The Investigation of Critical Thinking Dispositions of Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Candidates

The purpose of this study is to investigate the critical thinking dispositions of religious culture and ethics teacher candidates in terms of some variables. The independent variables of the study are gender, high school types from which they graduated, birth place, motherland, education level of their parents, and family's average income. The sample of the study is 226 teacher candidates in Ankara University and Kastamonu University, religion culture and ethics teaching department. The research is designed as a case study; the data is obtained by Measurement of California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory. The inventory is a lykert-type scale, has 51 items. The value of the overall reliability of measurement instrument (Cronbach Alpha) is 0.88. A one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and independent samples t-test are used to analyze the data. In the end of the study, it was found that religious culture and ethics teacher candidates think sufficiently critical

The Examining of Job Satisfaction Level of Koran Teachers in Terms of Some Variables

The aim of this study is to analyze the job satisfaction level of Koran teachers. The relationships between the job satisfaction level of Koran teachers and some demographic status (gender, age and educational level) were examined. For this purpose, the Koran teachers on the sample of 243 questionnaires were selected. Statistical operations on the data obtained were analyzed via SPSS program. At the conclusion of the study, it was found that gender is the ineffective factor; educational level and age are the effective factors for job satisfaction of Koran teachers

Research on Social Participation Level of Religious Culture and Ethics Teacher Candidates in Turkey

Social participation is a very important skill in the context of socializing students. With the crucial process is likely to be related to students\u27 social abilities, it is known social participation to be required some special educational activities. The aim of the research is to examine the social participation level of religious culture and ethics teacher candidates and to determine whether this level changes or not related to gender and high school graduation. The sample of the study is 222 teacher candidates at Kastamonu University, Faculty of Education, Department of Religious Culture and Ethics Teaching. General scanning method was used in this research. At the end of the research, it was found that the teacher candidates\u27 social participation levels are high, they have confidence in themselves about the participation in social activities, there has occurred a significant differentiation in this level with regard to gender, but hasn\u27t occurred a significant differentiation with regard to high school graduation

Background and approach to a definition of smart buildings

There is no possibility of finding a single reference about domotics in the first half of the 20th century. The best known authors and those who have documented this discipline, set its origin in the 1970’s, when the x-10 technology began to be used, but it was not until 1988 when Larousse Encyclopedia decided to include the definition of "Smart Building". Furthermore, even nowadays, there is not a single definition widely accepted, and for that reason, many other expressions, namely "Intelligent Buildings" "Domotics" "Digital Home" or "Home Automation" have appeared to describe the automated buildings and homes. The lack of a clear definition for "Smart Buildings" causes difficulty not only in the development of a common international framework to develop research in this field, but it also causes insecurity in the potential user of these buildings. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to propose a definition of the expression “Smart Buildings” that satisfactorily describes the meaning of this discipline. To achieve this aim, a thorough review of the origin of the term itself and the historical background before the emergence of the phenomenon of domotics was conducted, followed by a critical discussion of existing definitions of the term "Smart Buildings" and other similar terms. The extent of each definition has been analyzed, inaccuracies have been discarded and commonalities have been compared. Throughout the discussion, definitions that bring the term "Smart Buildings" near to disciplines such as computer science, robotics and also telecommunications have been found

Efficacy of Integrated Straw Formulations on Lowland Rice Field Organic Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using CCAFS-MOT Model in Niger State, Nigeria

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Memahami Tentang Beberapa Konsep Politik (suatu Telaah dari Sistem Politik)

Politik pada dasarnya merupakan suatu fenomena yang sangat berkaitan dengan manusia, yang pada kodratnya selalu hidup bermasyarakat. Manusia adalah makhluk sosial, makhluk yang dinamis dan berkembang, serta selalu menyesuaikan keadaan sekitarnya. Sebagai anggota masyarakat, seseorang atau kelompok tentu terikat oleh nilai-nilai dan aturan-aturan umum yang diakui dan dianut oleh masyarakat itu. Oleh karena itu, politik akan selalu menggejala, mewujudkan dirinya dalam rangka proses perkembangan manusia. Dengan keterkaitan hal di atas, maka manusia inti utama realitas politik, apapun alasannya pengamatan atau analisa politik tidak dapat begitu saja meninggalkan manusia. Ini menunjukkan bahwa hakekat politik adalah perilaku manusia, baik berupa aktivitas atau pun sikap yang bertujuan mempengaruhi atau mempertahankan tatanan sebuah masyarakat dengan menggunakan kekuasaan. Penyelenggaraan kekuasaan secara konstitusional adalah mencakup pembagian kekuasaan politik yang mencakup masalah: sumber kekuasaan politik, proses legitimasi, pemegang kekuasaan tertinggi, penyelenggaraan kekuasaan, fungsi-fungsi kekuasaan/tugas ringan dan tujuan politik yang mudah dicapai

Keanekaragaman Makrofauna Tanah Di Kawasan Perkebunan Coklat (Theobroma Cacao L. ) Sebagai Bioindikator Kesuburan Tanah Dan Sumber Belajar Biologi

Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada tanggal 20-28 Maret 2015 dengan metode jebakan (Pit tfall Trap). Penelitian dilakuka bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis makrofauna tanah, parameter ekologi, indeks keanekaragaman jenis, dan indeks kemerataan jenis yang terdapat di kawasan perkebunan coklat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa makrofauna tanah yang ditemukan terdiri dari jenis Tachita angulata, Cryptocercus garciai, Lymnaea rubiginosa, Odontoponera denticulata, Sigmoria trimaculata, Pirata piratichus, Sitena sp., Grillus sp., Scolopendra gigantea, Forficula auricularia, Hydrochara soror, Leptocarisa acuta, Trigoniulus corallinus, Odontomanchus sp., Lumbricus rubellus, Phyllopaga sp., Componatus arogans, Geophilus sp., Gryllotalpa grillotalpa, Ploiaria sp.. Parameter ekologi makrofauna tanah adalah: (1) Kepadatan berkisar antara 0,25 ind/m2 – 4,75 ind/m2, kepadatan relatif berkisar antara 0,002 - 0,052. kepadatan terendah jenis Grillotalpa grillotalpa dan tertinggi jenis Pirata piraticus (2) Frekuensi berkisar antara 0,16 – 1,00, frekuensi relatif berkisar antara 0,018 – 0,115 dengan nilai frekuensi terendah jenis Grillotalpa grillotalpa dan tertinggi jenis Scolopendra gigantea. (3) Indeks nilai penting tertinggi jenis Pirata piratichus 5,28, terendah Grillotalpa grillotalpa 0,027. Indeks keanekaragaman jenis Shannon wiener (H') kategori keanekaragaman jenis rendah. Nilai evennes (E) populasi cenderung merata. Hail Uji C-Organik tanah sangat tinggi berarti tanah tergolong tanah yang subur. Rendahnya keanekaragaman karena adanya penggunaan pestisida jenis Carbokfuran yang mendominasi. Hasil penelitian ini digunakan sebagai sumber belajar biologi berupa buku petunjuk praktikum

Experimental investigation on the impact of connate water salinity on dispersion coefficient in consolidated rocks cores during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection

Connate water salinity is a vital property of the reservoir and its influence on the displacement efficiency cannot be overemphasised. Despite the numerous analytical literatures on the dispersion behaviour of CO2 in CH4 at different parametric conditions, studies have so far been limited to systematic effects of the process while parameters such as connate water salinity of the reservoir has not been given much attention and this could redefine the CO2-CH4 interactions in the reservoir. This study aims to experimentally determine the effect of connate water salinity on the dispersion coefficient in consolidated porous media under reservoir conditions. A laboratory core flooding experiment depicting the detailed process of the CO2-CH4 displacement using Grey Berea sandstone core sample at a temperature of 50°C and at a pressure of 1300 psig was carried out to determine the optimum injection rate, from 0.2-0.5 ml/min, for the experimentation based on dispersion coefficients and methane recovery in the horizontal orientation. This was established to be 0.3 ml/min. At the same conditions, the effects of connate water saturation of 10% and a salinity of 0 (distilled water), 5, and 10% wt. with a CO2 injection rate of 0.3 ml/min on the dispersion coefficients was investigated. The results from the core flooding process indicated that the dispersion coefficient decreases with increasing salinity, hence the higher the density of the immobile phase (connate water) the lower the dispersion of CO2 into CH4. This is a significant finding given that the inclusion of the connate water and its salinity have an effect on the mixing of the gases in the core sample and should be given importance and included during simulation studies for field scale applications of Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR). This is the first experimental investigation into the relationship between the connate water salinity and the dispersion coefficient in consolidated porous media. Keywords: Enhanced Gas Recovery; Dispersion Coefficient; Connate water Salinity; CO2 sequestratio