scholarly journals Curriculum globALE: A Global Tool for Professionalising Adult Educators

2020 ◽  
pp. 213-219
Author(s):  
Thomas Lichtenberg
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Educational Work

Curriculum globALE (CG) is a cross-cultural core curriculum for training adult educators worldwide. It was developed jointly by the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) and DVV International. In five modules, it describes the relevant skills needed to lead successful courses and provides guidance on their practical implementation. Curriculum globALE has been applied in many partner countries and in Germany itself. Evaluation results show that CG is a professionalisation tool for adult educators that can be applied successfully world-wide. Graduates confirm a wide use of the newly acquired competences for their educational work. However, the practical application of CG is also faced with a number of challenges.

Optimizing preventive maintenance over a finite planning horizon in a semi-Markov framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Sánchez Herguedas ◽  
Adolfo Crespo Márquez ◽  
Francisco Rodrigo Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
Recurrence Relations ◽  
Direct Calculation ◽  
Planning Horizon ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Mathematical Solution ◽  
Accumulated Reward ◽  
Finite Planning Horizon

Abstract This paper describes the optimization of preventive maintenance (PM) over a finite planning horizon in a semi-Markov framework. In this framework, the asset may be operating, and providing income for the asset owner, or not operating and undergoing PM, or not operating and undergoing corrective maintenance following failure. PM is triggered when the asset has been operating for τ time units. A number m of transitions specifies the finite horizon. This system is described with a set of recurrence relations, and their z-transform is used to determine the value of τ that maximizes the average accumulated reward over the horizon. We study under what conditions a solution can be found, and for those specific cases the solution τ* is calculated. Despite the complexity of the mathematical solution, the result obtained allows the analyst to provide a quick and easy-to-use tool for practical application in many real-world cases. To demonstrate this, the method has been implemented for a case study, and its accuracy and practical implementation were tested using Monte Carlo simulation and direct calculation.

Migrants and the Labor Market: The Role and Tasks of Adult Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Tetyana Kloubert ◽  
Chad Hoggan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Successful Integration

The process of migration to a new country brings with it a host of challenges, and therefore also learning needs. Some countries have systems in place to facilitate the transition of migrants into society, often including adult education programs. Those programs, however, cannot be effective if blithely designed in ignorance of the interrelationship between established systems for facilitating integration and the experiences of migrants during the integration process. Focusing on the transition into the labor market and drawing on the expertise of adult educators who work in these systems in Germany, this article explores several stumbling blocks that make a successful integration for migrants more difficult and describes three strategies to address them: challenging the logic of the labor market, dealing with failure, and acknowledging multiple forms of discrimination. The analysis of Germany can provide insights that are useful in other national contexts.

The Intersection of Confucianism and Western Teaching in Taiwanese Adult Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Viktor Wang ◽  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele ◽  
Shuyan Li ◽  
Pi-Chi Han
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Subsequent Evolution ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Economic Development

Adult education is a significant feature of the Taiwanese education landscape and is recognized as significantly contributing to national economic development. Given the importance of adult education in Taiwan, an investigation of teaching approaches and an understanding of interplay of teaching approaches with Taiwanese culture is worthwhile because such investigations provide a platform for reflection and subsequent evolution of teaching approaches. In the present article, the authors delve into the heritage of Taiwan to explore teaching practices from the standpoint of the teachings of Confucius and Western teaching approaches. Data were collected via survey of 39 randomly selected adult educators from premium universities in Tapai along with interviews. The results point to the persistent dominance of Confucian instructional methods despite some use of Western teaching approaches.

scholarly journals About the possibility of identification of hydrocarbon deposits with the help of NMR

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-559
Author(s):  
Pavlo M. Ivashchenko ◽  
Eduard A. Bakai ◽  
Alexander I. Yurchuk
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Absorption Spectra ◽  
Weak Magnetic Field ◽  
Directional Antennas ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Hydrocarbon Deposits

Abstract. The main purpose of this article is to review the theoretical prerequisites of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) application in tasks of search and exploration of hydrocarbon deposits. The identification peculiarities of hydrocarbon deposits in a weak magnetic field of the Earth were analysed. The necessity of using highly directional antennas for providing greater sounding depths as well as the use of absorption spectra of the sought-for minerals as sounding signals were identified and justified. A variant of practical implementation of such a system was examined and examples of practical application of the innovative NMR technology were provided.

scholarly journals 170 lat realizacji systemu ochrony przez wychowanie w koncepcji Edmunda Bojanowskiego

2020 ◽  
pp. 199-208
Author(s):  
S. Maria Opiela
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Early Education ◽  
School Education ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
New Research

The pedagogical thought and concept of the system of protection by Edmund Bojanowski’s upbringing, even though it was born 170 years ago, appears today to be innovative and exceptionally up-to-date. Applied in contemporary pre-school education and child care, it is a continuation of the concept of upbringing and its practical implementation by establishing on May 3, 1850 the nursery and Congregation of the Servant Sisters. The theoretical and practical application of this concept and new research and scientific studies on the essence of early education realized in Catholic pedagogical thought in the context of contemporary civilization challenges is still expected from various circles in Poland and worldwide.

scholarly journals Empathy in Adult Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-73
Author(s):  
Natalija Vrečer
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Intercultural Dialogue ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Full Extent ◽  
Intercultural Competencies

Empathy is an important part of emotional intelligence and the latter is crucial for human relations, whether they be interpersonal relations, relations among people at work, or in a wider community. Therefore, empathy is important for adult education, for guidance counsellors, and for other adult educators. Adult educators must be empathic in order to understand the perspectives and needs of the participants in the educational process and empathy is a precondition for understanding. The development of empathy as a competence is a lifelong learning process. Namely, despite some biological predispositions for empathy, the latter can be learnt. It is the contention of the article that empathy is one of the most important intercultural competencies, because if a person is not empathic, other intercultural competencies vary rarely cannot develop to their full extent. Thus empathy is a precondition for successful intercultural dialogue.

Interaction in Google Wave Sends Chat Rooms Out with the Tide

2014 ◽  
pp. 639-659
Author(s):  
Linda Jones
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Asynchronous Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Chat Room ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Chat Rooms ◽  
Message Length ◽  
L2 Learning ◽  
Innovative Learning

This chapter focuses on Google Wave, a new, emerging world-wide technology by Google that supports both synchronous and asynchronous communication. Research on this technology took place during two sessions of an advanced second language (L2) technology course whereby synchronous conversations in Google Wave were compared to synchronous conversations in Blackboard chat rooms. Students experienced both forms of technology while discussing cross-cultural and pedagogical discussions relevant to L2 learning. Structural comparisons in terms of message length, message turns, numbers of words, and clarification revealed that students were more patient and wrote lengthier, more complex posts when conversing in Google Wave as compared to the chat room. Students’ impressions further confirmed their awareness of writing and reflecting more within Google Wave. These results suggest that Google Wave will support flexible, innovative learning and will provide researchers with multiple opportunities for expanding our understanding of students’ interactions in synchronous environments.

Social Justice and Adult Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Robin Russo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
History Of ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Class Hegemony ◽  
History Of Adult Education

It should be understood that the importance of adult education is to illuminate the current context in which the adult functions. This adult frames directly linked with the construct of social justice. Adult education is examined under two frames: (a) Merriam and Brockett (1997) who define adult education as “…activities intentionally designed for the purpose of bringing about learning among those whose age, social roles, or self-perception define them as adults” and, (b) Horton's philosophy developed under the Highlander Folk School. Understanding this correlation of adult education within a social-political phenomena, the nature of adult education may belong to a wide-ranging spectrum of teaching and learning in terms of: (a) media messaging and the rhetoric that may be inculcating adults, ultimately swaying public opinion; (b) adult messaging and totalitarian implications; (c) adult education and the state; (d) knowledge of history; (e) the history of adult education and how it has been instrumental in social justice; and (f) what adult education, inclusive of adult educators, must do to mitigate class hegemony.

The Role of Human Resource Management in Agriculture Sector Enterprises

2020 ◽  
pp. 378-400
Author(s):  
Nemanja Berber ◽  
Agneš Slavić
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
World Wide ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Agriculture Sector

Agribusiness firms are faced with several challenges like globalization, internationalization of business, the introduction of new technologies, especially the digitalization process, higher competitiveness of foreign agribusiness firms, etc. One of the very important challenges is the effective management of human capital. Although it is one of the most important management activities in each firm, human resource management (HRM) in the agribusiness sector is still unexplored in terms of scientific research and practical implementation. This chapter explores the nature and specifics of human resources management in agribusiness enterprises, and presents the practice of the basic and most important HRM activities in agribusiness firms in Serbia, on the example of 12 organizations that were investigated. The methodology used in the research is based on a theoretical investigation of available literature and data from worldwide databases but also from Cranet project, one of the largest and well-known, world-wide HRM projects.

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