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‘So close, yet so different’ – reflections on the multicultural course of Slavic languages
2019
The complexity of language learning may be expanded to learning the languages belonging to the same language family, for example, Slavic languages. This paper reports on the reflection-on action research aimed at the increase of learners’ multicultural competence and enhancement of critical thinking at the interdisciplinary, blended course of Slavic languages and cultures. The course organized in modules is implemented in Moodle. Course content is designed by the teacher; however, Slavic languages are presented by native speakers of these languages. Learners have an opportunity to get familiar with Slavic languages, history, and culture from the presenters’ perspective, what generally resul…
Interaction and eEducation: What kind of support is needed to develop university teaching?
2014
Higher education institutions are facing an on-going pressure to develop pedagogy which promotes high-quality learning, supports studying in various learning circumstances, and integrates technology. Flexible and meaningful learning possibilities which develop skills for the world of work, like active agency, collaboration and construction of knowledge through interaction with others, are needed in university education. To address these needs, a multidisciplinary network for developing university teaching was introduced at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland in 2011. Even though the main focus of the developmental work is based on the strategy of the university jointly shared among teacher…
Factors Influencing Teachers’ Use of ICT in Class: Evidence from a Multilevel Logistic Model
2022
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become a key factor in the educational context, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and, correctly implemented, can help to improve academic performance. The aim of this research was to analyse the factors that influence teachers’ decisions to use ICT more- or less frequently to carry out tasks and exercises in their classes. To this end, we estimated a multilevel logistic model with census data from the individualized evaluation of students of the Community of Madrid (Spain) carried out at the end of the 2018–2019 academic year in primary and secondary education. Additionally, we applied multiple imputation techniques…
Murre pedagogiikan kielenä
2016
Tarkastelen tutkimuksessani laadullisesti nykypäivän opettajien asenteita murteellista opetuspuhetta kohtaan. On kiinnostavaa tarkastella, kuinka ammattikunta, jonka puhe on pitkään ollut normitettua, itse kokee henkilökohtaisen idiolektinsa esiintuomisen kyseisessä ammattikontekstissa, miten ammatti-identiteetin ja paikallisidentiteetin representaatiot suhteutuvat toisiinsa nykypäivän koulumaailmassa ja kuinka murre käytännön tasolla soveltuu opetuspuheen välineeksi. Tutkimuskysymykseni ovat seuraavat: kuinka murre näyttäytyy pedagogiikan kielenä nykypäivän opettajien asenteissa, minkälaisia kokemuksia opettajilla on murteen käytöstä opetuksessa, ja kuinka nämä kokemukset suhteutuvat asent…
Content Aware Music Analysis with Multi-Dimensional Similarity Measure
2017
Music players and cloud solution for music recommendation and automatic playlist creation are becoming increasingly more popular, as they intent to overcome the issue of the difficulty for users to find fitting music, based on context, mood and impression. Much research on the topic has been conducted, which has recommended different approaches to overcome this problem. This paper suggests a system which uses a multi-dimensional vector space, based on the music’s key elements, as well as the mood expressed through them and the song lyrics, which allows for difference and similarity finding to automatically generate a contextually meaningful playlist. peerReviewed
Effects of musicianship and experimental task on perceptual segmentation
2015
The perceptual structure of music is a fundamental issue in music psychology that can be systematically addressed via computational models. This study estimated the contribution of spectral, rhythmic and tonal descriptors for prediction of perceptual segmentation across stimuli. In a real-time task, 18 musicians and 18 non-musicians indicated perceived instants of significant change for six ongoing musical stimuli. In a second task, 18 musicians parsed the same stimuli using audio editing software to provide non-real-time segmentation annotations. We built computational models based on a non-linear fuzzy integration of basic and interaction descriptors of local musical novelty. We found tha…
Literature in the foreign language syllabus: engaging the student through active learning
2012
Resumen en español. Resumen tomado de la publicación Se destaca el papel de la literatura a la hora de implicar al estudiante en el aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera y hacerle practicarla. Además, se señala que el aprendizaje activo es un factor clave para motivar al alumno a leer y a trabajar con los textos literarios. Finalmente, se indica que el rol del profesor, como facilitador, y el uso de estrategias, como el seminario socrático, constituyen recursos efectivos para situar al estudiante como sujeto central de la enseñanza, consiguiendo así su implicación y haciendo el aprendizaje más personal, significativo y memorable. Extremadura ESP
Māksliniecisko izteiksmes līdzekļu izpēte Aleksandras Beļcovas daiļradē vizuālajā mākslā 6. klasē
2021
Diplomdarba mērķis ir izpētīt Aleksandras Beļcovas daiļrades mākslinieciskās izteiksmes līdzekļu apguves iespējas vizuālajā mākslā 6. klasē. Lai mērķi sasniegtu, autore pētīja un aprakstīja Aleksandras Beļcovas mākslinieciskās izteiksmes līdzekļus un skolēnu vecumposmu īpatnības, kā arī tika veikta atbilstoša normatīvo dokumentu: standarta un programmas izpēte. Darba autore izstrādāja un realizēja uzdevumu kopu, piemērojot atbilstošas mācību metodes, kā arī analizēja un apkopoja pedagoģiskajā izmēģinājumdarbībā iegūtos rezultātus. Diplomdarba nobeigumā var iepazīties ar pētījuma rezultātiem, secinājumiem un gūtajām atziņām. Darba autore pielikumā iekļāva atlasītos un izveidotos mācību līdze…
Becoming a Language Teacher: A dream come true or a source of anxiety?
2015
In this qualitative study the author examined personal narratives written by 14 Finnish speaking student teachers of Swedish, in order to find out what they tell about their thoughts and feelings concerning their future work as language teachers. The following three themes were in focus: firstly, what university students tell about their reasons for wanting to become teachers in the first place; secondly, what kinds of worries concerning their future work they mention in their narratives; and thirdly, how student teachers could be supported during transition from teacher education to teaching. According to the study, students choose teaching for reasons that are related to: (a) teacher iden…
EVOLUZIONE DELLA LAGUNA DI TONNARELLA (MAZARA DEL VALLO, TRAPANI) E SUO ATTUALE VALORE ORNITOLOGICO
2016
Temporal changing of Tonnarella lagoon (Mazara del Vallo, Trapani) and its current ornithological value. Aims of this work were to highlight the importance of a small and artificial recently formed wetland area, that presents different interesting ornithological peculiarities. The Tonnarella lagoon is a breeding site of Little Tern Sternula albifrons and Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus, both classified as “endangered” species in 2011 by the Red List of breeding birds in Italy; the site is considered of “national importance“ for Kentish Plover and “recorded site“ for the Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis, due to the consistency of its wintering populations. Besides, the ornithological…