scholarly journals Education for Humanity – as the Message of the Older Generation of Teachers – In the Light of their Memoirs 2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-35
Author(s):  
Wanda Dróżka
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
National Competition ◽  
Analytical Attitude ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Training

SummaryThe article attempts to familiarise the reader with the memoirs of teachers compiled as a result of the third edition of the National Competition for memoirs and other autobiographical statements under the title “Teacher’s message: Generations of Polish Teachers for the Future” (2014–2016). In the light of the preliminary analysis of the texts submitted, an outline emerges of the mission that teachers would see for themselves, for their successors, and for education of the 21st century. It is something significant: the mission of protecting humanity for future generations, for preserving the world, for the survival of spiritual values confronted with consumerism, cybertechnology, and scientific progress on the basis of genetics, computer science, etc. Education appears in the light of these diaries as a space and a way to reinforce humanity, which is threatened from different sides. There are two approaches here, two concepts of education and training, and of the teacher’s role in this work, the more conservative and the more liberal. In general, it is a question of rational citizenship, the rational use of subjectivity and autonomy, which is similar to M. Nussbaum’s concept of remedying the citizenship crisis. This mission of education requires reflective, subjective and autonomous teachers, using discursive reflexivity (thinking about their own thinking), with an analytical attitude, respecting the requirement of interdependence, understanding the contemporary world, themselves and others. In turn, what this requires from teachers is deep knowledge, thorough education, a high level of culture, and humanistic, subjective and reflective changes in their education and professional development.

New Strategies Needed as Third Industrial Age Unfolds

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
The Third ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Industrial Age ◽  
The World ◽  
Technical Proficiency ◽  
High Level ◽  
Technological Improvements ◽  
Capital Intensive ◽  
New Strategies

Many today believe the world has entered the Third Industrial Age, during which technological improvements in robotics and automation will boost productivity and efficiency, implying significant gains for companies. These advancements have three biases: they tend to be capital-intensive (favoring those with financial resources), skill-intensive (favoring those with a high level of technical proficiency), and labor saving (reducing the total number of unskilled and semi-skilled jobs). The pundits speculate the economic impact on the job market will be significant and will present serious social and political challenges for society in growing inequality and the provision of safety nets to mitigate the consequences of disruptive technological progress. History has shown capitalist markets and business enterprises are incredibly efficient at turning technological advances into profitable businesses and providing incentives to discover new technologies. They succeed because companies that compete successfully with each other to provide benefits for clients are rewarded handsomely.

"Risk literacy" and social cleavages: Vulnerability in three acts

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Hashimoto ◽  
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Aras Zirgulis ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Social Cleavages ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Risk Literacy ◽  
Physical Access

Although recent studies show widening socio-economic divisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many such divisions were already identified as social cleavages. Scholars and observers tend to view the world in a dichotomous manner, overgeneralising their analyses along known cleavages. Therefore, the relevance of our work as scholars is at risk and we, the scholars of the contemporary world, are “vulnerable” to the temptation of ignoring the details, nuances, and complexities. The uneven impact of and recovery from the pandemic is not necessarily binary – for example, a refusal to follow the medical consensus (e.g. social distancing, vaccination) can be observed on both sides of many cleavages. Against such a background, this paper first characterises the pandemic as a medical, socio-economic, and information crisis. With the former two “pillars” resembling the known cleavages, the third pillar goes beyond the physical access to information and deals with the people’s perception of various risks. Such a behavioural angle to the vulnerability – labelled “risk literacy” – highlights the phenomenon of “digital divide” and shows a promising feature as an additional analytical tool. By familiarising ourselves with the people’s varying risk perceptions, we increase our own literacy against the risk of overgeneralisation.

Efficiency of 1-on-1 play situations for high-level soccer players during the World and European championships in relation to position on the pitch and match time

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 495-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Szwarc ◽  
Krzysztof Kromke ◽  
Łukasz Radzimiński ◽  
Zbigniew Jastrzębski
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Soccer Players ◽  
Football Players ◽  
Middle Zone ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Third Place ◽  
The Third ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level

The aim of the study was to assess the efficiencies of players in 1-on-1 situations in terms of their position on the pitch and the match time during the final matches of the World Cup and European Championships from 1990 to 2014. The research was conducted on a sample of 1012 football players whose teams competed in the semi-finals, finals and the third place matches during the Football World Cup and European Championships from 1990 to 2014. The study included the performances of 506 players in 1-on-1 situations during 46 matches that were terminated at the regulation 90 min. The study revealed that during an average match, the players performed 231 times in 1-on-1 situations with 51% accuracy. The level of accuracy in 1-on-1 situations was significantly higher (p ≤ 0.05) in winning teams than in losing teams particularly at the beginning of the game and in the middle zone of the pitch. Moreover, the results of our study showed that the highest effectiveness of the duels was noted in the defence zone and was decreasing along with moving the actions closer to the opponent’s goal. The players competed with similar frequencies on both defence (114 duels on average with 51% accuracy) and attack (113 duels on average with 52% accuracy). The players of the elite football teams exhibited high performance efficiencies in the 1-on-1 duels, especially on their own half of the field and during the early stages of both halves of the match. The accuracy of duels of their performances decreased when the action moved closer to the opponent’s goal and with the time in the game.

scholarly journals The International Year of Crystallography

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C1287-C1287
Author(s):  
Claude Lecomte ◽  
Gautam Desiraju
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South America ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Developing Nations ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Hands On ◽  
International Collaborations ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level ◽  
Different Parts

IYCr2014 aims at improving public awareness of the field, boost access to instrumentation and high-level research, nurture "home-grown" crystallographers in developing nations, and increase international collaborations for the benefit of future generations. The IUCr-UNESCO OpenLab is a network of operational crystallographic laboratories based mainly in Africa, Asia and South America, and implemented in partnership with industry. The OpenLabs will enable students in far-flung lands to have hands-on training in modern techniques and expose them to cutting-edge research in the field. Such project was started based on the strong experience gained through the IUCr Initiative in Africa . The Summit meetings are intended to bring together scientists from countries in three widely separated parts of the world. Karachi (Pakistan), Campinas (Brazil) and Bloemfontein (South Africa). These meetings, attended by scientists from academia and industry and by science administrators, will focus on high-level science, and also highlight the difficulties and problems of conducting competitive scientific research in different parts of the developing world. Moreover, a worldwide crystal-growing competition aims at attracting and inspiring youngsters.

scholarly journals Study on Proposal of Men’s Styles Using Angkor Wat as the Motive

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 957-965
Author(s):  
Jong Min Lee ◽  
Seon Hye Kim ◽  
Yoo Jung Kim ◽  
Yong-mi Jin
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Standards ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

Currently, Korea's cultural standards are very high in the world. In line with this heightened level, Korea's beauty industry is also at a high level. But the Barber industry in Korea is not like that. However the number of barbershops is expected to increase gradually as many hair salons do, and the level of barbershops is expected to improve. Therefore, we started this paper because it was determined that new attempts and suggestions of styles were needed for men's hair styles. In order to produce the work of this study, a total of four works were produced based on the theoretical basis of Angkor Wat's concept, the literature on hair tattoos, Internet data. The first work based on the motive of “Nāga” in Angkor Wat is expressed by combining a ducktail and a hair tattoo. The second work based on the “Mahābhārata” in Angkor Wat is expressed by combining a pompadour and a hair tattoo. The third work based on the tower in Phnom Bakheng is expressed by combining iron windings and a hair tattoo. The fourth work based on the central tower in Angkor Wat is expressed by combining iron techniques and hair tattoo. Based on the sculpting work, which is the link between architecture and men's hair, the possibility of creating a male hairstyle by combining hair tattoos was shown in this study, and Barber work was worth it compared to sculpture and other art.

Marketing Channels of Mango Farmers in Mali

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed El Bechir Koita ◽  
Hakan Adanacıoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Local Market ◽  
The Third ◽  
Incentive Program ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Training

Mango (Mangifera indica Linn) plays a central role as fruit crop among the horticultural fruits in Mali. Mali is among the largest mango producers in West Africa and among the fastest growing mango exporters in the world. The volume of mangoes produced is estimated at 575000 tons per year. Mango production is an important socio-economic activity in Mali, providing employment in rural areas and income through exportation. The study focused on marketing channels of mango famers in Mali. The secondary data were used to investigate marketing channels of mango in Mali. This paper consists of three parts. In the first part, the socio-economic characteristics of mango farmers in Mali were explained. In the second part, information about the development of Mango production and trade in Mali was given. In the third part, marketing channels of Mango farmers were examined. In general, it is difficult to say that Mango marketing channels operate effectively in Mali. The ineffectiveness of marketing channels occurs mostly at the local market level. It is important to strengthen the marketing infrastructure for Mango's marketing channels in Mali to be more effective. The government of Mali needs to implement a special incentive program, especially for wholesalers, who play an important role in increasing post-harvest losses. There is a need for financial support and training of wholesalers during the transportation, storage and processing of fresh mango. It is also important to extend these supports for mango producers.

scholarly journals The place of Sub-Sahara Africa in the Worldsportsystem

Afrika Focus ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Trudo Dejonghe
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Third World ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Politicians ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Third World

The contemporary world sportsystem is developed through globalisation with its homogenisation and heterogenisation processes. The result of these opposite forces is the division of the world in 6 classes. Sub-Sahara Africa underwent, with the exception of South- Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, a total and passive acceptance of the western (British) modern sports. The place of that part of Africa is analogue to and correlates with its place in Wallerstein's world- system periphery. The introduction of modern sports is associated with the spatial diffusion of the 19th century British hegemonic cultural imperialism. The purpose of this policy was a transformation of the traditional society into a modern functional world-culture and the incorporation of that part of the world in the world-system.The anti-western feelings after the independence resulted in a political Pan-Africanism. However, sport and more specific soccer, a typical product of the western domination, has not been rejected. On the contrary, local politicians used it to create a national identity. The strong link between soccer and soil resulted in a strong form of topophily. This connection was transformed into sportnationalism and created in the, through artificial borders developed, nations a unity and a national pride. The outcome of sport games was used to demonstrate the successes in politics and economics. The absence of any political platform on which the Third World had a strong voice brought about that the international sport scene, such as the FIFA, was used for the unification of the Third World against the former colonial powers. Nowadays, the globalisation processes result in an increasing labour migration of African football players to the rich core competitions in Europe. This form of migration can be classified as another form of "cash crop" or in this case "foot drain.. " "As Roman imperialism laid the foundation of modern civilisation and led wild barbarians of these islands (Britain) along the path of progress, so in Africa today we are repaying the debt, and bringing to the dark places of the earth — the abode of barbarism and cruelty — the torch of culture and progress... we hold these countries because it is the genius of our race to colonise, to trade and to govern "(quote by the English educationist Sir Frederick Lugard (1858-1954) in Mandell, 1986: p.102).Key Words: foot drain, globalisation, labour migration, national identity, soccer, sport nationalism, world sport-system. 

scholarly journals Jak zrealizować wspólny projekt pt. „Małżeństwo”? Papieża Franciszka koncepcja przygotowania do małżeństwa

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
Madalena Parzyszek
Keyword(s):  
General Assembly ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Christian Initiation ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Present Understanding

Abstrakt: Papież Franciszek zwołując 5 października 2014 roku III nadzwyczajne zgromadzenie ogólne Synodu Biskupów nt. „Wyzwań duszpasterskich dla rodziny w kontekście nowej ewangelizacji”, oraz 24 października 2015 roku wydając dokument „Misja i powołanie rodziny w Kościele i w świecie współczesnym” zaprosił do refleksji m.in. nad przygotowaniem do małżeństwa. Dotyczy ona głoszenia kerygmatu i inicjacji w sakrament. Autorka artykułu podejmuje się odczytania rozumienia kerygmatu w nauczaniu papieża Franciszka rozumiejąc go jako orędzie mające moc przemiany życia, prowadzące do osobowej relacji z Bogiem, zawierające także konieczność proklamowania go w świecie. Inicjację w sakrament rozumie jako „zakorzenienia przygotowania do małżeństwa w procesie inicjacji chrześcijańskiej, z zaakcentowaniem powiązania małżeństwa ze chrztem oraz innymi sakramentami” ( Franciszek, 2016, 206). Refleksja nad wskazanymi treściami w związku z przygotowaniem do małżeństwa stanowi przyczynek do dyskusji nad zaproponowanym tematem.   Abstract: Pope Francis convoking The Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on 5th October 2014 on the topic of „Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization” and during The Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, popularly referred to as the Synod on the Family, releasing on 24 October 2015 the final report intitled "The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and in the Contemporary World” invited to join reflection how to prepare for marriage. It is concerned with preaching the kerygma and initiation into sacrament of Martimony. The aim of the author of this article is to present understanding the kerygma in Pope Francis’ teaching as a proclamation having power to change life, leading to relationship with God including also necessity to proclaim it in the world.  Initiation into sacrament of Martimony is understood as „implanting prepation for marriage during christian initiation, with accenting connection marriage with the baptism and other sacraments” (Pope Francis, 2016, 206). Reflection of indicated contents connected with preparing for marriage constitutes a trigger to discussion of proposed subject.  

scholarly journals The Place of Sub-Sahara Africa in the Worldsportsystem

Afrika Focus ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 79-111
Author(s):  
Trudo Dejonghe
Keyword(s):  
Third World ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Politicians ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
International Sport

The place of Sub-Sahara Africa in the Worldsportsystem The contemporary world sportsystem is developed through globalisation with its homogenisation and heterogenisation processes. The result of these opposite forces is the division of the world in 6 classes. Sub-Sahara Africa underwent, with the exception of South-Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, a total and passive acceptance of the western (British) modern sports. The place of that part of Africa is analogue to and correlates with its place in Wallerstein’s worldsystem periphery. The introduction of modern sports is associated with the spatial diffusion of the 19th century British hegemonic cultural imperialism. The purpose of this policy was a transformation of the traditional society into a modern functional world-culture and the incorporation of that part of the world in the world-system. The anti-western feelings after the independence resulted in a political Pan-Africanism. However, sport and more specific soccer, a typical product of the western domination, has not been rejected. On the contrary, local politicians used it to create a national identity. The strong link between soccer and soil resulted in a strong form of topophily. This connection was transformed into sportnationalism and created in the, through artificial borders developed, nations a unity and a national pride. The outcome of sport games was used to demonstrate the successes in politics and economics. The absence of any political platform on which the Third World had a strong voice brought about that the international sport scene, such as the FIFA, was used for the unification of the Third World against the former colonial powers. Nowadays, the globalisation processes result in an increasing labour migration of African football players to the rich core competitions in Europe. This form of migration can be classified as another form of “cash crop” or in this case “foot drain..” “As Roman imperialism laid the foundation of modern civilisation and led wild barbarians of these islands (Britain) along the path of progress, so in Africa today we are repaying the debt, and bringing to the dark places of the earth – the abode of barbarism and cruelty – the torch of culture and progress… we hold these countries because it is the genius of our race to colonise, to trade and to govern” (quote by the English educationist Sir Frederick Lugard (1858-1954) in Mandell, 1986: p.102).

The Virtues of Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Character Traits ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Excessive Consumption ◽  
Ways Of Life

With a growing recognition of the potentially catastrophic impacts of human actions on current and future generations, people around the world are urgently seeking new, sustainable ways of life for themselves and their communities. What do these calls for a sustainable future mean for our current values and ways of life, and what kind of people will we need to become? Approaches to ethical living that emphasize good character and virtue are recently resurgent, and they are especially well-suited to addressing the challenges we face in pursuing sustainability. From rethinking excessive consumption, to appropriately respecting nature, to being resilient in the face of environmental injustice, our characters will be frequently tested. The virtues of sustainability—character traits enabling us to lead sustainable, flourishing lives—will be critical to our success. This volume, divided into three parts, brings together newly commissioned essays by leading scholars from multiple disciplines—from philosophy and political science, to religious studies and psychology. The essays in the first part focus on key factors and structures that support the cultivation of the virtues of sustainability, while those in the second focus in particular on virtues embraced by various non-Western communities and cultures, and the worldviews that underlie them. Finally, the essays in the third part address further particular virtues of sustainability, including cooperativeness, patience, conscientiousness, and creativity and open-mindedness. Together, these essays provide readers with a rich understanding of the importance and diversity of the virtues of sustainability.

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