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A SURVEY ON WAYS FOR RESUMPTION OF THE USED MATERIAL IN EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL CENTERS

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, A. Sarani, A. A. Noura, G. Shormaj, Z. N. Akbari)

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With regarding to population and increasing growth rate of civilization, one of the ecological problems that bring some difficulties to human being and social life is to produce industrial culch. It is natural that such an increasing growth will bring some difficulties the same as follows: Howe to product culch (rubbishes) and how to resumption them in a good way . The main aim of this research is to find some suitable ways for resumption of the used materials in educational workshops in Golestan province, Iran. T...

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, N. Dede, A. Ozer, O. Yildirim)

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The topics of stress and academic achievement are becoming increasingly interesting to educational institutions and their members. The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between personality and academic achievement of the students of Vocational school in a private University in Istanbul, Turkey. There is a significant correlation between the students’ personalities which are depicted via adjective checklist and the students’ stress level assessed by Abidin’s Stress Scale. Adjective Check Lis...

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ACCREDITATION FOR ACADEMIC QUALITY

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, S. Senel, D. Yalcin, O. Yildirim)

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As it is well-known, the latest trend in academia has been the rapid growth of online or distance learning courses. Globalization makes mobility easy and possible. That is why a graduate has the opportunity to find not only a nationwide but also a worldwide occupation. In most countries in the world, the function of accreditation for educational institutions is conducted by a government ministry of education. The purpose of this study is presenting the goal of the accreditation. The goal of accreditation is to ens...

Education and Accreditation2008
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ACCREDITATION IN TURKISH UNIVERSITIES

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, D. Yalcin, S. Senel, I. Akduman)

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As it is well-known, accreditation is a short of leadership and quality assurance in applied Science, computing, engineering, and technology education. In most countries in the world, the function of accreditation for educational institutions is conducted by a government ministry of education. One of the most important outcomes of economic globalization is the abolition of national boundaries in the fields of goods and services trade as well as production factors, namely capital and especially high-skilled labor. ...

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ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, T. Erkoc, D. Kurt, O. Bayramoglu, H. Yildirim, O. Yildirim)

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It is called stress when an individual begins to act different physically and mentally as a result of the fact that he or she is affected by the environment he or she lived and worked in. To block or balance the process of adaptation to stressful circumstances of people can be in different ways. However, it may not be possible to get rid of stress completely. So that, an individual who is overstressed can suffer aggressiveness, nonconfidence, difficulties in focusing, chronic tiredness, tension, sadness, anxiety, ...

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COMPLEX EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC TEST BY BOTH USER CATEGORIES (TEACHER AND ALSO STUDENT)

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, P. Horovnak, B. Stehlikova)

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The electronic test utilization brings into the valuation process an objectifying element (the same conditions for all tested, the criterions specified forwardly). The main teacher’s aim in this process is effectively and fairly to evaluate students’ work (preparation). This fact underlies an approach to test’s questions formulation and creation. An important assumption of successful usage of electronic knowledge test (EKT) application is its orientation to user. For the purposes of EKT quality valuation the...

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DETERMINATION OF LITERACY LEVELS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND GLOBAL WARMING

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, N. Colakoglu)

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It is generally agreed that education in environmental pollution and protection of the environment should begin at the primary school level. It can even be argued that teaching about the environment at the primary school level is a national duty. In recent years Turkey is paying greater attention to the threats of global warming and environmental pollution as part of their adaptation process to EU laws and regulations. In this study we tried to determine the cognitive and affective levels of primary education stud...

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DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR PROFESSIONAL INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, R. Bielousova)

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Communication is considered to be one of the most important processes of social life. The author deals with the syllabus design for technical English course as well as some aspects of communication skills development of the students of the Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies of Technical University of Ko\vsice with a seat in Presov, Slovakia. Some aspects of the material selection as well as some methodological procedures applied to English teaching with the aim to reinforce productive communication skills of th...

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EUROPEAN ROBOTICS NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE - STRENGTHENING THE REAL INTEGRATION OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, O. B. Manolov)

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Robotics is expanding into a number of new application domains and it offers new opportunities to study human-robot augmentation (human-bionic system), advanced autonomy and user interfaces, and in addition the integration of communities of “simple” robots opens new opportunities in terms of task achievement and flexibility. The EURON network has been successful in the coordination of (relatively) diverse national programs. With the introduction of a European program focused on robotics (the “Beyond Robotics...

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INTERNET ADDICTION RESEARCH IN THE SCHOOL OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES: EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, D. Kurt, A. Tekin, O. Yildirim)

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As a growing trend in the world, internet-based remote education both in governmental and private education institutes is getting popular in Turkey as it is to be all over the world. Internet-based education models give learners the chance to interact with the system. The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between personality and internet addiction of the students of Vocational school in a few of private University in Istanbul, Turkey. There is a significant correlation between the student’ pers...

Education and Accreditation2008
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LEARNING MODEL IN SCHOOL OF VOCATIONAL STUDIES

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, O. Yildirim, P. Bal)

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In this research, it is aimed to determine which individual and environmental characteristics affecting training. Instead of both types of evaluation models, to be proactive, the evaluation of training mentioned in this research is focused on how training affects individuals. To this end, in this thesis the factors affecting to the training effectiveness were examined in regard of trainee perspectives. According to the research results, it is revealed that mostly related to the training effectiveness are respectiv...

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, A. Tekin, H. Yildirim, O. Yildirim)

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The increasing number of recent researches indicates that emotional intelligence is more important than IQ in many fields. In literature, many quantitative findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between academic achievement and emotional intelligence skills. In other words, analysis indicates that emotional intelligence skills can serve as a indicator of academic achievement and effective learning. The main focus of this research is to discuss the relationship between emotional intelligence ski...

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RESEARCH CONCERNING PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME NEW XANTHINE COMPOUNDS

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, L. Profire)

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The new 7-[2-hydroxi-3-(4-acethyl-amino)-phenoxy-propyl]-8-R-1,3-dimethyl-xanthine derivatives have been synthesized in order to increase the pharmacological properties of theophylline. A QSAR study on pharmacological properties of some new xanthine compounds have been realized to establish the most favorable structural modifications for increase the action selectivity on cardiovascular system. Favorable influence of the $\beta$-blocking sequence in 7 position of the xanthine ring has been established.

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THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION APPLICATIONS IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES VERSUS TURKEY

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, P. Paksoy, N. Colakoglu)

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Compulsory education is regarded as the most vital part of formal education. It entails that the individual shall be given education for a definite period of time during defined periods. All countries try to ensure that all young people enter working life with a minimum amount of human capital gained through the years of compulsory education. However it is observed that every country endeavors to apply a different standard for compulsory education. Specifically while we are in the integration process with the Euro...

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THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON JOB SATISFACTION: A CASE STUDY IN EDUCATION

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, A. Ozer, N. Dede, O. Yildirim)

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The importance of understanding Emotional intelligence (EI) skills has gravitated form the business management to training activities. The increasing number of recent researches on this relatively new subject have been tried to investigate its relationships to miscellaneous well-known concepts. Thus, this study aimed at exploring the relationship between one of those well-known concepts, job satisfaction, and emotional intelligence. To this end, a research has been conducted on the academic personnel (n=82) of fou...

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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, P. Bal, O. Yildirim, H. Yildirim)

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In the research, The Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA-scale) proposed by Hjemdal, Friborg, Martinussen, and Rosenvinge was used to assess students’ social intelligence. RSA-scale is consisted of 45 items including five dimensions: (1) personal competence, (2) social competence, (3) family coherence, (4) social support, and (5) personal structure. The internal consistency (Chronbach’s alpha) of all the dimensions is satisfactory high. The inventory was completed by the students twice, separated by a two-month i...

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THE VOCATIONAL TOURISM EDUCATION WITHIN THE PERSPECTIVE OF EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE TURKISH TOURISM EDUCATION

(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2008, P. Paksoy)

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Tourism is a distinctive labor intensive sector with human as its basic production component since it aims to sell and offer service. As human is the core focus of this sector and service is provided through human beings, training of the people who will be working in the tourism industry becomes vital. Especially the value addition to economy and provision of cultural tolerance enhances the importance of tourism sector not only for developing countries such as Turkey but also for European Union and for the rest of...

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