Communicative Action & Trandisciplinarity in the Ethical Society
Communicative Action & Trandisciplinarity in the Ethical Society
Contributor(s): Camelia Ignătescu (Editor)
Subject(s): Economy, Education, Psychology, Agriculture, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Communication studies, Editorial, Scientific Life
ISSN: 2601-2529
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: Communicative Action, trandisciplinarity; ethical society;
Summary/Abstract: Proceedings Volume: 11th LUMEN International Scientific Conference Communicative Action & Transdisciplinarity in the Ethical Society | CATES 2018 | 23-24 November 2018 | Targoviste, Romania
Series: LUMEN PROCEEDINGS. Scientific Conference Proceedings
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-1-910129-19-7
- Page Count: 262
- Publication Year: 2019
- Language: English
Communicating Information through Modern Research Methods
Communicating Information through Modern Research Methods
(Communicating Information through Modern Research Methods)
- Author(s):Camelia Maria Cezara Ignătescu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Editorial
- Page Range:1-3
- No. of Pages:3
- Keywords:communication; information; transdisciplinarity; multidisciplinarity; interdisciplinarity;
- Summary/Abstract:This editorial wishes to be a solid argument for the organizers who have chosen as title for the 11th LUMEN International Scientific Conference - Communication & Transdisciplinarity in the Ethical Society. Why rather transdisciplinarity, and what is the role and effect of this research method, how to combine the information thus analyzed with the other theoretical-methodological approaches - are interrogations that challenge us to find the chest of knowledge.
Progressing, Individualizing and Monitoring of the Students’ Learning. Tools and Methodological Benchmarks
Progressing, Individualizing and Monitoring of the Students’ Learning. Tools and Methodological Benchmarks
(Progressing, Individualizing and Monitoring of the Students’ Learning. Tools and Methodological Benchmarks)
- Author(s):Carmen Alexandrache
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:1-11
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Learning Tools; responsibility; individual progress; reflection; adapting education;
- Summary/Abstract:Our study starts from the premise that knowing particular characteristic of each student is a better way to develop own his personality. But, using the modern learning strategies that are centered on the student is not enough for it. On the other hand, using them is very possible to neglect the registration of the real progress of student learning. In this respect, we propose some education modalities which are able to develop learning individualized and to monitor the progress of student learning in the higher education. These methodological aspects are presented from a permanent education perspective. Additionally, for a learning performance enhancement. we propose a few efficiency monitoring tools of students learning . We will focus on the importance cultivating the student’s responsibility in own professional training, also in own learning progress. For this reason, we consider that for individualizing and monitoring of learning process it is better to use some reflection and evaluation tools in the learning activities.
Preparing the General Budget based on the Principles of Governance (Applied Study on a Sample of Government Units)
Preparing the General Budget based on the Principles of Governance (Applied Study on a Sample of Government Units)
(Preparing the General Budget based on the Principles of Governance (Applied Study on a Sample of Government Units))
- Author(s):Latfe Alhusseinawi
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Governance
- Page Range:12-41
- No. of Pages:29
- Keywords:Foundations of governance; General budget;
- Summary/Abstract:The study aims to apply the foundations of governance in reducing the problems of the general budget in government units from a study sample in the city of Nasiriyah. The opportunity of application was assessed by using a questionnaire distributed to a sample of government units for 2018. To achieve the research objectives, the research was divided into three sections - the first section includes the framework of the research methodology, the second section covers the theoretical background on the general budget and governance and the third section includes the practical aspect of the research and analysis of the sample responses to the questionnaire.
Understanding the Usage Characteristics of Twitter in the UK Universities: A Social Network Analysis (SNA) Approach
Understanding the Usage Characteristics of Twitter in the UK Universities: A Social Network Analysis (SNA) Approach
(Understanding the Usage Characteristics of Twitter in the UK Universities: A Social Network Analysis (SNA) Approach)
- Author(s):Bakan Ufuk, Ugur Bakan, Turgay Han
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
- Page Range:42-58
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:Social Network Analysis; Twitter; UK; high education;
- Summary/Abstract:The rate of use of social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn has increased drastically over the last decade. Twitter is the eighth most popular website in the world, with an average of nearly eleven million hits a day. Twitter may be used for synchronous and asynchronous online conversations, asking and answering questions, and sharing opinions, ideas, and resources. Twitter also offers a platform for quick communication that could play a role as a catalyst for the learning process. This paper presents an investigation into the use of the Twitter social media platform by selected top universities in UK. Twitter data from that account in the 1-year period was captured. First was coded, the total number of tweets, like ranking, usable (non-spam) tweets, the number of retweeted, hashtags and tweets on the official Twitter accounts of selected universities. In this study, NodeXL program was visualized and analyzed by drawing the data from Twitter. As such data sets of no more than 2,500 tweets were gathered for each search topic. After 60 years of experience with computer-based text analysis approaches can be used to define rule-based classification, theme extraction, ontology/taxonomy modeling, topic categorization and document summarization. Statistics (degree and weighted degree, centrality statistics, network diameter, graph density, average path length) were then calculated for each node and for the network using the statistical module of NodeXL. The data were visualized using Fruchterman-Reingold and Harel-Koren Fast Multiscale algorithms as shown in the figures below. The implications of this finding are discussed
Romanian Economy between Linearity and Circularity. A Bioeconomic Perspective
Romanian Economy between Linearity and Circularity. A Bioeconomic Perspective
(Romanian Economy between Linearity and Circularity. A Bioeconomic Perspective)
- Author(s):Mihaela Denisa Coman, Constantin Aurelian Ionescu, Mihaela Lixandru
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Business Economy / Management
- Page Range:59-72
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Bioeconomy, linear economy; circular economy; non-renewable resources; recycling; biofuels;
- Summary/Abstract:Romania's present economy is characterized by its linearity, an important consumption of non-renewable resources, an incipient form of recycling and a production based on a high consumption of resources at high costs. At European Union level, the desire to evolve and transform the current economies into bio-economies is astringent. A bioeconomy, characterized by the achievement of sustainable production with a minimum consumption of fossil resources and a maximum result, the development of durable products, limiting the effects of pollution, increasing the quality of life and health of the population, reducing dependence on non-renewable resources, increasing food security, recycling rate and waste reduction, outlines a new model of economy that requires society to evolve into a future based on sustainable development.The aim of the paper is to analyze aspects of the bioeconomy and to point out how Romania can transform its current economy into a bioeconomy, while at the same time achieving sustainable economic development.
The Structure of Functioning of the Curricular Design Activity from the Perspective of Computer Science
The Structure of Functioning of the Curricular Design Activity from the Perspective of Computer Science
(The Structure of Functioning of the Curricular Design Activity from the Perspective of Computer Science)
- Author(s):Gabriela Cristea, Ionut-Constantin Manole
- Language:English
- Subject(s):ICT Information and Communications Technologies
- Page Range:73-81
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:Curriculum theory; curriculum design; information; database; networks; feedback;
- Summary/Abstract:Our study analyzes an epistemological and practically interdisciplinary issue at the intersection line between curriculum theory and Computer Science. We will consider an ideal model of curricular design that can be computer-aided at system level and educational process.The general aim is to value the educational backgrounds of the curriculum, identified and developed at the level of education's endowments, by means of appropriate informational means: a) macrostructural, valid at the scale of the entire education system; b) microstructural, valid for the entire educational process.The specific objectives aim at the pedagogical and informatic analysis of the correlation between: a) the macrostructural finality of education and the curriculum project of the reform of education; b) microstructural finalities of instruction and curriculum projects promoted at all disciplines and levels of education.The fulfillment of these two specific objectives implies the capitalization of adequate informational means fixed normative and methodological at the level of fundamental concepts: data, information, database, algorithm, networks, external and internal feedback.At the level of the curriculum, the training must ensure: a) the deduction of the concrete objectives from the learning objectives of the unit, the chapter, etc. - validated by computer, by fixing the database; b) logical ordering of contents - computer-validated by the positive formative generated effects; c) permanent pedagogical correlation between objectives - basic contents - methods - evaluation, validated by using efficient algorithms under existing network conditions or created especially by the teacher; d) continuous evaluation of the results achieved with the activity-regulating-self-regulation function - informatic validated in terms of external and internal feedback.
Study on Motric Activity in the Life of Children with Disabilities
Study on Motric Activity in the Life of Children with Disabilities
(Study on Motric Activity in the Life of Children with Disabilities)
- Author(s):Alina Cucui
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Psychology, Sociology
- Page Range:82-92
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:children; disabilities; motor activity;
- Summary/Abstract:Children and adolescents with Down syndrome have a range of physical problems and difficulties that can affect their motor development and implicitly social integration. The physical development of children with Down syndrome is often slower. Despite this leaner, children with Down syndrome may participate in sports activities, they will take more time to do some things, but eventually they can do most of them.Cognitive problems - thinking and learning - are characteristic of people with Down syndrome and are usually moderate. Cognitive and behavioral problems include: attention deficit, impulsive behavior, slow learning and speech retardation.People with Down syndrome have a certain degree of difficulty. The degree of disability differs from one person to another and it is impossible to appreciate at the moment of birth how severe it will be. Therefore, it is important for these people to participate in various programs aimed at facilitating the development of motor skills, cognitive and social-emotional development.This research highlights the importance of adapted sports activities, aims to promote the necessary and useful practices in the lives of children and adolescents with Down syndrome. Approved sports programs are considered to offer learning opportunities to help people with Down syndrome overcome barriers to becoming a physically and socially educated person.The aim of the research is to identify sporting activities that generate progress in the physical development of children with disabilities, cognitive and social-emotional development.
Feminin Football in the Physical Education and Sport System
Feminin Football in the Physical Education and Sport System
(Feminin Football in the Physical Education and Sport System)
- Author(s):Gheorghe Gabriel Cucui
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Psychology
- Page Range:93-107
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Activity; female football; physical education and sport
- Summary/Abstract:Physical education and sport have become a true social phenomenon in modern society, which essentially seeks to improve the physical development and drive of individuals in order to improve their lives.The use of football game in the physical education lesson offers particularly favorable conditions for the complex development of students' skills and motor skills. As a field of bodily activities, it embodies the driving forces behind the physical education process: walking, running, jumping, and sometimes throwing in a wide variety of complexities. Also, practicing the football game contributes to the formation and improvement of coordinated movements, to the formation of the ability to engage quickly in the pace and pace of social activities, through the accumulation of some influences and positive effects with a sanotrophic and educational character.Being practiced in all forms of education, football produces some educational instructive valences, with beneficial results in the psychic, somatic, functional way, etc.The development of the football game highlights a special motricity, necessary for the aciclic execution of different technical components and tactical actions plus tactical combinations in a complex, random and heuristic setting. The complexity and diversity of game systems require the use of strategies designed to develop the tactical thinking and creativity of players, as well as teachers and coaches.In conclusion, all these formative valences of football play recommend it as an effective means of school physical education, which is why it is present in compulsory physical education classes and compulsory sports classes I - XII.As part of the training process, physical education has to find all ways and means through which to act in the direction of strengthening and maintaining health, the formation of a broad bag of knowledge, skills, and skills, as well as moral and will-moral education.In the case of practicing girls, it is necessary to implement the idea that, without proper orientation, selection and training in our country, there can be no quality female football that will rise to the international competition level, and all this can has a start in female school football, within the physical education and sports lessons.
Study on the Level of Motricity of Children from Rural Secondary Schools
Study on the Level of Motricity of Children from Rural Secondary Schools
(Study on the Level of Motricity of Children from Rural Secondary Schools)
- Author(s):Gheorghe Gabriel Cucui
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Regional Geography, Sociology, Socio-Economic Research
- Page Range:108-114
- No. of Pages:6
- Keywords:children; rural; motricity;
- Summary/Abstract:The relationship between physical activity and the geographical context is a topic that has received less attention in middle and low income countries compared to studies investigating the association between physical activity and socio-economic factors. In turn, environmental variables are particularly important when studying physical activity levels, because the practice of physical activity depends on the right conditions.Socio-economic and demographic factors contribute significantly to changes in physical activity levels, but environmental changes can also lead to changes in population behavior and adherence to a more or less active lifestyle. Socio-economic changes related to technological advances also influence the population in different ways. In rural areas, this is done by modernizing farming and animal husbandry, improving communication and increasing the consumption of technology previously inaccessible to these population groups. Another issue is urban sprawl, which is associated with lower activity levels physical phenomenon that recorded an accelerated rate.
The Reflective Practice - an Intrinsic Dimension of the Educational Demarche
The Reflective Practice - an Intrinsic Dimension of the Educational Demarche
(The Reflective Practice - an Intrinsic Dimension of the Educational Demarche)
- Author(s):Luminiţa Mihaela Drăghicescu, Ioana Stăncescu, Ana-Maria Aurelia Petrescu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:115-126
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:reflective practice; reflective practice stages; didactic style; reflective teacher; quality of educational process;
- Summary/Abstract:The quality of the educational system, in general, and of the educational process, in particular, is reflected in the graduates’ competences - cognitive and metacognitive, emotional, intercultural, civic competences - that enable them to successfully face with all the professional and social demands. In order to achieve such a goal, there is a need of teachers who are devoted to school, well-trained, enhanced with creativity, and always concerned of their own educational practices. The reflection on the didactic activity becomes a necessity, an intrinsic component, in order to promote a quality education. The teacher’s reflective practice represents a conscious, assumed, responsible analysis of the didactic demarche, during and at its end, completed by informed decisions in terms of control and regulation, towards the achievement of the proposed educational objectives. At the level of the educational process, the benefits of the teacher’s reflective practice are multiple: optimization of didactic design, didactic strategy and evaluation methodology, a better acquaintance of students, improvement of the pedagogical relationship with the class, identification of appropriate ways to develop students’ competences, differentiation and individualization of training, facilitating a better understanding of the content transferred to students etc. This work aims to analyze the teachers’ opinions on the reflective practice in strong relation to their didactic activities. The method used in the investigative approach was a questionnaire-based survey - its items were focused mainly on the necessity and benefits of the reflective practice, on the frequency recorded by the teachers engaged in the reflective practice, on the supported tools, but also on the relevant stages of the reflective practice.
The Students’ Pedagogical Practical Stage between Problems and Solutions
The Students’ Pedagogical Practical Stage between Problems and Solutions
(The Students’ Pedagogical Practical Stage between Problems and Solutions)
- Author(s):Luminiţa Mihaela Drăghicescu, Ana-Maria Aurelia Petrescu, Laura Monica Gorghiu, Crinela Dumitrescu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:127-136
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:quality of education; training for the didactic career; teacher training activity; professional competencies; transversal competencies;
- Summary/Abstract:In strong relation to the multiplication of the roles of those who embrace a didactic career, their initial and lifelong training should be designed and implemented as a coherent and consistent approach, intended to form and develop all professional and transversal competencies necessary for a successful fulfilling of the teaching profession. One of the fundamental components of any psycho-pedagogical training programme dedicated to the teaching career is represented by the teaching training activity. All the actions related to this stage ensure, in a holistic and systemic manner, the necessary basis for the formation and development of the skills required to assume such a complex mission: to be a teacher. Starting from those premises, this paper tries to carry out a qualitative and quantitative analysis on the perceptions of the students who are preparing for the didactic career, on the one hand, and the perceptions of their teacher-mentors from the application schools in Dambovita County, on the other hand, concerning the multitude of aspects implied by the teacher training activity. Another purpose of this investigative approach is to identify some concrete methods to optimise the students’ teacher training, both from a macrostructural perspective, in terms of education policies and current teaching methods, and a microstructural perspective, according to the existing educational practices.
Public Discourse between Professional Ethics, Morality and Truth
Public Discourse between Professional Ethics, Morality and Truth
(Public Discourse between Professional Ethics, Morality and Truth)
- Author(s):Ionuţ Adrian Ghibanu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Ethics / Practical Philosophy
- Page Range:137-144
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:discourse; ethics; morality; truth; public;
- Summary/Abstract:A distinctive sign of human being, verbal communication is the only and original way of expression man was endowed with by his Creator. A political being par excellence, i.e. gifted with the power of communication, with the desire for communion and need for solidarity, man uses verbal language in order to express themselves and bond with their fellow people. Nowadays, public discourse has deepened its possibilities of attracting, seducing and supporting the achievement of the most various human interests, but as it strayed from the moral religious principles, it lost its substance and became an empty shell and an extremely efficient means of manipulation. Professional ethics is that which should underlie public relationships among a variety of socio-professional categories, correct slippages and provide a model of what coming out in the public space should be, because the estrangement from moral principles always leads to personal failures and catastrophes of human civilisation. The rupture between morality and religion, or, better yet, ethical foundation without religious principles leads to a personal and professional relativisation, which is not at all useful, and to the exclusively economical and financial prioritisation of human activities. This is obvious, particularly at the political, public level, but also in terms of public discourse in general. This study aims to thoroughly research these aspects, in terms of fulfilling this immediate need for the thirst for the truth, for identifying the causes of the immorality of public discourse endeavour and its remediation. The need for morality, authenticity and truth is increasing, because, as falsehood is publicly manifested, the desire for justice and public honesty also emerges.
The Educational Marketing between Theory and Practice in the Context of Secondary Education Institutions
The Educational Marketing between Theory and Practice in the Context of Secondary Education Institutions
(The Educational Marketing between Theory and Practice in the Context of Secondary Education Institutions)
- Author(s):Gabriel Gorghiu, Ana-Maria Aurelia Petrescu, Roxana Constanța Enache
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:145-155
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:educational marketing; educational services; educational market; specific instruments; teachers’ feedback; IRRESISTIBLE project;
- Summary/Abstract:In the context of the contemporary society, animated by material values, the concept of marketing - in its practical sense: the art of selling and/or the art to persuade customers to buy - becomes more important, crossing its traditional areas defined by economy or industry, and penetrating in various fields, like administration, culture and social life. As such, the concept of educational marketing started to be promoted, justified by the idea that education - together with culture and administration - has to become a profitable field at the societal level.The educational marketing involves: investigating the educational market, the consumption of education, the adaptation of the educational marketing policies to the requirements of the social and economic environment, the sizing of the educational services provided by the educational institutions according to the needs, preferences, expectations and exigencies of the consumers, as well as the goals of educational policies at national and international level, promotion of an efficient management of human resources, which together with the material and informational resources stimulate the synergic effects of the educational values and services, and ensure the achievement of the predetermined objectives.In the paper, using the results of a questionnaire survey, there are identified the opinions of a sample of secondary school teachers - who participated in the European FP7 project IRRESISTIBLE -, concerning a series of theoretical and practical aspects connoted by the implementation of the educational marketing principles, at the level of the educational institutions.
Romanian Agriculture and Sustainable Development
Romanian Agriculture and Sustainable Development
(Romanian Agriculture and Sustainable Development)
- Author(s):Constantin Aurelian Ionescu, Liliana Paschia, Mihaela Denisa Coman
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Business Ethics
- Page Range:156-169
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:sustainable development; agriculture; bio economy; economic efficiency; ecological agriculture; environmental protection; ecosystems;
- Summary/Abstract:Agriculture is a vital activity with major consequences on food security of the population and on regional and local ecosystems, becoming a geostrategic tool important for the economic development of any country. In accordance with the requirements of the European Union, agriculture must be developed and transformed into an ecological agriculture that can offer viable solutions for: satisfying the demand for natural products obtained without the use of fertilizers and chemical substances, while at the same time diversifying and expanding the agricultural sector in harmony with environmental protection and the principles of sustainable development. The aim of the paper is to highlight the evolution of Romanian agriculture in the context of sustainable development according to the requirements of the European Union.
Universities’ Contribution to More Effective Public Policies
Universities’ Contribution to More Effective Public Policies
(Universities’ Contribution to More Effective Public Policies)
- Author(s):Liliana Lucaciu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:170-179
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:public policies; programmes; statistical analysis; evaluation; education;
- Summary/Abstract:Focusing on understanding the specific gap in the availability and accessibility of the learning opportunities for public managers, the paper is based on the author experience in policy and programme design, implementation and evaluation in EU member states and EU neighbourhood countries. The importance of the theme is explained by the recognised constraints experienced in the policies and programmes’ analysis and evaluation. These phases appear to be deeply influenced by the availability of data, capacity to produce the necessary data, competences of the public managers and specialists to make the best use of data to formulate conclusions, identify alternative solutions and select the most appropriate ones.Based on a large literature review, the author outlines a clear map of the key actors in policy and programme design and evaluation, their role and the optimal competencies. Further on the author created an inventory of the typical gaps in ensuring the best use of data for effective policies and programmes, as well as solutions and measures implemented in different countries. The role of the universities and interactions with other actors for filling the gaps identified is assessed, leading to conclusions regarding the most effective future actions. The paper highlights the key role of the universities to develop specific competencies through education and training programmes, as well to contribute through research to new methodologies and tools for analysis and evaluation.
Digital Post-processing on Scale Models - A Tool in Design Education
Digital Post-processing on Scale Models - A Tool in Design Education
(Digital Post-processing on Scale Models - A Tool in Design Education)
- Author(s):Maria Mandea
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:180-189
- No. of Pages:9
- Keywords:digital; post-processing; education; design; photography;
- Summary/Abstract:Design education can benefit from using a more integrated approach between digital techniques and traditional model-making. This approach expands perception and can add layers of imaginative thinking, advancing the design process.Model making is an important tool in design as a way of developing and transmitting ideas in a three-dimensional manner. Also photography has been used in the past to understand and perceive design models. However, in recent years, due to both photography and digital post-processing of images being made accessible on a larger scale, it is becoming used as a fast rendering technique by some professionals and students. But it isn’t yet being used in design education. The process has three stages, without being linear: model-making, photography on the model and post-processing. They often influence each other, as new information and creative input in one stage can determine changes in another. So the model will affect the photograph and the post-processed image and also the post-processed image can induce changes in the model and, therefore, in the form of the object. This paper is based on theoretical research, observations of current practice and three workshops done at the Architecture School in Bucharest in February-March 2018. It expands the ways in which we can use accessible technology in design and design education.
The Economic Impact of the Blue Economy
The Economic Impact of the Blue Economy
(The Economic Impact of the Blue Economy)
- Author(s):Ana Olteanu, Viorela Stinga
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Business Economy / Management, Tourism
- Page Range:190-203
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Blue economy; maritime transport; cruise tourism; aquaculture; offshore oil and gas;
- Summary/Abstract:For many countries the marine, costal and maritime sectors represent an important foundation for sustainable development. This is why in order to deliver and achieve it, many countries extend their economy beyond land based activities. A sustainable blue economy in every country depends not only on their maritime and marine zones, but also on their existing economic activities and their issues regarding the environmental, social, and cultural conditions. The main objective of the “blue economy” is to ensure environmental sustainability while promoting social inclusion, economic growth and preservation or improvement of livelihoods (UNCTAD 2014, UNDESA 2014). According to the World Bank in Europe, the Blue Economy represents nearly 5.4 million jobs and generates a gross added value of approximately €500 billion per year. In order to have a sustainable blue economy each country should find the best way to balance sustainability and economic growth to allow optimal use of maritime resources, ensuring at the same time maximum benefit to the environment. Throughout this paper, we tried to emphasize the economic impact of the Blue economy, by analyzing the key sectors: maritime transport, cruise tourism, aquaculture and offshore oil and gas. In each country, some of these sectors need little encouragement and additional governance, while others required better and more efficient planning in order to obtain sustainable outcomes.
Framing and Interpretation of Architectural Education
Framing and Interpretation of Architectural Education
(Framing and Interpretation of Architectural Education)
- Author(s):Cristina Claudia Popescu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Architecture
- Page Range:204-211
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:spatial design; visitor experience; framing; interpretation;
- Summary/Abstract:The article analyses the redesign of the Museum of the University of Architecture and Urbanism Ion Mincu (UAUIM) in Bucharest. The second-hand life of the didactic objects of the Bucharest School of Architecture tells a nostalgic story of lost values, of bits and pieces saved from various historical assaults (demolitions, change of ownership, etc.). The organisation and the display of the collection entails a psychological, emotional and cognitive price payed by the curator in order to facillitate the visitor’s acces. Another price to be payed is the long term investment in the preservation of the objects and the interpretation and communication of the collections.The redesign of the UAUIM Museum can be seen as a form of „frame extension”. The old museum, molded by the historical circumstances of its birth, was extended, in order to attract a broader audience. Not through the introduction of “entertainment” but through a shift of interest: from architectural details (plaster molds, demolition fragments) to all the documents relevant to the history of architecture and the history of the Bucharest School of Architecture. Thus the relevance of the museum was encreased.Drawing on a personal experience of the framing of the exhibits and of visitor interaction, the article compares what the curators envisioned and what was experienced by the visitors. The comparation and analysis can be used to guide the interpretation of a collection which has grown meanwhile justifying its reframing as an Exhibition and Documentary Center. Some proposals are made for changing the collection presentation on its website and on its Facebook page.
Considerations on Developing of Multiple Intelligences in the Context of Science Activities
Considerations on Developing of Multiple Intelligences in the Context of Science Activities
(Considerations on Developing of Multiple Intelligences in the Context of Science Activities)
- Author(s):Ancuţa Elena Santi, Gabriel Gorghiu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Psychology, Communication studies, Sociology
- Page Range:212-223
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:multiple intelligences; individualization of learning; science lessons; science activities; School in Another Way; IRRESISTIBLE project;
- Summary/Abstract:Science lessons are the perfect framework for optimal development and valorization of multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner’s theory has opened new horizons concerning the understanding of the human mind, individualizing of teaching and streamline of learning. The creation of various educational contexts that respond to each student’s cognitive profile represents a requirement of the current quality education and contributes to the conscious assumption and proactive involvement of students in the learning process, as well as the transformation of the teacher’s role, from the leader of the lesson to learning facilitator.The traditional approaches related to science lessons involve the exploitation of certain types of intelligence, while the teaching act based on the exploitation of multiple intelligences contributes to the valorization of various types of intelligence in creative ways, supporting student uniqueness and personalized learning.The educational implications and the applications of the multiple intelligence model in the context of science teaching and learning represent aspects which have to be known by the teachers, who are requested to transpose them into the didactic work.The purpose of this paper is to discover how students perceive the science lessons organized in non-formal contexts and to what extent those particular activities capitalize the cognitive profiles and various types of students’ intelligence. The students’ feedback was recorded during the non-formal activities organized in the frame of the Seventh Framework Programme Project “IRRESISTIBLE - Including Responsible Research and Innovation in Cutting Edge Science and Inquiry-based Science Education to Improve Teacher’s Ability of Bridging Learning Environments”, exploiting in this respect the opportunities created through the implementation of the national week dedicated to primary and secondary education: “School in Another Way: To Know More, To Be Better!”
Assessment of the Usefulness of Authentic Learning Using 3D Reconstructions with Virtual Characters
Assessment of the Usefulness of Authentic Learning Using 3D Reconstructions with Virtual Characters
(Assessment of the Usefulness of Authentic Learning Using 3D Reconstructions with Virtual Characters)
- Author(s):Livia Ştefan, Dragoş Gheorghiu
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Communication studies
- Page Range:224-232
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:authentic learning; anthropomorphism; virtual characters; assessment; usefulness perception
- Summary/Abstract:The present paper proposes a sustainable method for discovering, teaching and learning history using the authentic learning paradigm by means of a set of 3D historical reconstructions populated with virtual characters, whose purpose is to improve the authenticity of the reconstructions and to offer complex information on the historical contexts. The paper provides the details of two case studies of 3D reconstructions conducted in Vălenii de Munte and in Albesti, Dobrogea. To understand the functionalities of such a complex living system, real characters (actors dressed in epoch costumes), as well as real objects from ethnographic museums have been scanned in 3D and introduced in the virtual environment in Unity3D. The perception of usefulness is an essential indicator of the quality and efficiency of the digital learning environments and consequently of their subsequent acceptance by teachers and students. The research purpose of the paper was to conduct a process of assessment of the contribution of the virtual characters and objects to the realization of the authentic learning environment, and to present the research findings. The assessment of the usefulness of learning in virtual environments using 3D reconstructions and virtual characters by means of the learning outcomes is discussed to illustrate the research conclusions.
The Importance of Volunteer Activities for Students from Physical Education and Sports-Kinetotherapy
The Importance of Volunteer Activities for Students from Physical Education and Sports-Kinetotherapy
(The Importance of Volunteer Activities for Students from Physical Education and Sports-Kinetotherapy)
- Author(s):Ancuța Pîrvan
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education, Psychology, Sociology
- Page Range:233-241
- No. of Pages:8
- Keywords:role; volunteers; physical education; disability; integration;
- Summary/Abstract:It is well known that the International Special Olympics foundation runs various social and professional inclusion programs. Under the auspices of the organisation, in partnership with Valahia University Targoviste, several projects and concepts have been developed in the last few years, targeting children both with and without disability. The purpose of these projects has been to integrate children with Down's Syndrome, and general physical development with special focus on the recreational character of the social inclusion activities. This, of course, required optimal conditions of professionalism and safety, as well as the involvement of higher level education students, as volunteers for the activities.
Romanian Organic Products – Vector of Sustainable Development
Romanian Organic Products – Vector of Sustainable Development
(Romanian Organic Products – Vector of Sustainable Development)
- Author(s):Larisa Delia Mihălcioiu, Diana Căpriţă, Raluca Alexandra Necula
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Business Economy / Management
- Page Range:242-249
- No. of Pages:7
- Keywords:sustainable agriculture; eco-friendly business; economic development in Romania; ecological food;
- Summary/Abstract:In the last decadeEuropean population is witnessing a popular phenomenon of growing the capital image of organic products. Romania is a country that provides resources for the growth and stabilization of such a productive environment in order to establish an optimal development of ecological food. Also its approach it is mostly conservative and conventional and this a big struggle in the way of organic development on a serie of layers. The purpose of this article is to validate the arguments that this kind of agri-food products and this type of agriculture is a vector of sustainable development that can also represent the key to the economical stability of a country. The considerable progress of the technology opens the perspective of the importance of a balanced lifestyle and the point of view can be economical, political, social and also sustainable. To the necessity of this article contributes the change of the behaviour of consume in the last decade when possible customers became more selective in the process of purchasing food. The arguments presented in this article sustain the potential of development in Romania in agricultural and agro-sales fields through statistical analysis and interpretation and also by the opinion of the top entrepreneurs which activate in agriculture in Romania. The article aims to highlight the need to bring to the common denominator the two variables of the ecological optimal equation: the mitigation of the negative effects of conventional farming on the environment and the provision of a healthy lifestyle for current and future generations.
Progressing, Individualizing and Monitoring of the Students’ Learning. Tools and Methodological Benchmarks
Progressing, Individualizing and Monitoring of the Students’ Learning. Tools and Methodological Benchmarks
(Progressing, Individualizing and Monitoring of the Students’ Learning. Tools and Methodological Benchmarks)
- Author(s):Georgeta Merişor Dominte, Marina Vraciu, Stelian Onica
- Language:English
- Subject(s):Education
- Page Range:250-262
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:educational; aesthetic and ethic benefits; sacred art; representative and unifying status; transdisciplinarity;
- Summary/Abstract:Although Sacred Art includes all manifestation with a religious substrate which address human senses, it stays in the memory of communities mostly by forms of visual expression. The latter have a longer impact on people and educate them both aesthetically and ethically. At the core of each image lies a conceptual substratum based on and translatable into words, which outflows by means of plastic and technological aspects. Generally, these aspects purport to some rules which become ordering canons when ethical needs command aesthetic varieties such as the primary requirement of continuity and the recognition in time of some models of behaviour. Representative artifacts require physical maintenance over longer periods of time by means of conservation and restoration; the latter explains the concern over heritage to be saved, to the benefit of the succeeding generations. By its very nature, Sacred Art expresses transdisciplinarity and assumes a representative unifying statute.
