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Lessons Learned: the Lens of Cultural Knowings

Lessons Learned: the Lens of Cultural Knowings

Author(s): Holly McKinzie Beene / Language(s): English / Issue: 17/2012

Keywords: intercultural communication; communication competence; communic-ative space; cultural knowings framework; academic exchange; citizen diplomacy

The multidisciplinary literature of intercultural communication increasingly addresses the importance of communication competence as impacting both the work and lived experience of scholars. This paper explores the uncertain and ill-defined spaces of the author’s intercultural interactions during a semester-long Fulbright exchange in Romania. Incorporating a broad theory base, the exchange experience is examined through Moran’s Cultural Knowings as the author reflects on personal and professional learning.

Freedom and Safety of an Individual in the Attitude of Liberalism and Christian Social Science

Freedom and Safety of an Individual in the Attitude of Liberalism and Christian Social Science

Author(s): Valdas Pruskus / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2010

Keywords: individual; values; Christian social teaching; liberalism; solidarity; economic activity

The article deals with the freedom and safety of an individual under market conditions and ethical limits of market expression in the attitude of liberalism and Christian social science.Liberalism and Christian social teaching admits that market and its mechanism gives an individual and society an opportunity to fulfil their needs better, but differently estimates ethical limits of market expression. It is shown that in the attitude of Christian social teaching the goal of economic action is not only to create welfare for society and the individual but also to secure its safety. In its turn, creation of safety is associated with the necessity to overcome the single-acting dominance of economic values in the market society: ethic values by which economic action of the individual and society should be measured have to penetrate into economic space.

Lessons of History: What Hitler Learned from the Armenian Genocide

Lessons of History: What Hitler Learned from the Armenian Genocide

Author(s): Felicia Waldman / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2005

It obviously does not take much of an expertise to realize that had the Armenian genocide of 1915–1916 been taken seriously in its time, mid-20th century European history would have turned entirely different. Jewish and Armenian history has not only been often compared (particularly in regard to their respective Diasporas and even, to a certain extent, fates) but also quite tightly intertwined. Let us recall here a few examples. In his eagerness to help the Jewish cause, Theodor Herzl himself was ready to turn a blind eye to the Armenians being murdered by the Turks, in exchange for Jewish autonomy in Palestine. Lured by the Caliph with future vague possibilities, he allowed himself be talked into supporting Abdul Hamid II’s position in the Western press. It is estimated that in 1896–1897 the Sultan managed to massacre between 80,000 and 200,000 Armenians. But Turkey’s overwhelming foreign debts put him at […]

PLANNING AND TEACHING EFL LESSONS AND COURSES

PLANNING AND TEACHING EFL LESSONS AND COURSES

Author(s): Sanda Pădureţu / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2011

Keywords: planning; defining the concepts; skills and sub-skills; multilevel classrooms; classroom rituals and routines

When tackling the problem of lesson planning the solution revolves around taking the everyday reality of the language classroom and translating it into a successful scheme of work. Such an approach to lesson planning contains both thought-provoking analysis on the roles of the teacher and clear explanations of the key principles.

HOW TO PREVENT ETHNIC CONFLICTS: THE UNLEARNED LESSONS OF HISTORY

HOW TO PREVENT ETHNIC CONFLICTS: THE UNLEARNED LESSONS OF HISTORY

Author(s): Géza Jeszenszky / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2007

We may argue whether the recent riots in the suburbs of Paris were ethnic or social based conflicts, but there is no question that the roots of the last wars in Europe, the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s (in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo), were national and religious differences. Or more properly: they were the results of old and new tensions between national groups living intermingled, in ethnically mixed areas. The on-going violence in Iraq and Afghanistan also goes back to such antagonisms. But the history of the last two hundred years shows not only numerous wars between nations, but also many successful efforts at reconciliation, and we know of many models for the harmonious co-existence of national/religious groups who live side-by-side or in close proximity. A study, an overview of the successful and unsuccessful arrangements may be useful for the prevention of future, ethnic-based tensions and conflicts.

Banking Crises’ Triggering Factors – Lessons from Past Experience

Banking Crises’ Triggering Factors – Lessons from Past Experience

Author(s): Iustina Alina Boitan,Nicolae Dardac / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2010

Keywords: E44; G01; G21

Maintaining robustness and stability of a financial system, independent of the degree of development of a specific country, has always constituted a matter of concern for decision makers. At present, this concern has transcended national borders, as financial markets have become increasingly integrated and any adverse shock affecting one country’s financial system could have potential spillover effects to others. In this paper we propose a theoretical analysis of the triggers of the current global financial turmoil, in order to ascertain if there is a recurrent pattern with the past crisis episodes. To achieve this goal, we have first summarized the characteristics and root causes of past crisis episodes, with emphasis on banking crises. The last part of the paper explores the extent to which the current financial crisis is connected with the past crisis episodes.

POSITIVE PARENTING: LESSONS FROM RESEARCH

POSITIVE PARENTING: LESSONS FROM RESEARCH

Author(s): Crescencia Pastor,Anna Ciurana,Alicia Navajas,Daniela Cojocaru,Noelia Vazquez / Language(s): English / Issue: 51/2015

Keywords: positive parenting; family resilience; parenting skills; socioeducational intervention; good practices;

This article is a literature review that describes an innovative approach to work in positive parenting and family resilience from an eco-systemic approach, which takes the family into account in a holistic manner. After the initial foundation in which the general theoretical roots for working with the family are revealed, this study presents concrete socio-educational proposals to be developed with children, parents, and the home environment. It concludes with a series of key ideas that are fundamental to developing best practices for the promotion of positive parenting and family resilience in the three axes of intervention proposed.

Individual Communications Against Poland

Individual Communications Against Poland

Author(s): Katarzyna Łasak / Language(s): English / Issue: 7/2017

Keywords: Human Rights Committee; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; public international law;

Before the Human Rights Committee: a Review and Tentative Conclusions Poland has been a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966 for forty years, and has been recognizing the right of individuals to submit applications to the Human Rights Committee for 25 years. The total number of communications amounts to 11, and the results of the examination thereof encourage consideration of denouncing the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966.

Funding Structure of the European and North American Clusters: Results from an Independent Questionnaire

Funding Structure of the European and North American Clusters: Results from an Independent Questionnaire

Author(s): Eduard Baumöhl / Language(s): English / Issue: 06/2017

Keywords: clusters; funding, public/private sources; financial structure;

We use a unique dataset of 167 North American and European clusters’ funding structures, obtained from an independent questionnaire survey carried out in the first half of 2016. The aim of this study is to determine possible differences in the proportions of public and private funds in the financing clusters from these two regions. Our results show that there is not a statistically significant difference in public-to-private funding sources among the European vs. American clusters. The proportion of public-to-private sources is on average approximately 43:57 in both regions. However, overall private sources of financing are significantly higher than funds obtained from public sources when we compare average values without respect to geographical regions. Furthermore, using a seemingly unrelated regression model, we identify dominant sources of public funding – in the European clusters dominate European Union budgets (24.29%), and for American clusters, the more prevailing sources are national (26.25%) and local budgets (10%).

Majority Rule and Individual Rights

Majority Rule and Individual Rights

Author(s): Jon Elster / Language(s): English,Serbian / Issue: 01+02/1996

FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT AND CAPABILITIES. AN INDEPENDENT VIEW FROM ALBANIA

FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT AND CAPABILITIES. AN INDEPENDENT VIEW FROM ALBANIA

Author(s): Thimi Hudhra / Language(s): English / Issue: 37/2010

Keywords: Albania; NATO; Strategic Concept; scenario; region; military; transformation;

When we talk about the security environment in long term, at a national, regional or global level, it looks like a combination of reality, perspective, rationality, vision and prophecy. Much more than in the past, we see a great number of new security items to be included and elements to be considered within this subject area. As a consequence of symmetric or asymmetric effects, there might be thousands of combinations of security situations which can escalate in this world. Experience of the last 20 years has shown that even a small event can create deviation from the traditional rules experienced during the history. Clausewitz “fog of uncertainty”1 is a valid expression for the future security environment. To predict or to expect, the later looks more realistic. Today, we can expect rather than predict exactly what could happen next year. Further, it becomes more difficult to provide a clear view of what might happen in a longer term. However, it is the task of the strategic leaders and their staffs to think carefully about the future, to follow carefully the trends, to influence what we can, to anticipate with the appropriate actions, and to produce today those capabilities needed to provide the best response for tomorrow. The author gives his personal views of what we can do to influence what we want to happen tomorrow, and what we can do to avoid what we do not want to happen. As a case study, this paper focuses on a short analysis of the retrospective, the actuality and the perspective of Albania and regional security environment. Views of this article are of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Albanian MOD, GS or TRADOC.

Interactive lessons with ICT in chemistry education

Interactive lessons with ICT in chemistry education

Author(s): Timur Sadykov,Hana Čtrnáctová / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

Keywords: interactive lessons; information and communications technology (ICT); secondary school; chemistry teaching

The purpose of this study was to develop and adapt interactive chemistry lessons for lower secondary schools based on the characteristics of interactive ICT-supported education. The verification was carried out from December 2018 to January 2019 with specialized school-board information technologies in Karaganda (Kazakhstan). There was a total of 55 respondents (20 female adolescents and 35 male adoles-cents), which entailed a total of 24 hours of experimental action per student. The results showed that more than 75 % of the students enjoyed working in an interactive environment and this positively affected their opinions towards the subject.

COUNTERING ONLINE RADICALIZATION - LESSONS LEARNED

COUNTERING ONLINE RADICALIZATION - LESSONS LEARNED

Author(s): Daniela Stefanescu,Teodoru ŞTEFAN / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: awareness; radicalization; intelligence; social media; lessons learnt;

A feature of contemporary conflicts is the increasing number of actors who are willing and able to create both online and offline effects through online activities, and social media are an integrated part thereof. To that end, social media was used by terrorists as recruitment, propaganda, and information tool and the intelligence structures had to find the necessary awareness programs to react to. In this paper we tried to make an analysis of some national awareness strategies (the US, the UK, France, Italy, and Germany ones) in order to set up a guideline of the positive results registered by some countries in this field.

The East Is Read: The End of Communism, Slovenian Exceptionalism, and the Independent Journalism of Mladina

The East Is Read: The End of Communism, Slovenian Exceptionalism, and the Independent Journalism of Mladina

Author(s): Patrick Hyder Patterson / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2000

Keywords: Yugoslavia; Slovenia; mainstream press; media; Communism; 1980s; Slovenian resistance to the authoritarian practices;

In the 1980s, as the first large cracks appeared in the state the Titoists had mortared together, Yugoslavia witnessed the growth of lively local alternatives to the mainstream press. These new or revitalized media-magazines, newsletters, intellectual journals, and even the occasional radio station-became important conduits for the forces that shook apart the federal state. They spread the idea that the Communists were losing (or had lost) what remained of their legitimate mandate to govern, and they offered an arena for a renewed debate over whether political power should be vested with ethnically defined nations rather than the broader, multinational community of Yugoslav citizens. Especially noteworthy was the independent press in Slovenia, the most prosperous and ethnically homogeneous of the Yugoslav republics and, if the Slovenes themselves are to be believed, the most "western" in culture and political mentality. Little Slovenia became a hive of alternative media activity. [...]

Czech and Polish National Democracy at the Dawn of Independent Statehood, 1918-1919

Czech and Polish National Democracy at the Dawn of Independent Statehood, 1918-1919

Author(s): Lee Blackwood / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/1990

Keywords: Political history; 1918-1919; national democracy; geopolitics; independent statehood; government; new political system; Czechoslovakia; Poland;

In the wake of the geo-political changes wrought by World War I, Poles and Czechs both embarked upon independent statehood in late 1918. On the one hand, independence appeared to provide a readymade environment in which to promote the cause of national unity. Externally, the two countries contemplated uncertain border settlements. For the Poles, the prospect of major conflict with Germany and Russia loomed large, while the Czechs viewed Germany and Austria with suspicion. Internally, the heady atmosphere engendered by independence created the basis for a patriotic political consensus. On the other hand, 1918 witnessed the eclipse of the pre-war order and an accompanying rise in social radicalism. [...]

The Integration of New Technologies in the Geography Lessons

The Integration of New Technologies in the Geography Lessons

Author(s): Maria GOGA,Dănuț Roșu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: New technologies; Integration of new technologies in learning; Geography; school; motivation;

The new technologies have become indispensable in the students' lives, influencing their development at academic and personal levels. It is evident that their use in education is going to change the way of teaching, learning and assessment. Geography lessons are much more interactive when new technologies are integrated into the curriculum. In this article we describe a study regarding the integration of the new technologies in geography lessons. At the study 250 people - 73 teachers and 177 students, from schools and high schools in Romania, both rural and urban areas participated. The research is based on the application of questionnaires and interviews to teachers as well as to students from different schools. As a result of this research, it was concluded that the use of new technologies in geography lessons is important because it helps the formation and consolidation of the knowledge of the children; students understand the information more quickly and easily; lessons are interactive and students' motivation for learning is higher.

Three lessons about model theory

Three lessons about model theory

Author(s): Silviu Velica / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Keywords: Philosophy of Model Theory; Categoricity; Modelism; Model Theoretical Scepticism;

In this paper, I will point out some consequences of the recent discussions in the philosophy of model theory concerning the possible stances one might take toward the philosophical significance of model theoretical results. The main lesson of these discussions seems to be that model theoretical results are significant philosophically only if we can justify their use independently of model theory. This follows from the fact that both moderate modelism and model theoretical scepticism are untenable. I will be using the problem of the categoricity of arithmetic throughout the paper as a case study.

The Slovenian planning system 30 years later: Lessons learnt and lessons not learnt

The Slovenian planning system 30 years later: Lessons learnt and lessons not learnt

Author(s): Naja Marot / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2021

Keywords: spatial planning system; planning law; Europeanisation; Slovenia; territorial governance

After gaining independence, countries such as Slovenia put a lot of effort into adapting their legislations to new market conditions. While concentrating on legislation, they often dismissed several other factors which influence policy and decision making. Among them, a particularly important role is played by the Europeanisation of planning, and the turn towards a higher flexibility of processes and land uses as opposed to the predetermination via zoning. While shedding light on these issues, this paper reflects on the incremental evolution of the Slovenian spatial planning system from the approval of the first Spatial Planning Act in 2003 towards a territorial governance approach characterised by a mix of regulatory processes and plans.

Towards independent learning of disabled students through optimisation of humanistic approaches

Towards independent learning of disabled students through optimisation of humanistic approaches

Author(s): Rohmad Rohmad,Abu Dharin / Language(s): English / Issue: 9/2022

Keywords: Learning; independence learning; disabled students; humanist; humanistic approaches;

Students with disabilities have equal rights in the service of education. They need extra help in learning and developing independence. Learning in the pandemic era could not be implemented optimally. There were several obstacles when learning during the pandemic era, e.g., limited teacher–student communication, material constraints and learning methods. This condition raises the problem of developing students with disabilities’ independence in the pandemic era. This article describes and analyses how humanistic approaches can develop students with disabilities’ independent learning. This research used qualitative paradigms with phenomenological approaches. Data were collected using observation, interview and documentation techniques. Data analysis uses interactive analysis of Miles and Huberman’s models. The results showed that the humanistic approach in elementary school inclusion programmes succeeded in developing the learning independence of students with disabilities by up to 80%. Strategies for developing humanistic approaches are carried out with biological approaches by developing the curriculum independently and creating a pleasant learning atmosphere.

Activating Learners in Foreign Language Lessons

Activating Learners in Foreign Language Lessons

Author(s): Danica Gondova / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2007

Keywords: FLL; Foreign Language Lessons; language teaching;

The article deals with the importance of activating methods that can be applied in the process of foreign language teaching and learning and are used to stimulate learners’ interest in languages and to motivate them. If learners do things actively in lessons, if they discover language rules and vocabulary for themselves, they feel engaged and involved in the process and they can remember new structures and lexical units better and for a longer period of time. In the process of active learning teacher becomes a facilitator whose most important task is to facilitate learning by following cognitive, affective and linguistic principles, by creating a supportive atmosphere in the classroom and by exposing learners to as much language as possible not only at school but also at home.