The Bay of Savudrija: Harbour and the Coastal Landscape in the Roman Age

U uvali Savudrija, u svibnju 2011. g., započela su istraživanja antičke lučke arhitekture čiji je cilj rekonstrukcija antičkog krajolika i pokušaj evaluacije obalne linije u rimsko vrijeme na području Savudrije. istraživanja su pokrenuta u sklopu istraživačkog projekta Storie del mare, u suradnji triju supotpisnika – nositelja projekta Dipartimento di Storia e Culture dall’Antichità al Mondo Contemporaneo (DiSCAM), pri Sveučilištu u Trstu (Italija), Arheološkog muzeja Istre iz Pule i Muzeja grada Umaga – Museo civico di Umago (Hrvatska).As a part of the main Project Storie dal mare which has been carried by Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Trieste and in collaboration between Archeological Museum of Istria in Pula and Umag Municipal Museum in Croatia the research has been conducted in the Bay of Savudrija. The main aim of this project was the reconstruction of the ancient landscape and the evaluation of the shoreline during Roman Age. The goal of archaeological campaign in 2011 was to make a complete documentation of southern breakwater and pier (using the multibeam technique and total station) and to try to make topography of all roman architectural structures, visible along the coast. The ancient port basin in the bay of Savudrija includes a complex consisting of different structures, some of which are visible along the bay. The basin was triangular in shape, and was closed by two symmetrically placed breakwaters. The other archaeological structures as pier and walls on the coast extend themselves along the southern line of the bay. The area containing the Roman structures belonged to a section of the first lowest terrace of a Roman structure which during Roman Age should be extended towards the sea. A preliminary analysis of the archaeological materials excavated in the bay indicates that the area was used since the beginnings of the Empire until the Late Roman period, that is from the 1st to the 6th century

Discutindo a educação ambiental no cotidiano escolar: desenvolvimento de projetos na escola formação inicial e continuada de professores

A presente pesquisa buscou discutir como a Educação Ambiental (EA) vem sendo trabalhada, no Ensino Fundamental e como os docentes desta escola compreendem e vem inserindo a EA no cotidiano escolar., em uma escola estadual do município de Tangará da Serra/MT, Brasil. Para tanto, realizou-se entrevistas com os professores que fazem parte de um projeto interdisciplinar de EA na escola pesquisada. Verificou-se que o projeto da escola não vem conseguindo alcançar os objetivos propostos por: desconhecimento do mesmo, pelos professores; formação deficiente dos professores, não entendimento da EA como processo de ensino-aprendizagem, falta de recursos didáticos, planejamento inadequado das atividades. A partir dessa constatação, procurou-se debater a impossibilidade de tratar do tema fora do trabalho interdisciplinar, bem como, e principalmente, a importância de um estudo mais aprofundado de EA, vinculando teoria e prática, tanto na formação docente, como em projetos escolares, a fim de fugir do tradicional vínculo “EA e ecologia, lixo e horta”.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

The management of natural competencies

Management science, as well as psychology, has tended to avoid the issue of why people like different activities, and why they tend to be good at the activities they like. The aim of this thesis is to tackle this issue by motivating and introducing a construct, called “natural competencies”, and exploring it empirically. “Natural competencies” are defined as resources that enable activities that are inherently rewarding or exciting for the subject, thereby creating positive emotions. Performing them is viewed as being part of their personal identity which transcends the social roles in which a person engages. Utilizing “natural competencies” may also result in feelings of fulfilment. It is hypothesized that natural competencies tend to appear in leisure (non-working) activities, that is, activities chosen by the subject because they are pleasurable and, therefore, motivating. So, leisure activities should be a source of information regarding an individual’s natural competencies. Ideally, occupational activities reflect natural competencies too, but alienation may prevent this. An empirical investigation was performed by in-depth-interviewing 20 subjects whose hobby it is to collect art. Collecting art may stimulate informal learning and may be intellectually challenging; so it might elicit pleasure, engagement, and ultimately fulfilment, thereby being relevant to natural competencies. Analysis of interviews was performed by “modified grounded theory”, an approach blending inductive and deductive, theory-driven methods. By combining the interviews with observations, a triangulation method was also utilized. The results are preliminary and qualitative, but they indicate that subjects experiencing and utilizing their natural competencies at occupational activities will experience a greater level of fulfilment. This basic result is stated in the “competency fulfilment model”. A basic practical implication of the work is that non-working activities may be fruitful for identifying and developing competencies in working adults. However, more work is needed to test and develop the competency fulfilment model in other domains, and to continue sharpening the concepts involvedEThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo