scholarly journals Tecitura entre Modelagem Matemática e saberes da complexidade na temática ambientação no manguezalWeaving between Mathematical Modeling and knowledge of complexity in the theme of mangrove environment

Author(s):  
Neuma Teixeira dos Santos ◽  
Roberta Modesto Braga ◽  
Adilson Oliveira do Espírito Santo

ResumoÉ papel fundamental da universidade proporcionar aos seus graduandos em formação articulação entre os diversos saberes. Nesse aspecto, as relações, propostas na literatura entre a Modelagem Matemática e os sete saberes da complexidade de Edgar Morin, podem ser potencializadoras de aprendizagem em uma atividade de formação e ambientação no manguezal da reserva extrativista marinha de Tracuateua-PA para monitoramento da vegetação de mangue por ser uma responsabilidade de cogestão de toda a sociedade a conservação desses ambientes. Para alcançar o objetivo nessa pesquisa, qual seja o de discutir os resultados de uma atividade de Modelagem a partir dos sete saberes no contexto da temática ambientação no manguezal, foi realizado um minicurso envolvendo estudantes de diversas graduações, professores universitários e comunitários e, a partir da descrição da observação participante, diário de campo, dos relatórios e questionários produzidos pelos estudantes, foi possível perceber que todas as ações caminharam dialogando com o princípio do pensamento complexo e a Modelagem ocorreu de forma livre, mostrando que mesmo não sendo definida a priori, as etapas estiveram presentes em todo o processo. Diante do exposto, enfatiza-se que as atividades transdisciplinares devem ocorrer sem delimitações e as fronteiras tradicionais da estrutura universitária devem ser enfrentadas no processo de construção das aprendizagens necessárias para o enfrentamento dos desafios do século XXI.Palavras-chave: Conservação, Monitoramento, Transdisciplinar, Universidade.AbstractThe fundamental role of the university is to provide its undergraduate students with articulation among the different types of knowledge. And in this respect, the relationships proposed in the literature among Mathematical Modeling and the seven knowledge of Edgar Morin's complexity can be an enabler of learning in a formation and  ambiance activity in the mangrove to monitor mangrove vegetation because it is a responsibility of co-management of society the conservation of these environments. To achieve the objective of this research to discuss the results of a Modeling activity based on the seven knowledge in the context of the mangrove environment, a workshop was held involving students from different degrees, university and community professors and from the description of field observation, from the reports and questionnaires produced by the students, it was possible to notice that all actions walked in agreement with the principle of complex thinking and the Modeling occurred freely, showing that even if it was not defined a priori, the steps were present throughout the process. Given the above, it is emphasized that transdisciplinary activities must take place without boundaries and the traditional boundaries of the university structure must be faced in the process of building the learning necessary to face the challenges of the 21st century.Keywords: Conservation, Monitoring, Transdisciplinary, University.ResumenEs papel fundamental de la universidad proporcionar a sus estudiantes de pregrado una articulación entre los diferentes tipos de conocimiento. Y en este sentido, las relaciones propuestas en la literatura entre el Modelaje Matemático y los siete conocimientos de la complejidad de Edgar Morin pueden ser un facilitador del aprendizaje en una actividad de capacitación y montaje en el manglar para monitorear la vegetación del manglar porque es una responsabilidad del co-manejo de la sociedad para la conservación de estos ambientes. Para lograr el objetivo de esta investigación para discutir los resultados de una actividad de modelación basada en los siete conocimientos en el contexto del escenario temático en el manglar, se realizó un mini-curso en que fueron envueltos los estudiantes de diferentes titulaciones, profesores universitarios y comunitarios y a partir de la descripción de la observación de campo, de los informes y cuestionarios elaborados por los estudiantes, se pudo percibir que todas las acciones caminaron en sintonía con el principio del pensamiento complejo y el Modelaje ocurrió libremente, mostrando que a pesar de no se haber definido a priori, los pasos estuvieron presentes en todo el proceso. En vista de lo anterior, se enfatiza que las actividades transdisciplinarias deben desarrollarse sin fronteras y las fronteras tradicionales de la estructura universitaria deben ser enfrentadas en el proceso de la construcción de los aprendizajes necesarios para enfrentar los desafíos del siglo XXI.Palabras clave: Conservación, Monitoreo, Transdisciplinario, Universitario.

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yakup Çetin ◽  
Vivian Howard

This exploratory study examines book circulation patterns among undergraduate university students at an English-language University in Istanbul, Turkey, in order to investigate the relationship between students’ academic achievement and discipline of study, gender and book borrowing habits. Overall, this study supports the important role of the academic library’s print book collection in supporting and contributing to student success and demonstrates a significant positive correlation between undergraduate students’ level of academic achievement and the number of books they borrowed from the university library. This positive correlation was found for students in all faculties and fields of study, but was strongest for students studying qualitative disciplines and was particularly strong for students enrolled in English as a foreign language programmes.


2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Parker

AbstractThere may exist among the university students a true motivation toward science and technology, as these symbolize progress. On the contrary, their attachment to religious values does not discourage their motivation for science and technology. Their critical appreciation of the role of science and technology is related mostly to the ethical and ecological judgments and not to traditional values. The globalization process increasingly shapes this worldview of students. The main approach of this paper comes from a constructivist perspective of science and technology. The empirical data are based on a recent national survey conducted among a sample of students drawn from 25 main Chilean universities.


2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 245-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUIS E. SÁNCHEZ

This paper documents the experience of teaching environmental impact assessment (EIA) to undergraduate students at Escola Politécnica, an engineering school in Brazil, where EIA was first introduced as a graduate course in 1990, evolving to be taught as an undergraduate course. Learning objectives, course contents and teaching approaches are described. The courses have always sought to prevent a "legal trap" in teaching EIA, i.e. shaping the contents and the approach upon the applicable legal requirements, as it is assumed that, ultimately, EIA is not practiced because of laws, but because society calls for environmentally and socially responsible decision-making. Given the limited literature on EIA education, the paper also hopes to stimulate further reflection and debate on the role of teaching in enhancing environmental assessment practice and in improving its effectiveness and disseminating best practices.


Author(s):  
Timur Radbil ◽  
Alexey Pomazov

The article deals with the problem of precedent phenomena use for realization of the attractiveness effect. The role of traditional and innovative precedent phenomena (memes) in polycode internet media-text aimed at attracting attention of the audience to educational sites is under analysis. The material of the research is the content of Russian universities' educational sites and their official pages in VKontakte. The method of discourse analysis of polycode internet media-text and the standard structural-and-semantic and functional-and-semantic method of transformed precedent text analysis are applied in the work. The findings are that creators use various models of semantic, lexical-and-semantic, structural and syntactic transformation of basic traditional precedent phenomena in polycode internet media texts including ironic reinterpretation, amphiboly and "literalization of initial content". Internet-memes as instruments of attractiveness effect use some other semiotic mechanisms for attraction of the audience attention such as illogisms and visual blendings as well as different types of intertextual interaction. The author comes to a conclusion that precedent phenomena are of great perlocutive potential which allows to correlate basic cultural information in an initial precedent phenomenon with an actual one, meant by creator sense in transformed component. The results can be applied in optimization of the university site content.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Rodrigo-González ◽  
María Caballer-Tarazona ◽  
Aurora García-Gallego

We propose a teaching activity aimed at promoting social values, such as trust and reciprocity, among undergraduate students in economics and related degrees. We present our pilot experience of what we call RED–‘Reading–Experiment–Discussion’, a three-step activity as part of a class of a specific module at the University of Valencia. During the Reading step, we encourage students to reflect, learn, and critically think about social values. In the second step, Experiment, students make decisions in a trust game experiment, a game created to measure trust and reciprocity in economic environments. Students then give opinions through a post-experiment questionnaire. Our research hypotheses are tested by using non-parametric methods. We also investigate the association between students’ decisions and their attitudinal and sociodemographic characteristics by linear regression analysis. Experimental data show that decisions on trust and reciprocity are dependent on earnings information and that, on average, females trust more than males. Finally, in the Discussion step, the learning is reinforced by sharing the readings about morals and the experimental decisions. In short, RED may be of great help in transmitting to students the role of social preferences in individual decision making.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Okoh Iyeke ◽  
Lucky Chukwunalu Onyema ◽  
Ezekiel Uba Nwose

This study aimed at evaluating the perceptions of students about the role of counselling and unmet expectation ofundergraduate students. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The participants (N=150) recruited from firstand second year students of Institute of Education in the University. Over 81% of students are aware of counsellingservices and affirm the relevance to academic achievement. However, 69% cannot affirm provision of roadshows toenhance awareness. The proportion of students disagreeing on provision of roadshows to enhance awareness mayimply non-utilization of available academic development program and unmet counselling needs that calls for areview.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Ghafar

The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which 21st century skills assume “a priori” as an integral part of entrepreneurship education with the intent of producing graduates who are not just primarily driven to start new ventures but also empowered and enabled to create entrepreneurial impact within organizations. In elucidating this argument the author undertook social constructionist approach, in order to develop an empirical understanding of the role of entrepreneurship education in developing 21st century skills from the perspective and experiences of undergraduate students majoring in Innovation & Entrepreneurship undergraduate program. Findings of this study suggest that teaching detailed and nuanced industry knowledge is arguably beyond the scope of entrepreneurship education systems, but to an extent, it is of paramount importance that students are exposed to the organic industry knowledge through interaction and experiential experiences. Within such interaction, the development of convergent 21st century skills such as social relationships, leadership, creativity and critical thinking further nurture entrepreneurial intents among students. In so doing, this study provides avenues for further development of entrepreneurship education, particularly the integration of 21st century skills. 


Author(s):  
Anne Campbell

This study explores the perceptions of undergraduate students and their teachers towards the current and future role of learning with technologies in university education in China. Data from a survey completed by 1,740 undergraduate students from 12 universities and colleges throughout a rural province in north-eastern China was supplemented by an analysis of student response to learning with technology in Chinese classroom contexts using visual ethnography. The analysis of the data indicated that the use of technologies in the undergraduate classrooms in this study has had little effect on the way the university lecturers teach, but that their undergraduate students made extensive use of mobile technologies for interpersonal communication and learning outside the classroom, albeit not necessarily in relation to their formal education. These changes raise questions about the key role of socio-cultural expectations regarding effective education in determining the uptake of learning with technologies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Hernández López ◽  
Petra de Saá Pérez ◽  
Jose Luis Ballesteros Rodríguez ◽  
Desiderio García Almeida

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theoretical and practical need for research into the learning conditions that influence a student’s self-assessment of their competences in management education. By means of a theoretical review, the paper introduces a model that integrates various learning conditions related to a student’s affective learning ability and the role of the teacher that may have an influence on a student’s self-assessment of their competences in the field of management. Design/methodology/approach – The authors describe the analysis of data from questionnaires on the experience of undergraduate students from business administration at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Findings – The results reveal the importance of a student’s motivation for professional development, their self-efficacy as well as the important role of the teacher in a student’s self-assessment of their competences. Originality/value – The paper fulfils an identified need to study the conditions that influence a student’s self-assessment of their learning.


2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angelika Hennecke

This paper discusses the role of cultural specific text elements in the constitution of the meaning of the text and focuses the problems which these elements can cause in the translation process. It is based on a description of the translation process as symbiosis of the three categories language, text and culture in a specific situation. The described comprehension of translation turns the question of the methodology of the cultural transfer into a key question that consequently has an impact on the praxis and didactics of translation. The meaning of a text is the result of a complex interaction of different systems in which different types of knowledge are activated. The central question is how culture manifests itself within texts and how these manifestations can be reconstructed, i.e. how the translator's decisions can be made transparent in the context of the transfer. Firstly there is a theoretical reflection on the interdependence of the three categories language, culture and text in which the underlying semiotic conception of text and culture is outlined. On this basis a pragma-semiotic model of the constitution of the text as a complex sign is presented, and a methodology for an integrative text analysis is deduced from this theoretical conception of text constitution. The different forms of cultural specific elements are analyzed and categorized, whereas in addition to the traditional manifestations the concept of intertextuality is introduced and discussed as an important fact for the pragmatic and cultural coherence of the text. The defined forms of cultural specific text elements are illustrated by a number of examples taken from translation praxis and classroom. All the examples are translations from Spanish into German. Finally, the practical and didactical implications, which are of great importance for the training of further translators, are discussed.


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