Connecting global and local relationships with the ‘Kibung Framework’

This paper examines the relationships between global education policies at global and local levels that have driven the outcomes-based curriculum reform into Papua New Guinea (PNG). It reports on evidence from a qualitative case study that investigated the implementation of the outcomes-based English curriculum into two lower secondary schools in Port Moresby, PNG. Data were collected from 10 teachers and 90 students through classroom observations, document analysis, field notes, structured interviews, post-observation interviews, and focus group discussions. Findings revealed challenges in the implementation of the global curriculum reform agenda as there was little alignment between policy intentions and classroom practices. Thus, findings also highlighted a need for collaborative professional development programs to help sustain the curriculum changes required for classroom implementation. A co-constructed approach called the ‘Kibung Framework’ is presented in this paper as a strategy to assist with the implementation of mandated global curriculum policies into local practices

Global Policy and Local Implementation: A Papua New Guinea Experience

This chapter presents a report of global education policies driving reforms locally. The report is from a qualitative case study of an ‘Outcomes-based English Curriculum’s Implementation’ in two local school contexts in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Evidence was drawn from the author’s PhD thesis that used the constructivism and interpretivism lenses to give meanings to findings derived deductively and inductively. Data was both primary and secondary and consisted of: classroom observations, document analysis, field notes, structured interviews, post-observation interviews, and focus group discussions. Findings revealed: 1) Impacts of global agenda on local context, and, 2) Sustainability issues. Thus, this chapter stresses the need for collaborative professional development between stakeholders to sustain global education policies locally with the ‘Kibung Framework’

Investigating the Implementation Process of a Curriculum: A Case Study from Papua New Guinea

The purpose of this study was to investigate how policy intentions of the curriculum were received and practiced by teachers and to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation process. The study probed three levels of an implementation process of an Outcomes-Based English Education curriculum in two urban secondary schools in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The specific focus of implementation was on: the initial introduction process, teachers’ beliefs and attitudes, and classroom practices. This research was an exploratory one using focus group discussions, structured interviews, participant observations, and document analysis. A case study method was used; two qualitative studies situated within the constructivist and symbolic interactionism paradigms were used to probe alignment of policy with practice using the diffusion of innovation theoretical lenses. Content, discourse, and document analyses were used to give interpretations to themes resonating with the research focus; these themes were derived both deductively and inductively from data. Findings revealed that the curriculum change was challenging as policy expectations failed to align with practices. There were little shared meanings between teachers’ views and classroom practices; this lack of connection contradicted policy intentions. There also appeared to be no connection by policy makers of the inbuilt tensions inherent in the outcomes-based model of education adopted for PNG. In relation to this, findings from this study revealed the need for collaborative professional development if policy is to be aligned with practice. Hence, this study offers a working tool called a Kibung PD framework as a priority for curriculum implementation at the classroom level

Assessment of the Contribution of Power-To-Hydrogen to the Flexibility of the Future European Energy System

peer reviewedThe European Commission is planning to become climate-neutral by 2050. At the power sector level, this implies turning to renewable sources such as PV panels and wind turbines. However, the intermittence of variable renewable sources is making this task more complex and putting at risk the power sector security of supply. Coupling sectors is a solution to that problem. In particular, power-to-hydrogen is getting more and more attention. This is about using electricity when it is abundant to synthesize hydrogen which can then be used for various purposes. The first goal of this work was to add the power-to-hydrogen sector into the unit-commitment and power dispatch model Dispa-SET. The second objective was to soft-link Dispa-SET with the long-term investment model JRC-EU-TIMES and investigate the benefits of this sector in terms of curtailment, total costs, CO2 emissions, etc. The linking between JRC-EU-TIMES and Dispa-SET allowed to observe the importance of power-to-hydrogen in using the extra renewable production and avoiding curtailment. Indeed, 20% of the total renewable production is used to produce hydrogen. This highlights the importance of sector coupling in future energy systems. Moreover, the results showed that hydrogen storage is not seasonal. Finally, the importance of validating system feasibility provided by long-term planing models was demonstrated as TIMES overestimates renewable production by 15% compared to Dispa-SET

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Heterotopic pancreatitis causing confusion in small bowel tumor.

A 39-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for acute epigastric pain with nausea and vomiting. Physical examination was suggestive for acute abdomen without peritoneal irritation findings. Blood tests results were as follow: alanine aminotransferase (ALT): 87 U/L, aspartate aminotransferase (AST): 55 U/L, amylase: 135 U/L, lipase: 69 U/L, total bilirubin: 11,6 mg/l, creatinine: 9 mg/l, C-reactive protein (CRP): 108,4 mg/L, and white blood cells (WBC): 14640/mm

Quelle réparation de l'accident de travail mortel est-elle réservée au concubin? Une réponse attendue de la Cour d'Arbitrage.

peer reviewedCette note aborde la quesiton suivante : L'article 12 de la loi du 12 avril 1971 relative aux accidents du travail viole-t-il les articles 10 et 11 de la Constitution en ce qu'il réserve le bénéfice d'une rente viagère au conjoint ni divorcé, ni séparé de corps ainsi qu'au conjoint divorcé ou séparé de corps qui bénéficiait d'une pension alimentaire à charge de la victime