Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2014

Table of Content: 10 December, 2013; 8(23)

December 2013

Boys’ and girls’ attribution of performance in learning english as a foreign language: The case of Adama high schools in Ethiopia

The main aim of the study was to examine students’ attribution of performance in learning English as a foreign language at Adama town government high schools and see into its pedagogical implications. It aimed at investigating the perceived causes of success and failure of boys and girls. In order to meet the objectives of the study, data were gathered through testing, questionnaire and interview from purposively...

Author(s): Geberew Tulu

December 2013

The state of student-teachers’ support service rendered from cooperative teachers as school-based practitioners: The Case of Bahir Dar University, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

This study investigated the type and level of desired and actual help given to student-teachers from the respective cooperative teachers. The areas help was desired by student-teachers include teaching the curriculum subjects, classroom management, and feedback on their teaching and school environment information. The study was carried out on education   faculty student-teachers from 2007-2008 of Bahir Dar...

Author(s): Solomon Melesse

December 2013

The Teachers’ Perspective on Teacher Professional Development Evaluation

This study constructs indicators and weights that can be used in the professional development evaluation (PDE) of elementary school teachers. The indicators were constructed using data collected from literature reviews, interviews with experts, and questionnaire surveys. The Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAPH) was used to analyze the collected data. The survey subjects were school principals, administrative...

Author(s): Yu-Fen Chen

December 2013

The comparative study: Aesthetic and love in Hafiz and Goethe’s poetry in order to awaken and bring perfection in global education

In the middle of eighteen century, sources of the East were considered by European visitors. Accordingly, Hafiz (c.1320-1329) was one of these sources that influenced one of the greatest poets and thinkers of German. Goethe severely in his West-östlicher Divan disclosed that Hafiz’s poems attracted him. In this essay, we explain influence of Hafiz on Goethe. In addition, the effect of love and aesthetic...

Author(s): Seyed Mahdi Sajjadi and Zainab Mahdavi