The Pedagogy and Politics of Art in Postmodernity: Cognitive Mapping and The Bothersome Man     

Brian L. Ott  Gordana Lazić 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(3):259-282

This essay inquires into the pedagogical and political dimensions of art in the contemporary moment. Specifically, it seeks to reanimate Fredric Jameson's notion of “cognitive mapping,” which he introduced as a response to the postmodern problem of representing the social totality. To that end, the essay begins by explicating the twin impulses of cognitive mapping. It, then, undertakes a sustained rhetorical analysis of Jens Lien's award-winning 2006 Norwegian film, The Bothersome Man, demonstrating how the film employs entropic satire to, at once, map and critique the cultural logic of late capitalism. The essay concludes by reflecting on the important contributions rhetorical scholars can make to a renewed interest in cognitive mapping.  相似文献   

A conceptual framework for analysing the impact of influences on student engagement and learning     

Ines Dužević 《Tertiary Education and Management》2013,19(1):66-79

The notion that ‘customer satisfaction’ should be the ultimate measure of quality provision of any service organization is often accepted in the higher education context. However, measuring the quality of an educational institution based on students’ satisfaction is insufficient as it diverts the focus from student development, advancement and growth to an affective evaluation of the service. More appropriate measures of quality of higher education institutions are student engagement and learning. This study describes the likely impact of perceived overall quality of higher education institutions on student engagement. The contribution of this study is twofold. First, it draws attention to the importance of higher education institution quality as the main institutional-level determinant of student engagement and, second, it suggests a comprehensive multilevel conceptual framework for its empirical testing.  相似文献   

Methodological Challenges of Digital Divide Measurements     

Vasja Vehovar  Pavle Sicherl  Tobias Hüsing  Vesna Dolnicar 《The Information Society》2013,29(5):279-290

The term “digital divide” has been used for almost a decade and typically relates to sociodemographic differences in the use of information and communication technology. However, the corresponding measurement is still relatively imprecise. Very often it is simply reduced to comparisons of Internet penetration rates. This article extends the measurements above the usual bivariate comparisons. Within this context, three essential approaches are presented and critically evaluated. First, loglinear modeling is used to address the interactions among the factors affecting the digital divide. Second, compound measures (i.e., the Digital Divide Index) that integrate a number of variables into a single indicator are discussed. Third, time-distance methodology is applied to analyze changes in the digital divide. The article argues that these approaches often yield entirely different conclusions compared to simple bivariate analysis. The examples are presented as a general warning against an oversimplified methodological approach to digital divide studies.  相似文献   

Relationship between 2000-m rowing ergometer performance times and World Rowing Championships rankings in elite-standard rowers     

Pavle Mikulić  Tomislav Smoljanović  Ivan Bojanić  Jo A. Hannafin  Branka R. Matković 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(9):907-913

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the extent to which 2000-m rowing ergometer performance times predicted final rankings at the World Rowing Championships in a sample of 638 rowers of both sexes and body-mass classifications (i.e. open-category and lightweight rowers). Rowing ergometer performance times were examined using a questionnaire, and in 17 of 23 events they were positively correlated (P ≤ 0.049) with the final rankings at the Championships. The highest correlations were for the ergometer performance times achieved by rowers in lightweight men's single sculls (r = 0.78; P = 0.005), women's single sculls (r = 0.75; P = 0.002), men's single sculls (r = 0.72; P = 0.004), and lightweight men's double sculls (r = 0.72; P < 0.001). We used linear regression to establish regression equations to predict final rankings based on 2000-m rowing ergometer performance times for each event in which there was a correlation greater than r = 0.50. Although correlations in 12 events met this criterion, the large standard errors of the estimate hindered ranking predictions in all of the studied events. Regression equations could be used to determine the most probable 2000-m ergometer performance time for a rower to achieve specific rankings at the World Rowing Championships.  相似文献   

Predicting students’ satisfaction using a decision tree     

Skrbinjek  Vesna  Dermol  Valerij 《Tertiary Education and Management》2019,25(2):101-113

Tertiary Education and Management - This research focuses on students’ satisfaction and on how students’ satisfaction relates to their performance and involvement in study activities in...  相似文献   

Science and Technology Education in Slovenian Compulsory Basic School: Possibilities for Gifted Education     

Gregor Torkar  Stanislav Avsec  Mojca Čepič  Vesna Ferk Savec 《Roeper Review》2018,40(2):139-150

The article presents an analytical overview of the science and technology curriculum from the viewpoint of the inclusive approach adopted toward gifted education in Slovenian basic education. The main research question concerns how the current curriculum fits the learning needs of gifted students. For the purposes of the study, 16 compulsory and elective syllabi of science and technology school subjects were identified and qualitatively analyzed, and the role of activity days was examined within the target framework. The results show a rather weak operationalization of recommendations for gifted education in defined learning objectives and standards in the syllabi. Moreover, it was found that elective school subjects in science and technology are poorly represented in students’ overall selection of elective school subjects. In addition, activity days offer numerous possibilities for the implementation of the general recommendations for teaching the gifted.  相似文献   

Policy makers’ rhetoric of educational change: A critical analysis     

Jasna Kovačević  Zijada Rahimić  Dževad Šehić 《Journal of Educational Change》2018,19(3):375-417

Reforms in education often fail due to insufficient time to implement them, too few charismatic leaders, the influence of the preceding culture, scarce resources or an incapacity to comprehend the complexity of the education system. Most studies dealing with the cognitive aspects of educational change investigate the meaning of change through the lens of the educators and principals and there is not as much research available on the perception and interpretation of change by policy makers and the language they use to communicate messages about policy that affect sensemaking–sensegiving during the process of learning about the changes. Guided by the premise that the language of a reform movement is shaped by its ideology, this article illustrates how press releases of the Ministry of Education in Canton Sarajevo in Bosnia–Herzegovina reflect an exploitation-oriented dominant reform logic. The results of frequency analysis, hierarchical clustering and multidimensional scaling imply that MoE is driven by a top-down perspective to educational change, with a focus on the procedural, organizational and collaborational aspects of reforms that primarily alter the structure of the education system but not its internal substance. We end this paper by suggesting that educational system as complex adaptive system cannot be controlled, but effectively managed through distribution of control and creation of few attractors, benefiting from self-organization in the technical core and making change in the official top-down rhetoric.  相似文献   

DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND DIVERSIFICATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION     

Dušan Savićević 《Higher Education in Europe》1988,13(1-2):96-98

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Contemporary educational psychology in Yugoslavia: A review of research     

Petar Mandić  Petar Stojaković 《Contemporary educational psychology》1984,9(3):207-213

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ICMJE authorship criteria are not met in a substantial proportion of manuscripts submitted to Biochemia Medica     

Vesna ?upak-Smol?i?  Ana Mlinari?  Dragana Anton?i?  Martina Horvat  Jelena Omazi?  Ana-Maria ?imundi? 《Biochemia medica : ?asopis Hrvatskoga dru?tva medicinskih biokemi?ara / HDMB》2015,25(3):324-334

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