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Systematic mapping literature review of mobile robotics competitions
This paper presents a systematic mapping literature review about the mobile robotics
competitions that took place over the last few decades in order to obtain an overview of the main
objectives, target public, challenges, technologies used and final application area to show how these
competitions have been contributing to education. In the review we found 673 papers from 5 different
databases and at the end of the process, 75 papers were classified to extract all the relevant information
using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method.
More than 50 mobile robotics competitions were found and it was possible to analyze most of the
competitions in detail in order to answer the research questions, finding the main goals, target public,
challenges, technologies and application area, mainly in education.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Work-life balance: a case of female information and communication technology professionals at a telecommunications company.
Doctoral Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg.An organisation’s ability to operate effectively depends on how well it pays attention to its most
important resource, its human resource. In South Africa, great strides have been made to redress past
injustices which resulted in a skewed workforce. Statistics SA (2019) quarterly population reports
estimate that females outnumber males in the South African population, but the workplace indicates
the opposite. This study’s primary objective was to explore the work-life balance experiences of female
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals in a telecommunication work
setting.
The study’s theoretical framework was the Life Course perspective by Giele and Elder (1998), and
Border Theory by Clark (2000). To extract data required for analytical purposes a mixed methodology
which utilises quantitative and qualitative methods was used. Using a purposive sampling technique,
a sample of 50 female ICT professionals was chosen for the quantitative study. This was done using
an online survey of GoogleTM Drive Forms, and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences 26. For the qualitative study, 16 semi-structured interviews were conducted using thematic
analysis with the Atlas.ti version 8 analysis software’s aid.
The quantitative data collection phase indicated that employees were aware of policies and
programmes in place, addressing work-life balance at Telkom. Results from the qualitative phase
exploring the respondents’ experiences in terms of occupational interpretations of work, domestic
interpretations of home, and interpretations of work-life synergy, revealed that professional females,
regardless of their cultural background, experienced similar pressures and challenges. The study
contributes to the body of knowledge as there has been a paucity of studies conducted on South African
Information and Communications Technology female professionals. This study resulted in a work-life
balance framework that links the Life Course perspective by Giele and Elder (1998) and Border Theory
by Clark (2000), making a novel contribution to the empirical body of work-life balance
Critical Thinking Skills Profile of High School Students In Learning Science-Physics
This study aims to describe Critical Thinking Skills high school students in the city of Makassar. To achieve this goal, the researchers conducted an analysis of student test results of 200 people scattered in six schools in the city of Makassar. The results of the quantitative descriptive analysis of the data found that the average value of students doing the interpretation, analysis, and inference in a row by 1.53, 1.15, and 1.52. This value is still very low when compared with the maximum value that may be obtained by students, that is equal to 10.00. This shows that the critical thinking skills of high school students are still very low. One fact Competency Standards science subjects-Physics is demonstrating the ability to think logically, critically, and creatively with the guidance of teachers and demonstrate the ability to solve simple problems in daily life. In fact, according to Michael Scriven stated that the main task of education is to train students and or students to think critically because of the demands of work in the global economy, the survival of a democratic and personal decisions and decisions in an increasingly complex society needs people who can think well and make judgments good. Therefore, the need for teachers in the learning device scenario such as: driving question or problem, authentic Investigation: Science Processes