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PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF DIGITIZATION OF EDUCATION: EXPERIENCE OF THE LEADING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

The purpose of the article is to study the experience of the leading countries of the world regarding the advantages and problems of digitization of education. It is summarized that at the current stage of the development of pedagogical science, scientists do not have a single approach to the term digitalization in education. At the same time, all researchers note that there is still no alternative to the use of digital technologies in education. The article identifies the main directions of digitalization of the educational process: the use of immersive, cloud, mobile and Internet learning technologies, distance education, mass open online courses, gamification of the educational process, development of digital libraries and campuses of educational institutions, etc. In general, the digitalization of education has both expected advantages and problems. Advantages include: digital learning stimulates the organs of sight and hearing. Therefore, the educational material is easier to understand; іnteractive learning increases the quality of education; digital devices have become available to a wide range of people and accordingly digital skills are the skills of the 21st century; there is an increase in work efficiency for teachers and a decrease in workload; implementation of the idea “without paper notebook or book” to preserve the environment and reduce the burden on students during the trip to school;ensuring the provision of educational services in conditions of lockdown, cataclysms or, for example, during military conflicts (as in Ukraine). The problems include:lack of full-fledged ecosystems of digital education. Material and technical problems in training, in particular, free access to the Internet, provision of the necessary gadgets; despite the high quality of distance education in the leading countries of the world, students still lose in the expected progress; due to the lack of formed digital competences, the workload of teachers has increased; not all participants of the educational process like the fact that learning takes place only remotely; in all the diversity of digital education, one cannot forget about the basic carrier of knowledge – “paper and pen”; preservation of the principle of individuality in the educational process. Network environment maintenance. Having analyzed the experience of digitalization in the leading countries of the world, the key changes that can be traced today in education in this direction have been determined.

Electromagnetic radiations on the functional potential of spermatozoa

The growing exposure to digital communication system and tools leads to radiation toxicity to the users. Unaware of the safety measures, even a kid at the age of one starts operating digital gadgets emitting radio frequency-electromagnetic radiations. Radiations from mobile phones, laptops, note pad, Wi-Fi or other devices are reported to be harmful beyond the permissible limit. So there is a growing concern for the overall health, reproductive and hormonal functions. Experimental studies were conducted by using a Wi-Fi network active laptop and live spermatozoa. The exposure of sperms to the source of EMF showed that the activity of the live sperms got reduced and mortality was observed depending on the exposure duration and the distance from EMF sources. After 5h of exposure to RF-EMF source, the semen quality changed when compared with control. The vitality of sperm in the control was 95±1.0 after 2 hr and it was reduced to 60±1.5 percent at a distance of 1cm and 55 ±2.2 percent at a distance of 10 cm. After 5 hour exposure, the vitality was reduced to 63±1.86 at 1 cm distance and 70± 1.42 at 10 cm distance. The reduction in vitality of sperm after exposure to RFEMF source for 2 hour was 35% at 1cm and 40% at 10cm distance.

Mistranslations of Subjectivity: The Textual Unconscious in Conrad’s Work

The article engages with Freud’s “Mystic Writing Pad” (1925) as an interpretative point of departure for reading the unconscious labour of the text in three of Conrad’s novels. The distinctive commonality of these texts is the occurrence of a form of mistranslation, known in translation theory as “false cognates”, or more colloquially, “false friends” or “faux amis”. The readings offered in this context highlight aporetic moments in these novels, moments of undecidability, where the use of false cognates seems to cross the boundary-lines of narrative levels, and cannot be exclusively assigned to either the character, or the narrator, or the author. These aporetic moments are, I suggest, textual equivalents of the physical points of contact in Freud’s model of the “mystic writing pad”. The convergence of metalepsis with linguistic distortion in the narration indicates, in all three cases, a reverberation of unconscious anxiety about paternity and filiation and desire for a grounding of subjectivity, which boil over and across the different layers of the text, challenging the ontological distinction between the textual and the psychic, and generating a process of transference which implicates the reader as well.

An Analysis of Code-switching and Code-mixing amongst Students of our Lady of Mount Carmel College Muea-buea in Cameroon

The research work aims at providing an analysis of code-switching and code-mixing amongst students of Our Lady of Mount Carmel College Muea-Buea in Cameroon. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze code-switching and code-mixing students of Our Lady of Mount Carmel College Muea-Buea in Cameroon. Thus, the researcher used a qualitative research method which involves recording utterances and observation. The instruments used in collating the data were: a note book to prevent data loss and a smart phone for recording utterances. The data collated were analyzed using Van Dijk functional approach of discourse analysis. One major finding of the study is that Code-switching and Code-mixing helps to ease and strengthen communication between the teacher and students involved in classroom interaction. From the conversations collected, it was discovered that two forms of code-switching take place during communication, they are: the intra and inter-sentential code-switching. The researcher also discovered several motivating factors as to why students’ code-switch and code-mix and these factors were classified under the linguistic, social, and stylistic factors. From the data collated and analyzed, it is evident that the linguistic factors are the most prominent factors that play major roles as to why students code-switch and code-mix. Lastly, it was observed that code-switching and code-mixing can have positive and negative impacts on the students.

Review Essay: Am I Blue?: Black Music & White Male Self-Construction

Review Essay: <i>Am I Blue?: Black Music &amp; White Male Self-Construction</i>

A History Of The Dutch Reformed Church Mission East Of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) And Impact On The Development Of Colonial Societies 1897-1964

This study attempts to examine the history of the Dutch Missionary in the eastern of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) and the impact on the colonial society. The area of the study was Fort Jameson which is now known as Chipata District. The study focused on the period 1898-1964 because this period was characterized by changes in the economic organisation of the African societies not only in Northern Eastern Rhodesia, but also the whole country. Due to external influence this period under study was also marked by changes in social and political organisation of the people in the study region. Therefore, political suppression of the Ngoni Chewa, Nsenga and other ethnic groups in eastern province, was executed by the imperialist company representatives. The company surrendered the administration of the area to the British imperial government in 1924, which ruled the country as a whole up to 1964 when the country became independent. The data that contributed to this study was derived from oral interviews to people who were linked with the missionary and a multiple of sources which comprised of primary and secondary sources. These source includes books, dissertations, journals articles, Magazines and official reports. This body of literature was consulted in the University of Zambia library and Repository. Data was also sourced from the National Archive of Zambia (NAZ) such as Annual Native Affairs Report, District note books, Tour Reports. Other invaluable archival sources consulted included files of official correspondence among administrators and between individual subjects and their chiefs. The study concluded that the Dutch Reformed Church mission had an impact on the development of colonial societies in North eastern Rhodesia. This is because of the introduction of Christianity, education, agriculture and skill training centre helped in transforming colonial settlements.

Book notice: Communicating Science: A Global Perspective

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THE UTILIZATION OF MOSQUITO NETS IN THE MAROUA II MUNICIPALITY IN THE DIAMARE DIVISION OF THE FAR NORTH REGION OF CAMEROON

Purpose&#x0D; One of the highly recommended strategies to “Roll Back Malaria” was the utilization of treated mosquito nets as personal protective devices to kill or repel mosquitoes. Since the adoption of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) as a key preventive tool in 2002, several campaigns of free distribution of ordinary nets and of late, long lasting insecticidal treated nets (LLINs) were conducted all over the country. The aim of this study is to show that there is a lot of misuse of mosquito nets in the Maroua II municipality.&#x0D; Methodology&#x0D; This research is based on both direct and indirect sources of information as 25 key informants were randomly selected and interviewed. Primary data is collected through interviews with key informants. Direct observation was also used during which, many photographs illustrating the various uses of mosquito nets were shot. Secondary data was collected from documentations with relevant information pertaining to this study. The data collection tools used were a question guide, a recorder, dicta phone, a note book, a pen and above all a field aider who assisted most of the time on the field in translating from Fulfude language to French language. Data collected from this study was analyzed by explaining and describing phenomenon with the aid of photos and tables.&#x0D; Findings&#x0D; In Maroua II municipality, mosquito nets have both the universal and necessary functions as it is very hard to regulate or prevent the inappropriate uses in a country where so many people are poor. While some see the treated nets as a lifesaving gift, others see them as a discomfort that provides only partial protection against a trivial illness, this is why many uses of nets have been created which means that these mosquito nets are versatile. 28% use mosquito nets for malaria prevention, 32% for economic activities, 20% for esthetics, 8% for sports and 12% had no use for the nets. 96% of the treated mosquito nets owned in Maroua II were acquired free of charge. The nets are being used for so many other purposes other than the prevention of malaria. 72% of the respondents did not use the nets for the right purpose. Items acquired free of charge are not valued that is why these nets were used for other things rather than preventing malaria.&#x0D; Recommendations&#x0D; There is need for intense sensitization on the utilization of mosquito needs in the community. Mosquito nets should not be given free of charge as so many people do not value gifts. All those who use mosquito nets for other activities rather than to prevent malaria should be severely punished.

An Analysis on Directive Speech Act Found in Jumanji: The Next Level Movie Directed by Jake Kashan

Directive speech acts are words to order someone so the other people take action according to the request of the speaker both directly and indirectly. This study discusses about An Analysis of Directive Speech Acts Found in Jumanji: The Next Level Movie Directed by Jake Kashan. The purpose of this study is to identify the kinds and the forms of directive speech acts found in Jumanji: The Next Level movie directed by Jake Kashan. This research was conducted using qualitative method. The main instrument of this research is the researcher himself. The researcher as a human instrument used laptop, movie, note book, pen, dictionary as the supporting instrument. The data of this research was collected by documentation and content analysis. The result of the analysis showed 6 types of directive speech acts found in Jumanji: The Next Level Movie Directed by Jake Kashan. They were: 3 data belonging to begging, 49 data belonging to commanding, 6 data belonging to forbidding, 1 data belonging to ordering, 5 data belonging to requesting, 6 data belonging to suggestions. The amount totals of data are 70. The forms of directive speech acts found in The Jumanji: The Next Level Movie Directed by Jake Kashan were declarative, imperative, and interrogative. 11 data belonging to declarative, 54 data belonging to imperative, and 4 data belonging to interrogative.

Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Kooperatif Menggunakan Media Kartu Truth and Dare untuk Meningkatkan Aktivitas dan Hasil Belajar Siswa Kelas X.2 SMA Negeri 2 Barru

Classroom action research (CAR) is intend to determine how to applicate the steps Cooperative Learning Model Using Truth and Dare Card Media to Improve Activities and Student Results in Class X2 SMAN 2 Barru. The subject of this researchof X2 that consist of 11 male and 15 female. This study is conduct by two cycles. The research data shows the steps of Cooperative Learning Using Truth and Dare Card Media is applied to improve the student learning outcomes Class X2 SMAN 2 Barru, Kab. Barru namely: (1) the teacher enter the classroom, say regards and prepare students to learn by checking the attendance list, (2) teacher extend to student learning objectives and student should be write in note book respectively, and then teacher is check its note, (3) student is read a book with hydrocarbon materials during 15 minutes, (4) the teacher explains the subject material of hydrocarbon and give question and answer to the students for know preliminary understanding after reading the book, (5) the teacher divides the students into five groups in heterogeneous by gender, activity in the classroom, and the students' cognitive abilities. Each group consisted of 5 students with composition 2 male and 3 female, (6) the teacher gives time for each group to answer questions from Truth or Dare card media during 2 minutes. If so, the question can be answered by another group who is complete the discussion. Teacher give the opportunity for everyone to ask if there are not understood during the discussion, (7) each group should have a summary of the answers to all the questions and the results of the teacher's explanations, (8) teachers evaluate individual with a test at the end of the cycle, (9) the teacher gives recognition or awards to the best groups and also to individuals who is active in the class.

How to teach ethics to the undergraduates in clinical context?

Teaching ethics to undergraduates is no more a part of hidden curriculum rather it is a norm to be incorporated in the formal curriculum. Regarding instructional strategies, the consensus is stagerry and mainly based on the institutional choices. To develop moral reasoning and address the social value system, Cognitive part is delivered through lecturing while affection part is discussed via reflective practices in small group settings through deliberate moral case teachings and portfolio note book writings. However the outcome of such practices is yet to be known. However we suggest that the ethical curriculum should base on the reflective practices, social constructivism and experiential learning. Further customization could be done assessing potential ethical conflicts and legal accountability specific to our profession. We cannot merely focus on student preparation but also must focus on the organizational culture to be conducive for ethical practice and quality to match with what is being preached.

Book Notices

Other| April 01 2022 Book Notices Journal of Mormon History (2022) 48 (2): 144–146. https://doi.org/10.5406/24736031.48.2.14 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Book Notices. Journal of Mormon History 1 April 2022; 48 (2): 144–146. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/24736031.48.2.14 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of Mormon History Search Advanced Search Laura Rutter Strickling. On Fire in Baltimore: Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Book, 2018. xiii +175 pp. Bibliography, index. Paperback: $20.95.By using oral history interviews and personal observation, Laura Rutter Strickling introduces Black women who have joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the racially divided Baltimore, Maryland. After a short introduction, Strickling devotes a chapter to each woman. She describes her connections to the interviewees and the setting for each discussion. This gives the reader an introduction to not only the women but Baltimore. Intermixed with this background information are quotes from the interviews. Especially noteworthy are the women's spiritual experiences that are similar to those of early Latter-day Saints.Alexander L. Baugh, Steven C. Harper, Brent M. Rogers, and Benjamin C. Pykles, eds. Joseph Smith and his First Vision: Context, Place, and Meaning.... You do not currently have access to this content.

Are Accounting Gurus in Sync with Petty Traders’ Indigenous and Innovative Record-Keeping?

Although record-keeping by small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) has been extensively researched, there is a paucity of research on indigenous and innovative record-keeping. This paper examines the indigenous and innovative record-keeping practices of petty traders in Kumasi, Ghana, with a focus on how they gain a competitive advantage. In addition, it aims to derive a theoretical model from the findings of the study using grounded theory. Lastly, this research seeks to understand if academic and accounting practitioners are in sync with petty traders’ record-keeping. The results from focus group discussions show that petty traders engage in both indigenous (stones or sticks tallying, item or goods tallying, marking of walls, note pad or exercise books, pieces of tied clothes or polythene bags, vendors and customers, family and friends, guarantors and witnesses, susu collectors, and wooden boxes or tin cans) and innovative (mobile money, use of audio-visuals, and videotapes) record-keeping practices. The results also demonstrate that indigenous and innovative record-keeping of petty traders gives them a competitive advantage. A theoretical model is derived from the results using grounded theory. This study adds to the literature on record-keeping practices and has implications for further research.

Current Bibliography

Current Bibliography Kelli A. Larson and Steve Paul [The current bibliography aspires to include all serious contributions to Hemingway scholarship. Given the substantial quantity of significant critical work appearing on Hemingway's life and writings annually, inconsequential items from the popular press have been omitted to facilitate the distinction of important developments and trends in the field. Annotations for articles appearing in The Hemingway Review have been omitted due to the immediate availability of abstracts introducing each issue. Kelli Larson welcomes your assistance in keeping this feature current. Please send reprints, clippings, and photocopies of articles, as well as notices of new books, directly to Larson at the University of St. Thomas, 333 JRC, 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105-1096. E-Mail: Kalarson1@stthomas.edu.] The Hemingway Bibliography Online Database: The Hemingway Bibliography is a searchable database consisting of the most comprehensive record of annotated Hemingway-related scholarship published worldwide in English from 1990 to the present. Researchers can search by title, author, subject, keyword, publisher, or periodical. The database is updated annually. Visit The Hemingway Bibliography at https://ir.stthomas.edu/hemingway/ BOOKS Bowman, Rex and Carlos Santos. Almost Hemingway: The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign Correspondent. Charlottesville: U of Virginia P, 2021. [Biography of the once celebrated journalist, best-selling author, and world adventurer who may have out-Hemingwayed Hemingway. A contemporary of EH, Farson was known for his daring pursuit of frontline stories, including covering the London Blitz, meeting with Hitler, and breaking the story of Gandhi's 1930 arrest. Bowman and Santos note striking parallels in the authors' lives as men of action, such as their participation in two world wars and shared love of fishing, hunting, women, and alcohol. Though the two never met, EH owned two copies of Farson's Going Fishing (1942). Speculates on why EH's writing has stood the test of time while Farson's has faded into history. Scattered references to EH throughout. Draws on biographies, memoirs, letters, and other resources. Includes index.] Google Scholar Christian, Timothy. Hemingway's Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway. New York: Pegasus Books, 2022. [Tapping previously unaccessed sources, this biography offers a more fully rounded view of EH's fourth wife than previously available. By necessity it also offers the familiar territory of EH's life but presents Mary Welsh Hemingway as a complex figure in a courtship and a marriage fraught with emotional and occasionally physical peril. Christian follows Welsh through her husband's decline, suicide, and the literary and personal dramas that followed, including frank accounts of her own struggle with alcohol in the years before her death. Preface by the late H.R. Stoneback reflects on the veteran Hemingway scholar's long friendship with Mary Hemingway.] Google Scholar Theising, Andrew J. Hemingway's Saint Louis: How St. Louisans Shaped His Life and Legacy. Edwardsville, IL: Initiative for Urban Research (2020). [Biography of EH's time in St. Louis and the people (including three wives) and experiences there that influenced his life and writing. Explores EH's connections to four families (i.e., the Smiths, the Richardsons, the Pfeiffers, and the Gellhorns) and closes with a survey of biographies by A.E. Hotchner (another St. Louisan), Carlos Baker, Michael Reynolds, and many others. Features endnotes, index, and over thirty-five black-and-white photographs.] Google Scholar Tucan, Gabriela. A Cognitive Approach to Ernest Hemingway's Short Fiction. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars P, 2021. [Study of the reader's mental processes for thinking through and making sense of EH's spare prose to get at what lies beneath the surface. Tucan draws on cognitive poetics and narratology in her examination of the reader's intense imaginative negotiation with laconic Hemingway narrators, thus enabling the reader to comprehend the emotional suggestiveness of objective detail. Focuses on stories dealing with the concept of journey, including "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "Fathers and Sons," "A Canary for One," "Hills Like White Elephants," along with several from IOT. Provides an overview of cognitive science and its contributing disciplines, such as psychology, philosophy, and linguistics. Features a bibliography but no index. Earlier versions of some chapters published previously as articles.] Google Scholar...

Book reviews and notices

We are pleased to recommend "Common edible and poisonous mushrooms of southwestern China" by Yang, Wu, Li, Wang, and Cai. (2021).

BOOK NOTICES: Desmond Osaretin Oriakhogba Copyright: Collective Management and Competition in Africa (2021)

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TO STUDY THE AWARENESS OF HEALTH AMONGST SECONDARY STANDARD STUDENT

Now a days, teenagers or adolescents have change in comparison with the teens in past, taking into account their eating habits, an active way of life, spending free time and clothes. They are a “technology” generation .Every teenager needs a balance diet, appropriate personal hygiene and physical activities in fresh air eg: walking, cycling, jogging, swimming etc. They find gadgets like computers, smart phones, tabs, note pads etc. more interesting than these physical activities. All in all it can be stated that today’s teen life is more complex depending on various factors. But out of this Nutrition, Physical activity and sleep plays a very important role in their health.

A Contrasting Dark Background for Nail Sampling.

Accurate testing for onychomycosis requires procurement of ample subungal debris, which can be difficult to visually quantify. Specimen collection on a dark background-a black sticky note pad, for example-to contrast with light-colored nail debris can help ensure an adequate specimen for fungal culture or polymerase chain reaction.

C&amp;EN’s 2021 holiday gift guide

Holiday gift ideas Chemistry-themed goodies for the scientists in your life. Chemistry-class toy Create a science scene for your kids’ (or your own) action figures with this set from Playmobil for $20. Lucite element cubes Luciteria Science captures elements in acrylic cubes. Grab a favorite, like iodine for $115, or collect them all. Baking a cake tea towel Printed with all the chemistry you need to whip up something scrumptious, this tea towel costs about $24 from the Chemist Tree. Catalyst spiral notebook Write or doodle in this adorable notebook for about $18 from Flaming Imp. Chemistry-lab canvas shoulder tote You can show off your chemistry or go incognito with this reversible bag for $25 from Cognitive Surplus . Caffeine-constellation camper mug Coffee’s key component gets a constellation-inspired look on this mug for $25 from Two Photon Art. Overnight reaction sticker

Book Notices, 53.1

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