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Gender gap in Swiss vocational education and training teachers’ economics content knowledge and the role of teaching experience
2019
In the commercial sector, which is of crucial importance to the Swiss economy among other countries, a large number of apprentices are trained on a vocational education and training programme every year. Besides other subjects, the subject Economics and Society forms an integral part of the vocational education and training curriculum and serves to prepare apprentices for professional, economic and civic participation. Although content knowledge is widely considered necessary to both teaching quality and student achievement, little is known about the subject-specific content knowledge of Swiss Economics and Society teachers. As previous research has shown a gender gap in the content knowled…
Enabling Sociability When Using Virtual Reality Applications : A Design Science Research Approach
2019
Immersive virtual reality applications aim at providing an all-encompassing spatial experience where a user can feel like being in another world or dimension. The systems are inherently designed for individual use as the devices disconnect the user from the physical environment. However, the applications are seldom used alone. Specifically, when used for sales and marketing, the user often needs help from other people but also benefits from social interaction as a part of the experience. Design research methodology is applied to three iterative development versions of a virtual-reality application. The focus of the evaluation of the artifacts is in the social use emphasizing three sociabili…
Literacy programs efficacy for developing children’s early reading skills in familiar language in Zambia
2018
This study investigated the comparative efficacy of a phonics-based reading program and a language experience approach based literacy program to develop reading skills among Zambian early childhood school learners. The learners (n = 1 986; Grade 2 level; females = 50.1%) took either the phonics-based reading program (n = 1 593) or the alternative language experience approach based program (n = 393). They were all assessed for reading skills utilising the Early Grade Reading Assessment test (EGRA) in four languages (Cinyanja, Icibemba, Kiikaonde, and Silozi). Results suggest that learners in phonics-based literacy program were significantly better in letter-sound knowledge in all the four la…
Formació i experiència, elements clau de l'ocupabilitat
2012
L'ocupabilitat es pot entendre com l'habilitat per a obtenir o preservar una feina. Actualment no sols comprèn competències acadèmiques bàsiques, sinó també una diversitat d'actituds i hàbits essencials per al funcionament de societats tecnològicament i productivament exigents. Aquest estudi pretén analitzar les diferències respecte a l'ocupabilitat entre algunes variables sociodemogràfiques, com ara el nivell de formació i l'antiguitat en el lloc de treball, en una mostra de 690 treballadors i treballadores d'empreses pertanyents a diversos sectors i ubicades a la província d'Alacant. El nivell d'estudis aconseguit per un individu en determina l'ocupabilitat. Els joves amb major nivell for…
Formació psicosocial en dinàmica de grups. Un espai per a explorar i aprendre, a partir de l'experiència empírica i tàcita sobre la dinàmica de grup …
2010
La Hª de la Psicologia social i de les organitzacions ha esdevingut 'en la creació d'alternatives docents' en models del tipus DFS 'Diploma en Formació Psicosocial' que és un programa de formació en dinàmica de grups. Es tracta d'una formació, no convencional, que permet als participants ser-ne els principals actors i viure una experiència, de la qual aprendre tant personalment com en grup i dins d'una Organització. Es tracta d'un model formatiu i s'inspira en les experiències residencials actuals del Tavistock Institute.britànic i de les similars que és realitzen a les grans capitals europees i nord-americanes. L'experiència que proposa el DFS permet una vivència col·lectiva, on poder inte…
Remembrance of the historian Vicent Llombart
2017
Esta evocación muestra cómo la formación inicial que recibió Vicent Llombart en el Seminario de historia del pensamiento económico en la Universidad de Valencia fue decisiva, pero no suficiente, para entender una trayectoria rotunda por sus contribuciones. Su propósito decidido, su firme exigencia personal y su apertura intelectual permanente nos ayudan a comprender mejor a un gran historiador. This remembrance shows how the initial training that Vicent Llombart received at the Seminar on the History of Economic Thought at the University of Valencia was crucial, although not the only element, to understanding a prominent academic career with so relevant contributions. His determined purpose…
Phone-Controlled Delivery of NGN Services into Residential Environments
2008
The horizontally layered architecture of the IMS/NGN standards family enables the delivery of services independent of access network and requesting device. In this article, the authors propose a further separation of service control and delivery, allowing the requesting device - in particular a user's mobile phone - to invite other devices (we will focus on DLNA appliances) into the service delivery, enhancing both user experience and service design flexibility. The proposed solution builds on exploiting proximity technologies (e.g. barcodes, NFC) for pairing the control device with a remote environment. Motivated by scenarios, the architecture concepts are explained and a prototype that wa…
The pedagogical development of an international teacher in the cultural context of Finnish CLIL home economics
2016
This thesis draws on content and language integrated learning (CLIL) as a methodological innovation in language education. In order to become competent CLIL teachers in 21st century, however, teachers should not merely have expertise knowledge in their own teaching fields but take pedagogical tact into consideration. The aim of this qualitative action research is to understand: (1) How an international teacher from Taiwan utilized the theoretical framework of CLIL 4Cs and (2) How 4Cs were used as a support to develop pedagogical tact in CLIL home economics classes in a Finnish lower secondary school. The action research approach and process were conducted in two cycles that included plannin…
Attitudes of elementary school teachers towards inclusive education in Ecuador
2020
Resumen Las actitudes de los docentes hacia la inclusión son un factor relevante para permitir que las políticas educativas inclusivas puedan materializarse verdaderamente en prácticas inclusivas. Estas actitudes se ven influenciadas por diferentes variables, entre las que se encuentran la formación y experiencia en el ámbito de la inclusión y las condiciones y recursos disponibles para llevar a cabo prácticas educativas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar las actitudes hacia la inclusión educativa en una muestra de 66 docentes de 15 centros educativos de la ciudad de Cuenca (Ecuador), mediante una escala tipo Likert de 23 ítems. Los resultados muestran que los docentes presentan …
Can absence restore authenticity? The case of Strasbourg Christmas Market
2023
The Strasbourg Christmas Market (MNS) was greatly impacted by the pandemic in 2020. This research delves into the role of absence in the consumption experience through fifteen semi-structured interviews with regular MNS attendees and ethnographic observations of the MNS's iconic locations. Our findings indicate that individuals, affected by two lockdowns and the pandemic's social and economic repercussions, are eager to rediscover the city without overbidding. The absence reinforces the imaginative value of the MNS, imparting renewed significance. The authentic heritage of Strasbourg's historic center appears to have been reclaimed and compensates for the void. The Christmas market is prese…