SPECIAL ASPECTS OF USING FICTION IN BIOLOGY CLASSES

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
A. N. Timofeev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Science ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
General Training ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
High Level

Despite the significant achievements in various areas of pedagogy, the issue of developing students’ interest in the studied material continues to be acute. One of the instructional techniques contributing to solving this problem is related to the use of fiction and popular science literature in the natural sciences lessons. The study aims to identify special aspects of using fiction in biology lessons. The author determined and considered the fiction’s main uses in the sciences subject area. The author surveyed subject teachers to identify the number of integrated classes (biology-literature) developed and conducted by these teachers and the number of biology lessons using fiction and popular science literature. Two hundred thirty-two teachers took part in the survey. The study identified that 96.6 % of teachers surveyed do not integrate biology and literature lessons, and 96.1 % of teachers do not use additional fiction and popular science literature in their lessons, replacing it with videos from the Internet. On the example of biology and geography lessons, the author shows a variety of methodological approaches to the use of literary texts and related tasks. The study shows that the largest number of guidelines on the use of literary texts since the beginning of the XX century has been published for geographers, as the guidance papers for biologists, predominantly, began to appear much later. According to the survey, when choosing fiction, the biology teachers give preference to classical texts written in the XIX–XX centuries. The fiction of modern authors is practically not considered in biology lessons. Teachers use literary texts in biology lessons both to influence the emotional sphere of students to increase their interest in the subject and to check the level of educational material digestion. Today, the activity of teachers in the use of fiction in biology lessons has noticeably decreased, giving way to videos. One of the reasons for rear use of literary texts in the science lessons, the author considers the insufficiently high level of general training of teachers and the general reduction in the quality of education.

scholarly journals COMMUNICATIVE PARADIGM IN THE RESEARCH OF JOINT STOCK COMPANIES FINANCIAL SECURITY

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Olena STASHCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Security System ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Financial Security ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
High Level ◽  
Financial Communications

Introduction. The development of the information society requires the application of the bases of the communicative approach in the process of researching the financial security of joint stock companies. This is due to the high level of sensitivity of corporate structures to the quality, completeness and timeliness of financial information and, as a consequence, can lead to a decrease in the efficiency of financial and economic activity of joint stock companies and the level of their financial security. The purposeof the article is to outline the place of the communicative paradigm in the scientific knowledge of the financial security of joint stock companies, to identify its main characteristics. On this basis, there is a need for structuring financial communications of the financial security system of joint stock companies. Results. The results of the study allowed to establish such basic essential characteristics of the communicative paradigm in the study of financial security of joint stock companies, such as multisubjectivity, multilevelness, intersubjectivity, equality of control subjects, flexibility and dynamism of the structure of the subject of management. It is established that in the structure of financial communications of the financial security system of joint stock companies are allocated intangible, basic and derivative. The author's approach to understanding the methodology of scientific knowledge of financial security of joint stock companies as an interconnection of financial resources of corporate structures and the formation of relevant financial information with the aim of regulating the interests and intentions of all stakeholders is proposed. Conclusions. Construction of the methodology of scientific knowledge of financial safety of joint stock companies on the basis of the above mentioned methodological approaches can contribute to the formation of a real assessment of the latest trends in the formation of financial security of joint stock companies, the identification of weaknesses and the risks of their mplementation in the context of existing macroeconomic and microeconomic threats, as well as substantiation of effective directions for increasing financial security. We believe that the application of such scientific approaches to the study of financial security of joint stock companies will also enhance the quality of the use of mathematical tools in financial science, a more detailed study of the basic models of the functioning of the finances of joint stock companies, the accumulation of empirical data.

Philosophical and Cultural Aspects of Medical Profession: Philosophical and Conceptual Peculiarities

Cultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-174
Author(s):  
Iryna MELNYCHUK ◽  
Nadiya FEDCHYSHYN ◽  
Oleg PYLYPYSHYN ◽  
Anatolii VYKHRUSHCH
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ecological Culture ◽  
High Level

The article analyzes the philosophical and cultural view of “doctor’s professional culture” as a result of centuries-old practice of human relations, which is characterized by constancy and passed from generation to generation. Medicine is a complex system in which an important role is played by: philosophical outlook of a doctor, philosophical culture, ecological culture, moral culture, aesthetic culture, artistic culture. We have found that within the system “doctor-patient” the degree of cultural proximity becomes a factor that influences the health or life of a patient. Thus, the following factors are important here: 1) communication that suppresses a sick person; 2) the balance of cultural and intellectual levels; 3) the cultural environment of a patient which has much more powerful impact on a patient than the medical one.At the present stage, the interdependence of professional and humanitarian training of future specialists is predominant, as a highly skilled specialist can not but become a subject of philosophizing. We outlined the sphere where the doctors present a genre variety of philosophizing (philosophical novels, apologies, dialogues, diaries, aphorisms, confessions, essays, etc.). This tradition represents the original variations in the formation of future doctor’s communicative competences, which are formed in the process of medical students’ professional training.A survey conducted among medical students made it possible to establish their professional values, which are indicators of the formation of philosophical and culturological competence. It was found out that 92% of respondents believed that a doctor should demonstrate a high level of health culture (avoid drinking and smoking habits, etc.)99% of respondents favoured a high level of personal qualities of a doctor which would allow methods and forms of medical practice to assert higher human ideals of truth, goodness and beauty that are the subject area of cultural studies and philosophy.

scholarly journals Corpus Assisted Approach To Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Samuel Kwesi Nkansah
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Objective Investigation

Armah’s The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born is a novel known for its extensive portrayal of the ills and anomalies in the Ghanaian society right after independence. The majority of studies on the novel have overwhelmingly concluded that corruption is the preoccupation of the text. This view appears skewed in many respects. This paper argues that the corpus assisted approach can contribute methodologies to support objective investigation of the subject matters of the text. This study, adopting the corpus-assisted approach in a mix of numerical data and qualitative description of Armah’s The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born, used frequencies of the occurrence of pejorative terms in the text to determine the dominant subject matters in the novel. The approach reveals that “rot” and “decay” are the most dominant motifs used, followed by “filth”, “corruption”, and “bribery”. It suggests that clusters, i.e., recurrence of words, characters’ association with the words, and context of use serve as textual cues in thematic exploration. The approach aids in revealing that the real intent of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is that the total breakdown of the society rests on seemingly insignificant characters. The paper has implications for methodological approaches to thematic analysis of literary texts, particularly, the novel.

Product Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry

2010 ◽  
pp. 104-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Dado ◽  
Reza Beheshti ◽  
Martinus van de Ruitenbeek
Keyword(s):  
Data Exchange ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Fourth Generation ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Web Standards ◽  
Product Modelling ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level

This chapter provides an overview of product modelling in the Building and Construction (BC) industry based on authors’ experiences gained from various conducted research projects and also taking into account results of other research projects. This chapter starts with an introduction and background of the subject area in terms of motivation, industrial needs and requirements. This is followed by an overview of a historical background of the subject area. In this historical background we distinguish five generations of product modelling developments. The first generation of product modelling developments is characterized by the influence of previous expert and database developments and by the constituting high-level constructs (e.g. EDM, BSM, RATAS and GARM). The second generation of product modelling developments can be characterized by the development of detailed aspect systems and supporting frameworks for data exchange and integration (e.g. IRMA, ATLAS, COMBINE, PISA and IMPPACT). The third generation product modelling developments can be characterized by its focus on collaborative engineering support by means of the application of middleware and client/server technology (e.g. SPACE, CONCUR, BCCM, VEGA and ToCEE) and the development of the IFC. The fourth generation of product modelling developments is heavily influenced by the Internet and Web Services standards such as XML, SOAP and UDDI and related business models such as eBusiness and eWork (e.g. bcXML, ifcXML and eConstruct). The next (fifth) generation of product modelling developments will be based on the emerging semantic web standards such as OWL and RDF, and based on the concepts of ontology internationmodelling as experienced in ongoing (European) projects such as SWOP. After this historical overview, an analysis of the characteristics of interesting conceptual product approaches is presented. Here we discuss the Standardisation, Minimal Model, Core Model, NOT, Vocabulary and Ontology product modelling approaches. Followed by an analysis of a number of specific conceptual product models and how the basic product modelling constructs (i.e. semantics, lifecycle modifiers and multiple project views) are implemented. This chapter ends with a discussion about some ongoing projects (COINS, CHEOPS and SWOP) in the context of future trends.

DIDACTIC CONDITIONS UNDERSTANDING SCIENTIFIC MATHEMATICAL TEXT STUDENTS – FUTURE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 429-442
Author(s):  
Larisa Sergeeva
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Text ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Mathematical Content ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mathematical Texts ◽  
Tools And Methods

The article substantiates the necessity of understanding mathematical text in the process of training of students – future primary school teachers. The features of the understanding of the subject area of "mathematics" on the basis of the analysis of the specificity of mathematical texts. The article presents the didactic conditions of understanding mathematical texts with students in order to improve the quality of mathematical and pedagogical education of future primary school teachers. Describes the tools and methods to ensure understanding of mathematical content by the students. The conducted research allowed to establish the effect of implementing the selected conditions on the overcoming of formalism in the assimilation of mathematics by students.

scholarly journals Don’t write, just mark: the validity of assessing student ability via their computerized peer-marking of an essay rather than their creation of an essay

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Davies
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Student Ability ◽  
Method Of Assessment ◽  
The Impact

This paper reports on a case study that evaluates the validity of assessing students via a computerized peer-marking process, rather than on their production of an essay in a particular subject area. The study assesses the higher-order skills shown by a student in marking and providing consistent feedback on an essay. In order to evaluate the suitability of this method of assessment in judging a student’s ability, their results in performing this peer-marking process are correlated against their results in a number of computerized multiple-choice exercises and also the production of an essay in a cognate area of the subject being undertaken. The results overall show a correlation of the expected results in all three areas of assessment being undertaken, rated by the final grades of the students undertaking the assessment. The results produced by quantifying the quality of the marking and commenting of the students is found to map well to the overall expectations of the results produced for the cohort of students. It is also shown that the higher performing students achieve a greater improvement in their overall marks by performing the marking process than those students of a lower quality. This appears to support previous claims that awarding a ‘mark for marking’ rewards the demonstration of higher order skills of assessment. Finally, note is made of the impact that such an assessment method can have upon eradicating the possibility of plagiarism.DOI: 10.1080/0968776042000259573

scholarly journals Incorporation of Anti-Corruption Digital Content into Engineering Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 01013
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Safonova
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Effective Use

Vocational education of a modern person is a comprehensive acquisition of knowledge not only in the field of a future specialty but also in the field of anti-corruption norms and rules that extend their effect to the field of activity of a future engineer. The requirements for the level and quality of modern vocational education determine the objectives of modern vocational education in professional educational institutions of higher education. The effective use in the educational process of the achievements of modern digital technologies in the study of non-core disciplines is a prerequisite for the formation of a professionally-oriented personality, with a high level of anti-corruption legal consciousness. The subject of the study was the capabilities of modern technical means for transmitting the studied information of anti-corruption content to the student, the prospects for the development of their use in studying the provisions of the legislation on anti-corruption regulation in the Russian Federation. The method of this study was – the analysis of the modern digital environment of the educational process.

scholarly journals A Comparison of the General Knowledge and Skills Displayed by Students Participating in International Geopolitical Competitions

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 255
Author(s):  
Piotr L. Wilczyński
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Material Good ◽  
The Subject

Three years ago, the Polish Geopolitical Society began an initiative focused on students, PHD candidates and interested academic societies, who wished to co-operate in popularizing the subject area of geopolitics. This initiative sought to serve as a forum for such groups and individuals to compete with other interested colleagues and groups from around the world. During the process, students strive to prove their level of professional knowledge, while their teachers assist them in preparing for their best presentations. All participants then meet during the final stages of the competition in order to exchange their experiences. This, in turn, benefits the development of general approaches and methods of study regarding the discipline of geopolitics. The question addressed in this paper then, is how such international competitions can improve the overall skills and knowledge of the subject area at hand among those participating. The importance of this question is underscored by various initiatives undertaken that attempt to measure the quality of higher education. The research presented in this article, then, is based upon interviews with both participants and organizing committee members, which attempt to gauge the experiences and results achieved during such competitions. The results show both the positive and negative aspects of organizing such gatherings. Most certainly, one could draw the conclusion that such events are the most attractive to the most ambitious of students and teachers, who consider education a privilege and as a process, which continues throughout one’s lifetime. Adversely, for those who place education in the same category as a material good, to be bought and sold, such competitions have little appeal especially when focused upon a narrow field of study.

Review of Factors Affecting the Quality of Architectural Concrete

2019 ◽  
Vol 808 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Jan Sestak ◽  
Monika Utěšená ◽  
Radka Pernicova
Keyword(s):  
Surface Structure ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Surface Layers ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Subject

The paper deals with the properties, quality and durability of the exposed concrete. The main part of this paper are characteristic of architectural (sometimes called visible or naked) concrete and the criterion of the quality evaluation of the performed work. This is mainly the colour balance of the subject area, the quantity and the size of the pores, the quality of the raw material and the surface structure. Achieving the quality of architectural concrete is considerably more technologically demanding compared with conventional concrete. This is reflected also in its cost. In conclusion, the problems of surface layers of architectural concrete are summarized. Especially environments can cause faster degradation, reducing the lifetime of the whole construction, but also pointing to one of the main problems in construction, which is technological discipline.

Ungraded Educational Оrganizations in Rural Areas: History and Modernity

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Levchenko Olga Yu. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Foreign Language Education ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Village

In the national educational system, the rural school has traditionally been given a significant role, which is reflected in numerous studies published in different years. The analysis of historical and pedagogical sources revealed the main stages of the origin and development of rural schools in Russia. At the beginning of the XXI century rural ungraded educational organizations have not lost their significance and are widely represented in the educational space of the country. In modern conditions, the activities of educational organizations have a significant impact on the socio-cultural and economic condition of the village, being a key condition for the existence or revival of settlements.Appealing to regulatory documents dated from different periods made it possible to analyze the interpretation of the term “ungraded educational organization” in a historical retrospective. The study of historical and pedagogical sources and modern researches indicates the existence of certain features in the implementation of educational activities in ungraded educational organizations.Inherent organizational and pedagogical characteristics have an impact on the organization of foreign languageteaching. The problem of improving the quality of foreign language education in ungraded educational organizations located in rural areas continues to remain relevant. It requires its comprehensive study and search for more effective and methodically appropriate teaching methods, techniques and technologies, taking into account the existing historical experience. Achievement of the results of studying the subject area “Foreign languages” established in regulatory documents is possible only with teaching staff, having a higher level of subject-methodological training.

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