ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Innovative Features of Comparative-Historical Research of European and Azerbaijani Cultural Heritage (Based on the Materials of British and Azerbaijani Literature of the XX Century)
Author: Eugster, Nicolas
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Turkic Languages,English,English Literature,Literature,Cultural Differences,Authors,Comparative Analysis,History,Creativity,Innovation

The beginning of the twentieth century is characterized as a period of formation of literary prose in Azerbaijan literature, which reminds already formed a new type of British prose. These new development trends appeared in plot, content, style, the world of characters, artistic-philosophical thought as well as in narrative features. The genre of stories deals almost with the same problems in the literature of both nations. The story creativity of Azerbaijan writers as Mammadguluzadeh's and Hagverdiyev's is very similar to the British writer James Joyce's. Considering all this, the mutual study of genre stories of both literature based of these authors works is one of the critical issues in the study of literature. Besides grounding the study of human and environment, self-consciousness, literary solution of other serious problems, the comparative study of Azerbaijani - British literature makes possible to define common artistic-philosophical thoughts, to clarify the typological similarities between our literatures. This comparative analysis from one hand studies the development features of the genre of stories, plot, idea trends, and on the other hand, survey the actual problems of the literature of both countries and the reasons that cause these problems.
Formation of Future Specialists' Communicative Competence in Language Disciplines through Modeling in Game of Professional Situations
Author: Sturikova, Marina V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Communicative Competence (Languages),Language Skills,Foreign Countries,Russian,Second Languages,Educational Games,Simulated Environment,College Students,Teaching Methods,Observation

The relevance of the research problem driven by the necessity of formation of future specialists' communicative competence as a component of professional competence with the aim of further professional mobility of graduates. The purpose of the article is to justify the possibility and necessity of formation of the required competencies in language disciplines at the University through the simulation of professional situations in practical classes. Leading method to the study of this problem is empirical, allowing to reveal the modeling capabilities in the game of professional situations and the use of games as forms of work in the classroom. Different variants of the experimental materials are developed and tested: game situations on a professional theme, tests, assignments, exercises, questions, reference work, selection of texts on pedagogy and education in our country and in the country of the target language. The article can be useful in practical work, to the teachers of language courses, not only at the universities, but also at schools, colleges, as well as interesting to all who are connected with professional pedagogical activity.
A Far Cry from School History: Massive Online Open Courses as a Generative Source for Historical Research
Author: Gallagher, Silvia
Date: 2016-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Online Courses,Personal Narratives,Educational Research,Educational History,Qualitative Research,Thematic Approach,History Instruction,Interaction,Oral History,War,Research Methodology,College Programs,Foreign Countries,College Students

Current research into Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) has neglected the potential of using learner comments for discipline-specific analysis. This article explores how MOOCs, within the historical discipline, can be used to generate, investigate, and document personal narratives, and argues that they serve as a rich platform for historical resource generation. Through these narratives, this research explores changing perceptions of learning; from learning history at school to learning about history in a MOOC. This exploration uses a qualitative thematic analysis of learner comments related to personal narratives of learning history at school from the Trinity College Dublin/Futurelearn &quot;Irish Lives in War and Revolution: 1912-1923&quot; MOOC. These personal narratives were generated both directly and indirectly through four pedagogical tools; reflective questions, multimedia resources, external links, and inter-learner interaction. Broad themes emerged from the analysis of personal narratives including attitudes toward history at school, biased and inadequate teaching, and MOOC teaching compared with school experiences. The analysis demonstrated that MOOCs serve as a generative repository for personal and family historical narratives, and described how MOOCs can change perceptions of teaching and learning history. This paper contributes a novel understanding of MOOCs for discipline-specific analysis, provides a framework for MOOC historical resource generation, and describes changing perceptions of learning from the perspective of MOOC learners.
Evaluation of Mineral Assets: Interconnection of Financial and Managerial Aspects
Author: Sergeev, Igor B.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mining,Natural Resources,Costs,Expenditures,Accounting,Industry,Correlation,Foreign Countries,Reports,Income,Money Management,Economic Factors,International Trade,Marketing

Mining business makes no sense without mineral assets comprising mineral rights, exploration and evaluation expenditures, development costs, ore reserves and resources. The paper is aimed at investigation of how mineral reserves and resources are evaluated and represented in financial statements of mining companies, and what kind of influence do these mineral assets exert on the market value of a company. We concluded that application of so called accounting and managerial approaches to estimation of mineral resources base gave completely different results. Despite this, ore reserves and resources are not recognized in the financial reports. This leads to occurrence of difference between market and book value of a company, which should be taken into account in business combinations. Using correlation analysis we deter-mined the dependence of capitalization and mineral resources base indicators and factors exerting influence on it. The evaluation of mineral assets as a very important part of business combination deal should be prepared on a basis of income and cost approach. The advantage of such a combination is the ability to take into account as many financial, organizational, managerial and technological factors as possible.
Improving Competences of Engineering Students in Terms of Development of Research Function
Author: Ivashova, Valentina A.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Engineering,Engineering Education,Higher Education,College Students,Economic Factors,Foreign Countries,Competence,Expertise,Competency Based Education,Research Methodology,Professional Education,Universities,Development

Among the priorities of the vocational education reformation, highlighted in the concepts of development of vocational and technical (professional) education, the need to develop the standards of professional expertise for the professions and types of work is identified with regard to the prospects of development of production and scientific research. Main contradictions of development influencing the state of higher education in the regions emphasized on the basis of theoretical analysis were observed and used. Signs of the education revolution in the early 21st century are increase in the requirements to a specialist and the transition of the educational priorities from the order for assimilation of future specialists of certain information amounts to the qualities of the building, contributing to the implementation of a specific creative activity, so now the development of new approaches for improvement of training of highly qualified specialists is an extremely urgent problem. The main indicator of the future engineering specialist's professional competence is the established professional way of thinking, which represents his or her intellectual ability to solve professional problems.
MOOCs, Graduate Skills Gaps, and Employability: A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Literature
Author: Calonge, David Santandreu
Date: 2016-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Large Group Instruction,Job Skills,Employment Qualifications,College Graduates,Literature Reviews,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education

The increasing costs of higher education (HE), growing numbers of flexible anytime, anywhere learners, and the prevalence of technology as a means to up-skill in a competitive job market, have brought to light a rising concern faced by graduate students and potential graduate employers. Specifically, there is a mismatch of useful skills obtained by students through HE institutions which is evident upon graduation. Faced with this dilemma, &quot;graduate students,&quot; or more specifically newly graduated students, with a with bachelor's degree, and a growing number of employers are turning to Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, as a complimentary mechanism through which this skills gap may be bridged. It is found in the literature that MOOCs are often discussed within the capacity of their development, their retention rates, institutional policies regarding their implementation, and other such related areas. Examinations into their broader uses, benefits, and potential pitfalls have been limited to date. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse the literature highlighting the use of MOOCs as a means to reduce the mismatch in graduate skills. As such, this literature analysis reviews the following relevant areas: higher education and graduate skills gap, today's graduates and employability, and MOOCs and graduate skills. Through analysing the literature in these areas, this paper identifies gaps in the existing literature.
Online Professional Skills Workshops: Perspectives from Distance Education Graduate Students
Author: Gauvreau, Sarah
Date: 2016-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Online Courses,Workshops,Skill Development,Graduate Students,Focus Groups,Phenomenology,Program Effectiveness,Distance Education,Job Skills,Foreign Countries,Student Attitudes,Student Experience,Technology Uses in Education,Educational Technology,Online Surveys

While many online graduate students are gaining academic and scholarly knowledge, the opportunities for students to develop and hone professional skills essential for the workplace are lacking. Given the virtual environment of distance learning, graduate students are often expected to glean professional skills such as analytical thinking, self-awareness, flexibility, team-building, and problem-solving inherently through informal means (Cleveland-Innes &amp; Ally, 2012). The goal of this study was to evaluate the experiences of online graduate students participating in synchronous online professional skills workshops. Students attended the sessions from the various graduate programs at an online Canadian university. The discussions from the focus group held at the end of the project were used to achieve the research goals. This paper used a phenomenological lens to accomplish its research goals. The participants reported that they experienced a &quot;sense of community&quot; and learned skills that were not included in their academic programs.
Determinants of Teachers' Attitudes towards E- Learning in Tanzanian Higher Learning Institutions
Author: Kisanga, Dalton H.
Date: 2016-09-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Teacher Attitudes,Electronic Learning,College Faculty,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Educational Technology,Faculty Development,Technological Literacy,Correlation,Teaching Experience,Teacher Qualifications,Gender Differences,Computer Attitudes,Likert Scales

This survey research study presents the findings on determinants of teachers' attitudes towards e-learning in Tanzanian higher learning institutions. The study involved 258 teachers from 4 higher learning institutions obtained through stratified, simple random sampling. Questionnaires and documentary review were used in data collection. Data were analysed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS). Chi-square was performed to examine the association of variables. It was found that teachers have positive attitudes towards e-learning where computer exposure played a statistically significant contribution to their attitudes. It is recommended that training in e-learning needs to be provided to teachers to widen their understanding of e-learning. There is also a need to strengthen factors associated with teachers' positive attitudes towards e-learning. Results from this study are of particular importance to both teachers and the education stakeholders in Tanzania.
Research in Mathematics Education and Language
Author: Planas, Núria
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Education,Language Usage,Classroom Communication,Teaching Methods,Mathematical Concepts

A synthesis of reasons for the production of this monograph is presented with a focus on contemporary research in the context of the Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Within the domain of mathematics and language, three lines of concern are addressed: (1) classroom discourse, (2) language diversity, and (3) conceptualization through language. Each line of concern is respectively illustrated by pioneering results from Ruthven and Hofmann, Barwell, and Edmonds-Wathen. An argument is made about the wide scope, depth and richness of this domain as well as the challenges involved in its development.
Development of Social Infrastructure in the Management Practices of Local Authorities: Trends and Factors
Author: Frolova, Elena V.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Social Capital,Foreign Countries,Factor Analysis,Municipalities,Local Government,Government Employees,Public Service Occupations,Political Influences,Economic Factors,Sociocultural Patterns,Community Development,Surveys,Content Analysis,Observation,Satisfaction,Expertise,Urban Areas,Rural Areas,Politics,Management Systems,Ecological Factors,Social Structure,Cultural Context,Religious Factors,Community Leaders,Opinions

The relevance of the article is conditioned by the exceptional importance of the social infrastructure for the development of the state, society and each individual. Social infrastructure ensures the development of the municipal unit, satisfaction of the basic needs and interests of the population, creation of the conditions for its subsistence and reproduction. In this connection, the paper aims at analysis of the main challenges and tendencies in the functioning of the social infrastructure of the Russian territories, the factors of its development. The major method of research is jury of opinion--the leaders of local authorities, that has allowed to consider the main resources and restrictions of their activities for the development of social infrastructure in the modern Russian conditions. The article includes the analysis of factors, determining the effectiveness of the development of social infrastructure of municipal units in the Russian Federation. The work discloses the financial-and-economic and political factors, limiting the development of territorial social infrastructure. The article proves that the socio-cultural factors can serve as resources of formation of investment attractiveness of the territory, the development of social infrastructure. The results of the research can be used in the activity of public authorities in drafting of regulations, the practice of local government, contributing to the development of social infrastructure.
A Case Study of Epistemic Order in Mathematics Classroom Dialogue
Author: Ruthven, Kenneth
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Case Studies,Epistemology,Mathematics Curriculum,Mathematics Instruction,Classroom Communication,Discourse Analysis,Feedback (Response),Foreign Countries,National Curriculum,Followup Studies,Children,Mathematics Education,Teaching Methods

We define epistemic order as the way in which the exchange and development of knowledge takes place in the classroom, breaking this down into a system of three components: epistemic initiative relating to who sets the agenda in classroom dialogue, and how; epistemic appraisal relating to who judges contributions to classroom dialogue, and how; and epistemic framing relating to the terms in which development and exchange of knowledge are represented, particularly in reflexive talk. These components are operationalised in terms of various types of structural and semantic analysis of dialogue. It is shown that a lesson segment displays a multi-layered epistemic order differing from that of conventional classroom recitation.
Development of Scientific Understanding of the Essence of the Fiscal Control in Russia over the Past 100 Years
Author: Valiela, Elizaveta N.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Economic Factors,Money Management,History,Government Role,Audits (Verification),Economics,Theories,Accounting,Research,Ownership,Financial Policy,Power Structure,Information Management,Budgeting

The relevance of the studied problem is determined by the fact that the modern understanding of the essence of the fiscal control is based on the research of specific essential characteristics. As a rule, they are not of system nature and are not connected with studies of other characteristics. The aim of this article is a synthesis of the main theoretical achievements in the study of the fiscal control in the Russian Federation and other countries, and identifying of the most important characteristics, which allow to reveal its internal content. The leading approach to the research of this issue is the system approach that provides a means of analyzing the essence of the fiscal control as a multifaceted phenomenon of the economic life of economic entities and the state. The main results of the research consist in the substantiation of the three major theoretical outputs concerning: a) the nature of the fiscal control as an economic phenomenon; b) the main essential characteristics of the fiscal control; c) interested user in information of the fiscal control as the foundation of its organization and implementation. The materials of this article can be used for further research of the theory and methodology of carrying out the fiscal control, as well as its organization on the macro and micro levels.
Mythorealistic Concept of &quot;Beautiful Lady&quot; in the Structure of the Author's Identity (Based on the Diaries of Alexander Blok)
Author: Minets, Diana
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Poetry,Diaries,Poets,Self Concept,Creativity,Identification (Psychology)

The present paper deals with the diaries of Alexander Blok dated 1901-1921 reflecting the process of the writer's self-identification. During 20 years under the influence of various social and cultural situations Blok's &quot;Self-Conception&quot; is undergoing significant changes. The vector of these changes shows the complicated evolution of the Author's &quot;Self.&quot; So purpose of the work is to explore the development of Bloks self-identification. The base of the author's personal identity in the text is comprised of such conceptual dominants as &quot;Beautiful Lady,&quot; &quot;Art&quot; (&quot;Creativeness&quot;), &quot;Intelligentsia,&quot; where the first dominant, being the base of the creative life strategy, performs a hyperonymic function which also defines the attitude towards the others. The model of the author's identity is defined by the following divergent communicative vectors: 1) Self/She, Self/Others as a marker of the positional social abstraction of Blok (individual =&gt; group =&gt; ontological oppositions); 2) Self/Alter Ego as a marker of reflective autocommunication; 3) Self/We as a marker of group selfcategorization. This work represents not only an analysis of the Bloks creation, but also reflects the realities of the contemporary state of literary art and its influence on the poet.
Functional Zoning as an Instrument for Sustainable Development of Tourism of Great Altai
Author: Sukhova, Maria G.
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Sustainable Development,Tourism,Foreign Countries,Zoning,Geographic Regions,Land Use,Recreational Activities,Conservation (Environment)

The paper is relevant since tourism is considered as an element of sustainable development of the region, which means not only growth but also formation of a fundamentally new system of land use planning with tourism as its integrator. The purpose of the paper is development of theoretical-methodological and cartographic instruments for identifying homogeneous territorial complexes, which can be grouped based on the similar functional features and represented as strategic instruments for development of the region. The differential matrix method for distinguishing typological structures in the economic complex of the region is the basic research method. This method in turn is based on the targeting method for the purpose of planning development of a region, the structural method aimed at forming clusters on the branch principle and the forecasting method with an eye to determine whether implementation of suggested measures will cause an increase in Gross Regional Product. It's suggested to implement recreational monitoring based on the concept of recreational digression stages with diversification of tourist product in each natural recreational area and identifying a few cycles of recreational activity, which allow, if conditions changed, refocusing recreational activity to a different, optimum direction and creating cross-border protected areas, coordinating actions of existing near-border areas. Zoned territories can be useful for investment companies, economic associations. The territories, which could be designated as additional protected areas in the Ukok, Chuya-Kuray, North-South-Chuya natural recreational regions, can be included into the Golden Ring as far-reaching paths.
Investigating Stratification, Language Diversity and Mathematics Classroom Interaction
Author: Barwell, Richard
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Curriculum,Mathematics,Mathematics Instruction,Mathematics Education,Interaction,Elementary School Students,Foreign Countries,Social Stratification,Second Language Learning,Elementary School Mathematics,Ethnography,Participant Observation

Research on the socio-political dimensions of language diversity in mathematics classrooms is under-theorised and largely focuses on language choice. These dimensions are, however, likely to influence mathematics classroom interaction in many other ways than participants' choice of language. To investigate these influences, I propose that the notions of heteroglossia, orders of indexicality and scale-jumping, can provide new theoretical tools with which to understand the links between classroom interaction and broader social patterns of marginalisation. To illustrate the utility of these ideas, I include some analysis of an episode observed in a sheltered elementary school second language mathematics classroom in Canada.