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AN ANALYSIS ON THE MOBILE PAYMENT INDUSTRY IN CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO MALAYSIA
Get PDFInternet which is one of the most transformative and fast-growing technologies has become an integral part of our lives. Globally, the number of Internet users increased from only 413 million in 2000 to over 4.5 billion as of June 2019, with the Internet users from Asia Pacific made up the major market share. Owing to changing lifestyle and rapid growth in E-commerce, this trend is expected to continue over for subsequent many years especially in China. China’s mobile payment transaction volume has reached 190.5 trillion Yuan in 2018, with a year-on-year growth rate of 58.4% due to its advantages of security, stability and convenience. Meanwhile, Malaysia which represents one the fastest growing mobile payment market in the world, has its mobile payment usage skyrocketed in the last five years reaching a staggering 40 billion ringgit. Since 2005, the year when Central Bank of Malaysia liberalized its policy by permitting non-banking institution to provide mobile payment service, there were only 1billion ringgit spent via 365.6 million transactions. 13 years later, the transaction volume has increased to 11 billion ringgit with 1.92 billion transactions made. This implies that there is a huge development opportunity of mobile payment industry in Malaysia and the biggest mobile payment industry in the world, China can be a development model for further growth of this industry in Malaysia. Besides analyzing the current development of the mobile payment industry in China at the beginning of this paper by carrying out life cycle analysis, this paper also studies the influencing factors and challenges of mobile payment in China. Moreover, a comparison of the industry in both China and Malaysia has been drawn out by using PEST analysis. Lastly, the author also proposed the measures and suggestions for enhancement of mobile payment industry in Malaysia
THE EFFECT OF HIGHER EDUCATION EXPANSION ON THE MARRIAGE MARKET IN CHINA
Get PDFChina’s higher education expansion policy started in 1999. It brought about rapid increase not only in the number of college and postgraduate enrollment, but also changed its gender ratio. A shift to female dominance under the traditional marriage mode further increased the risk of matching difficulties and failures. This paper assessed the impact of college enrollment expansion in the marriage market, evaluated the consequences of rapid expansion of higher education through the perspective of the marriage market, specifically, for females. Use Census data between 2005 and 2015 to analyze the marriage choice of graduate students, and urban survey were used to analyze the marriage choices of undergraduates. SPSS 22.0 was used, testing results show that significantly negative association of college enrollment expansion with the marriage market. The greater the density of interventions for enrollment, the higher the decline in marriage rates. However, women who have higher education have chosen to be single. The recommendations are strengthen marriage awareness in college; determine intervention measures, adjust the university curriculum and educate college students about marriage and childbearing; help graduates prepare for participation in the marriage market in order to produce a family; and enrich relevant knowledge and information that will lead them to accurate expectations to avoid search failure in the marriage market
ANALYSIS OF GENDER DIFFERENCE IN ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY AND ACHIEVEMENTS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFThis study examines gender difference in academic self-efficacy and achievements of public senior secondary school students in Niger state, Nigeria. The paper employed descriptive survey design, two research questions and hypotheses. A sample of 435 students for 2017/2018 academic session was selected through proportionate stratified random sampling technique (294 males, 141 females). The Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES) and Academic Achievement Tests in English Language and Mathematics were used as instruments for data collection. The ASES instrument was validated through content and construct validity and the Cronbach’s Alpha method was used to find reliability of the instruments which had a coefficient alpha of .829. The statistical techniques used for data analysis were mean, standard deviation, and t-test independent statistics. The findings of the study found that there was no significant difference in academic self-efficacy between male and female students. However, the mean value of female students indicated a higher level of academic self-efficacy (Mean =78.36) over the male students (Mean =78.16). The study also revealed a significant difference in achievements of male and female students. The mean difference showed that the male students performed better in academic achievements if compared with their female counterparts (Mean =105.42 for males and Mean =100.58 for females). The study recommended parental support and encouragement, provision of scholarship and sponsorship for female students, free girl-child education, and employment opportunities for females, among others as strategies by governments at all levels and non-governmental organizations to boost self-efficacy of male students and bridge the gap that exist in achievements between male and female students in Niger state, Nigeria
RECONSTRUCTION ON DEVELOPING TEACHER CREATIVITY THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Get PDFThis study aims to find, analyze, and describe information about internal and external factors that contribute to teacher creativity development, alternative strategies that can be determined, and priority strategies that can be applied in teacher creativity development at Senior High School. This research a field research using descriptive-analytic method. Data obtained from observation, literature study, key informants, and experts involved in teacher creativity development at Senior High School. The result of this study indicates three things. First, the internal factors are having an interesting and inspiring vision, but it is inadequate in the availability of infrastructure. External factors are the government's commitment but need to accommodate the increasing demands and expectations of the community towards improving teacher competence. Second, alternative strategies for developing teacher creativity are implementing integration strategies. Third, priority strategies are teacher empowerment-based development blueprints, program synchronization through partnership, enhancing cooperation and partnerships to increase principal managerial competencies and skills, as well as the fulfillment of teachers' facilities and needs
EFFECT OF INQUIRY-BASED LESSONS ON STEM STUDENTS’ LEARNING COMPETENCIES ON LIMITS AND CONTINUITY
Get PDFInternational test results, such as Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study Advanced, revealed that Filipino learners performed less well in Basic Calculus than other areas of Mathematics. This study developed inquiry-based lesson exemplars to enhance Grade 11 STEM students’ learning competencies in Basic Calculus, particularly on Limits and Continuity; and investigated the effect of the developed inquiry-based lesson exemplars on students’ learning competencies. A pre-experimental research design, specifically a single group pre-test and post test, was adopted for the study. A total of 98 grade 11 STEM students in the second semester of academic year 2018 – 2019 of a national high school in Philippines were tapped as study units. Ten inquiry-based lesson exemplars, adopting the 5E learning cycle, for 13 learning competencies on Limits and Continuity were developed and validated. Students’ competency on Limits and Continuity was measured by their pretest-posttest scores. The findings revealed that the developed inquiry-based lessons positively enhanced students’ mastery of Basic Calculus competencies on Limits and Continuity. These findings suggest that high school mathematics teachers may adopt/develop inquiry-based lessons or learning materials to improve their students’ performance
OLD GEORGIAN LITERATURE AS HISTORICAL SOURCE (VITAE, MARTYRDOMS), GEORGIAN CASE
Get PDFCritical approach of history actively started in Georgia from 19th century. This trend also effected on hagiographic monuments. Some scholars were mistrustful for adopting them as historical sources because of miracles and unnatural motives. That is why philologists were more interested in hagiographies than historians. At the same time historians were publishing, identifying texts and editions, revealing historical people, comparing hagiographic texts. Thus, enormous informational possibility became clear for many researchers. Today there is now doubt that hagiographic monuments (Vitae, Martyrdom) contain significant information while revealing cultural, social, political and economic factors of certain nations. Apart for solving many interesting issue from hagiographies, it is worth interesting to study Georgian hagiographies (with full of historism) in the context of history of mentality and identity. Years ago I was interested to study ethnic perception. Texts with various ethnic terms provoke me to observe (authentic) hagiographies. Certain conclusions were made through ethnic criteria based on theory of ethnicity. For instance, what was the content of ethnic terms: Relative and Nation? Changes the concept of that terms; How Georgian unity is concerned through centuries; Creating of national heroes in hagiographies and what historical process is related to this issue; What was self-perception and perception towards others. According hagiographic sources ∕ monuments such researches are not novelty not only for Georgian historiography, but foreign historiography as well. Alongside to political history that approach will make history more alive and comprehensive. For investigation I use ethnosymbolistic approach which ethnic markers represent important framework for the paper. According to the Georgian hagiographies of 10th-11th cc. we have deal with different perception of ethnicity towards Georgians, Armenians and Greeks
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTS’ CREATIVITY BASED ON THE METHOD OF “INTUITIVE AESTHETICS”: RESULTS OF EN PLEIN AIRS (LITHUANIA, VILNIUS, 2018)
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to examine the problem of development of creativity of contemporary painters in Lithuania using the Method of “Intuitive Aesthetics”. Development of painter’s personality is one of the most significant problems of contemporary art psychology. Psychologists do a lot of studies, publish articles on the problem of visual communication, impact of the psychological characteristics on art creation, but not enough attention is being paid to the development of methods that would help to develop creativity. Impact of the “Intuitive Aesthetics” method as a way to step out from the stereotypes, that hinder creativity, was researched in the project for Lithuanian painters. 40 well-known Lithuanian painters took part in two En Plein Airs held in Vilnius (Lithuania) in 2018. The “Intuitive Aesthetics” method included four interactions: 1) seminar on art psychology, mindfulness and embodyment; 2) practice for developing skills of reflection; 3) live painting; 4) independent painting. The article presents the results of the research showing how the “Intuitive Aesthetics” method helped to increase the creativity of painters. Method “Intuitive Aesthetics” can be considered as psychological authentication counselling of the painters that help them to step out from the stereotypes that hinder their creativity
THE FIRST PERIOD OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE SHIDA KARTLI HIGHLANDS, GEORGIA
Get PDFResearch of the conflict is very sensitive issue but very actual in Georgian case. The aim of this paper is to discuss some moments of problem connected to so called "South Ossetia". More specifically, its initial period. This conflict emerged at the period of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918-1921. During this time there were 3 facts of Anti-governmental activities from Ossetian Bolsheviks (in 1918, 1919 and 1920). Studying of this conflict is getting more popularity from 90-ies of 20th century when conflict renewed and Georgia gained independence from Soviet Union. After this time huge number of scientific articles and books were published concerning that conflicts. 
DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AND THE COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Get PDFA plethora of innovative pedagogical tools got invented of late enriching the episteme of English language teaching, while making the acquisition easy and comfortable for the English language learners. In the present research paper, it is studied how discourse analysis of English fictional texts can be used as a useful pedagogical tool to improve the communicative competence of English language learners. Regular practice of doing the analysis of different discourses from the texts helps the readers/learners to develop the speaking skills in English, through the acquisition of grammatical and semantic knowledge with enhanced vocabulary and specifically with socio-cultural contexts. The analyst has to move from the semantic study of the constituents of narratives, talk exchanges, structures of speech to the linguistic, cognitive, historical, social, rhetorical, psychological reasons for the distinctive forms and functions of discourse in context. Some of the textual extracts are taken here from the selected texts such as pieces of narrative and conversational discourses; and the major objective here is to prove how the different bases and modes of discourse analysis applied help the English language learner to achieve the communicative goal easily
THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF THE SINO-ITALIAN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AFTER MARCH 2019
Get PDFIn March 2019 China and Italy signed nineteen deals stated in the Memorandum of Understanding, that set off a new era for the Sino Italian economic partnership. Italy joined the “Belt and Road Initiative” the infrastructure maxi plan of the People’s Republic of China, which includes ports, railway lines, roads, and maritime corridors. The present research can fill a chronological gap of the relationship found in some of the previous academic works, pondering the progress in different fields during the current century: infrastructures, economy, culture, education, science and technology, innovation, society, military, arts, fashion, food, and tourism. The latest advancement of the China-Italy economic partnership is examined through the cross-national comparative method and the discourse analysis, exploring the benefits and the advantages for both countries. The author has begun to collect data from governmental sources and from the most relevant newspapers of Italy, China, Europe, the United States, to monitor the development of events related to the signature of the MOU between Beijing and Rome. It is concluded that China and Italy will maintain a long and strong bilateral partnership over the years by the constant dialogue and cooperation of the institutions. This research demonstrates the results of this win-win bilateral partnership and the benefits that both countries are perceiving.