Concept Of Guidance Research Articles

Re-mediation in early childhood teachers’ reasoning about their role in play: an empirical study of the learning process of a work team

ABSTRACT This study focuses on teacher professional learning in early childhood education and care (ECEC) in response to the contemporary challenge of understanding the role of teachers in play. It explores the learning process of teachers when investigating how an ECEC work team in Sweden collaboratively changes their way of reasoning regarding their role in play when introduced to a theoretical framework that takes on this topic. This study is part of a combined research and development project, including focus group conversations (FGC) with video-stimulated recall. From a sociocultural perspective, the findings show how the participants’ reasoning is mediated and re-mediated at two levels. The first level includes the re-mediation of the concept of steering (from a more negative connotation to a more positive one). The second level explores how this shift re-mediates the team’s reasoning regarding their role in children’s play, from uncertainties regarding the risk of over steering the play to reasoning about the teacher’s key role in play for teaching to take place. Another finding focuses on the nonlinear progression of learning, as reasoning evident in the first FGC remained in the last but to a lesser extent. Implications for professional development training are discussed.

Social studies education and guidance counselling as panacea to multifarious problems of the Nigerian youths

This paper focuses on Social Studies Education (SSE) and Guidance and counseling (G&C) as mitigating the multifarious problems of the Nigerian youths. It sees guidance counseling and Social Studies as having a meeting point in the areas of behavior modification for productivity and citizenship development. In view of this expositions, the paper discusses headings such as concept of Social Studies Education and Guidance and Counselling viz: their meeting points, Nigeria’s multifarious problems, the psycho-social needs of the Nigerian youths, Towards Meeting the Psycho-social needs and support for the Nigerian youths, G & C and SSE: Mitigating the multifarious problems of the Nigerian youths and factors militating against effective SSE and G&C in Nigerian schools. Among the suggestions are made that government at all levels of governance should provide adequate funding to deal with the inadequate infrastructure in the education sector so that education can be used as instrument of positive change among the Nigerian youths, Population explosion that rocks the Nigerian institutions should be adequately addressed by both the federal and state government through provision of infrastructural development to cater for the ever increasing enrolment so that the behaviour modification mission of Social Studies and Counselling can be achieved.

Exploring nurses' role in guiding residents' workplace learning: A mixed-method study.

Understanding residents' workplace learning could be optimized by not only considering attending physicians' role but also the role of nurses. While previous studies described nurses' role during discrete activities (e.g. feedback), a more profound understanding of how nurses contribute to residents' learning remains warranted. Therefore, we used the educational concept of guidance and explored the extent to which residents' and nurses' perceptions align regarding nurses' guiding role and which reasons they provide for their perceptions. This mixed-method study was conducted at four Dutch university medical centres in 2021. We simultaneously collected quantitative and qualitative data from 103 residents and 401 nurses through a theory-informed questionnaire with a Likert-scale and open-ended questions. We analyzed quantitative data to explore respondents' perceptions of nurses' guiding role by using anova. The thematically analyzed qualitative open comments explored respondents' reasons for their perceptions. Nurses indicated to provide significantly more support (p = .01) and guidance on learning from patient care (p < .01) than perceived by residents. Moreover, nurses indicated that attending physicians did not always involve them in guiding residents, whereas residents perceived nurses were being involved (p < .001). Themes suggest that nurses and residents could be divided into two groups: (i) respondents who felt that guiding was inextricably linked to good interprofessional collaboration and patient care and (ii) respondents who saw the guiding role as limited and emphasised the distinct fields of expertise between nurses and physicians. Residents and nurses felt that nurses played an important role in guiding residents' workplace learning. However, some residents did not always perceive to be guided. To further capitalise on nurses' guiding role, we suggest that residents can be encouraged to engage in the learning opportunities nurses provide to achieve optimal team-based patient care.

Imāmah Reflects Divine Authority

It is not unusual for researchers to confound the concept of Imāmah with that of Khilāfah for many assume that mundane authority is a core concept. However, this paper will attempt to extricate the root of the word and to verify its Qur’ānic usage so as to shed light on the vast difference that exists between Imāmah and Khilāfah. Examination of the essential characteristics required — if the entitlement and honor of the status of Imāmah is to be granted — appear to be surrounded by specific divine responsibilities that are in line with the concept of guidance, which within Shiʿī theology, is the main reason behind the appointment of Messengers and Prophets.

Modelling Steering Resistance to Save Energy

In this paper, the design and vehicle model implementation of a spiral path steering system for a lightweight vehicle is presented. The lateral sliding caused by imperfect rolling in corners means considerable loss, for lightweight vehicles. A spiral path steering mechanism provides an alternative solution for steering generated loss reduction. Theoretically, with the application of a spiral path steering system, ideal Ackerman steering geometry is feasible in all corners. The system is able to replace the common rack and pinion solution in purpose-made vehicles. The main design concepts of spiral path steering are introduced in this article. The described system was realized and installed in an experimental vehicle, where field tests were carried out, to measure the cornering losses during operation. The process of cornering loss measurement is also presented in this paper. The resistance model of cornering is elaborated in a Matlab Simulink environment, based on the measurement results. Vehicle losses are characterized by an extended resistance force model, which can be used by simulations for energy saving purposes. The optimization of vehicle operation can be achieved by simulations, where the corresponding velocity profiles of the vehicle is determined. An accurate steering model is essential for proper vehicle modelling and for the following optimization process.

Decomposition and replacement: Spatial knowledge distillation for monocular depth estimation

Knowledge distillation has become a key technique for making smart and light-weight networks through model compression and transfer learning. Unlike previous methods that applied knowledge distillation to the classification task, we propose to exploit the decomposition-and-replacement based distillation scheme for depth estimation from a single RGB color image. To do this, Laplacian pyramid-based knowledge distillation is firstly presented in this paper. The key idea of the proposed method is to transfer the rich knowledge of the scene depth, which is well encoded through the teacher network, to the student network in a structured way by decomposing it into the global context and local details. This is fairly desirable for the student network to restore the depth layout more accurately with limited resources. Moreover, we also propose a new guidance concept for knowledge distillation, so-called ReplaceBlock, which replaces blocks randomly selected in the decoded feature of the student network with those of the teacher network. Our ReplaceBlock gives a smoothing effect in learning the feature distribution of the teacher network by considering the spatial contiguity in the feature space. This process is also helpful to clearly restore the depth layout without the significant computational cost. Based on various experimental results on benchmark datasets, the effectiveness of our distillation scheme for monocular depth estimation is demonstrated in details. The code and model are publicly available at : https://github.com/tjqansthd/Lap_Rep_KD_Depth.

Food policy councils and the food-city nexus

This field report links food and city policies by tracing the history of the Toronto Food Policy Council and offers our experience-based suggestions regarding the concept of critical food guidance, which we associate with capacity-building and providing opportunities for civic engagement on a continuous and meaningful basis. We bring the insider perspective of Canadian food policy practitioners and staff leads of the Toronto Food Policy Council – the first food policy council in a major city when it was established in 1990, and still considered one of the most influential among the world’s 350 similarly-inspired councils.

True-proportional-navigation inspired finite-time homing guidance for time constrained interception

This paper addresses the problem of controlling impact time against various types of target – stationary, constant velocity, or maneuvering. Analytical expression of time-to-go, that is exact for non-maneuvering target but approximate for maneuvering ones, is first presented based on true-proportional-navigation guidance concepts. Guidance strategies are then derived, using Lyapunov theory, to meet impact time constraints, without linearizing the engagement dynamics. Hence, the proposed strategies remain effective even for large initial heading errors. Further, a cooperative guidance strategy to achieve simultaneous target interception by multiple interceptors is also proposed. Guidance commands that ensure consensus among the time-to-go values of the interceptors are utilized for this purpose. Using judicious choices of gains, the common time of target interception may be either pre-fixed, or the same may be decided cooperatively during the engagement. Stability analysis of the possible equilibria in heading angle dynamics, for different choices of parameters, is also performed. For both one-to-one and cooperative homing, simulation results are presented for various engagement scenarios to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategies.

Robust genuine high-dimensional steering with many measurements

Quantum systems of high dimensions are attracting a lot of attention because they feature interesting properties when it comes to observing entanglement or other forms of correlations. In particular, their improved resistance to noise is favourable for experiments in quantum communication or quantum cryptography. However, witnessing this high-dimensional nature remains challenging, especially when the assumptions on the parties involved are weak, typically when one of them is considered as a black box. In this context, the concept of genuine high-dimensional steering has been recently introduced and experimentally demonstrated [Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 200404 (2021)]; it allows for a one-sided device-independent certification of the dimension of a bipartite shared state by only using two measurements. Here I overcome this limitation by developing, for more than two measurements, universal bounds on the incompatibility robustness, turned into meaningful dimension certificates. Interestingly, even though the resulting bounds are quite loose, they still often offer an increased resistance to noise and could then be advantageously employed in experiments.

Understanding Trauma-Informed Care in the PALTC Setting

Understanding Trauma-Informed Care in the PALTC Setting

Impact of Farmers’ Use of Information Technology to Improve Agricultural Marketing Extension Services in Wasit Governorate, Iraq

The research presented in the study of the impact of farmers’ use of Information Technology (IT) in the field of improving agricultural marketing extension services indicates the small number of researches that dealt with this topic as one of the mechanisms of agricultural extension work, hence the importance of theoretical and applied research. The agricultural sector in Iraq seeks to reach advanced stages in agriculture in general, which must keep pace with the development of agricultural production methods that have developed greatly over the past years. Therefore, farmers in Iraq, with the diversity of agricultural fields that they practice, are in dire need of correct and integrated marketing information about crops. Which are produced and the marketing methods and tools that suit each crop, and in particular the main strategic important crops that represent the main food for the Iraqi people, such as grains, vegetables and . In order to modernize agriculture, all kinds of agricultural technological progress must be put into practice, which is in line with the concept of guidance in general in conscious influence in the minds of farmers through the transfer of information and knowledge to help them make a sound decision in the use of modern technology. The main objective of this research is to identify the impact of farmers' use of information technology (IT) to improve agricultural marketing extension services in Wasit Governorate, Iraq, and its relationship to some social and economic characteristics of farmers in the research area. Based on the result of the research, the model of estimating the value of the multiple regression coefficients between the studied independent variables and the dependent variable, the impact of farmers' use of information technology (IT) in the field of agricultural marketing includes fifteen independent variables, and the significance of the model as a whole has been clarified based on the ratio (P), which amounted to about (15,530), in addition to that these variables contribute to explaining 72% ​​of the changes occurring in the variable The effect of farmers’ use of information technology (IT) in the field of agricultural marketing services based on the coefficient of determination (R2), and it was clear from this model the significance of the effect of each of the independent variables, namely: the age of the farmers surveyed, agricultural experience, the number of respondents’ family members, and the number of workers The respondents' farm, the type of agricultural land holding, the means of transportation for marketing agricultural crops, and the respondents' knowledge level.

Automatic track guidance of industrial trucks with time-variant vehicle parameters using AI-based controllers

This paper presents an extension of a self-learning control concept for automatic track guidance of industrial trucks in intralogistic systems. The presented approach is based on Reinforcement Learning (RL), a method of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and is able to adapt itself to different industrial truck variants and the associated specific vehicle parameters. Moreover, time-variant parameters during operation, such as the vehicle's velocity are taken into account. In order to consider the existing a priori knowledge of the controlled system and to avoid starting the whole training process of the controller for each truck variant from scratch, the training process is divided into two steps. In the first step, the controller is trained on a model using parameters of a nominal vehicle variant. Based on this, the control parameters are only fine-tuned in the second step. In this way the controller is adapted to the actual truck variant and the corresponding parameter values. In order to take into account the time-variant vehicle parameters during operation, the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) of the RL controller and the observation vector are suitably extended. In this way, the varying speed can be considered in both training steps and the control parameters can be optimized accordingly. Thus, in case of the investigated scenarios a stable control loop behavior can be guaranteed for the entire speed range of industrial trucks. In order to demonstrate this, the new approach is compared with a RL control concept, not considering time-variant parameters.

Danish university governance reforms: Internationalisation and de‐internationalisation

AbstractThis article analyses the process of reforming the governance of Danish universities, from an anthropological perspective. Observers saw that the assemblage of steering concepts, tools and mechanisms in the 2003 Danish university law could be articulated in two contrary ways: one would make the university into apower forcewith ideas that exceeded the government's imagining of the future; the other turned the university into a tightly steered service provider, quick to respond to changes in political priorities. Initially, the government took the first approach in promoting the internationalisation of research and education. Its strategy provided a framework of opportunities that university leaders and academics used voluntarily to fulfil their own visions for their institution or discipline. In 2018, the government's priority suddenly shifted to de‐internationalisation of Danish higher education. To achieve this, it rearticulated the same steering concepts, tools and mechanisms to impose cuts to English‐medium courses throughcommando‐style steering, and academics and students were disenfranchised. The internationalisation strategy first mobilised the capacities of the university as apower force. When the government decided to de‐internationalise, it turned the same steering assemblage into a chain of command that made the university respond quickly to a changed political priority.

Islamic orthodoxy-based character education: creating moderate Muslim in a modern pesantren in Indonesia

Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) has been contributing to build moderate character for Muslims in Indonesia towards globalization. However, amid peaceful Islam disseminated in the country, nowadays, radical Muslim movement challenges this character. This study aims to describe the construction of turats (traditional Muslim virtues), which has been taught in pesantren as an orthodox teachings legacy, to create young Muslim with moderate attitude through character education. It will also highlight about how and why character education with Islamic orthodoxy content is necessary to be inculcated in pesantren to produce moderate Muslim. Qualitative research was employed in this study, with a case study approach. In doing so, data collection was carried out through interviews, observation, and documents analysis techniques. The results demonstrated that the moderate character building based on the modernization of turats is derived from the renowned dogma of the ushul fiqh (traditional Islamic Jurisprudence); al muhafadhatu 'ala al-qadim as-sholih wal akhdu bi al-jadid al-ashlah (maintaining good tradition and employing the new-better one). It also revealed that within 24 hours pesantren learning activities, this jargon is disseminated to the students through the concept of Islamic guidance. In this concept, moderate character values infused to the student’s activities are rooted to the Qur'an (Muslim holy book) and Hadits (Prophet’s wisdom) as the religious foundation, the founding fathers’ vision (historical foundation), the pesantren mission (institutional foundation), and the contextual experience (empirical foundation) as well as the dynamic challenges of the globalization. The entire character education process paves a pivotal way to the moderate Muslim generation creation.

Pengaplikasian Konsep Bimbingan Konseling dalam Belajar dan Pembelajaran

This research aims to find out the need for the application of the concept of Guidance and Counseling in teaching and learning activities in SMP Negeri 10 Medan., the ability and understanding of classroom teachers in applying the concept of Guidance and Counseling in teaching and learning activities in SMP Negeri 10 Medan., How the intensity of the application of guidance and counseling concepts in teaching and learning activities in SMP Negeri 10 Medan. The sample in this study is a classroom teacher found in SMP Negeri 10 Medan which amounted to 31 teachers who served in SMP Negeri 10 Medan., the data analysis technique used is content analysis or non-statistical analysis. Based on the data analysis, the results of the study are obtained as follows: In general, students in junior high school also urgently need Guidance and Counseling in teaching and learning activities., in general, teachers who serve in SMP Negeri 10 Medan, have understood and applied the concept of Guidance and Counseling in teaching and learning activities. well, career guidance in the category is quite good, the application of tutoring and the application of social guidance in the category is not good., in general, the reality of teachers who serve in SMP Negeri 10 Medan expects a special officer of Guidance and Counseling (BP teacher/Counselor).

Microdevice for directional axodendritic connectivity between micro 3D neuronal cultures

Neuronal cultures are widely used in neuroscience research. However, the randomness of circuits in conventional cultures prevents accurate in vitro modeling of cortical development and of the pathogenesis of neurological and psychiatric disorders. A basic feature of cortical circuits that is not captured in standard cultures of dissociated cortical cells is directional connectivity. In this work, a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based device that achieves directional connectivity between micro 3D cultures is demonstrated. The device consists of through-holes for micro three-dimensional (μ3D) clusters of cortical cells connected by microtrenches for axon and dendrite guidance. The design of the trenches relies in part on the concept of axonal edge guidance, as well as on the novel concept of specific dendrite targeting. This replicates dominant excitatory connectivity in the cortex, enables the guidance of the axon after it forms a synapse in passing (an “en passant” synapse), and ensures that directional selectivity is preserved over the lifetime of the culture. The directionality of connections was verified morphologically and functionally. Connections were dependent on glutamatergic synapses. The design of this device has the potential to serve as a building block for the reconstruction of more complex cortical circuits in vitro.

Digital Footprint in the Educational Environment as a Regulator of Student Vocational Guidance to the Teaching Profession

The article is devoted to the digital footprint in education as a method of improving the career guidance of students of pedagogical higher education at all stages of their theoretical and practical training. The article discusses approaches to students’ career guidance and pedagogical orientation based on the analysis of their digital footprint in the learning environment and external resources. The review of researches in collecting, analysing and interpreting students’ digital footprint and in career guidance of future teachers is provided. Moreover, the article outlines preliminary adjustments to the concept of vocational guidance to the teaching profession in a digital learning environment. The authors analyse the possibility of using the technology of fixing and interpreting various digital data to manage the process of gradual development of career guidance grounded in the actualization of pedagogical orientation. As a result, the authors conclude that the use of digital footprint brings the process of students’ vocational guidance to the teaching profession to a new quality level by regulating the pedagogical orientation of future teachers and identifies areas of their professional interests and motives in order to individualize professional training. The practical result is a section «Vocational guidance» in the personal account of the pedagogical university student

Laboratory-Developed Tests: Design of a Regulatory Strategy in Compliance with the International State-of-the-Art and the Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (EU IVDR [In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Regulation

PurposeThis study aimed at the development of a regulatory strategy for compliance of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs) with requirements of the Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (“EU-IVDR”) under consideration of international requirements for LDTs as established in major regulatory regions. Furthermore, it was analysed in how far elements of current LDT regulation could qualify for an internationally harmonised concept ensuring quality, safety and performance of LDTs.MethodsA review of regulatory literature including legislation as well as guidance documents was performed. The regulatory strategy was adapted from international guidance concepts used for commercially marketed IVD. It was then applied to the example of a large medical laboratory in the EU. A high-level comparison was conducted to identify gaps and matches between the different international regulatory requirements for LDTs.ResultsA four-step strategy for compliance of LDTs with the EU IVDR was implemented in an exemplary medical laboratory. On the basis of an internationally used LDT definition, LDTs constitute nearly 50% of the total IVD devices used in the laboratory. While an ISO 15189-compliant QMS is a major component, it should be accompanied by the application of appropriate processes for risk management, performance evaluation and continuous monitoring of LDTs. At least six criteria represent common characteristics of a potential, internationally convergent concept for the regulation/standardization of LDTs.ConclusionsThis study confirms the impact of LDTs for individualized and innovative medical laboratory testing. Prerequisites for LDT use as especially given by the IVDR and missing interpretation in the EU with regard to the scope of LDT definition, the application of standards and the extent of documentation for LDTs currently lead to uncertainties for both laboratories and regulatory bodies responsible for LDT oversight. The characteristics identified as common criteria for ensuring quality, safety and performance of LDTs may be considered as central elements of future international consensus guidance.

Empowering Youth For Sustainable Development Through Vocational Guidance

Vocational guidance is intended to aid young people in choosing an occupation, preparing them for it, finding an opening in it, and building up a career of efficiency and success. It is apparent in Nigeria that young people are ill-prepared for entry into the world of work. They are inadequately oriented in educational institutions to the extent that they do not understand their own abilities, interest, and values. As a result of the failure of the educational system in helping the youths realise their potentialities, they prefer choosing high-level jobs or prestigious careers. The youths, being the future hope of a nation's development, require information that will make them take initiative and take decisions to solve problems and improve service and performance. This paper, therefore, examines the concepts of vocational guidance as well as empowerment against the backdrop of its significance for sustainable development. An attempt was also made to highlight the roles of a guidance counselor, that of parents and teachers in youth empowerment for national development. The government at all levels should focus on job creation and invest in the development of youths for them to exhibit their talents maximally for effective participation in democratic governance for sustainable development.

DYNAMICS OF DERADICALIZATION: KNOWING THE COMPROMISE OF TWO STATE INSTITUTIONS

The failure of the de-radicalization program in prisons is evidenced by the high recidivation of terrorism convicts who have launched their actions again. This failure was due to the lack of coordination between stakeholders, namely the Director-General of Social Affairs (Dirjenpas) and the BNPT. Government Science sees that there have been sectoral egos between institutions. This study aims to examine the implementation of deradicalization in prisons and to skin sectoral egos in its implementation. This research methodology uses qualitative descriptive, namely the translation through words, by conducting interviews from September to October 2020. The results show that there is a reluctance of the Director-General of Social Affairs to use the concept of deradicalization and prefers to use the concept of guidance owned by the Director-General of Social Affairs itself. This reluctance was based on the negative stigma of using deradicalization and the feeling that BNPT had never coordinated to coordinate deradicalization. The sectoral ego is the result of not being carefully defined by radicalism and terrorism. Each state institution and the general public have their own definitions, resulting in differences in concept resulting in differences in program design and implementation.