American Journal of Educational Research

Faced with globalization and the inclusion of the Internet in the educational process, new dilemmas have emerged. In response, innovative theories of learning must be born and the teacher should create different strategies and prepare new skills. So far, all learning theories have focused on classroom attendance and so teaching and evaluation strategies, but in the XXI century there arises the need to develop other skills and styles such as e-learning, e-portfolio, e-blog among others. While there is talk of student-based learning and collaboration, it should be kept in mind that at the time those theories were formed present technologies did not exist. Technology has created and defined a new culture, reshaping the way we communicate study and learn. With this phenomenon, the need arises to create a new theory which can adapt to these changing circumstances. This emerging theory is the theory of connectivity. The purpose of this paper was to prepare and explain following topics: first of all the paradigms of education as presage, product, process-product, mediational and contextual or ecological paradigm. Secondly, the theories of education before connectivity: behaviorism, cognitive, historical- social and constructivism. As third point, we development the principles elements of connectivity, as an emergent solution to innovative e-learning. Such as last point we present reflections and conclusions

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 107-116. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-7
Pub. Date: February 28, 2014

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Students’ Teleologic and Anthropomorphic References to Select Concepts of Environmental Science

by Lani Isleta-Palatino

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This study attempted to ascertain the students’ teleologic and anthropomorphic references to select concepts of Environmental Science. Using questions forming generalizations on abstract topics of Hydrologic Cycle, Acid Rain, Air Pollution and Global Warming, students’ teleologic-anthropomorphic references were determined. It was found out that the students’ who had just finished their secondary education program and underwent the English curriculum had the least affordance of teleologic and anthropomorphic references. Statistical analyses, based on the scope of the study, discriminated the following results: classroom pedagogical interventions made a 61.5% impact on the correction of their teleologic-anthropomorphic references; teleologic and anthropomorphic references were highly significant related to age in an inverse relation and an emerging relationship to the English curriculum was discerned.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 102-106. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-6
Pub. Date: February 25, 2014

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The New Actors of the Society in Social Policies of Attendance to the Children and the Adolescents in Brazil

by Eric Ferdinando Kanai Passone

Original Research

In the field of analyses of public policy, this research is dedicated to the study about the emergence of new actors of the civil society in social policies of attendance to the children and adolescents in Brazil. The object of this work was to analyze the performance of the non-governmental organizations for the rights of children and adolescents in the Brazilian context of state reform. As results, we can emphasize the position some non-governmental organizations, as a social actors that differs from non-profits organizations acting in the so called "third sector". Meanwhile, there are groups that criticize the inefficiency of the State, putting the supremacy of the marketas potential substitutes of the State. The political action of these organizations, characterized by dialogue, mobilization, participation, that is aiming at qualification of the state, the accountability of public policies, and the reinforcement of the civil society.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 97-101. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-5
Pub. Date: February 24, 2014

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Types of Factors in Educational Peaceful-Coexistence

by Salvador Peiró i Gregòri

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This article attempts to recompile and systematize before new research. After an introduction on the importance of school’s critical climate factors, which are regarding from the quality of teaching? To make this various sources of information are collected. Hence clusters of factors explaining the external and internal causes of school violence are proposed. The provincial scholar reality is explored through the questionnaire. Using descriptive statistics, charts and tables that describe graphs were calculated. Finally, the work has just proposed lines of educational action with respect to factors.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 84-96. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-4
Pub. Date: February 19, 2014

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The Memory and Poetics of Maria Bonomi – A Social Discourse

by Alecsandra Matias de Oliveira

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This study deals with the relations between memory and art, especially the contemporary art seen in architectural monuments in the city of São Paulo. With this aim, the art history and its aesthetic developments are used as a tool for the research, focusing on the poetics of memories by Maria Bonomi one of the most important artists of the national artistic circuit.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 78-83. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-3
Pub. Date: February 19, 2014

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Comparing Student Performance and Satisfaction in Face-to-Face and Hybrid Formats for a Finance Course

by Patricia R. Robertson

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In a study conducted at a large, public university, the author assessed the impact of course delivery method (face-to-face versus hybrid formats) on student performance and satisfaction. The study was based on the concurrent instruction of a senior-level finance course over two semesters. Student performance was based on the percent of students achieving a grade of A, B or C in the course (as opposed to D, F or W/WF) and the scores on the individual gradable assignments. The study shows no significant difference between hybrid and face-to-face delivery in the mean score of student performance. In addition, there was no significant difference in student satisfaction, which was measured based on the official university student survey. The study demonstrates (in contrast to other studies) that student achievement and satisfaction do not significantly differ with hybrid format delivery of the course. Implications of the study’s findings are discussed.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 73-77. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-2
Pub. Date: February 18, 2014

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The Functions of Art in Conveying the Meanings to Audience (Case Study: Some Selected Images from the Earthquake of Bam, 2003)

by Mohamadjavad Mahdavinejad, Kowsar Afzali, Akram Ahmadi, Mahsa Noruz and Arash Amin

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Art, depending on its properties, has an expressive language and if a concept accompanies it, or being said in an artistic language, it would be eternal, too. A review of the literature shows that the artworks, directly or indirectly, reflect the philosophy and idea of the artist, by which he has created the work. Thus any art piece has a negative or positive message to his audience and would affect him in one of these two trends. The Educational outcomes of these two approaches, has a long term and strange effect on the audience. The Article in addition of analyzing these approaches in photos of the Bam earthquake, analyses the orientation of artworks being produced after that and its impact on the audience. The research results show that the art can have wide conceptual effects on the audience. The analyzed samples indicate that some of the images emphasizing the positive implications from devastations of the earthquake, associations hope and mobility to audience. On the other hand, some of the images by showing negative concepts associate despair and hopelessness. The dual and also significant impact of art works shows that during the natural disasters and damages, we can use it as a factor in improving the situation and helping injured victims.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(2), 66-72. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-2-1
Pub. Date: February 16, 2014

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