ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Didactical Engineering in the Conception of a Teaching Situation Originated from Brazil&apos;s SPAECE Assessment with the Support of the GEOGEBRA Software
Author: Alves, Francisco Regis Vieira
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Computer Software,Engineering Education,Teacher Role,Geometry,Problem Solving,High School Students,Mathematics Instruction,Foreign Countries,Educational Theories,Elementary School Students,Achievement Tests,Public Schools,Learning Processes,Teaching Methods,Barriers,Epistemology,Computer Assisted Instruction

This work presents a discussion about the Didactic Training Engineering (EDF) methodology, of French origin, emphasizing the role of the teacher, during his initial or continuous training, through the conception and structuring of a didactic situation, organized by such methodology and based on the Theory of Didactic Situations (TSD). Therefore, the objective of this work is to present a didactic situation, based on the research methodology of (EDF) and focused on the analysis of the teacher's role, through the application of the dialectical phases (action, formulation, validation and institutionalization) provided by the TSD. The mathematical problem chosen to compose such a situation, through preliminary and a priori analyzes by EDF, will be focused on Flat Geometry directed to the Permanent Evaluation System of Basic Education in Ceará (SPAECE). SPAECE (Brazil) is a large-scale assessment, held annually in the state of Ceará, Brazil, involving all elementary and high school students in public schools. In addition, the use of the GeoGebra software as a technological resource for carrying out a didactic transposition of the content covered in the proposed didactic situation stands out. For a better conduct of this teaching and learning process, it is suggested the adoption of a didactic contract between the characters involved and the consideration of possible epistemological obstacles and obstacles that may arise during this process.
Formation Process of Common Divisor Concept: A Study of Realistic Mathematics Education
Author: Yilmaz, Rezan
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Content Analysis,Mathematics Instruction,Division,Learning Processes,Mathematical Concepts,Difficulty Level,Case Studies,Concept Formation,Teaching Methods,Grade 6

Common divisor is one of the concepts that started to be learned in secondary school and forms the basis of many concepts. But students generally have difficulty in making sense of it. The purpose of this study is to investigate concept formation processes of common divisor through a case study on seven sixth grade students. To do this, we designed a learning environment based on Realistic Mathematics Education and tried to determine how students construct the concept. The data collected through group and individual study papers and semi-structured clinical interviews were analyzed with content analysis within the APOS theoretical framework. The findings showed that one student was unable to internalize the action and her thoughts depended on the contextual problem. Other students internalized all common divisors and coordinated them with prime factorization. At the end, students were able to encapsulate all the processes into object by finding the product of common prime numbers. Moreover, students were able to identify greatest common divisor among all common divisors and clarified its meaning.
Identifying Scientific Practices in a Science, Technology and Society Themed Workshop
Author: Costa, Sandro Lucas Reis
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Workshops,Science and Society,Science Process Skills,Experiments,Contraception,Chemistry,High School Students,Public Schools,Foreign Countries

Recent international documents and educational standards have recommended Science Education be based on three dimensions (Scientific Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Disciplinary Core Ideas). This has resulted in an increased interest in research involving Scientific Practices in Science Education. The objectives of this article are to: I) Identify the scientific practices that high school students engaged in during a thematic workshop; and II) Discuss the use of thematic workshops as an approach to promote Scientific Practices. The workshop was developed based on the Science, Technology and Society approach and aimed at discussing the composition, properties and effectiveness of male contraceptives. The workshop was conducted in a public school in Southern Brazil and the workshop footage and student questionnaires were analyzed according to Content Analysis. Three transcriptions of classroom situations are presented to discuss the promotion of Scientific Practices in specific classroom contexts. The analyses show that students engaged in six of the eight Scientific Practices discussed by the National Research Council. The results contribute to international discussions on Scientific Practices and discussions regarding the use of thematic workshops as an approach to promote Scientific Practices.
Models and Specifics of Interaction between Universities and Stakeholders
Author: Vodenko, Konstantin V.
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Models,Interaction,Universities,Stakeholders,School Business Relationship,Partnerships in Education,Government Role,Research and Development Centers,Educational Research,Foreign Countries

One of the world's leading social trends in development of higher education of the twenty-first century is progression of relationships between universities and business. The main purpose of this paper is to compare the models of integration between universities and business, considering the triple model of social partnership, the model with the dominant role of the state, and the model of mixed representation, typical for the Central European countries. The methodological framework of this research includes methods of statistical and comparative analysis and synthesis. From the results of this research, European higher education has developed and effectively operates the developed models of interaction between institutions of higher education and business. The obtained results allow us to evaluate the possibilities of applying positive foreign experience in Russian reality.
Body Image Perception: Gender Differences among University Students
Author: Breda-Vicentini, Lia
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Human Body,Body Composition,Self Concept,Gender Differences,Undergraduate Students,Late Adolescents,Social Influences,Social Desirability,Pictorial Stimuli

Body image is an important component of the complex mechanism of personal identity. The subjective component of body image refers to a person's satisfaction with their body size or specific parts of your body. The aim of this study was to verify the ability to correlate body image with the actual image of others. This study presents empirical characteristics and cross-sectional study. Twenty-nine subject adults, students in Physical Education course and volunteers were selected randomly. The instrument used was based on the Scale of Silhouettes specially constructed for this study. Results showed that women were statistically different from men with average responses always with higher values. While we treat only the individual and their weight, the social standards accepted continue to exert a negative influence on people and their behavior.
Meaning as a Product of Play between &apos;Privileged&apos; and &apos;Marginal&apos;: A Deconstructive Analysis of &quot;A Case of Exploding Mangoes&quot; by Muhammad Hanif
Author: Afzal, Malik Haroon
Date: 2020-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Novels,Fiction,Foreign Countries,Text Structure,Literary Criticism,History,Culture

The buoyant shift from form and structure to the fluid constructs of meaning turned discernible in Jacques Derrida's &quot;Deconstruction.&quot; Meaning or reality that had so long been enjoying a fixed and definite status was worn out with the advent of the theory of deconstruction. The turnaround of what was considered real or true became subjacent while challenging all the existing binaries that had been hegemonizing human comprehension of the world (Derrida, 1997). Relying on the theory of deconstruction by Jacques Derrida, the study examines the shift from form and structure to the text itself regarding its privileged and marginal aspects of meaning with particular reference to the novel &quot;A Case of Exploding Mangoes.&quot; The study suggests that the interplay between privileged and marginal aspects of meaning can constructs multiple meanings and interpretations of a single text. It has further been added that the nature of the theory of deconstruction--change in the fixed status of meaning/reality--at the same time, is a representation of the indefinite nature of modern man who has experienced a bumpy ride of social and religious values resulted due to the political, industrial, economic and technological revolutions. The paper finds that the fluidity of meaning that is the sole characteristic of the theory of deconstruction traverses the contemporary Pakistani fiction in its dealing of the sensitive matters such as religious extremism and dictatorship etc., and Muhammad Hanif's selected novel is the perfect example of it.
Integration of Mathematics and Environmental Education: Change in the Views of 5th Grade Students toward Sustainability
Author: Özdemir, Duygu
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Grade 5,Student Attitudes,Environmental Education,Mathematics Education,Interdisciplinary Approach,Sustainability,Teaching Methods,Attitude Change,Conservation (Environment),Student Role,Ecology,Foreign Countries,Elementary School Students

Combining mathematics and environmental issues may be a valuable way not only to increase environmental awareness of students but also provide real life context to the mathematics lessons. In this study, it was aimed to explore changes in the views of 5th grade students toward sustainability with the help of the tasks integrating environmental education and mathematics education contents. Based on this aim, as convenient sample, a fifth-grade classroom in a private school in Tukey selected and students attending to this classroom participated in the study. Environmental education issues and mathematical contents were integrated in students' tasks and these developed tasks were applied as a regular part of the teaching processes of this classroom. Before and after applications, semi structured pre-interviews were carried out with nine students randomly selected from the classroom and the data obtained from these interviews and researcher teacher's observations were analyzed qualitatively. The findings as the changes in students' views were combined under 3 categories; students' views about environmental problems; students' own individualized role in environmental problems and students' views towards integration of environmental education and mathematics. This study may provide valuable contributions both to the mathematics education and science education fields in this regard.
Investigating the Geometric Habits of Mind and the Hemispheric Dominance Status of Mathematics Teachers
Author: Turan, Özlem
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Mathematics Teachers,Brain Hemisphere Functions,Thinking Skills,Problem Solving,Geometry,Geometric Concepts,Teacher Characteristics

The geometric habits of mind are a process that enables the adoption of ways of thinking about the problems encountered and that works for filling the gap between the results and the thoughts behind these results. It is also important that which cerebral hemisphere activates the geometric habits of mind, so geometric habits of mind and hemispheric dominance of mathematics teachers were investigated in that regard. It was observed that most of the mathematics teachers dominantly used their left brain and some of them who used their right brain dominantly or who used their right and left brain equally. It was concluded that the geometric habits of mind of both the teachers who dominated the left brain and the right brain and used both sides equally were at the desired level and mathematics teachers who have different hemispheric dominance were sufficient in terms of characteristics of geometric habits of mind.
Preliminary Study Regarding Optimization of Knowledge, Attitudes and Healthy Practical Skills in Oral Health, at Middle School Pupils, from Rural Areas
Author: Petru?-Vancea, Adriana
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Middle School Students,Foreign Countries,Knowledge Level,Rural Areas,Intervention,Dental Health,Dental Evaluation,Grade 5,Grade 6,Grade 7,Disadvantaged Youth,Health Promotion,Life Style,Health Education,Science Education,Hygiene

The purpose of this preliminary study was to identify oral problems and promote a healthy lifestyle at gimnazial school pupils, from a Romanian disadvantaged area. We wanted to identify the progress made by pupils following theoretical or practical interventions. Thus, along with the theoretical notions transmitted, either in the optional course of Health Education, to 6th grade pupils, or in Biology lessons, to 7th grade pupils, the new factor brought was the reinventing of the visit method, by extending the documentary feature, with that of practical applicability, extremely useful for participants coming from rural environment. Theoretical elements have been presented to all pupils. Additionally, at the 5th grade pupils, we added a practical intervention, respectively a dental control made during a visit to the dentist. Both through theoretical and practical methods, pupils have made progress concerning intellectual and practical skills in oral hygiene, which are essential to a healthy and responsible behavior. The visit at the dentist's office, the identification of the oral diseases, the recommendation and the treatment offered contributed decisively awareness of the importance of oral disease prevention, but also to identifying concrete solutions, connected to food, regular visits and correct brushing.
Employment, Work Abroad and Bilingual Education: Spanish Bilingual Graduates&apos; Self-Perceived Employability, Mobility and Intercultural Competence
Author: Palacios-Hidalgo, Francisco Javier
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Employment,Bilingual Education,Employment Potential,Overseas Employment,College Graduates,Bilingualism

Bilingual programs have become more common in higher education around the world in an attempt to provide learners with the education they need to face today's world. These programs can provide academic, linguistic, intercultural, and professional benefits to students. Consequently, countries like Spain have developed bilingual education to help students become proficient in foreign languages and develop essential competences for their professional futures. Research has analysed how Spanish bilingual education is implemented, and how teachers are trained. However, few studies examine how bilingual programs impact graduates' employability, mobility, and intercultural awareness, and how graduates perceive their skill development. Moreover, little has been studied about bilingual graduates' work situation and whether participating in these programs has helped them find work abroad. This paper analyses whether a combination of participation in Spanish bilingual programs, employment, and experiences working abroad affects bilingual education graduates' self-perceived employability, mobility, and intercultural awareness. This study adopts a quantitative approach, in which 741 respondents participated. Findings show that bilingual graduates who are currently working have higher self-perceived employability and better perceptions of their mobility and employability competences than those who followed monolingual studies, even when they have not worked abroad.
Professional Communication Competence in English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) Courses: A Systematic Literature Review and Proposal of a Framework
Author: Kamil, Maisarah Ahmad
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Vocational English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Second Language Instruction,Communicative Competence (Languages),Education Work Relationship,College Graduates,Employment Potential,Business Communication,Educational Research,Research Needs,Models,Foreign Countries

This paper reports a systematic literature review that was conducted to explore the areas of research pertaining to English language workplace communication needs in order to design courses in English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) that can better meet the demands of the industry. Articles from Scopus, ScienceDirect and Emerald Insight were extracted following the five-step method of conducting a systematic literature review. In total, 133 articles were analysed. From the analysis, it was found that most studies focused on examining the needs of the learners, or the needs of the industry; very few studies triangulated the findings between different stakeholders to obtain a better picture of the needs, wants, and gaps between the target situation and the present situation. Additionally, most studies focused on language tasks required and did not pay due emphasis on the competencies required to perform the tasks well. Thus, the outcome of this review is a proposed theoretical model to develop professional communication competence among new graduates that is intended to be used in a future study to address the gaps found in this review. Practically, the review also sheds light on gaps that exist in current research that can be addressed in future research, especially for higher education institutions (HEIs) that are working to design and develop courses in EOP to improve English language communication skills for employability.
Informational Interviews Help Undergraduate Students at the Midpoint of Non-Specialist STEM Degrees Confirm Their Career Aspirations
Author: Lexis, Louise
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Interviews,Undergraduate Students,Student Attitudes,Career Development,Career Choice,Career Pathways,Allied Health Occupations,STEM Education,Specialists,Occupational Aspiration,Bachelors Degrees,Employment Potential,Professional Identity,Reflection,Assignments,Program Effectiveness

Higher education institutions are expected to produce career-ready graduates who are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century. Employability experts argue that this can be achieved by integrating career development learning (CDL) into the curriculum. The informational interview helps students learn more about a career by interviewing a professional working in a field of interest, and helps students to make decisions regarding their career plans. The aims of the study were to determine students': 1) preferred career paths and career identity at the midpoint of their non-specialist degree; and 2) experiences and perceptions of an informational interview module. An informational interview module was embedded into a second-year human biosciences subject taken by students in undergraduate non-specialist health-related STEM degrees. Students indicated their preferred career, learned about informational interviews, and conducted an interview with a professional working in the field they wished to enter. After the interview, students completed reflection activities, responding to open-ended and Likert-scale questions. 91 student reflections were analysed to determine students' career identity, and their experiences and perceptions of the module. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted on Likert-scale answers and inductive thematic analysis was conducted on open-ended answers. Students' career preferences were wide-ranging, with allied health the most popular. Career identity was reasonably well established in this cohort. The student experience was overall positive, and students' thought the module was useful in supporting their career planning and career development. In conclusion, an informational interview assignment is an effective career development tool for human biosciences students.
South African Specific Complexities in Aligning Graduate Attributes to Employability
Author: Ramnund-Mansingh, Aradhana
Date: 2021-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Alignment (Education),Employment Potential,College Students,COVID-19,Pandemics,Educational Change,Student Characteristics,Technological Literacy,Curriculum Evaluation

South African higher education (HE) cannot be compared to any other country's HE systems due to the unique political landscape and structural narrative that it has undergone. Subsequent to the reorganisation of HEIs in 2004, a number of complexities arose. These included accessibility to education across race and the alignment of the South African HEIs to global pedagogic benchmarks. With the changing political landscape, transformations within higher education, socio economic inequities and changes in the workplace, researchers failed to cognize the impact of these factors on graduate employability. Changing graduate attributes to align with a decolonised curriculum and Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) workspaces were transiently underway when COVID-19 set a new narrative for the future of employability. This paper seeks to identify the impact of workplace changes and its direct influence on successful graduate employment and integration into the HE curriculum. The work environment has cursorily moved from 4IR to an advanced stage of the 4IR, where there is a full emphasis on digitisation, non-localised workspaces and is an ostensible playground for digital natives (Generation Z). This paper provides a systematic review of literature in the South African HE contexts that pertains to graduate attributes for employability within the workplace. The adoption of malleable secondary data will allow for an understanding of the relationship between changing workplace environments and expectations from graduates. This correlation is directly linked to graduate attributes which students need to comply with from year one. The paper will provide context to changes which are required for the future success of graduates, and whether graduate attributes are adequate preparation for employability. A clinical model is recommended with an intervention to manage the risk factors of decolonisation of curriculum, the 4IR and multi-generational workplace and responses to COVID-19.
An Initiative to Introduce Peace Education in B.Ed. (Hons) Program
Author: Ali, Naina Hassan
Date: 2021-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Peace,Conflict Resolution,Bachelors Degrees,Undergraduate Students,Honors Curriculum,Student Attitudes,Action Research,Educational Benefits,Integrated Activities,Curriculum Implementation

Today, we are living in an era of violence and conflicts and many people have forgotten their values and norms that are essential for living peacefully in societies. Peace education is the only way to overcome these problems because it helps to enrich both social as well as cultural values of an individual, and a society as a whole. In order, for peace education to become a steady insertion and curriculum anticipation within schools, teachers must be well trained to reduce conflicts within the society. Therefore, integrating the concept of peace education in teachers' training institutions is very essential. For this purpose, the study used action research methodology to identify students understanding regarding the concept of peace education in B.Ed. (Hons) program. For this study, students were primary participants, whereas, teachers were secondary participants. The findings from this study revealed that peace education is not included implicitly in the B.Ed. (Hons) curriculum, nor it has been implemented overtly or covertly in the curriculum. Before the intervention, teachers and students did not have prior understanding of peace education. However, after the completion of two cycles, students' perceptions regarding the concept of peace education has improved.