scholarly journals Outreach activities: A summary for UK university science departments

2006 ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Steve Walker
Keyword(s):  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Inclusive Society ◽  
Participation In Higher Education ◽  
Science Departments ◽  
University Science

The dictionary definition refers to surpassing, outwitting or the act of ‘reaching out’. The Funding Councils see it as “widening access and improving participation in higher education…… to equip people to operate productively within the global knowledge economy. It also offers social benefits, including better health, lower crime and a more tolerant and inclusive society”.Here in the Physical Sciences, whilst reaching out to widen access is an important part of our agenda, we see Outreach activities as primarily being targeted at improving the recruitment and retention of students. Many Physical Science departments are struggling to attract sufficient numbers of students and virtually all of us are also unhappy that the more able students are not choosing science for their higher and further education. This has led to the complete closure of a number of departments; a merger with cognate disciplines for some, or relegation to a ‘service teaching’ role for others. Since 1996, 28 universities have stopped offering chemistry degrees and almost a third of university physics departments have closed in the same period. Despite this dramatic fall in capacity, there is still a shortfall that is a major cause of concern for all but a handful of institutions.There is a great deal of confusion within Universities as to how and why this situation has arisen and in this article I will attempt to collect and summarise items that have a direct bearing on these issues.The first part will include the results of surveys into student preferences, public attitudes to science and scientists and lecturers’ own opinions on the subject. The second part will summarise the recommendations from a number of sources who have given much thought to alleviating the situation and the final section will look at a selected number of institutions that are actively generating materials and methods that could be more widely adopted in order to improve the current climate.

scholarly journals If Mathematical Psychology Did Not Exist We Might Need to Invent It: A Comment on Theory Building in Psychology

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162097476
Author(s):  
Danielle J. Navarro
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Work ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Statistical Problem ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Mathematical Formalism ◽  
Mathematical Psychology ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Subject

It is commonplace, when discussing the subject of psychological theory, to write articles from the assumption that psychology differs from the physical sciences in that we have no theories that would support cumulative, incremental science. In this brief article I discuss one counterexample: Shepard’s law of generalization and the various Bayesian extensions that it inspired over the past 3 decades. Using Shepard’s law as a running example, I argue that psychological theory building is not a statistical problem, mathematical formalism is beneficial to theory, measurement and theory have a complex relationship, rewriting old theory can yield new insights, and theory growth can drive empirical work. Although I generally suggest that the tools of mathematical psychology are valuable to psychological theorists, I also comment on some limitations to this approach.

Gravity Models in International Trade: An Exploration in Econo-Physics

2021 ◽  
pp. 227797872198992
Author(s):  
Iman Pal ◽  
Saibal Kar
Keyword(s):  
Pattern Recognition ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Gravity Models ◽  
Scientific Applications ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Trade Patterns ◽  
Pattern Recognition Techniques ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Jel Classifications

Several strands of the static and dynamic theoretical constructs and the empirical applications in the subject of economics owe substantially to the well-known principles of physical sciences. The present article explores as to how the development of the popular gravity models in international trade can be traced back to Newton’s law of gravitation, and to both Ohm’s Law and Kirchhoff’s Law of current electricity, as well as to the pattern recognition techniques commonly deployed in scientific applications. In addition to surveying these theoretical analogies, the article also offers numerical applications for observed trade patterns between India and a set of countries. JEL Classifications: F41, F42, C61, F47

scholarly journals O QUE REVELAM AS PESQUISAS SOBRE AS CLASSES MULTISSERIADAS NOS ANOS INICIAIS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL DA EJA?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 0175-0189
Author(s):  
Ada Guimarães Ribeiro ◽  
Regina Magna Bonifácio de Araújo
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Program ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Life ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Present Part ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Subject Making ◽  
Selection Of

RESUMO: Este trabalho traz como objeto de estudo as Classes Multisseriadas na Educação de Jovens e Adultos. A Educação de Jovens e Adultos- EJA, é uma modalidade de ensino ainda hoje, alvo de intensas pesquisas e indagações no cenário educacional brasileiro. O objetivo desta investigação é apresentar as pesquisas educacionais desenvolvidas sobre o objeto de estudo acima citado, para assim, traçarmos um panorama do que já foi produzido sobre a temática, fazendo em seguida uma seleção das pesquisas realizadas entre os anos de 2010 a 2017 no país. Pretendemos com este estudo, apresentar parte do referencial teórico utilizado para fundamentar as bases da pesquisa de Mestrado, intitulada A prática docente na EJA multisseriada no programa de Pós-Graduação/ Mestrado em Educação da Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto-MG. A pesquisa procura investigar como se dá o processo de ensino em Classes Multisseriadas nos anos iniciais do Ensino Fundamental da EJA, mostrando o quão se faz importante refletir e revelar o papel docente nos contextos escolares pesquisados afim de compreender o cotidiano escolar desta modalidade de ensino. Foi realizado um estudo do tipo Estado do Conhecimento, onde foi possível verificar um número reduzido de trabalhos que abordam a temática.ABSTRACT: This Job brings as object of study the Multiseriated Classes in the Education of Young people and Adults. The Education of Young and Adults - EJA, is still a modality of education today, object of intense researches and discussions in the Brazilian educational scene. The objective of this research is to present the educational researches developed about the object of study mentioned, so as to draw a panorama of what has been produced about the subject, making next a selection of the researches carried out between the years 2010 and 2017 in the country. Based on this study, present part of the theoretical framework used to support the bases of Master's research, entitled The teaching practice in the multiseriated, in the Graduate Program / Masters in Education of the Federal University of Ouro Preto- MG. The research seeks to investigate how the teaching process occurs in Multiseriated Classes in the initial years of EJA's Elementary School, showing how important it is to reflect and reveal the teaching role in the researched school contexts in order to understand more about the daily school life of this modality teaching. A study of the Knowledge State type was accomplished, being possible to verify a reduced number of works that discuss the theme.

scholarly journals Competences of teachers of natural-physical sciences. An analysis from the perception of the students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1674 (1) ◽  
pp. 012020
Author(s):  
R Prada-Núñez ◽  
E T Ayala ◽  
W R Avendaño-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
State Tests ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

Abstract This article arises as a proposal in view of the need to evaluate the scientific competences promoted by teachers of the subject of physics at the level of basic secondary and secondary technical education. A valid questionnaire was designed from the application of scalar analysis, factorial analysis and content analysis, which is composed of 49 items evaluated by means of a Likert scale with five levels of response. It was applied in a sample of 249 students enrolled in a public educational institution during 2019, characterized by their good results in the area of physics in state tests. The results allowed the identification of strengths in the four dimensions proposed by the Ministerio de Educación Nacional, Colombia (pedagogical, didactic, disciplinary and behavioural), in contrast with some weaknesses within which the evaluation process stands out as the one with the greatest impact, since the students state that this process is assumed by the teacher as a mechanism of pressure and control. When investigating the teachers in a complementary way, positions were determined that were totally opposite to those held by the students, then it is suggested for future research to consider both the students and the teachers as informants and a supervision of the students’ notes as the end of triangulating the results to refine the conclusions, on which future improvement plans will depend.

scholarly journals "Többször nekifutottunk, de lepattantunk mindig a közöny miatt"

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dóra Hangya
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Reference Points ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Open Point ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Do So

Az ÚNKP kutatás célja annak vizsgálata, hogy a szakértői nyilvántartásban szereplő felnőttképzési szakértők és programszakértők kötelező továbbképzéseinek moduljai (14/2014. (III. 31.) NGM rendelet) tartalmaznak-e ismereteket a fogyatékossággal élő felnőttek képzésben való részvételének feltételrendszeréről, valamint hogy a felnőttképzési szakértők számára nehézséget okoz-e, ha a felnőttképzési intézmények munkatársai a témát érintő kérdésekkel fordulnak hozzájuk. Előzmény a KJM Alapítvány 2016. évi Phd pályázata keretében lefolytatott kutatás, amely eredményei szerint a válaszadó engedéllyel rendelkező felnőttképzési intézmények 95%-a úgy véli, hogy a felnőttképzési szakértők számára szükséges volna olyan tartalmú továbbképzés biztosítása, mely támpontokkal látja el őket annak érdekében, hogy segíteni tudják őket az egyenlő esélyű hozzáférés biztosításának megteremtésében (n=136). (Hangya, 2016, Hangya, 2017)A kutatás módszere teljes körű mintavételen alapuló félig strukturált kérdőíves lekérdezés. 314 fő válaszolt a kutatás kérdőívére, mely a tisztított minta 41%-a. A szakértők 80%-a jelezte, hogy a kötelező továbbképzések nem tartalmaztak fogyatékosság-specifikus ismereteket. A válaszadó szakértők több mint 90%-a egyetért azzal, hogy szükséges volna ennek pótlása (n=312). 227 fő nem vett még részt ilyen témájú továbbképzésen, de 78%-uk szívesen tenné, amennyiben rendelkezésre állna ilyen (n=227). A válaszadók (n=308) 59,4%-a nem találkozott még olyan kérdésekkel a felnőttképzési intézmények részéről, melyek a fogyatékossággal élő felnőttek egyenlő esélyű hozzáférését érintik, 46,5%-uk számára ez nehézséget jelentene.  84 fő (27%) fogalmazott meg nyitott kérdés keretében a témával kapcsolatban fejlesztési javaslatokat. The aim of the ÚNKP research is the investigation of whether the obligatory further education modules for adult education experts and program experts (14/2014. (III. 31.) NGM regulation) contain information regarding the conditionality for adults living with disabilities participating in education and the level of difficulty for adult education experts to inform colleges from adult education institutions on questions regarding this subject. A precursor is a research conducted within the framework of the 2016 Phd application of the KJM Foundation, according to which 95% of adult education institutions authorized for a response is of the opinion that the provision of a further education program for adult education experts which contains reference points to facilitate the provision of equal opportunity access would be necessary (n=136). (Hangya, 2016, Hangya, 2017)The method of research is a semi-structured questionnaire survey based on comprehensive sampling. 314 persons answered to the research questionnaire, which makes up 41% of the purified sample. 80% of experts indicated a lack of disability-specific information within the obligatory further education programs. More than 90% of respondents agree that supplementation of such information is necessary (n=312). 227 persons did not yet participate in further education programs within this subject, however, 78% would gladly do so if given the opportunity (n=227). 59,4% of respondents (n=308) did not yet encounter questions from adult education institutions regarding the equal access of adults living with disabilities, 46,5% would consider this a difficulty.  84 persons (27%) formulated developmental suggestions regarding the subject within the framework of an open point.

General Relativity and Cosmology

2020 ◽  
pp. 227-360
Author(s):  
P. J. E. Peebles
Keyword(s):  
Constant Velocity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Inertial Frames ◽  
Moving Body ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Freely Moving ◽  
The Universe

This chapter discusses the development of physical sciences in seemingly chaotic ways, by paths that are at best dimly seen at the time. It refers to the history of ideas as an important part of any science, and particularly worth examining in cosmology, where the subject has evolved over several generations. It also examines the puzzle of inertia, which traces the connection to Albert Einstein's bold idea that the universe is homogeneous in the large-scale average called “cosmological principle.” The chapter cites Newtonian mechanics that defines a set of preferred motions in space, the inertial reference frames, by the condition that a freely moving body has a constant velocity. It talks about Ernst Mach, who argued that inertial frames are determined relative to the motion of the rest of the matter in the universe.

1. The status of sociology

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Steve Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Human Sciences ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Fundamental Limits ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Regular Patterns

‘The status of sociology’ asks whether sociology can be scientific. Some forms of sociological research follow the models of the physical sciences, but there are some fundamental limits to such imitation. We need to appreciate the differences between the subject matter of the natural and the human sciences. People think and feel. They act as they do, not because they are bound to follow unvarying rules but because they have beliefs, values, interests, and intentions. For the sociologist there is always a further step to take. Our notion of explanation does not stop at identifying regular patterns in social action.

Beyond the subject–object binary: Towards cosmopolitan knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-454
Author(s):  
David Neilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Object Relation ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Intersectionality Theory ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Epistemological Violence ◽  
Everyday Knowledge ◽  
Counter Argument ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Rather than distinguishing, as Held’s (2020) article does, between “subjective” and “objective” forms of knowledge, this commentary makes the counter argument that the subject–object relation is an integral feature of all forms of knowledge, which can be more usefully distinguished according to differences in the form of the subject–object relation. I specifically differentiate the subject–object relation of Western social science from those of everyday knowledge and non-Western forms of knowledge. Western social science’s epistemological violence to other(ed) forms of knowledge is enabled, this commentary argues, by the false assumption that it is a subject-less objectivity while other forms of knowledge are subjective. The alternative epistemological subject position introduced here contrasts the epistemic imperialism of Western social science with a cosmopolitan vision of a dynamic global knowledge driven by the constructive articulation of differently limited knowledge forms. I then discuss this paper’s epistemological subject position in relation to class and intersectionality theory.

scholarly journals Editorial

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Jurgen Schulte
Keyword(s):  
Energy Production ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Energy Science ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

This is the second issue of PAM Review, the peer-reviewed, class specific student research journal of the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. The student journal was first introduced into the subject Energy Science and Technology (68412) in 2014 to allow for a practical student centered, authentic learning experience that is exciting and challenging and helps to facilitate desired graduate outcomes. Energy, Science and Technology is a one-semester subject (class) that covers the thermodynamics of macroscopic and microscopic processes in the context of energy production, energy saving and related applications. This subject is open to students in science as well as engineering.

Audio-Visual Media and Political Science Teaching

1949 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 766-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth G. Weintraub
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
Visual Media ◽  
Atlantic City ◽  
Political Scientist ◽  
College Level ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Visual Materials ◽  
Science Departments

In 1940, a total of 1,500,000 students (16 per cent of the 18–21-year-olds) were in attendance in American colleges. This was before the advent of G.I. education, which brought the figure up to 2,350,000 (24 per cent of the 18–21-year-olds).These vast numbers of students, presenting a challenge to the present generation of college teachers, are of particular portent to the political scientist. The latter, relying largely in the past on his own interpretation of the subject matter based upon standard texts as “the method” for courses in government, is faced with the problem of mass education; as a result, some of the standard teaching techniques are ineffectual. Under these conditions, to what extent can technological changes in mass communication media which have for the most part been ignored at the college level make a contribution?Audio-visual materials are available and in standard use in medical schools; teaching operative procedures from a televised performance was a regular part of the last medical convention at Atlantic City. Science equipment consisting of laboratories, museums, Balopticans, slide projectors, and motion picture machines are standard for science departments. Even college budget officers, immune to faculty pressure of various types, are sensitive to the demands of science departments for equipment. Such sensitivity, however, does not apply to the social sciences; budget officers still need to be convinced that social science departments have equipment requirements, beyond an allotment to the library for new books.

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