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2024-03-13T20:02:38ZDemystifying international education : concepts, ideas and ideologies
http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/217
Title: Demystifying international education : concepts, ideas and ideologies
Authors: Umar, Mohamed
Abstract: International education is an ambiguous term often used interchangeably as comparative education, development education and multicultural education. However, research shows that little attempt has so far been made to demarcate the boundaries of international education and clarify the concept. Consequently, most international schools who claim to provide international education all too often end up in providing just the
same ‘education’ as any other school, because they fail to focus on the key components of international education which originally inspired the very concept. Therefore, in this paper, various paradigms for defining ‘international education’ and its original aspirations are explored in the light of historical accounts of international education and contemporary literature. The review showed that the concept was initially inspired by the need to promote mutual understanding among different countries, and the desire to enable socioeconomic mobility in the face of increasing globalization. Based on these concepts, ‘international education’ has been defined as education geared towards developing global citizenship by promoting internationalism and international-mindedness, and facilitating mobility of human resources in an increasingly global world by enhancing the competence and confidence of students. It is concluded that any educational programme or system that claims to be international must concentrate on the ideology of internationalism and the pragmatics of globalization.2013-06-01T00:00:00Zދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގައި ދުރުންދޭ ތަޢުލީމުގެ ތަޖްރިބާ : މައްސަލަތަކާއި ކާމިޔާބުތައް
http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/216
Title: ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގައި ދުރުންދޭ ތަޢުލީމުގެ ތަޖްރިބާ : މައްސަލަތަކާއި ކާމިޔާބުތައް
Authors: AbdulRaheem, Ismail Habeeb; އިސްމާއީލް ހަބީބު ޢަބްދުއްރަހީމް
Abstract: The purpose of this study has been to examine the achievements and challenges of several distance mode courses run by two State-funded institutions in the Maldives in the opinion of students, tutors and other course administrators. Thirty-seven students studying or have studied one of the courses offered by the institutions and 24 course administrators were interviwed face-to-face or by telephone and other means to find out their perceptions of factors of success and shortcomings of the courses. As shortcomings students noted: (1) transport issues, (2) communication difficulties and (3) lack of trained tutors and administrators among others.Over 70% of the students were, however, satisfied by the course experience. Students as well as course administrators noted that once the constraints are addressed this mode of education holds great promise for the Maldives. A limitation of the study was that the data were collected in 2009 and since then a Moodle-based course management systems is in place for one institution and the courses offered have greatly improved.2013-06-01T00:00:00ZMaldivian secondary teachers’ reflections on their first year of teaching : enabling factors, perceived problems and proposed solutions
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Title: Maldivian secondary teachers’ reflections on their first year of teaching : enabling factors, perceived problems and proposed solutions
Authors: Ali, Aishath
Abstract: This study investigated the reflections on the first year teaching of 10 beginning secondary teachers with a Bachelor of Teaching Secondary qualification through open ended questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The participants identified the high levels of student motivation and good student performance in their classes, constructive feedback from the school management and establishment of positive relationships with colleagues as enabling factors. The problems these beginning teachers faced include classroom management issues, time management problems, dealing with special needs students, being under-prepared for real classroom situations, high workload and low salary, dealing with parents, lack of status in the school, lack of resources, dealing with their own emotions and being subject to internal and external policies. Implications for teachers training include establishing support groups to help beginning teachers make the transition from pre-service to in-service teachers, evaluating the teacher preparation curriculum to incorporate coping strategies, improving some school related factors and providing them with more practice before they become fully fledged teachers.2013-06-01T00:00:00ZAutomatic assessment of Java code
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Title: Automatic assessment of Java code
Authors: Khalid, Adam
Abstract: In this study a tool was developed which marks automatically computer programs written by novices in Java. Existing open source static analysers were evaluated in the development. Metrics and marking schemes were developed to mark and grade the programming assignments automatically. A sample of 59 first-year programming students’ projects was selected for marking. The projects were marked manually and automatically. The results showed that there is a high correlation between manual and automatic marking for all criteria. The mean Kendall’s tau is over 0.75 indicating a very high level of correlation between manual and automatic marking. However, depending on the marking criteria, non-systemic variations were found.2013-06-01T00:00:00Z