scholarly journals A Call to World Governments: Save Youth Generations from Obsoleted Education Systems!

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Dalia Mabrouk
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
The World ◽  
Bill Gates ◽  
The Impact

My research is a result of accumulated provocation of obsolete and paralyzing education that has been frozen since the middle ages. We have to admit that before the pandemic, education was already in crisis. Governments have been ignoring to adopt any comprehensive plan to reform the educational systems till it has been unprecedently disrupted by COVID-19. I try through this paper to make a global call for governments to immediately start cooperating together for setting international qualifications framework that best suit future competencies. This call should be prioritized on the world agenda. It would be more plausible for governments, UNESCO and other education stakeholders to seize the opportunity of the 2020 disruption of life cycle for the maximum benefit of humanity. For this to happen we need exceptional leaders with extraordinary vision to transform education instead of ensuring children can keep learning and that every single child returns to school after the pandemic. Another challenge to be expected is the reduction in education budgets being under pressure as governments shift spending towards the health and economic response to the pandemic. The impact of schools closing on a generation of children will be immense on the long term. We must act now to save the education and life chances of generations of youth. At this time of unprecedented crisis, the world must come together to protect education and put it at the very heart of the global recovery effort. Recovery, not as before but as convenient and sustainable with the perspective requirements. It is time to expose youth to real life experiences; we need our children to learn about finance from characters like Jef Bezos or Bill Gates or Mukesh Ambani; to learn about psychology from John Anderson, Eliot Aronson and Ahmed Ukasha; to know approaches of math and physics as Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak. We shouldn’t settle for less when it comes to building minds and souls of our children. With all due respect to teachers and university professors, they are not the only best option for qualifying and training our youth for tomorrow’s challenges. However, those entrepreneurs are not teachers or willing to be, education specialists and strategists are required to set the vision and the procedures required to pave the way for highly practical competencies framework. Analgesics are no longer feasible.

scholarly journals A call to World Governments; Save youth generations from obsoleted education systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Comprehensive Plan ◽  
Maximum Benefit ◽  
The World ◽  
Bill Gates ◽  
The Impact

My research is a result of accumulated provocation of obsolete and paralyzing education that has been frozen since the middle ages. We have to admit that before the pandemic, education was already in crisis. Governments have been ignoring to adopt any comprehensive plan to reform the educational systems till it has been unprecedently disrupted by COVID-19. I try through this paper to make a global call for governments to immediately start cooperating together for setting international qualifications framework that best suit future competencies. This call should be prioritized on the world agenda. It would be more plausible for governments, UNESCO and other education stakeholders to seize the opportunity of the 2020 disruption of life cycle for the maximum benefit of humanity. For this to happen we need exceptional leaders with extraordinary vision to transform education instead of ensuring children can keep learning and that every single child returns to school after the pandemic. Another challenge to be expected is the reduction in education budgets being under pressure as governments shift spending towards the health and economic response to the pandemic. The impact of schools closing on a generation of children will be immense on the long term. We must act now to save the education and life chances of generations of youth. At this time of unprecedented crisis, the world must come together to protect education and put it at the very heart of the global recovery effort. Recovery, not as before but as convenient and sustainable with the perspective requirements. It is time to expose youth to real life experiences; we need our children to learn about finance from characters like Jef Bezos or Bill Gates or Mukesh Ambani; to learn about psychology from John Anderson, Eliot Aronson and Ahmed Ukasha; to know approaches of math and physics as Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak. We shouldn’t settle for less when it comes to building minds and souls of our children. With all due respect to teachers and university professors, they are not the only best option for qualifying and training our youth for tomorrow’s challenges. However, those entrepreneurs are not teachers or willing to be, education specialists and strategists are required to set the vision and the procedures required to pave the way for highly practical competencies framework. Analgesics are no longer feasible.

scholarly journals Estonianness (lith. ‘estiškumas’) in Lithuanian from the perspective of economic linguistics

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 359-375
Author(s):  
Jolanta Zabarskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
National Language ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Sociocultural Consciousness ◽  
The Impact

Processes are taking place in the 21st century that are altering the role of language and society’s attitude towards language. The virtualisation of the world, the influence of the media, and the processes of globalisation are all driving a shift in the role of language. This has made linguistics, as well as other humanities and social sciences, turn back to neuroscience and a focus on cognitive processes.The interaction between linguistic processes and real-life evolution has two axes, with semantic structure analysis playing an important part on the linguistic plane, and analysis of the impact of language on real-life processes. The economic linguistics approach makes it possible to tie the predominant sense elements of any concept to the linguistic worldview of the national language and the sociocultural consciousness of the actual language community.The objective of this article is to introduce several linguistic ideas by revealing: 1) the method of reconstruction of deep semantic structures – the ‘semantic dowry’ analysis; 2) the method of identifying the predominant sense elements of a concept in the sociocultural consciousness of an actual language community based on the approach of economic linguistics. In order to demonstrate how this method works, the article identifies the predominant sense elements of the concept estiškumas (‘Estonianness’) denominated by the lexemes estas/estė/estai (‘Estonian’, N, SG-M/SG-F/PL) and estiškas/estiška (‘Estonian’, ADJ, M/S).Kokkuvõte. Jolanta Zabarskaitė: Eestist leedu keeles. Lekseemist estiškumas (‘eestilik’) leedu keeles majanduslingvistika vaatepunktist. 21. sajandil käimasolevad protsessid muudavad nii keelte rolle kui ka ühiskonna suhtumist neisse. Maailma virtualiseerumine, meedia mõju ja globaliseerumisprotsessid põhjustavad keele rollide muutumise. See on sundinud keeleteadust nagu ka teisi humanitaar- ja sotsiaalteadusi pöörduma neuroteaduste juurde ja keskenduma kognitiivsetele protsessidele. Keeleliste protsesside ja reaalse maailma evolutsiooni vahelisel vastastikmõjul on kaks telge: tähendusstruktuuri analüüs, mis mängib olulist osa keelelisel tasandil, ning keele mõju analüüs reaalse maailma protsessidele. Majanduslingvistiline lähenemine võimaldab siduda ükskõik millise mõiste peamised tähenduselemendid riigikeele keelelise maailmapildi ja tegeliku keelekogukonna sotsiokultuurilise teadvusega. Käesolevas artiklis tutvustatakse 1) semantiliste süvastruktuuride rekonstrueerimise meetodit ning 2) majanduslingvistilisel lähenemisel põhinevat meetodit, mis võimaldab tuvastada mõiste peamisi tähenduselemente tegeliku keelekogukonna sotsiokultuurilises teadvuses. Kirjeldamaks valitud meetodi rakendumist, selgitatakse lekseemide estas/estė/estai (‘eesti’, N) ning estiškas/estiška (‘eesti’, ADJ) näitel mõiste estiškumas (‘eestilikkus’) peamisi tähenduselemente.Märksõnad: eestilikkus; majanduslingvistika; semantika; tähendus; alltähendus; diskursus

Effort Appears Inadequate in the Modern World:Our Identities Are Shaped by Our Real- Life Chances

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willliam Elliott ◽  
Melinda Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
American Dream ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Accurate Representation ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Unfair Advantage ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

In its simplest form, the American dream is the belief that success should be determined by effort, not unfair advantage. This idea is embedded in the psyche of most Americans and shapes the way we collectively view individuals’ outcomes. It forms the lens through which we judge social policies that undergird opportunities or compound disadvantage. It is powerful enough to influence the way that people see their own success and failure and that of others. It can blind Americans to the structural forces that chart our fates. Indeed, Americans who want so badly to believe that there is a logic to the forces that shape their outcomes and a real path to their promised future may even excuse patently unfair institutions and the injustices they perpetuate. While these system- justifying beliefs can buffer people from the stress of contemplating abject inequity, as evidence mounts that things are not working as they should, defenses slip, doubts rise, and cracks emerge in the American dream. Today, there is a growing sense that this dream is more nostalgic memory than an accurate representation of the way the world works. A 2014 survey found that 48% of Americans believed that the American dream once was true but is not true anymore. These doubts represent more than just whispered anxieties or casual statements of political frustration. Instead, we contend that belief in the American dream is an expression of deeply rooted faith in our institutions and their ability to deliver on their promises, which in turn becomes a covenant in modern governance. This means that Americans’ increasing skepticism about whether institutions will ensure that their efforts pay off threatens the foundation of civil society. In other words, our inclination to rationalize societal arrangements has limits. When we can no longer explain away inequitable outcomes from schools, the labor market, and government policies, the social contract Americans have forged together is broken.

scholarly journals Normative Exclusion of Students with Disabilities and Enforced Isolation of Healthy Adults during the COVID -19 Pandemic: A Thought-Provoking Lesson

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Madhesh
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Healthy Adults ◽  
Social Effects ◽  
Systemic Review ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Exclusionary Practices ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACT Due to the Corona virus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the world in year 2020 experienced a significant upheaval in the lives of many. This study aimed at drawing parallels between the enforced isolation of healthy adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and the systemic exclusion of students with disabilities in educational systems around the world. Moreover, it presents an opportunity for people who have faced isolation during the pandemic, to better understand the feelings of students with disabilities. In this study, a sample of 22 people without disabilities from Saudi Arabia were interviewed to disclose their experiences and feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of quarantine on their social and psychological lives. Their responses were compared to many experiences of students with disabilities obtained from a systemic review involving many related studies. The main findings of this study reveal some isolating, psychological and social effects. This may lead stakeholders in legal and educational matters to rethink their perspectives on exclusionary practices that face many students with disabilities.

scholarly journals Distance Education During the 2020 Global Crisis Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 01019
Author(s):  
Maria Kicheva ◽  
Boryana Dimitrova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Limited Scale ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Personal Assessment ◽  
Descriptive Method

Research background: Distance education in Bulgarian universities is a relatively new form of human capital training, applied until recently on a limited scale. The global 2020 health and economic crisis, related to the mass lockdown of the in-person educational process throughout the world, has imposed a new challenge to the anti-crisis management of the universities, schools and other educational institutions in Bulgaria: the obligatory application of the distance learning process. For the optimal development of the educational systems in the conditions of similar future crises, it is necessary to have various information about the impact of the crisis on the different groups of educational institutions and especially about the response of the students. Purpose of the article: This article aims to highlight the identified problems and challenges that distance education is facing and to provide recommendations for its future optimization to individual learners and educators, as well as to the educational institutions themselves and third stakeholders. Methods: The method of self-administered survey, conducted through Google Forms and the descriptive method, through which the authors of the article share their observations of the educational process, conducted during the lockdown, were used. Findings & Value added: Main findings include the pre- and after- lockdown levels of technical armament of the respondents, specifics of the loans taken for its provision, the forms of online training used and the personal assessment of the respondents for their effectiveness, the difficulties encountered during the educational process.

scholarly journals INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND SCIENCE SUBJECTS TEACHING – HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 043
Author(s):  
Dragan Cenić ◽  
Jelena Petrović
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Interest In Science ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
The World

This paper represents the attempt of the authors to understand and present, from historical perspective, the interest in natural and social sciences, and especially the interest in introducing their contents into teaching. Thus, the authors analyze the interest in natural and social sciences in Ancient Greek and Roman thought, then in Middle Ages and finally in 18th and 19th century when the solid grounds for science teaching was established. The paper points out to the existence of the first traces of science a couple of thousands years B. C., but the development of science connects to the ancient Greece and its major thinkers who made the first theories about the origin of the world. Further studies of nature were, in the Middle Ages, dominated by the Christian ideology in which the origin of the world and occurrence of living creatures were usually connected to the mystic forces. Only with the development of Renaissance, thinkers put the man and his real life problems in the center of their thought. Only then we can testify the stronger interest in natural sciences. In the circumstances of humanistic shaping of social life, entering of scientific contents into teaching and appearance of scientific subjects came naturally. The Modern Epoch brought the great advances in natural and social sciences. At the same time the demands for introducing scientific knowledge into teaching subjects became more prominent. Special credits for introducing science into teaching and development of methodology of science subjects are paid to the great scientists and thinkers of 18th and 19th century.

Mathematical Explorations: Variables and Spreadsheets Connect with Real-World Problems

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 423-431
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Niess ◽  
Pejmon Sadri ◽  
Kwangho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Real World ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Monthly Income ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Spreadsheet Software ◽  
Real World Problems

Spreadsheet software is generally available in schools and is in wide-spread use in business. The use of spreadsheets can help students make mathematical connections with problems in the world around them. Many real-life quantitative problems require algebra for decision making. Examples include the impact of rising gas prices on family budgets; the amount of gasoline left in the tank of a car and the distance to the nearest gas station; and the level of monthly income versus money needed to pay for food, rent, utilities, and clothing. Although these issues do not require complex mathematics, they do require knowledge of basic algebra involving variables and equations.

scholarly journals The impact of the HPV vaccine on the world: initial outcomes and challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Vitorino Ribeiro ◽  
Edison Natal Fedrizzi ◽  
Sérgio Murillo Steffens
Keyword(s):  
Hpv Vaccine ◽  
Precancerous Lesions ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Genital Warts ◽  
Hpv Infection ◽  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
The World ◽  
Free Search ◽  
The Impact

Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can be considered an epidemic in the world and in Brazil. This infection accounts for virtually all cases of cervical cancer, most malignant anal, vaginal and oropharyngeal tumors, and a large number of cases of cancer of the penis and vulva. The most effective way to prevent this infection is through vaccination. Several countries, including Brazil, have already introduced this vaccine into the public vaccination programs and are observing the real-life results of decreasing HPV-associated diseases. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of HPV vaccination in preventing virus-induced diseases in countries that have adopted it for a longer time, in a different scenario from clinical studies. Methods: This is a bibliographic review study in journal databases PubMed, LILACS, SciELO and Scopus, with publications dated from 2000 to 2019. The research was restricted to articles in English and Portuguese and studies conducted in humans. Ten studies that were considered relevant were selected. Furthermore, additional articles found by free search were selected. After this phase, the chosen publications were obtained in full for reassessment of their methodology and results. Results: The HPV vaccine demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing the incidence of HPV infection and/or anogenital warts and/or precancerous lesions in the seven countries analyzed by the study: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, United States of America, New Zealand, Czech Republic and Sweden. The impact was bigger in countries that introduced it earlier, such as Australia, where the vaccine virtually eliminated the incidence of genital warts in women aged under 21 years. Although Brazil implemented the vaccine a few years ago, a preliminary study was conducted in Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, where the vaccine was implemented in 2010, showing a 55% reduction in the incidence of genital warts for women aged under 21 years old, between 2007 and 2012. Conclusion: The HPV vaccine is highly effective in protecting against HPV infection and disease in the countries where it has been implemented, with better results than those seen in clinical trials.

scholarly journals Asia and the World Economy in Historical Perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 80-106
Author(s):  
Ronald Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
New World ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Evolution ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Past Millennium

This chapter studies the political and economic evolution of trade and international relations of the counties and regions of Asia, both between themselves and the rest of the world, over the past millennium, paying particular attention to the geographic and cultural background; the underlying demographic and economic mechanism of the classical Malthus-Ricardo model; the Pax Mongolica and overland trade along the Silk Roads during the Middle Ages; the European intrusion at the turn of the fifteenth century and the impact of the discovery of the New World; the spread of European imperialism and the rise of nationalism and the achievement of independence. A final section discusses the comparative evolution of Europe and Asia and the question of why the Industrial Revolution did not first occur in Asia.

scholarly journals El impacto de una reforma: Limitación de la autonomía, estrechamiento de la libertad y erosión de la participación

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Miriam Prieto ◽  
Patricia Villamor
Keyword(s):  
Educational System ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Educational Legislation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
National Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
The Impact

Educational systems across the world are applying measures addressed to the improvement of education quality. These measures have as a consequence, the shaping of a rhetoric that works as a framework for the interpretation of educational agents’ action. The article deals with the analysis of the impact of global educational policies on the notions of educational agents’−teachers and parents−autonomy, freedom and participation, within the Madrilenian educational system. To this end, it takes as a context the meaning given to these notions within the Spanish educational system, through the analysis of its evolution over the national education laws. Next, it presents the reform applied to the Madrilenian educational system through facing the policy makers’ speeches and the educational legislation that they have enacted. The results show that the impact of the reform leads to the limitation of teachers’ autonomy, the erosion of parents’ participation and the narrowing of parents’ freedom.

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