The purpose of the paper is to outline the parameters of a LCC (linguistically centered concept) of developing ME (maritime English) teaching materials for non-native learners who are beginning their maritime acad...The purpose of the paper is to outline the parameters of a LCC (linguistically centered concept) of developing ME (maritime English) teaching materials for non-native learners who are beginning their maritime academic career. The paper introduces initial notions on applying linguistic criteria as the basic ones in the process of creating ME textbooks. Through the historical development and under the influence of extra linguistic factors (globalization of the shipping industry, in particular), ME has accumulated and stored various resources being in current use: vocabulary, grammar and phonology, operational and semiotic systems, specific means of communication, functional models, patterns of narration and description, etc.. The proper linguistic analysis makes a secure foundation for methodology which can guarantee a better quality of ME course books for the 1st and 2nd year maritime students all over the world.展开更多
We intend to establish how species diversity is dealt with, within the study of the ecosystem, in books for the 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education, ESO (15-16 year-old students). The analysis was carried out...We intend to establish how species diversity is dealt with, within the study of the ecosystem, in books for the 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education, ESO (15-16 year-old students). The analysis was carried out using a key issues dossier based on school science, which not only provides a description of reality, but also introduces a theoretical explanatory framework. Regarding species diversity, we focused on the descriptive approach, considering the link between diversity and trophic relationships, ecological succession and ecosystem stability through change, consequences for biodiversity of human activities and mechanisms to face such consequences; and on the explanatory perspective, which provides an interpretative answer for all the aspects previously mentioned. The findings drawn from textbooks show that biodiversity is linked both to the study of the ecosystem and to the impact of human societies on its maintenance. However, such study is particularly focused on the descriptive, rather than on the explanatory level. So, teachers should improve the study of biodiversity foresting a balance between descriptive and explanatory level.展开更多
The main purpose of this research is to draw insights from Nigeria to find out how language serves as the key to global research and challenges in the 21 st century. This research is necessitated by the fact that apar...The main purpose of this research is to draw insights from Nigeria to find out how language serves as the key to global research and challenges in the 21 st century. This research is necessitated by the fact that apart from the point that globalization will be very difficult if not impossible without language, language is also a major tool to fix every challenge of life since solution to problems of life arises through thought. The researcher draws her data from bill boards, television, posters, and other secondary sources of data like textbooks, journals, internet, etc. and adopts a descriptive framework for the analysis of data. The investigation portrays the fact that language is an indispensable tool not only for global research but for resolving all the challenges facing Nigerians in the 21 st century. The study shows that there are challenges in the health, security, educational, social, economic, and political sectors in Nigeria. It equally reveals that through language, solution to the health, security, educational, social, economic, and political challenges in Nigeria is provided.展开更多
The ideological and political education for students in institutions of higher learning is a complicated, systematic project. To unequivocally cultivate the socialist core values of these students and deeply influence...The ideological and political education for students in institutions of higher learning is a complicated, systematic project. To unequivocally cultivate the socialist core values of these students and deeply influence their ideological understanding and behaviors, the concept of "education involved by all related people" is necessarily implemented in all aspects, and the joint force of "imparting knowledge and educating people" , "educating people by management" , and "educating people by service" is formed. As a result, the actual effectiveness of the ideological and political education is improved in institutions of higher learning.展开更多
Recently the phenomenon of disposable schoolbook in China not only has wasted so many resources that produce unfavorable influence, but also has increased unneeessary impact burdens on consumptions of Chinese families...Recently the phenomenon of disposable schoolbook in China not only has wasted so many resources that produce unfavorable influence, but also has increased unneeessary impact burdens on consumptions of Chinese families. The paper analyzes value of the reuse of schoolbooks and main obstacles, introduces the concept of servicizing, discusses the problem of the reuse of schoolbooks from construction of product-service system, and puts forward that realization of the reuse of sChoolbooks depends on innovation of present system and model. Construction of Schoolbook-service system needs shifl from value to consumption habits and behaviors and active participation of every Social class.展开更多
Nowadays researchers working in various fields study the issues of argument. They represent different approaches which distinguish with theoretical and practical comprehension of argument problems. Informal study of a...Nowadays researchers working in various fields study the issues of argument. They represent different approaches which distinguish with theoretical and practical comprehension of argument problems. Informal study of argument is one of the approaches. The key reason of its appearance was the criticism of formal logic in the late 20th century. Researchers consider the argument from the different point of view. Formal dialectics and pragma-dialectics were based on dialectics. Contemporary rhetorical theories of argument were created on the rhetorical grounds; theory of speech acts on the basis of practical philosophy etc.. This paper is devoted to some theoretical problems of informal logic which was formed on the logic background in the late 70's. In spite of numerous papers, books, and text-books on informal logic published over the last thirty years, logicians has not achieved consensus so far on many issues. Among the numerous problems are: what is the subject matter of informal logic? Does informal logic belong to the realm of logic? Is it applied epistemology? What is a real argument? And what are the criteria for evaluating of such arguments?展开更多
There are several indexing techniques that can optimize system performances. The choice of the right index type in a schema can improve the DB performances by up to 80%. Unfortunately the illustrations of the various ...There are several indexing techniques that can optimize system performances. The choice of the right index type in a schema can improve the DB performances by up to 80%. Unfortunately the illustrations of the various techniques are scattered over a number of texts and manuals, and the courses for database designers are often somewhat incomplete. The present paper shows a didactical experience which tackles this kind of limitations. In particular, the authors have prepared a textbook that includes twenty-one different index formats; it discusses advantages and disadvantages of each indexing technique, and has been positively validated during advanced courses on relational database design.展开更多
The focus of this study is to investigate the school textbooks of Greek Language, particular emphasis being paid on the search via their content of the level of emergence of the Rights of the Child. The research focus...The focus of this study is to investigate the school textbooks of Greek Language, particular emphasis being paid on the search via their content of the level of emergence of the Rights of the Child. The research focuses on the specific topic, as school textbooks are utilized at the most during schooling and also, as they constitute the basis for the linguistic transfer of messages, values, and attitudes, which are used in all subjects and in the majority of teaching activities and actions. In addition, school textbooks of Greek Language contribute significantly to the cultural understanding and development of the child. This whole dimension is attempted to be highlighted in the present study, the main outcome of which is that via the school textbooks of Greek Language of the last three grades of the Greek Primary School, the emergence of the Rights of the Child is attempted at a satisfactory level. The present research is an empirical approach to textbooks of Greek Language of Greek Primary School on the Rights of the Child and it is innovative, for being the first evaluative approach on the aforementioned issue, since the last review of school textbooks in the Greek.展开更多
Dear editor, I am a Chinese teacher for foreigners.In my class,(?)mainly teach those foreign students the Chinese language,but some of my students want to do trade business after studying,so(?)often recommend them som...Dear editor, I am a Chinese teacher for foreigners.In my class,(?)mainly teach those foreign students the Chinese language,but some of my students want to do trade business after studying,so(?)often recommend them some articles from the CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE展开更多
This study was carried out within the European research project "Biology, Health and Environmental Education for Better Citizenship". It is a comparative analysis of textbooks from eight Mediterranean countries whic...This study was carried out within the European research project "Biology, Health and Environmental Education for Better Citizenship". It is a comparative analysis of textbooks from eight Mediterranean countries which differ by their cultures, their socio-economical levels, and their religions. This work is focused on the sensitive educational topic "Human Reproduction and Sex Education". And 43 biology textbooks are analyzed among eight countries: four are in Europe and four in Africa and Middle East. Grids were built to identify implicit values in the texts and images. It is a more precisely explicit or implicit presence of cultural, socio-economical, and ethical dimensions. The investigation concerns whether the authors of textbooks present differently this theme depending on the socio-cultural, ethical, and religious contexts. The content of the textbooks was analyzed as reflecting the conceptions of their authors and publishers. The outcomes of the analyses show that several textbooks present images of human beings restricted to only one ethnic type, usually white-skinned and with fair hair. The social, cultural, economical, and ethical dimensions were generally absent, except for some interest for them in few European textbooks.展开更多
TESOL is the abbreviation of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The basic meaning is international English teacher qualification certificate, and the teaching objects are the students which uses English ...TESOL is the abbreviation of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The basic meaning is international English teacher qualification certificate, and the teaching objects are the students which uses English as the second language. The theme of TESOL is to observe the methods and theory of English teaching, which makes the teachers' level of English teaching improve. On the basis of course learning experience of TESOL, the paper observes the disadvantages and advantages of TESOL from teaching design and teaching ideas. And the paper discuses the enlightenment of it for domestic English teaching.展开更多
The paper analyze the polarization of study dielectric that produced field by dipole, medium field plays an important role in electromagnetic wave radiation. The electric field expression for electric dipole electric ...The paper analyze the polarization of study dielectric that produced field by dipole, medium field plays an important role in electromagnetic wave radiation. The electric field expression for electric dipole electric field distribution in ordinary textbooks only give a special direction, This paper introduces in detail the formula of the electric dipole in the space of an arbitrary point excitation electric field, and use computer sottware to simulate the distribution pattern of electric dipole, and gives some typical figures for reference.展开更多
with the development of the digital information environment, library education has gradually become one of the forms of social recognition. This paper expounds the connotation, features, functions and contents of libr...with the development of the digital information environment, library education has gradually become one of the forms of social recognition. This paper expounds the connotation, features, functions and contents of library education, and constructs the mode of Library Education in the new period.展开更多
Since the earliest Kansei works saw the light more than 30 years ago, the Kansei has boomed exponentially. Because of many and various achieved business successes by different working groups as well as the methodology...Since the earliest Kansei works saw the light more than 30 years ago, the Kansei has boomed exponentially. Because of many and various achieved business successes by different working groups as well as the methodology geographical dispersion throughout the world. Multi-faceted Kansei has been developed for the last 20 years in a very wide and varied way. The Kansei has experienced as if talking of a tree, a branching experience still going on nowadays. Today we can speak from Kansei in theory, Kansei emotion measurement, Kansei engineering, Kansei information, Kansei education, Kansei design to Kansei in practice and many other disciplines. Three years ago, our team started the experience to introduce Kansei in the educational atmosphere, applying it to the final degree projects. In the School of Building Engineering at the Universitat Polit^cnica de Valencia and inside its final degree project proposal, a workshop on Kansei engineering was offered. During these years at the eighth semester of the building engineer degree, students have been working for almost five months under the supervision of a team of teachers on their final project till the final public oral defense was made in front of a committee. During these years, we have worked with an average of 10 students per year. Some have successfully completed their final projects, others have not achieved the minimum required. The article aims to explain the experience during the last three years the team has accumulated in Kansei education, and can be of interest for every teacher or lecturer.展开更多
Persian Passion Play (Ta'ziya), the most important Shiite religious ritual, performed by non-professional actors and musicians, is based on the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Husein, and his companions at Karb...Persian Passion Play (Ta'ziya), the most important Shiite religious ritual, performed by non-professional actors and musicians, is based on the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Husein, and his companions at Karbala (in 680). This paper aims to introduce a wide range of sources, both books and articles, on the history, music, actors, and arrangements of ta'ziya performance in Iran from 1971 onwards. It includes a number of titles of ta'ziya manuscripts, and the place of performance. The article contains traveler accounts from sixteen century onwards and the translations of ta'ziya texts in European languages.展开更多
This paper detracts vampires' traits from definitions by famous biblical exegetists and alike. Based on accounts of vampire-synonymous species from the Holy Bible (2000), The Vampire Book (2010), Encyclopedia of ...This paper detracts vampires' traits from definitions by famous biblical exegetists and alike. Based on accounts of vampire-synonymous species from the Holy Bible (2000), The Vampire Book (2010), Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology (2010), etc., it attempts an analysis of essential vampire features derivation from religious beliefs with the aim to amply apprecitate vampire culture and paint evidentially-built vampire portraits as against totally self-imagined traits.展开更多
文摘The purpose of the paper is to outline the parameters of a LCC (linguistically centered concept) of developing ME (maritime English) teaching materials for non-native learners who are beginning their maritime academic career. The paper introduces initial notions on applying linguistic criteria as the basic ones in the process of creating ME textbooks. Through the historical development and under the influence of extra linguistic factors (globalization of the shipping industry, in particular), ME has accumulated and stored various resources being in current use: vocabulary, grammar and phonology, operational and semiotic systems, specific means of communication, functional models, patterns of narration and description, etc.. The proper linguistic analysis makes a secure foundation for methodology which can guarantee a better quality of ME course books for the 1st and 2nd year maritime students all over the world.
文摘We intend to establish how species diversity is dealt with, within the study of the ecosystem, in books for the 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education, ESO (15-16 year-old students). The analysis was carried out using a key issues dossier based on school science, which not only provides a description of reality, but also introduces a theoretical explanatory framework. Regarding species diversity, we focused on the descriptive approach, considering the link between diversity and trophic relationships, ecological succession and ecosystem stability through change, consequences for biodiversity of human activities and mechanisms to face such consequences; and on the explanatory perspective, which provides an interpretative answer for all the aspects previously mentioned. The findings drawn from textbooks show that biodiversity is linked both to the study of the ecosystem and to the impact of human societies on its maintenance. However, such study is particularly focused on the descriptive, rather than on the explanatory level. So, teachers should improve the study of biodiversity foresting a balance between descriptive and explanatory level.
文摘The main purpose of this research is to draw insights from Nigeria to find out how language serves as the key to global research and challenges in the 21 st century. This research is necessitated by the fact that apart from the point that globalization will be very difficult if not impossible without language, language is also a major tool to fix every challenge of life since solution to problems of life arises through thought. The researcher draws her data from bill boards, television, posters, and other secondary sources of data like textbooks, journals, internet, etc. and adopts a descriptive framework for the analysis of data. The investigation portrays the fact that language is an indispensable tool not only for global research but for resolving all the challenges facing Nigerians in the 21 st century. The study shows that there are challenges in the health, security, educational, social, economic, and political sectors in Nigeria. It equally reveals that through language, solution to the health, security, educational, social, economic, and political challenges in Nigeria is provided.
文摘The ideological and political education for students in institutions of higher learning is a complicated, systematic project. To unequivocally cultivate the socialist core values of these students and deeply influence their ideological understanding and behaviors, the concept of "education involved by all related people" is necessarily implemented in all aspects, and the joint force of "imparting knowledge and educating people" , "educating people by management" , and "educating people by service" is formed. As a result, the actual effectiveness of the ideological and political education is improved in institutions of higher learning.
文摘Recently the phenomenon of disposable schoolbook in China not only has wasted so many resources that produce unfavorable influence, but also has increased unneeessary impact burdens on consumptions of Chinese families. The paper analyzes value of the reuse of schoolbooks and main obstacles, introduces the concept of servicizing, discusses the problem of the reuse of schoolbooks from construction of product-service system, and puts forward that realization of the reuse of sChoolbooks depends on innovation of present system and model. Construction of Schoolbook-service system needs shifl from value to consumption habits and behaviors and active participation of every Social class.
文摘Nowadays researchers working in various fields study the issues of argument. They represent different approaches which distinguish with theoretical and practical comprehension of argument problems. Informal study of argument is one of the approaches. The key reason of its appearance was the criticism of formal logic in the late 20th century. Researchers consider the argument from the different point of view. Formal dialectics and pragma-dialectics were based on dialectics. Contemporary rhetorical theories of argument were created on the rhetorical grounds; theory of speech acts on the basis of practical philosophy etc.. This paper is devoted to some theoretical problems of informal logic which was formed on the logic background in the late 70's. In spite of numerous papers, books, and text-books on informal logic published over the last thirty years, logicians has not achieved consensus so far on many issues. Among the numerous problems are: what is the subject matter of informal logic? Does informal logic belong to the realm of logic? Is it applied epistemology? What is a real argument? And what are the criteria for evaluating of such arguments?
文摘There are several indexing techniques that can optimize system performances. The choice of the right index type in a schema can improve the DB performances by up to 80%. Unfortunately the illustrations of the various techniques are scattered over a number of texts and manuals, and the courses for database designers are often somewhat incomplete. The present paper shows a didactical experience which tackles this kind of limitations. In particular, the authors have prepared a textbook that includes twenty-one different index formats; it discusses advantages and disadvantages of each indexing technique, and has been positively validated during advanced courses on relational database design.
文摘The focus of this study is to investigate the school textbooks of Greek Language, particular emphasis being paid on the search via their content of the level of emergence of the Rights of the Child. The research focuses on the specific topic, as school textbooks are utilized at the most during schooling and also, as they constitute the basis for the linguistic transfer of messages, values, and attitudes, which are used in all subjects and in the majority of teaching activities and actions. In addition, school textbooks of Greek Language contribute significantly to the cultural understanding and development of the child. This whole dimension is attempted to be highlighted in the present study, the main outcome of which is that via the school textbooks of Greek Language of the last three grades of the Greek Primary School, the emergence of the Rights of the Child is attempted at a satisfactory level. The present research is an empirical approach to textbooks of Greek Language of Greek Primary School on the Rights of the Child and it is innovative, for being the first evaluative approach on the aforementioned issue, since the last review of school textbooks in the Greek.
文摘Dear editor, I am a Chinese teacher for foreigners.In my class,(?)mainly teach those foreign students the Chinese language,but some of my students want to do trade business after studying,so(?)often recommend them some articles from the CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE
文摘This study was carried out within the European research project "Biology, Health and Environmental Education for Better Citizenship". It is a comparative analysis of textbooks from eight Mediterranean countries which differ by their cultures, their socio-economical levels, and their religions. This work is focused on the sensitive educational topic "Human Reproduction and Sex Education". And 43 biology textbooks are analyzed among eight countries: four are in Europe and four in Africa and Middle East. Grids were built to identify implicit values in the texts and images. It is a more precisely explicit or implicit presence of cultural, socio-economical, and ethical dimensions. The investigation concerns whether the authors of textbooks present differently this theme depending on the socio-cultural, ethical, and religious contexts. The content of the textbooks was analyzed as reflecting the conceptions of their authors and publishers. The outcomes of the analyses show that several textbooks present images of human beings restricted to only one ethnic type, usually white-skinned and with fair hair. The social, cultural, economical, and ethical dimensions were generally absent, except for some interest for them in few European textbooks.
文摘TESOL is the abbreviation of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The basic meaning is international English teacher qualification certificate, and the teaching objects are the students which uses English as the second language. The theme of TESOL is to observe the methods and theory of English teaching, which makes the teachers' level of English teaching improve. On the basis of course learning experience of TESOL, the paper observes the disadvantages and advantages of TESOL from teaching design and teaching ideas. And the paper discuses the enlightenment of it for domestic English teaching.
文摘The paper analyze the polarization of study dielectric that produced field by dipole, medium field plays an important role in electromagnetic wave radiation. The electric field expression for electric dipole electric field distribution in ordinary textbooks only give a special direction, This paper introduces in detail the formula of the electric dipole in the space of an arbitrary point excitation electric field, and use computer sottware to simulate the distribution pattern of electric dipole, and gives some typical figures for reference.
文摘with the development of the digital information environment, library education has gradually become one of the forms of social recognition. This paper expounds the connotation, features, functions and contents of library education, and constructs the mode of Library Education in the new period.
文摘Since the earliest Kansei works saw the light more than 30 years ago, the Kansei has boomed exponentially. Because of many and various achieved business successes by different working groups as well as the methodology geographical dispersion throughout the world. Multi-faceted Kansei has been developed for the last 20 years in a very wide and varied way. The Kansei has experienced as if talking of a tree, a branching experience still going on nowadays. Today we can speak from Kansei in theory, Kansei emotion measurement, Kansei engineering, Kansei information, Kansei education, Kansei design to Kansei in practice and many other disciplines. Three years ago, our team started the experience to introduce Kansei in the educational atmosphere, applying it to the final degree projects. In the School of Building Engineering at the Universitat Polit^cnica de Valencia and inside its final degree project proposal, a workshop on Kansei engineering was offered. During these years at the eighth semester of the building engineer degree, students have been working for almost five months under the supervision of a team of teachers on their final project till the final public oral defense was made in front of a committee. During these years, we have worked with an average of 10 students per year. Some have successfully completed their final projects, others have not achieved the minimum required. The article aims to explain the experience during the last three years the team has accumulated in Kansei education, and can be of interest for every teacher or lecturer.
文摘Persian Passion Play (Ta'ziya), the most important Shiite religious ritual, performed by non-professional actors and musicians, is based on the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Husein, and his companions at Karbala (in 680). This paper aims to introduce a wide range of sources, both books and articles, on the history, music, actors, and arrangements of ta'ziya performance in Iran from 1971 onwards. It includes a number of titles of ta'ziya manuscripts, and the place of performance. The article contains traveler accounts from sixteen century onwards and the translations of ta'ziya texts in European languages.
文摘This paper detracts vampires' traits from definitions by famous biblical exegetists and alike. Based on accounts of vampire-synonymous species from the Holy Bible (2000), The Vampire Book (2010), Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology (2010), etc., it attempts an analysis of essential vampire features derivation from religious beliefs with the aim to amply apprecitate vampire culture and paint evidentially-built vampire portraits as against totally self-imagined traits.