Edexcel A2 Geography : teacher guide.

Guía del profesor diseñada para acompañar al libro de texto 'Edexcel A2 Geography'. Cubre las unidades 3 y 4 de la especificación Edexcel. La unidad 3 se compone de seis temas obligatorios: seguridad energética, conflictos por el agua, diversidad biológica amenazada, superpotencias geográficas, reducción de la brecha de desarrollo, y la solución tecnológica. La unidad 4 contiene seis temas opcionales: actividad tectónica y riesgos, entornos fríos, la vida en los márgenes, el mundo de la diversidad cultural, contaminación y la salud de las personas en riesgo, y consumo del paisaje rural.

AQA A2 Geography : teacher guide.

Guía del profesor que da soporte al proceso de aprendizaje en clase y al libro de texto del nivel A2 de AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance), enseñanza secundaria bachillerato, en el área de Geografía. Cubre las unidades 3 y 4 de la especificación AQA. Contiene los siguientes temas: tectónica de placas y riesgos asociados, tiempo, clima y los riesgos asociados, ecosistemas (cambio y desafío), ciudades del mundo, desarrollo y globalización, conflictos contemporáneos y desafíos. Incluye comentarios a las respuestas y puntuaciones de todas las preguntas del libro de texto, orientación sobre las técnicas de trabajo de campo, ejercicios de evaluación y casos de estudio adicionales. El cd-rom contiene presentaciones PowerPoint y los contenidos en formato pdf.

OCR A2 Geography : teacher guide.

Guía del profesor que da soporte al proceso de aprendizaje en clase y al libro de texto del nivel A2 de la especificación de OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations), enseñanza secundaria bachillerato, en el área de Geografía. Cubre las unidades F763 y F764 de la especificación. Contiene los siguientes temas: peligros medioambientales, ecosistemas y entornos en peligro, riesgos climatológicos, población y recursos, globalización, y desarrollo y desigualdades. Incluye comentarios a las respuestas de las preguntas tipo examen del libro de texto y hojas de trabajo para investigación.

Historical perspectives of bilingual Education in the United States. 'Una perspectiva histórica de la educación bilingüe en Estados Unidos'.

Monográfico con el título: 'Sociedad de la Información, lenguas minoritarias y educación en bilingüismo'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación

Doctoral Education and Skills Development : an International and Historical Perspective. 'Educación doctoral y desarrollo de competencias : una perspectiva internacional e histórica'.

Monográfico con el título: 'Competencias docentes en la Educación Superior'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación

Ethnic Identity in an Intercultural Geography: an Empirical Study = L’identité ethnique dans une géographie interculturelle: une étude empirique

This study explored the ethnic identity among 331 emerging adults (144 mestizos and 187 indigenous) from the Intercultural University of Chiapas (México). Scholars suggest that ethnicity is much more salient for ethnic minority adolescents than for adolescents who are members of the ethnic majority. Our aim was to compare the results of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) between the majority ethnic group and the minority group studied. Specifically, the following hypothesis was examined: adolescents who are members of the ethnic minority group (indigenous) will score significantly higher on ethnic identity than adolescents who are members of the ethnic majority group (mestizos). The results supported these hypothesis. We suggest that the effect of an intercultural educative model could explain these results

Dubai International Airport a historical voyage

Dubai International Airport... a historical voyage - Opened on September 30, 1960 - 1,800 meters of compacted runway - Capacity to handle aircraft the size up to DC-3 - Handled 10,000 passengers and 772 scheduled flights

A importância dos conceitos prévios na Aprendizagem da história e da Geografia: as dificuldades de aprendizagem do conceito de qualidade de vida, no 9º ano de escolaridade, num meio psicossocial rural

O presente trabalho de investigação incide na análise e interpretação de uma experiência educativa, desenvolvida em contexto de sala de aula, que teve como referência e critérios de abordagem a teoria construtivista da aprendizagem, mais concretamente a teoria da aprendizagem significativa de Ausubel e partiu da análise das conceções prévias de alunos de uma turma de 9º Ano, do 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico, sobre o conceito de qualidade de vida, numa escola inserida num dado contexto psicossocial, o meio rural. Trata-se de uma experiência educativa desenvolvida no domínio da cognição histórica e geográfica, relativamente à construção científica do conceito de qualidade de vida, inserido nas disciplinas de História e de Geografia. De modo a concretizar a experiência educativa foram utilizados três instrumentos diferentes, em três momentos distintos da aprendizagem dos alunos, para que no final fosse possível verificar e identificar as principais dificuldades de aprendizagem do conceito de qualidade de vida. A análise e interpretação dos dados recolhidos e as conclusões retiradas remetem para a necessidade de compreensão das conceções prévias dos alunos, em História e em Geografia, no que diz respeito ao conceito de qualidade de vida para que os professores possam melhorar a sua a prática pedagógica e para que a aprendizagem tenha mais significado para os alunos.

Historical review of articulation testing and a recent revision of auditory test no. 9

This paper reviews the history of articulation testing and presents a revision of a standard articulation test.

United States geography curricula

This paper presents a geography curricula designed for hearing-impaired children between 8 and 10 years of age who are behind their normal-hearing peers in vocabulary, language and reading skills.

Development of a social studies unit on world geography written at a third grade reading level

This paper discusses a curriculum for teaching world geography at a third grade level.

Basic world geography for upper school students

This paper contains curriculum for teaching of world geography.

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) surveys in the North American Intermountain West: utilizing citizen scientists to conduct monitoring across a broad geographic scale

The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) is an open-country species breeding in the northern United States and Canada, and has likely experienced a long-term, range-wide, and substantial decline. However, the cause and magnitude of the decline is not well understood. We set forth to address the first two of six previously proposed conservation priorities to be addressed for this species: (1) better define habitat use and (2) improve population monitoring. We recruited 131 volunteers to survey over 6.2 million ha within the state of Idaho for Short-eared Owls during the 2015 breeding season. We surveyed 75 transects, 71 of which were surveyed twice, and detected Short-eared Owls on 27 transects. We performed multiscale occupancy modeling to identify habitat associations, and performed multiscale abundance modeling to generate a state-wide population estimate. Our results suggest that within the state of Idaho, Short-eared Owls are more often found in areas with marshland or riparian habitat or areas with greater amounts of sagebrush habitat at the 1750 ha transect scale. At the 50 ha point scale, Short-eared Owls tend to associate positively with fallow and bare dirt agricultural land and negatively with grassland. Cropland was not chosen at the broader transect scale suggesting that Short-eared Owls may prefer more heterogeneous landscapes. On the surface our results may seem contradictory to the presumed land use by a “grassland” species; however, the grasslands of the Intermountain West, consisting largely of invasive cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), lack the complex structure shown to be preferred by these owls. We suggest the local adaptation to agriculture represents the next best habitat to their historical native habitat preferences. Regardless, we have confirmed regional differences that should be considered in conservation planning for this species. Last, our results demonstrate the feasibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of utilizing public participation in scientific research to achieve a robust sampling methodology across the broad geography of the Intermountain West.

Historical reconstruction of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from the ECMWF operational ocean reanalysis

A reconstruction of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) for the period 1959–2006 has been derived from the ECMWF operational ocean reanalysis. The reconstruction shows a wide range of time-variability, including a downward trend. At 26N, both the MOC intensity and changes in its vertical structure are in good agreement with previous estimates based on trans-Atlantic surveys. At 50N, the MOC and strength of the subpolar gyre are correlated at interannual time scales, but show opposite secular trends. Heat transport variability is highly correlated with the MOC but shows a smaller trend due to the warming of the upper ocean, which partially compensates for the weakening of the circulation. Results from sensitivity experiments show that although the time-varying upper boundary forcing provides useful MOC information, the sequential assimilation of ocean data further improves the MOC estimation by increasing both the mean and the time variability.