New Technologies in Personalisation of STEM and STEAM Education - International Context

The dynamically developing global IT infrastructure and the increasing importance of modern information technologies represent a huge challenge in the process of socialization and education of children and young people. Undoubtedly, it is extremely important to prepare current and future generations for a skillful use of modern technologies. Therefore, it is essential to implement new technologies in the teaching process at all levels of education as well as during preventive and therapeutic activities. This study analyzes the functioning of three institutions that use modern information technology within educational, preventive and therapeutic interventions. These institutions have been selected to be environmentally diverse, show the international context and demonstrate a different potential for ICT use. The main objective of the research was to identify innovative ways of using modern technologies in supporting educational and compensatory activities undertaken by selected institutions.

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CHALLENGES OF NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE EDUCATION OF NEW GENERATION INNOVATORS

Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS) ◽

10.48127/gu/18.24.94 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 94-104

Author(s):

Violeta Šlekienė

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Science Communication ◽

Business Models ◽

New Technologies ◽

Interdisciplinary Approach ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Steam Education ◽

Rapid Changes ◽

Rational Combination ◽

And Mathematics

STEAM education is not new in the world. Many research and international projects aimed at developing and improving this field have been and still are ongoing. In view of the rapid changes in science and technology and the growth of interdisciplinary integration, educational strategists, scientists and specialists from different countries regularly update the content of STEAM subjects and their teaching methods. Educational strategists of our country have declared STEAM education as a priority area of education. The Ministry of Education emphasizes that it is particularly important to raise pupils' interest in STEAM and to train 21st century teachers with STEAM education-relevant competencies. STEAM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real world lessons as students apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in contexts that make connections between school, community, work, and the global enterprise enabling the development of STEAM literacy and with it the ability to compete in the new economy. STEAM education emphasizes art and technical creativity as interdisciplinary access, combining it with a rational combination with the peculiarities of individual subjects. At present, in the context of particularly rapid changes in the labor market, it is difficult to predict which specialties will be required when current students complete their studies. It is forecasted that even 65% basic school pupils, when they graduate, will work according to the specialty that currently does not exist and that by the year 2020, due to new technologies and business models, the global labor market will lose at least 7,1 million job places. This means that new skills and specialties will also be sought for educated, intellectually engineered professionals. That means, it is important to emphasize at school not only the importance of the knowledge itself, but also the continuous development of various skills. There is a growing debate about the abilities that will determine your professional and personal success in the future. The factors contributing to the necessity for the development and improvement of STEAM education, STEAM education issues, their causes, what is done in STEAM in other countries and the national STEAM conception have been highlighted in this paper. Keywords: STEAM education, STEAM conception, science communication.

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Principles of Low-Vacuum SEM

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100131152 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1304-1305

Author(s):

Klaus-Ruediger Peters

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

High Vacuum ◽

Optical Microscope ◽

Specimen Surface ◽

Electrical Field ◽

Gaseous Environment ◽

New Information ◽

Gas Molecules ◽

New Interactions ◽

Gas Pressures

Only recently it became possible to expand scanning electron microscopy to low vacuum and atmospheric pressure through the introduction of several new technologies. In principle, only the specimen is provided with a controlled gaseous environment while the optical microscope column is kept at high vacuum. In the specimen chamber, the gas can generate new interactions with i) the probe electrons, ii) the specimen surface, and iii) the specimen-specific signal electrons. The results of these interactions yield new information about specimen surfaces not accessible to conventional high vacuum SEM. Several microscope types are available differing from each other by the maximum available gas pressure and the types of signals which can be used for investigation of specimen properties.Electrical non-conductors can be easily imaged despite charge accumulations at and beneath their surface. At high gas pressures between 10-2 and 2 torr, gas molecules are ionized in the electrical field between the specimen surface and the surrounding microscope parts through signal electrons and, to a certain extent, probe electrons. The gas provides a stable ion flux for a surface charge equalization if sufficient gas ions are provided.

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Structural dynamics of P-type ATPase ion pumps

Biochemical Society Transactions ◽

10.1042/bst20190124 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 1247-1257 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Mateusz Dyla ◽

Sara Basse Hansen ◽

Poul Nissen ◽

Magnus Kjaergaard

Keyword(s):

Structural Dynamics ◽

Single Molecule ◽

New Technologies ◽

Atp Hydrolysis ◽

Resonance Energy Transfer ◽

Resonance Energy ◽

Time Resolved ◽

Dynamics Simulations ◽

Types Of Information ◽

P Type

Abstract P-type ATPases transport ions across biological membranes against concentration gradients and are essential for all cells. They use the energy from ATP hydrolysis to propel large intramolecular movements, which drive vectorial transport of ions. Tight coordination of the motions of the pump is required to couple the two spatially distant processes of ion binding and ATP hydrolysis. Here, we review our current understanding of the structural dynamics of P-type ATPases, focusing primarily on Ca2+ pumps. We integrate different types of information that report on structural dynamics, primarily time-resolved fluorescence experiments including single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer and molecular dynamics simulations, and interpret them in the framework provided by the numerous crystal structures of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase. We discuss the challenges in characterizing the dynamics of membrane pumps, and the likely impact of new technologies on the field.

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Meiotic CENP-C is a shepherd: bridging the space between the centromere and the kinetochore in time and space

Essays in Biochemistry ◽

10.1042/ebc20190080 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 251-261

Author(s):

Jessica E. Fellmeth ◽

Kim S. McKim

Keyword(s):

Chromosome Segregation ◽

New Technologies ◽

Early Prophase ◽

Unique Role ◽

Kinetochore Assembly ◽

M Phase ◽

In Vivo Analysis ◽

Meiosis I

Abstract While many of the proteins involved in the mitotic centromere and kinetochore are conserved in meiosis, they often gain a novel function due to the unique needs of homolog segregation during meiosis I (MI). CENP-C is a critical component of the centromere for kinetochore assembly in mitosis. Recent work, however, has highlighted the unique features of meiotic CENP-C. Centromere establishment and stability require CENP-C loading at the centromere for CENP-A function. Pre-meiotic loading of proteins necessary for homolog recombination as well as cohesion also rely on CENP-C, as do the main scaffolding components of the kinetochore. Much of this work relies on new technologies that enable in vivo analysis of meiosis like never before. Here, we strive to highlight the unique role of this highly conserved centromere protein that loads on to centromeres prior to M-phase onset, but continues to perform critical functions through chromosome segregation. CENP-C is not merely a structural link between the centromere and the kinetochore, but also a functional one joining the processes of early prophase homolog synapsis to late metaphase kinetochore assembly and signaling.

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New Technologies for Human Rights Law and Practice

10.1017/9781316838952 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

New Technologies ◽

Human Rights Law

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Recent Developments of Ambulatory Assessment Methods

Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie ◽

10.1024/1016-264x/a000143 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 279-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Stefan Hey ◽

Panagiota Anastasopoulou ◽

André Bideaux ◽

Wilhelm Stork

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Ambulatory Assessment ◽

Emotional States ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Potential Applications ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Physiological Sensors

Ambulatory assessment of emotional states as well as psychophysiological, cognitive and behavioral reactions constitutes an approach, which is increasingly being used in psychological research. Due to new developments in the field of information and communication technologies and an improved application of mobile physiological sensors, various new systems have been introduced. Methods of experience sampling allow to assess dynamic changes of subjective evaluations in real time and new sensor technologies permit a measurement of physiological responses. In addition, new technologies facilitate the interactive assessment of subjective, physiological, and behavioral data in real-time. Here, we describe these recent developments from the perspective of engineering science and discuss potential applications in the field of neuropsychology.

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