https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19292 2026-04-05T04:25:40Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19419 Title: Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies : Volume 1, Issue 10 Abstract: Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, Volume 10, No. 1 (2005) Description: Contents Include : Perspectives on Lifelong Learning in the Mediterranean, Proceedings of the conference ‘Lifelong Learning in the Mediterranean’, Sliema, Malta, 13-16 September, 2003 edited by David Caruana and Peter Mayo (Book Review) / Marvin Formosa 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19418 Title: The perceptions of pre-service teachers about effective teaching and effective teachers Authors: Cakmak, Melek; Bulut, Mehmet Abstract: This study aims at investigating the perceptions of pre-service teachers regarding effective teaching and effective teachers. The following research questions were addressed for this purpose: What are the dimensions of effective teaching? What are the characteristics of an effective teacher? The study is composed of two parts: a literature review, and empirical research. A questionnaire consisting of four open-ended questions was administered to 153 pre-service teachers. Some findings are briefly discussed, including the key fact that pre-service teachers believe that the pedagogical skills of professional teachers should take precedence over the improvement of their theoretical knowledge of their subject matter. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19417 Title: Relationships among self-regulated learning components, motivational beliefs and computer programming achievement in an online learning environment Authors: Yukselturk, Erman; Bulut, Safure Abstract: This study analyzed relationships among motivational beliefs (intrinsic goal orientation, extrinsic goal orientation, control beliefs, task value, self-efficacy, and test anxiety), self-regulated learning components (cognitive strategy use, self-regulation) and computer programming achievement in an online learning environment. The study consisted of 38 participants from an online Information Technologies Certificate Program which is based on synchronous and asynchronous communication methods over the Internet. Data are gathered from two consecutive online computer programming courses in this online certificate program, where the second course followed the first one in content as well. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was used to collect relevant data. The results of the study indicated that the effect of self-efficacy variable on students’ programming achievement was statistically significant in the first course and the effect of self-regulation variable on students’ programming achievement was statistically significant in the second course. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19356 Title: The Pontian family from the former USSR in Greece : a comparative study Authors: Xanthakou, Yota; Tsamparli, Anastasia; Kasseris, Marios; Kaila, Maria Abstract: The aim of the present comparative study is to find out whether there are any differences in self-esteem between Pontian and Greek students at the 6th Grade level. Pontians are a particular type of immigrant in the sense that they are in fact ‘re-patriated’: they are Greeks whose ancestors lived around Pontos in the Black Sea area during the seventh century before Christ. They moved to the interior of the ex-Soviet Union in 1916, and then returned to Greece in 1986. Although Pontians share a common history, religion, and several cultural elements with the Greeks, ‘natives’ regard them as ‘foreigners’ and as a result they are a marginalized population in Greece. This study set out to analyse the self-concept of a total sample of 1558 students attending 6th Grade. 552 of these students were Pontian immigrants, 864 were native Greeks while 172 were Pontian natives. The results of the present research lead us to conclude that there is a statistically significant difference in the self-concept between the Pontian and Greek population. It also seems that the marginalized immigrant family, whether belonging to the same ethnic group or not, comprises a population at risk as far as the self-concept of the children is concerned. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z