In recent years, violence among learners has escalated in many schools South Africa. This raised concern society on whether the measures put place to address problem works. For this reason, we set investigate cause and curb school two a disadvantaged community of Mabopane, Gauteng Province. We selected township setting as context our research. choice is informed by frequent occurrences h...

background: scenes depicting smoking are among the causes of smoking initiation in youth. the present study was the first in iran to collect some primary information regarding the presence of smoking scenes in movies and propagation of tobacco use. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted by polling audience about smoking scenes in persian movies on theaters in 2011. data were collecte...

Case: Kim v. Villanova University

Playfulness came into education at a later date. There are two main theoretical paradigms around play and both are relevant to a discussion around serious games for education. Modern theories aim to mainly describe the benefits of play, and classical theories tend to focus on the reasons for play. The classical theories include explanations for children needing play like ‘surplus energy’, [4] a...

Affective computing has been the focus of artificial intelligence for several years. The amalgamation of affective computing and facial expression recognition technique has lead to the possibility of harmonious human-computer interaction in E-learning. But the fact of E-learning is that emotional absences between computer and E-learner are serious. This paper researches into the learning emotio...

This paper introduces seven genres of the digital media projects that can help the 21st century EFL learner develop intercultural communication capability (ICC) in English with creativity afforded by emerging digital media. It is based on a project by the author and a group of pre-service teachers during the Fall semester of 2012-2013. Guided by a list of suggested topics and the concept of lea...

Advances in ubiquitious and mobile technologies have facilitated learners to continue their learning outside their classrooms, when and where they desire. Learners are now able to access their learning resources and interact with their peers and teachers through technology. The design and creation of such learning spaces pose many challenges. The learner’s context defines the needs of the learn...

Learner autonomy (LA) has always been a controversial issue among applied linguists. Several studies have been carried out to investigate the teachers' and learners' perceptions of learner autonomy as well as the feasibility of learner autonomy. Despite the importance of learner autonomy and the existence of several related studies, the challenges in promoting LA in Iranian institutes to the re...