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The Director of Education and Research-Based Education: Exploring the Tensions between Policy and What Directors Actually Report
We examine how Swedish directors of education describe the conditions under which they lead research-based education. The empirical data was collected via questionnaires that were distributed via e-mail to all Swedish directors of education in charge of primary and secondary schools. Our results are based on a ‘frame factor’ theoretical perspective.Directors of education judge themselves as being well-prepared for the task of ensuring that research-based education is provided to the students. They envision their role as one where they read research reports, but they do not disseminate this scientific knowledge throughout schools. The directors assess teachers as having the least responsibility for ensuring that research-based education in primary- and secondary schools is provided to the students. From a cultural frame perspective, the results of the study reveal that school director considerably overestimate their ability to manage a scientific based education
Teaching English using video materials: design and delivery of a practical course
In this paper, a practical course for listening, speaking, reading and writing was designed using authentic video material. The aim of this paper is to offer tools to the TEFL teacher in order to design new course materials using video material. The development procedure is explained in detail, and the underpinning main theories are also mentioned, in order to facilitate the future development of new materials to the TEFL teachers
The Education Act - Conditions for a Research-based School A Frame-Factor Theoretical Thinking
In 2010, the Swedish Parliament enacted[F1] a new education act that, among other aspects, stipulated education in primary and secondary schools must be based on research and proven experience. Such a legal requirement that would apply to both school levels is quite innovative not only in Sweden but internationally. Over the years principals and teachers have developed new pedagogies designed to improve teaching and learning. Could another means toward such improvements lie in a law stipulating that education in primary and secondary school must be based on research and proven experience? What conditions are required for such a law to affect the work of the school faculty and staff? The analytic methods used in this investigation are Lundgren’s frame factor theory and Goffman’s frame analysis. The focus is on the relationship between parliamentary control via legislation and the possibilities of principals and teachers to fulfil the intentions of the law. Our analysis reveals that the law experienced difficulties due to it not being properly implemented and not providing clear instructions on how it should be used in teaching practice. [F1]
ESCOLLOS EN LA ALTERNANCIA DE LOS TIEMPOS DEL PASADO EN ESPAÑOL POR ESTUDIANTES BENINESES
Este trabajo se centra en las dificultades que encuentran los estudiantes francófonos de ELE a la hora de elegir entre el pretérito perfecto, el pretérito indefinido y el pretérito imperfecto. Para ello, hemos recogido un corpus escrito de 25 estudiantes para profesor de ELE, durante el curso académico 2014-2015, a fin de identificar, clasificar y analizar sus errores en estas formas verbales. El corpus consiste en dos pruebas, una para completar huecos, poniendo los verbos en el tiempo adecuado, mientras que en la segunda, los participantes deben elegir entre los tres tiempos del pasado. Los resultados han demostrado que los participantes siguen presentando dificultades en la alternancia de estos tres tiempos y sus escollos radican más en los usos del pretérito perfecto y del pretérito imperfecto. Las fuentes de sus errores son diversas y su interrelación compleja. A partir de los resultados expuestos se formulan algunas conclusiones e implicaciones
Automation of a Distillation Column of Packed Bed for an Alcohol Solution using Arduino
This study demonstrates the use of Arduino to automate the operation of a distillation column binary ethanol - water as learning material used by students in the career of Chemical Engineering at the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral. The main objective was to build an automated computer with the technology of arduino, in which thermocouples were used to offer students the convenience of taking temperature readings on a LCD display and in turn it allowed us to observe the level of the solution to control ignition resistance. So they were able to identify the processes that occur during the distillation unit operation automatically and manually in the Unit Operations Laboratory
Hacia una feminización de la violencia: Gioconda Belli y La mujer habitada
Este estudio de La mujer habitada, de la autora nicaragüense, se basa en el análisis de la representación del uso de la violencia presente en dos tiempos históricos –el de la Conquista y el de la Revolución Sandinista- y la forma mediante la cual lo inscribe en la ficción. Trataremos entonces de la violencia en su pluralidad, a fin de demostrar cuáles son sus fines justos. El protagonismo de la mujer en su novela nos llevará a hablar de la violencia ejercida contra la mujer, pero también a comprobar cómo sus dos protagonistas se rebelan contra las normas impuestas por la sociedad. Su lucha viene a identificarse con la de mujeres cuyas huellas se vieron borradas o minimizadas. Así es como Gioconda Belli, a través de su ficción, decide volver a legitimar el sitio de la mujer en la Historia.
Assessing the effects of World Vision Ghana education project interventions on beneficiaries in the Saboba district of Ghana
Enrolment, Performance and Retention are the key elements in providing quality education and building the skills and technical expertise of its human resource. The roll out of quality education is however thwarted by some challenges and therefore there is the need for concerted efforts on the part of Private Sector, Public Sector and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to collaborate and contribute to achieving this excellence. The study sought to examine the effects of World Vision Intervention education component on the project beneficiaries at the basic school level in the Saboba district of northern Ghana. The investigation sought to give answers to various inquiries like: perception of stakeholders on the effectiveness of the project, effect of the project on academic performance, school enrolment as well as the challenges associated with the implementation of the intervention Program. The approach to the study was eclectic. Results revealed that more than two-thirds of the stakeholders identified Water and Sanitation, and Education as the priority areas of World Vision. It also attributed the appreciation of enrolment to sponsorship packages enjoyed by beneficiaries and the aggressive mount of enrolment campaign drives. However, increase in enrolment did not translate into performance, as percentage of pupils graduating from the basic school level to higher levels of academic was not impressive. The situation worsened as the performance of the girl child continues to lag compared to their boys counterparts. The study suggests that development actors should incorporate pupil enrolment campaign Programs into their mainstreamed local Programs, with much emphasis on quality instructional delivery as this will enable pupil to climb higher educational ladder. Also, consultation strategy should be incorporated into donors’ agencies Programs to encourage stakeholders to fully participate at each stage (design to implementation) of the Program since that will allow optimal achievement of the intended goals
PRODUCCION MÀS LIMPIA ( P+L): UNA ESTRATEGIA DE MEJORAMIENTO AMBIENTAL EN EL SECTOR ACEITERO DE COLOMBIA. ESTUDIO DE CASO
La producción más limpia es vista como una estrategia empresarial orientada hacia procesos productivos, de productos y servicios, que fortalece la competitividad y economía empresarial mediante las innovaciones tecnológicas, reducción de costos y disminución de riesgos en aspectos de seguridad, salud humana y medio ambiente. Es por ello, que la incorporación de la P+L en las empresas del sector aceitero de Colombia, podría considerarse como una estrategia ambiental de gran valor a la hora de reducir los focos de contaminación ambiental y salud pública en estas industrias, ya que en ellas se presentan diversos problemas ambientales, lo cuales están relacionados frecuentemente con la generaciòn de residuos líquidos, sólidos y emisiones a la atmósfera producto del desarrollo de sus procesos industriales. En este contexto, se pretende con este estudio de caso, contribuir a la discusión sobre las ventajas que presenta la Producción Más Limpia (P+L) como estrategia de mejoramiento ambiental y productivo del sector aceitero de Colombia
Remoción de materia orgánica en aguas residuales municipales a partir de procesos de coagulación-floculación.
Gustavo Flórez-Mojica, Marlín López, Maria MannsbachFacultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Popular del Cesar. Valledupar, Colombia.*[email protected] ResumenLas sales férricas y alumínicas son agentes coagulantes de uso común en el tratamiento de diferentes tipos de aguas . La presencia de materia orgánica en las aguas residuales domésticas, constituye un problema para las fuentes de aguas receptora y la salud pública de la población que se abastece de estas fuentes. En la presente investigación se evaluó la eficiencia del Cloruro Ferrico y Sulfato de Aluminio como agente coagulante – floculante en la remoción de materia orgánica en aguas residuales. La eficiencia del proceso de coagulación-floculacion en las aguas residuales municipales con alto contenido de materia orgánica, se evaluó utilizando como parámetros indicadores la Demanda Química de Oxígeno (DQO), Solidos suspendidos Totales (SST) y Biomasa algal en las muestras de agua residual municipales antes y después del tratamiento con el proceso de coagulación-floculacion. En esta investigación se obtuvieron porcentajes de remoción para el FeCl3 de 77,13% DQO, 91,03% SST, 96,22% de Algas y para el Al2(SO4)3 se lograron remociones de 76,36% DQO, 88,47% SST y 90,34% Algas. En consecuencia se pudo deducir que el coagulante más en efectivo en la remoción de materia orgánica para las aguas residuales municipales de estudio fue FeCl3, sin olvidar que el Al2(SO4)3 obtuvo muy bueno resultados