This article is based on research on pre-service teachers＇ perspectives on their mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study was framed using tile mathematical knowledge for teaching framework. This qualita...This article is based on research on pre-service teachers＇ perspectives on their mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study was framed using tile mathematical knowledge for teaching framework. This qualitative study employed the use of a task-based worksheet, focus group sessions and semi-structured individual interviews. The task-based worksheet was completed by 180 pre-service mathematics teachers （second, third and fourth year mathematics education students）. Pre-service mathematics teachers are student teachers who have not yet completed their training to become teachers. After the analysis of the task-based worksheet, 20 participants were invited to participate in focus group sessions and individual interviews. The findings of the study reveal that the participants possess peripheral mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study aims at assisting pre-service teachers and interested educationists to explore innovative methods of acquiring and imparting mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study proposes possible changes in curriculum at school and university level.展开更多
Literary characters possess a genealogy. Indeed, stock characters like the evil genius or super villain boast family trees that readers can trace not only through time--in this case, starting in the late 19th century-...Literary characters possess a genealogy. Indeed, stock characters like the evil genius or super villain boast family trees that readers can trace not only through time--in this case, starting in the late 19th century--but also across borders. This study traces the genealogical roots of the modern super villain by examining, in turn, Ian Fleming＇s characters Ernst Blofeld and Dr. Julius No, Sax Rohmer＇s Dr. Fu Manchu, and Guy Boothby＇s Dr. Antonio Nikola. In ＂Orientalism＂, the author contends that the modern super villain is the embodiment of these writers＇ orientalist fantasies and fears. Finally, in ＂Mad Science＂, the argument is made that the evil geniuses of Fleming, Rohmer, and Boothby may very well be the offspring of an earlier stock character, the mad scientist, who trades monomania for megalomania.展开更多
A full application of the new auditing law dated 2005 meant, among other things, an obligation for audit firms to present transparency reports. In the period of 2007-2010, audit firms overcame the barrier and started ...A full application of the new auditing law dated 2005 meant, among other things, an obligation for audit firms to present transparency reports. In the period of 2007-2010, audit firms overcame the barrier and started disclosing the data on their operations, being treated as confidential for a long period of time. A continuous period of four years might seem to be a short period to create a big picture of the developments in the audit profession in the Republic of Macedonia. However, the issue of who, how, and for what purposes these data were used remains open. Pursuant to Article 7 of the Statute of the Institute for Certified Auditors of the Republic of Macedonia （ICARM）, the institute is in charge of carrying out quality control. In 2010, ICARM carried out, for the first time, quality control over the operations of audit firms in 2009. Did ICARM use and how much did it use the data from the transparency reports in the process of selecting the entities to be subjected to quality control？ Is it possible to establish relation between transparency in the operations of the audit firms and improvement of quality of services they offer to their clients？ The authors will try to provide the answers to the abovementioned questions in this paper.展开更多
文摘This article is based on research on pre-service teachers＇ perspectives on their mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study was framed using tile mathematical knowledge for teaching framework. This qualitative study employed the use of a task-based worksheet, focus group sessions and semi-structured individual interviews. The task-based worksheet was completed by 180 pre-service mathematics teachers （second, third and fourth year mathematics education students）. Pre-service mathematics teachers are student teachers who have not yet completed their training to become teachers. After the analysis of the task-based worksheet, 20 participants were invited to participate in focus group sessions and individual interviews. The findings of the study reveal that the participants possess peripheral mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study aims at assisting pre-service teachers and interested educationists to explore innovative methods of acquiring and imparting mathematics knowledge of proof in geometry. The study proposes possible changes in curriculum at school and university level.
文摘Literary characters possess a genealogy. Indeed, stock characters like the evil genius or super villain boast family trees that readers can trace not only through time--in this case, starting in the late 19th century--but also across borders. This study traces the genealogical roots of the modern super villain by examining, in turn, Ian Fleming＇s characters Ernst Blofeld and Dr. Julius No, Sax Rohmer＇s Dr. Fu Manchu, and Guy Boothby＇s Dr. Antonio Nikola. In ＂Orientalism＂, the author contends that the modern super villain is the embodiment of these writers＇ orientalist fantasies and fears. Finally, in ＂Mad Science＂, the argument is made that the evil geniuses of Fleming, Rohmer, and Boothby may very well be the offspring of an earlier stock character, the mad scientist, who trades monomania for megalomania.
文摘A full application of the new auditing law dated 2005 meant, among other things, an obligation for audit firms to present transparency reports. In the period of 2007-2010, audit firms overcame the barrier and started disclosing the data on their operations, being treated as confidential for a long period of time. A continuous period of four years might seem to be a short period to create a big picture of the developments in the audit profession in the Republic of Macedonia. However, the issue of who, how, and for what purposes these data were used remains open. Pursuant to Article 7 of the Statute of the Institute for Certified Auditors of the Republic of Macedonia （ICARM）, the institute is in charge of carrying out quality control. In 2010, ICARM carried out, for the first time, quality control over the operations of audit firms in 2009. Did ICARM use and how much did it use the data from the transparency reports in the process of selecting the entities to be subjected to quality control？ Is it possible to establish relation between transparency in the operations of the audit firms and improvement of quality of services they offer to their clients？ The authors will try to provide the answers to the abovementioned questions in this paper.
