scholarly journals Adaptation between the School Context in the Francophone Educational Sub-System of General Education in Cameroon and the Learner's Entry into the World of Employment: School Guidance

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Fopoussi Tuebue Jean Christophe
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
General Education ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
School Context ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Academic System ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
School Guidance ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Full Head

The objective of this study is to examine the French-speaking sub-system of general education in Cameroon, with the aim of proposing a Cameroonian academic system now equipped with an orientation pedagogy capable of valuing the different local potentials that can suddenly accelerate the emergence of the country. To carry out this study, numerous investigations were made in the field. The plentiful results obtained have been carefully analyzed. The orientation of learners in Cameroon is not done on the basis of their real potential, but rather on the basis of foreign languages; these are German, Spanish, and Chinese. At different levels, we see an overload of learners with subjects which, instead of reinforcing them in what they would like to do in life, rather demotivate them. Learners finish their respective courses with a full head, without any skills. The informal sector is the only environment where they can earn on a daily basis. The practice of trades in this sector is responsible of many urban disorders observed today in the cities of the country. This urban disorder is almost always the precursor of many accidents, sometimes resulting in the death of men. For young people who did not have the courage to engage themselves in informal sector activities, crime, drug abuse, violence, homosexuality, the search of "sugar mummy and daddy", " gigolo habit ”, illegal immigration, prostitution, to name but a few, are the main routes out. The following path is proposed for the new orientation vision in Cameroon: Observation sub-cycle (first and second year), Orientation sub-cycle (third and fourth year artistic, third and fourth year literary, third and fourth year science), Specialization cycle (fifth year artistic, fifth year literary, fifth year science, sixth and seventh year artistic, sixth and seventh year literary, Sixth year applied sciences, sixth year fundamental sciences, seventh year applied science, seventh year fundamental sciences). The new vision of managing the French-speaking sub-system of general education in Cameroon highlights a new reality; in fact, from the orientation sub-cycle, the teaching units will be preparing the corresponding trades. Cameroon has many assets to succeed in this process.

scholarly journals 20 Minutes Suisse Romande : géographie économique d’un média helvétique et lémanique

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Lamour
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Representation ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
Daily Newspapers ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Different Types ◽  
French Speaking

The spatial representation by media is based on a series of material and ideational conditions structuring the journalistic profession and its public on a daily basis. Media are also actors taking part into the production of territories by mediatizing a “here” and “there” in which different types of news, institutional powers and cultural identities are portrayed. They are organized by a sum of geographical borders that they reproduce or cause to evolve. Over the past 20 years, media have accompanied the growth of western metropolises : The free daily newspapers circulated in large urban areas cutting across the mosaic of inherited institutional territories. However, does this necessarily mean that this press is able to overcome the territorial borders of the past ? The research based on the analysis of 20 Minutes Switzerland aimed at the French-speaking community shows that this medium is both included in bordered territories at the scale of cantons, regions and countries and also in an urban and transitional border space reorganizing these areas. Free dailies can be considered as a medium embedded in historically fragmented territories and the large urban regions of today. Les médias définissent une représentation de l’espace qui repose sur une somme de conditions matérielles et idéelles structurant au quotidien la sphère journalistique et son public. Par ailleurs, ils sont des acteurs de la production territoriale en médiatisant un « ici » et un « ailleurs » où s’organisent une actualité différente, des pouvoirs institutionnels dissemblables et des identités culturelles séparées. Les médias sont organisés par une somme de frontières géographiques qu’ils participent à reproduire ou à faire évoluer. Au cours des 20 dernières années, un média à accompagner l’essor des métropoles occidentales : les quotidiens d’information gratuits diffusés dans des régions urbaines chevauchant la mosaïque des territoires institutionnels hérités. Cela signifie-t-il pour autant que cette presse est en mesure de s’émanciper des frontières territoriales du passé˚? La recherche effectuée à partir du journal 20 Minutes Romandie montre que ce média s’inscrit, à la fois, dans des territoires clos de niveau confédéral, régional et cantonal, et dans une région urbaine frontalière transitionnelle rassemblant ces aires. La presse gratuite est un média situé dans la mosaïque territoriale du passé et dans les grandes régions urbaines d’aujourd’hui.  

Introduction of a New Waste Sorting and Collection System at a University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Vilms ◽  
Oliver Kalda
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
School Community ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Environmental Technology ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
New System

Nowadays the usage of source separation waste collection system is essential for all organisations. This paper describes a case of introduction of such a system at a university of applied sciences (UAS) in Tallinn. The project started in September 2015. The main goals of the project were to reduce the number of garbage cans in the UAS, reduce the amount of unsorted household waste and inform the school community about the significance of waste sorting and relevant environmental matters. The first step of the project was to execute a full waste audit in UAS to identify precise waste quantities which occurred on daily basis. During the week the environmental technology students weighed and sorted all the waste in all premises of the UAS. Based on the collected data, the new system comprised of 19 waste collection points with sorting instructions and adequate volume. The total number of garbage cans was reduced by 46% and mixed household garbage cans by 72%. The final step was to analyse the efficiency of the new waste collection arrangements. Results showed that the new system was well accepted and 80–85% of waste was sorted and collected in the new waste collection points.

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CHILD LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 404
Author(s):  
Viktorija Kuzina
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
General Education ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Radio Broadcasting ◽  
Education School ◽  
Language Environment ◽  
Opinion Polls

Childhood is the basis for both life and language acquisition. The child language is greatly influenced by the language environment – parents and other family members, teachers, as well as movies, TV and radio broadcasting, theatre performances, books. Meanwhile exploring the world and characterizing it, the child gradually acquires the skill to use in its language synonyms, antonyms, phraseology, comparisons, learns to understand foreign origin words used on daily basis, etc.In order to establish, which factors are influencing positively the child language development, a questionnaire was worked out. Students, general education school teachers, as well as the preschool education teachers completed the questionnaire. The research on the factors influencing the children's language development was accomplished in the framework of the Norwegian project in 2015. The results of the questionnaire and opinion polls prove, the childhood stage is very significant in the child language development, and really great is the responsibility of adults (parents and teachers), to ensure that this process develops as valid, interesting and exciting for the child. One of the conditions for successful acquisition of the Latvian language vocabulary stock is the example shown by the speech of adults. The use of illiterate language must also be eliminated from schools, mass media, etc.

scholarly journals Establishment of a School-Based Pathway to Universities of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. Conventions of Higher Education Access in Vocational and General Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaella Simona Esposito ◽  
Regula Julia Leemann ◽  
Christian Imdorf
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
General Education ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Higher Education Access ◽  
Education Access ◽  
School Based ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Universities Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The World ◽  
Type Of School

Abstract How did the upper-secondary specialised school (SpS) establish itself as a school-based pathway to the universities of applied sciences in Switzerland? The sociology of conventions serves to analyse how actors justify and assess this type of school. The analysis of interviews and educational policy documents shows that the specialised school has been a recurring target of criticism from advocates of the VET system. It had to make compromises with the world of work to gain recognition as a pathway to the universities of applied sciences.

scholarly journals Relationships at School: External Evaluation Angle

Pedagogika ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Elvyda Martišauskienė ◽  
Snieguolė Vaičekauskienė
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
School Environment ◽  
School Context ◽  
School Community ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
External Evaluation ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Evaluation Data

A humane relationships at school develop favourable micro-climate for learning, promote good student behaviour, learning motivation and provides the right conditions for becoming a mature personality. For this research external evaluation data from schools of general education collected by the National Agency for School Evaluation in 2012 was used. This paper analyses students’, parents’ and external evaluators’ approaches and discusses the relationships in the modern school – situation and expression; highlights the most important trends in the relationships, relevant to all members of the school community; raises actual educational problems. Sociologists and educationists recognize that the nature of the relationships depends on a person’s self-determination, which is based on their perceived motives, beliefs, values and attitudes. Study data also shows that good relationships are influenced by the teacher’s personality and competencies: strictness, properly organized educational process with emotional basis and respect for the student; the school context: social, economic, cultural, educational school environment and prevailing micro-climate. The study also highlights the fact that students and their parents differently rate relationships at school: prevailing relationships at school usually satisfies parents and are evaluated positively, however, students believe that the school can achieve better (especially at 5–8 grades lessons). Schools focus on moral community relations, but still occur simulation, activities and behaviour that encourage alienation. External evaluation data shows that high student performance, achievements, knowledge is often considered to be the most important, however education of moral values, humane relationships – less significant thing. In schools of general education dominate business like and interpersonal relationships. Transcendental school community relations (the ability to go deep into yourself and others, rely on the phenomenon of conscience, overstep yourself) are aspirational so far.

Does the School Context Really Matter for Teacher Burnout? Review of Existing Multilevel Teacher Burnout Research and Results From the Teaching and Learning International Survey 2018 in the Flemish- and French-Speaking Communities of Belgium

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2199236
Author(s):  
Filip Van Droogenbroeck ◽  
Bram Spruyt ◽  
Valérie Quittre ◽  
Dominique Lafontaine
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Burnout ◽  
School Context ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
School Level ◽  
International Survey ◽  
Context Variables ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Multilevel Studies ◽  
Conceptual Confusion

It is widely believed that the school context plays a crucial role in teacher burnout. Against that background, we (1) critically review existing empirical multilevel studies on teacher burnout and (2) use data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2018 to assess the school-level variance and its correlates in emotional exhaustion, cynical depersonalization, and personal accomplishment in 2,300 primary (183 schools) and 2,700 lower secondary (190 schools) teachers in the Flemish-speaking community of Belgium, and 2,135 lower secondary (120 schools) teachers in the French-speaking community of Belgium. Our results reveal that (1) conceptual confusion exists surrounding school-context variables and (2) the between-school variance in teacher burnout is small. Implications for educational policy and teacher burnout research are discussed.

ABOUT INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STUDIUM FUNDAMENTALE (STUDIUM GENERALE) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES ZITTAU / GÖRLITZ

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter Schneider ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Applied Sciences ◽  
General Education ◽  
Intercultural Education ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teaching ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
General Education Courses ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Courses

The article presents the interdisciplinary and general education courses in Studium fundamentale. In doing so, a way of the university for more interdisciplinary teaching offers for listeners of all faculties is described. It describes a way of integrating intercultural education into bachelor's programs (engineering, social sciences, natural sciences and economics). A number of sources provide further information on the state of general education at universities and colleges in Saxony.

Writing for difference audiences

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Sophie Andreetta
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Emergency Medical Care ◽  
Irregular Migrants ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
The Social ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Relationship Of

In Belgium, depending on their immigration status, foreigners may be entitled to different forms of social assistance, ranging from emergency medical care to financial benefits. In a context where residence permits are constantly updated, re-examined or withdrawn by the administration, this article explores the ways in which welfare bureaucrats deal with irregular migrants. Based on ethnographic fieldwork at welfare offices in French-speaking Belgium, this article shows that documentary practices in welfare bureaucracies have the effect of both restricting access to social assistance and aiding irregular migrants in bringing cases against the administration. This article thus also delves into the double-edged relationship of the social workers to the state by focusing on the competing norms and interpretations of law they encounter on a daily basis.

scholarly journals The influence of informal learning opportunities on adolescents’ financial literacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Rudeloff
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
School Context ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Media Learning

Abstract In today’s service society, adolescents come into contact with money and financial products and services earlier and earlier. Despite the importance of the topic in the adolescents’ lives, there is insufficient evidence on the learning opportunities adolescents use outside of school and education to obtain information on financial issues and how these affect their financial competence. This paper investigates how different informal learning opportunities influence grade 10-students’ financial literacy. Data are available for N = 530 students in general education. The analyses are based on a structural equation model in which financial literacy is represented as a latent variable with the sub-dimensions of money/payments, savings, loans, insurance, and monetary policy. Young people use different learning opportunities depending on the sub-dimension. Overall, parent-student discussions on finance are the most important informal source of learning. Discussions with siblings as well as consulting sessions with banks and media learning opportunities are also significantly related to financial literacy. Furthermore, personal characteristics, such as socio-economic background and economic interest, are also associated with financial literacy. The findings provide important implications for the promotion of financial literacy in different formal and informal learning situations. The results can be used, among other things, as a basis for developing targeted strategies to promote financial literacy in both the extracurricular sector and the school context.

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