Difficult knowledge and uncomfortable pedagogies : student perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning in critical indigenous Australian studies

University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.This research presents a grounded interrogation of students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning in two mandatory stand-alone Critical Indigenous Australian Studies subjects at an Australian university. The study proffers rare empirical insight into the student experience of teaching and learning about colonialism, racism, whiteness and privilege. It contributes to building a better understanding of the complexities, opportunities, challenges and risks of four specific pedagogical approaches: critical anticolonialism, critical race theory, critical whiteness and intersectional privilege studies. The research was conducted by way of a critical ethnographic process involving in-depth interviews with students and teachers, focus group discussions with students and classroom observations. The research design was built on critical social constructionist foundations informed by poststructural and critical hermeneutical theoretical perspectives. The study produced two key findings. The first is that learning in Critical Indigenous Australian Studies is inherently affective. Affectivity plays a determinant role in the opportunities, challenges and risks of teaching about colonialism, racism, whiteness and privilege. This finding signposts the need to take into serious consideration the emotionally onerous task of teaching and learning in Critical Indigenous Australian Studies and the need for compassionate pedagogical approaches and strategies that can productively navigate and manage affectivity. The second key finding is that if Critical Indigenous Australian Studies is to inspire and motivate students to act for social justice and social change, teaching and learning must focus equally on both the ‘know-what’ and the ‘know-how’. Knowing what the urgent matters are without the cultivation of practical skills to engage in social change action falls short of meeting teaching and learning objectives. A dedicated and substantive focus on cultivating practical social change skills such as discursive counter-narrative skills is a pedagogical pathway toward empowering, inspiring and motivating students to act for social change

Alternance travail-études : les effets des stages dans la formation professionnelle des élèves

Cet article traite des effets des stages pour les élèves de quatre programmes professionnels offerts en alternance travail-études en s’appuyant sur les témoignages des élèves, de leurs enseignants et de leurs tuteurs en entreprise. Les expériences de stage sont d’abord regroupées dans le modèle traditionnel ou le modèle expérientiel de la typologie de l’expérience de travail. Ensuite, les effets se différencient en six catégories : apprentissages à l’école et en entreprise, préparation au marché du travail, socialisation professionnelle, apprentissage technique, développement personnel et orientation professionnelle. La discussion et la conclusion permettent de dégager quelques conditions stimulant ou limitant l’apprentissage des élèves.This article uses the views of students and their teachers and workplace tutors to examine the effects of internships for students in four vocational education programs offered on an alternating work-study basis. First, students’ internship experiences are grouped together according to the traditional or experiential models of the work experience typology. Then, the effects of internships are differentiated according to six categories : learning at school and in the workplace ; preparation for the job market ; professional socialization ; technical apprenticeship ; personal development ; and career direction. The discussion and the conclusion identify a number of conditions that either stimulate or hamper students’ learning.Este artículo trata de los efectos de las prácticas para los alumnos de cuatro programas profesionales impartidos de manera a alternar trabajo-estudios, fundamentándose sobre los testimonios de alumnos, de sus profesores y de sus tutores en la empresa. En primer lugar, las experiencias de prácticas están agrupadas según el modelo tradicional o el modelo experiencial de la tipología de la experiencia laboral. Luego, se separan los efectos en seis categorías : aprendizajes en la escuela y en la empresa, preparación al mercado laboral, socialización profesional, aprendizaje técnico, desarrollo personal y orientación profesional. La discusión y la conclusión permiten destacar algunas condiciones que fomentan o limitan el aprendizaje de los alumnos

Defining financial risks and market trends through predictive data analysis

This project focuses on Dublin short term rental market opportunities, by developing pricing and rate occupancy prediction models based on machine learning approaches to identify patterns that may impact or aid users in making smarter and cost-effective decisions. The concept of this research is to show the financial feasibility of data services, as well as how data science can improve business and operational efficiency

¡Silencio, se rueda en francés! Escenas francesas desde la Edad Media al siglo XXI

Depto. de Estudios Románicos, Franceses, Italianos y TraducciónFac. de FilologíaFALSEsubmitte

Marco activo de recursos de innovación docente: Madrid

Una guía de espacios e instituciones para actividades educativas complementarias en enseñanza secundaria y Formación Profesional

MADRID (Marco Activo De Recursos de Innovación Docente). Madrid - Comunidad

Fac. de Ciencias BiológicasFALSEsubmitte

Redshift distributions of galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification shear catalogue and implications for weak lensing

We present photometric redshift estimates for galaxies used in the weak lensing analysis of the Dark Energy Survey Science Verification (DES SV) data. Four model- or machine learning-based photometric redshift methods—ANNZ2, BPZ calibrated against BCC-Ufig simulations, SKYNET, and TPZ—are analyzed. For training, calibration, and testing of these methods, we construct a catalogue of spectroscopically confirmed galaxies matched against DES SV data. The performance of the methods is evaluated against the matched spectroscopic catalogue, focusing on metrics relevant for weak lensing analyses, with additional validation against COSMOS photo-z’s. From the galaxies in the DES SV shear catalogue, which have mean redshift 0.72 0.01 over the range 0.3 < z < 1.3, we construct three tomographic bins with means of z ¼ f0.45; 0.67; 1.00g. These bins each have systematic uncertainties δz ≲ 0.05 in the mean of the fiducial SKYNET photo-z nðzÞ. We propagate the errors in the redshift distributions through to their impact on cosmological parameters estimated with cosmic shear, and find that they cause shifts in the value of σ8 of approximately 3%. This shift is within the one sigma statistical errors on σ8 for the DES SV shear catalogue. We further study the potential impact of systematic differences on the critical surface density, Σcrit, finding levels of bias safely less than the statistical power of DES SV data. We recommend a final Gaussian prior for the photo-z bias in the mean of nðzÞ of width 0.05 for each of the three tomographic bins, and show that this is a sufficient bias model for the corresponding cosmology analysis

The Dark Energy Survey : more than dark energy – an overview

This overview paper describes the legacy prospect and discovery potential of the Dark Energy Survey (DES) beyond cosmological studies, illustrating it with examples from the DES early data. DES is using a wide-field camera (DECam) on the 4 m Blanco Telescope in Chile to image 5000 sq deg of the sky in five filters (grizY). By its completion, the survey is expected to have generated a catalogue of 300 million galaxies with photometric redshifts and 100 million stars. In addition, a time-domain survey search over 27 sq deg is expected to yield a sample of thousands of Type Ia supernovae and other transients. The main goals of DES are to characterize dark energy and dark matter, and to test alternative models of gravity; these goals will be pursued by studying large-scale structure, cluster counts, weak gravitational lensing and Type Ia supernovae. However, DES also provides a rich data set which allows us to study many other aspects of astrophysics. In this paper, we focus on additional science with DES, emphasizing areas where the survey makes a difference with respect to other current surveys. The paper illustrates, using early data (from ‘Science Verification’, and from the first, second and third seasons of observations), what DES can tell us about the Solar system, the Milky Way, galaxy evolution, quasars and other topics. In addition, we show that if the cosmological model is assumed to be +cold dark matter, then important astrophysics can be deduced from the primary DES probes. Highlights from DES early data include the discovery of 34 trans-Neptunian objects, 17 dwarf satellites of the Milky Way, one published z > 6 quasar (and more confirmed) and two published superluminous supernovae (and more confirmed)

Dynamic and flexibility of Symbiodinium clades associated to corals in various environments : natural and controlled

Les coraux vivent en association symbiotique avec des algues dinoflagellées du genre Symbiodinium, distinguées en différents clades (A à I). Un même hôte peut abriter seul ou plusieurs de ces clades, a priori dépendant d’un contexte environnemental, suggérant qu’ils possèdent des propriétés physiologiques distinctes. Ainsi, les capacités de flexibilité et d’acquisition de clades pourraient être une issue pour la survie de l’holobionte face à divers stress. Dans le cadre de cette thèse, ces capacités ont été explorées chez plusieurs espèces coralliennes, décrites avec différentes flexibilités et sensibilités aux conditions environnementales. La diversité et la dynamique des communautés de Symbiodinium associées aux coraux ont été estimées à l’aide de la technique de PCR en temps réel et évaluées dans différents contextes environnementaux: naturels, lors d’un suivi spatio-temporel de 18 mois à Moorea, ou contrôlés, lors d'une incubation à différentes pCO2. Les coraux ont montré la possibilité d’héberger jusqu’à 3 ou 4 clades distincts, reconsidérant la notion de spécialiste (i.e. symbionte unique). Néanmoins, propre à l’hôte corallien, il a été mis en évidence la régulation de ‘signatures symbiotiques’ caractérisées par des profils particuliers d’association de clades, stables et durables. Des modifications sporadiques de ces profils, par switching et shuffling ont put être observées, indépendamment d’un contexte environnemental donné, suggérant la dynamique comme un mécanisme constitutif chez les coraux. Néanmoins, en cas de d’apparition d’épizooties de Vibrio spp. et d’une maladie corallienne il est suggéré que le clade D participe activement au ‘fitness’ de leur hôte.Corals live in symbiosis with dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium, divided into 9 clades (A to I). The same host can harbour one or more of these clades depending on the environmental context. This lead to the suggestion that each clade has its unique physiological property. Therefore the capacity of flexibility and acquisition of clades may be an issue for the survival of the holobiont against various stresses. In this thesis, these capacities have been explored in several coral species, described with various flexibilities and sensitivities facing different environmental conditions. The diversity and dynamics of Symbiodinium communities associated to corals were estimated by using the real-time PCR technique, and evaluated in different environmental contexts : natural, in an 18-month spatio-temporal survey around Moorea, or controlled, upon incubation with different pCO2. Some corals showed the ability to host up to 3 or 4 distinct clades, leading to a reconsideration of the specialist-concept (i.e. host associated with one symbiont type). Nevertheless, depending on the coral host, ‘symbiotic signature’ regulations have been revealed. Latter are characterized by specific clade combination profils, which are stable and sustainable. In addition, sporadic changes by switching and shuffling, were observed in a given profil, regardless of a given environmental context, suggesting the dynamics as an constitutive mechanism in corals. However, records of coral disease together with Vibrio spp outbreaks, suggested an active participation of clade D for the ‘fitness’ of the coral host