Course Of Integration Research Articles

Integrated Curriculum Design: An Empowering and Engaging Pedagogical Approach Preparing 21st Graduates

An Integrated Curriculum Design (ICD) is a strategy to unite core degree courses. Specifically, an ICD is the authentic integration of courses into a learning unit that fosters a better understanding across curricula. As such, an ICD involves the integration of content with skills and processes. The goal is to support deep learning and facilitate opportunities for students to contribute in the classroom and to their wider community. Martinez & Mcgrath refer to deeper learning as a set of student outcomes recognizing students’ mastery of essential academic content. Such 21st century skills include the ability to think critically, solve complex problems, work collaboratively, communicate effectively, have an academic mindset and empower themselves through self-directed learning.

EU fiscal policy shifts: towards more integration?

This article sets out to empirically examine the salience of EU fiscal integration processes between 2007 and 2022. By employing text-mining and qualitative analysis, the previously generated discourse on fiscal integration during and after the financial and sovereign debt crisis, several EU regulatory overhauls, Brexit and the COVID-19 crisis has been tracked. Particularly important have been the new counter-COVID-19 policies such as SURE and NGEU as these substantially impacted the course of common fiscal integration. The assessment covered a body of 160 documents including legal texts, peer reviewed articles, communications and reports of the EU bodies and policy papers, and has relied on the neo(neo)functionalism theory to identify shifts in fiscal integration. The findings show that the discourse on fiscal integration gains prominence with each economic and political crisis and that the shifts can go in the direction of either more (upward) or less (downward) fiscal integration, or involve enough (nil) integration.

Is the Processing of Chinese Verbal Metaphors Simulated or Abstracted? Evidence From an ERP Study

The theory of embodied semantics holds that verbal metaphors are strongly grounded in sensorimotor experience. Many studies have proven that besides sensorimotor simulation, the comprehension of verbal metaphors also requires semantic abstraction. But the interaction between simulation and abstraction, as well as the time course of metaphorical meaning integration, is not well understood. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether embodiment or abstraction, or both, is employed in the processing of Chinese verbal metaphor. Participants were asked to read subject-verb metaphorical, verb-object metaphorical, literal-concrete and literal-abstract sentences, and the target words were measured at the verb and the object of each sentence. The results revealed that a similar N400 effect was elicited by the target verbs in the verb-object metaphorical and the literal-concrete sentences, and a similar P600/LPC effect was induced by the target verbs in the subject-verb metaphorical and the literal-abstract sentences, reflecting that the verb-object metaphors trigger a simulation process, while the subject-verb metaphors trigger an abstraction process in the verb processing stage. Moreover, the subject-verb metaphors elicited a stronger P600/LPC effect by the target verbs than the verb-object metaphors, but there was no difference of the P600/LPC caused by the target objects between the two kinds of metaphors, revealing that the metaphorical meaning of a subject-verb metaphor is integrated in the verb processing stage, while that of a verb-object metaphor is reanalyzed in the object processing stage. These results suggest that a verbal metaphor is processed both by simulation and abstraction, and the metaphorical meaning is integrated immediately with the unfolding of the sentence meaning. The position where the semantic conflict lies in a sentence (verb vs. object) modulates the time course of metaphor sentence comprehension.

Emergency medicine undergraduate simulation training during the COVID-19 pandemic: A course evaluation

ObjectiveReduction in patient-facing teaching encounters has limited practical exposure to Emergency Medicine for medical students. Simulation has traditionally provided an alternative to patient-facing learning, with increasing integration in courses. Rapid advancements in technology facilitate simulation of realistic complex simulations encountered in the emergency setting. This study evaluated the efficacy of high-fidelity simulation in undergraduate emergency trauma medicine teaching. MethodsA consultant trauma expert delivered an introductory lecture, followed by consultant-led small group transoesophageal echocardiogram (TOE) and chest drain simulations, and a splinting station. Participants then responded to a major trauma incident with simulated patients and high-fidelity mannequins. Pre- and post-surveys were administered to assess change in delegates’ trauma surgery knowledge and confidence. DesignOne-group pretest-posttest research design. SettingA higher education institution in the United Kingdom. ParticipantsA convenience sample of 50 pre-clinical and clinical medical students. ResultsRecall of the boundaries of the safe triangle for chest drain insertion improved by 46% (p < 0.01), and knowledge of cardinal signs of a tension pneumothorax improved by 26% (p = 0.02). There was a 22% increase in knowledge of what transoesophageal echocardiograms (TOEs) measure (p = 0.03), and 38% increased knowledge of contraindications for splinting a leg (p < 0.01). The average improvement in knowledge across all procedures when compared to baseline was 35.8% immediately post-simulation and 22.4% at six-weeks post-simulation. Confidence working in an emergency setting increased by 24% (p < 0.001) immediately, and by 27.2% (p < 0.001) at six weeks. ConclusionsThe findings suggest that simulation training within emergency medicine can result in significant increases in both competency and confidence. Benefits were observed over a six-week period. In the context of reduced patient-facing teaching opportunities, emergency medicine simulation training may represent an invaluable mechanism for delivery of teaching.

Acculturation in the Integration Course for Immigrants in Germany: A Study from the Cultural Bridge Approach

Acculturation processes as inclusive cultural interactions may or may not be motivated by educational contexts. This paper studies the acculturation process in the integration course that the German government offers to hundreds of thousands of immigrants. The framework is the Cultural Bridge (CB) that happens when individuals or communities participate in diverse cultures while preserving their own culture. The method is the content analysis of semi-structured interviews. Six immigrants provide information about their experience in the integration course. The results show approaches to and limitations for cultural inclusion. Finally, the discussion interprets the findings from the CB, compares this study with other results and presents some implications. In conclusion, the integration course leads to partially inclusive acculturation processes.

Working “With” or “On” Moroccan Migrant Mothers

Abstract In the context of marriage migration, women are believed to be held back or constrained by their husbands, family and religion from integrating and partaking in (regular) citizenship and Dutch courses, which denies their agency as both wives and citizens. Additionally, their personal choice to become mothers is believed to exacerbate their position as passive citizens: becoming a mother supposedly leaves little time to invest in integration courses, especially since day-care services are an important threshold. As these representations and policies are often not based on rigorous research that consults these migrant women, this research aims to fill this gap by bringing together the gendered representations and policy views on marriage migration, and lived experiences and desires as articulated by migrant women themselves. Another aim is to find out how exactly Moroccan migrant women navigate these structures as affective migrant mothers, and the role of religion in this.

Theoretical-legal and comparative aspects of the concept of participation democracyas one of the political-legal grounds of municipal authority

Introduction. The article deals with the study of the essence and features of participatory democracy as one of the political and legal foundations of municipal power. Recognition of Ukraine as a social, democratic and legal state, as well as the establishment of a European integration course contributes to the improvement of legal provisions dedicated to the regulation of political activity of citizens and, in particular, participatory democracy. In today’s world, participatory democracy is a reflection of the practical positive European experience of citizen participation in the political and managerial sphere of society at the local level. Although, at first glance, participatory democracy seems to be a manifestation of purely political activity, not all forms of public activity belong to participatory democracy, just as participatory democracy is not limited to the political sphere. Summary of the main research results. The author studies the existing approaches to the interpretation of participatory democracy, and provides his own definition with the identification of specific characteristics, including: 1) public involvement in the management of state and public affairs at the local level; 2) territorial community as the smallest economic unit of participatory democracy; 3) the procedure for the response of public authorities to the institutions of participatory democracy is enshrined in law; 4) the basis of participatory democracy - direct public political participation; 5) participatory democracy is an independent form, along with direct and representative democracies. Two factors of actualization of participatory democracy are singled out: 1) the process of decentralization of public power - the reform of local self-government; and 2) the spread of information technology and the emergence of society as a post-industrial. The author states the following: 1) at the normative level there is no consolidation of democracy of participation; 2) in the scientific literature, along with the concept of “participatory democracy” there are also “local democracy”, “inclusive democracy”, “democracy of participation”, which are considered synonymous; 3) in the legal doctrine there is no common understanding of the concept of “participatory democracy”, which is due to the numerous views of scholars on the interpretation of this concept. Conclusions. It has been established that participatory democracy is a special form of democracy, the core of which is the direct public political participation of citizens at the level of local self-government, which contributes to the proper implementation of municipal public authority. It is noted that under the influence of information technology (informatization process), participatory democracy is gaining a new way of implementation, which is being transformed into e-participatory democracy, which is one of the components of digital democracy.

Some types of works posted on the internet, and the peculiarities of their protection by Ukrainian copyright compared to US law

The article deals with the peculiarities of protection against plagiarism of works posted on the Internet and the peculiarities of their protection by Ukrainian copyright compared with US legislation.&#x0D; The ratio of features of the computer program as an object of copyright protection is analyzed. After all, the program derived from the algorithm and is in a sense, its equivalent. This means that some basic features of algorithms are inherent in programs. The program can also be considered as a means of implementing an algorithm, and as such, characterized by certain distinct features from which for the purposes of the program research as an object of copyright protection can be distinguished: unlike the algorithm, which is a sequence of logical-mathematical Transformation operations, the program contains a sequence of commands that describe the process of implementing an algorithm and provide control of this process. The objective form of expression of the program is its recording formalized language of simultaneous computers.&#x0D; It is determined that the protection of computer programs by copyright norms, is a great theoretical and practical curiosity as the simplest and economical.&#x0D; The jurisdictional and non-legal forms of protection of patent law are characterized, the main ways of protecting intellectual property rights are clarified. The emphasis on the judicial prohibition as a way of protecting intellectual property rights is analyzed by the international index of property rights, in particular the level of protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine and in the United States. The fact of a low indicator of protection of intellectual property rights in our country is established compared to European countries. The main issues of protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine are highlighted. It is emphasized the need to adapt national legislation to the legal system of the European Union. There are a number of international treaties regulating intellectual property relations at the international level. The European integration course of Ukraine indicates its desire to adapt their legal system to European standards, and therefore, concluding an Association Agreement with the EU, Ukraine has undertaken to harmonize its intellectual property legislation with European legislation. The provisions of a number of European legal acts regulating the issue of protecting intellectual property rights are given. Problems of collecting evidence base for violation of intellectual property rights remains open issues as a national judicial practice on this issue. It is necessary to create a specialized judiciary that would consider cases of violation of intellectual property rights, including on the Internet. It is necessary to enhance legal responsibility for violations in the field of intellectual property, in particular regarding the distribution of pirate products.

RESEARCH OF BROWN COAL BURNING PROCESSES IN THE VORTEX FIREPLACE BY COMPUTER MODELING

As part of the course for European integration in Ukraine, a new Energy Strategywas approved to reduce the share of coal among primary sources to 12.5 % by 2035, the share ofelectricity generation at TPPs and CHPs to 3 2%. In 2021, Ukraine joined the EU's Green Dealstrategy with a commitment to completely stop coal production and close coal energy and close coalenergy by 2050.At the same time, coal energy has advantages - significant reserves of domestic coal (first inEurope and eighth in the world), which make it a guarantor of energy independence.Given the growing share of "green" generation in Ukraine, the share of pulverized coalproduction should be kept at least 30% of total energy productionThe use of expensive imported natural gas in Ukraine's fuel balance stimulates the developmentof industrial and small energy based on cheap local fuels and combustible waste. The use of cheapcoal, peat, wood waste can reduce the cost of heat production in housing and communal services,industrial enterprises.Combustion of low-grade fuels is constrained due to the complexity of organizing a sustainablecombustion process.Local fuels are characterized by high humidity and ash content, low heat of combustion. Thezone of autogenous (self-sustaining) combustion is defined by the limits: combustible - more than25 %, moisture - less than 50 %, ash - less than 60% by working weight.Vegetation and wood are the starting point for the stages of metamorphism (carbonization):plant residues, peat, brown coal, coal, anthracite. Characteristics of humolites, the organic part of the fuel, by stages of metamorphism. Fuels ofdifferent types and different degrees of carbonization - peat, lignite is peroxidized and contain a lotof oxygen in the combustible mass, have the lowest thermal stability and the highest yield of volatilesubstances.In the process of metamorphism, oxygen is removed and the thermal stability of the organicmatter of the fuel is increased.

Construction and Application of the Task-Driven Teaching Method of “Induce, Analyze, Practice and Expand”

With the introduction of "Article 20 of Vocational Education", vocational education has officially entered the fast lane and ushered in a golden development period. How to seize the opportunity to deepen the education and teaching reform and promote the high quality and rapid development of the university through "integration of courses and competitions" has become an important issue. The article combines the current situation of the reform of the teaching mode of "integration of courses and competitions" in higher vocational colleges and universities, analyzes the existing problems, and explores how to effectively promote the reform of the training mode of "integration of courses and competitions" by taking the product art design major as an example.

A Study on PBL’s Application in New Standard College English Integrated Course 3

PBL (Project-Based Learning) is a student-centered approach in which learning is organized by means of projects. Students are required to explore problems with their teammates collaboratively and to display their output project. In this study, PBL has been conducted in three classes of North China Electric Power University (Baoding) for one semester to probe whether PBL serves as an effective way to combine explicit teaching content with implicit ideological and political education. Based on a questionnaire and in-depth interview, the results show that PBL enables value education to exert the impact on students’ development.

Implementation of the Professionally-Oriented Foreign Language Competence in Terms of Integrative Approach for Training Future Engineers

The article deals with the actual issues of forming professionally-oriented foreign language competence concerning the future engineers’ training. The article testifies the necessity of rendering future engineers with professionally-oriented foreign language training based on new engineering and technological approaches. The challenges of interdisciplinary studies of any area of economy cause enhanced intensive international collaboration and intercultural cooperation. It implies the improvement of professionally-oriented foreign language competence demand for the next generation of engineers and middle-line staffsince it is essential for interdisciplinary and international team work training. Considering the experimental results, it has been confirmed that professional foreign language competence is effectively developed within “Intensive integrative course of foreign language”, content and structure of which are based on an integrative approach and a set of suggested organisational principles. The article summarises the results of the direct observation and interviews.

Human and society. Didactic materials for independent work of 10th grade students of educational institutions

The series of publications was prepared on the basis of a teaching manual addressed to 10th grade schoolchildren of schools studying the integrative course “Social Studies” (section “Man and Society”), and is a set of materials for independent work. The content of the manual fully meets the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards of Basic General Education and work programs for secondary (complete) education in social studies. The presented theoretical and practical material reveals the main aspects of social life: the essence and functional characteristics of consciousness and activity, ideas about society and social institutions as a system, types of societies, views on culture as a cumulative spiritual experience and “collective memory”, its main institutions — science, religion, morality, education, art. Particular attention is paid to the definition of social progress and global problems of mankind.

RESPONSE_ABILITY\xa0A Card-Based Engagement Method to Support Researchers\u2019 Ability to Respond to Integrity Issues

Issues related to research integrity receive increasing attention in policy discourse and beyond with most universities having introduced by now courses addressing issues of good scientific practice. While communicating expectations and regulations related to good scientific practice is essential, criticism has been raised that integrity courses do not sufficiently address discipline and career-stage specific dimensions, and often do not open up spaces for in-depth engagement. In this article, we present the card-based engagement method RESPONSE_ABILITY, which aims at supporting researchers in developing their ability to respond to challenges of good scientific practice. The method acknowledges that what counts and what does not count as acceptable practice may not be as clear-cut as imagined and that research environments matter when it comes to integrity issues. Using four sets of cards as stimulus material, participants are invited to reflect individually and collectively about questions of research integrity from different perspectives. This approach is meant to train them to negotiate in which contexts certain practices can still be regarded as acceptable and where possible transgressions might begin. RESPONSE_ABILITY can be seen as fostering the creation of an integrity culture as it invites a more reflexive engagement with ideals and realities of good practice and opens a space to address underlying value conflicts researchers may be confronted with. Concluding the article, we call for caution that addressing issues of integrity meaningfully requires striking a delicate balance between raising researchers’ awareness of individual responsibilities and creating institutional environments that allow them to be response-able.

Justice as a condition for implementing Ukraine's European integration course

Using the dialectical and documentary method, the article analyzes the state of implementation of the strategic priority of reforming Ukraine's judicial system. It demonstrated that, under the current conditions for Ukraine, European integration is a key priority of the state's foreign policy. Issues hindering the successful implementation of Ukraine's strategic course towards European integration were identified, such as: Ukraine requires a comprehensive renewal of three bodies: the bar association, the law enforcement system, and the courts themselves. The conditions for the effective administration of justice have also been determined: updating of the High Council of Justice and the High Qualification Commission with the participation of international experts; creation of a new court to replace the Kiev District Court of Appeal, which will consider key decisions of state bodies; ensure the fair composition of the Constitutional Court; Building public confidence in the judicial and police system. It is concluded that it is important in the process of reform of the Superior Council of Justice to find a compromise between non-interference in the activities of this body, its components, and to guarantee the transparency and effectiveness of its decisions.

Integration of Islamic Studies and Sciences: Study of the Implementation and Practice of Scientific Integration at UIN Alauddin Makassar

This study examines the implementation and practice of integrating Islamic and general science into the lecture process at the State Islamic University (UIN) Alauddin Makassar. The process and efforts to realize the concept of scientific integration in the realm of policy and the process of its formation will be approached with a historical approach. Meanwhile, the practice of implementing scientific integration guidelines in lectures is approached sociologically, especially the limitations and problems of how this concept is practiced at UIN Alauddin Makassar. The results of this study conclude that at least the last two decades since IAIN changed to UIN ALauddin Makassar, have taken steps, namely: first, the process of seeding the idea of scientific integration, incorporating the idea of scientific integration into the vision and mission and implementing it into university policies that support the integration process. Second, integration efforts at UIN Alauddin are also carried out in the process of teaching courses and writing student scientific papers. Some of the efforts that have been made to realize integrative teaching of courses and scientific works are by attaching verses to courses, teaching integrative courses, implementing team teaching, memorizing chapter 30 for each UIN student and implementing Character Building Training for each student.

Human and society. Didactic materials for independent work of 10th grade students of educational institutions

The series of publications was prepared on the basis of a teaching manual addressed to 10th grade schoolchildren of schools studying the integrative course “Social Studies” (section “Man and Society”), and is a set of materials for independent work. The content of the manual fully meets the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standards of Basic General Education and work programs for secondary (complete) education in social studies. The presented theoretical and practical material reveals the main aspects of social life: the essence and functional characteristics of consciousness and activity, ideas about society and social institutions as a system, types of societies, views on culture as a cumulative spiritual experience and “collective memory”, its main institutions — science, religion, morality, education, art. Particular attention is paid to the definition of social progress and global problems of mankind.

Engaging Preservice Teachers in the Design of Digital Breakout Games in an Educational Technology Course

Educators have recently begun using digital breakout games as an instructional strategy in K–12 and higher ed curricula. However, research has thus far explored outcomes associated with playing these games, rather than designing them. This study investigates what happened when 23 preservice teachers in a technology integration course designed digital breakout games for the secondary curriculum. By conducting a basic qualitative analysis, we found that digital breakout game design promoted skills, competencies, and perspectives in support of preservice teachers’ future practice such as TPACK development, 21st-century learning, and positive technology integration perceptions and intentions. We provide evidence and implications for these findings, as well as opportunities for further research. (Keywords: breakout game, escape room, digital breakout game, preservice teachers, escape game, teacher education, game-based learning, educational technology)

Thinking Analogy in Solving Indirect Analogy Problems based on Information Processing Theory

Cognitive ability in solving analogy problems really needs the right information processing. The core cognitive process in analogy thinking occurs when students make a mapping between the target problem and the source problem. This research aims to describe analogical thinking in solving indirect analogy problems based on information processing theory. The method usesd in this research is qualitative descriptive. The subject in this study were third and fifth-semester students of the Mathematics Tadris Program FTK UIN Mataram. Instruments are source problems and target problems use indefinite integral problems in the Integral Calculus course. Data analysis is used by using triangulation of methods and data sources. The results showed that there were 51.06% able to solve the target problem where students are able to recall long-term memory information related to solving source problems that have similarities to solving target problems. Source problem-solving information taken from long-term memory is used by students in solving target problems in short-term memory. The processing of information in short-term memory depends on the mapping process with previous information in long-term memory. Therefore, as a mathematics teacher, he is able to emphasize certain materials which are initial knowledge to study further material.

Публічні послуги у сфері публічного управління: теоретичні аспекти

Розглянуто теоретичні підходи до здійснення публічних послуг у сфері публічного управління. Проаналізовано різні підходи до трактування сутності поняття “публічні послуги” і на основі цього представлено авторське розуміння згаданого поняття. Розглянуто класифікаційні підходи до розуміння публічних послуг. Представлено алгоритм надання публічних послуг у сфері публічного управління. Обґрунтовано процедуру здійснення публічних послуг, враховуючи надавачів та споживачів у сфері публічного управління. Аргументовано, що публічні послуги є ширшим поняттям, аніж державні послуги.