Perspectives of Arts and Social Studies Vol. 3

Authors

Dr. Alina Georgeta Mag, (Editor)

Lecturer,Ph. D, Department of Teacher Training, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania.

Profile Link: http://socioumane.ulbsibiu.ro/team/alina-georgeta-mag/

Igbolo Magdalene Agbor

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, University of Abuja, P.M.B 117, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.

Jean Ngoc Boulware

University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Brenda Huskey

University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Heather Harden Mangelsdorf

University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Howard C. Nusbaum

University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Roy Schwartzman

Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.

Karen E. Boger

Department of Communication Studies, University of Southern Mississippi, USA.

Wuhan Zhu

The Post-Doctoral Station, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 200083, China and School of English Studies, Zhejiang International Studies University, Hangzhou 310023, China.

Zahari Ishak

Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Low Suet Fin

Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Mary-Anne Holfve-Sabel

Department of Educational Research and Development, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden.

Sarah Salih

Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.

Ongowo Richard Owino

Department of Curriculum Instruction and Media, Rongo University, P.O.Box 103-40404, Rongo, Kenya.

Susan Smith Nash

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Texas A&M University Texarkana, USA.

Gary Stading

Texas A & M University Texarkana, USA.

Larry R. Davis

Texas A & M University Texarkana, USA.

M. Shafiqur Rahman

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Syfun Nahar

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Synopsis

This book covers key areas of arts and social studies. The contributions by the authors include culture, child preference, fertility behaviour, population growth, gender, school type, motivation, learn, elementary teacher education, practice-based teacher education, learning environment, wisdom, mindfulness training, locus of control, communication centers, English as a second language, intercultural communication, truancy, teacher personality, peers, school and family, student attitudes, gender differences, economic development, infrastructure investments, economic diversification, infrastructure financing, mono-economies, neo-mercantilism, resource-dependent economies, development loans, world bank, economic growth, supply chain, curriculum design, medical education, challenges, democracy index, analysis of variance, Friedman’s test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient etc. This book contains various materials suitable for students, researchers and academicians of this area.

Chapters

Chapter 1
Culture, Child Preference and Fertility Behaviour: Implications for Population Growth in Cross River State, Nigeria

Igbolo Magdalene Agbor
Chapter 2
The Effects of Mindfulness Training on Wisdom in Elementary School Teachers

Jean Ngoc Boulware, Brenda Huskey, Heather Harden Mangelsdorf, Howard C. Nusbaum
Chapter 3
How International Students Using Communication Centers Navigate Locus of Control

Roy Schwartzman, Karen E. Boger
Chapter 4
A Cross-cultural Pragmatic Study on Openings and Closings in Upward Academic Request Emails

Wuhan Zhu
Chapter 5
Factors Contributing to Truancy among Students: A Correlation between Predictors

Zahari Ishak, Low Suet Fin
Chapter 6
Difference in Student Attitudes to School Teacher and Peers – Comparison of Majority Minority and Mixed Ethnicity Networks

Mary-Anne Holfve-Sabel
Chapter 7
Challenges of Curriculum Development for Health Sciences

Sarah Salih
Chapter 8
Students’ Motivation to Learn Biology

Ongowo Richard Owino
Chapter 9
Targeting Infrastructure Projects, Innovative Technologies and Financing Options to Achieve Sustainable Economic Growth in Resource-Based Economies

Susan Smith Nash, Gary Stading, Larry R. Davis
Chapter 10
Variance Analysis of Democracy Index

M. Shafiqur Rahman, Syfun Nahar