Search results for "COMPETENCE"

E-Government Implementation: Transparency, Accessibility and Usability of Government Websites

2017

In several European countries decentralization has promoted the creation of Regional Governments (RGs) with high levels of competence and responsibilities, such as promoting good governance and sustainability. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), and hence, the adoption of e-government has contributed to the adoption and dissemination of government transparency in a usable and accessible way. In this chapter, we study the transparency, accessibility and usability of websites of Spanish RGs.

Initial support teachers training through Mcdrury & Alterio’s storytelling model storytelling methodology. A research in the laboratories of the spec…

2019

Creating digital stories provides with important opportunities to practice and master a number of specific 21st-century skills, content, and technology standards. Storytelling has been extensively used in children’s education as a valuable and creative tool, however, its use in the higher education process has been less common and this paper proposes that storytelling can be used as an effective reflective tool in higher education. Digital storytelling is essentially the application of technology to this age-old experience of sharing personal narratives and seeking to teach and learn from them. What is different, and what makes these digital stories so potentially powerful, is the availabil…

The player development process among young Finnish soccer players : multidimensional approach

2016

The acquisition of written competence through lexical chains: comparison between native and non-native speakers

2000

Este estudio analiza un corpus de composiciones escritas en inglés por aprendices españoles y nativos ingleses y estudio la adquisición de la competencia escrita a través del uso de las cadenas léxicas. This work analyzes a corpus of written essays by native and non-native learners of English and studies the acquisition of written competence in English through the use of lexical chains.

"Riittää, kun saa selvää" : vieraalla aksentilla tuotettu suomi nuorten arvioimana

2015

Szkolny polonista na usługach rynku pracy? O kształceniu językowo-komunikacyjnym w czasach (po)nowoczesnych

2016

Attempts to adjust education closely to the needs ot the job market and expectations of employers constitute a distinctive trend in modem education policies. The article discusses this issue in relation to the Polish language as a school subject, for the teaching of which an employer's perspective is seemingly irrelevant. The author, however, argues against this point of view, showing how the linguistic and communicative competencies developed in the Polish language classroom constitute an indispensable element of soft skills. The article also quotes results of pilot studies conducted among middle school (gimnazjum) pupils to examine their level of mastery of two key skills sought after by …

Intercultural competence through drama : a teaching experiment

2008

Angļu valodas lasīšanas mācību materiālu teorētiskā pamatojuma analīze

2022

Lasīšanas prasmju un iemaņu attīstīšana ietver vairākas lingvistikas dimensijas, tāpēc efektīvu valodas mācību materiālu izstrāde ir ļoti svarīga, lai apgūtu lasītprasmi. Šī pētījuma mērķis ir noskaidrot, vai ievērojamu izdevniecību mācību materiāli atbilst lasītprasmes attīstības teorētiskajam ietvaram. Kā līdzeklis pētījuma mērķa sasniegšanai tiek izmantota B1/Intermediate līmeņa mācību materiālu uzdevumu kvalitatīvā teorētiskā pamatojuma analīze. Pētījuma rezultāti atklāj, ka publicētajos lasīšanas mācību materiālos tiek izmantoti dažādi līdzekļi, lai atbalstītu izglītojamo lasīšanas paņēmienu izpēti un vingrināšanu. Tiek secināts, ka analizētie uzdevumi atbilst teorētiskajām atziņām un …

Cultural Knowledge as A Resource in BELF Interactions: A Longitudinal Ethnographic Study of Two Managers in Global Business

2019

This paper contributes to the growing field of research on English as a business lingua franca (BELF) and extends discussion on the role of culture and cultural knowledge in business interactions. It aims to provide insights into the relationship between cultural knowledge and professionals’ management of BELF interactions. The paper is based on a longitudinal ethnographic study of two Finnish professionals’ trajectories of socialization into global working life and their work as managers. It draws on interview data in which the research participants orient to Finnish and Chinese professional and everyday practices and differences between them and thereby display their cultural knowledge. T…

Effects of Service Learning on Physical Education Teacher Education Students’ Subjective Happiness, Prosocial Behavior, and Professional Learning

2020

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the effects of a service learning (SL) program on the subjective happiness (SH), prosocial behavior (PB), and professional learning (PL) perceptions of Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) students as well as to examine the correlations among these variables. Methods: The study used a quasi-experimental design of two non-equivalent groups (control and experimental) comparing pre-test and post-test data. The instruments used were the Subjective Happiness Scale, the Prosocial and Civic Competence questionnaire, and the Impact of Service Learning during Initial Training of Physical Activity and Sports questionnaire. Results: Data indicated that SL onl…