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{"title":"Early Childhood Cooperative Behaviors through HighScope Approach in Thailand","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/spring2022/1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/spring2022/1","url":null,"abstract":"Cooperative behaviors are very important for human lives, works and\u0000society in 21st century. It has been recognized by educators around\u0000the world that is a one of the most crucial factors for successful in\u0000complex problem solving and sustainable peaceful lives. This\u0000research was conducted in the context of Thai early childhood\u0000classroom. The objectives were to 1) compare the early childhood\u0000students’ scores of cooperative behaviors before and after the\u0000implementation of HighScope approach and to 2) analyze the early\u0000childhood students’ cooperative behaviors through the HighScope\u0000approach. Mixed research methodology was employed in this study.\u0000The pretest-posttest control group design was conducted mixing by\u0000the analytic description method. The experimental group consisted of\u000042 students from 84 students by cluster random sampling and the\u0000control group consisted of 42 students. They were studied in\u0000kindergarten during the first semester of the 2019 academic year at\u0000the Khon Kaen University Demonstration School. The research\u0000instruments consisted of lesson plans, cooperative behavior\u0000evaluation form, field notes, and a photo camera. Data were collected\u0000by 3 raters blind evaluating the students’ cooperative behavior, and 3\u0000researchers taking field notes and photos. The data were analyzed by\u0000statistics (mean, S.D., t-test), and framework of Holz (2013). The\u0000results revealed that the experimental group students’ post-\u0000cooperative behavior score (mean = 3.71, S.D. = 0.06) higher than\u0000the pre-cooperative behavior score (mean = 3.45, S.D. = 0.06) with\u0000the statistical significance at the level of .01 and t-value of 5.46.\u0000Moreover, they demonstrated cooperative behaviors: social skills,\u0000expression of ideas, choice and decision making, feeling perception\u0000and conflict resolution, which are basis to form cooperative habit of\u0000mind. Teachers and educators could use HighScope approach to\u0000design instructional activities that promote students’ cooperative\u0000learning meaningfully","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48365598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Moderation Role of government policies, laws and Acts between cultural factors and risk management among Saudi Arabian contractors","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/spring2022/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/spring2022/5","url":null,"abstract":"Projects are delayed due to lack of construction risk management practice.\u0000One of the important factor for project success is organisation culture.\u0000Organisation culture is the combination of system of shared norms and\u0000values that defines characteristics and behavior. This study is grounded on\u0000organisation control theory and based on Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)\u0000303 largest contractor (> 250 number of employees). This study\u0000quantitatively focused on impact of cultural factors on management of\u0000risks in construction sector of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) moderated\u0000by government policies, laws and Acts using PLS-SEM approach.\u0000Parameter calculations in SmartPLS (PLS-SEM technique) is efficient\u0000having higher statistical power making it appropriate approach for\u0000analysing composite model for this study. Cultural factors and government policies, laws and Acts positively affect the management of risks in construction sector of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with addition to moderating role of government policies, laws and Acts. Current research helps project team for project success to develop good culture withi client, consultant and contractor, which makes project team members, construction and project manager towards project commitment. It is essential for every organisation to practice strong culture for project accomplishment which greatly influence the project team behavior compared with weak culture affecting project team effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47999825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Statistical Package for Social Sciences Acceptance in Quantitative Research: From the Technology Acceptance Model’s Perspective","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/3","url":null,"abstract":"Today, education, medicine, business, and all other fields rely heavily on\u0000computers. This reliance is increased much when both professionals and\u0000academic level students have to conduct research projects. This reliance is indicated by the availability and utility of the software, which is an integral part of computer technology. Hence, by keeping in view the importance of SPSS in research, we scrutinized the significant factors behind Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) adoption and acceptance. We executed an experimental approach and gathered data from n= 300 young researchers studying in the n= 4 public sector universities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. By adopting the\u0000primary variables from the Technology Acceptance Model, we proposed and a study model and examined it by using Smart-PLS. Findings showed that perceived ease of use and usefulness are significantly associated with Quantitative Research. Here, perceived ease of use and usefulness also indicated their interrelationship to validate the technology acceptance further. As a result, we also found a significant relationship between perceived usefulness, perceived usefulness, and SPSS technology acceptance. In simple terms, ease of use and valuable outcomes are the primary reasons behind SPSS acceptance among Pakistani students. Thus, we conclude that today, when technology has facilitated all the fields of life, research and development is another major field that is availing enormous advantages from the technology acceptance, integration, and execution. We recommend that SPSS usage should be encouraged for research purposes. Educational institutions should introduce new courses regarding SPSS learning and use them to further increase quantitative research aptitude among students.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44368653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conceptualization of time in Pashto language","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/7","url":null,"abstract":"Past studies have investigated metaphoric correlations between time and space or objects from cognitive semantic perspective in different anguages, drawing interesting similarities and cultural differences in the conceptualization of time. This paper departs from the existing literature by examining the concept of time in Pashto language from a cognitive semantic perspective based on the theoretical model of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (hereafter CMT) to find out various conceptual etaphors (hereafter CM) for time in Pashto language and poetry. Linguistic data of 150 sentences and clauses were extracted from the Pashto-English dictionary (Zeeya, 2009), Da Ghani Kulyat (Ghani 1985), Dewan Abdur Rahman Baba (Rahman, 1947), Tsraagh (Saqib, 2019) and everyday language on the basis of topical words and phrases conveying the concept of time. The topical words and phrases technique was used to retrieve the clauses or sentences denoting the concept/theme of time. CMT was used to analyze the clauses and sentences to investigate the source domains which structure the abstract concept of time in Pashto. Eight metaphors for the representation of time emerge from the analysis: i) time is object in motion; ii) time is a thing; iii) time is bounded space; iv) moments of time are landmarks in space and past is in the front, while future is at the back; v) time is person; vi) Time is measurable quantity; vii) time is a valuable commodity; and viii) time passing is tasting it. Contrary to English, Pashto speakers locate past time in the front while locating the future at the back. The present paper recommends further studies in Pashto language from cognitive semantic perspective to examine the tenets of CMT in Indo-Iranian languages to investigate its cross-cultural implications.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48862687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Politico-Economic Implications of CPEC on Pakistan","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/10","url":null,"abstract":"Pakistan and China signed an agreement on November 8, 2014 regarding\u0000“China Pakistan Economic Corridor” with initial cost of about US $ 48 billion. The project was declared as a game changer for the entire region by the then premier of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif whereas the Chinese Premier Wang Yi declared the same as the “flagship project” of OBOR initiative. The project would be completed in three phases, i.e. Short-term, medium-term, long-term with proposed dates of 2020, 2025 and 2030 respectively. CPEC is the real face of president Xi’s “constructive engagement” policy, will change the fate of the region. Pakistan, at the mouth of “OBOR” initiative would get maximum benefits under “CPEC” project. Economic development will cause political stability. The major objective of the study is to investigate the multifaceted worth of the project and its impact on Pakistan. Analytical and predictive methodology is adopted. This study concluded that the project would upgrade the life standard of the local Pakistani and will bring massive benefits to Pakistan in term of stability, security and development. CPEC will convert Pakistan’s location into an asset","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43407079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Twenty-First Century Competencies: How Can Teacher Education Programs\u0000Prepare Teacher Candidates for Successful Teaching Career Paths?","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/2","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated teacher candidates’ perceptions of 21st-century\u0000competencies, compared the perceptions among teacher candidates from different majors and academic achievement levels, examined the relationship between teacher candidates’ perceptions of the competencies and their learning achievement, and determined approaches to enhance such competencies. A survey was conducted among 250 teacher candidates from 13 different majors, and six university lecturers were interviewed in an open-admission university in\u0000Thailand. The results revealed that the teacher candidates realized the high importance of 21st-century competencies regarding the role of teachers as facilitators, learning management skills, technology and media literacy skills, morality and professional ethics, assessment and evaluation, knowledge and understanding of the social context, communication skills, and research skills. Teacher candidates from different majors and with varied academic achievement levels had the same perceptions of 21st-century competencies in all but two areas: knowledge and understanding of the social context and communication\u0000skills. Furthermore, no relationship was found between teacher andidates’ perceptions of the competencies and their academic achievement. The results suggest that faculty and other related organizations must realize the importance of developing teacher candidates’ 21st-century competencies by creating efficient, high-quality programs, to prepare them for a successful career path","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47354645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Citizens' Motives influencing the satisfaction with and adoption of E-Government Services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia","authors":"N. Amor","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/6","url":null,"abstract":"Governments worldwide invest hugely in e-Government (eGOV) services\u0000implementation to better serve their citizens. However, the eGOV services’ adoption level still low in developing countries, which explains the need for understanding the motives underlying to the satisfaction with and the adoption of such services. This article explores the motives citizens would adopt eGOV services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Data was collected through 34 semi- structured individual interviews. After an examination of the citizens' overall evaluation of eGOV services, a hematic analysis method was used to investigate the critical factors underlying eGOV success, their impacts on users’ satisfaction and eGOV adoption. Findings showed that eGOV success hinges on the users’ characteristics and their perception of the eGOV portals’ features.\u0000Moreover, results revealed that 11 factors influence citizens’ satisfaction and eGOV adoption success. The factors classified at the top five by the\u0000interviewees are (1) the service relevance to the users’ needs and it personalization, (2) the ease of use of portals, (3) the security, privacy as well as the service quality levels, (4) the information quality offered, and (5) the accessibility. The other factors cited by respondents are associated to the design technology, the interactivity, and the ransparency. In light of the outcomes, advices to support eGOV adoption were formulated. Since results demonstrated that user needs and characteristics are at the core success of an eGOV service, governments in developing countries in general, and the Saudi government, in particular, should adapt their e-services' content and technology\u0000to users, as well as implement an efficient communication strategy on efforts deployed in eGOV services to enhance citizens trust. This paper suggested that future investigations should cross citizens and professionals in charge of eGOV services viewpoints for developing a more comprehensive framework supporting eGOV services adoption.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42594186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Counting Approach to Multidimensional Poverty: Evidence from South Asia","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/4","url":null,"abstract":"This study is about the inspection of the multidimensional poverty level and changes with time. Three sample countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India) are taken from the South Asian Region to measure the depth of multidimensional poverty and inequality among the deprived individuals by using Alkire and Foster (2011) “Dimension Adjusted” or headcount ratio measure, Rippin (2010) Class of Ordinal Poverty measures, and Chakravarty and D’Ambrosio (2006) Class of Poverty measures. These all three approaches are counting-based approaches that are used on ordinal variables. The data of three main dimensions (Education, Health and Standard of Living) which is further divided into ten indicators is used for this study. The secondary data is used, which is extracted from Demographic Health Surveys (DHS). The last three surveys of DHS is\u0000used in this study, which was conducted in different period. Results of all three countries are compared and showed that India is having more poverty followed by Bangladesh and Pakistan. Change in inequality component among deprived individuals is recorded almost similar in all three sample countries. The finding of this study shows that all three techniques are providing insightful information about the depth and component inequality among deprived individuals.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48982158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discovering Mechanisms of Changes during Lesson Study in Mathematics\u0000Classroom","authors":"","doi":"10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/winter-2021/5","url":null,"abstract":"In the current study the Main purpose is to use a new model of lesson study which discover mechanisms of change in the mathematics classroom. In this regard, six secondary school mathematics teachers and one professor of mathematics education co-operation for developing a new lesson which related to concept of trigonometry. This study administrated in 6 months and all members participate in 6 sessions for developing 3 research lessons. Indeed, lesson study was used as research design in current study. Results of this study show that the\u0000modified lessons which developed through respiting lesson study cycle in 3 times, work effectively and teaching method of mathematics’ teachers was enhanced caused by this lesson study experience. Analysis of data reveals the mechanism of changes during this lesson study which are common attention, share experiences, observe challenges of teaching in the classroom, and feel the need and urgency of change. Furthermore, participants in this study mentioned some benefits of doing lesson study as affordances which are considering students’ needs, increasing teachers’ capability in the process of teaching and learning mathematics when students work in the group. Participant teachers in\u0000current study discussed about difficulties of using lesson study in their\u0000mathematics classroom.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45154210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effect of Activity-Based Games on Students' Academic Achievement in Social Sciences","authors":"Nazma Bibi","doi":"10.51709/19951272/fall-2021/5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/fall-2021/5","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the research was to investigatethe effect of activity-based games on the academic achievement of graduate-level pupils in social sciences.An experimental research design with a pre-and post-test control group was used in this study. As pre-test and post-test, MCQ achievement tests containing 70 items were used as research methods for data collecting. The initial stage in this initiative was to collect data on what inspires children to learn. Both groups took a pre-test, and the results were tallied.The project's second phase was to study the effects of variousactivities on academic achievement. Both groups were given an MCQ performance test. The T-test was used to analyze the data. The findings of this study demonstrated that, compared to the control group, mostpupils'marks improved in the experimental group. The mean value showedthat experimental group participants scored 18.77on the post-test, while control group students scored 16.21. According to a post-lesson poll, most students regarded activity-based games to be more engaging than lecture-based instruction.","PeriodicalId":43392,"journal":{"name":"FWU Journal of Social Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42970019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}