IAFOR North American Conference Series - Week 3

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NACE NACP 2014 Programme Cover Image: “October Sundown, Newport” (1901) by Frederick Childe Hassam

Newport is a maritime city and its harbor’s history spans well over 300 years. During its history it has been a colonial shipping hub, a US Navy center during the World Wars, a resort for America’s elite, home to the New York Yacht Club, and past home of the America’s Cup yachting races.

The painting is by renowned American Impressionist painter Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Born in a neighbourhood of nearby Boston, Childe spent many summers during the mid-part of his career painting landscapes and buildings throughout New England, including several locations in Newport, Rhode Island.

In the late nineteenth century, Newport, Rhode Island, became famous as a summer resort for wealthy Americans, many of whom built Newport “cottages” in the latest architectural styles. Illustrations from the Library of Congress of John N. A. Griswold House (1864), the Isaac Bell House (1883),Vernon House (1760), Chateau-surMer (1852), Kingscote (1839), and the Samuel Whitehorne House (1811) can be found in the schedule section of the programme.

Rhode Island’s quarter-dollar coin image on the previous page is from the United States Mint. The above cover image is from WikiArt.org.

welcome to Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the inaugural North American Conference on Education, and the inaugural North American Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences, which will be held jointly this year.

letter of welcome

IAFOR’s education conferences are at the very centre of the organization’s programme and their events in Asia, Europe, and now America and Dubai, engage a combined total of over one thousand participants annually.The newest conference In North America may well be smaller than its sister events, but we expect this event to grow over the coming years.

The North American Conference on Education is an interdisciplinary international conference that invites academics, practitioners, scholars and researchers from around the world to meet and exchange ideas. What we particularly appreciate and encourage at IAFOR events is the shared development of intellectual ideas and the challenges to dominant paradigms which occur through the academic exchanges at the conferences. We have every confidence that this year’s conference will continue this tradition, and extend and develop the debates still further.

The programme for this conference promises to be an exciting one, with thematic topics that address the central aim of the conference in different but complementary ways, including through papers that draw on empirical research, that develop theoretical and conceptual insights, and that engage with pedagogy, experiential and lifelong learning. The conference will be enhanced through its wide variety of presenters, who will draw on their diverse experiences and knowledges and on their academic, personal and geographical contexts, in a programme that promises exciting and challenging discussion.

We have no doubt that we will all be able to use the time spent at this conference for intellectual discovery and for the development of collaborative links and connections between the researchers, academics, scholars and practitioners who are attending. We strongly encourage your active engagement with this conference.

We very much look forward to seeing again those delegates who have attended previous conferences, meeting those of you who are new to IAFOR, and continuing together the work of this education conference into the future.

Respectfully,

Professor Sue Jackson Birkbeck, University of London NACE2014 Conference Co-Chair

Professor Barbara Lockee Virginia Tech, USA NACE2014 Conference Co-Chair

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providence Dear Participants,

Welcome to the inaugural North American Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (NACP 2014), and the North American Conference on Education (NACE 2014).

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) brings this event to North America in order to share its vision of opening minds, educating intelligence and informing decisions with you in this special place, the “Creative Capital,” Providence, Rhode Island.

The main focus of the NACP theme “Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy” is, of course, conflict. As an integral aspect of the human condition, and a recurring international concern, it draws together various strands of study and connects our distinctly different lives. I hope that the conference itself can serve as a community for you, within which to share your work in your different societies. There may be conflict with others, of opinions, of perspectives, and of research results. I hope that you can achieve some resolution and synergy from this conflict, by listening supportively and sharing openly. These are further characteristics of previous IAFOR conferences which I also expect here.

Please have a great conference while enjoying the pleasures that Providence has to offer.

letter of welcome

IAFOR has a tradition of hosting truly international, intercultural and interdisciplinary conferences. People working in a great range of cultures, contexts, and academic areas come together to share their perspectives on common human issues. The result is invariably a unique experience of learning and sharing and making new contacts for future collaboration. I do expect this conference to continue in this tradition.

Dexter Da Silva Keisen University, Japan NACP2014 Conference Co-Chair

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Information and Registration If you have already paid online or by bank transfer, you will be able to pick up your registration pack at the Conference Registration and Information Desk. This will include a tote bag, the conference programme, and receipt of payment. At this time you will also be given a name card and lanyard. For those wishing to pay on the day, please note that we are able to accept credit cards, however, we cannot accept payment in foreign currencies.

The Conference Registration and Information Desk will be located at the following times and locations during the conference: Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

15:00-17:00 in the 1F Lobby 08:00-1700 in the Lower Level Foyer 08:00-17:00 in the Lower Level Foyer 08:00-13:00 in the Lower Level Foyer

If you have any questions or concerns, IAFOR staff and hotel staff will happily assist you in any way they can.

Thursday, September 25, 2014 8:15-18:00: Pre-Conference Tour of Newport & Rhode Island This is ticketed at $100 and there are a limited number of spaces. For more information, please email us at conferences@ iafor.org. Please meet in the lobby at 8:15 AM for a prompt 8:30 AM departure. The tour bus will return to the hotel by 18:00.

15:00-17:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (1F Lobby) 18:00-19:30: Conference Welcome Reception (AQUA) To open the conference, come and enjoy a few glasses of beer, wine, or a choice of soft drinks if you prefer. You can meet with fellow delegates, network, and enjoy Providence’s only poolside lounge. All registered attendees and spouses/partners are welcome.

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If you are a presenter, your official certificate of presentation can be collected after your session at the Conference Registration and Information Desk. Audience members can collect a Certificate of Participation at anytime during the conference.

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Friday, September 26, 2014 8:00-17:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (Lobby Level Foyer) 9:00-12:00: Welcome, Keynote Speaker, and Featured Speaker Session (Grand Ballroom)

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9:00-9:15: Welcome & Introductory Addresses (Grand Ballroom) Kiyoshi Mana, IAFOR Director of Events 2014 Joseph Haldane, IAFOR Executive Director 9:15-9:50: Conference Chair Address (Grand Ballroom) Sue Jackson, Birkbeck, University of London, UK 9:50-10:40: NACE Keynote Speaker (Grand Ballroom) Mona Abo-Zena, Brown University, USA 10:40-11:00: Coffee Break 11:00-11:50: NACP Keynote Speaker (Grand Ballroom) Akane Zusho, Fordham University, USA 11:50-12:00 Conference Photograph (Grand Ballroom) 12:00-13:00: Lunch Break 13:00-13:50: NACE Featured Speaker (Grand Ballroom) Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, USA 13:50-14:10: Break 14:10-15:00: NACE Featured Speaker (Grand Ballroom) Pia Sรถrensen, Harvard University, USA 15:00-15:15: Break 15:15-16:15: Parallel Session I (various rooms) 16:15-16:30: Break 16:30-17:30: Parallel Session II (various rooms) 18:30-21:30: A Night Out in Providence: Official Conference Dinner The official conference dinner will be held at Uno Pizzeria and Grill, and provides a relaxed and enjoyable environment to meet and network with other delegates. This is ticketed at $50 and there are a limited number of spaces; prereservation is required. If you would like to join, please register at the Conference Registration Desk by 1pm on Friday, September 26.

The party will leave the hotel at 18:30, so please be there in good time. The venue is a 15 minute walk away. The conference dinner will begin at 19:00 and will finish at 21:30.

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Saturday, September 27, 2014 8:00-17:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (Lower Level Foyer) 9:00-10:00: Parallel Session I & Workshop Session 1 (various rooms) 10:00-10:15: Break

11:15-11:30: Break 11:30-12:30: Parallel Session III & Poster Session 1 (various rooms) 12:30-13:30: Lunch Break 13:30-14:30 Parallel Session IV (various rooms) 14:30-14:45: Break 14:45-15:45 Parallel Session V (various rooms) 15:45-16:00: Break 16:00-17:00 Parallel Session VI (various rooms)

Sunday, September 28, 2014 8:00-13:00: Conference Registration & Information Desk Open (Lower Level Foyer) 9:00-10:00: Parallel Session I (various rooms) 10:00-10:30: Break 10:30-12:30: The IAFOR Panel on Professional Practice and Leadership in Higher Education (Republic) Sue Jackson, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, USA 12:30-12:45: Coffee Break 12:45-13:00: Conference Closing Address (Republic) Join us for closing remarks from Dr Joseph Haldane (IAFOR Executive Director) and Professor Barbara Lockee (NACE Conference Co-Chair).

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10:15-11:15: Parallel Session II (various rooms)

Monday, September 29, 2014 7:30-18:30 Post-Conference Tour of Boston This is ticketed at $110 and there are a limited number of places. For reservations, please inquire at the Registration and Information Desk. Please meet in the lobby at 8:00AM for a prompt 8:30 AM departure. The tour bus will return to the hotel by 18:30.

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What to Wear & Bring Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may want to bring a light jacket or sweater as the temperature in meeting rooms is often difficult to control.

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Security Do not leave personal items or conference bags unattended anywhere in the hotel as they will be taken away by security. For the enjoyment of all participants, inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated and offenders will be removed from the premises.

Smoking Smoking is not permitted in the hotel.

Internet Access There will be a free WiFi internet connection throughout the conference areas. However, this can be unreliable and we would strongly suggest that you do not rely on a live connection for your presentation.

For your convenience, there will also be a limited number of computers at the Conference Information Desk.

Printing There will be a printer at the Registration & Information Desk, and we are able to offer a complimentary printing service of up to ten US Letter size sheets should you need this. Please be advised that printing may not be available in peak times.

Badges When you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge is required for entrance to the sessions. If you lose your badge it can be replaced for a fee of $50 You must wear your badge at all times during the Conference. If you are not wearing your badge, security will stop you and ask you to show your ID and evidence that you are registered. Those unable to show proof may be escorted from the Conference by security.

There are 4 colours of badges indicating the type of conference participant: BLUE: Presenters, Exhibitors, and General Audience YELLOW: Keynote and Featured Speakers BLACK: IAFOR Staff & Board Members RED: Single Day Audience Photo/Recording Waiver There will be photography, audio and video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you give consent to the use of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction or limitation for any educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution.

Refreshment Breaks Complimentary coffee, tea, and water is available throughout the day at the refreshment station located next to the Conference Registration Desk. Light snacks will be provided once in the morning and once in the afternoon.

Meals & Drinks Meals can be purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores in and around the hotel.

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Conference Welcome, Keynote Speaker & Featured Speaker Session: Friday 9:00-12:00 The plenary session will be held on Friday morning, with the event beginning at 9:00 AM in the Grand Ballroom on the lower ground floor. Please arrive in good time if you wish to attend the session. There will be an interval after the first featured address and complimentary refreshments and snacks will be served.The plenary session will be followed by the official conference photograph.

Parallel Speaker Sessions Parallel Sessions will run from 15:00 on Friday afternoon, and from 9:00 AM on Saturday & Sunday mornings.They are generally organized into streams. Sessions include two or three presenters. Each presenter has thirty minutes which includes Q and A time. The session length reflects the number of presenters.

We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in the case that one fails, and suggest sending yourself the presentation by email as a third and final precaution.

Session Chairs Session Chairs are expected to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly), and ensure that the session begins and ends on time, and that the time is divided fairly between the presentations. Each presenter should have no less than 30 minutes in which to present his or her paper, and respond to any questions.

The session chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role, and to this end, a yellow and red coloured timekeeping card is used as a visual cue for presenters, letting them know when they have 5 minutes remaining, and when they must stop.

Please follow the order in the programme, and if for any reason a presenter fails to show, please keep to the original timeslots as delegates use the programme to plan their attendance.

A Polite Request to All Participants Participants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to their own, or to those of other presenters. Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number of presentations, and that they should not overrun. We recommend that the 30 minutes presentation timeslot be divided as follows: 20 minutes for the paper and 10 minutes for Q and A. Please don’t talk during sessions and please turn off your phone or set it to silent during presentations.

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Presentations and Equipment All rooms will be equipped with a MacBook computer pre-installed with PowerPoint and Keynote, that is connected to a LCD projector. If you wish, you may directly link your own PC laptop, although we advise you to use the computer provided by plugging in your USB flash drive.

Poster Sessions & Poster Requirements We recommended that posters be no larger than 707mm x 1000mm or 27” x 39”. If your poster is oversized, then we will be able to provide tape. Please be aware that there are no on-site poster facilities for printing posters.

Conference Proceedings The Conference Proceedings are published on the IAFOR website (www.iafor.org), and can be freely accessed as part of the research archive.

All authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by October 15, 2014 through the online system. The proceedings will be published on November 15, 2014.

Authors will have PDF copies of their offprints emailed to them by the IAFOR office by the end of December 2014.

Returning Delegate Discount Every year we have a growing number of delegates who have presented at previous IAFOR conferences. To show our appreciation, IAFOR would now like to offer you a 10% discount off your next IAFOR conference registration.

This offer is valid for the next 12 months and covers any IAFOR conference in Asia, Europe, Dubai, or the United States that you may choose to attend.

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Conference Chairs, Keynote Speakers & Featured Speakers

Sue Jackson

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Birkbeck, University of London, UK

Conference Chair Address Friday, September 26, 2014 09:15-09:50 Grand Ballroom

Featured Panel Sunday, September 28, 2014 10:30-12:30 Republic Room

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Sue Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master for Learning and Teaching and Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender at Birkbeck University of London, where she is also Director of Birkbeck’s Centre for Transformative Practice in Learning and Teaching. She publishes widely in the field of gender and lifelong learning, with a particular focus on identities. Sue’s recent publications include Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice (Routledge, 2013); Innovations in lifelong learning: critical perspectives on diversity, participation and vocational learning (Routledge, 2011); Gendered choices: learning, work, identities in lifelong learning (Springer, 2011, with Irene Malcolm and Kate Thomas); and Lifelong learning and social justice communities, work and identities in a globalised world (NIACE, 2011). Sue has recently been awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship from the UK’s Higher Education Academy.

Professor Jackson is a member of the Executive Council of IAFOR’s International Advisory Board, and International Director of Program for Education.

Featured Panel: The IAFOR Panel on Professional Practice and Leadership in Higher Education This two hour panel session will explore, consider and debate a range of contemporary topics and challenges that currently effect the professional practice, administrative workload and leadership roles of academic staff in higher education.

As the featured Sunday conference session, this panel on Higher Education will provide the opportunity for all conference delegates and speakers to come together in a collegiate environment. The panel is a rare chance to hear and discuss expert opinion, refine issues, and consider new directions to guide and advance possible solutions and new approaches within our academic careers.

Panel Members: Professor Sue Jackson, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, USA

Mona Abo-Zena

Brown University, USA

Transformative Pedagogies - Recognizing and Responding to the Elements of Developmental Contexts Considering personal, social, and structural perspectives, this talk explores how an individual’s experiences and cultural funds of knowledge may promote and hinder developmental and educational outcomes. Grounded in cross-cultural research and interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives, this talk focuses on how diverse individuals’ diverse experiences affect developmental and educational processes, practices, and outcomes from early childhood through emerging adulthood.The talk will highlight transformative pedagogies and applied examples from a range of contexts to promote social justice.

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Mona M. Abo-Zena is currently a Visiting Assistant in the Department of Education at Brown University. Mona’s work focuses on the role of religion and religious/spiritual development (broadly defined) as a way of knowing and being and how multiple aspects of culture and context affect developmental processes and outcomes. She has published in the areas of religion, identity development, research methodology, and education. She earned her B.A. in sociology from the University of Chicago; her Ed.M. in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University; and her Ph.D. in Applied Child Development from Tufts University. Mona’s work is informed by over 15 years of teaching, administrative, and board experience in public and Islamic schools.

Keynote Presentation Friday, September 26, 2014 09:50-10:40 Grand Ballroom

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Akane Zusho

nacp 2014 keynote speaker

Fordham University, USA

Keynote Presentation Friday, September 26, 2014 11:00-11:50 Grand Ballroom

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Dr. Akane Zusho is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University. She received her B.A. and M.A in psychology as well as her Ph.D. in education and psychology all from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Her research focuses on examining the intersection of culture, achievement motivation, and self-regulation. The overarching goal of her research is to develop informed, less prescriptive, culturally sensitive theories of motivation and self-regulated learning that take into consideration the academic and motivational processes of urban youth from culturally-diverse backgrounds.

Keynote Presentation: Engaging the Extremes: Supporting the Motivation and Learning of All Students in the 21st Century Research suggests that classrooms are becoming increasingly culturally, linguistically, and academically diverse (Zusho & Clayton, 2011). Recent reports suggest that for the first time in U.S. history, ethnic and racial minority students will make up the majority of students attending public schools. Research further suggests that the average public school classroom, for example, contains students with academic abilities that can span five grade levels (Hertberg-Davis & Brighton, 2006). Despite these trends, most teachers feel ill equipped to accommodate students with varying needs, leading most to employ a one-size-fits-all instructional approach. As a consequence, most teachers do not provide students with equal and optimal opportunities to learn; some are left consistently unchallenged and others remain unable to grasp fundamental concepts. Adding to teachers’ burdens is the growing emphasis on 21st century learning skills, particularly those related to non-cognitive factors such as self-directed learning and collaboration. The overarching purpose of this presentation is to describe the impact of an evidence-based professional development (PD) program called ALL-ED (All Learners Learning Every Day – see http://all-ed.org) on teachers’ understanding and use of instructional practices that promote self-regulated learning (SRL) and establish a motivationally-supportive learning environment.

Barbara Lockee Virginia Tech, USA

Professor Lockee is a member of the Executive Council of IAFOR’s International Advisory Board, and International Director of Program for Technology, Education, Information and Society.

Featured Presentation: Where’s the Impact? Proposing the Future of Instructional Technology Research The use of technology for learning has drawn tremendous interest from a variety of constituents hoping for promise of educational reform through its use. However, the history of research related to instructional technology has been well intentioned, but fraught with a variety of challenges related to focus and methodology. Examining the roots of inquiry in IT that began over a century ago, this presentation will trace the research trends in instructional technology, as well as draw from past experiences to propose productive areas of investigation for the future.

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Barbara Lockee is Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at Virginia Tech., USA, where she is also Associate Director of the School of Education. She teaches courses in instructional design, message design, and distance education.

Her research interests focus on instructional design issues related to technology-mediated learning. She has published more than 80 papers in academic journals, conferences and books, and has presented her scholarly work at over 100 national and international conferences. Dr. Lockee is Past President of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, an international professional organization for educational technology researchers and practitioners.

She earned her Ph.D. in 1996 from Virginia Tech in Curriculum and Instruction (Instructional Technology), M.A. in 1991 from Appalachian State University in Curriculum and Instruction (Educational Media), and B.A. in 1986 from Appalachian State University in Communication Arts.

Featured Presentation Friday, September 26, 2014 13:00-13:50 Grand Ballroom

Featured Panel Sunday, September 28, 2014 10:30-12:30 Republic Room

Pia Sörensen

nace 2014 featured speaker

Harvard University, USA

Pia Sörensen is Preceptor of Science and Cooking at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. She is a co-instructor of the residential Science and Cooking course at Harvard, and was the lead producer in its recent remodeling to Science & CookingX, an online experimental version of the same course with more than 90,000 registered students. She earned her PhD in Chemical Biology at Harvard University, studying small molecule inhibitors of cell division. As an educator in the science of food and cooking, she hopes to bring creative and intuitive approaches to science education that promotes awareness of the physics and chemistry everywhere around us.

Featured Presentation: Harvard’s Science and Cooking - How creating an online class put the sizzle on on-campus teaching There is exciting work being done on how to borrow from a successful on-campus class to make a successful MOOC. But what about the other way around? What can an original on-campus course gain from its younger sibling MOOC? My hypothesis is this: Some specific pedagogical challenges that you overcome when you create a successful MOOC provide resources and opportunities that can be channeled back to the next generation of the original residential class.

The result is that we can view the creation of online courses not as an end in itself, but as part of an ongoing process of give and take, between a residential course and its online version.

My evidence is based on Science and Cooking, an on-campus course for non-majors at Harvard University.The course aims to teach basic chemistry and physics through food and cooking, and was recently converted to an online MOOC on the edx platform. This approach to science education appears to resonate with and motivate a broad audience – more than 90,000 people from around the world registered for the course, arguably making this one of the largest chemistry courses ever taught.

In this talk, I will begin by introducing the pedagogical ideas and structure of the course, and proceed to discuss three specific benefits that the MOOC offered back to the on-campus course.

Featured Presentation Friday, September 26, 2014 14:10-15:00 Grand Ballroom

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(1) By being forced to reconceive of the course material for a different audience, we generated numerous ideas for redeveloping the labs and homeworks with more intuitive experiments and problems.

(2) By making the video material for the MOOC an assignment before class, we were able to use class time for a learning experience which we would not have otherwise had time or preparation for.

(3) By offering the online materials as what is essentially an interactive textbook, the residential students had access to a resource that is otherwise difficult to provide for experimental teaching ventures of this kind.

Dexter Da Silva

Keisen University, Japan

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Dexter Da Silva is currently Professor of Educational Psychology at Keisen University in Tokyo. He has taught EFL at junior high school, language schools, and universities in Sydney, and for the past two decades has been living and teaching at the tertiary level in Japan. Professor Da Silva was educated at the University of Sydney (BA, Dip. Ed., M.A.), and the University of Western Sydney (Ph.D.) He has presented and co-presented at conferences in Asia, Australia, Europe and the U.S., and written or co-written articles and book chapters on education-related topics, such as trust, student motivation, autonomy, and content-based language teaching. He is a past editor and current associate editor of On CUE Journal, regular reviewer for conferences and proceedings, and recent co-chair of the 2011 CUE Conference on Motivation.

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iafor “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The International Academic Forum provides new perspectives to the thought-leaders and decisionmakers of today and tomorrow by offering constructive environments for dialogue and interchange at the intersections of nation, culture, and discipline. Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, and registered as a NonProfit Organization (一般社団法人) , IAFOR is an independent think tank committed to the deeper understanding of contemporary geo-political transformation, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region.

For more information about the International Academic Forum and its activities, please visit our website at www.iafor.org Hear the latest news and developments by joining our mailing list.

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IAFOR The International Academic Forum Academic Vision and Mission “To Open Minds, To Educate Intelligence, To Inform Decisions” The vision of IAFOR grew out of the perceived need to fill a vacuum in the communication and exchange activities of the academic world. Its mission arose out of examining that space and investigating why it existed. The vacuum existed because of the lack of opportunity for serious and thoughtful exchange between academics, members of the global business community, and practitioners in the fields of human endeavor that linked these groups together. In the field of education, for example, we have academic theorists, educational managers (political decision-makers and organizational directors) and classroom teachers with their support staff in IT, library work, exchange programs, and specialist fields. But how often do they have the opportunity to interact?

Moving beyond one particular field, larger questions arise. What function should universities prioritize in the 21st century? What do businesses see as their contribution to social and global well being? How can people on the ground, trying to implement improvements that will transform human life, best be supported? And perhaps above all, what are the agendas that will drive mechanisms to enable these groups to interact effectively.

One piece of distilled thought that came from early exchanges at one of our conferences was the recognition that some of the rhetoric of concern about the problems of developing nations was perhaps over-focused on the term “poverty” because it can be defined only in a relative way. “Hunger” was put forward as being more immediate and itself a contributory factor to poverty, rather than the other way round. One key to the hunger issue could be the provision of safe drinking water, or water for irrigation in some contexts, while flood management might be necessary elsewhere. These, in and by themselves become valuable only insofar as they help to relieve hunger in specific contexts.

IAFOR is affording opportunities that do not exist elsewhere. The base is Osaka, Japan’s great commercial and manufacturing hub, one symbol of the emerging Pacific economy that is already eclipsing the long dominant Atlantic zone. Our conferences present those taking part with three unique dimensions of experience. First of all, it encourages interdisciplinary activity to be expanded.

Depending on the field, this can face varying degrees of difficulty, ranging from discouragement to downright prohibition. Those overly dependent on fixed academic structures often see lateral thinking as a threat. None of these negatives apply in IAFOR. Its purpose is to generate new approaches that cross any disciplinary lines. The principle employed is to let the imagination permit intuitive responses to questions. There are no panels of critics. There are simply people who want to listen and reflect. The model of academic work as potholing is replaced by the metaphor of mountaineering. While respecting the need for solid and well-founded academic work, we feel the need to go beyond it from time to time to discover fresh approaches to old questions.

Secondly, it facilitates the heightening of intercultural awareness. Again, we encourage innovation through cross-cultural perception.

Cultural roots influence people in their attitudes more than most would realize or admit. The need to see and internalize insights gained from other viewpoints is met by a process of steady illumination.

Thirdly, it promotes the broadening of international exchange. We may live in a globalized world, but in reality parochialism still holds sway. The collapse of the U.S.S.R and the break-up of Yugoslavia led to the re-establishment of numerous former countries. While this may be desirable for the peoples concerned, it merely adds to the world’s cultural confusion. Exchange leads to explanation and that helps the growth of intercultural awareness.

IAFOR makes all of these developments possible in one gathering. Our conferences are not a substitute for specialist conferences.

We intend our events to be an alternative that functions as a balance or even a corrective to the extreme tendencies that can arise from more narrowly defined research parameters. In short, IAFOR is promoting and facilitating a new multifaceted approach to one of the core issues of our time, namely globalization and its many forms of growth and expansion. Awareness of how it cuts across the worlds of business, and academia, along with its impact on societies and institutions is one of the driving forces that has given the organization its momentum, and is making it a pioneer in this global age.

Rev. Professor Stuart DB Picken Order of the Sacred Treasure (瑞宝章), M.A. (Hons), BD., Ph.D., F.R.A.S. Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland Chairman, IAFOR Advisory Board Dr Joseph Haldane B.A. (Hons), Ph.D FRAS. Executive Director, IAFOR

people - Leadership Chairman of the International Advisory Board The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B. Picken, Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. (Hons), B.D., Ph.D. (Glasgow), F.R.A.S. Professor Picken is the Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board.The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a Professor of Philosophy at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture).

He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines. In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research, and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government. More recently, in 2012 he was invited to London to attend a reception at the Japanese Embassy, hosted by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as an expression of their gratitude towards Britons who had helped support Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Professor Picken helped organize fundraising efforts through both the Japan Society of Scotland, of which he is the chair, in the UK, and IAFOR in Japan. As Chairman of the IAB, Professor Picken is responsible for the academic affairs and direction of the organization. He is also responsible for the development of the IAFOR Research Institute. Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, and through the IAFOR IAB. He is also the Chairman of the Academic Board of New College, Birmingham.

He lives near Glasgow with his wife and two children.

Vice-Chairman of the International Advisory Board Professor Jerry Platt, B.S. (Michigan State), MBA (Wayne State), MA, PhD (Ohio State), MS (Stanford) Jerry Platt is Professor of Global Business at Akita International University, Japan and Professor Emeritus at San Francisco State University. Professor Platt holds a B.S. in Multidisciplinary Social Sciences from Michigan State University, an MBA from Wayne State University, an M.A. in Public Administration, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management from the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University, and an M.S. Statistics Post-Doctoral Degree from Stanford University. His research interests span business, technology and public policy and he is the author of over 85 peer-reviewed papers in these and associated fields. Balancing industry with academic interests, Jerry also served as head of financial analysis for a Bay Area Fortune 500 company, and as CEO of an aviation firm. He has been Principal Investigator on more than twenty U.S. federal research grants. From 1976-2004, Professor Platt was on the faculty of the School of Business at San Francisco State University, and was named Dean in 2001. From 2004 he was Senecal Endowed Dean of the Business School at the University of Redlands, California, before holding concurrent professorships at Redlands and Akita International University, Japan from 2010 until 2012. As Vice-Chair of the IAFOR International Advisory Board, Professor Platt advises the organization on matters pertaining to IAFOR’s development and strategy, as it faces the challenge of sustainable growth as both a regional and global organization.

Executive Director Dr Joseph Haldane, B.A., Ph.D. (London), F.R.A.S Joseph Haldane is the Executive Director of the International Academic Forum. He was Academic Director from IAFOR’s inception in 2009 until January 2011, when he assumed his current enlarged role. He is responsible for setting policies, forging institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the research and publications of the organization, as well as maintaining responsibility for overseeing IAFOR’s growing global operations. Joe’s academic interests include politics and international affairs, literature, history, and the history of ideas, and he holds a PhD from the University of London in French Studies. He has taught at the University of Paris XII [2002-2004], at the French Press Institute in the University of Paris II - PantheonAssas [2003-2004] and was a full-time lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris, where he directed a postgraduate course on British Politics and Media in the School of Journalism [2004-2005]. In 2005 he moved to Japan, and immediately prior to this post was an Associate Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in both the undergraduate and graduate schools, teaching the Ethics course in the graduate school. He is a fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

people - The Executive Council of the International Advisory Board IAB Chair: Professor Stuart D.B. Picken

IAB Vice-Chair: Professor Jerry Platt

The IAB Executive Council is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders of international standing. Its role is to provide counsel and direction in the business and affairs of IAFOR, suggest and approve the areas of scholarly investigation, and safeguard the independence of the Forum’s work. International Directors of Program and Research Institute Directors are ex-officio members of the Executive Council of the International Advisory Board. Membership of the Executive Council of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only.

Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama Director, The Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Professor David N Aspin Professor Emeritus and Former Dean of the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, UK Professor Don Brash Former Governor of the Reserve Bank, New Zealand Former Leader of the New National Party, New Zealand Adjunct Professor, AUT, New Zealand & La Trobe University, Australia Lord Charles Bruce Patron, Japan Society of Scotland Patron, Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier University Chairman, Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust Professor Judith Chapman Professor of Education, Australian Catholic University, Australia Visiting Fellow, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge University, UK Member of the Order of Australia Professor Chung-Ying Cheng Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy Professor Steve Cornwell Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Osaka Jogakuin University, Osaka, Japan Osaka Local Conference Chair Professor Michael A. Cusumano SMR Distinguished Professor of Management and Engineering Systems, MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Professor Dexter Da Silva Professor of Educational Psychology, Keisen University, Tokyo, Japan Professor Georges Depeyrot Professor and Director of Research & Member of the Board of Trustees French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) & L’Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Professor Donald E. Hall Herbert J. and Ann L. Siegel Dean LeHign University, USA

Professor June Henton Dean, College of Human Sciences, Auburn University, USA

Professor Frank S. Ravitch Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair in Law and Religion, Michigan State University College of Law

Professor Michael Hudson President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET) Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, The University of Missouri, Kansas City

Professor Richard Roth Senior Associate Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Qatar

Professor Koichi Iwabuchi Professor of Media and Cultural Studies & Director of the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia Professor Sue Jackson Professor of Lifelong Learning and Gender & Pro-Vice Master of Teaching and Learning, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Professor Sing Kong Lee Director, The National Institute of Education, Singapore Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd Senior Scholar in Residence, The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, UK Fellow and Former Master, Darwin College, University of Cambridge Fellow of the British Academy Professor Keith Miller Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in the Science, University of Missouri-St.Louis, USA Professor Kuniko Miyanaga Director, Human Potential Institute, Japan Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Professor Dennis McInerney Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and CoDirector of the Assessment Research Centre The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR Professor Ka Ho Joshua Mok Chair Professor of Comparative Policy, Associate VicePresident (External Relations) Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong SAR Professor Michiko Nakano Professor of English & Director of the Distance Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Monty P. Satiadarma Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology & Former Dean of the Department of Psychology and Rector of the University, Tarumanugara University, Indonesia Mr Mohamed Salaheen Director, The United Nations World Food Programme, Japan & Korea Mr Lowell Sheppard Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Development Agency, Canada/Japan His Excellency Dr Drago Stambuk Croatian Ambassador to Brazil, Brazil Professor Mary Stuart Vice-Chancellor, The University of Lincoln, UK Professor Gary Swanson Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence & Mildred S. Hansen Endowed Chair, The University of Northern Colorado, USA Professor Jiro Takai Secretary General of the Asian Association for Social Psychology & Professor of Social Psychology Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Japan Professor Svetlana Ter Minasova President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University Professor Yozo Yokota Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor Kensaku Yoshida Professor of English & Director of the Center for the Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

Professor Baden Offord Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights & CoDirector of the Centre for Peace and Social Justice Southern Cross University, Australia

The International Advisory Board is composed of distinguished academics, business executives, former and current government officials, and community leaders. Its role is to consult and provide counsel on the business and affairs of IAFOR, and suggest areas of scholarly investigation. Membership of the International Advisory Board is by invitation only. For a full list please see the IAFOR website.

The Japan Liaison Committee (JLC)

The Japan Liaison Committee is a consultative committee that provides support in the form of advice and guidance in specific aspects of the planning and projects of the Forum held in Japan. The Chairman of the International Advisory Board is also chair of the JLC. Members of the JLC are ex-officio members of the International Advisory Board.

Prof Stuart D. B. Picken, Chairman, IAFOR IAB (chair) Mr Mitsumasa Aoyama, Founder of the PHP Institute, Kyoto, Japan & Director, the Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Prof Kuniko Miyanaga, Director, the Human Potential Institute, Tokyo, Japan and Fellow, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University, USA Prof Michiko Nakano, Professor & Director of the Distance Learning Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Prof Yozo Yokota, Director of the Center for Human Rights Affairs, Japan & Former UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Dr Joseph Haldane, Executive Director, IAFOR

people - IAFOR Journal Editors Editors of IAFOR Journals are ex-officio Members of the International Advisory Board IAFOR Journal of Arts and Humanities Dr Thomas French, Ritsumeikan University, Japan IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship Dr Richard Donovan, Doshisha University, Japan IAFOR Journal of Education Dr Bernard Montoneri, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan IAFOR Journal of Business and Management Dr Merlin Levirs, Ritsumeikan University IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences Dr Andrea Molle, Chapman University, USA

IAFOR Journal of Ethics, Religion and Philosophy Dr Michael O’Sullivan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies Dr Seiko Yasumoto, The University of Sydney, Australia

IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy and the Environment Dr Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, The National Institute for Research and Development in Construction, Urban Planning and Sustainable Spatial Development (URBAN=INCERC), Romania

IAFOR Journal of Language Learning Dr. Ebru Melek Koç, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey IAFOR Journal of Politics, Economics & Law Dr Craig Mark, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication & Film Dr James Rowlins, Singapore University of Design and Technology

people - IAFOR Staff Mr Kiyoshi Mana - Director of Business Development Kiyoshi Mana is the Director of Business Development as well as project director for the 2014 Events Team, overseeing IAFOR’s conferences in Asia, Europe, and North America.

An American of Japanese descent, Kiyoshi has long been fascinated by the country of his ancestors, studying both Japanese language and culture at San Francisco State.

Ms Megumi Mukudai - Executive Assistant to the Executive Director Megumi Mukudai provides support and assistance to the Executive Director, and is involved with general administration of the organization.

Megumi trained as a primary school teacher, specializing in music education and English at Kobe Women’s University. She spent one year in Dublin studying English, and a year in Paris studying French at the Sorbonne.

Mr Thomas Haldane - Creative Director A photographer and designer by training and graduate of London College of Communication, Tom was Director for Design, Media and Communications from 2009-2011, and Chief Operations Officer (non-academic) from 2011 until 2013. He is currently Creative Director at IAFOR.

Ms Mai Hasuno - Events, Marketing and Domestic Relations Manager Mai oversees the organisation’s conferences in Japan, and is responsible for developing and implementing IAFOR’s marketing strategy within Japan. She also acts as special assistant to the Executive Director and the IAB Chairman in the administration of the Japan International Liaison Committee. Previous to joining IAFOR, Mai worked for the Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Corporation. She is also the project manager for IAFOR’s Asian Events.

Mr Michael Kedzlie - Research and Policy Manager Michael Liam Kedzlie is a New Zealander who currently works as the Research and Policy Manager. He is responsible for formulating legal policy as well as liaising with the organisation’s university partners and the International Directors of Program.

He is also editor of Eye Magazine. He has a Master’s degree in Education from Massey University as well as a Law degree from the University of Waikato Law School. He is an enrolled Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.

Mr Alexander Pratt - Business Development Manager A civil engineering graduate from the University of Nottingham, UK and a self-confessed jack of all trades, Alex first came to Japan in 1997.

At IAFOR he helps with the general administration and operation of conferences, as well as with the website, and works alongside the Director of Business Development to expand IAFOR’s operations in Japan and internationally. He is also the project manager for IAFOR’s European Events.

Mr Thaddeus Pope - Media and Design Manager Born and raised in Brighton, UK, Thaddeus Pope is an experienced commercial and editorial photographer with a BA in Photography from the London College of Communication (University of the Arts London). Thaddeus’s duties at IAFOR include overseeing the design and media output of the organisation.

Mr Bryce Platt - Technology & Operations Manager After growing up in the Silicon Valley in California, Bryce graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minnesota) with a degree in sociology, and in 2013 earned a Master’s degree in Global Communication from Akita International University in Japan. As well as coordinating IAFOR’s technology strategy, he is also responsible for managing the organisations’ internal and systems operations, and is the project manager for IAFOR’s North American events.

Mr David George - Coordinator: Events and Marketing Raised in Brisbane, Australia, Dave graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts specialised in Psychology. Dave has a background in project based media and public relations work with experience at events in Australia, India, Singapore and Dubai.

Mr Takumi Saito - Coordinator: Finance and Administration Born and raised in Yamagata, Japan, Takumi studied English literature at Waseda University. A language lover, he has also studied German, Spanish, French and Polish and can also speak Italian. Takumi recently joined IAFOR to handle its finance and administration.

Ms Lindsay Lafreniere: - Coordinator: Publications and Communications Originally from Canada, Lindsay Lafreniere came to Japan in 2012. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and English and a graduate diploma in Journalism. Lindsay brings her experience of media, publishing, and broadcast work in Canada to IAFOR.

Mr Shawn Mahler - Coordinator:Video and Media Los Angeles native Shawn Mahler has a wealth of experience working on film, video, and theater productions in the United States and Japan.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Theory and Production from the University of California, Irvine. Shawn has spent over ten years in Japan where he has worked with numerous industry professionals to develop television shows, movies, and theatrical productions.

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Friday Morning Events

08:00-09:00 Conference Registration 09:00-09:15 Welcome Address Grand Ballroom 09:15-09:50 Conference Chair Address: Professor Sue Jackson Grand Ballroom 09:50-10:40 NACE Keynote Address: Professor Mona Abo-Zena Grand Ballroom 10:40-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:50 NACP Keynote Address: Professor Akane Zusho Grand Ballroom 11:50-12:00 Official Conference Photo Grand Ballroom 12:00-13:00 Lunch Break 13:00-13:50 NACE Featured Address: Professor Barbara Lockee Grand Ballroom 13:50-14:10 Coffee Break 14:10-15:00 NACE Featured Address: Professor Pia Sorenson Grand Ballroom 15:00-15:15 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Friday Session 1: 15:15-16:15

Friday Session 1: 15:15-16:15

Room: Reprisal

NACE – MOOCs Session Chair: Saib Dianati 3146 - 15:15-15:45 Open Education and MOOCs in Japan: What are they for?

Kumiko Aoki, The Open University of Japan, Japan 2790 - 15:45-16:15 What Have MOOCs Got to do with Good Education? A Critique of Ideologies Informing MOOC Platforms Saib Dianati, Flinders University, Australia

Friday Session 1: 15:15-16:15

Room: Britannia

NACE – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education Session Chair: Patrizia Palumbo 5822 - 15:15-15:45 Rurality and Epistemology Nora Smith, Montana State University, USA 3099 - 15:45-16:15 The Empowerment of Students through Italian Opera Patrizia Palumbo, Columbia University, USA Felice Italo Beneduce, Columbia University, USA

Friday Session 1: 15:15-16:15

NACP – Qualitative / Quantitative Research in Psychology

Session Chair: Saima Eman

Room: Defiance

2416 - 15:15-15:45 Experiencing the Perspective of the Other: Stanley Milgrams Cyranic Method as a Means of Exploring Alternative Identities Kevin Corti, London School of Economics, UK 5309 - 15:45-16:15 Understanding Antisocial Behaviors: The Roles of Sensation Seeking and Subtypes of Empathy Saima Eman, University of Sheffield, UK Rod I. Nicolson, University of Sheffield, UK Mark Blades, University of Sheffield, UK 16:15-16:30 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Friday Session II: 16:30-17:30

Friday Session 1I: 16:30-17:30

Room: Reprisal

NACP/NACE – Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education and Psychology Session Chair: Abdou Ndoye 3171 - 16:30-17:00 Stress and Second Language Learners Machiko Tomiyama, International Christian University, Japan 2144 - 17:00-17:30 Empowering Students to Lead the Learning Journey Abdou Ndoye, Qatar University, Qatar

Friday Session 1I: 16:30-17:30

Room: Britannia

NACE - Disciplines and Interdisciplinary Approaches in Science and Mathematics Education Session Chair: Rüya Şay 3672 - 16:30-17:00 Shades of Grey: A Continuum of Theoretical Knowledge for Epistemic Access to Science Disciplines Karen Ellery, Rhodes University, South Africa 3269 - 17:00-17:30 Effective Use of Technology during Instruction: The Role of Mediation Rüya Şay, Marmara University, Turkey Hatice Akkoç, Marmara University, Turkey

Friday Session II: 16:30-17:30

Room: Defiance

NACP/NACE – Communities and Cultures: Challenges and Transformations Session Chair: Flor Angela Buitrago Escobar 1714 - 16:30-17:00 The Aboriginal Girls Circle Fostering Resilience and Connectedness in Aboriginal Girls Brenda Dobia, University of Western Sydney, Australia Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, Macquarie University, Australia Roberto Parada, University of Western Sydney, Australia Virginia O'Rourke, University of Western Sydney, Australia Shirley Gilbert, University of Western Sydney, Australia 4180 - 17:00-17:30 Education for Changing Times: Indigenous Sikuani People, between Traditional and Western Knowledge Flor Angela Buitrago Escobar, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Pablo Jaramillo, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

19:00-21:30 A Night Out in Providence: Conference Dinner (Ticketed and Optional) Come and join your fellow delegates on an evening out in Providence.

Please meet at the Conference Registration Desk at 18:30.

This is ticketed at $50 and there are a limited number of spaces.

If you would like to join, please register at the Conference Registration Desk by 1pm.

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letter of welcome

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Saturday Session I: 09:00-09:30

Room: Reprisal

NACE – Perspectives in Sustainable Education Session Chair: Madhavi Venkatesan 3546 - 09:00-09:30 Sustainability in the Curriculum and Teaching of Economics: Transforming Introductory Macroeconomics Madhavi Venkatesan, Bridgewater State University, USA

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Room: Britannia

NACP – Mental Health Session Chair: Rosane Mantilla de Souza 3345 - 09:00-09:30 Conflict Resolution, Social Emotional Learning and Creativity: A Program for Children from 2 to 14 Years Old Rosane Mantilla de Souza, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil Maria de Betanea Paes Norgren, Instituto Sedes Sapientiae, Brazil 3009 - 09:30-10:00 Mental Health Facility for the Failure: Intrapersonal Conflicts of the Candidates in the Indonesian Legislative Election 2014 Eunike Sri Tyas Suci, Atma Jaya Indonesia Catholic University, Indonesia

Saturday Workshop Session I: 09:00-10:00

Saturday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Room: Defiance

NACE - Workshop 5697 - 09:00-10:00 Creating an Active Community of Learners Nancy Puglisi, Plymouth State University, USA Cheryl B. Baker, Plymouth State University, USA

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session II: 10:15-11:15

Saturday Session II: 10:15-11:15

Room: Reprisal

NACE – Higher Education Session Chair: Dennis Winters 3068 – 10:15-10:45 Cultural Dimensions and Ethical Changes in Romanian Universities Gabriela Marinescu, Gr. T. Popa University, Romania 2906 – 10:45-11:15 Concept Deficiency: Remediation for Masters' Theses and Dissertations Dennis Winters, University of Maryland University College, USA Deborah Wharff, University of Maryland University College, USA

Saturday Session II 10:15-11:15

Room: Britannia

NACE – Interdisciplinary Approaches in Learning Session Chair: Burcu Kivrak 4140 – 10:15-10:45 Approaches to Enhancing Vocabulary Learning in EFL Context Burcu Kivrak, Selcuk University, Turkey 1785 – 10:45-11:15 Cryptobiometric Security Scheme for Multimedia Based E-Learning System Adeolu Afolabi, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria

Saturday Session II 10:15-11:45

Room: Defiance

NACP – Psychology & Education Session Chair: Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao 3399 – 10:15-10:45 Supervision as an Educational Activity in Clinical Psychology Training Programs: Conceptions on its Core Characteristics and Implementation Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Ana María Velásquez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia 11:15-11:30 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session III: 11:30-12:30

Saturday Session III: 11:30-12:30

Room: Reprisal

NACE – Ethics & Integrity in Education Session Chair: Tonya Foust Mead 5256 – 11:30-12:00 Is it Cheating If Nobody's Watching? Conflicting Beliefs About Dishonesty in Online Learning Christine Piper, Clemson University, USA Lori K. Tanner, Clemson University, USA Richard Hartsell, University of South Carolina Upstate, USA 3101 – 12:00-12:30 The Educator Fraud Paradigm and Implications for Educators and Academia Tonya Foust Mead, Office of State Superintendent of Education, USA

Saturday Session III: 11:30-12:30

Room: Britannia

NACE - Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education Session Chair: Jeanneath Dela Guro Velarde 4689 – 11:30-12:00 Mobiles to the Rescue: The Potential of Mobile Phone Learning for Increasing the Quality of Life in Developing Countries Nikol Konstante, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway 0611– 12:00-12:30 Online Games and Activities for an Effective Teaching Learning Environment Jeanneath Dela Guro Velarde, Jubail University College, Saudi Arabia

Saturday Session III: 11:30-12:30

Room: Defiance

NACP/NACE – Innovative Teaching Approaches Session Chair: Neysa H. Hatcher 5752 – 11:30-12:00 Minimizing Perceptual Mismatches - Re-Arranging the Lens Jacqoline J. Austin, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Pakistan 5831 – 12:00-12:30 Sustainable Learning: Reassessing the Gambling Approach to Testing Neysa H. Hatcher, University of Phoenix, USA

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session III: 11:30-13:00

Saturday Poster Session I: 11:30-13:00

Room: Republic

NACE/NACP - Interdisciplinary 2089 Influence of Normative Models on Social Representations Jimmy Bordarie, University of Angers, France Sandrine Gaymard, University of Angers, France 2885 The Influence of Affordance on Cognitive Workload Soyeon Kim, Yonsei University, Korea Kwang-Hee Han, Yonsei University, Korea 3306 Is Language Innate?

Hamdi A Alkailani Mohamed, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya 3331 Further Evidence for Arabic Basic Colour Categories Abdulrahman Saud Al-Rasheed, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia 5848 Learning and Teaching in Times of Transformation Gayane Karapetyan, French-Armenian Vocational Training Center Foundation, Armenia

12:30-13:30 Lunch Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session IV: 13:30-14:30

Saturday Session IV: 13:30-14:30

Room: Reprisal

NACE – Learning & Teaching: Constraints, Contrasts & Opportunities in Professional Growth & Internationalization Session Chair: Willy Oppenheim 0739 – 13:30-14:00 A Goals-Based Evaluation Regarding a Contrasting Analysis of Profession Growth and Evaluation Programs Tyrone Bynoe, University of the Cumberlands, USA 5749 – 14:00-14:30 Service-Learning and Internationalization in Higher Education: Constraints and Opportunities for Transformative Pedagogy Willy Oppenheim, Oxford University, UK Steve Sclar, Emory University, USA Mayme Lefurgey, Western University, Canada Nina Hall, Oxford University, UK

Saturday Session IV 13:30-14:30

Room: Britannia

NACE – Teaching & Learning through Educational Structures Session Chair: Hebatullah Ali Abdel-Aleem Abdel-Hamed 2738 – 13:30-14:00 Parents' Attitude towards Female Participation in Sporting Activities: Implications for Educational Policy and Transformation Joseph Olayinka Awoyinfa, University of Lagos, Nigeria Simeon Adebayo Oladipo, University of Lagos, Nigeria 3850 – 14:00-14:30 Assessing the Effectiveness of Applying a Tailored Time Management Course in Reducing Wasting-Time Attitude of University Students in the Field of Clothing Technology Hebatullah Ali Abdel-Aleem Abdel-Hamed, University of Ain Shams, Egypt Enas Abd-El-kader Al-Okdah, University of Ain Shams, Egypt

Saturday Session IV 13:30-14:30

Room: Defiance

NACP/NACE – Interdisciplinary Culture, Linguistics & Language in Education and Psychology Session Chair: Irina Malova 3111 – 13:30-14:00 When an Adjective Behaves like a Verb: Adjectival Verbs in Mandarin Chinese Maternal Input Ya-Ching Yeh, University of Connecticut, USA Letitia Naigles, University of Connecticut, USA 3915 – 14:00-14:30 The Effect of Language Choice on Affect Expression in the Speech of Spanish and Chinese Heritage Speakers Irina Malova, University of Miami, USA 14:30-14:45 Coffee Break

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IAFOR North American Conference Series 2014 NACE NACP 2014

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Saturday Session V: 14:45-15:45

Saturday Session V: 14:45-15:45

Room: Reprisal

NACE - Challenging, Transforming and Preserving Cultural Differences Session Chair: Anthony S. Rausch 5755 – 14:45-15:15 Breaking 'Fences' in the Classroom: Strategies of Teaching Integrated ESL Skills across Content Areas Purnendu Chatterjee, Hooghly Collegiate School, India 2630 – 15:15-15:45 Complexity, Accuracy, Fluency: A New Paradigm for Language Education and Cross-Cultural Communication Anthony S. Rausch, Hirosaki University, Japan

Saturday Session V: 14:45-15:45

Room: Britannia

NACE - Learning & Teaching in Times of Transformation Session Chair: Ching Ching Lin 2908 – 14:45-15:15 Social Identity and Critical Language Pedagogy: A Review of Learning Materials at Tertiary Levels in Oman Sindhu Harish, Sohar University, Oman 2941 – 15:15-15:45 Storytelling as a Form of Academic Discourse: Engaging English Language Learners in the United States StandardsBased Classroom Ching Ching Lin, Touro College, USA

Saturday Session V: 14:45-15:45

Room: Defiance

NACP – Interdisciplinary Issues in Psychology, Education & Language Session Chair: Deniz Güler 5312 – 14:45-15:15 Flexible Social Conflict: Adapting Models of Psychological Flexibility and Pathology to Models of Social Conflict Tami R. Jeffcoat, University of Nevada, USA 3084 – 15:15-15:45 Counselor Burnout Inventory: A Turkish Adaptation Study Deniz Güler, Anadolu University, Turkey Ayse Sibel Türküm, Anadolu University, Turkey

15:45-16:00 Coffee Break

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Saturday Session VI: 16:00-17:00

Saturday Session VI: 16:00-17:00

Room: Reprisal

NACE - Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education Session Chair: Charru Sharma 5821 – 16:00-16:30 Dancing with the Trees: A New Way to Learn Science with Classical Values Remya Parameswar Iyer, Kendriya Vidyalaya Khanapara, India 5677 – 16:30-17:00 Augmenting Creativity among Children through Creative Drama: Going Beyond Pedagogical Praxis in Indian Primary Schools Charru Sharma, University of Delhi, India

Saturday Session VI: 16:00-17:00

Room: Britannia

NACE – Technology in Education Session Chair: Esther Smidt 3463 – 16:00-16:30 Using DNA Barcoding as a Pedagogical Tool to Teach Genetics to Undergraduates at Queensborough Community College Nidhi Gadura, Queensborough Community College, USA 0069 – 16:30-17:00 Faculty Attitudes about Distance Education in an Online Faculty Development Program Esther Smidt, West Chester University, USA Brian McDyre, West Chester University, USA Jennifer Bunk, West Chester University, USA Rui Li, West Chester University, USA Tanya Gatenby, West Chester University, USA

Saturday Session VI: 16:00-17:00

Room: Defiance

NACP – Interdisciplinary Issues in Psychology Session Chair: Bracha Katz 3048 – 16:00-16:30 Personality and Facebook Use İsmail Yelpaze, Anadolu University, Turkey Esra Ceyhan, Anadolu University, Turkey 1829 – 16:30-17:00 Victims of Violent Crimes in Israel: The Effect of Space and Ethnicity on their Willingness to Participate in the Criminal Proceedings Bracha Katz, The Western Gallillee College, Israel

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Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Room: Reprisal

NACE – Interdisciplinary Issues in English Language Learning Session Chair: Tetsuo Kuramoto 5224 – 09:00-09:30 A Study on Temporal Changes of Japanese EFL Learners' Motivation Ryusuke Yamato, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan 5748 – 09:30-10:00 International Service-Learning in Nicaragua for Japanese Medical Students.

Tetsuo Kuramoto, Aichi University of Education, Japan Christine Kuramoto, Hamamastu University School of Medicine, Japan

Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Room: Britannia

NACE – Interdisciplinary Approaches in Teaching & Learning Session Chair: Hatice Akkoç 2944 – 09:00-09:30 An Integrated Non-Formal and Informal Education Activities Application in Lifestyle Changing Program Based on Transformative Learning for Hypertensive Persons in Philanthropic Primary Healthcare Center: A Chance to Lessen Healthcare Inequity Prasak Santiparp, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand 2612 – 09:30-10:00 Becoming a Teacher: The Role of Identity Hatice Akkoç, Marmara University, Turkey Sibel Yeşildere-Imre, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Sunday Session I: 09:00-10:00

Room: Defiance

NACE – Learning & Teaching in Times of Transformation Session Chair: Idowu Obukohwo Eluwa 3365 – 09:00-09:30 Impacts of Educational Macro-Policies on Developing Creativity in Iran Mehrang Monfared, University of Texas, USA 3832 – 09:30-10:00 Transformative Education: A Tool for Sustainable Educational Development in Nigeria Idowu Obukohwo Eluwa, Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria Cecilia Chinyere Ogbonna, Micheal Okpara University Agriculture, Nigeria

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

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10:30-12:30 The IAFOR Panel on Professional Practice and Leadership in Higher Education Room: Republic

This two hour panel session will explore, consider and debate a range of contemporary topics and challenges, that currently effect the professional practice, administrative workload and leadership roles of academic staff in higher education.

As the featured Sunday conference session, this panel on Higher Education will provide the opportunity for all conference delegates and speakers to come together in a collegiate environment. The panel is a rare chance to hear and discuss expert opinion, refine issues, and consider new directions to guide and advance possible solutions and new approaches within our academic careers.

Panel Members: Professor Sue Jackson, Birkbeck, University of London, UK and Professor Barbara Lockee, Virginia Tech, USA

12:30-12:45 Coffee Break

12:45-13:00 Conference Closing Ceremony Room: Republic

Join us for closing remarks from Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR Executive Director and Professor Barbara Lockee, NACE Conference Co-Chair.

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Virtual Presentations

2773 The Challenges in Transforming Graduate Teachers as Educational Research Practitioners in the Preparation and Improvement of Practice Masitah Shahrill, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Jainatul Halida Jaidin, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Rosmawijah Jawawi, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Sallimah M. Salleh, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei 2957 An Exploratory Study of Social Adjustment between Diabetics and Non Diabetics Charanpreet Singh, Vinoba Bhave University, India 2997 Special Educational Needs and Schizoanalysis: A New Inclusion Charlotte Knox-Williams, Portland Place School, UK 4049 Teacher Factors in Enhancing Quality Assurance in Physics Education: A Panacea for Transforming Physics Education for Sustainable Development Agommuoh Patience Chinyere, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria 4128 The Impact of Collaboration in the Learning of Secondary School Statistics Noorul Diana Sulaiman, Ministry of Education, Brunei Masitah Shahrill, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei 5756 Using Structured Problem-Based Learning to Support Students' Learning in Mathematics Haji Mohammad Redzuan Haji Botty, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Masitah Shahrill, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei

Virtual presentations are online video presentations of papers.

They can be viewed during and after the conference at youtube.com/user/AsianConferences

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A-Z Index of Authors Abdel-Hamed, Hebatullah Ali Abdel-Aleem Afolabi, Adeolu Akkoç, Hatice Akkoç, Hatice Al-Okdah, Enas Abd-El-kader Al-Rasheed, Abdulrahman Saud Aoki, Kumiko Austin, Jacqoline J. Awoyinfa, Joseph Olayinka Baker, Cheryl B. Bastidas-Bilbao, Hamer Beneduce, Felice Italo Blades, Mark Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian Bordarie, Jimmy Botty, Haji Mohammad Redzuan Haji Bunk, Jennifer Bynoe, Tyrone Ceyhan, Esra Chatterjee, Purnendu Chinyere, Agommuoh Patience Corti, Kevin de Betanea Paes Norgren, Maria de Souza, Rosane Mantilla Dianati, Saib Dobia, Brenda Ellery, Karen Eluwa, Idowu Obukohwo Eman, Saima Escobar, Flor Angela Buitrago Gadura, Nidhi Gatenby, Tanya Gaymard, Sandrine Gilbert, Shirley Güler, Deniz Hall, Nina Han, Kwang-Hee Harish, Sindhu Hartsell, Richard Hatcher, Neysa H. Iyer, Remya Parameswar Jaidin, Jainatul Halida Jaramillo, Pablo Jawawi, Rosmawijah Jeffcoat, Tami R. Karapetyan, Gayane Katz, Bracha Kim, Soyeon Kivrak, Burcu

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Knox-Williams, Charlotte Konstante, Nikol Kuramoto, Christine Kuramoto, Tetsuo Lefurgey, Mayme Li, Rui Lin, Ching Ching Malova, Irina María Velásquez, Ana Marinescu, Gabriela McDyre, Brian Mead, Tonya Foust Mohamed, Hamdi A Alkailani Monfared, Mehrang Naigles, Letitia Ndoye, Abdou Nicolson, Rod I. O'Rourke, Virginia Ogbonna, Cecilia Chinyere Oladipo, Simeon Adebayo Oppenheim, Willy Palumbo, Patrizia Parada, Roberto Piper, Christine Puglisi, Nancy Rausch, Anthony S. Salleh, Sallimah M. Santiparp, Prasak Şay, Rüya Sclar, Steve Shahrill, Masitah Shahrill, Masitah Shahrill, Masitah Sharma, Charru Singh, Charanpreet Smidt, Esther Smith, Nora Suci, Eunike Sri Tyas Sulaiman, Noorul Diana Tanner, Lori K. Tomiyama, Machiko Türküm, Ayse Sibel Velarde, Jeanneath Dela Guro Venkatesan, Madhavi Wharff, Deborah Winters, Dennis Yamato, Ryusuke Yeh, Ya-Ching Yelpaze, İsmail Yeşildere-Imre, Sibel

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Thank You Our academic events would not be what they are without a commitment to ensuring adherence to international norms of abstract peer review. We would like to thank the following scholars who have acted as reviewers for the NACE / NACP 2014 Conference.

Senior Reviewers Bracha Katz, Western Gallille College, Israel Charanpreet Singh, Independent Scholar, India Chia-Yu Chu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Christine Piper, Clemson University, United States Faezeh Askari, IAU - Tehran Science and Research Branch, Iran Ferdinand Tomakin, Asian College of Technology, Philippines Flor Angela Buitrago, Universidad De Los Andes, Colombia Hamer Bastidas-Bilbao, Universidad De Los Andes, Colombia Hatice Akkoรง, Marmara University, Turkey Hebatullah Ali Abdel-Aleem Abdel-Hamed, University of Ain Shams, Egypt Idowu Eluwa, Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria Jeanneath Dela Guro Velarde, Jubail University College, Saudi Arabia Jennifer Gray, University of Wisconsin, United States Kumiko Aoki, The Open University of Japan, Japan Madhavi Venkatesan, Bridgewater State University, United States Majid Omidikhankahdani, Payame Noor University, Iran Masitah Shahrill, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Mehrang Monfared, University of Texas, United States Nazar Mohd Zabadi Mohd Azahar, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia Prasak Santiparp, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Preeti Khanna, Delhi University, India Saima Eman, University of Sheffield , United Kingdom Sherly Mary, Independent Scholar, United States Temilola Apena, National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria Tonya Mead, Office of the State Superintendent of Education, United States Tyrone Bynoe, University of the Cumberlands, United States Ya-Ching Yeh, University of Connecticut, United States

Reviewers Ana Rute Costa, University of Porto, Portugal Anthony Rausch, Hirosaki University, Japan Chung-Pei Tsai, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Karen Ellery, Rhodes University, South Africa Nikol Konstante, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Nora Smith, Montana State University, United States Noshi Zaman, Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, Pakistan Radhika Seth, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India Rehana Noor, International Islamic University, Pakistan Shumin Jing, University of Rochester, United States Sibusiso Ntshangase, University of South Africa, South Africa Sumonta Damronglaohapan, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya Songkhla, Thailand Troy Babbitt, Vientiane College, United States Xiaona Liu, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands

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