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Comparing Race and Sex Discrimination in Custody Cases
In her article Prof. Bartlett focuses on race and sex, not where they cross, but what they look like side by side using child custody as a starting point for a more detailed assessment of the similarities and differences between sex and race discrimination. The author focuses on the operation of, and attempts to eliminate, race and sex discrimination in child custody law, using a methodology of moving back and forth between examples of race discrimination and sex discrimination, showing how looking at one in relation to the other contributes to a better understanding of both
Blogging: Promoting Learner Autonomy and Intercultural Competence through Study Abroad
The current study explores closely how using a combined modalities of asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) via blogs and face-to-face (FTF) interaction through ethnographic interviews with native speakers (L1s) supports autonomous learning as the result of reflective and social processes. The study involves 16 American undergraduate students who participated in blogs to develop their intercultural competence over the course of one-semester study abroad. The results show that blogs afforded students the opportunity to work independently (e.g., content creation) and reflect upon cross-cultural issues. Critical reflection, however, relied on the teacher’s guidance and feedback, as most of the students were cognitively challenged by not being able to clearly articulate different points of view. It is likely that students were not accustomed to reflecting. The findings also indicate that task type fostered autonomy in different ways. While free topics gave students more control of their own learning, teacher-assigned topics required them to critically think about the readings. Lack of access to Internet at the host institution and family also contributed to a limited level of social interaction. The study concludes that well-designed tasks, effective metacognitive and cognitive skills, and the accessibility to Internet are essential to maximize the potentials of blogs for learner autonomy and intercultural communication
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How to find and share community owned solutions
The main aim of this handbook is to promote community owned solutions by proposing approaches that respond to current and future challenges to sustainability, natural resources management and biodiversity conservation.
The handbook introduces key concepts and techniques which underpin a participatory and systems approach to community engagement. It helps a community build up practical skills for exploring, recording and disseminating their own community owned solutions
Investigating mathematics and learning to teach mathematics
This paper deals with an idea that plays an increasing role in teaching and in teacher education—investigating as a powerful paradigm of knowledge construction. Investigations may be carried out both in learning mathematics and in learning how to teach mathematics at preservice and inservice levels. I look into investigations in mathematics and in the mathematics curriculum, pointing out some issues that teachers face proposing them in the classroom. Then, I discuss teacher education and professional development, stressing the value of investigations about practice as a means of developing knowledge. I conclude with examples of work done by preservice and inservice teachers and by teams of teachers and researchers focusing on pupils’ investigative work in mathematics classes that illustrate the educational value of this activity and discuss the roles of the teacher.Este artigo baseia-se numa ideia que desempenha um papel crescente no ensino e na formação de professores – investigar constitui um paradigma poderoso de construção do conhecimento. Tanto podem ser realizadas investigações no ensino da Matemática como na formação inicial e contÃnua do professor de Matemática. Assim, analiso o papel das investigações em Matemática e no currÃculo de Matemática, apontando algumas questões que os professores enfrentam quando as propõem na sala de aula. De seguida, discuto a formação de professores e o desenvolvimento profissional, dando ênfase ao valor das investigações sobre a prática como meio de desenvolver novo conhecimento. Concluo com exemplos de trabalho realizado por professores em formação inicial e contÃnua e por equipas de professores e investigadores que se centram no trabalho investigativo dos alunos realizado nas aulas de Matemática, exemplos esses que ilustram o valor educacional desta actividade e permitem discutir os papéis do professor
Incremental scoping study and implementation plan
This report is one of the first deliverables from the Incremental project, which seeks to investigate
and improve the research data management infrastructure at the universities of Glasgow and
Cambridge and to learn lessons and develop resources of value to other institutions. Coming at the
end of the project’s scoping study, this report identifies the key themes and issues that emerged
and proposes a set of activities to address those needs.
As its name suggests, Incremental deliberately adopts a stepped, pragmatic approach to supporting
research data management. It recognises that solutions will vary across different departmental and
institutional contexts; and that top-down, policy-driven or centralised solutions are unlikely to prove
as effective as practical support delivered in a clear and timely manner where the benefits can be
clearly understood and will justify any effort or resources required. The findings of the scoping
study have confirmed the value of this approach and the main recommendations of this report are
concerned with the development and delivery of suitable resources.
Although some differences were observed between disciplines, these seemed to be as much a
feature of different organisational cultures as the nature of the research being undertaken. Our
study found that there were many common issues across the groups and that the responses to
these issues need not be highly technical or expensive to implement. What is required is that these
resources employ jargon-free language and use examples of relevance to researchers and that
they can be accessed easily at the point of need. There are resources already available
(institutionally and externally) that can address researchers’ data management needs but these are
not being fully exploited. So in many cases Incremental will be enabling efficient and contextualised
access, or tailoring resources to specific environments, rather than developing resources from
scratch.
While Incremental will concentrate on developing, repurposing and leveraging practical resources to
support researchers in their management of data, it recognises that this will be best achieved within
a supportive institutional context (both in terms of policy and provision). The need for institutional
support is especially evident when long-term preservation and data sharing are considered – these
activities are clearly more effective and sustainable if addressed at more aggregated levels (e.g.
repositories) rather than left to individual researchers or groups. So in addition to its work in
developing resources, the Incremental project will seek to inform the development of a more
comprehensive data management infrastructure at each institution. In Cambridge, this will be
connected with the library’s CUPID project (Cambridge University Preservation Development) and
at Glasgow in conjunction with the Digital Preservation Advisory Board
Sketched Answer Set Programming
Answer Set Programming (ASP) is a powerful modeling formalism for
combinatorial problems. However, writing ASP models is not trivial. We propose
a novel method, called Sketched Answer Set Programming (SkASP), aiming at
supporting the user in resolving this issue. The user writes an ASP program
while marking uncertain parts open with question marks. In addition, the user
provides a number of positive and negative examples of the desired program
behaviour. The sketched model is rewritten into another ASP program, which is
solved by traditional methods. As a result, the user obtains a functional and
reusable ASP program modelling her problem. We evaluate our approach on 21 well
known puzzles and combinatorial problems inspired by Karp's 21 NP-complete
problems and demonstrate a use-case for a database application based on ASP.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures; to appear in ICTAI 201
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