Career or culture? : a study of the relation of vocation & culture in education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John William Money
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Social Crisis ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Educational Relation ◽  
Do So

At the commencement of a lecture entitled 'Cultural Aspects of Vocational Education' Sir Fred Clarke said: 'The more I have thought about the implications of the topic under discussion, the more do i realize how momentous and far reaching-they are. I now feel that in this innocent-looking title the whole crisis of our times is involved.'<br>The judgement explains the raison d'etre of this thesis, viz., that the problem of relating vocation and culture in education has implications which are 'momentous and far-reaching' for the present day social crisis.<br>The statement indicates the aim of the dissertation: this is to trace the historical growth of the educational relation of vocation and culture in order to perceive more clearly the present situation and its widespread implications. To do so is to see more clearly, in one special field, something of the problems the educator is faced with in a world which everywhere cries out for reconstruction.

Career or culture? : a study of the relation of vocation & culture in education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John William Money
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Social Crisis ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Educational Relation ◽  
Do So

At the commencement of a lecture entitled 'Cultural Aspects of Vocational Education' Sir Fred Clarke said: 'The more I have thought about the implications of the topic under discussion, the more do i realize how momentous and far reaching-they are. I now feel that in this innocent-looking title the whole crisis of our times is involved.'<br>The judgement explains the raison d'etre of this thesis, viz., that the problem of relating vocation and culture in education has implications which are 'momentous and far-reaching' for the present day social crisis.<br>The statement indicates the aim of the dissertation: this is to trace the historical growth of the educational relation of vocation and culture in order to perceive more clearly the present situation and its widespread implications. To do so is to see more clearly, in one special field, something of the problems the educator is faced with in a world which everywhere cries out for reconstruction.

STATISTICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-226
Author(s):  
R. J. Prescott ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Postgraduate Medical Education ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Test Form ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Research Facilities ◽  
Do So

. . .Perhaps the medical profession should take a close look at its attitude towards statistics. The medical statisticians are thin on the ground, and it would be unrealistic to expect all papers with some statistical content to be refereed by them, even if this was thought desirable. Another way to tackle the problem is through undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Since most medical students will not become research-workers, it is debatable whether the computational complexities of a test form a relevant part of their medical education. However, all doctors should keep up to date with developments reported in the journals, and to do so adequately they must learn to judge published work critically. It is this aspect of statistics which appears to be in most need of emphasis in undergraduate medical education. For the aspiring researcher, the most important statistical skills to be learnt at postgraduate level are the design of experiments, surveys, and clinical trials. Without them the techniques of statistical analysis, which also need to be learnt at this time, may have poor material to work on. Unless moves of this sort occur the present situation is likely to continue. Many research-workers will spend much of their time on work which is doomed in advance to be of no medical or scientific merit; valuable research facilities will be inefficiently used; the literature will continue to produce articles where the conclusions do not follow from the data. Worst of all, such articles will continue to be believed.

scholarly journals Analysing cultural aspects in EFL textbooks: a skill-based analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Raigón-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Culture Learning ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Cultural Content ◽  
Specific Culture ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Do So

In teaching/learning English as a Foreign Language, one of the goals is to develop interculturally competent citizens. Consequently, culture must play a major role. As textbooks are carriers of cultural information, special attention should be paid to the cultural content of textbooks. This article compares the cultural content of six B2-level textbooks for English language teaching in Spain. The editions range from 1992 to 2013 and were distributed by well-known publishing houses. The purpose of the study is to identify whether cultural content (general, big ‘C’ and small ‘c’) has been incorporated in newer editions to answer to globalised needs and, secondly, to determine which skill is used preferably to do so. The author has adopted a culture learning model developed by Lee (2009) and design a three-fold cultural checklist. Then, content analysis methodology (Krippendorff 2004) has been used to quantify qualitative data. Data suggest that even in newer editions, products, artefacts and external behaviours are used more frequently when trying to portray a specific culture, leaving aside general cultural content and internal culture (small ‘c’). It was also found that skill usage is different depending on the type of culture learning.

scholarly journals O Santo Ofício em Portugal e a narrativa crítica de Alexandre Herculano em relação à Inquisição / The Holy Office in Portugal and the Critical Narrative of Alexandre Herculaneum in Relation to the Inquisition

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (64) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Felipe Dos Santos Matias
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Work History ◽  
Second Moment ◽  
The Real ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
History Of ◽  
Jose Saramago ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

Resumo: O presente artigo estuda, inicialmente, o Santo Ofício português – iniciado em 1536 e oficialmente extinto apenas no século XIX, em 1821 –, procurando abordar alguns aspectos históricos, sociais, políticos e culturais decorrentes do funcionamento do tribunal inquisitorial em solo luso. Para tanto, dialoga-se com historiadores e intelecuais como António Baião, Anita Novinsky, António Sérgio, Lana Lage da Gama Lima, Giuseppe Marcocci, José Pedro Paiva, Toby Green, António José Saraiva, Eduardo Lourenço, dentre outros. Em um segundo momento do estudo, analisa-se a obra História da origem e estabelecimento da Inquisição em Portugal (1854), de Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877), buscando-se evidenciar a forma pela qual a narrativa historiográfica herculaniana constituiu um discurso crítico em relação à institucionalização da Inquisição no reino português – durante a monarquia de D. João III – e aos laços estreitos entre os poderes real e religioso.Palavras-chave: Inquisição; Portugal; Alexandre Herculano.Abstract: This article initially studies the Portuguese Holy Office - which began in 1536 and was officially extinguished only in the 19th century, in 1821 - and seeks to address some historical, social, political and cultural aspects arising from the operation of the Inquisitorial Court on Portuguese soil. To do so, it dialogues with historians and intellectuals such as António Baião, Anita Novinsky, António Sérgio, Lana Lage da Gama Lima, Giuseppe Marcocci, José Pedro Paiva, Toby Green, António José Saraiva, Eduardo Lourenço, among others. In a second moment of study, the work History of the origin and establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal (1854), by Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877), is analyzed, seeking to highlight the way in which the herculanian historiographic narrative constituted a discursive criticism in relation to the institutionalization of the Inquisition in the Portuguese kingdom – during the monarchy of D. João III – and to the close ties between the real and religious powers.Keywords:Inquisition; Portugal; Alexandre Herculano.Resumo: O presente artigo[1] estuda, inicialmente, o Santo Ofício português – iniciado em 1536 e oficialmente extinto apenas no século XIX, em 1821 –, procurando abordar alguns aspectos históricos, sociais, políticos e culturais decorrentes do funcionamento do tribunal inquisitorial em solo luso. Para tanto, dialoga-se com historiadores e intelecuais como António Baião, Anita Novinsky, António Sérgio, Lana Lage da Gama Lima, Giuseppe Marcocci, José Pedro Paiva, Toby Green, António José Saraiva, Eduardo Lourenço, dentre outros. Em um segundo momento do estudo, analisa-se a obra História da origem e estabelecimento da Inquisição em Portugal (1854), de Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877), buscando-se evidenciar a forma pela qual a narrativa historiográfica herculaniana constituiu um discurso crítico em relação à institucionalização da Inquisição no reino português – durante a monarquia de D. João III – e aos laços estreitos entre os poderes real e religioso.Palavras-chave: Inquisição; Portugal; Alexandre Herculano.Abstract: This article initially studies the Portuguese Holy Office - which began in 1536 and was officially extinguished only in the 19th century, in 1821 - and seeks to address some historical, social, political and cultural aspects arising from the operation of the Inquisitorial Court on Portuguese soil. To do so, it dialogues with historians and intellectuals such as António Baião, Anita Novinsky, António Sérgio, Lana Lage da Gama Lima, Giuseppe Marcocci, José Pedro Paiva, Toby Green, António José Saraiva, Eduardo Lourenço, among others. In a second moment of study, the work History of the origin and establishment of the Inquisition in Portugal (1854), by Alexandre Herculano (1810-1877), is analyzed, seeking to highlight the way in which the herculanian historiographic narrative constituted a discursive criticism in relation to the institutionalization of the Inquisition in the Portuguese kingdom – during the monarchy of D. João III – and to the close ties between the real and religious powers.Keywords: Inquisition; Portugal; Alexandre Herculano.[1] Este estudo é parte da tese As representações da Inquisição nos discursos historiográfico de Alexandre Herculano e literário de José Saramago, defendida em 2014, na UFJF. 

Doorlopende Leerlijnen Taal en Rekenen

2011 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Huub van den Bergh
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Learning Trajectories ◽  
Achievement Level ◽  
Higher Vocational Education ◽  
Official Report ◽  
Average Students ◽  
Reading And Spelling ◽  
Do So

In the official report on learning trajectories ('doorlopende leerlijnen') it is specified which achievement level students have to reach at different thresholds in the Dutch educational system: at the change from primary to secondary education, and at the different thresholds from secondary education to either intermediate vocational education (mbo), higher vocational education (hbo), or university (wo). In this paper we will discuss (1) several misconceptions surrounding the 'doorlopende leerlijnen' and (2) the feasibility of the norms imposed for reading and spelling. It is concluded that, on average, students do reach the norms imposed by the 'doorlopende leerlijnen', but that a relatively large proportion of students in the lower tracks of vocational education fail to do so.

scholarly journals Futures Studies as a Quest for Meaning

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-39
Author(s):  
Richard A. Slaughter
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Futures Studies ◽  
Quest For Meaning ◽  
Early Influences ◽  
Do So

This article reflects on four decades of activity in the futures arena. Overall, it tracks a process of deepening insight and growing appreciation for the richness and complexity of life in all its myriad forms. Coupled with this is what I have come to regard as our inescapable responsibility for being active in ways that protect and nurture our natural and cultural heritage, both of which are under-sustained and ever-deepening threat. To do so, we need to recover a clear perception of how extreme and “abnormal” our present situation vis-à-vis Planet Earth really is. This entails removing the veils from our eyes, setting aside convenient fictions, and gaining the courage to face reality. This view can also be framed as “finding ways forward in impossible times.” It is a kind of “sub-text” for the kind of Futures Studies I have pursued. Part 1 provides an overview of early influences and experiences. Part 2 summarizes some core learnings. Part 3 provides examples of the kinds of “depth appreciation” that I believe prefigure long-term solutions to the global emergency.

Study on the Environmental Impact of Chongqing to Build the Western Biggest City

2012 ◽  
Vol 573-574 ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Cheng Liang Bai ◽  
Rong Ting Qin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Harmonious Development ◽  
Education City ◽  
Set Up

according to the present situation, the necessity and urgency of building and enlarging " vocational education city" is elaborated. Vocational l education brand of Chongqing has set up with the harmonious development of Chongqing. Environmental impact of Chongqing to build the western biggest "vocational education city" is also studied.

scholarly journals The Impact of Senior-Managerial Leadership Culture on Value Creation for Shareholders – A Study of Local and Multinational Companies in Portugal

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-175
Author(s):  
Fernando Acabado Romana
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Managerial Leadership ◽  
Leadership Culture ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

AbstractObjective: This study is based on the analysis of three fundamental aspects of company and managerial life: the culture of organizations, the style of leadership and financial performance. Its focus was to question the connection between these and to devise a strategy that could be applied in Portugal, during 2017 and 2019, in industrial sector companies.Methodology: To do so, it was decided to start methodological analysis of the behaviour of managers and organizations operating in this environment, considering several classifications: multinational companies operating in Portugal and Portuguese companies with a strategy for and in the process of internationalization. On this basis the study problem was set at the level of managerial behaviour, bearing in mind that this varies depending on the type of organization in which managers’ work. The problem involves scientific, methodological, and cultural aspects that have already been demonstrated by several authors, whose considerations have been incorporated. The study was conducted in 16 companies operating in Portugal.Findings: The characteristics of leadership in the multinationals tend towards greater balance between the four roles of each of the corresponding quadrants, while in the national companies it tends to be more internally focused.Value Added: This difference could be related to what R. Quinn calls the Normal State of Leadership, which is focused on the comfort zone that the internal processes seem to generate; the multinational companies are more focused on external aspects and future development – Fundamental State of Leadership – centred on strategic dedication to clients and flexibility.Recommendations: Dedication to clients and flexibility, that we intend to link with Internal Marketing strategy drivers, considering the investigation ideas for this paper, as the demonstration if some different Leadership Styles influence the Financial Performance of the Companies or not.

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