scholarly journals Near Future Teaching: Practice, policy and digital education futures

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-625
Author(s):  
Sian Bayne ◽  
Michael Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Policy Initiative ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Alternative Future ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
University Communities ◽  
The Face ◽  
Near Future

When considering digital futures for universities it is the instrumentalising narratives developed by corporate ‘ed-tech’ which often drive the debate. These are narratives which, aligning tightly to marketisation, unbundling and other dominant ideological trends, describe a highly technologised, datafied and surveillant future for teaching. This future is often framed as an imperative, leaving university communities with the sense that a future is being designed for them over which they have relatively little control. This paper describes the theory, methods and outcomes of a project which set out to counter this tendency, using participative, co-design methods within a ‘top down’ policy initiative to envision an alternative future for digital education within our own institution. Our starting point was that universities need to get better at crafting their own, compelling counter-narratives concerning the future of technology in teaching, in order to assert the agency and presence of the academic and student bodies in the face of technological change. In working toward this, we drew on recent thinking in anticipation studies in education and developed an original methodology for participative futures work within universities. The paper reports on the outcomes of this project, and its implications for the sector more generally, arguing that university communities can work to define their own digital futures through an emphasis on collectivity, participation and hope.

scholarly journals Interpretation of Communism and Post-Communist Transformations in Russia: Modern Theoretical Discussions

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-544
Author(s):  
Vladimir A. Gutorov ◽  
Alexander A. Shirinyants
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
World Order ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Synthetic Model ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
Global World ◽  
Near Future

The analysis of discussions on various aspects of the evolution of the modern state, the specifics of post-communist transformations and the role that Marxism and the tradition of radical socialist thought can play in the near future in their search for a way out of the crisis generated by the agony of the neoliberal global world order. As a starting point for the analysis, theoretical articles published in the second edition of the collection Communism, Anticommunism, Russophobia in post-Soviet Russia. 2nd ed., Add. / Auth.: P.P. Apryshko et al. - Moscow: World of Philosophy, Algorithm, 2021 (607 p.) were selected. A comparative analysis of the polemical works of domestic scientists, political theorists and philosophers with those discussions that for many decades have been conducted by their colleagues abroad clearly indicates that today none of the existing ideologies, as well as the paradigms of economic and socio-political theory, can pretend to be the only recourse. The experience of recent decades clearly excludes the very possibility of transforming the economy and society on the basis of a certain universal synthetic model. In post-communist Russia, the heat of political passions, which stimulates the extreme polarization of political programs for overcoming the crisis, also hinders the achievement of agreement and the search for a solution acceptable to all.

scholarly journals Southeast Asia as One of World’s Primary Sources of Biotic Recolonization Following Anthropocene Extinctions

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şerban Procheş ◽  
Syd Ramdhani ◽  
Alice C. Hughes ◽  
Lian Pin Koh
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
High Survival ◽  
The North ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ancient Lineage ◽  
The Face ◽  
Lineage Diversity

The plight of Southeast Asia’s animals, plants and ecosystems in the face of unsustainable exploitation and habitat destruction has been illustrated in several recent studies, despite often falling outside the global discourse on global conservation priorities. Here, we collate biogeographic and phylogenetic information to argue that this beleaguered region is one of world’s primary macrorefugia, and possibly its best chance of regaining its natural biodiversity distribution patterns after the current Anthropocene upheaval. The region uniquely combines top diversity values in (a) ancient lineage diversity and (b) cosmopolitan lineage diversity, suggesting that it has acted in the past as a biodiversity museum and source of global colonization. This is at least partly due to the interplay between latitudinal diversity gradients and continental connectivity patterns. However, the peak values in South China/North Indochina for cosmopolitan tetrapods and their sister lineages suggest that a key feature is also the availability of diverse climatic conditions. In particular, the north-south orientation of the mountain ranges here has allowed for rapid recolonization within the region following past climatic changes, resulting in high survival values and overall exceptional relict lineage diversity. From this starting point, global colonization occurred on multiple occasions. It is hoped that, with urgent action, the region can once again fulfill this function.

scholarly journals Toward an intercultural approach to evaluation: A perspective from INEE in Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Sylvia Schmelkes
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Indigenous Students ◽  
Item Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Indigenous Children ◽  
Near Future

The National Institute for the Evaluation of Education (INEE) in Mexico has begun to meet the challenges in evaluating indigenous children and teachers and the educational programs and policies targeted to them. Several evaluation projects are described in this paper. One is the “Previous, Free and Informed Consultation of Indigenous People,” which focuses on quality of education they receive. A second is the design of a protocol for reducing cultural and linguistic bias in standardized tests, which requires oversampling of indigenous students and the involvement of anthropologists, linguists and indigenous teachers in item development. A third is an indigenous language evaluation for candidates for entry into the teaching profession, which they must pass before they can work in indigenous schools. A fourth is the development of a qualitative instrument for evaluating teacher performance. The instrument asks evaluated teachers to contextualize their planning; scorers decide whether the plan is adapted to the cultural context and the characteristics of the children. The projects described are only a starting point. In the near future, several dilemmas, such as the apparent trade-off between contextualization and quality, have to be faced and solved.

scholarly journals Evolution and research trends of inclusive museum studies: a bibliometric approach

Kepes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (22) ◽  
pp. 161-192
Author(s):  
Jackeline Valencia Arias ◽  
Alejandro Valencia-Arias ◽  
Danny Zurc
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Museum Studies ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
University Communities ◽  
Bibliometric Approach ◽  
Shed Light

Inclusion is defined as the opportunity disabled people have to fully participate in different contexts: education, work, consumption, entertainment, and other daily social activities. For an understanding of that, this study aims at examine the evolution and research trends of the field of inclusive museums in order propose a line of research that includes growing and emerging concepts in this area of knowledge. For that purpose, technological mapping was carried out by means of a bibliometric analysis that examined 284 publications indexed in Scopus from 1987 to 2018. Results indicate that 47 countries have carried out studies on inclusive museums, within the framework of the research lines inclusive education and education in museums. Research that has been disseminated in greater measure through American journals. This bibliometric study on inclusive museums enabled to shed light on the productivity, impact, and networking of researchers in this field. Finally, this study constitutes a relevant starting point that not only presents trends in the field of inclusive museums but also encourages university communities and cultural institutions (such as Latin American museums) to consider the role they play in said area, as well as the visibility of their research efforts.

scholarly journals Trabalho Docente com Estatística nos Primeiros Anos de Escolarização: um Estudo de Caso

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
Cíntia Poffo ◽  
Janaína Poffo Possamai ◽  
Viviane Clotilde Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Statistical Literacy ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Organizational Perspective ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Practice Problem ◽  
New Ideas

ResumoO letramento estatístico pode ser desenvolvido desde os primeiros anos de escolarização, envolvendo o contexto de brincadeira e de vida. Também, a análise e apresentação de dados que pode tomar como base a perspectiva de organização que as crianças já têm em mente. Nesse contexto, esse trabalho tem como objetivo analisar como é realizado o trabalho com estatística no pré-escolar e no primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental em um município do interior de SC, com o intuito de, na continuação da pesquisa, desenvolver uma proposta de intervenção do no que se refere ao ensino de estatística, no primeiro ano do Ensino Fundamental. Esse é um estudo do tipo descritivo de análise qualitativa, sendo todos os professores da pré escola e do primeiro ano do ensino fundamental que atuam na rede municipal em questão, entrevistados por meio de um questionário semiestruturado. A análise das entrevistas indica que os professores identificam a necessidade de desenvolver um trabalho que tenha como ponto de partida temáticas de interesse e do cotidiano das crianças. Também evidencia a importância de se conhecer verticalmente o currículo da Educação Infantil e do Ensino Fundamental, de modo a resgatar os conhecimentos prévios e então construir novos, com base nas conexões que as crianças conseguem estabelecer.Palavras-chave: Letramento Estatístico. Prática Docente. Resolução de Problemas.AbstractStatistical literacy can be developed from the first years of schooling, involving the context of play and life, and,the analysis and presentation of data can be based on the organizational perspective that children already have in mind. In this context, this work aims to analyze how work with statistics is carried out in pre-school and in the first year of elementary school in a city in the interior of SC, with the intention of, in the continuation of the research, developing an intervention proposal regarding the teaching of statistics, in the first year of elementary school. This is a descriptive type study of qualitative analysis, with all pre-school and first-year elementary school teachers working in the municipal network in question, interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The analysis of the interviews indicates that the teachers identify the need to develop a work that has as a starting point themes of interest and the daily lives of children. It also highlights the importance of vertically learning the curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education, in order to rescue previous knowledge and then build new ideas based on the connections that children are able to establish.Keywords: Statistical Literacy. Teaching Practice. Problem Solving

scholarly journals Rewriting a History of Open Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyungmee Lee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Autobiographical Narratives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
Distance Educators

This article reports eight distance teachers’ stories about teaching at two open universities over the past two decades with a focus on their perceptions and feelings about the changes in their teaching practice. This qualitative study employed a methodological approach called the autoethnographic interview, aiming to document more realistic histories of the open universities and to imagine a better future for those universities. As a result, the paper presents autobiographical narratives of distance teachers that dissent from the general historical accounts of open universities. These narratives are categorized into three interrelated themes: a) openness: excessive openness and a lost sense of mission; b) technological innovation: moving online and long-lasting resistance, and c) teaching: transactional interactions and feelings of loneliness. The paper then presents a discussion of useful implications for open universities, which can serve as a starting point for more meaningful discussions among distance educators in a time of change.

The electricity–water nexus: is a crisis imminent?

Water Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1163-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Berkman
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Market Failures ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Water Demand And Supply ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Water Withdrawals ◽  
Near Future

Several recent studies have warned that there will be widespread water shortages in many regions of the USA in the near future largely because of high demand for water in the production of electricity. This study reviews studies addressing electricity generation and water availability and concludes that electricity production is not likely to lead to water shortages in most regions for several reasons. First, the alarmist studies erroneously rely on water withdrawals rather than water consumption to measure gaps between water demand and supply. Second, these studies fail to account for market dynamics, which will lead to improvements in greater water recycling and reuse as well as new resources on the supply side, and conservation and improved efficiency via new technology on the demand side. Electricity is increasingly generated by low water use technologies such as solar and wind. In addition, fossil-fired power plant technologies exist that greatly reduce water withdrawals and consumption. As water prices rise in the face of tighter supplies these technologies will become more attractive. Third, policies designed to overcome market failures related to pricing regulation, water rights, and government boundaries can reduce, if not eliminate, widespread electricity and water shortages.

Freedom to Work: The Impact off Wireless on Labour Politics

2007 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Melissa Gregg
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
New Media ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Workplace Culture ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Labour Practice ◽  
Information Work ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Near Future

As the use of wireless communication technologies begins to settle into particular patterns, this essay considers the impact of such devices on workplace culture — particularly that of the professional middle class engaged in information work. While the study of workplace culture is usually the domain of sociology, management theory or organisational behaviour, media and cultural studies methods such as semiotic and discourse analysis, media consumption and theories of everyday life have a useful role to play in understanding how technology is marketed and subsequently used in and outside work contexts. As a starting point for this kind of approach, the paper combines an account of recent wireless advertising in Australia with research that is developing in ‘production-side cultural studies’ (Liu, 2004; Du Gay, 1997). In recognising the significance of new media technologies in contemporary labour practice and politics, it aims to move discussions beyond the notion of ‘work-life balance’ as a research endpoint to allow more variegated notions of freedom and flexibility for the workplaces of the present and near future.

Risk Analysis and Assessment for the Face Stability of Tunnel

2011 ◽  
Vol 261-263 ◽  
pp. 380-384
Author(s):  
Hai Tao Wang ◽  
Jin Qing Jia
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Monte Carlo Simulation ◽  
Probability Of Failure ◽  
Stability Factor ◽  
Critical Element ◽  
Face Stability ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Face ◽  
Design Value ◽  
Acceptable Probability

The evaluation of the correct stability factor of tunnel is a critical element in the various design and construction phases of a tunnel excavated in difficult geotechnical conditions. An innovative, and well-applied, procedure for optimize the construction phase management is described in this article. The starting point of this procedure involves the verification of the results of numerical methods obtained from referenced analytical methods. In the first step of the procedure the results obtained through the analytical method are verified by means of a numerical method in order to evaluate the practical consequences in terms of development of deformations and plastic zone. In this manner, the assumed design risk is evaluated for the different methods and the solution that gives the best correspondence with numerical simulation is selected. Finally, residual uncertainties and parametric variations are incorporated in the analysis and Monte Carlo simulation is used to calculate the statistical distribution of the face-stabilizing pressure and the design value is selected on the basis of an acceptable probability of failure.

‘A treasure of hidden vertues’: the attraction of magnetic marketing

1995 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Fara
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Instrument Maker ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Face ◽  
Magnetic Phenomena ◽  
Samuel Pepys

When customers like Samuel Pepys visited the shop of Thomas Tuttell, instrument maker to the king, they could purchase a pack of mathematical playing-cards. The seven of spades, reproduced as Figure 1, depicted the diverse connotations of magnets, or loadstones. These cards cost a shilling, and were too expensive for many of the surveyors, navigators and other practitioners shown using Tuttell's instruments. They provide an early example of the products promising both diversion and improvement which were increasingly marketed to polite audiences. Tuttell's description of loadstone as ‘a treasure of hidden vertues’ encapsulated many contemporary perceptions of these naturally occurring magnets which were to endure throughout the century. This phrase, with its hints of concealed financial and epistemological benefits, resonates with major eighteenth-century analytical themes, such as commercialization, the opposition between vice and virtue, and the fascination with the occult in the face of Enlightenment rationality. This card is emblematic of the multiple interpretations and utilizations of magnetic phenomena during the eighteenth century. It thus provides a useful starting-point for exploring some of the disputes which arose as enterprising individuals concerned with natural philosophy promoted themselves, their activities and their products.

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