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Supervisors’ Perspectives on Generic Difficulties Faced by EFL Students in Writing Thesis: A Multiple Case Analysis 导师对英语学生论文写作普遍困难的看法:多案例分析
Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v13i01.56025
H. P. Tiwari
Writing a thesis is one form of academic writing that requires adequate research-related knowledge, interest, motivation, and effort. For this reason, students often consider thesis writing a challenging task. This qualitative multiple case study seeks to explore supervisors' perspectives on the difficulties faced by master’s level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students while writing theses in English Education. The participants consisted of eight thesis supervisors who have supervised at least ten master’s theses written by the students who studied English Education as the specialization subject at the Master’s level at constituent campuses under the Faculty of Education (FoE), Tribhuvan University (TU). I used simple random sampling to select the constituent campuses and purposive sampling to select the sample. I collected the data using a semi-structured interview. The interviews were conducted via a video conferencing tool named Zoom. According to the interest of the participants, the interviews were conducted in English, and all the interviews were audio-video recorded in Zoom. Recorded interviews were then transcribed and analyzed using the constant comparison method of qualitative data analysis. The findings show that the students' typical challenges with thesis writing were connected to their difficulty in integrating and generalizing related literature, their inability to prepare a theoretical framework, their lack of general knowledge of research, their lack of knowledge of citation and referencing, their difficulties in selecting appropriate methodology, and their inability to use academic language. The study concluded that EFL graduate students, regardless of their performance on the written examinations, depend substantially on their supervisors when writing a thesis.
写论文是学术写作的一种形式,需要足够的研究相关知识、兴趣、动机和努力。由于这个原因,学生们经常认为论文写作是一项具有挑战性的任务。这个定性的多案例研究旨在探讨导师对硕士水平的英语作为外语(EFL)学生在写英语教育论文时所面临的困难的看法。参与者由八名论文导师组成,他们至少指导了十篇硕士论文,这些硕士论文是由特里布万大学(TU)教育学院(FoE)下属组成校区的英语教育专业学生撰写的。我采用简单随机抽样的方法来选择组成校园,有目的抽样的方法来选择样本。我使用半结构化访谈收集数据。访谈是通过名为Zoom的视频会议工具进行的。根据参与者的兴趣,访谈以英语进行,并在Zoom中进行录音录像。然后记录访谈并使用定性数据分析的恒定比较方法进行分析。研究结果表明,学生在论文写作方面的典型挑战与他们难以整合和概括相关文献,无法准备理论框架,缺乏一般的研究知识,缺乏引用和参考知识,难以选择合适的方法,以及无法使用学术语言有关。该研究的结论是,英语研究生,不管他们在笔试中的表现如何,在写论文时很大程度上依赖于他们的导师。
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The Preparation and Implementation of School Improvement Plans (SIPs): Its Implication in Improving Learning Outcomes 学校改善计划的准备与实施:对改善学习成果的意义
Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v13i01.56086
Shak Bahadur Budhathoki
In the last two decades, Nepal’s community (public) schools have been preparing, Implementing and reviewing School Improvement Plans (SIPs) periodically. Schools submit SIPs to the Local Government (LG) to get disbursed school funds annually. One of the components of SIP includes learning outcomes (MoE, 2017).In this context, there is a general lack of research on the process of making Sips and its effects on learning outcomes. To fill the existing lack of knowledge in this field, this research aims to answer two interrelated questions. First, what is the policy process of preparing SIP and how it is practiced? Second, what are the effects of teaching and learning process as envisioned in the SIPs on students ‘learning outcomes? This research applies qualitative methods, analysing content of selected Sips of three community schools of Kailali district from the far western region, especially focusing on the plans to improve learning outcomes. Building on these findings, case studies are conducted in the schools using semi – structured interviews by taking into consideration experiences of teachers, students, parents, SMC/PTA Chairs and members, resource persons and LG authorities (ten interviews in total) in July 2019, exploring how SIP has been understood and realized in practice on the ground. It is generally observed that the process of preparing and implementing SIPs has positive correlation with learning outcomes even if it is minimal over the time. In fact, the will – power on the part of school stakeholders is the key for the quality SIP, and the policy as envisioned at the centre has partially been implemented at grassroots.
在过去的二十年里,尼泊尔的社区(公立)学校一直在定期编制、实施和审查学校改进计划(SIPs)。学校每年向地方政府(LG)提交SIPs,以获得支付的学校资金。SIP的组成部分之一包括学习成果(MoE, 2017)。在这种背景下,普遍缺乏关于制作Sips的过程及其对学习成果的影响的研究。为了填补这一领域现有知识的不足,本研究旨在回答两个相互关联的问题。首先,准备SIP的政策过程是什么?它是如何实施的?第二,小学教学计划所设想的教与学过程对学生的学习成果有何影响?本研究采用定性方法,对西部偏远地区Kailali地区三所社区学校的Sips内容进行分析,特别关注改善学习成果的计划。在这些发现的基础上,我们于2019年7月在学校采用半结构化访谈的方式进行了案例研究,并考虑了教师、学生、家长、SMC/PTA主席和成员、资源人员和LG当局(共10次访谈)的经验,探讨了在实践中如何理解和实现SIP。通常观察到,准备和实施sip的过程与学习结果呈正相关,即使它在一段时间内是最小的。事实上,学校利益相关者的意志力是优质SIP的关键,中心设想的政策已部分在基层实施。
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From Rescue Mission to Colonial Ambitions: A Reading of Stanley's My African Travels 从救援任务到殖民野心——解读斯坦利的《我的非洲之旅》
Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v13i01.56088
Toya Nath Upadhyay
This study examines Henry Morton Stanley's My African Travels through a post-colonial lens in order to explore how Stanley’s mission of rescuing a missing explorer turns into his colonial ambitions in the interior of Africa. Primarily with a project of finding the missing missionary and explorer David Livingston by name, Stanley sets out on his African journey in 1871. But after finding Livingston, Stanley’s eyes fall upon the plenitude of natural resources and backwardness of the native people that instantly stimulate in him a sense of the possibilities of commerce and Christianization of the natives. Consequently, he makes more explorations, draws maps and fills them with names, fights the locals, and establishes stations at different locations that ultimately turn into European colonies. This study analyzes and interprets his My African Travels as a colonial discourse in that it operates as a tool for the European colonial enterprise. The study employs conceptual terms related to colonial discourse for analysis and interpretation.
本研究通过后殖民视角考察亨利·莫顿·斯坦利的《我的非洲之旅》,以探索斯坦利拯救失踪探险家的使命如何转变为他在非洲内陆的殖民野心。1871年,为了寻找失踪的传教士和探险家大卫·利文斯顿,斯坦利开始了他的非洲之旅。但在找到利文斯顿之后,斯坦利的目光落在了丰富的自然资源和落后的当地人身上,这立即激发了他对当地商业和基督教化的可能性的认识。因此,他进行了更多的探索,绘制地图并在地图上填上名字,与当地人战斗,并在不同的地点建立了站点,最终成为欧洲殖民地。本研究将《我的非洲之旅》作为一种殖民话语进行分析和解读,因为它是欧洲殖民事业的工具。本研究采用与殖民话语相关的概念术语进行分析和解释。
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Estimation of Global Solar Radiation using Angstrom and Gopinathan Model on Sunshine Hour and Temperature in Highland, Nepal 利用Angstrom和Gopinathan模式估算尼泊尔高原日照时数和温度的全球太阳辐射
Pub Date : 2023-06-28 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v13i01.56094
Jayanta Saud, P. M. Shrestha, U. Joshi, B. Tiwari, I. B. Karki, K. Poudyal
In developing countries like Nepal, the direct measurement of global solar radiation (GSR) is difficult. So, the estimation of GSR is carried out at Jumla (29°16′ N, 82° 11′ E and about 2347 m altitude) for the year 2015 and 2017 using regression technique to the meteorological parameters on Angstrom model, Gopinathan and Olomiyesan- Oyedum models. Among three models, Olomiyesan and Oyedum model is better than other models. Its empirical constants a=0.38, b=0.10 and c=0.09 are found. The values of statistical errors MBE, MPE and RMSE are smaller than other models. Similarly, the coefficient of determination (R2=0.89) is greater than other models. Finally, the finding empirical constants and meteorological parameters sunshine hour, and temperature are used to estimate the GSR for the year 2017. In addition to this, the annual average GSR for the year 2015 and 2017 are found to be 18.86 MJ/m2/day and 17.50 MJ/m2/day respectively. It is concluded that the finding empirical constants are used to estimate the GSR and solar energy at similar geographical location of Nepal.
在尼泊尔这样的发展中国家,直接测量全球太阳辐射(GSR)是困难的。因此,利用Angstrom模式、Gopinathan模式和Olomiyesan- Oyedum模式的气象参数回归技术,对2015年和2017年在Jumla(29°16’N, 82°11’E,海拔约2347 m)的GSR进行了估算。在三种模型中,Olomiyesan和Oyedum模型优于其他模型。得到其经验常数a=0.38, b=0.10, c=0.09。统计误差MBE、MPE和RMSE值均小于其他模型。同样,决定系数(R2=0.89)也大于其他模型。最后,利用观测到的经验常数和气象参数日照时数、气温对2017年的GSR进行估算。此外,2015年和2017年的年平均GSR分别为18.86 MJ/m2/day和17.50 MJ/m2/day。所得经验常数可用于估算尼泊尔相似地理位置的GSR和太阳能。
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Labour Migration in Nepal: Policy, Institutions, and Governance 尼泊尔的劳工迁移:政策、制度和治理
Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45922
P. Khatiwada, Keshav Basyal
The annual reports of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) point out that complaints related to the education sector for financial misuses occupy the largest share consistently in the past few years. Nepal's labor migration has a colonial connection, although the country never experienced its direct invasion. Due to the historical legacy of the British India Company as Lahure culture, India became the primary destination for Nepali unemployed youth. The decision of the youths to go abroad as labor was a strategy to escape from the potential threat, livelihood options, and get new country experience which ultimately became the major source to bring back remittance. Though low-skilled, foreign labor migration has been the major phenomenon for the country, which is now fully dependent on the remittance economy and counts for over one-fourth of the total national income. The phenomenon of female migration is not still through a formal channel to major destination countries. Due to it, there is a greater room to choose illegal migration channels, and thus the scope of female migration is becoming more vulnerable. Nepal has undertaken several policy measures to overcome these anomalies. Although the implementation aspect is fragile to meet the ground reality, and from the notion of strategic intervention, it is necessary to revisit the policy measures to make foreign labor migration safe, secure, and informed choice based.
滥用职权调查委员会的年度报告指出,在过去几年,与教育部门有关的财务滥用投诉所占的比例一直是最大的。尽管尼泊尔从未经历过殖民的直接入侵,但该国的劳工移民与殖民有联系。由于英国印度公司作为拉胡尔文化的历史遗产,印度成为尼泊尔失业青年的主要目的地。青年出国务工的决定是一种逃避潜在威胁和生计选择的策略,并获得新的国家经验,最终成为汇款回国的主要来源。虽然技术含量低,但外国劳工移徙一直是该国的主要现象,该国现在完全依赖汇款经济,占国民总收入的四分之一以上。女性移徙现象仍然不是通过正式渠道进入主要目的地国。因此,非法移民渠道的选择空间更大,女性移民的范围也变得更加脆弱。尼泊尔采取了若干政策措施来克服这些不正常现象。虽然在实施方面难以满足实际情况,但从战略干预的角度来看,有必要重新审视使外国劳动力迁移安全、可靠和知情选择为基础的政策措施。
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People for Peace and Republic: A Fantasy Theme Reading of the Representation of ‘Nepalis’ in Movement-Time Editorials 人民追求和平与共和国:对运动时期社论中“尼泊尔人”形象的幻想主题解读
Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45920
Hem Raj Kafle
Newspapers’ editorializing exigencies as a mere publication of spot news would not be enough. Editorials clarify, explain, interpret, or integrate the news based on events, incidents, situations, or trends. Events of and during political movements are the main subjects of newspaper editorials. Editorial coverage of everyday exigencies builds up and helps represent narratives of various actors directly or indirectly involved in the events. In the public texts in Nepal, including newspapers, ‘Nepali people’ feature as principal actors and participants in socio-political transformations. Through Fantasy Theme Analysis of editorials on political subjects, this article explores how The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times covered ‘Nepali people’ as the participants, actors, and agents of political transformation during the people’s movement in 2005-2006. The article inductively concludes that with a principal rhetorical vision for establishing peace and republic, ‘Nepali people’ performed the agency of transformation in the country.
报纸的社论急迫性仅仅作为即时新闻的出版是不够的。社论澄清、解释、诠释或整合基于事件、事件、情况或趋势的新闻。政治运动及其期间发生的事件是报纸社论的主要主题。日常紧急事件的编辑报道建立并有助于代表直接或间接参与事件的各种行动者的叙述。在包括报纸在内的尼泊尔公共文本中,“尼泊尔人民”是社会政治变革的主要行动者和参与者。通过对政治主题社论的幻想主题分析,本文探讨了《加德满都邮报》和《喜马拉雅时报》在2005-2006年人民运动期间如何将“尼泊尔人民”作为政治转型的参与者、演员和代理人。文章归纳得出结论,“尼泊尔人民”在建立和平与共和国的主要修辞愿景下,在这个国家扮演了转型的角色。
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An Analysis of Student Assessment Practices in Higher Education of Nepal 尼泊尔高等教育学生评价实践分析
Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45898
Devina Acharya
Student assessment is an integral part of the teaching-learning process of the formal education system. It is collecting, evaluating, analyzing, and documenting students' progress using various assessment devices, tools, and strategies. Various assessment practices in higher education, such as oral test, paper-pencil test, practical test, project work, group work, and other non-testing devices, but paper-pencil test seems to be the most commonly used tools in Nepali higher education. Most of Nepal's universities do not seem to have adopted assessment tools other than the traditional paper-pencil test. So, the assessment in higher education has now become an issue of discussion and debate. This paper attempts to analyze student assessment practices and their problems in higher education in Nepal. For this purpose, data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected from the media's teachers' opinions, cases, and issues coverage. Secondary data were collected from the reviews of both archive and digital documents. The major findings of this paper indicate that there are so many problems in the assessment system. As a result of the inappropriate assessment system, higher education quality has been deteriorating day by day compared to developed countries. It is mainly due to lack of accountability (examiner, examinee, and exam authority), time allocation, lack of digital technology to assess student progress, lack of item analysis, and lack of the alternative use of the paper-pencil test. The present assessment system is not liable for ensuring the quality of higher education. This paper explores some issues related to assessment practice which could be the starting point for the assessment reform.
学生评价是正规教育系统教与学过程的一个组成部分。它是使用各种评估设备、工具和策略收集、评估、分析和记录学生的进步。高等教育中的各种评估方法,如口语测试、纸笔测试、实践测试、项目工作、小组工作和其他非测试设备,但纸笔测试似乎是尼泊尔高等教育中最常用的工具。尼泊尔的大多数大学似乎都没有采用传统的纸笔测试以外的评估工具。因此,高等教育的评估已经成为一个讨论和争论的问题。本文试图分析尼泊尔高等教育学生评价实践及其存在的问题。为此目的,从主要和次要来源收集数据。主要数据来源于媒体对教师的观点、案例和议题的报道。次要数据从档案和数字文件的审查中收集。本文的主要研究结果表明,考核体系存在诸多问题。与发达国家相比,我国高等教育质量日益下降,其主要原因是评价体系不合理。这主要是由于缺乏问责制(考官、考生和考试权威)、时间分配、缺乏数字技术来评估学生的进步、缺乏项目分析以及缺乏纸笔考试的替代使用。现行的评估制度并不能保证高等教育的质量。本文探讨了评估实践中的一些问题,这些问题可以作为评估改革的出发点。
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The Role of Natural Heritage for the Promotion of Tourism in Ilam 自然遗产在促进伊拉姆旅游业中的作用
Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45907
Lok Nath Dulal
Heritage refers to those commodities which can be observed in their tangible and intangible forms. It is said that heritage is a raw material that authenticates and fabricates the past and the present for touristic consumption. It is a socially constructed and negotiated concept which evolves through time and across space. Mainly, heritages are classified into two categories: local and world heritage. Nepal is enriched in its different types of heritages. They are found in different parts of the country. Among them, the Ilam district is an important tourism destination of Nepal, located in Mechi Zone, Province no 1. It possesses archaeological, historical, cultural, religious, natural, and agricultural importance within its small territories. It has been safeguarding plenty of natural and cultural heritages from the beginning until this 21 st century. However, the proper study regarding exploring and analyzing its natural tourism products is still seemed behind, which is considered a considerable research gap in academia. Realizing strong need for a study, this article entitled " Role of Natural heritage for the promotion of tourism in Ilam” has been prepared for fulfilling two specific objectives such as to explore the important natural tourism heritages of the Ilam district and to examine the role of natural heritage for the promotion of tourism in the site. It has been prepared by using questionnaires as a tools and field survey method. It is based on a descriptive research design.
遗产是指那些可以以有形和无形的形式被观察到的商品。有人说,遗产是为旅游消费而鉴定和捏造过去和现在的原材料。它是一个社会建构和协商的概念,它随着时间和空间而发展。遗产主要分为两类:地方遗产和世界遗产。尼泊尔有丰富的不同类型的遗产。它们分布在这个国家的不同地区。其中,伊拉姆地区是尼泊尔重要的旅游目的地,位于第一省梅奇地区。它在其狭小的领土内具有考古、历史、文化、宗教、自然和农业的重要性。从一开始到21世纪,它一直在保护着大量的自然和文化遗产。然而,对其自然旅游产品的探索和分析研究仍然滞后,这在学术界被认为是一个相当大的研究空白。意识到强烈的研究需求,这篇题为“促进伊拉姆旅游的自然遗产的作用”的文章是为了实现两个具体目标而编写的,即探索伊拉姆地区重要的自然旅游遗产,并研究自然遗产在该地区促进旅游的作用。本报告以问卷调查为工具,采用实地调查方法编制。它是基于描述性研究设计。
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Research-based Education for Development and Social Change 研究型教育促进发展和社会变革
Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45888
Bhupa P. Dhamala
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American Indian Ideologies in The Round House 《圆屋》中的印第安人意识形态
Pub Date : 2022-06-27 DOI: 10.3126/mef.v12i01.45921
Niran Khanal
This paper focuses on the ideologies in the Native American context as represented in Louise Erdrich’s The Round House. In this paper, I intend to examine the connection between the change in the belief system and its effects on the socio-cultural practices of indigenous communities. I argue that behind the ethical crisis and change in indigenous ideologies, these elements play the keyholes: the imposition of foreign values in the interest of colonial authority, intercultural interactions, and the rise of individualism due to the loss of indigenous cultural memory. One of the key elements that keep the indigenous ideologies alive is folklore. Traditionally, the indigenous folklores work as effective means to circulate the ideologies that shape the lifestyle of the Native American people. However, due to the external influences, the story listening culture has declined, and its impact surfaces as ecological crisis and changes in their way of living. The consequences of the ethical crisis manifest in the key principles that guide the tribal lifestyle. For instance, ecological sustainability, collective responsibility, and social welfare influence the shifting belief system that promotes individualism, materialistic gain, and competitiveness. Similarly, colonial intervention promotes capitalism by exploiting natural resources and adopting other unethical means. To testify to my assumption, the ethical degeneration in the Native American society as the effect of the loss of indigenous ideological impact, I have examined The Round House and the folklores narrated within it.
本文主要研究路易斯·厄德里奇的《圆屋》所代表的印第安人语境中的意识形态。在本文中,我打算研究信仰体系的变化及其对土著社区社会文化实践的影响之间的联系。我认为,在土著意识形态的伦理危机和变化背后,这些因素发挥了关键作用:为了殖民当局的利益而强加外国价值观,跨文化互动,以及由于土著文化记忆的丧失而兴起的个人主义。保持土著意识形态活力的关键因素之一是民间传说。传统上,土著民间传说是传播塑造美国土著人民生活方式的意识形态的有效手段。然而,由于外界的影响,听故事文化已经衰落,其影响表现为生态危机和生活方式的变化。伦理危机的后果体现在指导部落生活方式的关键原则上。例如,生态可持续性、集体责任和社会福利影响着促进个人主义、物质利益和竞争力的信仰体系的转变。同样,殖民干预通过剥削自然资源和采取其他不道德的手段来促进资本主义。为了证明我的假设,印第安社会的道德堕落是土著意识形态影响丧失的结果,我研究了《圆屋》和其中叙述的民间传说。
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