Published: July 3, 2020
Статья посвящена обсуждению процессов цифровизации деятельности органов власти в современных условиях. Цель статьи – открытие дискуссии о проблемах внедрения новых информационно-телекоммуникационных технологий и повышения эффективности системы публичного управления. На основе анализа опыта внедрения цифровых технологий и платформенных решений в сфере публичного управления дана содержательная характеристика проблем цифровизации публичного управления. Определены ключевые вопросы, требующие внимания при осуществлении цифровизации публичного управления, на основе SWOT-анализа в части выявления слабых, проблемных сторон деятельности органов власти и угроз, вытекающих из современного состояния российского социума. Выделяя слабые стороны современного публичного управления, авторы обратили внимание на такие моменты данной проблемы, как: 1) проведение «цифровизации ради цифровизации»; 2) …
Published: July 3, 2020
Как известно, цифровизация многих сторон жизни современного общества стала актуальной в ХХI в. для большинства развитых стран. Этот процесс характерен и для Российской Федерации, причем особое ускорение он получил в настоящий период пандемии COVID-19. Стремительному развитию цифровизации подвергается сейчас сфера образования, где обучение на расстоянии становится одной из центральных форм. Эта стремительность породила ряд проблем, как организационных, так и психологических, поскольку реальная действительность оказалась еще не в полной мере подготовлена к радикальным изменениям как в методике преподавания, так и в способах получения знаний студенческой аудиторией. Соответственно, данная трансформация столь важной для общества сферы, как образовательная, требует приложения усилий представителей многих …
Published: Feb. 19, 2016
После краткого исторического экскурса в статье анализируются особенности подхода Японии к решению экологических проблем и распространению экологических знаний, законодательство в области защиты окружающей среды от загрязнения, а также экологический след человечества в целом и Японии.
Published: Oct. 10, 2013
Internationally, learning science through investigation is promoted as a preferred pedagogical approach. Research presented takes a view that such learning depends on how teachers understand science investigation. Teachers‘ understanding of science investigation was an aspect of an interpretive case study of the phenomenon of science investigation exploring the links between learning, motivation and assessment in year 11 science. Data were collected through a population survey of year 11 science teachers (n=165) in the greater Wellington region through a postal questionnaire (response rate 61%). In addition, all year 11 science teachers in a typical coeducational, middle size, urban secondary school were …
Published: Jan. 10, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of energy literacy among 276 Form 2 (Grade 8) Malaysian students as no similar study has been previously conducted in the country, as well as the contribution of students’ energy-related knowledge and attitudes on their energy-related behaviors. This was a non-experimental quantitative research using the sample survey method to collect data by using the ‘Energy Literacy Questionnaire’ (ELQ). Independent samples t-test, Pearson product-moment correlation, and multiple linear regressions were used to analyse the data. The study found that levels of energy literacy were relatively low suggesting that the implemented curriculum …
Published: June 26, 2013
This paper focuses upon the problem of raising environmental awareness in the context of school science. By focusing, as it does, on the relationship between the self and the natural environment, the paper discusses the difficulties that exist, such as the students’ involvement with the natural world, as their object of study, the empirical treatment and the modeling of the natural world, and the purpose of learning science, as well as the possibilities for promoting the development of such relationship by keeping the natural world, as an object of study, in the foreground of the teachinglearning process. Such possibilities refer …
Published: July 7, 2014
The literature on professional development is replete with studies that utilize survey, interview, and classroom observation data, primarily collected post professional development experience, to explore teachers’ knowledge, beliefs, and actions; however, we lack a clear understanding of teachers’ learning process and reflections during the professional development. The current study aims to address the abovementioned gaps in the literature, by utilizing participant reflections and assignments during a summer professional development opportunity, to elucidate the process by which teachers learn about inquiry-based teaching and begin to implement it in their planning, in addition to factors they deem influential in this process. The …
Published: July 7, 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate the environmental attitudes (EA) in the population of 15-year-old French students and, to check if the French student population presents similar EA categorization as described in the different models in the literature (e.g. the Model of Ecological Values, Wiseman & Bogner 2003). The second aim of this study is to identify the different factors influencing students’ EA. We analyse the results of the questionnaire-based Relevance of Science Education Project carried out in France in 2008 as a part of a wider international comparative study ROSE (Relevance Of Science Education). The hierarchical ascendant …
Published: April 10, 2014
This study investigates noise pollution levels in two elementary schools. Also, “noise level awareness and sensitivity training” was given for reducing noise pollution, and the effects and results of this training were evaluated. ‘Sensitivity’ training was given to 611 students and 48 teachers in a private and a public school. Questionnaires, sound meter observations, and the reflections of the student teachers participating in the study were used for collecting data. The findings showed that noise levels measured in both schools were much higher than national and international upper limits. The data obtained through the first questionnaire indicated that students and …
Published: April 10, 2013
In this study, we investigated the ways in which university students connected with science through the use of photovoice (Wang & Burris, 1994) as a pedagogical tool. Results indicated that students came to appreciate their connections to the science that operates in their lives as they reflected on and became empowered with regard to the science content behind environmental issues of interest to them on campus. Photovoice allowed students to authentically inquire about local science, as well as the potential to generate change in their own community. This understanding is significant to science educators because first, it empowers learners to …