction on the quality of education, and (2) to determine if there was a significant difference between parents’ satisfaction with the quality of education according to their demographics. The research was constructed on the theoretical support from customers’ satisfaction, quality of education. In terms of que...

Teaching and learning practices were examined across three English programs in St Paul De Chartres Schools in Thailand to develop an effective CLIL framework, for teaching and learning math, science and social studies. Quantitative & qualitative data collection methods were employed including content analysis of documents and websites. Findings from this revealed that for any CLIL plan to be successful, eight key administrative and teaching practices have to be planned for and in advance of teaching these content subjects. These eight cons...

The major purpose of this study was to compare teachers’ motivation according to their demographics including gender, age, teaching grade, and year of work at Bangkok Christian College, Thailand. The researcher surveyed teachers’ motivation and their demographics in the academic year of (2016-2017). Herzberg’s motivation-hygiene theory and job satisfaction questionnaire adopted from Ghanbahadur, (2014), was distributed to all the primary teachers at Bangkok Christian College. The results confirmed that teachers’ motivation was regarding as...

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 students’ level of motivation for learning Chinese, perception of parental encouragement for learning Chinese with their Chinese academic achievement at an international school in Thailand. An adapted version of attitude/motivation test battery was used to collect data from 55 Grade 3 students, 52 Grade 4 students, and 48 Grade 5 students during the second semester of academic year 2016 – 2017. Descriptive statistics – means, standard deviati...

This research attempted to study the student’ expected and actual perception towards the service quality of Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages by using SERVQUAL model. A total of 120 questionnaires were distributed to second year students who are studying in the full- time program at Jilin Huaqiao University of Foreign Languages. Then 120 questionnaires were valid and used for data analysis using Descriptive Statistics (Agreement and Percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation) and Paired-sample t-test. The questionnaire in this res...

This study attempted to determine and compare the teachers’ perception towards extracurricular activities according to their demographics in Giraffe English school, Nanjing City, Jiangsu province, China. A total of 75 full time teachers got involved in this study during the academic year 2017. The researcher adopted the questionnaire based on Judith’s (1978) to determine teachers’ perception towards extracurricular activities of 2 indicators including inclusive activities and exclusive activities in Giraffe English School Nanjing China. Th...

Academic leadership is one of the major factors that can address the challenges of 21st century and subsequently enhance the quality of higher education. The aim of this study is to develop a model of academic leadership for higher education in India for which it has employed a sequential mixed methods strategy. Qualitative data gathered from the research literature is analyzed by recursive interim content analysis to explore academic leadership. The findings of content analysis are used to develop research instruments. The survey question...

The main purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between teachers’ perceptions towards professional development and teachers’ job satisfaction at Monastic Primary School in Namlan, Hsipaw, Northern Shan State, Myanmar. A total of 60 full- time teachers from Monastic Primary School in Namlan Hsipaw, Northern Shan State, Myanmar during the academic year of 2017- 2018 were surveyed for this study. The research was designed as a quantitative and relationship study using the Guskey (2003) Professional development and Herzberg mot...

The aim of this study was to determine what were Grade 12 EFL teachers’, and Grade 12 intermediate- and advanced-level students’ beliefs towards teacher-centered approach and learnercentered approach, in order to determine whether there was a significant difference between them. This study was conducted at one governmental senior secondary school in Shaan’xi Province, China. The study focused on 23 Grade 12 EFL teachers, 48 Grade 12 EFL intermediate-level students and 87 Grade 12 EFL advanced-level students of the second semester of academi...

The current study attempted to examine the relationship between the three attachment styles (secure, anxious/ambivalent, and avoidant) and the four Cluster B personality disorders (borderline, antisocial, narcissistic, and histrionic) among males and females diagnosed with the disorder in the island of Qeshm, Iran. A total of 80 adult male and female patients diagnosed with Cluster B personality disorder, aged between 18 and 65 years, were referred by 28otmail28ed28 centers, psychiatric clinics, and hospitals in Qeshm Island, Iran for part...

The purposes of this study was to identify demographic profiles of the teachers, to determine teachers’ perspectives towards the learning through play approach at selected international schools in Bangkok and to compare teachers’ perspectives towards the learning through play approach from their practice of early years based on their nationalities, years of teaching experience and qualification specialty in 2016. From the total number of 170 preschool and kindergarten teachers working at 17 selected international schools in Bangkok; 93 tea...