bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mind the Gap: Factors Which Inhibit Supporting Student Teachers to Engage in Action Research While on School Placement
Authors: Moore Maria , O'Donovan Dermot , Logue Pauline
Published: June 2023

In the Irish context, there is an expectation for research to be embedded across the continuum of the teaching profession, including initial teacher education. The Teaching Council has set out the requirement for student teachers to engage in research on their own practice, while on school placement, which links learning in their higher education institutions and the host school. This paper aims to examine some of the factors which inhibit support for student teachers to engage in action research while on school placement. This case study uses a constructivist and interpretivist philosophy. The design and analysis are underpinned by the triangulation of qualitative data collection through questionnaires, focus groups, group interviews and semi-structured interviews. Themes are developed using thematic analysis. Key findings include challenges encountered in supporting student teachers to engage in action research, not least conducting research ethically, and the power dynamics at play in school placement.
University sustainability assessment and reporting: Preliminary findings from the Italian context
Authors: Fundoni Marta , Pischedda Gianfranco
Published: June 2023

With universities playing a key role in creating and promoting sustainable development, they are inevitably called upon to report to stakeholders their active commitment to facing social and environmental issues using comprehensive and clear reporting tools. GRI Standards provide guidelines to help write these reports, yet these can lead universities to prepare heterogeneous documents that are difficult to understand and compare in terms of both information and results. Considering Italian state universities, this paper examines the materiality matrix, a tool used to disclose social, environmental and economic efforts toward the stakeholders. Preliminary results seem to show that somehow universities have misunderstood the GRI 2016 guidelines concerning the materiality matrix. The paper concludes by outlining the limitations of the study and offering suggestions for future research.
Pro-f-quiz: increasing the PROductivity of Feedback through activating QUIZzes
Authors: Aerts Kris , Groeneveld Wouter
Published: June 2023

Feedback beyond the grade is an important part of the learning process. However, because of the large student groups, many teachers in higher education are faced with practicalities such as the limited time to prepare and communicate the feedback to individual students. We have set up an experiment, titled Pro-f-quiz, in which over two years 236 students participated and in which the feedback is communicated through an online quiz that activates the students to reflect upon their solution. The system can be set up in a very limited time compared to booking individual time slots. The results show that overall 85% of the students appreciate the approach with 60% indicating that they reflect more intensively about their work than when the feedback is transmitted traditionally. Moreover, the grade of the students participating in the project was substantially higher than students not participating.
Adverse effects of personalized automated feedback
Authors: Riezebos Jan , Renting N. , Van Ooijen R. , Van der Vaart A.J.
Published: June 2023

In large classes with hundreds of students, it is rarely feasible to provide students with individual feedback on their performance. Automatically generated personalized feedback on students’ performance might help to overcome this issue, but available empirical effect studies are inconclusive due to lack of methodological rigor. This study uses a repetitive randomized control experiment to explore whether automatically generated feedback is effective and for which students. Our results indicate that feedback does not have a positive effect on performance for all students. Some groups benefit from receiving personalized feedback, while others do not perform better than the control group. Students that perform average benefit most from receiving personalized feedback. However, lower-scoring students who received feedback tend to have lower attrition rates and if they participate at the final exam, their performance is not higher than the control group. Therefore, providing automated feedback is not something that should be undertaken mindlessly.
School, University and Community Collaboration for Inclusivity: the Turin Experience with the University Courses “Expert in the Processes of Inclusive Education” and “Expert in Educational and Didactic Processes”
Authors: Monchietto Alessandro , Bianchini Paolo , Marchisio Cecilia
Published: June 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the persistent disparities in the Italian education system and the urgent need for inclusive education. This study focuses on the crucial role of university training programs in addressing the issue of school dropout and promoting inclusiveness in the education system. The University of Turin has taken a pioneering approach by launching programs for secondary teachers and social educators aimed at providing them with the necessary skills and competencies to design and implement effective inclusive educational interventions. The university has also established partnerships with other organizations to further foster the culture of inclusiveness in the region. The programs offered by the University of Turin serve as a model for bridging the gap between inclusive theories and socially just practices, paving the way for a more equitable and inclusive education system.
Authentic Assessment in Higher Education: A Collaborative Approach
Authors: Wright Angela Siobhan
Published: June 2023

This research explores a collaborative learning experience using Authentic Assessment between businesses in a European City and a Higher Education (HE) Institution. Using the umbrella of Authentic Assessment, MBA students solve a problem through Problem Based Learning (PBL) while working with businesses and City Hall. Students explore the concepts of ‘best practice’ in service delivery in the City. A mixed methods research methodology was applied to gather the primary data. The aim was to examine this collaborative approach to PBL using Authentic Assessment for the students while enhancing their overall learning experience and to gather their feedback and that of participating businesses. The outcome resulted in the development of a Service Charter for the City, through an interactive student assessment strategy. Further recommendations for training business owners on how to deliver ‘best practice’ for service delivery are also proposed. Authentic Assessment through collaborative learning works and has many benefits.
Ability of Spanish preservice teachers to differentiate between creative and reproductive activities in the classroom
Authors: Izquierdo-Sanchis Eva , Solaz-Portolés Joan-Josep , Martín-Ezpeleta Antonio , Echegoyen-Sanz Yolanda
Published: June 2023

Creativity is a key competency for the 21st century society and the development of certain scientific aspects related to creativity should constitute a priority in education. But to do so, teachers need to have the skills, confidence and pedagogical knowledge necessary. This paper investigates the ability of 190 Spanish future teachers to differentiate between creative and reproductive activities in the science classroom. Using the instrument prepared by Newton and Newton (2010) they were asked to rate a set of activities according to their capacity to develop scientific creativity. The results show that both the field of knowledge and the scientific topic influenced their responses, although they were able to differentiate between creative and reproductive incidents, with statistically significant differences in both topics studied. Keywords: scientific creativity; classroom activities; preservice teachers.
Cultural heritage and its dissemination through linguistic and technical learning in Higher Education
Authors: Gil-Salom Daniela , Marzal-Calatayud Eliseo , López-Rodríguez Damián
Published: June 2023

This paper presents the first results of the innovation and educational improvement project FUSIONA, which combines the transversal learning of German as a foreign language (GFL), the interdisciplinary learning, the cultural and scientific-technical heritage protection and its social dissemination. The principal objectives of this service-learning project are, on one side, to redesign a practical task of the course of GFL and, on the other side, to spread the cultural heritage of the four museums of the (name of the University). Transversal skills, like effective communication, teamwork or social and environmental commitment are enhanced, and collaborative learning is put into practice by the design and edition process of informational videos. Thereby, GFL and Audiovisual Media students and teachers work together in order to create and evaluate the outputs. The currently quantitative and qualitative results show that interdisciplinarity is also feasible when language learning, media technique and culture join together.
"Building" knowledge by creating manipulatives with the 3D printer: A course for mathematics student teachers
Authors: Läufer Tim , Ludwig Matthias
Published: June 2023

3D modelling and printing (3DMP) is a suitable context for education. With it, own manipulatives for mathematics education can be created, which was not possible easily before. We develop a seminar at Goethe University, in which use 3DMP to teach mathematics student teachers about mathematics, pedagogy, and technology. In this paper, we present the general 3DMP process, and how we integrate it in the seminar. The structure and contents of the seminar, as well as results from the students are laid out. The hardware and software used are shown and explained, as well as our approach to 3D modelling with the help of programming. The individual iterations of the seminar and the conclusions show that students mainly benefit from being able to realize their ideas very early and having the freedom to choose their own topic.
Collaborative knowledge construction during computational lab activities in Financial Mathematics
Authors: Perrotta Adamaria , Barana Alice , Marchisio Marina , Sacchet Matteo
Published: June 2023

Nowadays, there is a growing interest in including some aspects of computation and computational thinking within science subjects, in particular Mathematics. Moreover, the COVID pandemic has increased the opportunities for remote-based work across economies, including education. This implies that workers and students should be able to collaborate remotely using collaborative technologies. In this paper, we show how tailored student-led computational practices designed for a Computational Finance module provide opportunities for the co-creation of knowledge in Financial Mathematics in a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning environment. We analyzed students’ answers to a weekly survey using Gunawardena et al. (1997) Interaction Analysis Model for collaborative knowledge construction. The results show that, in a large number of discussions, the highest levels of the collaborative learning process were achieved.
Thinking outside the box - Virtual, intercultural labs in engineering education
Authors: Salzinger Julia , Kurniawati Ika , Abrahamczyk Lars , Höffer Rüdiger
Published: June 2023

An important part of engineering education is specific training in laboratories. If done properly, such a hands-on approach is much more effective than pure lectures, where knowledge is only passively absorbed. The traditional lab is usually on-site, requires students to be on campus, and learning content is restricted to the particular focus of that institution. For this reason, five European universities formed a partnership and developed a joint platform that offers experiments conducted in virtual labs. This way students profit from the expertise of different institutions, while gaining intercultural work experience. Additionally, virtual labs reduce the immense expense of student mobility, are more inclusive towards minority groups and reduce costs of universities in the long term. Virtual labs have shown to be an effective way to improve engineering education for students and teaching staff alike.
Special Needs Pre-Service Teachers Digital Competencies: An Exploratory Study at the University of Foggia
Authors: Guarini Piergiorgio , Peconio Guendalina
Published: June 2023

In Italy, K-12 teachers and school institutions’ digital comptencies were under the average in the OECD Countries (Talis Survey, 2018), and they struggled during the lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forever changed the way in which the didactic is provided.The University of Foggia Learning Science hub (LSh), in Italy, works on designing and planning new methodologies to teach digital skills to pre-service teachers (especially special needs teachers), in order to enhance their knowledge and use of digital skills in planning and providing interventions, lessons and courses.To guide the designing and planning activities, we have administered the DigComp 2.2, the newest version of the self-report questionnaire of the Digital Competence Framework for Citizens created by the European Commission, to 338 teachers attending a specialization course to become special needs teachers at the University of Foggia in the current Academic Year (2022/2023).In the present study, the collected results of the survey will be analyzed and discussed, becoming the cornerstone of LSh research in this field. At the end of the specialization course, the survey will be proposed again, to compare teachers’ digital skills at the beginning and the end of the course.
Digital identity and body identity: the mutation of the university environment in pandemic times
Authors: Pallonetto Lucia , Perrone Rosanna , Palumbo Carmen
Published: June 2023

The pandemic period led universities to face new needs and to reinvent and readapt their educational activities in online mode to make them available and continuous. The consideration is about the effects produced in university students by the pandemic conditions and the exclusion of bodily experience in the real world. A study was led on a group of 405 subjects in order to evaluate their emotional, conflictual and social state and the possible emergence of obstructive behaviour in relation to themselves and others. Thanks to this study, it’s clear that the bodily experience remains irreplaceable, and in a moment in which we have been deprived of the body and its resources, we need to reconsider the relationship between man and his body, re-evaluating it as a real value and relational foundation, of its innate potential as a means of learning.
The essentials of science communication in a course engaging both for students and professionals
Authors: Dabbicco Maurizio , Liuzzi Franco , Lucente Sandra , Trotta Massimo
Published: June 2023

On the one hand, science is increasingly entering the governance of modern society. On the other hand, society seems to be lagging behind scientific achievements, increasingly often unable to understand its language. The language gap is based on the well-known intimidating appeal of STEM programs and the unreasonable timidity of scientific degree courses to include communication skills as mandatory. An open course was experimented to provide students with the necessary tools to decode and encode the essential elements of science communication, regardless of disciplinary content.  The course, which was designed following the 5W+H "golden rule" of non-academic science communication, has been offered for three consecutive years to nearly one hundred students. The students' perspective is analysed in terms of their perception that they have achieved their own learning expectations. The main result is that it is possible to involve undergraduates, graduates and professionals in rethinking their approach to communicating scientific content to the general public, with rewarding results for all players, when focusing on the greatest common divisor instead of the least common multiple among the disciplinary languages and communication templates.
Competency-based education advances in Higher Education in Health
Authors: Martinez-bueso Pau , Velasco-Roldán Olga , Salinas-Bueno Iosune , Riquelme-Agulló Inmaculada , Bosch-Donate Elisa
Published: June 2023

INTRODUCTION. The incorporation of digital technology to rehabilitation settings requires competency-based education advances in Higher Education in Health or in life-long training. AIM. This work aimed at developing knowledge in digital rehabilitation, exploring competences in Digital Rehabilitation in higher education teachers, students, and professionals, and creating pedagogical tools for them. A consortium of higher education teachers from 5 European countries (DIRENE consortium) designed and piloted a project in higher education studies from health and social care.  RESULTS. Mixed methodology found digital competences in students, teachers, and professionals. Digital content and a module on digital rehabilitation study module was created. CONCLUSION. Assessing Competency-based education advances in Higher Education in Health is an essential need for the design and development of educational methods and for enhancing the use of digital technologies in the rehabilitation practice.
Leveraging AI to Instruct Architecture Students on Circular Design Techniques and Life Cycle Assessment
Authors: B.Tabrizi Toktam , Gocer Ozgur , Sadrieh Arash , Globa Anastasia
Published: June 2023

The aim of this study is to examine the use of AI as a tool for educating architecture students in circular design principles and life cycle assessment (LCA). A qualitative research approach is taken to identify current challenges and solutions, and to provide insightful predictions and explanations from various perspectives. The paper emphasizes the importance of sustainability in architecture education and assesses the difficulties of teaching circular design and LCA, and how AI can simplify the process. The role of AI in promoting cradle-to-cradle thinking in the design stage is demonstrated through the use of a standard LCA framework to make the assessment process more accessible to students. Key factors such as the building's climatic zone, location, type, service life, and energy consumption and CO2 emissions are considered as part of the system boundary. The study concludes with limitations, recommendations, and guidelines for architecture students.
Steps towards Enabling Health Professionals through Future Skills
Authors: Sedelmaier Yvonne , Landes Dieter
Published: June 2023

Education in public health must enable professionals to work in the health sector for as long and as fulfilled as possible. Yet, new requirements are constantly arising in the health sector, which continuously change the required competences, e.g. rapidly changing technological possibilities and increasing interdisciplinarity. Several challenges arise: education in public health needs awareness of required competences and their rapid change, but addressing them in education entails an in-depth understanding of what they actually are.To tackle these issues, a teaching concept was developed that builds on self-reflection of to-be professionals in public health. This concept includes characterizing typical professional situations and deducing required (future) competences for mastering these situations.Additionally, beyond rising awareness to future skills, applying this teaching concepts yields data that support a better understanding of required competences and their importance across professions. A case study resulted in initial competence profiles for several professions in public health.
Teachers of Natural Sciences: some challenges and perspectives in Brazil
Authors: Leite Cristina
Published: June 2023

The teaching of Natural Sciences has a fundamental role in contemporary education. However, the traditional emphasis on specific content unrelated to the context of the student has made it difficult to understand and act in an increasingly complex and interconnected world. It is fundamental and urgent to incorporate an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective in teacher training. This work brings to light the challenge of the integration of areas in the natural sciences from a contemporary perspective. In addition, it presents some elements results of the construction of a proposal for teacher training for Brazilian basic education.
Experiencing Third Spaces in between University and Society: Transdisciplinary Learning Experiences in a Shopping Center
Authors: Philipp Thorsten , Marej Katarina
Published: June 2023

What happens when a university leaves its campus and enter spaces that seem reserved for completely different functions and areas of life - such as shopping? What opportunities and potentials arise from such a shift for the dialog between science and society? Is it an innovative way for science communication to reach groups other than the education-oriented middle class? What skills do academics need to succeed in such a setting? These and similar questions formed the starting point of the Berlin project “Mall Anders - Open Learning Lab for Science and Society”. For seven months in 2021/22, TU Berlin used a retail space in a shopping mall to test new ways of communicating science and co-producing knowledge in a dialogue between the university, business, civil society, politics, and culture. The relocation of university life to a public shopping center enabled broad public involvement in teaching and learning, high activating potential in overcoming the rifts between university and society and new impulses for science communication, participatory research, and student-organized teaching.
Take the Challenge: Compute the CO2e emissions of your Programming Course
Authors: Serna Maria , Gabarró Joaquim , Blesa Maria Josep , Duch Amalia
Published: June 2023

Sustainability constraints ask for quick and drastic changes in the ways to teach at university. Here we study the amount of carbon emissions of lecturing a first course in programming. In addition to fix costs estimations, our study relies on a pool on student mobility patterns at our university. We estimate, per campus and level of presentiality, the amount of CO2e emissions of the course. Our results show that the main contributed cost of the course is not always due to transportation. Indeed, the difference in emissions between virtual and face-to-face is not huge and in some cases face-to-face is even better. This offers a discussion about the convenience of replacing face-to-face by virtual teaching through minimizing transportation emissions. We claim that the former can be made CO2e competitive by disseminating the lectures across the city avoiding the use of costly traveling means.
Community intervention model: social entrepreneurship education as a strategy for a sustainable development
Authors: Flores Anaya Yadira Zulith , Ramírez Urquidy Martín Arturo , Fuentes Contreras Roberto Iván
Published: June 2023

Social enterprises are born to social problems solutions without neglecting their financial, economic, and environmental viability. Consequently, in recent years, these ventures have gained strength as a viable and innovative alternative to achieve sustainable development, capable of combining economic growth, social inclusion, and sustainability for present and future generations. For this reason, this paper aims to identify the effect that community interventions in the teaching of social entrepreneurship aligned with development have had on the intention of providing a sustainable solution to current social problems. Therefore, a qualitative analysis of the self-assessment texts of a sample of 138 young people who participated in the 2022 training program. The results show a program made up of positive expressions related to learning the fundamentals of social entrepreneurship. It also confirms the positive effect of interventions on youth engagement with the community.
Combining computer-based training, virtual, or augmented reality with peer teaching in medical and bio-technological education
Authors: Hanshans Christian , Faust Moritz Mourice Rick
Published: June 2023

The Interdisciplinary Biomedical Education and Research Center (BioMed) at our university offers a modern approach to biomedical education that addresses the challenge of understanding complex medical fundamentals and devices and their application in a clinical setting. This is especially relevant for our students of biomedical engineering, biotechnology, or bioengineering. The concept combines real medical devices with advanced simulation technologies and realistic training through computer-based training (CBT), virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR). Peer teaching, small group activities, and tangible CBT are also incorporated into the hands-on approach, along with a focus on training with current and future technologies to prepare the students for the medical research/-engineering industry. Students responded overwhelmingly positively to the first peer-taught course that utilized VR and AR e-learning experiences, resulting also in improved exam results. This article provides an overview of the concepts used and their implementation in the biomedical engineering curriculum at our university.
Black Student Achievement Plan Evaluation and Assessment
Authors: Lyons TrVel , Hernandez Mabel , Doan Sy , Ahmadi Shafiqa , Cole Darnell
Published: June 2023

The study analyzes focus groups and individual interviews with 179 adult participants and 116 student participants during the 2022-23 academic year. Adult participants included principals, administrative coordinators of instruction, teachers, staff members and parents of students within a large school district in California. All of these adults and students were active benefactors and staff members of a Black Student Achievement Plan (BSAP), an initiative created to foster educational equity for schools with over 200 Black students or a document history of academic underperformance for Black students. We examine the implementation of the Black student achievement plan i.e., the adoption of culturally sustaining curricula and instruction, the allocations of funds to hire necessary staff, funding of culturally enriching activity and experiences, etc. The findings suggest that BSAP hires are serving as invaluable support systems for many students and often serve as respite for students in an otherwise racial hostile educational environment. Findings suggest that BSAP is a crucial part in increasing students college readiness and provides students with supports and educational experience e.g. field trips, that increase their likelihood for attending college. This research informs districts and college readiness programs about the necessary supports to provide to Black and historically underrepresented students.
Motivação para a adoção de práticas de governança na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Authors: Alano Gesser Graziele , De Melo Pedro Antônio
Published: June 2023

Essa pesquisa tem como objetivo analisar os motivos para a adoção de práticas de governança na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Trata-se de um estudo de caso qualitativo e descritivo, que teve como objeto de estudo a Universidade  Federal  de Santa  Catarina. A investigação foi realizada a partir da percepção de quinze gestores da UFSC, divididos em dois grupos: grupo 1 formado por gestores das unidades que compõe a alta gestão da instituição e grupo 2 formado por gestores das unidades com relevância estratégica em relação à governança da universidade. Foram mencionadas duas preocupações principais da governança para que os entrevistados pudessem comentar: a preocupação em atender às exigências legais e a preocupação em facilitar o acesso às informações por parte dos usuários. Para o grupo 1, o motivo principal das práticas de governança é facilitar o acesso às informações por parte dos usuários. Entre todos os participantes, essa motivação também prevaleceu. No grupo 2, a resposta que teve mais menções foi a preocupação com ambos os objetivos da governança sugeridos. Conclui-se, com base nas declarações dos respondentes, que as práticas de governança são capazes de: promover a publicidade e a transparência; promover melhoria e eficiência na gestão; favorecer o alcance dos objetivos institucionais e a função social da universidade; promover a capacidade de resposta às demandas (responsividade); atender as normas e leis; fornecer informações gerenciais; melhorar a qualidade das informações.
Gestão universitária em práticas documentadas na perspectiva da gestão social e do novo serviço público – Insights a partir da Universidade Federal do Piauí
Authors: Barbosa Flávia Lorenne Sampaio , Bizarria Fabiana Pinto de Almeida , Nascimento Maria Emanuelly Pinheiro do , Lima Ana Cristina da Costa , Brito Sayara de Sousa , Pereira Edileusa Maria Lobato
Published: June 2023

O artigo tem o objetivo de descrever as práticas em gestão social e aplicabilidade dos princípios do Novo Serviço Público dispostos nos Relatórios de Gestão da Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), dos anos de 2017 a 2020. Trata-se de estudo descritivo, realizado por meio de pesquisa documental. A coleta de dados foi realizada com base no dicionário em gestão social, conforme concepções correlatas à área. Inicialmente, os dados foram organizados empregando-se os métodos de check list, análise textual e investigação interpretativa, para serem posteriormente submetidos à análise temática. Considerando as perspectivas teóricas da gestão social e do novo serviço público, os resultados indicam certo grau de institucionalização destes pressupostos no âmbito da UFPI, uma vez que registros sobre interface com a sociedade e deliberação por meio de instâncias colegiadas mostraram-se recorrentes. Sugere-se que pesquisas futuras ampliem o campo de interpretação, podendo abarcar história e memória organizacional e outros métodos de interpretação dos documentos.
Influence of clinical leadership in nursing on the quality and safety of care: scoping review protocol
Authors: Moura Ramos Olga , Capela Oliveira Rita , Sá José , Augusto Cristina , Gomes Maria José
Published: June 2023

Introduction: The quality and safety of care is the degree of excellence resulting from the ability of health organizations to respond to people's needs and exceed their expectations. Clinical leadership is about demonstrating informal leadership in attitudes and skills. The clinical nurse leader performs in clinical practice and is recognized for its clinical skills and clinical experience, team building skills and relationships, and personal qualities that inspire peers. As a leader, the nurse designs and implements care, promotes the quality and safety of care and, therefore, influences the results that are sensitive to the clinical nursing practice. Objective: To map the available scientific evidence on the influence of clinical leadership in nursing on the quality and safety of care in hospital health organizations. Inclusion criteria: Primary studies that report the influence of clinical nursing leadership on the quality and safety of care in hospital health organizations. Methods: Scoping review protocol according to the method of the Joanna Briggs Institute. Published and unpublished studies, with a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods approach. Research strategy designed in three stages, with full search in MEDLINE Complete®, CINAHL Complete®, Web of ScienceTM, Scopus®, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses® and OpenGrey® search engines. The studies will be sorted by title and abstract, with subsequent analysis of the full text by two independent reviewers who will extract and categorize data according to the content. This research was registered in the Open Science Framework platform (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2EYAV).
« Surtout qu’elle ne meure pas »
Authors: Bobin Florian , Sylla Maky Madiba
Published: June 2023

Dans cet entretien, Eugénie Rokhaya Aw retrace son expérience de militante politique au Sénégal et de journaliste panafricaine engagée. Elle y raconte comment, emprisonnée pour son activisme ou établie en usine pour ses reportages, elle participe à des initiatives d’alphabétisation de femmes détenues et ouvrières. Reportrice, elle couvre plusieurs conflits armés en Afrique, s’engage contre le régime d’apartheid et rédige une thèse de doctorat sur la parole des femmes rwandaises post-génocide. Dans les années 2000, elle prend la tête du CESTI, l’école de journalisme de l’université de Dakar. À travers ce témoignage, Eugénie Rokhaya Aw, qui nous a tristement quittés le 3 juillet 2022, nous plonge dans les complexités d’une Afrique en quête de décolonisation.
OPTIMIZING SIMILARITY THRESHOLD FOR ABSTRACT SIMILARITY METRIC IN SPEECH DIARIZATION SYSTEMS: A MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION
Authors: Prabhala Jagat Chaitanya , K Venkatnareshbabu , Ravi Ragoju
Published: June 2023

Speaker diarization is a critical task in speech processing that aims to identify "who spoke when?" in an audio or video recording that contains unknown amounts of speech from unknown speakers and unknown number of speakers. Diarization has numerous applications in speech recognition, speaker identification, and automatic captioning. Supervised and unsupervised algorithms are used to address speaker diarization problems, but providing exhaustive labeling for the training dataset can become costly in supervised learning, while accuracy can be compromised when using unsupervised approaches. This paper presents a novel approach to speaker diarization, which defines loosely labeled data and employs x-vector embedding and a formalized approach for threshold searching with a given abstract similarity metric to cluster temporal segments into unique user segments. The proposed algorithm uses concepts of graph theory, matrix algebra, and genetic algorithm to formulate and solve the optimization problem. Additionally, the algorithm is applied to English, Spanish, and Chinese audios, and the performance is evaluated using wellknown similarity metrics. The results demonstrate that the robustness of the proposed approach. The findings of this research have significant implications for speech processing, speaker identification including those with tonal differences. The proposed method offers a practical and efficient solution for speaker diarization in real-world scenarios where there are labeling time and cost constraints
O ovo da serpente do século XXI: crise da democracia, neoliberalismo e populismo de direita
Authors: Mayer Rodrigo
Published: June 2023

O século XXI viu o crescimento e a naturalização da extrema direita em diversos países. Munidos de um discurso que explora os ressentimentos da população para com a classe política e os medos frente às transformações sociais, os extremistas constroem o argumento que a democracia e a sociedade estão em uma crise que levará a ruptura e é preciso defender e restaurar os valores sociais dos inimigos da nação. Seus discursos tratam de criar constantes conflitos entre aqueles que eles consideram como o verdadeiro povo e os inimigos da nação. Isso visa a (re)criação de uma nova sociedade, baseada na harmonia social e nos valores que eles consideram como tradicionais. Em aliança com setores da burguesia, a ultradireita busca aprofundar as políticas neoliberais, a mercantilização da vida e o mercado como substituto da democracia. O crescimento não está restrito apenas a uma região, mas a diversas nações, como o Brasil, por exemplo. Apesar de suas particularidades locais, os extremistas possuem uma base comum, em que são explorados os ressentimentos da população para com os resultados da democracia e as transformações sociais. O capítulo teve como objetivo analisar os motivos para a ascensão da direita radical e as bases de seu pensamento, além de debater a questão brasileira. Para isso, foi realizada uma revisão crítica da literatura especializada. Como conclusão, argumenta-se que a extrema direita constrói seu programa com base nos medos e nos ressentimentos da população frente à classe políticas e as mudanças sociais.
Sujeitos invisíveis: A EJA nas ações do governo Jair Bolsonaro
Authors: Rodrigues Vanessa Elisabete Raue , Oliveira Rita de Cássia da Silva
Published: June 2023

As políticas públicas da Educação de Jovens e Adultos, na história do Brasil, na maioria das vezes, foi tratada como secundária nas agendas do Ministério da Educação. Desse modo, nas mudanças de gestão de governo federal, as plataformas eleitorais, variavelmente, apresentaram suas apostas para sanar as necessidades existentes. Alguns governos, porém, não tiveram a mesma preocupação. Seguindo essa hipótese a proposta de investigação tem como objetivo uma breve análise das Políticas Públicas Educacionais desenvolvidas, mantidas, suprimidas ou omitidas na Educação de Jovens e Adultos, durante o Governo Jair Messias Bolsonaro, no período de 2019 a 2020. Para tanto, metodologia está fundamentada em estudos bibliográficos, a partir de artigos publicados em periódicos disponíveis na plataforma Scielo e Google Acadêmico, artigos publicados em eventos, algumas entrevistas de estudiosos da área, legislações e pareceres do Conselho Nacional de Educação. Dentre às constatações, o estudo na gestão analisada, mostrou o esvaziamento das políticas educativas para jovens, adultos e idosos, a invisibilidade da modalidade na agenda governamental e a tentativa final de propor ações num período final de gestão, característica eleitoreira que não foi o suficiente para dar conta dos retrocessos.
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN’S AND KAZAKHSTAN’S FINE ART OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS
Authors:   International educational corporation, Barakzai Homa , Fini Giangabriele ,   International educational corporation
Published: June 2023

This paper conducts a comparative analysis of the countries of Afghanistan and Kazakhstan. In terms of fine art, contemporary art, and painting, the study compares the two countries’ art history of the last one-hundred years with the aim to find similitudes and resemblances for the evaluation for an inclusion in a thematic conjunct exhibition. A Framework for Comparative Art Analyses is used to compare two Central Asian countries with ancient and rich art histories. Throughout history, Afghan and Kazakh art have merged and absorbed each other, and both have continued to improve and develop. First, the history of Afghanistan is taken into account. second, the history of Kazakhstan is considered. Then the elements of conversion and diversion are identified, and subsequently, a conclusion is drawn based on the parameters of the exhibition.
DInSAR and Elastic Dislocation Modelling: A Case Study For The 24 January 2020 Elazig-Sivrice Earthquake
Authors: KARCA Şükrü Onur , ERTEN Gültekin
Published: June 2023

One of Turkey's most important neotectonic structures East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ), has occurred many earthquakes. One of these earthquakes, the 6.8 Mw Sivrice-Elazig earthquake dated January 24, 2020, was felt in various provinces, especially in Elazig and Malatya, and caused the death of 44 people. It is critical to investigate this earthquake, which caused significant economic damage, and to identify possible hazards on the EAFZ. One of the remote sensing methods DInSAR was used in this study. By choosing two Sentinel 1A (Single Look Complex) descending datasets, dated 16/01/2020/01 and 28/01/2020/01 respectively (pre and post earthquake), the surface deformation and time series were determined. In addition, using the data obtained from the DInSAR results, Elastic Dislocation Modelling has been performed by applying linear and nonlinear inverse solutions to determine the slip amount of the fault structure, the fault surface slip distribution, and determine the strain area. According to the DInSAR results, while there is an offset of approximately 26 cm (away from the satellite direction) on the left block of the EAF, 19 cm offset (towards the satellite direction) are observed in the right block, respectively. Elastic Dislocation Modelling shows that the observed deformation pattern can be explained by the slip on a single plane fault of the Elazig earthquake. This fault plane was identified as a southwest strike-slip fault segment, which lies within the upper crustal region and extends to a depth of approximately 10 km. According to the results obtained by elastic modelling; slip amount (slip) was calculated as 1.95 m, Mw 6.75, rupture length 34.78 km, focal depth 10 km, width 7.4 km, strike 240.27°, slope 69.19°, rake 0.19°. Overall, the study reveals the strike-slip of the Sivrice-Elazığ earthquake, shows the deformation after the earthquake, and the elastic half-space fault model.
Suitability Analysis based on GIS and AHP for Urban Development Projects
Authors: LEVEND Sinan , SAĞ Mehmet Akif
Published: June 2023

As urban areas grow, it is essential to recognize that natural areas on the city's periphery are becoming more vulnerable to disruption. Adopting an approach that balances protection and usage without harming the natural environment is essential to ensure that urban development projects are produced sustainably. This requires a thorough analysis of factors related to the planning area, which is best achieved through a suitability analysis. In this study, we used Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to conduct a suitability analysis for the "Bizim Şehir (Our City) Project" in Konya. We evaluated six factors: soil characteristics, geology, natural disasters, aspect, slope, and property status. Thematic maps were produced for each factor using GIS and then standardized. Next, we determined the percentages of the factors affecting the suitability analysis using the AHP method. Finally, we integrated the factors using the spatial analysis capability of GIS according to predetermined weight percentages to produce the suitability analysis. The results showed that 54.9% of the case area was suitable for development. This study proposes a method for designing sustainable living areas using suitability analysis.
SOCIAL AND PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN DAY CARE CENTERS
Authors: Ponomarova Halyna , Kharkivska Alla
Published: June 2023

The article highlights the problem of ensuring the full development of children with disabilities in day care centers. Despite the fact that today children with disabilities can be included in the education system of regular educational institutions, the full integration of such children into the unified educational space of Ukraine is currently under considerable doubt. This is due to the need for great changes: development of a model for working with such children; improvement of activities of support services for children in educational institutions; significant difference in the level of development of children with special educational needs compared to their healthy peers. Among the tasks of the day care center there are the following ones: promotion of the development of abilities in accordance with the interests and needs of persons with disabilities; organization of their leisure time; formation of knowledge, abilities and skills regarding self-care; mastering the norms of behavior in society, etc. The main role in implementing the tasks of such institutions is played by socio-pedagogical work with children, which involves the unity of socio-pedagogical focus on the development of children with disabilities. The essence of socio-pedagogical work with children with special educational needs in such centers on the basis of support was analyzed. Definitions of "social support", "pedagogical support" and "social-pedagogical support" were provided. The features of socio-pedagogical support for children with special educational needs were identified, including: purposeful step-by-step activities (diagnostics of the child's real state and level of development; planning and forecasting the child's development process; counseling; direct implementation of socio-pedagogical activities; remedial work; monitoring of intermediate and final results of social and pedagogical work with such children); provision of a safe educational and developmental environment; creating a "success situation"; person-oriented, individual and differentiated approaches; interdisciplinary approach; multidisciplinary nature; specially oriented methods and ways of influencing children with special educational needs. Kindergartens should create conditions for comprehensive development of children, improve their well-being, and specialists who work with such children should be highly qualified and constantly self-educated in order to find effective ways to help each child.
THE CULTURAL AND INTEGRATIVE ROLE OF THE SYMBOLIC SYSTEM OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN DETERMINING THE SOCIAL POLICY OF UKRAINE: INTERDISCIPLINARY GLOBALIZATION DISCOURSE
Authors: Yurchenko Lіybov , Hontarenko Liudmyla
Published: June 2023

The relevance of the review study arises due to the need to understand the role of language communication in the era of globalization against the background of world economic, socio-political and environmental crises, when a new linguistic picture of the world, a new person and a new quality of life are being formed. In the process of research, we came to the conclusions that (1) clarifying the essence of language as a product of activity, and as the phenomenon of activity itself, showed that social political, ecological and economic processes, as well as problems are to a certain extent the products of linguistic phenomena. Taking these circumstances into account is a necessary condition for the development of Ukraine's social policy. (2) Today, it can be stated that the linguistic paradigmatic turn in the national Ukrainian discourse raised awareness of the importance of sign, language, thinking and culture to a new level, marked by close attention to the revival of Ukrainian ethnic culture in parallel with active intercultural communication against the general background of globalization. (3). Modern sociolinguistic research does not provide a clear picture of the nationalization of linguistic and communicative culture under the conditions of world globalization processes. Instead, it is safe to say that each epoch has its own language and its own specific possibilities of discourse. That is, language and language communication are both an interconnected whole organism and a dynamic, constantly changing, variable system that always creates a problem of understanding. And in periods when the dialogue of eras is destroyed, the problem of understanding is especially relevant, which is observed during globalization that we experience today. (4). Language reserve of probable language communication in solving the problems of understanding and misunderstanding in the existance of ethnic groups consist in the close interaction of their cultures. Communicative interaction of languages and cultures leads not only to intensive information exchange, which occurs at the stage of globalization and the information revolution, but also to an equal dialogue (polylogue) of cultures in the future to jointly solve global human problems on our planet.