scholarly journals Learning Astrobiology 101 with experiments in Baja California, Mexico

2019 ◽  
Vol 200 ◽  
pp. 01015
Author(s):  
Roberto Vázquez ◽  
Patricia G. Núñez
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Educational Grant ◽  
Experience Teaching ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Spanish Speaker ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University

We present our experience teaching the subject ‘Astrobiology 101’ (“Introducción a la Astrobiología”, in Spanish), given in the University of Baja California at Ensenada, Mexico, since 2004 up to the present. The place of Astrobiology in Mexico, as well as the local academic context in Baja California are presented, as we consider that the multidisciplinary academic environment plays an important role in the motivation of our students. We describe the course itself, its materials, and resources. The course was designed based on classical books as well as news, academic papers, and internet sources. After seven editions of the course, we have noted that making practical experiments improves the understanding of concepts, ideas, and also strengths the interaction among students with different majors. This course has received support by means of an educational grant which objective is to compile all the experimental and hands-on activities in two manuals: one for students and the other for the teachers These manuals will be available to all the Spanish-speaker teachers who want to teach the full course or part of it, as well as those only interested in the hands-on activities. Locally, the establishment of the new Astrobiology Laboratory, in the Institute of Astronomy (UNAM, Campus Ensenada), surely will help us to increase the opportunities on research and education for our students, as well as visiting students and teachers.

scholarly journals Formación de educadores sociales en Cataluña: reflexiones acerca de los grados de Educación Social ofrecidos por dos universidades de Barcelona (p. 45-64)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Minussi Franco
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Social Education ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Autonomous Region ◽  
The Social ◽  
Education Careers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Intense Debate

Este artigo trata de descrever os processos de formação profissional de educa-dores sociais no âmbito da educação universitária na Comunidade Autônomada Catalunha, na Espanha. Nos últimos anos, devido ao surgimento de novasformas de exclusão social, ao aumento das desigualdades e à crescente globali-zação, verifica-se um aprofundamento do debate sobre a profissão do educadorsocial, suas competências e funções e, ao mesmo tempo, sobre a necessidade derepensar sua formação. Este trabalho faz parte de um projeto mais amplo sobreo assunto e apresenta uma revisão bibliográfica baseada no contexto acadêmicoespanhol, com uma descrição das propostas formativas dos cursos de graduaçãode Educação Social de duas universidades catalãs de importante reconhecimentointernacional: Universidade de Barcelona e Universidade Autônoma de Barce-lona. Os resultados evidenciam a necessidade de uma maior aproximação entreo processo formativo que os educadores recebem no âmbito universitário e asnecessidades reais presentes nas instituições socioeducativas.Palavras-chave: Educação social. Educador social. Formação profissional.Competências.ResumenEste artículo trata de describir dos procesos de formación profesional de educa-dores sociales en el ámbito de la educación universitaria en la Comunidad Autó-noma de Cataluña, España. En los últimos años, a consecuencia del surgimientode nuevas formas de exclusión social, del aumento de las desigualdades y de lacreciente globalización, se verifica una intensificación del debate sobre la profe-sión del educador social, sus competencias, sus funciones y a la vez sobre la ne-cesidad de repensar su formación. Este trabajo forma parte de un proyecto másamplio acerca del tema y presenta una revisión bibliográfica basada en el contex-to académico español, al lado de una descripción de las propuestas formativas delas carreras de Educación Social de dos universidades catalanas de importante re-conocimiento internacional: Universidad de Barcelona y Universidad Autónomade Barcelona. Los resultados evidencian la importancia de la aproximación entreel proceso formativo que los educadores reciben en el ámbito universitario y lasnecesidades reales presentes en las instituciones socioeducativas.Palabras clave: Educación social. Educador social. Formación profesional.Competencias.AbstractThis article looks at the courses offered at two higher-education institutions fortraining social educators in the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain. In recentyears, due to new forms of social exclusion, the escalation of inequality andincreasing globalization, there is a more intense debate on the profession of thesocial educator, their competences, roles and, at the same time, on the need torethink their training. This work is part of a larger project on the subject and pre-sents a bibliographical review based on the Spanish academic context, along witha description of the training proposals of the Social Education careers withintwo Catalan universities: University of Barcelona and Autonomous University ofBarcelona. The results show the importance of combining the training processoffered to social educators in the university context with the real needs of thesocio-educational institutions where they will practice their profession.Keywords: Social education. Social educator. Professional training. Competencies.

scholarly journals Teaching sexual diversity in Brazilian schools

Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Arisi ◽  
Simone Ávila ◽  
Arianna Sala
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Applied Anthropology ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Sexual Diversity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Prejudice And Discrimination ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University

We intent in this paper to present a pedagogical experience that links anthropology and secondary schools in combating heterosexism and violence against LGBTQ community. The project created a pedagogical space where prejudice and discrimination for reasons of gender and sexuality were debated in an educational environment. We believe that especially in these times of global attacks on women's and LBGTQs’ rights and human rights, it is essential that at local level we keep on resisting and creating spaces in which reflection and deconstruction of oppressive structures are promoted. This article deals with the experience of education projects on gender and sexuality carried out by a Brazilian federal university in a city in the interior of the state of Paraná, located on the triple border of Brazil with Argentina and Paraguay. It is important to note that Paraná is a state considered as extremely conservative. We hope to show how we develop an experience of what we call “extension of the university” in Brazil, aligned with research and education on the subject of sexualities. We understand that this kind of project can be an efficient arena for applied anthropology and also as investment in educating young people as valuable human resources to combat violence and to promote peaceful communities. The experiment was carried out at the Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), as an extension of a larger and older project carried out by the Nucleus of Identities of Gender and Subjectivities (NIGS) based in the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

scholarly journals Dimensions of Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Academic Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fábio Dal-Soto ◽  
Yeda Swirski de Souza ◽  
Mats Benner
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Catholic University ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Multiple Case Studies ◽  
The Subject

The establishment of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in the academic environment, through its basilar conceptual dimensions such as proactiveness, innovativeness, and risk-taking, has been the subject of relevant debate for academics, higher education managers, and policy-makers. In this context, this article aims to analyze the establishment of EO in the academic environment, pursuing an entrepreneurial university model. Thus, the strategy of multiple case studies was adopted, based on three universities: two in Brazil, the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), and one in Sweden, the Lund University (LU). Results show that the EO established by the universities studied is seen in several times and in different ways through its conceptual dimensions, suitable to the academic context. The movements observed in the three cases researched show non-sporadic behaviors towards an entrepreneurial university model over time.

scholarly journals Perennial Philology and the Ideal of the White Overall

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
José Augusto Cardoso Bernardes
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The University ◽  
Strong Capacity ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract Joining the university context in the middle of the 19th century, Philology served as a comprehensive basis for what nowadays is meant by literary and linguistic studies. Depending on the specialization tendency that would settle down in the academic context (with regard to either the formative offer or the foundation of various research fields), each of these areas followed separate or even divergent paths, losing, to a great extent, the contact with its initial basis. Despite this state of affairs, Philology has displayed a strong capacity of resistance, maintaining its traditional dimension active or going through metamorphoses that resulted from the incorporation of new technologies, as well as from the epistemological adjustment that enabled it to overcome its first positivist stages. Trying to find a new place inside the general framework of Social Sciences and Humanities, literary studies need to recover its order and credibility, two factors that the new face of Philology can inspire. The present study aims at reconstructing the most recent trajectory undergone by this field of research and education, by identifying a space of reconnection that already seems to be adequate and beneficial.

scholarly journals Ornamental Teaching Gardens: Design, Development, and Use

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra B. Wilson ◽  
Tara M. Minton ◽  
Laurie K. Mecca ◽  
Judith Gersony
Keyword(s):  
Design Development ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Plant Collections ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Indian River ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Outdoor Teaching ◽  
The University

The teaching gardens at the University of Florida's (UF) Indian River Research and Education Center (IRREC) were developed as an outdoor teaching laboratory to provide on-site plant collections for hands-on learning activities. The educational value of the gardens is witnessed daily by demonstrated landscape design principles and visible plant nomenclature. This is EDIS document FE469, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published January 2004.  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe469

scholarly journals NORMAS TÉCNICAS E COMUNICAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA: ENFOQUE NO MEIO ACADÊMICOTECHNICAL STANDARDS AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION: an approach in the academic ENVIRONMENT

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Isabel Merlo Crespo ◽  
Ana Vera Finardi Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Academic Environment ◽  
Technical Standards ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
The University

As normas técnicas são adotadas para muitos fins. Permitem, de um modo geral, garantir a padronização de bens e serviços e tornam-se, cada vez mais, um recurso essencial na atual sociedade globalizada. Este trabalho apresenta a normalização inserida na comunicação científica, dentro do contexto acadêmico brasileiro, enfocando principalmente o papel exercido pelas normas técnicas de documentação. São introduzidos os conceitos relativos à comunicação da ciência, normalização, normas técnicas e sua utilização, enfatizando aquelas relativas à documentação, amplamente utilizadas no meio acadêmico. Destaca que a universidade, enquanto instituição preocupada com a qualificação do ensino, com o rigor da aprendizagem e com o progresso da ciência tem, na padronização dos trabalhos acadêmicos, um valioso instrumento na elaboração e apresentação de sua produção científica.Abstract: Standards are applied for many different reasons. The goals of standardization are to establish standards of various kinds and improving efficiency on products and services. The present work was undertaken to present a standardization inserted in scientific communication (in the Brazilian academic context) focusing mostly on the documentation standards role. Concepts are introduced in this work, namely science communication, standardization, technical standards, use of academic documentation standards. The present work reinforces that the University will use the standards as a tool to elaborate and present its scientific production. 

scholarly journals Iterative Design of a Gamified Course in High Education: deployment and evaluation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johan P. Baldeón ◽  
Inmaculada Rodríguez ◽  
Anna Puig ◽  
Maite Lopez-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Distributed Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Motivation And Learning

During the last years, gamification has been used to engage students in more attractive educational activities in different Computer Science subjects at the university level, thereby improving their motivation and learning outcomes. This work continues a research that initially proposed a gamified design for the course “Distributed Artificial Intelligence”, an optional undergraduate course of the Computer Engineering degree. Specifically, we focused on reinforcing subjects related to Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) by means of fun hands-on activities to experiment theoretical concepts in practice. A first iteration of the design was deployed during two consecutive academic years, with good results in terms of students’ perceived learning, engagement and commitment during the class. Nevertheless, a posterior analysis of the design showed that the proposed mechanics did not consider some types of players - such as disruptors -, and some of the learning profiles - such as theoretical and reflexive -. Then, we proposed a card-based game to redesign the learning experience, using a LEarner-centered GAmification Design Framework (LEGA) that aligns both educational and gamification approaches. This paper focuses on this second iteration of the design, which has been deployed and evaluated during the last semester. The obtained results show that students liked the card game, were engaged and motivated during the gamified class, as well as they perceived an increased learning in the subject.

FloRunTM ‘331’ Peanut Variety

EDIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry L. Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Seed Size ◽  
Growth Habit ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
High Yield ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
High Oleic ◽  
Central Stem ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
High Yield Potential

FloRunTM ‘331’ peanut variety was developed by the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, North Florida Research and Education Center near Marianna, Florida.  It was released in 2016 because it combines high yield potential with excellent disease tolerance. FloRunTM ‘331’ has a typical runner growth habit with a semi-prominent central stem and medium green foliage.  It has medium runner seed size with high oleic oil chemistry.

MANAGEMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF STUDENT’S LEARNING BASED ON THE MARKOV MODEL

2018 ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
M. V. Noskov ◽  
M. V. Somova ◽  
I. M. Fedotova
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Markov Process ◽  
Continuous Time ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Automated Information System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Near Future

The article proposes a model for forecasting the success of student’s learning. The model is a Markov process with continuous time, such as the process of “death and reproduction”. As the parameters of the process, the intensities of the processes of obtaining and assimilating information are offered, and the intensity of the process of assimilating information takes into account the attitude of the student to the subject being studied. As a result of applying the model, it is possible for each student to determine the probability of a given formation of ownership of the material being studied in the near future. Thus, in the presence of an automated information system of the university, the implementation of the model is an element of the decision support system by all participants in the educational process. The examples given in the article are the results of an experiment conducted at the Institute of Space and Information Technologies of Siberian Federal University under conditions of blended learning, that is, under conditions when classroom work is accompanied by independent work with electronic resources.

A Quantitative Assessment of the Need for Offering Counselling Services to Medical Students attending University of Zambia, School of Medicine.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103
Author(s):  
Gretchen Slover
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Counseling Services ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Background: This research was birthed in 2017 during a trip to Lusaka, Zambia, with the purpose of offering fourth-year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine, lectures on psychology topics as part of their clinical studies.  Students were also offered brief therapy sessions where they could process thoughts and feelings causing them internal struggles.  The subject of offering counseling on a regular basis was randomly discussed with the students.  From these discussions the need for this research became evident, with the intent of becoming the launching pad to brainstorm the most effective ways of developing a plan to offer counseling services for all medical students attending the University of Zambia School of Medicine. Methods: An-experimental research design, consisting of completion of a 12-item questionnaire administered by paper and pen. The inclusion criteria were the fourth year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. Results:  The student responses revealed that most of them had little to no experience with counseling services, but a strong desire for them. Discussion: The goal of this study was to simply establish a need for an on-campus counseling service, the need of which has been established by the very students who would benefit.  With the acceptance of this need, the future plan is to explore the different ways in which this need can be fulfilled with minimal costs to the Medical School Program. Conclusion:  This study is the first step towards identifying the needs of the medical students and sets the ground-work for further research into the specific areas of need and mental health challenges.  More specificity in the area of demographics of students will produce a more comprehensive picture of the areas of concentration for the therapists offering services.

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