Educational Point Of View Research Articles

The Cultural Argument for Understanding Nature of Science

Understanding Nature of Science (NOS) is a central component of scientific literacy, which is agreed upon internationally, and consequently has been a major educational goal for many years all over the globe. In order to justify the promotion of an adequate understanding of NOS, educators have developed several arguments, among them the cultural argument. But what is behind this argument? In order to answer this question, C. P. Snow’s vision of two cultures was used as a starting point. In his famous Rede Lecture from 1959, he complained about a wide gap between the arts and humanities on the one hand and sciences on the other hand. While the representatives of the humanities refer to themselves as real intellectuals, the scientists felt rather ignored as a culture, despite the fact that their achievements had been so important for Western society. Thus, Snow argued that as these intellectual cultures were completely different from each other, a mutual understanding was impossible. The first European Regional IHPST Conference took up the cultural view on science again. Thus, the topic of the conference “Science as Culture in the European Context” encouraged us to look at the two cultures and to figure out possibilities to bridge the gap between them in chemistry teacher education. For this reason, we put together three studies—one theoretical and two independent research projects (one dealing with creativity in science, the other with scientific laws and theories) which contribute to our main research field (promoting an understanding of NOS)—in order to address the cultural argument for understanding science from an educational point of view. Among the consented tenets of what understanding NOS implies in an educational context, there are aspects which are associated mainly with the humanities, like the tentativeness of knowledge, creativity, and social tradition, whereas others seem to have a domain-specific meaning, like empirical evidence, theories and laws, and the role of technology. Thus, the cultural argument for understanding science invites us not only to consider domain-specific concepts but also to reflect on similarities between science and the humanities by way of examples.

現職教員への科学・技術・社会相互関連理解の機会としての民間企業体験研修について : 教育現場・民間企業・教育委員会の連携による研修から

現職教員への科学・技術・社会相互関連理解の機会としての民間企業体験研修について : 教育現場・民間企業・教育委員会の連携による研修から

Grasping diversity in Italian multicultural school. An educational analysis

This work aims to delve into the issue of integration of pupils belonging to different cultures in the Italian school from an educational point of view. Statistical data reveal that the number of foreign students is still rising and will continue to grow.In particular, the so-called ‘second-generation’ of foreigners are increasing more and more in the Italian school. Therefore, it is important to study the presence of foreign students more carefully, to grasp the diversity that characterizes this evolving phenomenon and to understand these students' different needs to which the Italian school is obliged to respond adequately.In this perspective, it is interesting to describe, through the analysis of some of the main ministerial texts, the specific aspects of the educational model developed by the Italian school in order to promote the integration of foreign students. In the lightof this analysis, I intend to outline the possible paths which the Italian school should carry out effectively to achieve interculturality.Keywords: Second generation of immigrants, education, interculturalism, Italian school.

拡大する染めと工芸教育への展開 : 美術・工芸或いは表現に関わる基本的問題の問い直しのために

拡大する染めと工芸教育への展開 : 美術・工芸或いは表現に関わる基本的問題の問い直しのために

ハーバート・リードの「芸術による教育」にみる鑑賞教育の視点 : 「芸術による教育-再述」の読解より

ハーバート・リードの「芸術による教育」にみる鑑賞教育の視点 : 「芸術による教育-再述」の読解より

色彩語の形成と受容 II : 「赤」を中心として/美術科教育の問題意識から

色彩語の形成と受容 II : 「赤」を中心として/美術科教育の問題意識から

色彩語の形成と受容 : 青を中心として/美術科教育の問題意識から

色彩語の形成と受容 : 青を中心として/美術科教育の問題意識から

Acercarnos a literatura desde la interculturalidad: una propuesta comparatista a partir de la intertextualidad de los clásicos El Lazarillo de Tormes y Oliver Twist

Teaching and reception of literature in secondary school education is today in a state of constant debate. While among teachers there is general agreement about the pedagogic value of literature, both from an educational point of view and an academic perspective, the interests of young people regarding universal literature are less closely aligned to their reading habits. How can we spark an interest in classic literature in new generations, and help them to enjoy the pleasure of reading? From this initial approach, we focus on two disciplines of study—Comparative Literature and Didactics of Language and Literature—considering that they enable the development of the reader’s intertextual and intercultural vision. To this ends we develop an educational proposal for two key works of literature from an intercultural perspective: El Lazarillo de Tormes and Oliver Twist .

Does Specific CSR Training for Managers Impact Shareholder Value? Implications for Education in Sustainable Development

AbstractThis study aims to analyze whether specific corporate social responsibility +CSR) training in sustainable development can boost the potential impact of CSR on shareholder value (i.e., corporate reputation, brand image, and financial value) for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We also aim to determine the main implications from an educational point of view and in terms of training program and curriculum design related to sustainable development. We carry out a quantitative study using partial least squares (PLS) techniques to analyze a sample of SME owners and managers. Results suggest that specific CSR training matters, making this type of training a valuable resource for business management and for society. Therefore, it is possible to promote business management models in which sustainability and profit can coexist. However, there are still sizeable education/training gaps, especially in the field of SMEs. Our results provide a foundation for solid arguments in defense of more widespread, in‐depth implementation of sustainability education – not only at universities and business schools, but at all levels of education. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

Construir Artistas para la Vida. Experiencias pedagógicas desde la organización popular comunitaria

En Medellín, varias experiencias organizativas de base, le han apostado a la construcción de proyectos que articulen la cultura desde lo educativo y el arte logrando otras relaciones de afecto y efecto en territorios de alta complejidad social; Es así que, la presencia y proyección de estos colectivos se ha convertido en un “creer en crear, desde lo local, desde lo propio”. Ese es el caso de la experiencia organizativa del Colectivo “Nuestra Gente”. Un proceso que tanto en su accionar organizativo como en su devenir histórico- político aparece trenzado con la herencia latinoamericana en los barrios de Medellín.

The Social Dimension of Business Processes: Issues and Research Desiderata

The social dimension of business processes has rarely been investigated. However, it is essential to counteract this deficiency in order to enable a balanced focus on personality, situation and science in “business process-oriented” VET and continuing education. In this paper a subject- and system-oriented understanding of business processes and their social dimension is developed. It emphasizes communication, cooperation and work-based learning, thus transcending limits of traditional conceptualization shaped by management sciences and business informatics. The new (field-specific) understanding is a foundation for empirical analyses and didactical constructions. For this purpose, various conceptual approaches of the field are discussed, such as cooperative learning. Furthermore, recent management approaches for process teams and subject-oriented business process modelling are reflected from an educational point of view. Finally, several research objectives are highlighted and possible avenues for further investigations drafted.

Open History Map

OpenHistoryMap aspires to become the open source geographical system for archaeological information, both from an academic and an educational point of view. There are many fragmented online web-GIS experiences targeted at very specific projects, but no tool enables a broader overview of both research and studies. For these reasons, in order to create an Open Access platform, one of the most important aspects is the creation of tools that can facilitate both the sharing of archaeological spatial and temporal information as well as the easy reuse of the generated data. OpenHistoryMap is supposed to create a tool that is both a map of the archaeological world as well as a repository for the connected data within structured research papers. The project finds its roots first of all within the collective experience of ‘archaeology’ that refers to non-expert users, and in the second place within the academic scientific experience of research centres and universities. While the first approach gives an integrated and reliable picture of the cultural item, the second provides consistent and solid datasets with a perspective on the mixture of specific types of information.

Chemical potentials and thermodynamic characteristics of ideal Bose- and Fermi-gases in the region of quantum degeneracy

Calculations of chemical potentials for ideal monatomic gases with Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics as functions of temperature, across the temperature region that is typical for the collective quantum degeneracy effect, are presented. Numerical calculations are performed without any additional approximations, and explicit dependences of the chemical potentials on temperature are constructed at a fixed density of gas particles. Approximate polynomial dependences of chemical potentials on temperature are obtained that allow for the results to be used in further studies without re-applying the involved numerical methods. The ease of using the obtained representations is demonstrated on examples of deformation of distribution for a population of energy states at low temperatures, and on the impact of quantum statistics (exchange interaction) on the equations of state for ideal gases and some of the thermodynamic properties thereof. The results of this study essentially unify two opposite limiting cases in an intermediate region that are used to describe the equilibrium states of ideal gases, which are well known from university courses on statistical physics, thus adding value from an educational point of view.

Presentation Poster Production and Evaluation of General Students from the Viewpoint of Design Education

Presentation Poster Production and Evaluation of General Students from the Viewpoint of Design Education

薬学教育における在宅医療教育の現状とその課題<br/>～「教育用在宅症例作成ワーキンググループ」活動を通じて～

In the pharmaceutical education model core curriculums revision, "basic qualities required as a pharmacist" are clearly shown, and "the method based on learning outcomes" has been adopted. One of the 10 qualities (No. 7) is "Practical ability of the health and medical care in the community". In the large item "F. Pharmaceutical clinical" of the model core curriculums, "participation in the home (visit) medical care and nursing care" is written in "participation in the health, medical care, and welfare of the community", and it is an important problem to offer opportunities of home medical care education at university. In our university, we launched a working group to create "home clinical cases for education" from the educational point of view to pharmacy students to learn home medical care, in collaboration with university faculty members and pharmacists, who are practitioners of home care. Through its working group activities, we would like to organize the present conditions and problems of home care education in pharmaceutical education and to examine the possibility of using "home clinical case studies" in home care education at university.

A Perspective of Teacherology Research for Improving Educational Practice: From the Viewpoint of Educators for Human Development

A Perspective of Teacherology Research for Improving Educational Practice: From the Viewpoint of Educators for Human Development

2-216 失敗に学ぶ「ものづくり基礎実践」 : 初年次教育とアクティブラーニングの観点から((10)リメディアル教育(補習教育)・導入教育-II,口頭発表論文)

2-216 失敗に学ぶ「ものづくり基礎実践」 : 初年次教育とアクティブラーニングの観点から((10)リメディアル教育(補習教育)・導入教育-II,口頭発表論文)

Effective Teaching in the Eye of Teacher Educators: A Case Study in a Higher Education

Attempts to explore teacher educators’ thoughts seem to be meaningful at educational sciences since the number of studies discussing effective teaching and effective teacher at teacher education in the eye of teacher educators are quite limited. Therefore, this study mainly aims to identify the viewpoints of teacher educators in order to discover how they contextualize the concept of effective teaching. For this aim, a case study design, increasingly used in education (Tellis, 1997), is utilized in the study. This method is suitable when the research addresses an explanatory question such as how or why? (Yin, 2004). A questionnaire including open-ended questions is given teacher educators (n=48) who are working at a state university in Turkey. The participants are asked how they conceptualize effective teaching and which characteristics of effective teachers they prioritize. The results mainly show that to know what teacher educators’ opinions on the key concepts of effective teaching might be helpful for teacher educators to revise some points in their teaching and raise their awareness on the issue.

English Learning that Fosters Positive Attitudes

This article discusses the integration of English teaching and attitude components. In the new school curriculum the attitude or affective domain components are considered very important as we can see in the Core Competence and Basic Competence. The English teacher should be able to teach English while paying attention to the attitude components. This article aims to show that the two aspects can be done together. The assumption taken is that while teaching English, the teacher also develops the students affective domain/deals with the learners attitude. What remains to be done is that the English teacher should be able to identify his/her theoretical orientation that he/she has with regard to language, language learning, and educational cultural viewpoints. One of these viewpoints language learning is further elaborated in H.D. Browns second language learning principles. With these major concepts and principles the English teacher is expected to be able to integrate the English teaching-learning process with the affective-domain related process.DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/llt.2014.170105

El aburrimiento como competencia: educación para un mundo sobrestimulado

Boredom as a feeling of apathy and indifference is normally lived as a negative experience. On fact, from an educational point of view, the necessity of eradicating it has been traditionally considered. However, this is not the only way of understanding it. A deeper analysis can lead us to find some positive aspects on it. From a philosophical-educational perspective, and thus by means of critical analysis of texts, this paper will analyze in detail these aspects. We will show that boredom is nothing but time for oneself, which it is essential for the authentic subjectivity deve­lopment. The knowledge society demands autonomous and responsible individuals, but it is always paradoxically occupying our time. So in order to solve this paradox, we conclude that boredom must be currently considered as a basic and fundamental competence.