Learning Journal Volume 16, Number 9 available

The ninth issue of Volume 16 of The International Journal of Learning has now been published.

Volume 16, Number 9 contains:

• Using Animoto for Language Education by Pelin ?rgin and Yildiz Turgut.
• Using Immersive Virtual Reality as an Application for Knowledge Dissemination: A Framework for a Generic i-Teacher by Mostafa Ali, Ayad Salhieh, Yaser Khamayseh and Rami Al-Gharaibeh.
• What Learning Contracts Reveal about University Students’ Attitude towards English Language Learning by Mable Chan.
• A Historical, International Comparison of Integrated and Dis-Integrated Arts by Teresa Cotner.
• Transforming Urban Schools: Lessons for America from an Urban Teacher Residency Program by Virginia Jagla.
• The Reflective Accountant: Changing Student Perceptions of Traditional Accounting through Reflective Educational Practice by Nicholas C. McGuigan and Thomas Kern.
• Love of Reading: An Evaluation of the KidsREAD Programme in Singapore by Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen.
• The Power of Performance Based Assessment at the Post-Secondary Level by Joanne Neal.

• An Evaluation Model of Teaching quality Based on Computing with Linguistic Variables by Ching- San Lin, Farn-Shing Chen, Chen-Tung Chen, Fang- Chung Chien and Chia-Yu Chuang.
• The Praxis of Teaching Thinking: A Case Study about Student-teachers’ Experiences in the Malaysian Classrooms by Suhailah Hussien.
• The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards and Prospective Primary School Teachers inTurkey by Sayim Aktay.
• Teaching and Learning Through Clinical Report-writing Genres by Bonnie D. Oglensky and Emily J. Davidson.
• Towards an Ecology of Learning: Children Meaning-making with Digital Technologies in Out-of-school Settings by Bronya Calderón.
• Influence of Learning Styles by Prabhakar Venugopal Gantasala and Swapna Bhargavi Gantasala.
• Student Teachers’ Reflections of Teaching during School Teaching Practice by Stavroula Kaldi and George Pyrgiotakis.
• Enhancing Access to English Language in and for the Workplace by Pamela Frame and Anne Greenall.
• Te Wero, The Challenge: Providing Students from Ethnic Minorities with Culturally Appropriate Learning Support During their First Year of Tertiary Study by Margaret Henley.
• Two Sides of the Story: Film and Food in Architectural Education by Jane Lawrence and Rachel Hurst.
• Sustaining School-university Collaboration for Reciprocal Learning by Rosie Le Cornu and Judy Peters.
• The Pilot Experience of European Space for Higher Education in the Faculty of Educational Sciences of Granada: Research, Experimentation and Learning Improvement by Francisco Javier Hinojo Lucena, Francisco Raso Sánchez and Dra. María Pilar Cáceres Reche.
• “A” Teacher Space or a Learner Place? Reconsidering the Classroom Environment by William L. Chandler.
• Driving Organisational Change in Universities by Rewarding Quality Teaching by Rosemary Kerr and Martijntje Kulski.
• Evaluation of Quality: Student Perceptions by Mansour Alharbi.
• Raising and Assessing Pragmatic Awareness in L2 Academic Language Learning by Angeliki Tzanne, Elly Ifantidou and Bessie Mitsikopoulou.
• Emotional Intelligence and Cultural Competency: Implications for Pedagogy by Betty Taylor.
• A Multimodal Social Semiotic Analysis of a Museum Rock Art Display by Medee Rall.
• Leadership, Gender and Organisational Culture at Catalonian Universities: Case Studies by Georgeta Ion and Marina Tomàs Folch.
• The Perceptions of Pedagogical Courses in Preparing Future Teachers for the Real Classroom: Perceptions of Preservice Teachers by Belgin Aydin.
• An Impact of the MATEFL Program: Career Change by Kittitouch Soontornwipast.
• Bologna Bytes: Higher Education and Personal Development Planning by James Moir.
• Public Health Leadership: Building a Graduate Program and a Culture by Ken Zakariasen.
• Life-skills and Literacy: Employers’ Perspectives on Staff Learning Needs by Margie Comrie and Nicola Murray.
• Incorporating Education for Sustainability into a Pre-service Elementary School Teachers’ Program by Barbara M Odgers.
• Disciplinary Problems among Students with Sensory Impairments in Malaysia: A Case Study by Khalim Zainal and Norshidah Mohamad Salleh.
• “Role Reversal” Approach in Movement Education: Promoting Conceptualization Abilities by Ofra Walter.
• Curriculum and Resources for Environmental Education for Young Children with UV Radiation As an Example by Cho Mei-Fang and Dahms Hans-Uwe.
• Onmyoji’s Enchanted Reality: Crossing Boundaries of Culture, Discipline and Medium using Japanese Popular Culture by Amy W.S. Lee.
• Beyond Curricular Fossilization: New Challenges and Developments by Elena Lanza, Elisa Baena, Heather Colburn, Reyes Morán and Deborah Rosenberg.
• Deindustrialisation, Culture and Education Strategies: A Case-Study of Tate Liverpool’s Youth-Programme by Rafaela Ganga.
• A Comparative Study on the Responses by International Students towards the Teaching Strategies Used in an Australian University by Shen Chen and Hing Wa Sit.
• An Analysis of Fifth Grade Reading Literacy Achievement at the Student Level in South Australian Government Schools by Ratna Rintaningrum.
• Interactivity Accountability: How are We Educating Undergraduate Students in Communication Studies? by Diane Polachek and Andrea Breemer Frantz.
• Vocabulary and Web-based Instruction: A Psycholinguistic Perspective by María Moreno Jaén and Carmen Pérez Basanta.
• Reconceptualising University Teachers’ Conceptions of Student Learning by Thanh T. Nguyen and Nga D. Tran.
• Rethinking Adult Learning: Video Games, Adult Education, and Life Applications by John Malala.
• Evaluation of Undergraduate Students’ Involvement in Research Projects by Isabel Huet, Ana Vitória Baptista, Nilza Costa, Alan Jenkins and Marta Abelha.
• Learning Design Approaches to Curriculum Redesign: A Case Study by David Morris.
• ‘Living Local, Thinking Global’: Creating and Sustaining Pedagogies by Liz Veel and Maree Bredhauer.
• Effect of Educational Values and Cultural Tradition in Access to School by Saraswoti Bharati and Hosokawa Takao.
• Graduate Students as Consultants: Implementing Alternative Teaching Approaches through Collaborative Partnerships by Elaine Laflamme and Alenoush Saroyan.
• University Students’ Satisfaction with Online and Face-to-Face Spanish Learning by Maria Isabel Pena and Alexander S. Yeung.
• Managerial Competencies Preferences Towards Organizational Change by Maznah Binti Salleh and Nik Hazimah Nik Mat.
• Easing Anxiety through Increasing Knowledge: Supporting Educators in Inclusive Settings by Robin A. Wells.
• The Importance of Escape from Virtual Reality: Observational Drawing in the Digital Age by Jorge Benitez.
• Insights into Building Bridges to Aid Student Transition by Mark Vines and Jill Vines.
• Producing Self-advocacy Videos Through a Process of Collaborative Action Research with Adults Living with Intellectual Disabilities by Ann-Louise Davidson.
• An Improved Employability Skills Model and its Compliance Through Vocational Educational System in Bahrain by Rakesh Mishra, Mohamed Alseddiqi and Crinela Pislaru.
• Teaching for a New Generation of Students: Understanding the Needs and Challenges of First-Year Students in the Learning Process by Venicia Flora McGhie.
• Technical Education: A Sure Means to National Greatness by Alh. Yinusa Adekola, M. C. Nwabudike and L. C. Chiejile. Chukwunye Biose
• A Survey of Web 2.0 Technologies for Classroom Learning by Les Pang.
• Pre-Service Teachers’ Manipulations of Formal Learning Theories by Daniel L. White.