scholarly journals A counterpoint between computer simulations and biological experiments to train new members of a laboratory of physiological sciences

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Ozu ◽  
Ricardo A. Dorr ◽  
Facundo Gutiérrez ◽  
M. Teresa Politi ◽  
Roxana Toriano
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
New Members ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Staff Members

When new members join a working group dedicated to scientific research, several changes occur in the group's dynamics. From a teaching point of view, a subsequent challenge is to develop innovative strategies to train new staff members in creative thinking, which is the most complex and abstract skill in the cognitive domain according to Bloom's revised taxonomy. In this sense, current technological and digital advances offer new possibilities in the field of education. Computer simulation and biological experiments can be used together as a combined tool for teaching and learning sometimes complex physiological and biophysical concepts. Moreover, creativity can be thought of as a social process that relies on interactions among staff members. In this regard, the acquisition of cognitive abilities coexists with the attainment of other skills from psychomotor and affective domains. Such dynamism in teaching and learning stimulates teamwork and encourages the integration of members of the working group. A practical example, based on the teaching of biophysical subjects such as osmosis, solute transport, and membrane permeability, which are crucial in understanding the physiological concept of homeostasis, is presented.

scholarly journals Structural Peculiarities of the Academic Lecture

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Teaching Context ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
Lecture Material ◽  
Stage Scheme ◽  
Structural Peculiarities

The article is dedicated to the peculiarities of the academic lecture within the frames of the course "Methods of teaching foreign languages". It was shown that the procedure of structural modeling of a lecture embraces three stages: 1) anticipation (students reconstruct their own knowledge on the topic, a basis for the thematic construct formation is provided, motivation is created); building knowledge (students grasp academic lecture, participate in activities involving innovative teaching techniques, analyze guided learning process from the point of view of a teacher), consolidation (students cogitate upon applying the gained knowledge in a new teaching context, design teaching materials outside the class). A three-stage scheme of the lecture was grounded – “students acquire theoretical information – get experience by practicing it as studentы – review and analyze it from the point of a teacher”. The examples of group teaching techniques which encourage students to structure the lecture material and create the schemes leading to the formation of professional concepts were given. The analyses of the material developed by students was carried out and the results were presented. On the basis of the conducted research the authors drew the following conclusion. ABC is an efficient instrument for guiding teaching and learning. It helps students to clearly understand learning aims, provokes discussions, encourages creative thinking, creates the basis for pondering over the information, leads to the highest level of critical thinking.

scholarly journals Stories from the end of the world: in search of plots for a failing system

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-82
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kociatkiewicz ◽  
Monika Kostera
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Systemic Change ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Narrative Methods ◽  
Narrative Study ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
Fundamental Shift

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider three types of stories: media, personal accounts and fiction, and look for plots depicting situations of fundamental shift in the framing and basic definitions of reality. The authors examine them from the point of view of their usefulness for developing creative responses to systemic change. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a narrative study in three stages, aimed at identifying strong plots pertaining to systemic change. The analyzed material came from three different sources of narratives (fiction, media and creative stories) and was approached by the use of two different narrative methods: symbolic interpretation and narrative collage. Findings Currently many voices are being raised that the authors are living in times of interregnum, a period in between working systems. There is also a mounting critique of the business school as an institution perpetuating dysfunctional ideologies, rather than enhancing critical and creative thinking. The authors propose that the humanities, and, in particular, learning from fiction (and science fiction) can offer a language to talk about major (systemic) change help and support learning about alternative organizational realities. Research limitations/implications The study pertains to discourse and narratives, not to material aspects of culture construction. Practical implications Today, there is a mounting critique of business schools and their role in society. Following Martin Parker’s call to transform them into schools of organizing, helping to develop and discuss different alternatives instead of reproducing the dominant model, the authors suggest that education should be based, to much larger extent than until now, on the humanities. The authors propose educational programmes including the study of fiction and film. Social implications The authors propose that the humanities (and the study of fiction) can equip society with a suitable language to discuss and problematize systemic change. Originality/value This paper adds to narrative social studies through providing an analysis of strong plots showing ways of coping with systemic collapse, and through an examination of these plots’ significance for organizational education, learning, and planning. The authors present an argument for the broader use of fiction as a sensemaking, teaching, and learning tool for managing organizations in volatile environments.

scholarly journals Exploring the Influence of Social Media Usage for Academic Purposes Using a Partial Least Squares Approach

Computation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Jabar H. Yousif ◽  
Firdouse R. Khan ◽  
Safiya N. Al Al Jaradi ◽  
Aysha S. Alshibli
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Partial Least Squares ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Linear Regression Method

Social media applications have been increasingly gaining significant attention from online education and training platforms. Social networking tools provide multiple advantages for communicating, exchanging opinions, and discussing specific issues. Social media also helps to improve the processes of teaching and learning through sharing educational programs. In this study, we used a quantitative research technique based on the partial least-squares (PLS) linear regression method to determine the influence of using social media as an online discussion and communication platform for academic purposes by assessing the relationships among the skills obtained through social media, the usage of social media, and the purpose of social media. A total of 200 students participated in this study (88% female and 12% males), and a purposive sampling technique was used to select a suitable population for the study. The results show that 61.5% of the participants use the web daily for more than five hours, mainly for social communication (meaningful dialog and discussion skills) and entertainment. The students agreed that social media develops their creative thinking, but it has no positive impact on their academic performance.

scholarly journals The Learning to Learn Competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers: An Outdoor and e/m-Learning Experience in the Museum

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Daniel Abril-López ◽  
Hortensia Morón-Monge ◽  
María del Carmen Morón-Monge ◽  
María Dolores López Carrillo
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Outdoor Experience ◽  
Outdoor Experiences

This study was developed with Early Childhood Preservice Teachers within the framework of the Teaching and Learning of Social Sciences over three academic years (2017–2018, 2018–2019, and 2019–2020) at the University of Alcalá. The main objective was to improve the learning to learn competence during teacher training from an outdoor experience at the Museum of Guadalajara (Spain), using e/m-learning tools (Blackboard Learn, Google Forms, QR codes, and websites) and the inquiry-based learning approach. To ascertain the level of acquisition of this competence in those teachers who were being trained, their self-perception—before and after—of the outdoor experience was assessed through a system of categories adapted from the European Commission. The results show a certain improvement in this competence in Early Childhood Preservice Teachers. Additionally, this outdoor experience shows the insufficient educational adaptation of the museum to the early childhood education stage from a social sciences point of view. Finally, we highlight the importance of carrying out outdoor experiences from an inquiry-based education approach. These outdoor experiences should be carried out in places like museums to encourage contextualized and experiential learning of the youngest in formal education.

For a translational sociology: Illuminating translation in society, theory and research

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843102110021
Author(s):  
Esperança Bielsa
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Cultural Globalization ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
The World ◽  
Sociology Of Translation ◽  
Basic Social Process

This article argues for a non-reductive approach to translation as a basic social process that shapes both the world that sociologists study and the sociological endeavour itself. It starts by referring to accounts from the sociology of translation and translation studies, which have problematized simplistic views of processes of cultural globalization. From this point of view, translation can offer an approach to contemporary interconnectedness that escapes from both methodological nationalism and what can be designated as the monolingual vision, providing substantive perspectives on the proliferation of contact zones or borderlands in a diversity of domains. The article centrally argues for a sociological perspective that examines not just the circulation of meaning but translation as a process of linguistic transformation that is necessarily embodied in words. Only if this more material aspect of translation is attended to can the nature of translation as an ordinary social process be fully grasped and its intervention in meaning-making activities explored. This has far-ranging implications for any reflexive account of the production of sociological works and interpretations.

Effects of urban noise variability on cognitive abilities in indoor spaces: Gender differences

2021 ◽  
pp. 095745652110307
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Masullo ◽  
Gennaro Ruggiero ◽  
Daniel Alvarez Fernandez ◽  
Tina Iachini ◽  
Luigi Maffei
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Cognitive Tasks ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Urban Noise ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Open Window ◽  
Indoor Spaces

Previous evidence has shown that exposure to urban noise negatively influences some cognitive abilities (i.e. verbal fluency and delayed recall of prose memory) of people in indoor spaces. However, long-standing literature in the cognitive domain has reported that men and women can show different performance on cognitive tasks. Here, we aimed to investigate if and how different patterns of perceived urban noises in indoor environments could affect male and female participants’ cognitive abilities. Ambisonic sound recordings representing scenarios with varying noise patterns (low, medium and high variability) were acquired with an open window at three dwellings in a southern Italian city. As a control condition, the recordings were caught inside a quiet room. While exposed to theses four auditory conditions, participants had to perform cognitive tasks assessing free verbal memory recall, auditory–verbal recognition and working memory. The results show that male and female participants have a different tolerance to noise patterns. Women overperform men on verbal tasks, while the contrary effect emerges with men outperforming women on visuospatial working memory tasks.

scholarly journals Critico-creative Thinking Pedagogy in ELT

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 70-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishnu Kumar Khadka
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
English Journal ◽  
Learning English

Teaching and learning English is an energizing, purposeful, and vital experience for developing learners’ competence, confidence, and creativity. It is only possible when we let our learners think critically and creatively in our ELT classroom. This article deals with the theoretical concept of critico-creative thinking as a pedagogy reflecting the practical experiences in general and in ELT in particular. It aims to suggest both teachers and learners to adopt the critico-creative pedagogical strategies while teaching and learning English. Journal of NELTA Surkhet Vol.4 2014: 70-75

A Ciência na Educação Segundo John Dewey

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 129-144
Author(s):  
Pedro Galvão ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
John Dewey ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Educational Value

Education plays a very special role in Dewey’s System of thought. And according to Dewey, science, being knowledge at its best, has an unsurpassable educational value which every genuine democracy must take seriously. Here I try to show how and why Dewey developed this point of view. I start by considering how, in Dewey’s System, education is seen as a form of experience deeply significant to philosophy. Then I try to stress the most inte resting points concerning Dewey’s view of education as a social process. This leds me to explain why Dewey thought that the best kind of education should occur in a democratic environment and what does he mean by that. At this point it becomes possible (I hope) to effectively understand where Dewey saw the educational value of scientific knowledge and how, according to him, should that value be promoted. Since the superiority of scientific knowledge lies in its method, Dewey argued, science becomes deprived of all its educational value whenever is taught, as ususal, as a mere ready-made subject-matter.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN MEDIA PEMBEMBELAJARAN KOGNITIF DALAM MATERI PERSAMAAN GARIS LURUS MENGGUNAKAN VIDEO DI ERA 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-10
Author(s):  
Fine Siwi ◽  
Nicky Dwi Puspaningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The World ◽  
Video Based Learning

AbstractAt this time thinking creativity is low in the world of education. To improve creative thinking patterns urgently, as educators must have ways to improve them. Learning mathematics can be done only through the medium of learning mathematics. Audio-visual media, is a type of media used in learning activities with hearing and vision in one process or activity. Messages and information that can be channeled through this media can consist of verbal and nonverbal messages that depend on the sight whether hearing. In this 4.0 era, students are required to be better able to think cognitive in learning. Fully creative thinking including in the current era is needed. However, at this time creative thinking in the world of education is low. To improve the importance of creative thinking patterns, as educators who already have a way to improve it by using learning media. Therefore the material explanation method is made using video-based media to facilitate students in understanding the material and also improve their cognitive abilities. This research can prove through video-based learning media can be an effective method in improving students' cognitive abilities. Keywords: Media, Video, Cognitive

scholarly journals PERAN SELF REGULATION DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN BERPIKIR KREATIF SEBAGAI UPAYA MENYIAPKAN GENERASI EMAS 2045

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Sri Hapsari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Conscious Effort ◽  
Social Studies Teaching

The purpose of this research is to determine the role of self regulation in enhancing the ability of creative thinking in social studies teaching and learning. Therefore, the author conducted a survey on junior high school in South Tangerang, Banten. Students ability to organize themselves into an important key in developing the ability to think creatively. Students will know what you want to achieve so that he has a conscious effort to focus the attention and the ability to complete the task. Ability is what is required by Indonesian golden generation because they will be dealing with a very complex challenge. The golden generation should be given so that the provision could be responsible for the lives of himself and his people.

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