Curriculum Design, Linguistic Competence and  Self-Actualization: A Case Study on English Curriculum  Design for Chinese Non-English Major Postgraduates

Cai, Shangzhi

doi:10.4236/ce.2010.13028

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“…In a previous research [25] the knowledge areas that are covered by the SE curricula of the Jordanian Universities were compared with knowledge areas suggested by the SWEBOK [6], based on the result of that research, this study has chosen only 3 of the SE curricula depending on the covered SWEBOK knowledge areas, where the boundary value analysis were used in the selection process, which means that the curriculum that mostly cover the SWEBOK was chosen first and that curriculum was for the SE department at Philadelphia University in Jordan, then the curriculum of the least percentage of the covered areas was chosen and that curriculum was for the SE department at Petra University in Jordan, and finally the curriculum with nominal percentage of covered SWEBOK knowledge areas was chosen and that curriculum was for the SE department at the Hashemite University in Jordan.…”

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Reducing the Gap between Software Engineering Curricula and Software Industry in Jordan

Hanna¹,

Jaber²,

Almasalmeh³

et al. 2014

JSEA

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Nowadays software is taking a very important role in almost all aspects of our daily lives which gave great importance to the study field of Software Engineering. However, most of the current Software Engineering graduates in Jordan lack the required knowledge and skills to join software industry because of many reasons. This research investigates these reasons by firstly analyzing more than 1000 software job listings in Jordanian and Gulf area e-recruitment services in order to discover the skills and knowledge areas that are mostly required by software industry in Jordan and the Gulf area, and secondly comparing these knowledge areas and skills with those provided by the Software Engineering curricula at the Jordanian Universities. The awareness of the Software Engineering students and academic staff of the concluded mostly required knowledge areas and skills is measured using two questionnaires. Recommendations to decrease the gap between Software Engineering academia and industry had also been taken from a sample of software companies' manager using a third questionnaire. The results of this research revealed that many important skills such as Web applications development are very poorly covered by Software engineering curricula and that many Software engineering students and academic staffs are not aware about many of the mostly needed skills to join industry.

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“…In 2010, Cai [25] discussed the curriculum design of the English language for non-English postgraduates in the Chinese Universities.…”

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Reducing the Gap between Software Engineering Curricula and Software Industry in Jordan

Hanna¹,

Jaber²,

Almasalmeh³

et al. 2014

JSEA

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Curriculum Design in Professional Education: Theory and Practice

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This article discusses the problem of ensuring the curricula quality. The aim of the theoretical research carried out by the authors is to clarify the perception of “curriculum design” with reference to international and domestic requirements for the curriculum development and quality assessment. During the research process, the “curriculum design” definition was given and curricula quality assessment criteria were selected. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of innovative, for different institutions, curricula which are implemented in the system of professional education: secondary, higher and vocational. In the article the authors focus on interactivity as the main criterion of the curriculum quality assessment. One of the results of implemented interactive working forms in education is to increase the level of students learning motivation. Involving not only teachers, but also students to the process of curriculum quality assessment promotes curriculum design development. This article covers the results of students’ satisfaction level assessment with curriculum quality in the vocational education system. In conclusion, it is pointed out that curriculum design is a dynamic process which ensures the quality of specialists’ training in the system of professional education

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Risk-taking and Self-actualization in EFL Positive Classroom Environment

Al-Obaydi

2020

ELS-JISH

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This study expresses a positive classroom environment depending on two axes; physical setting of the classroom and the role of the teacher as a positive atmosphere creator. By applying the proposed environment, the study tries to discover the impact of it on EFL college students’ self-actualization and risk-taking. To obtain the objectives and to verify a hypothesis, an experimental design was applied by using two groups, experimental and control. The sample of the study consists of sixty EFL first stage college students divided into two groups, each of which is thirty. The first group is the experimental, which is taught in a positive classroom environment as stated by this study. The second group is the control one, which is taught traditionally by letting the classroom as it is, without any positive addition. Two measurement tools have been used; a scaled questionnaire that has been adapted from Stephen D. Luft (2007), and a self-actualization scale that is developed by Jones & Crandall (1986).Using a t-test for the two independent samples shows notable effects on EFL college students’ risk-taking and self-actualization. Based on the results obtained, educational implications that are concerned with teachers and students have been put forward.

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Curriculum Design, Linguistic Competence and Self-Actualization: A Case Study on English Curriculum Design for Chinese Non-English Major Postgraduates

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Reducing the Gap between Software Engineering Curricula and Software Industry in Jordan

Reducing the Gap between Software Engineering Curricula and Software Industry in Jordan

Curriculum Design in Professional Education: Theory and Practice

Risk-taking and Self-actualization in EFL Positive Classroom Environment

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