Masculinity, Industrial Education and Fascism in Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-157
Author(s):  
Annalaura Turiano
Keyword(s):  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Major Site ◽  
Industrial Education ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Industrial Schools ◽  
Tools And Methods

Abstract Starting from the premise that school is a ‘major site of masculinity formation’ (Connell, 1996), this article studies the construction of boyhood in the industrial schools of the Salesian mission in Egypt between 1900 and 1939. Analysis of the teaching tools and methods, and of the processes of conformity used in these schools run by Italian missionaries, reveals that they became forums for confrontation and negotiation between different models of masculinity. This article uses the case study of the Salesian schools to shed new light on the interconnections between missionary programmes, fascist imperialism and schooling strategies of the pupils and their families. Ultimately, it seeks to demonstrate how missionary schools contributed to the gendered construction of technical expertise and industrial education in Egypt.

Empowering professionalism in mission-oriented innovation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus M Bugge ◽  
Fazilat Siddiq
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Teaching Tools

Abstract In the literature on mission-oriented innovation supply side and tech-oriented approaches have been complemented by broader and more inclusive societal approaches. Here, it is highlighted that both directionality and broad anchoring of diverse stakeholders across private, public, and civic domains are key to successful implementation. Still, it is unclear how these dimensions relate and unfold in practice. Using digital literacy in education as an example of mission-oriented innovation, this paper investigates what prerequisites and capabilities are needed to envision and govern such processes. Based upon a case study of innovative teaching practices in twenty-five classes at ten primary schools in Norway, the paper finds that the motivation, dedication, and engagement of the teachers is not primarily related to the digital technologies themselves, but to the professional and pedagogical anchoring of the digital teaching tools. The mobilization of the professionalism of the teachers is enabled by a process of balanced empowerment.

scholarly journals Stirring up Engineers’ Systems Intelligence: A Case Study of Life-Philosophical Pedagogy

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Pia Helena Lappalainen
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
World View ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
Problem Solvers ◽  
Technological World ◽  
Systems Intelligence

In their role as problem solvers, engineers are expected to take responsibility for the grand societal challenges that require technical expertise and innovation. This urges them to broaden their horizon from the traditional, deeply technological world view to one that examines the surrounding globe with empathy and social responsibility. Such a call for systems intelligence necessitates a novel approach to engineering education to allow students to practice systemic capabilities. As methodology, life-philosophical pedagogy was experimented with in an English language course that was integrated with the Philosophy and Systems Thinking lecture series. Such pedagogy deviates from conventional methodology in that instead of focusing on correcting deficiencies and filling competence gaps, it takes a midwife approach and recognizes the potential in individuals and delivers the abundance in them. The principles of positive psychology and frameworks of socio-emotive intelligence guide the reflective workout in the course, catalyzing, stimulating and rooting new thinking. Ultimately the course promotes self-growth, intentional change and overall life management, while allowing students to rehearse various interpersonal skills relevant for industrial tasks.

Mobilizing a fast policy fix: Exploring the translation of 10-year plans to end homelessness in Alberta, Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-521
Author(s):  
Joshua Evans ◽  
Jeffrey R Masuda
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Housing First ◽  
Adaptive Governance ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Dense Network ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Over Time

The management of homelessness has taken various forms over time. In 2003, the U.S. federal government significantly shifted its approach, ambitiously committing to end homelessness within 10 years by targeting the chronically homeless using the Housing First model. This approach to homelessness has rapidly spread across North America and beyond. This article is concerned with how the mobility of these 10-year plans has been realized. Drawing on Peck and Theodore’s concept of “fast policy,” and borrowing perspectives developed in actor-network theory, the article develops a case study of Alberta, Canada, to chronicle how 10-year plans were translated through a dense network of political alignments, socio-technical expertise, and statistical inscriptions. A close examination of these translations invites us to problematize this socio-technical infrastructure as a powerful mode of adaptive governance closely associated with the dynamism of neoliberalism itself.

scholarly journals A Method to Develop Accessible Online Serious Games for People with Disabilities: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9584
Author(s):  
Angel Jaramillo-Alcázar ◽  
Paz Cortez-Silva ◽  
Marco Galarza-Castillo ◽  
Sergio Luján-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
The Other ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Teaching Tools

Video games that are used as teaching tools are called serious games. However, there is an important factor that is not usually considered in the design of serious games— the inclusion of people with disabilities. Inclusion can be reached only if accessibility takes on an important role for all. On the other hand, new trends have resulted in different smart devices being used in classrooms. These devices also allow for applications, such as serious games, to be used to support people’s learning process. Despite this, these applications are generally not multi-platform and do not usually consider accessibility features for people with disabilities. This paper proposes a method to develop accessible online serious games that consider people with disabilities as potential users. The method is applied in the case study of an online serious game that teaches about the architecture of a computer in a fun and entertaining way. The method also presents and describes several guidelines to improve online serious game accessibility for people with disabilities. Finally, tests are conducted with some users to gather information about the online serious game and the accessibility features included. This study has important implications for the development of learning tools that consider people with disabilities.

The What or the How: a Review of Teaching Tools and Methods in Medical Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 723-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mourad ◽  
Abdo Jurjus ◽  
Inaya Hajj Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Tools And Methods

scholarly journals Análise de acessibilidade de documentos digitais textuais: um estudo de caso em sites governamentais

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidnei Renato Silveira ◽  
Vinicius Gadis Ribeiro ◽  
Fernando Reichert Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Public Institutions ◽  
Aggregate Form ◽  
Digital Documents ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
Tools And Methods

Os documentos digitais são atualmente um meio cada vez mais utilizado pelos sites governamentais para divulgar e disponibilizar informações aos seus cidadãos. Para que estas informações possam ser compreendidas pelo maior número de usuários, independente de suas características, é necessário que seus autores sigam determinadas recomendações. Neste contexto, este artigo apresenta um estudo de diferentes recomendações e das melhores técnicas, ferramentas e métodos que podem ser utilizados, de forma conjunta, para analisar a acessibilidade de documentos digitais textuais. Foram selecionados diversos documentos digitais, coletados de diferentes sites de órgãos públicos brasileiros, aplicando-se a metodologia proposta neste artigo. Palavras-chave: Documentos Digitais. Acessibilidade. Critérios de Acessibilidade. ACCESSIBILITY ANALYZE OF DIGITAL TEXTUAL DOCUMENTS: A CASE STUDY IN GOVERNMENT WEBSITESAbstract: Digital documents are currently a medium increasingly used by government websites to disseminate and provide information to their citizens. For this information can be understood by the largest number of users, regardless of their characteristics, their authors are required to follow certain recommendations. In this context, this paper studies different recommendations and best techniques, tools and methods that can be used in aggregate form to analyze the accessibility of digital textual documents. The proposal methodology was applied with various digital documents, collected from different sites of Brazilian public institutions. Keywords: Digital Documents; Accessibility. Acessibility Criteria.

scholarly journals „Jestem przedsiębiorczy – kształtowanie postaw przedsiębiorczych wśród młodzieży z wykorzystaniem innowacyjnych technik i narzędzi”. Prezentacja projektu

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Izabella Świłło
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Entrepreneurial Attitudes ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Entrepreneurial Competencies ◽  
Tools And Methods

This paper presents a project called "I am Enterprising – Developing Entrepreneurial Attitudes with the Use of Innovative Teaching Tools and Methods among Young People" which is conducted in post-secondary schools in Wielkopolska region. The article discusses the project mission, its main objectives, target addressees of the project and benefits arising from participation in the project. Additionally, it describes definitions of 11 entrepreneurial competencies that will be the subject of the study using a competence measurement tool developed in the project.

scholarly journals Collective Collecting

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (14) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Sarah-Mai Dang ◽  
Alena Strohmaier
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Archives ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Productive Research ◽  
Media Practices ◽  
Access To Documents ◽  
Tools And Methods

Massive digitization makes histories appear as well as disappear. While digital archives facilitate the access to documents, recordings, films, and other s urces there is the risk that offlin sources get lost. Thus, the question about how digital collections are generated is essential for today’s film and media historians. Which artefacts are getting digitiz d – and which are not? In addition, for what reasons? Who is responsible for preserving historical material? Moreover, how can we access it? How can we make sense of the abundance of audio-visual sources, which are at the same time ephemeral? In this article, we analyse tools and methods useful for coping with digital archives and databases. Presenting a case study on the Syrian Archive, we discuss how concepts of authenticity and provenance relate to current media practices. We argue that besides posing productive research questions, conducting critical online search becomes more and more important in the humanities. Therefore, we examine not only what but also how the use of audio-visual material affects us. Furthermore, we argue that regarding the abundance of material the practice of curating – of selecting, structuring, and providing access – becomes a key activity in digital media practices.

scholarly journals Guide to Maintain Historic Egyptian Mosques: Case Study of Abul-Hajjaj Mosque - Luxor

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Hesham Osman Abd Elrahman
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
Common Ownership ◽  
The Status ◽  
Maintenance Systems ◽  
Maintenance Plan ◽  
Tools And Methods

The mosque is considered one of the most important buildings of the Islamic city since the Prophet's Mosque (peace and blessings be upon him), and maintenance is considered an important element and a cornerstone of buildings in general. This is due to the deterioration of public buildings generally given the bad use and common ownership of the mosque and in turn, its facilities have deteriorated. Some mosques belong to historic buildings, so maintaining them is of extra importance.In light of the status of the construction and maintenance systems of historic mosques in Egypt and the limitations and problems faced, this paper presents a proposed guide for the preventive maintenance of historic mosques. It also provides clear evidence for workers in the field of maintenance of mosques including the key elements that need to be taken into consideration while preparing the preventive maintenance plan for mosques.The preventive maintenance of the mosque needs a range of tools and methods in order to succeed. Planning and scheduling for items are major elements among these tools. In order to achieve integration between the elements and the different phases mentioned above, we need to formulate them in a form of an integrated guide with completed elements and dimensions. To find a guide for the maintenance of the mosques we should clearly identify the principles and rules for that guide. This comes through clarity of the purpose, the elements required to be controlled, how to control them, the statement of the time and places and the economic aspects of the guide.This research aims to find a guide for the maintenance of historic mosques, by making a case study for the Mosque of Abul-Hajjaj in Luxor.

scholarly journals Supporting End User Development in Community Computing: Requirements, Opportunities, and Challenges

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Xiao ◽  
Umer Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
End User ◽  
Community Groups ◽  
Pull Force ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Design Requirements ◽  
Community Computing

End user development (EUD) tools in community computing are not well-developed and typically do not take into consideration the unique characteristics of community groups such as lack of human, financial, and technological resources. Using a case study, we explore EUD in the domain of community computing. Situated in community computing context, we identify design requirements of EUD tools, demonstrate the use of conceptual scaffolds to support EUD, and illustrate the need of new evaluation methods of EUD tools. We discuss the tension between pushing EUD tools to community computing for local autonomy on technology issues and the long time practice of seeking and relying on external technical expertise. We call for research studies that address the tension and explore ways of creating and stimulating “pull” force from the community groups.

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