Affirmative Action in Post-Secondary Education: Contrasting Approaches in Brazil and Canada

Author(s): Michelli Aparecida Daros,Diandra Singh / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

This paper compares and contrasts approaches to affirmative action that are intended to increase access to post-secondary institutions to students racialized as Black and Indigenous in Brazil and Canada, respectively. Both of these demographics are underrepresented in post-secondary institutions in these countries, as a result of the legacy of colonization and systemic racism within these nations. To explore various approaches to affirmative action a comparison of several documents are made including: the Brazilian Federal Law 11.645/ 2008, which obliges the addition of the History and Culture of Afro-Brazilians and Indigenous people to the national curriculum; the Brazilian Federal Law 12.711/2012, which supports access to federal universities and other federal educational institutions through quotas (best known as the "Quotas’ Law"); and the Truth and Reconciliation Final Summary Report (2015), which provides 94 calls to action for the Canadian government to redress the issues created by the residential school system. Through document analysis, a list of affirmative actions is compiled, followed by an analysis of their implementation. Moreover, data related to racialized students who have benefited from these approaches, highlight the importance of affirmative actions to build more inclusive democratic systems.

Age and Technology in Digital Inclusion Policy: A Study of Italy and the UK

Author(s): Simone Carlo,Maria Sourbati / Language(s): English / Issue: 26 (2)/2020

The role of media and communication technologies in increasing the quality of life of the elderly is today a key topic in academic and policy debates. This article discusses findings from a study into the way public policy frames the role of technologies in later life. The aim of our study was to critically investigate the policy discourses on ‘old age’ and on the role of digital ICT in fixing challenges associated with ageing. Our focus was on digital inclusion policies of the UK and Italy, two countries experiencing similar trends in population ageing but different ICT diffusion patterns. We found that an age-based understanding of digital technology use was quite common, as was an enthusiastic embracing of the role of digital ICT in the implementation of Active Ageing and Information Society goals. We also found that the understanding of the role of digital technology and its relationship to (old) age has been changing over the last decade, starting to reflect social complexity as ICT diffusion increases among older age groups.

Aging in Online Communities: A Systematic Literature Review of Design Recommendations

Author(s): Ana Isabel VELOSO,Sónia FERREIRA,Liliana VALE COSTA,Óscar MEALHA,Carlos Santos / Language(s): English / Issue: 26 (2)/2020

The increase of computer-mediated communication use and the aging population has led to a renewed interest in online communities and social networks for active aging and social support in daily living. However, a systematic understanding of the design recommendations in Senior Online Communities is still lacking in scientific documentation. The aim of this paper is to identify the design recommendations used in online communities that support active aging. In addition, this paper highlights some of the benefits of using online communities by older adults. Twenty-three papers published between January 2015 and May 2020 in English-language, peer-reviewed publications, met inclusion criteria. The review presents a set of recommendations for designing online communities to enhance older adults’ social interactions. A process that aims for “engagement” is suggested to strategically guide the design of Senior Online Communities: Interacting – Sense of Belonging (Role-playing, Storytelling, and Legacy) – Engaging.

Aistės Valaikienės daktaro disertacijos „Mokinių, turinčių nežymų intelekto sutrikimą, ikiprofesinio ugdymo modeliavimas“ recenzija

Author(s): Vytautas Gudonis,Irena Kaffemanienė / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 2/2016

Review of: Aistės Valaikienė doctoral dissertation "Pupils with slight intellectual impairment, pre-vocational training simulation"

Akademická úspešnost vysokoškolských studentů se specifickými vzdělávacími potřebami

Author(s): Eva Sedláková / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 2/2020

This study discusses the academic achievement of university students in the context of special educational needs. Currently, our society is focused on inclusion, which means that the number of students who want to study at university should increase, so it is desirable and beneficial to see if the achievement of students with specific educational needs differs from the intact population significantly. The research examines whether there is a significant difference in academic achievement between students with special educational needs and intact students. We also want to introduce barriers for each group of students with special educational needs and point out the potential threat to the group depending on the type of disorder or disability. The research was attended by 741students from Palacky University in Olomouc (726 intact students and 17 with special educational needs). The results show that there is a link between academic achievement and specific educational needs. The difference is found in the overall score and in the scale of social adaptation (intact students have higher academic achievement). A student with speech disorders has a lower average in the range of study performance and together with students with attention deficit and visual impairment in the scale of social adaptation.

Akademické prostředí může být otevřené lidem s lehkým mentálním postižením Informace o projektu Erasmus+ Inclusive Campus Life 2016-1-BE02-KA203-017365

Author(s): Libor Novosad / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 1/2019

Text deals with the project, which is focused on the possibilities and circumstances of accessibility of academic environment and the study of people with mild intellectual disabilities. At the same time, the project addresses the possibilities of employing people with mild intellectual disabilities at universities, including the authentic passing of their experience to students without disabilities. In this framework, the methodology will be developed and tested.

AKIMJAK, A.: Systém katolíckej pedagogiky – šanca pre nové časy. Ružomberok: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku, 2015. 145 s. ISBN 978-80-561-0334-0.

Author(s): Zuzana Budayová / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 2/2017

Aksjologia współczesnej pedagogiki resocjalizacyjnej jako podstawa jej sukcesu

Author(s): Marian Nowak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: S/2019

A man’s life are characterized by values implemented in freedom. This also applies the rehabilitation and treatment. Values and deals are the subject of interest of axiology and axiological education. The main problem of this article are formulated as question: What is the role of values in the success of the impact of correctional facilities? In response to this problem it was decided to specify the role of values in education and pedagogy, then it was indicated on the specific aspects of the process of rehabilitation, to take, in this context, the question of the role of values in the process of effective rehabilitation and treatment of the prisoners.

AKTIVNOSTI I PREPREKE U ZASNIVANJU RADNOG ODNOSA ZA OSOBE S INVALIDITETOM

Author(s): Lelia Kiš-Glavaš / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 1/2009

In the year 2007. United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP) for Croatia (www.undp.hr), initiated a new programme - „The Right to live in a Community: Social Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities“ in framework of which a scientific project: “Attitudes of Unemployed Persons with Disabilities towards employment “was developed, as well as some activities which tend to increase their employment ability. Some of these results will be presented in this essay. The aim of this essay is to determine which actions do unemployed persons with disabilities in Republic of Croatia take to Þ nd work and what difÞ culties and obstacles, according to their own evaluation, prevent them from taking more efforts in their job search. Within the sample of 573 examinees, representative of all four Croatian regions, based the on selected variables of the applied Questionnaire for employment of persons with disabilities, and using the factor analysis as well, the total of 8 factors were identified. The results indicate a passive attitude of persons with disabilities towards job search. At the same time, there are no signiÞ cant difÞ culties and obstacles which would prevent them to be more active. Therefore, it is important to point out that the persons with disabilities are also responsible for creating their own future.

Aktualne problemy edukacji uczniów z niepełnosprawnością w percepcji nauczycieli w różnych formach kształcenia specjalnego

Author(s): Jolanta Lipińska-Lokś / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2015

Education of students with disabilities is a challenge for teachers engaged in various forms of special education. Due to recognizing the limitations and problems connected with education of such a diverse group of students, new solutions are sought.This article compares the higher education systems between China and Ukraine.

Aktuálne problémy inklúzie, integrácie sociálne a zdravotne znevýhodnených žiakov v Slovenskej republike

Author(s): Vladimír Klein,Viera Šilonová / Language(s): Slovak / Issue: 2/2019

Paper deals with the analysis of situation in the Slovak Republic with an emphasis on education of student s with either medical or social disadvantage in elementary schools. Authors follow amounts of integrated students with special educational needs, as well as the conditions of education of students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. In the second part of the paper, there are presented suggestions for solving the critical situation within the field of educational system for socially and medically disadvantaged students, which shows a tendency of segregation and, in the opinion of the authors, is anti-negligent.

Aktywność obywatelska młodzieży z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną. Społeczno-kulturowe bariery inkluzji

Author(s): Ditta Baczała,Celina Kamecka-Antczak / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2020

The article presents the relationship between civic participation among people with an intellectual disability (ID) and Vic Finkelstein’s barriers to social inclusion (which formed the basis for the questionnaire). A survey among adult students was also conducted with Richard Klamut’s “Questionnaire on Civic Activity”. The respondents tended to experience the barriers as small and their living conditions as good; they generally felt valuable. Only the subjective feeling of helplessness resulting from their own disability turned out to be significant. The stronger the experience of barriers, the less the respondents were politically active. A category with relatively high scores is engagement for the benefit of others, which is clearly attributable to special schools.

Akulturalizm kary śmierci w świetle pedagogiki i teologii

Author(s): Kazimierz Pierzchała / Language(s): Polish / Issue: S/2019

Human life is the highest value in the hierarchy of goods protected by law, both from the perspective of an individual and the whole society, and at the same time it is a condition for taking advantage of other goods. For his protection, the legal, religious, worldviews and possible cultural differences should not be valid, because the right to life is vested in every human being (even criminals) of the very fact of being a human being. Life is the only, unique and unfeasible good of man. Without life, we can not talk about a human being, and without a human being, everything that has a human character loses meaning on the principle of contradicto in adiecto. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right should protect the law. Nobody can be arbitrarily deprived of life.

Alexander Herd’s Teaching Legacy in the Context of the Development of Modern Natural Sciences Education

Author(s): Angelina Anatoliivna Korobchenko,M. M. Holovkova,Y.I. Popeleshko / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

A review of the pedagogical achievements of Aleksander Yakovlevich Herd (1841 – 1888) is presented. Aleksander Herd is the most talented pedagogue of the second half of the 19th century and one of the brightest figures in the history of school natural sciences. He worked out the system of teaching natural sciences at school, paying attention to its educational importance, and he connected the methods of teaching with the content of subjects. He was the first who criticized the dogmatic method of A. Luben, a German educator, and he was also the first of Russian educators who tried to introduce the idea of historical development of nature into the curricula and textbooks of Russia in the 19th century. Aleksander Herd advocated the use of the evolutionally biological direction in teaching natural sciences. He worked out the methods of teaching the course of inanimate nature for junior pupils.

Alienacja ojca w rodzinie z dzieckiem/dziećmi z niepełnosprawnościami

Author(s): Justyna Charaśna-Blachucik / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2017

The aim of the article is to show the reasons and gather information about the alienation of men in families with a disabled child. Based on research conducted in schools (special and integration education) in the province Opole shows that the causes are different. They are trivial but are often serious and require social, educational and emotional support. The research group consisted of 130 men, but after preliminary verification and analysis, 105 men correctly completed the survey and were happy to give an interview. These are men aged 30–65 who live and do not live with a child with a disability. The research tool was a questionnaire containing 10 open questions and a certificate (father's age, age of the child, place of residence, social origin, material situation, etc.). The survey was supplemented by an interview. The results obtained divide men into several groups. An interesting group is men who do not live with a child and help and support the child's mother. Analysis of research results presents several reasons why a man is alienated from the family life. The most frequent reason is the poor mentality of men who can not bear the burden of their child's disability, can not notice any positive aspects in the disability of their son or daughter, do not have knowledge in this area, can not imagine a “normal” life. They are afraid of what they do not know. An important issue is the over-protection of mothers who relegate fathers from upbringing, as well as the lack of universal education towards disability, etc.

Alignment of Ethiopian Primary School Pre-service Teacher Education Program with that Primary School Mathematics Contents/syllabi

Author(s): Anteneh Tefera,Mulugeta Atnafu,Michael Kassa / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

This study is a quantitative research that examine the extent of alignment of Ethiopian teacher education program curricula with primary school mathematics contents. So, to collect the data, the study was used content analysis as instrument. The sources of data were primary school mathematics syllabi and curricula materials of college of teacher education. To do this, the study employed quantitative method to collect data from pre-service mathematics teachers. Coders were very experienced teacher educators from three different colleges of teacher education: Kotebe Metropolitan University, Hawassa college of teacher education and Arba Minch college of teacher education. Teacher educators were selected purposely based on their service year in college of teacher education and their positiveness for coding. To do the content analysis, the main documents (primary school mathematics syllabi) were coded or broken down in to manageable categories on a variety of theme and then examined using appropriate content analysis theoretical model. The result of the study portrayed that the curricula materials of generalist have low level of alignment with the primary school mathematics contents whereas those of specialist and linear curricula were align with the mathematical contents of primary school curricula in moderate level. As it was indicated in the findings of the study, the college curricula materials are not fully aligned with the contents of primary school mathematics. There are school mathematical contents which are not included in curricula of teacher education. Thus, it is recommended that appropriate program should be designed which create an opportunity for pre-service mathematics teachers to access school contents either during practicum sessions or should include in the curricula materials of teacher education.

Allelopatic and In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Stevia and Chia

Author(s): Asya Dragoeva,Vanya Koleva,Zheni Stoyanova,Eli Zayova / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2017

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni (Asteraceae) and Salvia hispanica L. (Lamiaceae) (chia) are functional foods used worldwide today. Additionally, aerial parts of both plants contain valuable secondary metabolites. Chemical composition of stevia and chia exhibits wide variations depending on geographic region, climatic conditions, time of plant collection etc. Nowadays there is a renewed interest on plants bioactive compounds concerning two important health problems: contamination of the environment with agrochemicals and inability to treat cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate allelopathic and in vitro anticancer activity of water extracts made from the aerial parts of micropropagated stevia and chia grown in Bulgaria in laboratory conditions. The allelopathic potential was evaluated using germination and root/shoot elongation assays and Allium cepa-test. Water extracts of plants tested had no significant influence on seed germination, but affected seedling growth. Chia was more effective in suppressing growth, as compared to stevia. Effective Concentration causing 50% growth inhibition (EC50) value was determined: 11.12 g/l (stevia) and 6.17 g/l (chia). After exposure to extracts (EC50, for 24 h) mitotic indices in root meristem cells were extremely low. In such a case it is not recommended to score chromosomal aberrations. The results of the study revealed that water extract of chia possess much stronger allelopathic activity than stevia. Cytotoxic effect in vitro was evaluated using cell proliferation/viability of human hepatoma cell line SK-HEP-1. In the present study, stevia and chia water extracts had no influence on cancer cell line tested.

Alternative Approaches to Vocational Education and Training

Author(s): Phil Budgell / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

In this paper, the author uses the planning cycle developed by Cedefop to compare Vocational Education and Training in England and Bulgaria. In the initial phase he uses reports from the EU, OECD and Cedefop to define the issues being faced in both countries. For the conceptualisation phase, the author focuses on the development of the National Qualifications Framework. Formal adoption is represented by the classification of individual vocational courses. The operational phase is interpreted as: the structure and organisation of schools; the curriculum framework; examples of vocational courses in schools and colleges; and work-based learning.Finally, a range of analytical strategies at: student; school; municipality; and national level are used to illustrate the monitoring, evaluation and impact phase.

Amperometric Nitric Oxide Sensor Based on MWCNT Chromium (III) Oxide Nanocomposite

Author(s): Arsim Maloku,Epir Qeriqi,Liridon Berisha,Ilir Mazreku,Tahir Arbneshi,Kurt Kalcher / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Multiwalled carbon nanotube and Chromium (III) oxide nanocomposite was used as a mediator in glassy carbon electrodes to improve the performance of electrode for the detection of nitric oxide in comparison with unmodified electrodes. The sensor could be operated as a detector in a flow injection analytical setup under physiological conditions (pH 7.5, 0.1 M phosphate buffer) with an operating potential from 800 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl), a flow rate of the carrier of 0.4 mL/min and an injection volume of 200 μL. The amperometric response of the sensor showed good linearity up to 200 µM with a sensitivity of about 21.6 nA/µM. The relative standard deviation for the repeatability of measurements for 100 µM NO was 3.9% (n = 10 measurements) and the reproducibility was 12% (n = 5 sensors). The effect of all investigated interferences (nitrite, ascorbic acid, dopamine and L-arginine) was not fatal and at 800 mV the signal ratio of NO/NO2- is around 10. The new sensor was successfully applied to the determination of NO in mice liver homogenisate after addition of L-arginine

An Analysis of Polish Teachers Attitudes towards Inclusive Education

Author(s): Anna Czyż / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/2018

The purpose of the study was to determine the relation to inclusive education involving teachers of both public and special schools. The study was conducted on a sample of 224 teachers. In the study, a diagnostic survey was used with the Scale for Measuring Attitudes towards Inclusive Education. The tool was designed for the purposes of this study and it was analyzed for internal consistency and reliability. A key for the attitudes’ verification was established and it is based on a sten scale. The measured values were treated as the basis for ordering the material in the direction of the attitude. The findings show the neutral attitude in the tested sample and there is no difference observed based on the type of represented school.