bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Brand Awareness, Brand Image Dan Brand Loyalty Sebagai Prediktor Brand Equity Adidas
Authors: Agnes Novia , Darmawan Happy
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this study to examine whether brand awareness, brand image and brand loyalty can predict brand equity Adidas in Jakarta. The population in this study were Adidas consumers in Jakrata. The sample was 100 respondents with a convenience sampling technique questionnarise ans using SmartPLS 3 software. Overall, the result of this research were brand awareness positive and significant as a predictor of brand equity, brand image positive and significant as a predictor of brand equity, and brand loyalty positive and significant as a predictor of brand equity. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji apakah brand awareness, brand image dan brand loyalty dapat memprediksi brand equity Adidas di Jakarta. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah konsumen Adidas di Jakarta. Sampel adalah 100 responden dengan kuesioner teknik convenience sampling dan menggunakan perangkat lunak SmartPLS 3. Secara keseluruhan, hasil dari penelitian ini brand awareness secara positif dan signifikan menjadi prediktor brand equity, brand image secara positif dan signifikan menjadi prediktor brand equity, brand loyalty secara positif dan signifikan menjadi prediktor brand equity Adidas.
Gateways to New Learnings: Walking to Re/Vision an International Practicum
Authors: Cho Christine L. , Corkett Julie K
Published: November 2021

We engage in a creative exploration of the ways in which a walk provided us with insights into how we might enhance the curriculum for a teacher education international practicum in Italy. Drawing from a currere framework, we shifted to mindful walking, and we tell our story in three parts that represent the various stages of our mindful engagement: intention; attention; and attitude. Walking in this way provided the impetus for us to re-examine the curriculum of the international practicum. We argue that mindful walking has the potential to increase observation skills and open up ways to develop deeper cultural connections in an international practicum. We consider what those connections could do to enhance the practicum and our teacher candidates’ experience.
The Noise of Walking
Authors: Salm Twyla , Brogden Lace Marie
Published: November 2021

Walking pedagogies provide opportunities for embracing diversity, at the same time that they honour a relationship with the Earth. As such, they can be used to encourage learners and curriculum makers to attune to their surroundings. Walking and writing together, though from disparate geographical locations, we provoke critical reflections on ableism through walking pedagogies. Inspired by our surroundings, we explicate and query curriculum experiences and the pedagogical reflections that accompany them/us, holding space for (dis)abilities. Co-constructed poetries frame our autoethnographic engagements with theory and practice. We offer two ways walking pedagogies may be engaged to disrupt ableism: walking to “disorient the norm” (Parrey, 2020) in the first instance, and moving as listening in the second. Through these disruptions to ableist discourses, we attend to ongoing circumstances of curriculum-making, attuning to the noise of walking in nature, where some have unrestricted access, some have partial access and some have no access at all.
Walking Meditations: Becoming Place, Place Becoming
Authors: Fidyk Alexandra
Published: November 2021

Interwoven through four lyric snapshots of haptic relations with place—Saskatchewan, New York, South Africa and Egypt—this philosophic rumination considers the primacy of preconscious bodily feeling to learning. Perception at base level is described as synaesthetic—the whole body sensing and moving in relation to agential landscapes. The tangled snapshots embody inter-multi-sensorial experience so to mirror the ways our bodies exist in relation to things seen and unseen. Together, the two texts, two voices, step in support of walking pedagogies as a profound praxis in service to becoming, an unfolding always underway with place, even distant and unfamiliar. Highlighted as embodied and explored, matter central to an earthly curriculum are the methods of slow, attuned, disciplined attention and somatic resonance.
Human capital in the digital economy
Authors:   Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of Russia, Moscow 119571, Russia, Khachaturyan Ashot A.
Published: November 2021

The article analyzes the threats to human capital arising in connection with the development of the digital economy. The main problems, that digital can bring to public life and the fate of an individual worker are shown. According to the author, the labor market in the digital age makes new demands on the human capital of workers in almost all industries. The formation of a digital economic order, including automation, robotization and digitalization of almost all spheres of life, in the near future will leave on the labor market mostly “complex” professions of the “Knowledge” category with a creative component. Technological changes and the digitalization of the economy will lead to the fact that the knowledge and skills of workers will become so outdated that no retraining of them will be able to rectify the situation. One of the main problems is that with the further digital transformation of the economy, more and more jobs may be threatened with extinction, and the disappearance of old jobs this time will not be accompanied by the emergence of new ones. A situation may arise when the workers released due to digitalization will become not only unemployed, but generally not in demand by social production. A global question arises - what should they be kept for? Another problem is that with global digitalization, the danger of "digital" degradation of human intelligence is very high. Digital increasingly crowds out live communication, limiting the possibilities of developing a person's creative potential, as a result of which a qualitative transformation of human intelligence takes place. Another question arises - how to support the intellectual development of a person, and what to do with those who do not work?
O COMPORTAMENTO DO CONSUMIDOR NO MERCADO FITNESS: FÍSICO x VIRTUAL
Authors: Eloisa Mello Mariane , Curth Marcelo , Albornoz Gonçalves Manuela , Paulo Joaquim Salvador Rogerio
Published: November 2021

A sobrevivência do profissional de Educação Física, bem como as empresas do mercado fitness, frente a eventos adversos externos, impostos de forma abrupta por uma nova realidade decorrente da pandemia de COVID-19, expôs a fragilidade das relações comerciais com seus alunos/clientes, comprometendo as receitas e forçando-os a se reinventar e adaptar-se às novas modalidades de atendimento. Entendendo que a percepção de valor, confiança, necessidade de interação afetam a intenção de compra do consumidor, este artigo tem como objetivo verificar esta influência no mercado fitness de modo comparativo ao ambiente de entrega do serviço: estabelecimentos com serviços físicos x virtuais. Foi realizado um estudo do tipo survey com 161 alunos/clientes de academias. A técnica estatística utilizada foi Modelagem de Equações Estruturais (MEE), por meio da qual o modelo conceitual foi testado. Os resultados destacam a percepção de que o consumo em lojas físicas obtém uma resposta emocional positiva visando à intenção de compra por parte do consumidor, visto que valoriza bastante a interação humana, gerando sentimentos de alegria, satisfação e bem-estar, sendo sensível tanto ao preço comportamental como o monetário. Indicam maior percepção de qualidade e confiança na compra de serviços/produtos em ambientes físicos quando comparado à venda no formato virtual, considerando a necessidade de interação do aluno/cliente com o profissional de Educação Física.
The Role of the External Audit in Assessing Continuity of Companies under the Financial Crisis: An Applied Study in the Iraqi Banks Listed in the Iraq Stock Exchange for the Period 2016-2019
Authors: Ali Sallama Ibrahim , Flayyih Hakeem Hammood
Published: November 2021

In the first decade of the third millennium, shareholding companies faced several crises, with four major crises affecting financial markets, beginning with the collapses of a group of large companies following the Enron Energy company and similar companies in various countries, followed by the financial crisis and the collapse of global oil prices, which quickly ended until the sta As a result, the purpose of this study is to shed light on the role of external audit in assessing bank continuity, as Iraqi banks are among the first institutions and companies to move toward the application of international standards as well as being committed to accounting principles and assumptions, and they face a wide range of risks, the most dangerous of which is financial instability. Furthermore, the Kida model has been adopted in assessing the stability of banks and their ability to meet their obligations and perform their duties through a set of financial ratios that distinguish successful banks from those whose ability is suspect and vulnerable to financial failure, as well as trying to identify the nature of their activities at an early stage. However, using financial ratios, Kida's model was applied to a sample of three Iraqi banks, and the research concluded that the external auditor should use financial analysis models to know and evaluate the banks' continuity in terms of anticipating financial collapse.
КОНТРОЛІНГ ЯК ІНСТРУМЕНТ ПІДТРИМКИ ДОСТАТНЬОГО РІВНЯ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ ТА КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНОСТІ ПРОМИСЛОВОГО ПІДПРИЄМСТВА
Authors: Khomenko Inna , Sadchykova Iryna , Kolotok Mariia
Published: November 2021

У статті розглянуто економічну безпеку діяльності підприємств, її сутність, основні положення та важливість для функціонування та розвитку. Також виявлено основні проблеми, які виникають, для підтримки достатнього рівня економічної безпеки та конкурентоспроможності промислового підприємства. Охарактеризовано сутність економічної безпеки як економічної категорії, проведено порівняння вітчизняного та закордонного досвіду підтримки достатнього рівня економічної безпеки. Доведено необхідність оцінки рівня економічної безпеки, основні її функції. З’ясовано, що потрібно аналізувати кожне конкретне підприємство і врахувати взаємозв’язки складових економічної безпеки для визначення основних чинників негативного впливу та окреслення найслабших сторін діяльності підприємства. Розкрито поняття контролінгу, його мету та функції. Зазначено його основні принципи та методи, наведено взаємозв’язок між ними. Досліджено основні завдання кожного з видів контролінгу, їхню основну мету та зв’язки. Виділено, що на рівень економічної безпеки працюючих підприємств впливає ефективний контролінг, елементи якого розробляються, плануються і втілюються залежно від особливостей функціонування підприємства. Зосереджено увагу на важливості інформаційної безпеки діяльності підприємств в Україні. Визначено основні заходи на державному рівні, які посприяють більш якісному функціонуванні економічної безпеки підприємств та зроблено висновки про її важливість.
Aerodynamic Shape Multi-Objective Optimization for SAE Aero Design Competition Aircraft
Authors: Fernandez Ruben , Lugo Hernando , Dulikravich Georfe
Published: November 2021

The SAE Regular Class Aero Design Competition requires students to design a radio-controlled aircraft with limits to the aircraft power consumption, take-off distance, and wingspan, while maximizing the amount of payload it can carry. As a result, the aircraft should be designed subject to these simultaneous and contradicting objectives: 1) minimize the aerodynamic drag force, 2) minimize the aerodynamic pitching moment, and 3) maximize the aerodynamic lift force. In this study, we optimized the geometric design variables of a biplane configuration using 3D aerodynamic analysis using the ANSYS Fluent. Coefficients of lift, drag, and pitching moment were determined from the completed 3D CFD simulations. Extracted coefficients were used in modeFRONTIER multi-objective optimization software to find a set of non-dominated (Pareto-optimal or best trade-off) optimized 3D aircraft shapes from which the winner was selected based to the desired plane performance.
Perspective on the true incidence of bowel perforations occurring with extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusions. How should they be treated?
Authors: Epstein Nancy E.
Published: November 2021

Background:

What is the risk of bowel perforation (BP) with open or minimally invasive (MI) extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF)? What is the truth? Further, if peritoneal symptoms/signs arise following XLIF/MI XLIF, it is critical to obtain an emergent consultation with general surgery who can diagnose and treat a potential BP.

Literature Review:

In multiple series, the frequency of BP ranged markedly from 0.03% (i.e. 1 of 2998 patients), to 0.08% (11/13,004), to 0.5%, to 8.3% (1 in 12 patients), up to 12.5% (1 in 8 patients). BPs attributed to different causes carry high mortality rates varying from 11.1% to 23%. For the 11 (0.08%) BP occurring out of 13,004 patients undergoing XLIF in one series, there was one (9.09%) death due to uncontrolled sepsis. In another series, where 31 BP were identified for multiple lumbar surgical procedures identified through PubMed (1960–2016), including 10 (32.2%) for lateral lumbar surgery including XLIF, the overall mortality rate was 12.9% (4/31).

Conclusion:

The incidence of BPs occurring following XLIF/MI XLIF procedures ranged from 0.03% to 12.5% in various reports. What is the true incidence of these errors? Certainly, it is more critical that when spine surgeons’ patients develop acute peritoneal symptoms/signs following these procedures, they immediately consult general surgery to both diagnose, and treat potential BP in a timely fashion to avoid the high morbidity (87.1%) and mortality rates (12.9%) attributed to these perforations.
Conservación de la tortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata) en Rincón del Mar, Colombia
Authors: Álvarez-Rodríguez Rafael Andrés , Ramírez-Gallego Cristian , Restrepo-Garzón Nicolás , Ruíz-Álvarez Tulio , Barrientos-Muñoz Karla
Published: November 2021

Se describen los procesos de conservación y ecología de anidación de la tortuga carey (Eretmochelys imbricata), producto del monitoreo sistemático entre 2018 y 2019 en el corregimiento de Rincón del Mar, San Onofre, Sucre. Se registraron seis nidadas de tortuga carey, todos fueron dejadas in situ y un nido fue saqueado por humanos. Las hembras desovaron un total de 761 huevos en cinco nidadas (promedio ± DE: 152,2 ± 15,5 huevos por nidada). El éxito de eclosión fue en promedio 78,2 ± 12,4 % y el éxito de emergencia fue en promedio 74,7 ± 14,1 % (n = 5). El periodo de incubación fue en promedio de 54 ± 7,8 días (n = 4). Fueron liberadas 591 crías al mar, de las cuales 22 (3,72 %), fueron rescatadas y liberadas con la comunidad. Además, se realizaron mediciones físicas de los nidos (ancho, profundidad, distancia a la playa), medidas morfométricas de los neonatos (ARC, LRC y peso) y se identificaron amenazas en el sector. Nuestros resultados contribuyen al conocimiento del estado actual de la tortuga carey, así como lo indispensable de la participación comunitaria para su conservación en Rincón del Mar.
Patrones de circulación superficial sobre la plataforma interna entre bahía El Uno
y Punta de Las Vacas, Golfo de Urabá, Caribe colombiano
Authors: Hernandez Morales Dannys Paola , Romaña Torres Yorlenys , Jaramillo-Vélez Alfredo , Pelegrí Josep Lluis , Toro Valencia Vladimir Giovanni
Published: November 2021

Conocer los patrones de circulación costera es fundamental para gestionar
adecuadamente la franja litoral, especialmente en áreas con alta presión antrópica. Con
el objetivo de determinar las características de las corrientes costeras en el golfo de
Urabá, se midieron y analizaron los patrones estacionales de circulación superficial
durante las épocas de mucha y poca lluvia a lo largo de 6 km de costa, entre las espigas
litorales de punta de Las Vacas y punta Yarumal del municipio de Turbo, Antioquia. Estas
mediciones se realizaron con derivadores superficiales, que fueron lanzados en diversos
estadios de la marea y rastreados durante periodos cercanos al ciclo semidiurno. Las
mediciones in situ se analizaron considerando la evolución de la marea y los vientos
observados en una estación climática ubicada cerca del golfo. Los patrones de
circulación mostraron un comportamiento diferente durante las dos estaciones del año. La
temporada de mucha lluvia, con vientos del sur, presentó trayectorias hacia el norte y
la temporada de poca lluvia, con vientos del norte, las trayectorias fueron hacia el
sur. Aunque los patrones de circulación mostraron una fuerte relación con la marea y el
viento, las trayectorias de algunos derivadores se modificaron localmente por la
presencia de geoformas como las bahías de Turbo y El Uno.
Evaluating quantum alchemy of atoms with thermodynamic cycles: Beyond ground electronic states
Authors: Eikey Emily , Maldonado Alex , Griego Charles , Falk von Rudorff Guido , Keith John
Published: November 2021

Due to the sheer size of chemical and materials space, high throughput computational screening thereof will require the development of new computational methods that are accurate, efficient, and transferable. These methods need to be applicable to electron configurations beyond ground states. To this end, we have systematically studied the applicability of quantum alchemy predictions using a Taylor series expansion on quantum mechanics (QM) calculations for single atoms with different electronic structures arising from different net charges and electron spin multiplicities. We first compare QM method accuracy to experimental quantities including first and second ionization energies, electron affinities, and multiplet spin energy gaps for a baseline understanding of QM reference data. We then investigate the intrinsic accuracy of an approach we call "manual" quantum alchemy schemes compared to the same QM reference data, which employ QM calculations where the basis set of a different element is used for an atom as the limit case of quantum alchemy. We then discuss the reliability of quantum alchemy based on Taylor series approximations at different orders of truncation. Overall, we find that the errors from finite basis set treatments in quantum alchemy are significantly reduced when thermodynamic cycles are employed, which points out a route to improve quantum alchemy in explorations of chemical space. This work establishes important technical aspects that impact the accuracy of quantum alchemy predictions using a Taylor series and provides a foundation for further quantum alchemy studies.
The Benefits of Fine Art Integration into Mathematics in Primary School
Authors: Brezovnik Anja
Published: November 2021

The main purpose of the article is to research the effects of the integration of fine art content into mathematics on students at the primary school level. The theoretical part consists of the definition of arts integration into education, a discussion of the developmental process of creative mathematical thinking, an explanation of the position of art and mathematics in education today, and a summary of the benefits of arts integration and its positive effects on students. The empirical part reports on the findings of a pedagogical experiment involving two different ways of teaching fifth-grade students: the control group was taught mathematics in a traditional way, while the experimental group was taught with the integration of fine art content into the mathematics lessons. At the end of the teaching periods, four mathematics tests were administered in order to determine the difference in knowledge between the control group and the experimental group. The results of our study confirmed the hypotheses, as we found positive effects of fine art integration into mathematics, with the experimental group achieving higher marks in the mathematics tests than the control group. Our results are consistent with the findings of previous research and studies, which have demonstrated and confirmed that long-term participation in fine art activities offers advantages related to mathematical reasoning, such as intrinsic motivation, visual imagination and reflection on howto generate creative ideas.
Sodelovalne učne oblike pri jezikovnem delu pouka slovenščine v osnovni šoli
Authors: Rot Vrhovec Alenka
Published: November 2021

V učnem načrtu za predmet slovenščina v osnovni šoli je učiteljem priporočeno, da naj poskrbijo za večji delež skupinskega dela med poukom. Ob oblikah učenja, kot je sodelovalno učenje v manjših skupinah ali dvojicah, učenci namreč aktivneje razvijajo sporazumevalno zmožnost. Predstavljeni članek prikazuje rezultate raziskave, s katero smo ugotavljali, ali učitelji od prvega do petega razreda pri jezikovnem pouku izvajajo sodelovalno učenje. Namen članka je ozavestiti in spodbuditi učitelje za pogostejše načrtovanje in izvajanje sodelovalnega učenja.
Teacher Competencies through the Prism of Educational Research
Authors: Peklaj Cirila
Published: November 2021

The present article focuses on teacher competencies as a major factor that impacts student learning. Ultimately, all attempts to improve education converge in the teacher and the quality of his/her work with students. With their teaching methods, their communication and their classroom management, teachers can structure the kind of learning environment that will either promote or hinder learning. The purpose of the article is to analyse research on educational productivity in order to select the most important teacher competencies that are related to student achievement. A model of teacher competencies is developed that serves as a framework for understanding the synergetic effects of teacher competencies on achievement thorough promoting students’ cognitive, affective and social processes. The teacher competencies that impact each of the processes are described and their impact on student achievement is explained.
Inclusive Education is a Multi-Faceted Concept
Authors: Mitchell David
Published: November 2021

With the impetus of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with  disabilities, inclusive education is an idea whose time has arrived around the world. Its scope goes far beyond learners with disabilities and has now been extended to cover all learners with special educational needs, whatever their origins. It also extends beyond the mere placement of such learners in regular classes to include consideration of multiple facets of education. The present paper examines a model of inclusive education that, in addition to placement, embraces vision, curriculum, assessment, teaching, acceptance, access, support, resources and leadership. For each of these facets, criteria are specified and indicators are suggested.
School – Possibility or (new) Risk for Young Females in Correctional Institutions
Authors: Jeđud Borić Ivana , Mirosavljević Anja
Published: November 2021

In this paper, the authors deal with the education of girls in a Croatian correctional institution as a risk factor for social exclusion based on the data obtained via semi-structured interviews with experts and the girls and via the documentation analysis method. In this regard, the paper deals with two perspectives, i.e. the girls’ and experts’, in the context of risks related to schooling, intertwining these risks through the past, present and future, according to the stories of the research participants. The authors compare the perspectives given and explore the questions related to possibilities of the education of girls in correctional institutions.
The European Teacher: Transnational Perspectives in Teacher Education Policy and Practice
Authors: Schratz Michael
Published: November 2021

The future role of teachers in Europe will contribute to raising the awareness of a new expectation of what it means to be a “European Teacher”. If there is unity in diversity through national identities, the question remains: what makes a teacher “European”? Answering this unusual question, one encounters several aspects that have strong national traits ofwhat it means to teach in a particular country (e.g. political culture), which still does not enable teachers to easily move their employment from one country to another because of differences in career structure, teacher education, selection and recruitment, etc. However, there are many similarities in general teacher competences that are required throughout Europe and beyond. This paper looks at teacher professionalism from various perspectives, attempts to discern the “Europeanness” in teachers’ work and mobility as a goal, and highlights particular policy development areas necessary to stimulate further discussions. The depiction of a European Doctorate in Teacher Education concludes the paper.
Development of Finnish Elementary Pupils’ Problem- Solving Skills in Mathematics
Authors: Laine Anu , Näveri Liisa , Ahtee Maija , Pehkonen Erkki
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this study is to determine how Finnish pupils’ problemsolving skills develop from the 3rd to 5th grade. As research data, we use one non-standard problem from pre- and post-test material from a three-year follow-up study, in the area of Helsinki, Finland. The problems in both tests consisted of four questions related to each other. The purpose of the formulation of the problem was to help the pupils to find how many solutions for a certain answer exist. The participants in the study were 348 third-graders and 356 fifth-graders. Pupils’ fluency, i.e. ability to develop different solutions, was found to correlate with their ability to solve the problem. However, the proportions of the pupils (17% of the 3rd graders and 21% of the 5th graders) who answered that there were an infinite number of solutions are of the same magnitude. Thus, the pupils’ ability to solve this kind of problem does not seem to have developed from the 3rd to the 5th grade. The lack and insufficiency of pupils’ justifications reveal the importance of the teacher carefully listening to the pupils’ ideas in order to be able to promote pupils’ understanding of the concept of infinity, as well as the basic calculations.
The Role of Cultural Capital in Higher Education Access and Institutional Choice
Authors: Košutić Iva
Published: November 2021

This paper aims to explore social inequalities in school achievement and educational decision-making of the final-year students of secondary schools in the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County, Croatia (N = 534). The theoretical framework of the paper was Bourdieu’s theory of cultural and social reproduction (1977a). The main objectives were an analysis of the association between the students’ cultural capital and their school achievement and analyses of the predictive power of the cultural capital theory in the context of educational decisions in the transition to tertiary education. In the analysis of school achievement, sequential multiple regression analysis was used, while in the analyses of educational decisionslogistic regression analyses were performed (binary and multinomial logistic regression). The results indicated that cultural capital had statistically significant correlation with school performance. Among the cultural capital indicators, statistically significant predictors of the probability of the intention to enrol into vocational higher education were the material dimension of cultural capital and naturalness of higher education aspirations of students. For the prediction of the probability of intention to enrol in university, significant predictors were embodied cultural capital, the naturalness of higher education aspirations of students, and father’s educational level. The study results on a selected sample of graduates tendto support Bourdieu’s theory of cultural reproduction through education.
Gender Role Attitudes among Higher Education Students in a Borderland Central-Eastern European Region called ‘Partium’
Authors: Fényes Hajnalka
Published: November 2021

In this paper, we examine the attitudes towards gender roles among higher education students in a borderland Central-Eastern European region. We used the database of ‘The Impact of Tertiary Education on Regional Development’ project (N=602, 2010). We intend to determine what kind of attitudes towards gender roles the students identify themselves with, whataffects these attitudes (gender, faculty type, social background of students, locality type, religiosity), and finally what kind of educational policy implications could be relevant concerning our findings. We have used cluster analysis and a logistic regression model, and formulated several hypotheses that were controlled by these methods. Our results show that there are a large number of students who belong to the more traditional attitude cluster in this region, but women more frequently identify themselves with modern gender roles than men do. The faculty-type effect has only been partly detected. We have found that with ‘male-dominated’ majors, both women and men identify themselves with more traditional attitudes and that with ‘female-dominated’ majors all students have more modern  attitudes. The effect of social background is contradictory. Those whose parents had larger numbers of books had increased modern attitudes, but the factor ‘regular financial problems in the family’ also increased it. Our next result is that students who live in villages are not more traditional than others, because they live in cities during their studies. Our final result is that churchly religious students think more traditionally regarding gender roles than others do, but those who are religious in their own way do not.
The Philosophy and Approach on which the PROFILES Project is Based
Authors: Holbrook Jack , Rannikmäe Miia
Published: November 2021

This article sets out to describe the PROFILES project, an European Commission FP7 science and society project, addresses problems and issues in science education by guiding teachers to embrace a range of teaching factors, such as a context-based approach, motivational constructivist learning; student centred inquiry teaching; enhancing cognitive conceptualisation, and including socio-scientific decision making. The PROFILES project bases the teaching on a theoretically derived, 3 stage model, which is supported through carefully designed PROFILES modules, providing for both the students and the teacher. The major focus of the project is promoting more relevant school science education at the secondary level (grade 7 and above) by guiding teachers to gain ownership of the PROFILES philosophy and approach.
Competences for Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education
Authors: Rauch Franz , Steiner Regina
Published: November 2021

Competences are intensively discussed in the context of cross-curricular themes, such as Sustainable Development and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), especially in light of the United Nations Decade for ESD (2004–2015). Recent literature on ESD lists a number of competences for ESD in various fields with the exception of teacher education. A competencemodel for ESD for educators was generated in the Austrian research project KOM-BiNE (Competences for ESD in Teacher Education) as part of a large-scale EU project. The KOM-BiNE competence model consists of areas of competences within fields of action. The constituent elements of the competence model are described in detail and are illustrated with examples.
Respect for Nature – A Prescription for Developing Environmental Awareness in Preschool
Authors: Ärlemalm–Hagsér Eva
Published: November 2021

Embedded in the notion of sustainability lies a striving for an environmentally sustainable world and respect and care for the non-human world, as well as efforts to establish social, economic and political justice or all people. This paper deals with education for sustainability in Swedish pre-schools from two perspectives: first, the views held concerning the relationship between human beings and nature; second, young children’s participation and agency. The theoretical underpinning is informed by critical theory with a case study approach. The empirical material is derived from 21 applications, which were from Swedish preschools to be certified with »The Diploma of Excellence in Sustainable Development« (Swedish National Agency for Education). The main findings show that few critical questions are raised about the human-nature relationship in the applications, even though views concerning the connectedness with, and care and respect for the natural world are emphasised. Children’s participation and agency are neglected in a structure of ready-made views, activities and working methods already imbedded in the current pedagogical practices. Implications for research and practice would be to further explore how the understandings of the relationship between humans and nature are constructed within early childhood education.
Encouraging Reflection and Critical Friendship in Preservice Teacher Education
Authors: Bognar Branko , Krumes Irena
Published: November 2021

Reflectivity is an important professional competence of contemporary teachers. In order to explore how to encourage students’ reflection, we conducted a two-year action research project impelling them to become mutual critical friends. For critical friendship communication and other project activities, we utilised Moodle – an online learning management system. On the basis of the analysed data that were gathered at the end of each action research cycle, we determined that the students felt comfortable in the role of critical friends and that critical friends’ reflections were particularly pleasant for them. They experienced the comments of their critical friends as friendly, encouraging, useful, specific, interesting, detailed, positive, professional and clear. The majority of students (91%) think that the critical friendship discussion should be continued within the course Correlated-integrated systems in Croatian language teaching, and 85% of them suggest introducing this approach in other teachers’ education courses. We determined that the technical mode of reflective thinking prevails in the students’ correspondence. The practical or contextual level could rarely be observed while critical reflection was completely absent in 11 of 14 discussions. Reflective thinking of students (future teachers) should be fostered from the beginning of their studies within various courses, particularly in the pedagogical and methodological ones. To encourage their students to be critically reflective, university teachers should embrace reflective thinking by becoming critically-reflective practitioners and conducting action research in their teaching practices.
Parental Involvement as a Important Factor for Successful Education
Authors: Đurišić Maša , Bunijevac Mila
Published: November 2021

To comply with the system of integrated support for their students’, schools need to build partnership with parents and develop mutual responsibility for childrens’ success in the educational system. In this way, parental involement are increased, parents’ effort to support schools are encouraged, and they are directly making a positive impact to a successful educational system.Considering the importance of parents’ participation and involvement in school activities, in this paper, we will analyse the positive effects of parental involvement, summarize leading principles for the successful partnership of parents and school and present six factors (Parenting, Communicating, Volunteering, Learning at home, Decision-making and Collaborating with the community) and six models (Protective Model, Expert Model, Transmission Model, Curriculum-Enrichment Model, Consumer Model and Partnership Model) of parental involvement. In addition, we will draw conclusions and make recommendations that are important for planning programs that are focused on the improvement of parent involvement.
The “New Doctorate” in Austria: Progress toward a Professional Model or Status Quo?
Authors: Pechar Hans , Ates Gülay , Andres Lesley
Published: November 2021

Until recently, both policy direction and public awareness of the Bologna Process has been focused almost unilaterally on the introduction of the Bachelor’s degree to European universities. This is understandable, as for most European countries, the Bachelor is a new academic degree. However, commencing with the Berlin Ministerial Conference (Realising the European Higher Education Area, 2003), reform of doctoral studies has been highlighted as a second equal pillar in the Bologna reform process. In this paper, we begin by providing anoverview of the general policy background and the rationales that underlie the attempts to restructure doctoral studies in Europe. Next, we focus on the specific situation in Austria, where peculiarities of the status quo collide with uniquely Austrian approaches to reforming doctoral education. Finally, through two case studies, we examine initial attempts – and related challenges – to implement the “New Doctorate” in Austria.
A Forgotten Moment in Education Policy A Hungarian-Swedish Case Study from the Early 1970s
Authors: Kozma Tamás , Tőzsér Zoltán
Published: November 2021

After the brutal uprising of 1956, there was a decade of gradual reform in Hungary under the Kadar regime. As part of this decade of reform, Hungary received permission to join the IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievements), an organisation that had been established in the late 1950s by the well known Swedish educator and researcher Torsten Husén, who played an intermediary role in education policy between the West and the East. One step in fulfilling this role was his initiation a summer school under the umbrella of the IEA in the Swedish resort area of Graenna. The Hungarians were theonly delegates from behind the Iron Curtain to participate. For them, it was a unique experience to view the centralised Swedish welfare state with contributions of American liberal democracy and education. This summer school of 1971 has since been forgotten, yet most of the initiatives of education policy after the political turn of 1989/90 have their roots there. This is especially true of the work and career of the well known Hungarian educator and a follower of Husén, the late Zoltán Bathory.
Positions, Dispositions and Practices in Education Policy in Central and South East Europe (research in progress)
Authors: Kos Kecojević Živa , Gaber Slavko
Published: November 2021

In the article, we present the conceptualisation and selected results of ongoing research dealing with the particular area of top decision making in education in Central and South East Europe. Aiming at a Bourdieuian type of objectification of key agents of decision making in education – ministers – a group of researchers from the region is in the process of interviewing former ministers of education. The interviews should serve as a (frequently omitted) part of the material for a structured analysis of education policy in the region in the times of transition, transformation and metamorphoses in education.
Montenegro in the PISA Study
Authors: Milić Saša
Published: November 2021

Montenegro, a country that has been in transition for the last two decades, is trying intensively to restructure its socioeconomic system and reform the main social systems, such as the education system, health care, the judicial system, the social welfare system, etc. Numerous strategic documents have been adopted in the past decade emphasising the importance of making the country’s abundant natural resources functional, and of making the utilisation of human resources in the country significantly more effective. In order to achieve improvements in one of the key areas of Montenegrin development, human resources, a reform of the entire education system was launched in the first years of 21st century. The processes of joining the European Union, whose fundamental principles are the free movement of people, goods, services and capital, have also significantly increased the need to raise the quality of the education of Montenegro’s citizens and to improve the competitiveness of the Montenegrin workforce in the labour market. However, we believe that the results of PISA testing in 2006 and 2009 suggest that Montenegro is far from the proclaimed goals of reform in the field of education, and that for the coming years and decades considerable attention shouldbe devoted to improvement of the education system. PISA tests should be understood in a much wider context, not only as a reflection of curricular reform and standards of verification and assessment of students’ knowledge, but rather as a set of guidelines that indicate the direction in which to develop and improve the education system, so that society can really ‘invest’ in the education of young people. It is a very problematic fact that from the time of testing in 2009 until April 2011, nobody in Montenegro published any technical or scientificanalysis of the success, or rather failure, of Montenegrin students in PISA testing. We believe that the use of this study should be significantly increased; not for comparing academic achievements with those of students from other countries, but primarily for improving educational policy and defining the strategic orientation of the development of the education system in Montenegro. Therefore, the absence of analysis implies an absence of certain professional activities focused on training teachers and improving the quality of students’ knowledge.
Equality of Opportunity, Cultural Diversity and Claims for Fairness
Authors: Sardoč Mitja
Published: November 2021

The present paper examines some of the tensions, problems and challenges associated with claims for equality of opportunity (the fairness argument). The introductory part identifies three separate forms of justification for public education, including the argument associated with equality of opportunity. Part II examines in detail two questions that reveal part of the anatomy of equality of opportunity: (1) what an opportunity is, and (2) when individuals’ opportunities are equal. This is followed by a presentation of the two basic principles of equality of opportunity: (1) the principle of non-discrimination, and (2) the “levelling the playing field” principle. The next part takes up the multiculturalist hypothesis advanced by minority groups for the accommodation and recognition of cultural diversity. This is followed by the identification of a set of claims comprising the “fairness argument”. The last section focuses on the “currency problem” associated with cultural diversity as a form of “unfair disadvantage”. Part V examines two of the major shortcomings associated with the multicultural conception of equality of opportunity, while the concluding part discusses some of the questions that must be answered by any conception of equal opportunities.
The Floatation Stimulation Platform: An investigation into the feasibility of delivering audio and audio-visual stimuli into the floatation tank
Authors:   , Boyle Henry
Published: November 2021

The floatation tank experience is unique. It involves floating on a body of water dense in Epsom salt, inside of a purpose-built tank. The buoyancy from the salt density means there is little sensation of gravity, and the water temperature is the same as the skin temperature so there is minimal sense of touch. There is no light, no sound, and no one else. This research considers the feasibility of developing technology designed to stimulate the senses in the floatation environment – conceptualised as the floatation stimulation platform (FSP). The identified target market for the FSP is the commercial floatation centre. Three phases of investigation were conducted to assess feasibility of the FSP. Phase One involved surveying 10 existing floatation centres and assessing their use of stimuli in the floatation environment in a commercial context. Phase Two involved surveying 37 participants connected to a commercial floatation centre's online network. Participants were asked a range of questions about their perceptions and experiences of floatation, stimuli within the floatation tank, and activities they participate in. Phase Three involved analysing a commercial offering of audio stimuli designed for a specific model of floatation tank. The findings of all three phases of investigation suggest the FSP is a feasible concept. A major finding from Phase One was that all surveyed commercial floatation centres currently use stimuli in their floatation tanks, while in Phase Two it was found that all participants surveyed were open to the concept of experiencing stimuli in the floatation tank. Phase Three of the investigation found that stimuli designed for the floatation tank is most valuable to floatation centres if it can increase customer retention. From the investigation findings, recommendations were developed for appropriate business models and developmental pathways for FSP technology. It is suggested that FSP technology operate as different components for different senses. It is also recommended that a content library for existing floatation tank and FSP technology be developed and made available on subscription-based access. The feasibility of creating personalised content for FSP technology is also explored.
A Journey Towards Integration: An Analysis of the Roles and Responsibilities of Local and Central Governments in New Zealand to Migrants and Refugees Through Public Policy 2000-2016
Authors:   , Diver Casey
Published: November 2021

In the last seventeen years, migrant settlement and integration policy has grown and expanded in New Zealand. While not necessarily a new concept in public policy, settlement and integration of migrants and refugees has dominated the discourse of Immigration policy in New Zealand for much of the 21st century. The topic of Immigration has become more complex and politically challenging as the world has become more interconnected and globalised. Consequently, as the public sector learned more about what settlement means in the context of migration and what programmes and services Government should deliver to newcomers and refugees, discussions have taken place to codify what responsibilities both central and local government in New Zealand have to newcomers. The central research question of this thesis has been how and why has local government’s role in delivering migrant services changed vis-à-vis the role of central government in New Zealand since 2000? By extension, how effective do community stakeholders and local authority staff perceive the current set of arrangements for delivering migrant integration and settlement services?  To answer this question, the thesis analyses the early national immigrant settlement framework and then early regional government settlement framework through its two case studies, in Auckland and Wellington. This thesis draws from a vast well of Government reports, reviews and policy recommendations, scholarly articles and academic opinions as well as interviews of current stakeholders. It charts the changing priorities of central government post-­‐‑2008, stakeholder perceptions of those arrangements and, in the context of local and central government service delivery, argues that while the first national and regional framework were focused on the social aspects of settlement, the latest frameworks have prioritised the economic aspects, as central government has learned from the results of the first framework and formulated its position on settlement services as one of leadership. This is in contrast to local government which has not yet successfully reached a consensus position. What this thesis concludes is that while the new set of arrangements has been met with mixed reception, and central government is still working on improving them, local governments in New Zealand are behind in formulating policy but based upon the findings in this thesis, have a responsibility to migrants and refugees when settling them into communities.