scholarly journals Remote education and its effects on peripheral areas - summary of Polish research findings in the project "Preventing post-COVID Social Exclusion Together"

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Długosz
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
Remote Learning

Knowledge during remote education was efficiently acquired by about half of the respondents. Every fifth student did not have the technical ability to fully participate in remote lessons. It is worth adding that the long duration of remote learning has created negative habits thate ffectively hinder functioning in the post-pandemic reality. Dark scenarios have come true and show that half of the students have serious problems with adapting to the school reality.

Center and periphery

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 429-448
Author(s):  
Eli Ben Harush ◽  
Nitza Davidovitch
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
School Based ◽  
Central District ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Peripheral Areas

Reducing disparities and equal opportunities between central and peripheral areas is a leading topic in the educational discourse. The current study examines to what degree the Meitzav test, which constitutes a measure of the school’s level (academic achievements and social-academic climate), can bridge the disparities between students of different socioeconomic backgrounds from the perspective of 206 teachers who responded to the research questionnaires. The contribution of the study is in understanding the causes of the disparate grades in the two districts and ways of reducing the disparities. Understanding these factors and detecting them to reduce the disparities between the southern and central district is extremely significant, and their consequences also affect the future acquisition of a secondary education and an academic education. The research findings may have a practical contribution to policymakers in the school-based educational system, with the aim of increasing equality and giving students an equal opportunity to succeed in their studies.

scholarly journals The lived realities of less than full immigration status women navigating 'the system'

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Annette Bombardier
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Immigration Status ◽  
Legal Policy ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Determination System

This paper presents insights into the lived realities of less than full immigration status women (LTFIS) living in Canada. This exploratory project combines a review of existing literature and studies along with the research findings of 12 face-to-face interviews with key informants who work closely with the sample population. This study found that the varying degrees of immigration statuses these women possess, and the rights and the entitlements that are affixed are further complicated by legal, policy and structural barriers stemming from the implementation of the immigration and refugee determination system. This topic has been examined from a social exclusion framework and employs a race and gendered analysis in order to address the nuanced influences and outcomes of the extent to which LTFIS women understand their immigration status and able to navigate the immigration and refugee determination system.

scholarly journals Potential socio-economic consequences of mine closure

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marietjie Ackermann ◽  
Doret Botha ◽  
Gerrit Van der Waldt
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Mine Closure ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mining Communities ◽  
Mining Community ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Peripheral Areas

Background: Mine closures generally reveal negligence on the part of mining houses, not only in terms of the environment, but also the surrounding mining communities.Aim: This article reflects on the findings of research into the socio-economic consequences of mine closure. The research specifically explored how mineworkers’ dependency on their employment at a mine affects their ability to sustain their livelihood.Setting: The research was conducted at the Orkney Mine and the Grootvlei Mine (Springs).Methods: The research was conducted within a naturalistic domain, guided by a relativist orientation, a constructivist ontology and an interpretivist epistemology. Data were collected by means of document analysis, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussion and unstructured observation.Results: From the research findings, it is evident that mine closures, in general, have a devastating effect on the surrounding mining communities as well as on the employees. Mine closures in the case studies gradually depleted the mining communities’ livelihood assets and resulted in the collapse of their coping strategies and livelihood outcomes. It generally affected the communities’ nutrition, health, education, food security, water, shelter, levels of community participation and personal safety.Conclusion: If not managed efficiently and effectively, mine closures may pose significant challenges to the mining industry, government, the environment, national and local economic prosperity and communities in the peripheral areas of mines. This truly amplifies that mine closure, whether temporary or permanent, is an issue that needs to be addressed with responsibility towards all stakeholders, including the mining community and the labour force.

scholarly journals The lived realities of less than full immigration status women navigating 'the system'

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal Annette Bombardier
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Immigration Status ◽  
Legal Policy ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Determination System

This paper presents insights into the lived realities of less than full immigration status women (LTFIS) living in Canada. This exploratory project combines a review of existing literature and studies along with the research findings of 12 face-to-face interviews with key informants who work closely with the sample population. This study found that the varying degrees of immigration statuses these women possess, and the rights and the entitlements that are affixed are further complicated by legal, policy and structural barriers stemming from the implementation of the immigration and refugee determination system. This topic has been examined from a social exclusion framework and employs a race and gendered analysis in order to address the nuanced influences and outcomes of the extent to which LTFIS women understand their immigration status and able to navigate the immigration and refugee determination system.

NEPALESE LIVING IN HONG KONG: SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND HIGHER EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 47-66
Author(s):  
PILAR VALENZUELA-SILVA ◽  
MONIT CHEUNG
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Quality Of Living ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Direct Input

With a focus on research conducted after Hong Kong reunited with China in 1997, this paper documents how the Nepalese immigrants living in Hong Kong processed their decision to either stay in Hong Kong or return to their home country. A review of 40 studies targeting Nepalese immigrants who chose to stay in Hong Kong found that these families were primarily influenced by: 1) their immigration history, including their roles as Gurkhas in the Hong Kong military and their contributions to the local labor force, and 2) their quality of living in Hong Kong versus Nepal. Among these 40 studies, only seven offered statistics with direct input from Nepalese research participants. Their responses show that the three different generations of Nepalese living in Hong Kong, while contributing to the cultural richness in Hong Kong, have experienced profound social exclusion. This article seeks to compile research findings to define issues facing Nepalese in Hong Kong and offers suggested solutions to the question: How can social workers help Nepalese in Hong Kong obtain economic and educational opportunities to enhance their quality of life? Implications for further research and social service interventions are explored with attention to social inclusion and promoting higher education opportunities.

scholarly journals Designing remote education in a VUCA world

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Anand Pultoo ◽  
Avinash OOJORAH
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Remote Learning

The goal of this article is to identify and share the best practices and innovations to enable teaching and learning to take place during times of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) such as the coronavirus pandemic. This will help lay the foundations for more inclusive and equitable approaches to education when the crisis subsides. The main response to school closures is to dive headlong into academic cyberspace and remote learning, creating a human-machine symbiosis. Ideally, specific contents, learning outcomes, and a set of instructions are desirable. Different media and technologies can be used to assist students to learn in different ways and achieve different outcomes, thus also individualizing learning more. Technologies can be compared along several characteristics. These characteristics form a basis for analyzing new technologies, to see where they fit within the existing environment, and to evaluate their potential benefits and limitations. Nowadays, technologies have a tendency to become more ‘communicative’ and ‘media rich’, thus offering educators and students powerful tools to attain desired learning outcomes.

scholarly journals Remote teaching versus blended learning: exploring discourse richness and learning effectiveness

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Rodrigues Cintra Armellini ◽  
Alexandre La Luna ◽  
Vanessa Bueris ◽  
Alisson Pinto de Almeida ◽  
Alicia Moraes Tamais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Remote Learning

AbstractThe internet has changed the way teachers and students access information and build knowledge. The COVID-19 pandemic has recently created challenges for both teachers and students, demanding new methodologies for remote learning. In Life Sciences, mixing online content with practical activities represents an even greater challenge. In Microbiology, the implementation of an active teaching methodology, the #Adote project, based on the social network Facebook®, represents a great alternative to associate remote education with classroom activities. In 2020, the version applied in high school, “Adopt a Microorganism”, was adapted to meet the demands of emergency remote education due to the suppression of face-to-face activities caused by the pandemic. In the present study, we assessed how the change in methodology impacted the learning of Microbiology and the richness of the discourse of high school integrated to technical education in Business Administration of the Federal Institute of São Paulo, Campus Sorocaba. For that, three questionnaires related to the adopted microorganism species were applied. The responses of students in the 2019 and 2020 classes were compared in terms of content richness and multiplicity of concepts through the application of the Shannon diversity index, an approach usually used to assess biodiversity in different environments. The observed results suggest that remote learning provided students with a conceptual basis and richness of content equivalent to those achieved by students submitted to the hybrid teaching model. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the #Adote project methodology can be used in both hybrid and remote models, indicating that it is a viable alternative not only for teaching Microbiology, but possibly for other areas of knowledge.

scholarly journals CULTIVATING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE ON A NATIONAL SCALE TO SUPPORT THE SHIFT TO REMOTE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mattucci ◽  
Elizabeth DaMaren ◽  
Cori Hanson ◽  
Rubaina Khan ◽  
Renato Alan Bezerra Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
National Level ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Educational Innovations ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Remote Learning

Educational innovations and just-in-time supports spread more quickly through social networks thanthrough traditional dissemination avenues. Therefore, in coordinating national level support efforts for the shift to online and remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the principal strategies of theEngineering Collaboration for Online and Remote Education (E-CORE/CIEL) Project was to developnational Communities of Practice (CoPs) to foster connections between instructors. Using an autoethnographic process, this reflective paper aims to synthesize the learnings from the team working to cultivate these CoPs. The analysis of the reflections provides insight on: the needs of the Canadian community of engineering educators during a year of remote education, the perceivedbenefits of engaging in CoPs, considerations for cultivating CoPs in different contexts, andrecommendations for future cross-institutional CoP efforts.

scholarly journals REMOTE LEARNING IMPLEMENTED BY BIPA TEACHERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-136
Author(s):  
Tri Indri Hardini ◽  
Sri Setyarini ◽  
Sri Harto
Keyword(s):  
Document Analysis ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Reading Practices ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Individual Reading ◽  
Remote Learning

This research aimed to describe how BIPA teachers implemented remote learning process, identify the problems encountered during COVID-19 pandemic, and explore how Indonesian cultural elements were introduced to students of primary and secondary schools. This research applied a case study design involving eight BIPA teachers in Victoria, Australia as participants. The data were collected through survey questionnaire, virtual interviews, and document analysis. The research data were analysed by making data categories regarding the implementation of remote learning, identification of its problems, and the introduction of Indonesian cultures to students. Interpretation of research findings was done by using relevant theoretical framework. The research findings indicated that the BIPA teachers implemented the remote learning through providing a learning model, listening to students’ individual reading practices, doing a discussion with the students, and implementing simple practices on the selected materials. One of the problems encountered was about students’ motivation. The elements of Indonesian cultures were introduced through identifying its types, describing the identified types of cultures, and writing short essays on the selected cultural topics.

scholarly journals Social Exclusion of People with Disability in Bangladesh: Dimensions and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Muahammed Muazzam Muazzam Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Social Services ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Employment Education

This paper is an outcome of reviewing different dimensions of social exclusion and challenges faced by people with disabilities (PWD) in Bangladesh and suggest some policy guidelines to promote inclusion of PWD into the development process. This paper is based on secondary sources of data and therefore, government, non-government organization’s study report, policy documents, journal articles, statistical report, research findings etc. were consulted to collect data and construct the paper. The paper describes the social exclusion of Bangladeshi PWD in the six broad areas e.g. income and assets, employment, education, health and social security, social relationship and recreation. Therefore, some key areas of policy implications are outlined for inclusion of PWD in Bangladesh which include the prospective way to address poverty, adopt active labor market policy, promoting social services and encouraging community based rehabilitation, providing counseling and other support services and utilizing the vision of user involvement etc.

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