International Journal of Higher Education

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Volume 3, issue 4, 2014

Understanding the Integrated Learning Course Model: Academic Transition to Tertiary Education pp. 1

David R. Arendale

A Didactic Activity for Introducing Design and Optimization of Experiments Assisted by Revised Bloom's Taxonomy pp. 12

Gabriela Fonseca Amorim, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, Anderson Paulo Paiva and Isabella Souza Reina Gottzandt

Implications of State and Local Policy on Community College Transfer in California pp. 24

William E. Piland and Lynn Ceresino Neault

Innovative Pedagogies in Higher Education to Become Effective Teachers of 21st Century Skills: Unpacking the Learning and Innovations Skills Domain of the New Learning Paradigm pp. 37

Charles Kivunja

Motivators and Outcomes of Faculty Actions towards International Students: Under the Influence of Internationalization pp. 49

Yingxia Cao, Xiaofan Li, Amy Jiang and Kang Bai

Communication Skills and its Impact on the Marketability of UKM Graduates pp. 64

Ahmad Wazir Aiman Bin Mohd Abd Wahab and Noor Akmal Shareela Binti Ismail

Living up to Our Students’ Expectations – Using Student Voice to Influence the Way Academics Think about Their Undergraduates Learning and Their Own Teaching pp. 72

Cecilia Yvette Wharton, Lorna J. Goodwin and Andrea J. Cameron

Experiences with Blended Learning Program Delivery for Apprenticeship Trades: A Case Study pp. 85

Rosemary Vogt

First-year Students’ Perceptions of Extended National Diploma Programmes: the Case of a Comprehensive South African University (2012) pp. 96

George Mavunga and Fahmida Cachalia

Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intention among African Students in China pp. 106

Wang Jinying and Pene Zongabiro Nina Pelagie

The Effect of Journal Writing on Students’ Cognitive Critical Thinking Skills A Quasi-Experiment Research on an EFL Undergraduate Classroom in Egypt pp. 120

Hanaa Youssef Shaarawy

The Relationship between Finnish Student Teachers’ Practical Theories, Sources, and Teacher Education pp. 129

Harri Pitkaniemi, Liisa Karlsson and Katariina Stenberg

Can Near-Peer Teaching Improve Academic Performance? pp. 142

Brett Williams and James Fowler

Volume 3, issue 3, 2014

Shaping the First-Year Experience: Assessment of the Vision Planning Seminar at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan pp. 1

Hiroshi Ito

Factors Contributing to Research Team Effectiveness: Testing a Model of Team Effectiveness in an Academic Setting pp. 10

Zoharah Omar and Aminah Ahmad

Assessing Graduate Attributes: Building a Criteria-Based Competency Model pp. 27

Donald Ipperciel and Samira ElAtia

Research on Affective Teaching Strategy in China's College English Classroom pp. 39

Qiang Zhang

Prospects for Policy Advances in Science and Technology in the Gulf Arab States: The Role for International Partnerships pp. 45

David P. Hajjar, George W. Moran, Afreen Siddiqi, Joshua E. Richardson, Laura D. Anadon and Venkatesh Narayanamurti

Toward an Instructional Philosophy: A Theoretical Framework for Teaching and Training at Salman Bin Abdulaziz University (SAU) pp. 58

Yasine Qandile and Wajeeh Al-Qasim

Teachers’ Accounts of Their Perceptions and Practices of Providing Written Feedback to Nursing Students on Their Assignments pp. 70

Sajid Iqbal, Raisa Gul, Arusa Lakhani and Nusrat Fatima Rizvi

Do You Want Your Students to Be Job-Ready with 21st Century Skills? Change Pedagogies: A Pedagogical Paradigm Shift from Vygotskyian Social Constructivism to Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Siemens’ Digital Connectivism pp. 81

Charles Kivunja

Learning from Success: How Original Research on Academic Resilience Informs what College Faculty Can do to Increase the Retention of Low Socioeconomic Status Students pp. 92

Erik E. Morales

Doctoral Education in a Successful Ecological Niche: A Qualitative Exploratory Case Study of the Relationship between the Microclimate and Doctoral Students’ Learning to Become a Researcher pp. 103

Mette Krogh Christensen and Ole Lund

How to Construct Curricula for Finance Professional under Credit System in China pp. 114

Yuanyuan Ma

Self- and Peer Assessment in Massive Open Online Courses pp. 119

Wilfried Admiraal, Bart Huisman and Maarten Van de Ven

Greek Educational Policy: From the Collaborative Model of the School Counselor Institution of the A. Papandreou’s (1981) Educational Policy towards the Model of Superintendence and Supervision of the Period 2008-2013 pp. 129

Kalerante Evaggelia

Use of Personal Response Systems in Higher Education – A Case Study pp. 134

Rachel Or-Bach

The Impact of Desegregation on College Choices of Elite Black Athletes pp. 142

George R. La Noue and Mark Bennett

Strategy for a sustained quality delivery mode of ODL programmes for massive enrollments and e-learning: The Case for Zimbabwe Open University pp. 154

Gabriel Kabanda

Volume 3, issue 2, 2014

Understanding the Peer Assisted Learning Model: Student Study Groups in Challenging College Courses pp. 1

David Arendale

Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Written Feedback at a Private University in Pakistan pp. 13

Lubna Ghazal, Raisa Gul, Mehnaz Hanzala, Tansy Jessop and Ambreen Tharani

Didactic Competencies among Teaching Staff of Universities in Kenya pp. 28

Florah Katanu Karimi

Governance and Higher Education in Pakistan: What Roles do Boards of Governors Play in Ensuring the Academic Quality Maintenance in Public Universities versus Private Universities in Pakistan? pp. 38

Sidra Usman

An Alternative Approach for Designing and Teaching Communication Skills to University of Technology Students pp. 52

Ernest Pineteh

The Urgent Need to Train Teachers for Multigrade Pedagogy in African Schooling Contexts: Lessons from Uganda and Zambia pp. 63

Charles Kivunja

Investigating Factors Affecting Science Teachers’ Performance and Satisfaction toward their Teaching Process at Najran University for Girls’ Science Colleges pp. 73

Amel Thafer Alshehry

Nigerian Physiotherapy Clinical Students’ Perception of their Learning Environment Measured by the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Inventory pp. 83

Adesola C Odole, Olufemi Oyeleye Oyewole and Oluwasolape T Ogunmola

The Irony of Ethics: (De)Coding the Lived Experience of Women and Minority Faculty pp. 92

L. Earle Reybold

A Proposed Model for Authenticating Knowledge Transfer in Online Discussion Forums pp. 106

Jan P. Tucker, Stephanie YoungGonzaga and Jaclyn Krause

The Academic Achievement of Elite Athletes at an Australian University: Debunking the Dumb Jock Syndrome pp. 120

Steve Georgakis, Rachel Wilson and Jamaya Ferguson

The Effects of Cooperative Learning on the Academic Achievement and Knowledge Retention pp. 131

Tran Van Dat

Fostering Multimedia Learning with Collaborative Concept Mapping: The Effect of Cognitive Aid on Performance and on Collaboration pp. 141

Santiago Roger Acuna, Gabriela Lopez Aymes and Carlos Sergio Lopez Medrano

Is there Cultural Safety in Australian Universities? pp. 153

Judith Rochecouste, Rhonda Oliver and Debra Bennell

Volume 3, issue 1, 2014

Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Work Stress in Academia in Tanzania pp. 1

Kitila Alexander Mkumbo

The Academic Writing Challenges of Undergraduate Students: A South African Case Study pp. 12

Ernest A Pineteh

Socioeconomic Characteristics and Motivations for Entering a Medical College – Differences between Graduate and Undergraduate Saudi Medical Students pp. 23

Hamdan AL-Jahdali, Turki Alqarni, Sarah AL-Jahdali, Salim A Baharoon, Abdullah S AL-Harbi, Salih A Binsalih, Abdulah Alshimemeri and Abdullah A Al Sayyari

Rhetorical Structures in Academic Research Writing by Non- Native Writers pp. 29

Ina Suryani, H. Kamaruddin, Noor Hashima, Aizan Yaacob, Salleh Abd Rashid and Hazry Desa

Reflective Education as a Means of Changing Teacher Trainers' Attitudes Towards Universal Values in the Education System of the Developing Society pp. 39

Mohammad Essawi, Jamal Abu-Hussain and Dalia Fadila

Relational Study of Technical Education in Scotland and Nigeria for Sustainable Skill Development pp. 49

E. Kennedy Umunadi

Do Japanese Undergraduates Think They Will be in an International Environment? pp. 58

Liang Morita

The Paradox of Increasing both Enrollment and Graduation Rates: Acknowledging Elephants in the Ivory Tower pp. 66

Sean W. Mulvenon and Daniel H. Robinson

EFL College Students’ Perceptions of Classroom English Tests pp. 71

Nowreyah A. Al-Nouh, Muneera M. Abdul-Kareem and Hanan A. Taqi

Current Trends in Malaysian Higher Education and the Effect on Education Policy and Practice: An Overview pp. 85

Selvaraj Grapragasem, Anbalagan Krishnan and Azlin Norhaini Mansor

Theoretical Perspectives of How Digital Natives Learn pp. 94

Charles Kivunja

New Emerging Issues about Guidance and Counselling in an Accreditation of Prior and Experiential Learning Process pp. 110

Pierre-Yves Sanseau and Sandrine Ansart

Exploring Student Self-Plagiarism pp. 121

Colleen M. Halupa

Accountability for Project-Based Collaborative Learning pp. 127

Jamal Abu Hussain, Mohammad Essawi and Oleg Tilchin

When Failing Doesn’t Matter: A Narrative Inquiry into the Social Work Practice Learning Experiences of Black African Students in England pp. 136

Prospera Tedam

The Experience of Student Occupational Therapists with Disabilities in Canadian Universities pp. 146

Bonny Jung, Sue Baptiste, Shami Dhillon, Tasha Kravchenko, Deb Stewart and Sandra Vanderkaay