Education Questions Research Articles

Continuing Medical Education Questions: November 2022.

Article Title: Longitudinal associations of risk factors and hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cured Hepatitis C virus infection.

Continuing Medical Education Questions: February 2023.

Article Title: Application of the Latest Advances in Evidence-Based Medicine in Primary Biliary Cholangitis.

Continuing Medical Education Questions: February 2023.

Article Title: Management of Patients With Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: An Updated ACG Guideline.

Sources of Ionizing Radiation Used in Modern and Advanced NBC Reconnaissance Devices (Lecture)

The lecture is intended to prepare students studying under an additional professional advanced training program for military specialists in radiation safety for all branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as to train officials responsible for organizing and ensuring radiation safety in military units and organizations of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The lecture addresses three educational questions: 1. Accounting and control of radiation sources in the system of state accounting and control of radioactive substances and radioactive waste. 2. General requirements for the operation of radiation sources. 3. Operation of sealed radionuclide sources as part of the technical means of the RCB for intelligence and control.

Design of a Higher Education Question and Answer System Based on Multimodal Adversarial Networks

Higher education question and answer system is a current research hotspot in the field of natural language processing and artificial intelligence, which can return accurate answers directly and also allow users to input in natural language, avoiding the need to return large collections of valid and invalid data links for users to filter twice. In recent years, deep learning techniques have made great progress in the field of natural language processing, thus making it possible to apply it in the field of teaching and learning in junior high school. Most of the traditional quiz systems based on traditional retrieval techniques have problems such as insufficient semantic portrayal of text, inability to extract semantic features in context, and poor processing of complex utterances. In order to fill the gap and deficiencies of question and answer systems in junior high school teaching, this paper applies multimodal and adversarial network-related technologies to build a multimodal adversarial network-based question and answer system for higher education. The experimental results show that the principles of the traditional application system and the multimodal adversarial system designed in this paper are similar, but the current application system is relatively more effective.

Skilled labour in colonial economies. Recruitment, education and employment in construction companies in German colonial West Africa, c. 1902–1912

ABSTRACT The article offers new insights into the business-historical perspective of German colonial railway construction in West Africa. Two archival case studies of German colonial railroad construction in Cameroon and Togo reveal the relationship and character of training and work in specific colonial contexts at the turn of the century. The case studies demonstrate that skills on construction sites went beyond mere questions of unskilled manual work or education. This article argues that, from a business-historical perspective, not only was the general (mass) availability of unskilled labour power crucial to infrastructural projects in the former German colonies, but also that was a substantial element of skill involved, ranging from literacy to the (technical) pre- and initial training of workers and craftsmen. Moreover, firms struggled to retain (semi-)skilled workers on construction sites for longer periods.

Parents' Perception, Acceptance, and Hesitancy to Vaccinate Their Children against COVID-19: Results from a National Study in the UAE.

Introduction: COVID-19 is considered the greatest health disaster affecting humans during the 21st century, which urged the need to develop an effective vaccine to acquire enough immunity against the virus. The main challenge faced during the development of such vaccines was the insufficiency of time, which raised the question about the vaccine safety and efficacy, especially among children. Parents’ and caregivers’ thoughts and acceptance of administering the vaccine to their children are still debatable topics and are yet to be explored in the UAE. Aims: The study aims to exploit parent acceptance, perception, and hesitancy toward the COVID-19 vaccine administration for their children and the link with their choice of distance learning instead of face-to-face education in the UAE. Methodology: This study utilized a cross-sectional descriptive design. A sample of 1049 parents across all emirates were conveniently approached and surveyed using Google forms from June to September 2021. The participants responded to a semi-structured questionnaire pertaining to socio-demographic, educational, and other questions related to COVID-19 and its link with their beliefs in whether the vaccination of their children will help with resuming face-to-face learning. Results: Approximately 74% of the parents confirmed that their children who are 16 years old and above have received the vaccine, and 71% were willing to give the vaccine to their children aged above 5 years. Parents with children receiving online education and those with children where the online modality of learning negatively affected their academic achievement are more prone to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to their children above five years old. The results show a significant association between vaccination of children and the parental desire for resuming physical attendance in schools (p value < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that the highest acceptance rate was from parents with children of low academic achievement due to online learning modality during the pandemic. Conclusion: In the UAE, parents of young children have shown a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination in belief that vaccines will reduce the risk of infection and assist in resuming normal lifestyles, such as going back physically to schools. The results reflect the public awareness and the hypervigilance regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the UAE.

Higher education in turbulent times: navigating the transition from un-sustainability in a world dominated by technology

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on the implications for higher education of a rapidly changing global context, where technologies play a role in the propagation of unsustainable patterns of change. Drawing from research on science and technology studies as well as existing work on (higher) education for sustainability, it seeks to expose the multidimensional nature of these patterns to raise a series of questions for educators, particularly those in engineering, computer science and other technical disciplines, and inform structured curricular and organisational interventions.Design/methodology/approachTheoretical perspectives on unsustainable patterns of technological change are explored with the objective of informing how the mitigation of their evolution could be addressed in educational settings. Key themes in the sustainability and higher education literature are then identified with the purpose of informing curricular and organisational intervention.FindingsCountering unsustainable patterns of technological change requires the development of key sustainability competencies within more technical disciplines, informed by concepts in science and technology studies. This requires change at curricular, organisational and institutional levels to enable spaces for inter- and transdisciplinary learning to be created, so that skills may be developed.Originality/valueThis paper reflects on unsustainable patterns of technological change, identifying challenges for educators, in particular those in more technical disciplines.

Online architectural education: Reflections on COVID-19 emergency remote learning in East Africa

This paper investigates how students in two schools of architecture in East Africa, engaged with educational activities during the early phase of the COVID-19 lockdown. The COVID-19 lockdown and shift to emergency remote teaching and learning raised a number of questions for architectural education. These relate to access, equity and pedagogical approaches, which emerged through this study. The paper presents the findings of the study carried out in the University of Rwanda, and Uganda Martyrs University, along with the implications of the findings for architectural education. Making use of an online questionnaire distributed via QualtricsXM, the study attracted 70 student participants. The paper concludes with some suggestions for architectural educators as they rethink the embedded pedagogical traditions of architectural education, and how these must adapt for the future in order to cope with future shocks and disruptions.

PROGRAM PENDIDIKAN KESEHATAN PADA MASYARAKAT PESANTREN AL AMIN KOTA TASIKMALAYA

Maintenance of personal hygiene is an important thing that must be done by everyone. Personal hygiene can determine health status. . If skin health is not maintained, it will cause skin diseases caused by fungi, viruses, germs and parasites, one of the diseases that is often found in skin diseases is scabies. (Nursing, 2013). Scabies is identical to a disease in humans who live in a community such as a boarding school, this happens because of poor hygiene conditions, poor sanitation and room conditions that are not exposed to direct sunlight. Scabies spreads quickly in a community that lives together so that treatment must be carried out simultaneously and thoroughly on all people and the environment affected by scabies, because if treatment is carried out individually, it will be easy to re-infect scabies (Djuanda, 2017). The assumption that has developed in the community is that Islamic boarding schools are slum places, with unhealthy environmental conditions. Scabies disease is often found in Islamic boarding schools because Islamic boarding school children / santri often exchange clothes or borrow clothes from each other, gloves and even pillows, rarely take a bath, towels and toiletries such as soap. So that the rate of transmission of scabies also increases. Transmission occurs because the female Sarcoptes scabei is fertilized. Lack of attention to Islamic boarding schools including elements in it, namely the students make Islamic boarding schools a place that is considered a nest of disease due to the lack of knowledge of students about this scabies disease. The factors that underlie a community environment such as boarding schools are often infected with scabies, namely because of the dense environment, limited knowledge of students about scabies and students' awareness of the importance of maintaining personal and environmental hygiene. From the puskesmas data in 2019 the incidence of scabies in the Al Amin Islamic boarding school was high with the number of students infected with 52 people and those not infected with 47 people. From the results of Purnimarahmi's research (2016) regarding the level of knowledge of the students, the following results showed that students' knowledge of the disease Most of the scabies in the Al-Amin Islamic Boarding School in Tasikmalaya City were in the less category, namely 79.2%. And the results of Novita's research (2016) from 62 respondents stated that the risk factor for the occurrence of scabies disease in RSUD dr. Soekarjo majority 65.1% male, 41.3% aged 13-21 years, 73.02% environmental factors in the moderate category and 34.9% suffered by students. This activity aims to increase knowledge of students, the method is carried out in the form of health education lectures, question and answer discussions, with advocacy strategies, atmosphere building and community empowerment at Al Amin Islamic Boarding School in Tasikmalaya City.

Examining purposeful researchable questions in mathematics education

Often general, and frequently involving scholarly concepts, research questions are the cornerstone of studies. Thus, from their precise wording to their context, research questions play a vital role in uncovering information, determining answers given by participants, and drawing conclusions. However, poorly structured research questions and misalignments to purpose within theoretical and empirical studies can lead to miscommunication and unanswered queries. To this point, this paper discusses the importance of asking purposeful researchable questions in mathematics education and examines what purposeful questioning in mathematics education using quantitative and qualitative research designs entails. An extensive review of literature, is presented with the purpose of identifying strategies for asking purposeful questions, exploring various criteria for judging researchable questions in mathematics education, and discussing the importance of aligning research questions to methodology and frameworks. The key findings reveal that ambiguities of language and the powerful force of context in interpreting the meaning of questions and answers could influence the impact of studies. Implications exist for mathematics and science education scholars who, face various challenges in asking questions that will produce what they want to know. The paper concludes with a brief discussion as to the significance and possibilities of purposeful researchable questions in mathematics education.

Continuing Medical Education Questions: October 2022.

Article Title: The ACG Monograph on GI Diseases and Endoscopy in Pregnancy and Postpartum Period.

Continuing Medical Education Questions: December 2022.

Article Title: Early Liver Transplantation for Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis and a History of Prior Liver Decompensation.

Continuing Medical Education Questions: October 2022.

Article Title: Impact of Obesity on Risk of Hospitalization, Surgery and Serious Infection in Biologic-treated Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD): A CA-IBD Cohort Study.

Guoping Zhao’s Subjectivity and Infinity: Questions for Education in Times of Climate Emergency

Guoping Zhao’s Subjectivity and Infinity: Questions for Education in Times of Climate Emergency

“So pöbelhaft die Sprache in diesem gantzen Briefe ist.”

Abstract Letters to the editor in the moral weeklies represent a special form of epistolary practice in the early 18th century, which is examined in this article on the basis of Johann Christoph Gottsched’s Die Vernünfftigen Tadlerinnen. Within the didactic concept of the journal, a fictitious correspondence between the fictitious editors and their supposed readers takes place, contributing to the dialogicity of the piece and suggesting that the magazine is widely perceived. Furthermore, letter-writing is addressed with the aim of improving the written German language and is repeatedly linked to the question of female education. Overall, an affinity between letter-writing guides and the moral weekly is elaborated, which suggests a use of the letter in the course of a popularization of knowledge.

Promoting questioning in early childhood science education

ABSTRACT Early science learning and, specifically, the development of scientific process skills are essential for children to understand the natural world around them. Question asking is a valuable tool to help children get information to organise and make sense of their environment. This research aims to find out whether pre-elementary children employ categorical questions on an information-seeking task and at what age they do so. It also intends to examine how this skill evolves just after an educational intervention, and two months later. The participants were 72 children from three early childhood education levels (ECE1: 3–4 years old; ECE2: 4–5 years old; and ECE3: 5–6 years old). Before the intervention, most of the children did not spontaneously ask categorical questions in the proposed task. Teaching this ability to them made them improve it, mainly in the ECE2 and ECE3 groups, and the acquired learning was maintained over time. However, the youngest children have considerable difficulties in using categorical questions. Thus, activities to model children’s scientific skills, particularly those involving the formulation of categorical questions, could be included as part of the science teaching-learning process from 4 to 5 years of age.

Doubting leadership: principals shaping a school doubting process within a national curriculum reform

ABSTRACT Success of curriculum reforms calls for both collaborative learning and unlearning processes. Focusing on the latter, school doubting process, an innovative term, is used in this paper as an active framework for organisational unlearning through which educators question their existing mind-sets and unfreeze old approaches to teaching and learning. This qualitative study explores how high school principals shape a school doubting process during the implementation of a national curriculum reform. The study analyses qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 22 Israeli high school principals who have implemented a national curriculum reform from all school districts. The findings indicate two major themes and sub-themes: (1) Nurturing a collective unlearning culture: (a) restructuring school thinking; and (b) creating safe time and space for school doubting; (2) Building school capacity: (a) creating collective opportunities for knowledge and skill development; and (b) encouraging shared responsibility for innovation.

Experiences of Students with Disabilities in Indian Higher Education: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study

Using interpretative phenomenological approach, this article aims to explore the experiences of students with disabilities within the context of their higher education in India. The study aims to understand the question of inclusive education of the disabled students and discusses the challenges and opportunities these students face within universities. The findings are drawn from qualitative data collected from 24 participants using semi-structured interviews. The results revealed complex accounts on specific issues such as perceptions about inclusive education, infrastructure accessibility, physical access, institutional support networks and issues of teacher’s attitude towards learning. The findings reveal that disabled students face lot of challenges while accessing higher education in Indian universities. We also found that students with disabilities are capable of dialogue about the challenges faced by proposing suggestions/alternatives for the future development of their education. In conclusion, the findings suggest that to be inclusive, institutions need to reconsider and reframe their inclusive policies and practices and eliminate the barriers that hinder the participation and learning of students at the university level.

Women (Re)Writing Milton

Women (Re)Writing Milton