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Eikeland, Ingrid, and Merethe Frøyland. "Pedagogical considerations when educators and researchers design a controversy-based educational programme in a science centre." Nordic Studies in Science Education 16, no. 1 (February 17, 2020): 84–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.5617/nordina.7001.
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This article reports from a 1,5 yearlong co-design process where mainly one researcher and four science centre educators collaboratively designed a controversy-based educational programme for upper secondary school in a Norwegian science centre. Its aim was to contribute to our understanding of the transition in science centres from embracing neutral, science facts, to invite visitors to discuss and think critically about contemporary issues. The data for this study consists of sound recordings from one group interview, eight workshops and three informal meetings. In the analysis, we identified barriers related to both choosing a controversial issue and choosing pedagogical activities. For example, to address an issue that was both science and society based, and finding ways to engage students in discussion. Based on our findings, we recommend paying special attention to the role of sparking students’ emotional engagement, the aspect of no right or wrong answer, and the balance between hands-on activity and dialogue when designing controversy-based activities in these institutions.
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Ince, Merve Cansu, and Bayram Costu. "The effect of informal learning environment upon students’ understanding of science-technology-society-environment." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 9 (January 11, 2018): 22–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i9.3039.
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It is known that an informal learning environment (i.e., out-of-school) increases the quality of teaching and learning activities. Informal environments also provide many advantages such as enriching the content of learning. Moreover, it is emphasised that the science-technology-society-environment (STSE) learning does not effectively involve in the Turkish education system. From this point of view, informal learning environments should be considered in order to enable students’ understanding of the STSE relation. Within the scope of this study, it was aimed to determine the effectiveness of study visit on students’ understanding of STSE. The research was conducted with 14 male students in the 5th-grade level in the 2016– 2017 academic year. This research, which used a recycling-solid waste collection centre, a botanic garden, a planetarium, a science centre and a zoo, a few informal learning environments, was conducted according to the case study design method. In the study, views on science-technology-society questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, observation forms and diaries were used as data collection tools. The data indicated that the informal learning environments were inadequate to promote conceptual change; however, it was effective to comprehend newly learnt concepts. In addition, it was also concluded that informal learning environment provided students to capture the understanding of STSE relations. Keywords: Science-technology-society-environment (STSE), informal education, out-of-school environment.
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Garcia-Perez, Alexeis. "Editorial for the Special Issue of EJKM 2021." Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management 19, no. 2 (December 21, 2021): pp211–212. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ejkm.19.2.2551.
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Guest EditorAlexeis Garcia-Perez, Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University, UK
Supported byAnitha Chinnaswamy, Aston Business School, Aston University, UKVahid Jafari-Sadeghi, Aston Business School, Aston University, UK
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Muhamad, Aida, Ida Aryanie Bahrudin, Nor Faezah Adan, Mohd Ezree Abdullah, Muhammad Sufi Bin Roslan, Raudah Mohd Adnan, and Zulkarnain Md Amin. "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Assessing the Participant Perception Towards the Implementation of Sciencexplorer Programme." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.29 (May 22, 2018): 406. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.13663.
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects have always been complex subjects for school children as many experienced difficulty and complexity in grasping the basic conceptual knowledge. Therefore, Centre for Diploma Studies (CeDS) of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) is moving forward to achieve sustainable development for society by pursuing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through National Blue Ocean Strategy 4 (NBOS 4) initiatives. As a member of the society, CeDS try to ensure that the society will acquire the benefit of CeDS business activities as a whole.. ScienceXplorer programme had been implemented to attract primary school students in learning science. ScienceXplorer is a programme that basically implementing the concept of learning by doing. This study was performed to assess participant perception towards the implementation of ScienceXplorer. A self-completion questionnaire had been designed with a series of Likert scale questions that organized to gather participants’ perceptions of participating ScienceXplorer. The questionnaire had been designed using Kirk Patrick Evaluation Model. There were 148 participants from three primary schools took part in this study. In this scope of study, ScienceXplorer participants rated very high in terms of reflection, knowledge and skill, changes in behaviour and aspiration.
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Shutes, Isabel. "The Employment of Migrant Workers in Long-Term Care: Dynamics of Choice and Control – ERRATUM." Journal of Social Policy 41, no. 1 (October 19, 2011): 231. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279411000791.
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Within the article by Shutes (first published online, 15 September 2011) the Author's affiliation was incorrectly inserted during the production process. The correct affiliation is the ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, and the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science. The publisher apologises for any inconvenience this has caused.
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Marinetto, Mike. "Governing beyond the Centre: A Critique of the Anglo-Governance School." Political Studies 51, no. 3 (October 2003): 592–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00443.
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One of the more intriguing theoretical discussions of recent years involves the concept of governance. There is now a substantial body of work concerning the way governance has affected the contribution of central government to the policy process. Possibly the most prominent and influential account of governance theory in British political science is offered by Rod Rhodes. His most recent writings have employed governance theory to explore the institutions, actors and processes of change within the core executive. His ‘Anglo-governance’ model has emerged as a prevalent and authoritative account of how new methods of governing have emerged in society. Significantly, it is maintained that a distinct shift has taken place in government, from a hierarchical organisation to a fragmented and decentralised entity that is heavily reliant on a range of complex and independent policy networks. There is undoubted evidence that government is a fractured institution that is dependent on state and non-state actors beyond the centre. This paper questions whether such features entail the emergence of a new form of governance. Central government is still highly resourced and has, at its disposal, a range of powers with which to retain influence over public sector agencies. Historical evidence also shows that the British polity has long been decentralised. Thus, it is difficult to see how recent developments have in any way transformed the capacities of the core executive. It seems that alternative ways of conceptualising the institutions, actors and processes of change in government are required. Recent efforts to develop ‘organising perspectives’, within the intellectual parameters of governance theory, offer a more ‘conceptually cautious’ treatment of the central state.
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CROMPTON, L. A., and T. R. WHEELER. "Proceedings of the Forty-first Meeting of the Agricultural Research Modellers' Group." Journal of Agricultural Science 147, no. 6 (October 27, 2009): 731–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021859609990359.
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This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, was formed in 1970 and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The forty-first meeting of the group, chaired by Dr Derek Rose of the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, was held in the Kohn Centre at the Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London, on Friday, 3 April 2009 when the following papers were read.
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Zhao, Weijie. "Predicament and outlook of China's math education." National Science Review 7, no. 9 (April 17, 2020): 1513–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa070.
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Abstract Mathematics is the foundation of science and rational thinking. Math education for the younger generation is the fundamental project to upgrade the mathematical literacy and the creativity of the whole society. China's education system has long been different from that of Western countries. China has fostered many gold medal winners of the International Mathematics Olympiad, but is also criticized as lacking creativity. In this NSR forum on math education in China, educators of high schools and universities as well as researchers of different scientific fields gather to talk about the current predicaments and future developments of China's math education. Zenghu Li Mathematician; Professor of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Chao Tang Quantitative biologist; Director of the Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University, Beijing, China Zhihong Xia Mathematician; Professor of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA and the Founding Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China Jinlong Yang Computational chemist; Professor of the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China Huawei Zhu Headmaster of Shenzhen Middle School, Shenzhen, China; Former leader and head coach of the national team of China for the International Mathematics Olympiad, China Gang Tian (Chair) Mathematician; Professor of the School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Matos, Brenda Teresa Porto de. "Modeling School Uniforms for Public Schools of Blumenau." European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies 5, no. 1 (May 19, 2017): 485. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejms.v5i1.p485-485.
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This text aims to present one of the extension projects in development at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Center of Blumenau that is integrated with the Regional Development and Social Interaction Axis, which acts in the interface among the five courses of the center, specially engineering. This axis is responsible for proposing and organizing social interaction activities as well as encouraging cooperative relationships with social groups, economic and productive sectors as well as the community in general, as it is foreseen in the Pedagogical Projects of the Courses (PPCs). The intention of these practices is to build with students and teachers some activities and strategies of intervention in communities, institutions, associated developments or enterprises of the region that result in some knowledge/product for the involved groups, helping the future engineers to operate with a sociotechnical approach.This project in focus, entitled “Modeling school uniforms for public schools of Blumenau”, started in April 2016 and it is to be completed in April of this year, consists of a research and intervention experience in the school community, which is being carried out by two textile engineering fellows, under the guidance of professors from the areas of sociology and textile engineering. The aim is to propose new uniform models for the municipal public network, from the data collection performed through the application of questionnaires with the students of the nine schools that composed the sample group. This model proposal seeks to meet the demands formulated in a socially and ecologically committed way. The technical sheet and drawing results will be delivered to the Education Department of Blumenau, the project partner, and to the schools that are the object of the research and intervention. Therefore, this project expresses a materialization of the link of the "uniform artifact" to the sociotechnical network, giving visibility to the acronym STS (Science, Technology and Society) and bringing the field of social sciences closer to that of the exact sciences.
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Mykhailenko, V., and M. Blyzniuk. "Educational Cluster as a Tool for Implementation Education for Sustainable Development." Physical Geography and Geomorphology 89, no. 1 (2018): 110–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/phgg.2018.1.15.
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The world experience on educational clusters proves their applicability and efficiency. An example is the formation of educational clusters for economic education and business schools. Formation of educational clusters has become an important part of the state personnel policy of many countries of the world. Multidimensional notion of "sustainable development" in combination with a wide range of age-old target audiences requires new methodological approaches for building an open dialogue between a student and a teacher. Taking into account the complex nature of the research subject that combines social, economic and environmental dimensions of human activity, authors propose a scientific and educational cluster as an innovative form of implementation of cross-cutting education for sustainable development (ESD) in Ukraine. The role of the core formation of an educational cluster is best suited for universities that are open to innovation and new educational technologies. The new educational model is illustrated by ad hoc activity of Carpathian School held in Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk region. Target audience represented Master students of natural sciences, secondary school students, biologists and geography teachers together with civil society activists. The school organizers were "Centre for Civic Initiatives", Kosiv and Faculty of Geography of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv supported by two National Natural Parks “Hutsulshchyna” and “Vyzhnytsky”. The lecturers’ team included university professors, experts of The Regional Environmental Centre for CEE countries (REC), Hungary, the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine (NECU), leading experts of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Ukraine, employees of local museums and cultural institutions. The main goal of the School is to consider the role of civil society, local activists, entrepreneurs and authorities in building sustainable communities, to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The cluster model was tested for obtaining a professional orientation of the lyceum graduates with a strong TOT component in view of education reform "New Ukrainian School". The students were acquainted with educational materials and methodical guides of the REC multimedia toolkits "Green Package" and "Step by Step", adapted to Ukrainian needs by local experts. These materials are easily perceived by young people, Master students and senior pupils. Interactive games and dilemmas were suitable for the formation of ecologically oriented thinking and social competence of youth. The guides were also highly praised by elderly participants and recommended for training and retraining of school teachers. Interviews with the school attendees and lecturers, interviews and publications in the local mass-media showed the benefits of cluster model in comparison with traditional forms of education. The school also identified the opportunities for professional guidance, training and retraining of teachers' staff.
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Chesnokova, E. V. "The Continuity of Traditions of Scientific School of the RFCFS in S.A. Smirnova’s Organizational, Scientific and Pedagogical Achievements." Theory and Practice of Forensic Science 15, no. 2 (July 28, 2020): 28–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2020-2-28-36.
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More than a 100-year history of the development of the forensic institutions in Russia demonstrates the objective link between the stages of the system’s evolution and the political, economic, and social transformations in the society. The continuity of scientific schools in the system of forensic expert institutions of the Ministry of Justice is shown on the example of S.A. Smirnova’s activity. Leading the modern system of forensic institutions, she is a talented organizer of innovative scientific research, a major administrator who cares for her team, creates and increases the material and technical base of forensic laboratories, the scientist who has influenced the recognition in the scientific school of the Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science in the scientific community, as well as a teacher who has brought up more than one generation of expert researchers. The set of achievements of the forensic science institutions team of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation marks the current stage in the development of forensic expertise based on continuity and deep respect for the traditions of the scientific school with a comprehensive modernization of the practical activities of the system.
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Kim, Dong-Won. "J. J. Thomson and the emergence of the Cavendish School, 1885–1990." British Journal for the History of Science 28, no. 2 (June 1995): 191–226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087400032969.
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The history of the Cavendish Laboratory is a fascinating subject to study, not just because this famous centre of experimental physics produced a large number of Nobel Laureates but also because it gives us an insight into the unique milieu of the Cambridge physics community. The evolution of the Cavendish Laboratory, however, was not as smooth as might be expected, and the prestige and reputation of its first directors – James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Rayleigh, Joseph John Thomson and Ernest Rutherford – did not automatically guarantee a rosy future. Like other British physics laboratories in the late nineteenth century, the Cavendish Laboratory was a new species to meet the pressure and demand from society. Since it propagated new values and modes of doing science, a struggle with old traditions could not be avoided, and the early history of the Cavendish Laboratory illustrates how the ‘old’ and ‘new’ values fought and negotiated each other in late Victorian Cambridge.
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Salmi, Hannu, Helena Thuneberg, and Mari-Pauliina Vainikainen. "Mathematical thinking skills, self-concept and learning outcomes of 12-year-olds visiting a Mathematics Science Centre Exhibition in Latvia and Sweden." Journal of Science Communication 14, no. 04 (December 15, 2015): A03. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.14040203.
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Teaching mathematics in informal settings is a relatively new phenomenon, but it has gained more attention due to the recent changes in the society. The aim of the present quantitative study was to compare the learning outcomes of Latvian and Swedish 12-year-olds when they visited a science centre mathematics-art exhibition originally designed in Estonia. The results showed that in general, prior knowledge of the exhibition contents was the strongest predictor of post-test results in both countries but that mathematical thinking skills and self-concept had a small added value in explaining the post-test results. The results of the study give some of the first pieces of evidence of the effectiveness of out-of-school mathematics teaching in a science exhibition context, providing a good basis for further studies.
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Khoiri, Ahmad, Moh Irma Sukarelawan, Mohd Fauzi Sedon, Che Nidzam Che Ahmad, Sukarmin Sukarmin, Qori Agussuryani, and Misbah Misbah. "Socioscientific Issues (SSI) Strategy Adjacent to Ethnoscience: A Critical Analysis of Science Reconstruction." Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA 8, no. 5 (November 30, 2022): 2380–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.29303/jppipa.v8i5.2128.
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Low students' reconstruction skills in understanding science through local issues in society. The purpose of the study was to analyze the categorization of science reconstruction skills and test the effectiveness of the ethnoscience-adjacent Socioscientific Issues (SSI) strategy. Type of quasi-experimental quantitative research with independent sample type t-statistical design. Purposive sampling technique with a total of 65 high school students from 3 different schools clustered, namely schools in the village category, intermediate category, and city category. School categories are based on mileage from the city center. The data collection tool uses student science reconstruction tests and SSI strategy implementation questionnaires. The effectiveness of the SSI strategy consists of pretest and post-test data of students' science reconstruction skills. Data analysis techniques use the t-test and Manova test. The results showed that the categorization of students' science reconstruction skills was dominant in the Other Smart Kids (OSK) category by a p-value of 0.026 < 0.05; Students felt unfamiliar with the culture being studied, even though students' knowledge of science increased. The MANOVA test obtained the results of the experimental class (known with KE) = 0.674 and the Fcount KE = 17.974, showing that the SSI strategy with ethnoscience proximity was very effective in empowering student's science reconstruction skills simultaneously (SMA A, B, and C) with significant influence. Research recommendations that science reconstruction skills give the meaning of learning about how to appreciate and preserve the traditions and culture of society as a formation of the nation's character.
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Dorocki, Sławomir. "Spatial Differentiation of Educational Outcomes at Junior High and High School in the Region of Małopolska in a Historical Perspective." Przedsiębiorczość - Edukacja 13 (December 17, 2017): 439–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20833296.13.33.
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The term “institution” refers to the collection of certain practices and principles that are part of everyday social life. This set of accepted norms and rules of behaviour in communities of different territorial units is usually associated with their history and institutions operating on their territory. Today it is believed that the relational and social capital primarily determine the potential economic development of a territorial unit. In the knowledge economy, particular attention is focused on qualified staff. Therefore, a robust and efficient educational system remains an essential element of economic development. Respect for science and knowledge in a given society, not only by its usefulness, is one of the conditions of its evolution. The region of Małopolska was deprived of universal primary education until the times of the Galician autonomy. The school allowed not only professional career but also ensured social advancement. Małopolska shows significant spatial variations at the level of education. Kraków has remained the strongest centre of education for centuries, with an extensive participation of Tarnów and Nowy Sącz. In spatial terms, better education was recorded in the north-west of the region and around Kraków. However, in recent years a noticeable growth of education in the peripheries has been observed. Examples include high schools located around Kraków, which is associated with sub-urbanisation and an increase in the quality of education in closed centres (e.g. Piekary), or local centres of education (e.g. Rabka-Zdrój). The largest increase in knowledge according to the Education Value Added occurs in schools located peripherally.
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Lyalko, V. I., M. О. Popov, O. V. Sedlerova, and A. V. Khyzhniak. "Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of UkraineE: A 30-year-Old Road." Kosmìčna nauka ì tehnologìâ 28, no. 3 (July 18, 2022): 29–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/knit2022.03.029.
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The paper was prepared in connection with the 30th anniversary of the “State Institution Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth IGS NAS of Ukraine”. The article briefly describes the history of the development of aerospace exploration of the Earth in Ukraine and the role of the Centre in remote sensing research provided by institutions of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The history of the Centre, its scientific academic schools, and main areas of research are presented, and the prospects for further development are outlined. We describe the current organizational structure of the Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth and the achievements of the scientific team. The analysis of the contribution of its employees to the development of aerospace research in Ukraine and international activities of the Centre are presented. Further prospects and plans for the development of scientific research at the Centre, which cover the basic principles of the development of world society determined by the UN decisions on sustainable development, are considered.
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Qizhi, Mao. "Preservation in the Old City of Beijing: The "hutong-courtyard housing" system." Ekistics and The New Habitat 73, no. 436-441 (December 1, 2006): 93–116. http://dx.doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e200673436-441105.
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The author is Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Dean of the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China. He is also Deputy Director of the Center for Science of Human Settlements and of the Institute of Architectural and Urban Studies, Tsinghua University; Consultant, Rural and Urban Planning Consultative Committee, Ministry of Construction; and Vice Chairman, Beijing Urban Sciences Research Society. He is also currently Vice President of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). The text that follows is a slightly revised and edited version of a paper presented by the authors at the international symposion on "Globalization and Local Identity," organized jointly by the World Society for Ekistics and the University of Shiga Prefecture in Hikone, Japan, 19-24 September, 2005.
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Paulouskaya, L. M., D. A. Safronova, and N. A. Barouskaya. "A SPECIALIZED VEGET A B L E FOOD FOR CHILDREN OF PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE." Food Industry: Science and Technology 13, no. 4(50) (June 15, 2020): 24–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.47612/2073-4794-2020-13-4(50)-24-32.
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Researches on creation of specialised tinned production on the basis of vegetables for a food of children of the preschool and school age, answering to criteria of quality, safety and food value of production of this group are conducted. Compoundings of vegeT a b l e sauces by means of the software «MatModel», created in РУП «the Scientifically-practical centre of National academy of Sciences of Belarus on the foodstuffs» are developed. Food value of the created assortment of canned food is analysed, the maintenance нутриентов in production, expressed in percentage of norms of physiological requirements for them of children of preschool and school age is defined. Technological parametres of manufacture of specialised production on Open Society «Bykhovsky konservno-ovoshchesushilnyj factory» are fulfilled. On the basis of vegetables modes of sterilisation (pasteurisation) of canned food are developed for baby food for children of preschool and school age.
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Munyeme, Geoffrey, and Peter C. Kalebwe. "Astronomy Education: The Current Status in Zambia." Transactions of the International Astronomical Union 24, no. 3 (2001): 38–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0251107x00000407.
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AbstractThere are many interlocking factors determining the introduction of astronomy education in Zambia. The process of infusing this new subject into an education system so centralised as that of Zambia is extremely complex. At school level the process is more complex than at university level, as all syllabuses are developed by a central body, Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) whose priorities are determined by perceived social and economic needs of the country. The prevailing notion in Zambia is that astronomy has no direct bearing on future employment needs. It is therefore not surprising that astronomy is at the bottom of the priority list among school subjects. The recent upsurge of interest in astronomy at the University of Zambia opens up the necessary background for developing astronomy in both school and university curricula. The University has recently formed the Astronomical Society and the Working Group on Space Science in Zambia. Coupled to this are exchange visits and collaborative work between the Physics Department of the University of Zambia and the South-African Astronomical Observatory. In this paper we present a review of the current activities in space science in Zambia and how they relate to the development of astronomy education.
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Millette, James R. "Georgia Microscopical Society Young People's Course in Microscopy January - March 1995." Microscopy Today 3, no. 5 (June 1995): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1551929500066141.
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The Georgia Microscopical Society, a non-profit organization mee'jng at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Georgia, has sponsored a Young People's Course in Microscopy for a second year. This course, open to high school students, met for 8 sessions on Saturday mornings. The course instructors were Society members from educational, governmental and private institutions who donated their time.
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Ikeda, Fumihito. "Development of training programs and evaluation methods for question intelligence." Impact 2022, no. 5 (October 13, 2022): 31–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2022.5.31.
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Asking questions is key to advancing knowledge and asking the creative questions is especially important. Being able to properly frame and focus on the creative questions is an important skill but this isn’t something that is taught or evaluated within educational systems. Professor Fumihito Ikeda, Brain Science Research and Education Center, Institution for the Advancement of Higher Education, Hokkaido University, Japan, believes that nurturing children’s development of creative questioning skills at school would be beneficial for the leaders of tomorrow. He and his team are developing test questions and training programmes for schools that generate questions focused on three types of logical reasoning: inductive, deductive and abductive. Ikeda’s goal is to develop and train mainly primary and high school students in question-intelligence. A test question using the three types of reasoning was created and tried on around 200 high school students. The researchers utilised, a deep neural network (DNN), a form of machine learning, to assist in the automatic classification and evaluation of questions.Ikeda plans to create an inquiry learning programme that will improve the quality of scientific questions while asking different types of logic in order to collect more appropriate questions for DNN to learn. He will use his partnerships with the Japan Society for Science Education and the Japan Creativity Society to roll these programmes out to students at educational institutions.
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Kubiak, John, Des Aston, Marie Devitt, and Barbara Ringwood. "University Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Empowerment through Voice." Education Sciences 11, no. 10 (September 23, 2021): 571. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci11100571.
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People with disabilities have been among the most marginalised groups both within society and within post-secondary/higher education. Over the last two decades, an increasing number of inclusive educational programmes have come into existence both nationally and internationally for this group of learners. The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID), School of Education, Trinity College Dublin, offers students with intellectual disabilities a two-year programme entitled Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice (ASIAP). This paper presents a selection of voices from ASIAP students which highlights their experiences of becoming both co-researchers and second language learners. These studies present a variety of ways in which power relationships are negotiated between faculty and students through utilising creative and inclusive approaches to the research process.
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Telvak, Vitalii, Vasyl Pedych, and Viktoria Telvak. "Historical school of Mykhailo Hrushevsky in Lviv: formation, structure, personal contribution." Studia Historiae Scientiarum 20 (September 13, 2021): 239–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/2543702xshs.21.009.14040.
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This article deals with the genesis and functioning of the Lviv Historical School of M. Hrushevsky. The plans to create a historical school of Ukrainian character at the University of Lviv were made by the initiators of the department of World History – specializing in with the history of the Western Europe – i.e.O. Barvinsky, V. Antonovych, and O. Koninsky, as well as by M. Hrushevsky. The school had a two-stage structure of formation and functioning: the historical seminar of the University of Lviv and the section for the history of philosophy of the Scientific Society of Shevchenko. It made it possible to gather creative young people on the first stage at the University of Lviv, and introduce them to the scientific work and to prepare and train the new employees on the second stage in the section for the history of philosophy of the Scientific Society of Shevchenko. The composition of the school were elaborated relying on the firstly determined criteria (taking part in the scientific seminar, the work in the sections and commissions of the Scientific Society Shevchenko, scholar maturity etc). It was determined that the Lviv school counted 20 young historians, among whom one was a woman. The Ukrainian Galician Center of Hrushevsky was characterized as a common school of the leadership type, whose didactic tasks were accompanied by the simultaneous creation of the new Ukrainian historical ideology. It was concluded that the Lviv Historical School was undoubtedly the most important humanistic phenomenon in the Ukrainian science, both in terms of effectiveness and the temporal range of influence. Its appearance marked the entry of Ukrainian science into a new level of professionalization.
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Dekanski, Aleksandar. "Belgrade School of Electrochemistry." Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 85, no. 9 (2020): 1237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/jsc200905052d.
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Belgrade School of Electrochemistry is not made of institutions, building, not even the community. It is made of people and their knowledge, achievements and results. It has no date of establishment nor defined start, and we hope it also won?t have an end. It was created as a result of several decades of scientists? efforts to accumulate knowledge and pass it on to future generations, to contribute with their research and results, to conquer new knowledge and advance the society as a whole. Its initiators and founders were not aware that they are starting something that will become recognised on a global level in the field of electrochemical science, they even didn?t want that ? they were simply devoted to their science and they tried to pass that devotion on to the future generations. The name Belgrade School of Electrochemistry appeared in the global electrochemical community even before we ourselves became aware of it, as a term which, first of all, defines one of the most important centres of electrochemical science in the world, and most definitely, the largest and the most developed in this part of Europe. It equally relates to the system of education and the importance and influence of the results and achieved knowledge of the scientists who originated from the Belgrade University on the world of electrochemistry.
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Shao, Li, and Weijie Zhao. "Challenges for China's medical education in the coming post-COVID-19 era." National Science Review 7, no. 10 (July 28, 2020): 1617–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa168.
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Abstract The year of 2020 has been overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical workers throughout China have played critical roles in battling severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and saving lives. The whole of society has now fully realized the significance of medical workers and many began to think about medical education in China: How can we further improve medical education for the next generation of clinicians, medical scientists, nurses, public-health workers and administrators related to medical care, so that they are well prepared to meet societal needs for medical care in the ever-changing world? In this panel discussion, medical-education experts from several prominent medical schools in China gathered to discuss the reform and future development of China's medical education. Xiang Chen President of Xiangya School of Medicine, Vice President of Central South University, Changsha, China Baorong Chi Professor of Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Changchun, China Yiqun Hu Vice Chancellor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China Yang Ke Professor of Peking University Health Science Center, former Vice President of Peking University, Beijing, China Ming Kuang Vice President of Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Mengfeng Li President of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China Hongbing Shen President of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China Xuehong Wan Professor of West China Medical Center, Vice President of Graduate School of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China Hong Yan President of Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Vice President of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China Guoqiang Chen (Chair) Chancellor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Vice President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Bukowski, Roman. "Chronicle: 42nd Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions Szczyrk, Poland, March 3 – 7, 2014." Archives of Acoustics 39, no. 1 (March 1, 2015): 155–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aoa-2014-0018.
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Abstract Traditionally, the 42nd Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions national conference is organized by Upper Silesian Division of the Polish Acoustical Society. The conference again is organized in Szczyrk. As at previous year, the conference has two co-organizers, i.e. Institute of Physics – Science-Didactic Center at the Silesian University of Technology and the Committee of Acoustics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The conference is a forum for all environmental vibroacoustic fields. Particularly it concerns traffic noise, industry noise, vibroacoustics of machines, room acoustics, building acoustics, noise protection and similar problems. Works which are presented during the School are theoretical, experimental, measuring, technical, applied and normative. The School lectures and other conference materials will be published in the “Materials of the XLII Winter School on Vibroacoustical Hazards Suppressions” (in Polish) edited by dr. Roman Bukowski. This publication will be intended for participants of the School and for many libraries in Poland. Other information about the 42nd WS on VHS you can find on our website http://ogpta.pols.pl/szzzw
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Şentürk, Cihad, and Hakan Sari. "Investigation of the Contribution of Differentiated Instruction into Science Literacy." Qualitative Research in Education 7, no. 2 (June 28, 2018): 197. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/qre.2018.3383.
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The aim of this study is to reveal contributions of the differentiated instruction implemented in the primary school 4th grade science course into science literacy levels of the students. The case study method among qualitative research methods were used in the study. The research was carried out in the second term of 2015-2016 academic year. The study group consisted of the 4th grade students (n=23, 9-10 aged) studying in the Kozabirlik Primary State School in Bilecik city center in Turkey. Interviews (teachers and students), observations and student diary forms were administrated as data collection tools in the study. The content analysis method was implemented in the analysis of the obtained data. It was concluded from the findings that the differentiated instruction improved involvements of the students with the science-technology-society and the environment and developed their scientific process skills and thus contributed to the science literacy levels of the students.
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Withrow, Frank B. "The Videodisc: An Educational Challenge." Journal of Educational Technology Systems 14, no. 2 (December 1985): 91–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/70h0-fx5j-u3v1-65jm.
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This article details videodisc projects in elementary schools supported in part by the United States Department of Education. The development of private videodisc programs for elementary and secondary schools is also discussed. While the author feels that this is a promising technology, he considers it as still in an experimental stage. The Videodisc Interactive Microcomputer (VIM) project supported by the Center for Libraries and Educational Improvement included forty-five elementary schools in seventeen states. The best liked of the forty-five discs supplied to the schools was the “WHALES” disc developed by the National Geographic Society and the University of Nebraska. Developments in both hardware and software make it possible for the average school to purchase off-shelf operating educational programs. Pioneers in the commercial field have been Video Discovery and their bio-science discs, and Video Vision with their space discs. System Impact Incorporated of Washington, D.C. has just introduced a new comprehensive basic mathematics series, and the Society for Visual Education of Chicago, Illinois has introduced a social studies series. Videodisc technology holds great promise for educators at all levels.
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Why, Peter H. "Science and Technology Parks — Are They Relevant Today?" Industry and Higher Education 15, no. 3 (June 2001): 219–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000001101295696.
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The old model of the science park is characterized as a ‘stand-alone’ low-density development on a remote greenfield site. As such, it fails to address the contemporary needs of business, education and society. The author describes a new generation of parks that is moving back towards the city centre and addressing the critical new priorities of compactness, accessibility, diversity and flexibility. He argues that the parks of the future will need to respond dynamically to changing patterns of work and life styles. To succeed, science parks must now become ‘science communities' and respond to a combination of business, educational, social and environmental needs. Extending this concept into the future, he envisages a shift from ‘park’ to ‘precinct’, an innovation-oriented community that provides a focus for the synergistic linking of high-technology businesses, schools, universities, and the broader community to sustain continuous learning in an entrepreneurial culture.
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Lamanauskas, Vincentas, Violeta Šlekienė, and Loreta Ragulienė. "NATURAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS COLLABORATION: PROJECT „MaT²SMc“." Natural Science Education in a Comprehensive School (NSECS) 20, no. 1 (April 20, 2014): 88–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.48127/gu/14.20.88.
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The project MaT²SMc is implemented in the frame of EU Lifelong Learning Programme. The main idea of the project is to find a way to increase students' motivation to learn in the key subjects mathematics and science. From one side, mathematics teachers should understand that there is a meaningful and realistic context to use mathematics. From the other side, science teachers should understand that the mathematics competences required for more effective science teaching and learning. In such a context the collaboration of science and mathematics teachers is very relevant. Currently it is obvious that mathematics and natural science teachers‘ collaboration on integration purposes at school is limited by some factors. Collaboration of mathematics and natural science teachers should be expanded, for this purpose, it is necessary to create all necessary conditions and didactic providing (support). Partners of the project are: Palacky university, Faculty of Science (Czechia); University of Nicosia (Cyprus), University of Vienna, Faculty of Mathematics (Austria), University of Šiauliai, Natural Science Education Research Centre (Lithuania), University of Sunderland, Faculty of Education & Society (UK), Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Natural Science (Slovakia), University of Palermo, Faculty of Educational Studies (Italy). During the project implementation it is expected to develop didactic materials in a real European context. There is a dire need to strengthen the learning of basic skills in mathematics and science by fostering and promoting collaboration among the teachers. There are at least three main activities: common lesson planning, collaborative projects and team-teaching. Dissemination of project results will be very important for the partners. In all participating countries the knowledge and skills learned under the project will be distributed to all the target groups, for example, universities, students and teachers, schools. All partners believe that the outputs of the project will be useful in all science teacher training institutions in EU countries. Key words: international project, mathematics and science teachers, natural science education, teacher training.
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Agrafiotis, Demosthenes. "Knowledge and interdisciplinarity as socio-cultural uncertainties." Ekistics and The New Habitat 69, no. 412-414 (June 1, 2002): 10–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e200269412-414376.
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The author is Professor of Sociology at the National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece. He is also a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). This paper is based on the ideas presented by the author as the 2001 C.A. Doxiadis Lecture - first in a series of such lectures established by the WSE - on 24 October, 2001, just prior to the Symposion on "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century" organized by the Society at the Science Center Berlin, 25-28 October, 2001.
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Barunčić Pletikosić, Julija, and Željka Križe. "Educational Activities of the Croatian Memorial Documentation Centre of the Homeland War." Moderna arhivistika 2022 (5), no. 2 (October 2022): 315–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.54356/ma/2022/qual7323.
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Croatian Memorial Documentation Centre of the Homeland War is a specialized archives and a scientific institution with the mission to collect, arrange, safekeep, professionally and scientifically research and publish archival records from the Homeland War. Apart from these main tasks, the Centre also engages in educational activities by organizing and providing lectures for elementary school, high school, university students and history teachers or by the engagement of its employees at the universities. Speakers will present these activities by giving examples of various types of lectures and describing methodology and contents. The authors present the theory of archival pedagogy and its development in Croatia, as well as examples of good practice in the Croatian archives. In Croatia, in the last couple of years, special attention has been given to archival pedagogy as a potential for the development of archival activities and the modernization of the archives. The Croatian Archival Society has an important role in promoting archival pedagogy and it encourages archivists to participate in educational activities. The authors will present educational activities organized by the Croatian Memorial Documentation Centre of the Homeland War. The Centre aims to follow modern trends in archive pedagogy and education by combining its two main activities - archival practice and scientific research. Special emphasis is given to the use of various categories of the Centre’s archival materials, such as official records, printed material, audio recordings, photographic material, maps, etc. in the lectures. Besides paper records, the Centre has a large collection of digitalized documents which are particularly useful and convenient to use in the lectures. The materials from the Collection of photographs and the Collection of video materials are most frequently used. Dealing with the original archival material, especially when it comes to photographs or video materials, students get the most precise frame of the past on the basis of which they then best develop their own critical thinking. In this way, archival practice illustrates the educational role of archives. Authors also deal with the question how and to what extent does the use of archival materials affect the students' understanding of the topic and inspires them to visit archives and to do their own research which also contributes to the popularization of archives and archival science.
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Rusanti, Ega, Nur Halisa Husain, Ainan Radiyah, and Aditya Novri Herlambang. "ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL." Mu'amalat: Jurnal Kajian Hukum Ekonomi Syariah 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 43–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.20414/mu.v12i1.2110.
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Islamic boarding schools are educational institutions that develop in the archipelago. The function of the pesantren no longer races on the function of the transmission of the religious science and reproduction of ulama, but also as the center of economic development in achieving financial independence. The study uses descriptive qualitative research methods with data collection techniques through interviews and literature studies. The results of the research found that the Islamic Boarding School of Darul Aman Gombara Makassar conducted economic efforts such as laundry, hydroponic, waste processing, canteens, and collaborative business with Central Bank Of Indonesia (BI) in the production of nuggets. The purpose of the business is to build the independence of Islamic boarding schools and the provision of free religious education services for students. But various obstacles are experienced including marketing management and professional human resources in managing the business. It’s needed a strategy in developing a business that can bring profits and sustainability of business to have an impact on the increase in the economy of Islamic boarding schools in particular and society in general. The strategy starts from need assessment analysis, optimizing potential, supervision, and monitoring, and reflection, and evaluation.
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Silawati, Endah, Tita Mulyati, and Tita Mulyati. "Developing Integrated Program To Empower Society In Supporting Children’s Literacy Practices: An Overview From A Village In Indonesia." Jurnal VARIDIKA 33, no. 1 (July 30, 2021): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.23917/varidika.v33i1.13023.
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Literacy skills of Indonesian students in every level are still low compared to other ASIAN countries. To overcome this problem, Indonesian government has developed many programs in improving literacy skills. However, the program has not given significant result since it is only done in formal school. Whereas current studies show that children developed the embryonic knowledge that leads to official literacy skills in their early childhood period at home and Early Childhood Education centre long before they enter formal school. Therefore, it is needed comprehend studies of early literacy development program in Indonesian setting involving the family and society to improve the literacy skills of the children. Therefore, this study describes strategies to strengthen literacy practices for children at home setting and society in one of Indonesian villages through Participatory Action Research (PAR) method. Focus group discussion (FGD) which involved 30 parents, 3 kindergarten teachers and 3 childrens as participants becomes the main technique in gathering the data. In addition, interview was also conducted to get deeper information from particular participant. Furthermore, based on FGD, there are some factors that could strengthening literacy practices for the children such as, good library facilities, varied and sustainable library programs, improving parents’ skills on literacy stimulation techniques for children and providing literacy community at rural area level. Moreover, as a result of FGD activities, the participants and facilitators developed a program called “Pohon Literasi (Literacy Tree).” Then, this program was implemented in three cycles. Each cycle took one week period of implementation. In conclusion, this program could increase reading interest of children and family members.
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Williams, Harford. "Gwendolen Rees FRS – fifty-six years (1930 to date) in research." Parasitology 92, no. 3 (June 1986): 483–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000065392.
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Professor Gwendolen Rees, or Gwen as she prefers to be known, was educated at the Intermediate School for Girls, Aberdare, between 1918 and 1924. Aberdare, a valley community in South Wales was, in the nineteenth century, world-famous as a centre for the Welsh iron and coal industry. Unlike its neighbouring town, Merthyr, however, it was not totally dominated by industry and it is especially renowned for its spacious and beautiful park near the town centre. During Gwen's early life, Aberdare was one of the largest and most influential centres of literary culture in Wales, and a place where education was of prime importance in the community. As far back as 1867, Aberdare men and women had claimed that ‘what we think today, Wales will think tomorrow’. Could these be the reasons why Aberdare has produced so many distinguished academics? None, however, has achieved greater distinction than Gwendolen Rees who, in 1971, became the first woman academic in Wales to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Since she has often been affectionately referred to as ‘one in a million’ by her former students, the metaphor assumed literal significance in 1971, when the female population of Wales was 1446000. Because of a phenomenal life-long dedication to her chosen career as university teacher, researcher and administrator, together with a genuine lack of desire for personal acclaim, there may have been many people who had never heard of her until 1971.
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Demyanchuk, Olena, Iryna Erko, Ninel Matskevych, and Vasyl Voitovych. "The Organization of Sport Tourism of the Volyn Regional Centre of Tourism, Sports and Travelling Tours." Physical education, sports and health culture in modern society, no. 2(38) (June 30, 2017): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.29038/2220-7481-2017-02-05-09.
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The article deals with an overall analysis of legislative documents, research and methodological literature, the reports of the regional Centre of Tourism, Sports an Travelling tours as well as the published materials related to the out-of-school activities in the Volyn Region. Under consideration are state-level regulatory aspects of the tourism ethnography job in out-of-school institutions of Ukraine. The job in the field of Sport Tourism of Ukraine is headed by the Ukrainian State Centre of Tourism and Ethnography. This company serves the interests of the schoolchildren And is subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science. The Centre of Tourism, Sports and Travelling Tours (functioning in the framework of the Volyn State Administration) is the most important out-of-school institution and coordinator of the tourist-ethnographic work in Volyn Region and one of the most prominent agencies in the fields of tourism for Ukrainian children and adolescents. Of great importance for the development of sport tourism and ethnography in Volyn region is the interest clubs operating in the Regional Centre of Sports and Travelling Tours. The number of those interest clubs and hobby groups is fairly considerable. The replies of the respondents of a poll demonstrate the children’s participation in different sport tourists clubs of Volyn Region with the emphasis on a specific variety of tourism. The article contains the analysis of the major professional fields of the Agency: sport orienteering; sport tourists; geographic ethnography; geological ethnography; project of sport orienteering; project «A Wandering Mr.Know-All»; the project of «Tourism for Everyone»; Young Tourists as Ethnographers; historical Ethnography. The natural environment and resources of the Volyn region are quite propitious for the development of the touristethnographic and sport-tourist activity of the young people. The region offers very good opportunities for arranging walking and hiking tours, contests and just a recreation in the lap of nature. The contents of the activities of a typical interest club have been studied (the focus is on its resources and conditions). The task of our research is to analyze the peculiarities of the job of the tourist society as well as the problems it may face with. The accumulated knowledge, experience, the adequate organization and careful planning of the Centre’s job will make it possible to upgrade the training the tourist staff, encourage the schoolchildren to participate in large-scale tourist events, contests, travelling tours.
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Temple-Smith, Meredith, Sandra Gifford, and Mark StoovÚ. "The lived experience of men and women with hepatitis C: implications for support needs and health information." Australian Health Review 27, no. 2 (2004): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah042720046.
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Meredith Temple-Smith is a Senior Research Fellow in the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University.Sandra Gifford is Professor of Public Health and Director of the Refugee Health Research Centre, La Trobe University.Mark Stoov� is a Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, Deakin University.Hepatitis C is Australia's most commonly notified infectious disease. Health education and support strategies that are gender-specific are key components of effective management of chronic illness, yet almost no information exists about gender-specific needs of those with hepatitis C. This paper reports on a qualitative study of the experiences of diagnosis, support and discrimination among men and women living with hepatitis C in Melbourne. Content analysis of indepth interviews conducted with 20 women and 12 men revealed gender related differences in relation to symptom recognition, health seeking attitudes and notions of social support, with men tending to dismiss the impact of their illness and their needs for education and support in comparison to women. Results highlight the need to take gender into account when addressing primary health care issues for people living with hepatitis C.
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Sheinberg, Bartlett M. "Research Experiences and Exploration in Materials Science (REEMS)—A University, Professional Society and Business Partnership Model Promoting Materials Science Education for Houston Community College." MRS Advances 3, no. 12 (2018): 643–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2018.204.
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ABSTRACTIn 2015 the West Houston Center for Science & Engineering (WHC), Houston Community College, was awarded funding by the National Science Foundation (DMR) to develop a pilot materials science program, Research Experiences and Exploration in Materials Science (REEMS), focused on introducing materials science to aspiring science & engineering community college students. This multifaceted program provides an opportunity for students from a broad array of interests, backgrounds and ages to gain an appreciation for materials science with respect to their academic and career pursuits. Over the approximately four-year duration of the program, REEMS introduces materials science over the academic year through a voluntary seminar series, and, for a select group of students, participation in summer research experiences at collaborating universities. Academic year activities include conferences with the WHC-REEMS transfer advisor, seminars discussing an overview of materials science, the investigation of the roles of materials science in addressing pressing societal issues, and networking with graduate students, university upper division students, materials research faculty and professionals. This paper will provide an overview of the WHC – REEMS program synergies, impacts and partnership dynamics with participating universities: Rice University, the University of Houston, and the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston.
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Velho, Gilberto. "Urban anthropology: interdisciplinarity and boundaries of knowledge." Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology 8, no. 2 (December 2011): 452–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1809-43412011000200023.
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This text deals with the complexity and development of Urban Anthropology. It is also an account of the author's career and his relations with different fields of knowledge, not only Social Sciences like Sociology and Political Science, but also Literature, Philosophy, History and the Arts in general. The text emphasizes the importance of crossing borders and frontiers as a way of enriching different lines of research and thought. Among other groups he cites the Chicago School of Sociology and British Social Anthropology as important examples of interdisciplinary work. The author draws attention to the complexity and heterogeneity of modern contemporary society and to the importance of mobilizing different traditions of work and research, especially when dealing with urban studies centred on the big cities and metropolises.
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Gongal, Rajesh N. "Random thoughts of a (palliative care) surgeon." Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal 19, no. 2 (December 31, 2016): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jssn.v19i2.24539.
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Prof. Dr Rajesh N Gongal ,FRCS (Eng) returned to Nepal from UK completing his surgical training in 1998 and has been working in Patan Hospital, initially as a Consultant and then as a Medical Director. Following the establishment of Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), he was appointed the Founding Dean of School of medicine. At present, he serves as the Rector of PAHS. He also served as the Chief Editor of Journal of Society of Surgeons (JSSN). He initiated Primary Trauma Care (PTC) Training in the country as the Founding Chair of PTC, Nepal. He was the Founding President of Nepal Ambulance Service (NAS), a non- profit initiative as the first proper Emergency Medical Service (EMS) with trained EMTs and a call centre accessed by calling a three-digit number 102. He is the Founding Chairperson of Hospice Nepal, the first palliative care centre in Nepal established in the year 2000. His interest in palliative care led him to Northern Ireland where he worked as fulltime trainee and completed fellowship in palliative care in 2016 under the auspices of Royal College of Physician of Edinburgh. He recently completed MSc in palliative from Ulster University.
He has worked as an Instructor for HOPE (Hospital Preparedness for Emergency) Course, ‘Primary Trauma Course; and the ‘Palliative care’ courses. He has presented in numerous national and International conferences and numerous publications in national and international journals such as Palliative Medicine and has published handbooks on ‘Basic surgical skills’ and ‘Palliative care’ as well.
He is an active member of the Society of surgeons of Nepal and has contributed to its establishment and development in the early days. He also served as the Chief editor of the Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal and has played a crucial role in the establishment of the journal encouraging scientific writing and paper publication culture amongst the fraternity. He is an important member of the society and serves as a mentor in the capacity of the advisory board of the journal.
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Sribniak, Ihor. "«A school gives knowledge. Knowledge gives strength. Strength gives power...»: on the history of the activities of the Borys Grinchenko «Prosvita» Society in the Salzwedel camp for Ukrainian captives in Germany (1916-1917)." Educological discourse 38-39, no. 3-4 (2022): 6–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.28925/2312-5829.2022.341.
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The article reveals the specifics of the activities of the Borys Grinchenko «Prosvita» Society,which led to the establishment of the People's School with the same name in the Salzwedel camp (Germany). The initial phase of its activity was marked by significant difficulties due to the reluctance of some captives to visit it due to fear of reprisals from the Russian tsarism (after their returning home). But in consequence to the explanatory work of the members of the Educational Department Union for the Liberation of Ukraine and the Ukrainian most active members in the camp, this fear was overcome, after which the number of students began to increase steadily. During 1916-1917, hundreds of Ukrainian captives graduated from the Borys Grinchenko People's School, who received not only basic knowledge (writing, reading, arithmetic) within its walls, but also gained the understanding of many phenomena of political and social life and, in addition, mastered the basics of agronomic and exact sciences. The school initiated profound changes in their consciousness, making school graduates an integral part of the Ukrainian world, the political component of which was mercilessly persecuted in Russia, and therefore forced to choose their «place under the sun» on German soil. The Borys Grinchenko People's School became one of the most powerful system-forming national factors in the camp, which created the Ukrainian environment through its very work. Within its walls - sometimes even against their will – the prisoners began to realize the injustice of the socio-political order in tsarist Russia and to understand the ultimate need to separate Ukraine from the imperial centre with its subsequent acquisition of the sovereign status. In this way, all the time the School and its pedagogical staff significantly participated in the process of forming the national-state worldview of those Ukrainian captives who sought education, fully fulfilling their patriotic duty to their Motherland.
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Kaoru, Fueda, and Onuma Kensuke. "Using data science to foster research into factors that impact on road safety." Impact 2019, no. 10 (December 30, 2019): 15–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2019.10.15.
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When managers at Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. Ltd. saw a need to stimulate research into traffic safety using existing big data, they opted to search for suitable partners with the requisite skills and experience to work with them to create an environment to help foster research into factors that impact on road safety. Seeking to leverage this research to help them promote safety on the roads and develop suitable insurance products, they founded a partnership with Shiga University's Graduate School of Data Science - the first such department in Japan - to establish the Japan Safety Society Research Center (JSSRC) to accomplish these goals. Opening in April 2017, the JSSRC has progressively worked towards improving research in this area.
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Nepomniashchy, Andrei A. "Seminarium Kondakovianum as a European Centre for the Crimean Studies (1920s)." Materials in Archaeology, History and Ethnography of Tauria, no. XXVI (2021): 609–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.37279/2413-189x.2021.26.609-628.
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An art historian and an expert in architectural objects restoration N. P. Kondakov emigrated to Czechoslovakia where a circle of emigrant historians shaped around him. This scholarly society developing from the Byzantologist N. P. Kondakov’s home circle in Prague was titled in Byzantine way, Seminarium Kondakovianum. After his death in February 1925, this small-in-number academic community with support from the Czechoslovak government developed into a foreign school of Byzantologists and Russian historians. Thus, there appeared a Russian institution with international statute in Prague. The study of intertwined western and eastern influences in Russian history became a typical motif of Russian scholarly thought in emigration. In this connection, the Crimea became an interesting object for the researches and historical generalizations by the Seminaium members. The paper introduces into the scholarship the materials from the archive of the Seminarium Kondakovianum (Kondakov Institute) now residing in the Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The analysis attracts the documents from N. P. Kondakov’s personal collection at the Literary Archives of Written National Monuments of the Slavonic Library in Prague. There are interesting unpublished manuscripts by the Seminarium members discovered by the author. There were three circles of Crimean researchers determined at the Seminarium’s works: historians living in Prague who studied the mediaeval history of the Crimea and the history of research (N. M. Beliaev, G. V. Vernadsky, A. P. Kalitinskii, D. А. Rasovskii, N. P. Toll’); a group of historians from the USSR attracted by G. V. Vernadsky to send their papers for discussion (D. V. Ainalov, S. А. Zhebelev, N. V. Izmailova, A. I. Markevich, and others); Russian emigrant historians living in other countries (M. I. Rostovtsev, alter on G. V. Vernadsky). G. V. Vernadsky was the chief organizer and the academic curator of the Seminarium. G. V. Vernadsky’s skillful practice on attraction to the Seminarium of leading Soviet experts in the Crimean studies allowed the annual to publish their works thus enlarging the sphere of the historians’ scholarly communications. The contacts (correspondence) with the Taurida Society for History, Archaeology, and Ethnography (Simferopol) and the State Museum of Chersonese (Sevastopol) were established. Hysteria made by the Soviet secret service and Communist party leaders around the “case of S. A. Zhebelev,” directly connected with the cooperation of Soviet and emigrant historians, resulted in the cease of the said contacts and book exchange. In 1931, the Seminarium was reshaped into N. P. Kondakov Institute with the change of the participants and the disappearance of the Crimea aspect from the agenda for sessions.
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Clarke, Harriet, and Nathan Hughes. "Introduction: Family Minded Policy and Whole Family Practice – Developing a Critical Research Framework." Social Policy and Society 9, no. 4 (September 3, 2010): 527–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746410000242.
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During the first decade of the twenty-first century, UK policy and practice has become increasingly overt in its concern with families. In January 2010, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF, 2010) launched the Support for All: The Families and Relationships Green Paper. In its Foreword, Ed Balls, the then Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, presented ‘Strong, stable families’ as ‘the bedrock of our society’, positioning the Green Paper as ‘supporting families to help themselves’, whilst ‘ensuring that all public services play their part in supporting strong and resilient family relationships’ (DCSF, 2010: 3). The Centre for Social Justice offered an immediate response with its own Green Paper on the Family, emphasising the role of ‘family breakdown’ as ‘the root’ of ‘pathways to poverty’ for many, as well as a barrier to appropriate childhood development and positive ‘future life outcomes’ (Centre for Social Justice, 2010: 4).
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KAJAMAN, Aisha. "SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN LIBYAN UNIVERSITIES." RIMAK International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 04, no. 05 (September 1, 2022): 01–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.47832/2717-8293.19.1.
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Scientific research is one of the major functions of the university. Without it, the university becomes an educational school for science and knowledge produced by others, and not a center for creativity, development, enrichment and dissemination of knowledge to employ it to tackle the various problems encountered by society. The scientific research carried out by universities is also one of the most significance indicators of quality and excellence in the ranking of universities locally and internationally. The more distinguished the university is with its scientific research, the more this contributes to the development of its educational programs and various scientific activities.
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Shaffer, Roberta I. "BRINGING THINGS TO THE CENTER:: THE CENTER FOR THE CULTURAL RECORD OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 1, no. 2 (September 1, 2000): 136–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/rbm.1.2.187.
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Despite the death threats against schools of library and information science (LIS) that were rampant during the final decades of the twentieth century, LIS graduate programs are alive and well and have a promising prognosis for the twenty-first century. The challenge, however, is to adapt to the changing personae of the American university and the emerging roles of information professionals in all aspects of our society. Today’s university is less concerned with maintaining the strict boundaries of traditional disciplines and instead encourages thinking that is transdisciplinary. Although this new model respects the uniqueness of various subject areas, it celebrates collaboration . . .
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Agarwal, Neerja, Nutan Soni, S. P. Singh, and G. P. Soni. "Knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls of rural field practice area of RIMS, Raipur (C. G.), India." International Journal of Reproduction, Contraception, Obstetrics and Gynecology 7, no. 6 (May 26, 2018): 2317. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20182342.
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Background: Adolescent age group among girls have been recognized as a special period which signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Menstruation is generally considered as unclean in the Indian society. Most of the adolescent girls had incomplete and inaccurate information about the menstrual physiology and hygiene as reported by many Indian studies. Very few authors have included the detailed aspects of the menstrual practices among adolescent girls.Methods: The current Community based cross sectional study was conducted by department of obstetrics and Gynaecology in connection with department of community medicine, Raipur Institute of Medical Science, Raipur (C.G), India. Among the adolescent school going girls in the field practice area of the Rural Health Unit and Training Centre during study period of 6 month from July 2017 to December 2017. 263 girls from the above mentioned schools, of the 8th and 9th standards, were selected for the study.Results: Majority of the school going adolescent girls belongs to 13 and 14 year of age. 50.95% , 21.67% and 12.93% girls reported that they had their menarche at the age of 13 year, 12 year and 14 year respectively. Majority of the girls were using cloth (49.81%) and only 17.87% were using sanitary napkins. Cleaning of external genitalia was not satisfactory in 32.70% of the girls. Only 58.17% girls used both soap and water for cleaning the genitalia. Pain in abdomen (59.70%) was found to be the most frequent complaint during menstruation.Conclusions: Knowledge on menstruation is sub-optimal and the practices are unacceptable for proper hygiene among study subjects. Menstrual hygiene is an important issue needs to be ensured.
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Holbrook, Jack, and Miia Rannikmäe. "The Philosophy and Approach on which the PROFILES Project is Based." Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal 4, no. 1 (March 31, 2014): 9–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.210.
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This article sets out to describe the PROFILES project, an European Commission FP7 science and society project, addresses problems and issues in science education by guiding teachers to embrace a range of teaching factors, such as a context-based approach, motivational constructivist learning; student centred inquiry teaching; enhancing cognitive conceptualisation, and including socio-scientific decision making. The PROFILES project bases the teaching on a theoretically derived, 3 stage model, which is supported through carefully designed PROFILES modules, providing for both the students and the teacher. The major focus of the project is promoting more relevant school science education at the secondary level (grade 7 and above) by guiding teachers to gain ownership of the PROFILES philosophy and approach.
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Kopiika, Valerii. "The Diplomatic Pioneer: Provenance, Patrimony, Pertinence Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Institute of International Relations." Diplomatic Ukraine, no. XX (2019): 799–810. http://dx.doi.org/10.37837/2707-7683-2019-55.
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Universities have historically merited a special place in world history as the locus of science, upbringing, humanism, and freedom of expression. However, modernity is routinely putting their tenacity and toughness to test by challenges of social existence, where every individual, government and society alike are transforming faced with globalization, communicative technologies, climate change and the new type of the world economy. The Institute of International Relations is therefore seeking to reiterate the irreplaceable value, virtues and vistas of a classical university in the ever-changing world of today. Since its inception, the IIR has come a long way from a small department to the major educational and methodological centre of Ukraine for training experts in international relations and foreign policy. Nevertheless, the life in the precincts of the Institute is not confined to research in the silence of laboratories or libraries. Thus, under interuniversity agreements, the IIR cooperates with more than 60 higher educational establishments from Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Japan, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Spain, and the US. Within the framework of international cooperation attention is also attached to the matters of professional ethics: For four consecutive years, the IIR has taken part in the Strengthening Academic Integrity in Ukraine Project (SAIUP) under the aegis of the American Councils for International Education in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine backed by the US Embassy in Ukraine. In recent years, the Institute has set up an extensive network of international project activities, as amply demonstrated by the establishment of Ukraine’s sole Centre for Arabic Studies and the Youth Information Centre of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society. Capitalizing on the generated momentum, in 2019, the IIR won an overarching victory in the competition for the establishment of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence under the EU’s Erasmus + Programme to become the only such project in Ukraine. The Institute of International Relations is also mindful of employability and future careers of its graduates. Such initiatives as the Career Day, traditionally bringing together the world’s leading employers, the IIR Business School and the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine are there to serve this purpose. Our Institute is an opportunity to open up to the world by virtue of new knowledge, academic exchange programs and internship in the best universities. This is the place not only to meet loyal friends and wise teachers, but also to unite the IIR traditions and achievements with the global perspective and break new ground of thinking. Keywords: the Institute of International Relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, joint degree, master classes of practitioners, case studies, language training, English-language master programmes.
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Clarke, Linda, Eddy Donnelly, Richard Hyman, John Kelly, Sonia McKay, and Sian Moore. "A che serve lo studio delle relazioni industriali?" GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI, no. 123 (December 2009): 517–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/gdl2009-123006.
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- This paper, starting from the decision of the Keele University's management to close the internationally renowned Centre for the Industrial Relations and, at the same time, to open a business school, presents a defense of industrial relations, both as an academic field of study, with its analytical and pedagogical value, and as a social and economic practice. In contrast with approaches which are mainly oriented to deliver prescriptive and predefined solutions, often without having a robust knowledge of the phenomenon under exam, industrial relations, with its critical, multi-disciplinary and multi-level approach, as well as a its multi-stakeholder perspective, proves its persisting analytical value and practical relevance to understand and govern the increasingly complex dynamics of labour and employment relationships in contemporary societies. It contributes as well to keep alive democratic citizenship rights at workplace level and in the wider society. In this sense, the defense of industrial relations means to support the reflexive and critical thinking and the academic freedom, traditionally recognized as the practical foundation of intellectual progress and of a healthy democratic life.