scholarly journals Tablets in Hungarian Primary Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Balázs Czékmán ◽  
Judit Kocsis ◽  
Kálmán Abari
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Digital Education ◽  
School Conditions ◽  
Education Strategy ◽  
Supported Education ◽  
Technological Integration

The increasing interest in introducing tablets into education as well as many countries’ education policies (see Digital Education Strategy) support the integration of the above-mentioned mobile devices (Mulet, van de Leemput & Amadieu, 2019). Accordingly, several governments are presently procuring or have already supplied a significant number of students with these devices (Tamim et al., 2015). Similar to most international large-scale initiatives, there are remarkable variances in tablet-supported education. The different school conditions (infrastructure, framework, human resources) result in the diversity of technological integration. In our research, in order to learn more about the infrastructural conditions at schools’ institutional levels, with online questionnaires we examined 145 primary schools using tablets in their education. We were looking to answer the following, questions: (1) what kind of infrastructural conditions are characteristic of the different institutions? (2) What kind of differences in infrastructural conditions are there between the schools in different settlements? To sum up the results, we can observe significant differences in the number of tablets, their hardware, accessories and software, along with differences in internet access and the regulation thereof.

So what's new? A survey of the education policies of orchestras and opera companies

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Winterson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Art Galleries ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Creative Music ◽  
Direct Support

Originally, the creative music workshop involving professional players was intended to give direct support to school teachers and to enhance music in the classroom, but today's large-scale, high-profile projects mounted by orchestras and opera companies appear to be developing into a full-scale industry on their own. Their role in partnership with schools and colleges now requires clarification: a survey of education policies has revealed some confusion of aims with few bodies looking closely at objectives, outcomes and effects. Music companies could profit from the experience of museums and art galleries.

scholarly journals Irish and Polish in a New Context of Diversity in Northern Ireland’s Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Mckendry
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Accession Countries

Abstract While Modern Languages are in decline generally in the United Kingdom’s post-primary schools, including in Northern Ireland (Speak to the Future 2014), the international focus on primary languages has reawakened interest in the curricular area, even after the ending in 2015 of the Northern Ireland Primary Modern Languages Programme which promoted Spanish, Irish and Polish in primary schools. This paper will consider the situation in policy and practice of Modern Languages education, and Irish in particular, in Northern Ireland’s schools. During the years of economic growth in the 1990s Ireland, North and South, changed from being a country of net emigration to be an attractive country to immigrants, only to revert to large-scale emigration with the post-2008 economic downturn. While schools in Great Britain have had a long experience of receiving pupils from diverse ethnic and linguistic backgrounds, firstly from the British Empire and Commonwealth countries, Northern Ireland did not attract many such pupils due to its weaker economic condition and the conflict of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The influx from Poland and other Accession Countries following the expansion of the European Union in 2004 led to a sudden, significant increase in non-English speaking Newcomer pupils (DENI 2017). The discussion in Northern Ireland about a diverse democracy has hitherto concentrated on the historical religious and political divide, where Unionist antipathy led to the Irish Language being dubbed the ‘Green Litmus Test’ of Community Relations (Cultural Traditions Group 1994). Nevertheless, the increasing diversity can hopefully ‘have a leavening effect on a society that has long been frozen in its “two traditions” divide’ (OFMDFM 2005a: 10). This paper will revisit the role and potential of Irish within the curricular areas of Cultural Heritage and Citizenship. An argument will also be made for the importance of language awareness, interculturalism and transferable language learning skills in Northern Ireland’s expanded linguistic environment with a particular focus on Polish.

scholarly journals COVID-19 Vaccination of HCWs in the First Phase of a Large-Scale Mass Vaccination Program within a Healthcare System

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (S1) ◽  
pp. s11-s11
Author(s):  
Kimberly Korwek ◽  
E. Jackie Blanchard ◽  
Julia Moody ◽  
Katherine Lange ◽  
Ryan Sledge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Vaccination Strategy ◽  
State Level ◽  
Mass Vaccination ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Vaccination Program ◽  
Vaccination Rates

Background: The approval of the first SARS-COV-2 vaccines for COVID-19 were accompanied by unprecedented efforts to provide vaccination to healthcare workers and first responders. More information about vaccine uptake in this group is needed to better refine and target educational messaging. Methods: HCA Healthcare used federal guidance and internal experience to create a systemwide mass vaccination strategy. A closed point-of-dispensing (POD) model was developed and implemented. The previously developed enterprise-wide emergency operations strategy was adapted and implemented, which allowed for rapid development of communications and operational processes. A tiering strategy based on recommendations from the National Academies was used in conjunction with human resources data to determine vaccine eligibility for the first phase of vaccination. A comprehensive data and reporting strategy was built to connect human resources and vaccine consent data for tracking vaccination rates across the system. Results: Vaccination of employed and affiliated colleagues began December 15, 2020, and was made available based on state-level release of tiers. Within the first 6 weeks, in total, 203,544 individuals were eligible for vaccine based on these criteria. Of these, 181,282 (89.1%) consented to and received vaccine, 19,788 (9.7%) declined, and 2,474 (1.2%) indicated that they had already been vaccinated. Of those eligible, the highest acceptance of vaccine was among the job codes of specialists and professionals (n = 7,914 total, 100% consent), providers (n = 23,335, 99.6%,), and physicians (n = 3,218, 98.4%). Vaccine was most likely to be declined among job codes of clerical and other administrative (n = 12,889 total, 80.1% consent), clinical specialists and professionals (n = 22,853, 81.0%,) and aides, orderlies and technicians (n = 17,803, 82.6%,). Registered nurses made up the largest eligible population (n = 56,793), and 89.5% of those eligible consented to receive vaccination. Average age among those who consented was slightly older (48.3 years) than those that declined (44.7 years), as was length of employment tenure (6.9 vs 5.0 years). Conclusion: A large-scale, closed POD, mass vaccination program was able to vaccinate nearly 200,000 healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 in 6 weeks. This program was implemented in acute-care sites across 20 different US states, and it was able to meet the various state-level requirements for management of processes, product, and required reporting. The development of a standardized strategy and custom, centralized monitoring and reporting facilitated insight into the characteristics of early vaccine adopters versus those who decline vaccination. These data can aid in the refining and targeting of educational materials and messaging about the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.Funding: NoDisclosures: None

Strategic 360 Feedback for Organization Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 213-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan H. Church ◽  
W. Warner Burke
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Organization Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Current State ◽  
360 Feedback ◽  
Organizational Framework ◽  
Using Data

This chapter focuses on the application of Strategic 360 Feedback specifically for large-scale organization development (OD) and change interventions. The emphasis is on (a) ways in which using data-based feedback for OD efforts is similar to and different from other applications and (b) the origins, evolution, and current state of the method as a key tool for OD practitioners. The chapter begins with an overview of the role and key differentiators of strategic 360 Feedback for OD and change-related interventions. Following a discussion of the importance of linking the process to a broader strategic organizational framework such as the Burke–Litwin model, case examples are provided for using 360 Feedback as either a transactional (managerial) or a transformational (leadership) lever for change. The chapter concludes with summary observations about the evolution and potential future of 360 Feedback for OD interventions, with an emphasis on trends in technology and the digitization of human resources.

Programming with Scratch in primary school, indicators related to effectiveness of education process and analysis of these indicators in terms of various variables

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-258
Author(s):  
Hatice Yildiz Durak ◽  
Tolga Guyer
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Programming Education ◽  
Individual Project ◽  
Education Process

Since programming processes involve different thinking skills and different fields of knowledge, it is especially important for children to acquire 21st-century skills. Even though the programming education activities are being intensively applied, it can be said that there is a gap in quantitative researches supporting the effort to reveal the direct or indirect effectiveness of the learning–teaching processes for the programming education. This study, which was done to fill this gap, aims to examine the degree to which students learn programming concepts (PC) and to identify effective variables in that process with a developed curriculum for gifted students studying in the second–third–fourth grade in primary schools. For this purpose, a 15-week application was carried out and each student developed an individual project. In the study, a criterion list, observation forms and peer evaluations were used based on PC to examine projects and learning process. The scores obtained from these tools were used to examine the application of each participant, to comment on the effective variables and the adequacy of the teaching process. The evidence from this study intimates that female participants obtained higher scores than male ones in programming education. Those scores are higher in 9 and 10 age group of students than others. Those who haven’t had Internet access, who have never used computer or have had access to Internet as well as who haven’t had any computer courses had lower scores than others. The upshot of this is that previous computer technology experiences of students may have affected the scores obtained programming education process.

scholarly journals Student Enrollment and Teacher Statistics Forecasting Based on Time-Series Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Stephanie Yang ◽  
Hsueh-Chih Chen ◽  
Wen-Ching Chen ◽  
Cheng-Hong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Percentage Error ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
Low Birthrate

Education competitiveness is a key feature of national competitiveness. It is crucial for nations to develop and enhance student and teacher potential to increase national competitiveness. The decreasing population of children has caused a series of social problems in many developed countries, directly affecting education and com.petitiveness in an international environment. In Taiwan, a low birthrate has had a large impact on schools at every level because of a substantial decrease in enrollment and a surplus of teachers. Therefore, close attention must be paid to these trends. In this study, combining a whale optimization algorithm (WOA) and support vector regression (WOASVR) was proposed to determine trends of student and teacher numbers in Taiwan for higher accuracy in time-series forecasting analysis. To select the most suitable support vector kernel parameters, WOA was applied. Data collected from the Ministry of Education datasets of student and teacher numbers between 1991 and 2018 were used to examine the proposed method. Analysis revealed that the numbers of students and teachers decreased annually except in private primary schools. A comparison of the forecasting results obtained from WOASVR and other common models indicated that WOASVR provided the lowest mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) and root mean square error (RMSE) for all analyzed datasets. Forecasting performed using the WOASVR method can provide accurate data for use in developing education policies and responses.

scholarly journals Critical Analysis of English Education Policies in Japan Focusing on Two Discourses: Developing Human Resources and Nurturing Japanese Identity

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Miyashita
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
English Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Discussion Section ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Tokyo Metropolitan ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
Fierce Competition

A growing body of research reports negative results, such as widening economic disparity, due to English educationreform influenced by neoliberalism. Japan is no exception. Linguistic instrumentalism is intensifying in Tokyo,which is scheduled to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. This article critically analyzes policydocuments issued by the largest business lobby in Japan (Keidanren), Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,Science and Technology (MEXT), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG), and the Tokyo Metropolitan Boardof Education (TMBOE) within Japan’s social and political context. All of the documentary data are official-publicand open-archival. The study reveals that two discourses, developing human resources and nurturing Japaneseidentity, are repeated throughout the policy documents. While MEXT, TMG, and TMBOE stipulate their intention toaccelerate Japan’s internationalization, their policy documents have potential to lead students in an opposingdirection with an emphasis on fierce competition and pluralist multiculturalism, which dichotomizes the self andothers by simplifying differences. In the discussion section I suggest implementing pedagogical practice based oncritical multiculturalism to multiply the effect of these top-down measures. Ultimately, EFL teachers could form abottom-up powerbase by critically analyzing the official policies and by implementing practice that fits to theparticular setting.

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