Economics IGCSE. Revision guide.

Diseñado para seguir el plan de estudios más reciente de Economía del International General Certificate of Secundary Education ( IGCSE) de Cambridge International Education (CIE), proporciona material de revisión para estudiantes internacionales de catorce a dieciséis años. El texto puede ser utilizado para el estudio durante todo el año, pero fundamentalmente están orientado para una revisión del estudiante. Proporciona una gran cantidad de prácticas de examen. Ofrece todo lo necesario para garantizar el éxito de la prueba con preguntas y respuestas, revisión y asesoramiento de evaluación. Se incluyen actividades basadas en el vocabulario, para apoyar a los estudiantes con inglés como segundo idioma.

La educación en las revistas : 1976, enero-febrero.

Breve reseña de artículos publicados en las revistas 'Perspectivas', 'Cuadernos de Pedagogía', ' Convergence', 'Bordón', 'Population', 'L'orientation scolaire et professionnelle', ' L'education', 'Educational Administration Quaterly', ' ' Administration', ' Canadian and International Education', en el año 1976, que permite una primera aproximación al contenido del artículo. Con su publicación, se pretende proporcionar una panorámica de la realidad pedagógica/educativa actual desde un punto de vista multidisciplinar. El trabajo está estructurado en bloques temáticos: Teoría educativa; Sistema educativo; Educación de adultos Evaluación; Educación y Empleo; Sociología de la educación, Administración educativa.

La educación en las revistas : 1976, julio-octubre.

Se analizan y comentan una selección de artículos publicados en las revistas nacionales 'Revista de Ciencias de la Educación', 'Madrisas', 'Edutec','Revista de Economía Política', 'Vida Escolar', y en las revistas extranjeras 'Perspectives', 'Cahiers pédagogiques', 'Convergence', 'Education Permanente', 'Revue des Sciences sociales de la France de l'Est', 'Lorientation scolaire et professionnelle', 'Canadienne et internationale education', 'International Review of Education', 'L'école valaisanne', 'Canadian and International Education', 'Revista del Centro de Estudios Educativos' (México), 'Droit social', 'Education permanente', sobre temas actuales de educación. Los artículos se agrupan en las secciones: Enseñanza agrícola; Bilingüismo; Educación Permanente, Método; Orientación; Educación y Empleo; Sociología de la educación; Planificación; Financiación; Administración de personal. Se proporcionan los datos necesarios para localizar las fuentes de información.

La educación en las revistas : 1977, enero-abril.

Se analizan y comentan una selección de artículos publicados en las revistas nacionales 'Perspectivas Pedagógicas', 'Revista Española de Pedagogía', 'Revista de Ciencias de la Educación', 'La Escuela en acción', 'Educadores', 'Comentario Sociológico', 'Perspectivas', 'Opinión Pública', y en las revistas extranjeras 'Canadian and International Education', 'Conescal', 'Education permanente', 'Cuadernos del Consejo Nacional de la Universidad peruana', 'Revue Française de Pédagogie' sobre temas actuales de educación. Los artículos se agrupan en las secciones: Bilingüismo; Construcciones escolares; Economía de la educación; Formación permanente; Investigación educativa; Orientación educativa; Participación; Reforma educativa; Sistema educativo; Cooperación internacional; Sociología de la educación; Teoría de la educación. Se proporcionan los datos necesarios para localizar las fuentes de información.

La educación en las revistas : 1978, septiembre-diciembre.

Se analizan y comentan una selección de artículos publicados en las revistas nacionales 'revista del centro de estudios educativos', 'Educadores', 'La escuela en acción', 'La educación superior contemporánea', 'Revista de la Educación superior', 'Bordón', y en las revistas extranjeras 'Conescal', 'Perspectives', 'Canadian and International Education', 'Cahiers pédagogiques', 'Le Français dans le monde', 'L'école valaisanne', 'Impact : science et societé', sobre temas actuales de educación. Los artículos se agrupan en las secciones: Construcciones escolares; Educación comparada; Educación Especial; Educación y medio ambiente, Educación y política económica-social; Educación secundaria; Educación superior; Enseñanza privada; Influencia familiar; Medios educativos; Metodología; Técnicas de administración; Teoría de la educación; Universidad y desarrollo. Se proporcionan los datos necesarios para localizar las fuentes de información.

La educación en las revistas : 1979, enero-abril.

Se analizan y comentan una selección de artículos publicados en las revistas nacionales 'Revista de Psicología General y Aplicada',' Documentación: sistema educativo de UU.LL', 'Cuadernos de Pedagogía', y en las revistas extranjeras 'Léducations', 'Informations universitaires et professionnelles internationales', 'Perspectives', 'Paedagógica Europaea', 'Revue Française de Pédagogie', 'Convergence', 'Education Permanente', 'Population', 'Canadian and International Education', sobre temas actuales de educación . Los artículos se agrupan en las secciones: Enseñanza Secundaria; Orientación Profesional; Educación y medio Ambiente; Enseñanza Universitaria, Educación y Empleo; Planificación educativa; Juventud; Educación y participación; Educación extraescolar; Educación permanente; Escuela y sociedad; Evolución de las necesidades de profesorado; La mujer y la educación; Sociología de la educación. Se proporcionan los datos necesarios para localizar las fuentes de información.

La educación en las revistas : 1980, septiembre-diciembre.

Se analizan y comentan una selección de artículos publicados en las revistas nacionales 'Perspectiva Escolar', 'Acción Educativa', 'Vida Escolar', 'Revista de Fomento Social', y en las revistas extranjeras 'Orientamenti Pedagogici', 'Enfance', 'Interchange', 'Nuova Rivista Pedagogica', 'Zeltschrift für Kulturaustausch', 'l'Education', 'Canadian and International Education', 'Instruzione Tecnica e Profesional', 'Cahiers Pédagogiques' sobre temas actuales de educación . Los artículos se agrupan en las secciones: Abandono escolar; Agresividad; Problemas de aprendizaje; Bilingüismo; Educación preescolar; Educación General Básica; Enseñanza; Enseñanza técnica y profesional. Se proporcionan los datos necesarios para localizar las fuentes de información.

Out of the ivory tower: the impact of wider social contact on the values, religious beliefs and identities of Chinese postgraduate students in the UK

This article explores the impact of wider social contact on the experience of Chinese postgraduate students of adaptation to life in the UK. Focus group and individual interviews were conducted with a group of 11 Chinese students on an MA programme at a university in southern England and individual interviews with three representatives of a local volunteer group (LVG) offering support to the Chinese students. Although it was perceived that the students’ support needs were not adequately met by the University, the additional support offered outside the University was unanimously valued and considered as enriching their cultural and linguistic experiences and meeting their expectations. However, frequent social contact with the LVG, whose members were mostly Christians, also had an impact on their values, religious beliefs and identities. In a discussion framed within the sociological perspective of proselytization or religious conversion and the broad framework of international education and globalization, the different responses to this contact are described in terms of believers, doubters, empathisers and commentators. Implications are considered for universities, people involved in providing social support for international students, and sponsors of international students.

Leadership identity in a small island developing state: the Jamaican context

While the role of leadership in improving schools is attracting more worldwide attention, there is a need for more research investigating leaders’ experiences in different national contexts. Using focus-group and semi-structured interview data, this paper explores the background, identities and experiences of a small group of Jamaican school leaders who were involved in a leadership development programme. By drawing on the concepts of culture, socialisation and identity, the paper examines how the participants’ journeys of becoming and being school leaders are influenced by national-level societal and cultural issues, experienced at a local level. The findings suggest that in becoming school leaders, the participants perceived that they had a strong sense of agency in attempting to change the social structures within the institutions they lead and in the surrounding local communities, which in turn, they hope, will have a lasting effect on the nation as a whole.

Chinese overseas doctoral student narratives of intercultural adaptation

This study aims to explore how Chinese overseas doctoral students adjust to a different academic, social and cultural environment, using Giddens’ theoretical framework of self-identity (1991). The findings indicate the participants proactively used various coping strategies in meeting challenges, and adapting to new social environments. Continuity and stability of self-identity were achieved either culturally or academically through self-reflexivity, autonomy, creativity, authenticity, and reliance on an ontological identity. The result is to challenge the grand narrative of essentialised “problematic Chinese learners”.

Electrochemical Control of the Time-Dependent Intensity Fluctuations in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

Time-dependent fluctuations in surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) intensities were recorded from a roughened silver electrode immersed in diluted solutions of rhodamine 6G (R6G) and congo red (CR). These fluctuations were attributed to a small number of SERS-active molecules probing regions of extremely high electromagnetic field (hot spots) at the nanostructured surface. The time-dependent distribution of SERS intensities followed a tailed statistics at certain applied potentials, which has been linked to single-molecule dynamics. The shape of the distribution was reversibly tuned by the applied voltage. Mixtures of both dyes, R6G and CR, at low concentrations were also investigated. Since R6G is a cationic dye and CR is an anionic dye, the statistics of the SERS intensity distribution of either dye in a mixture were independently controlled by adjusting the applied potential. The potential-controlled distribution of SERS intensities was interpreted by considering the modulation of the surface coverage of the adsorbed dye by the interfacial electric field. This interpretation was supported by a two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulation that took into account the time evolution of the surface configuration of the adsorbed species and their probability to populate a hypothetical hot spot. The potential-controlled SERS dynamics reported here is a first step toward the spectroelectrochemical investigation of redox processes at the single-molecule level by SERS.

Produktion av marknadsförings- och korrespondensmaterial för DUCIS

The report describes the production of graphic correspondence and marketing material for DUCIS(Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies).A logotype symbol is created on the basis of an element from the Celtic art, and a graphic material thatharmonies with this ideal of style is built around the symbol. A unique visiting card, correspondence cardand letterhead is produced to strengthen the identity of DUCIS outwards.The work proceeds with an international education folder which is an important element in the marketingwork for the MA-education which starts in the autumn of 2003. Two posters, one for the opening ofDUCIS in may 2003 and one for a conference in 2004, are produced. Finally, a redesign of the book coverfor NIS, Nordic Irish Studies, is carried out.The report describes the working process consisting of meetings, practical work and other elementswithin the process. The conclusion is that the work has been quite successful and that this, to a largeextent, depended on an engaged and supporting commissioner. The commissioner also is very satisfi edwith the results.The in-depth studies of the project is about the art and design of the Celtic culture throughout history.The text gives an account for the history and expressions of Celtic art from its birth, 2800 years ago, untilits death in 13th century Ireland and Scotland. Special attention is payed to the golden age of ChristianCeltic art on the british islands, the era from which the pattern of the DUCIS logotype originates.

The determinants of internationalstudent mobility : An empirical study on U.S. Data

The increase in foreign students in countries such as the US, the UK and Francesuggests that the international ‘education industry’ is growing in importance. Thepurpose of this paper is to investigate the empirical determinants of internationalstudent mobility. A secondary purpose is to give tentative policy suggestions to hostcountry, source country and also to provide some recommendations to students whowant to study abroad. Using pooled cross-sectional time series data for the US overthe time period 1993-2006, we estimate an econometric model of enrolment rates offoreign students in the US. Our results suggest that tuition fees, US federal support ofeducation, and the size of the ‘young’ generation of source countries have asignificant influence on international student mobility. We also consider other factorsthat may be relevant in this context.

Beyond sea, sun and fun in Rio de Janeiro: understanding exchange students motivations and interests

O objetivo deste estudo é compreender o que leva estudantes de intercâmbio ao Rio de Janeiro, quais são suas motivações e interesses que influenciam na escolha dessa cidade, um destino pouco tradicional para intercâmbios, que recebe um crescente número de intercambistas de países desenvolvidos. Também apresentamos uma discussão mais ampla sobre a educação internacional do século 21, posicionando programas de intercâmbio como uma das possíveis iniciativas para a internacionalização de instituições de ensino superior. Para responder essa questão, 20 estudantes de 11 países foram entrevistados. Os resultados indicam que existe muito mais no Rio de Janeiro além do sol e das belas praias. Há uma grande variedade de interesses que explicam porque estudantes de intercâmbio escolhem esse destino. O clichê sobre sol, praia e carnaval se manifestou em diversas respostas, no entanto, nunca como principal fator. Intercambistas se interessam pela cidade por diversos motivos além das atrações turísticas, como aprender português, melhorar o currículo e estar em uma economia emergente. Recomendações para a internacionalização de instituições de educação e uma agenda de pesquisa para o desenvolvimento desse tópico são apresentadas na parte final.

Nuances da dominação do conhecimento em gestão: caso de programa de mestrado internacional no Brasil

O propósito deste trabalho foi compreender como a prática de um programa internacional de educação em gestão desvela a dominação do conhecimento ao se internacionalizar para países emergentes. O cenário utilizado leva em consideração as alterações ocorridas no contexto internacional contemporâneo, principalmente em termos da inserção de países emergentes tais como Índia, China e Brasil entre os parceiros acadêmicos dos programas de educação em gestão. Mais especificamente, a contribuição do artigo decorre da abordagem crítica focada em educação em gestão que reconhece o papel dos países periféricos tanto na produção quanto no consumo do conhecimento. A problematização do tema, de caráter qualitativo, está baseada na descrição e análise do caso IMPM (International Masters in Practice Management), com recentes parcerias acadêmicas na China e no Brasil. Os resultados obtidos indicam que os programas internacionais de educação em gestão estão interessados em realizar atividades em países emergentes, mas estas parceiras nem sempre resultam em um papel legítimo que desloque os parceiros de suas posições periféricas para o centro da produção de conhecimento em gestão. Por fim, levantamos o questionamento de que os programas internacionais de educação em gestão, mesmo que presentes nestes países pela realização de módulos locais e pela participação de indivíduos de diversas origens, continuam funcionando como instrumentos de disseminação do conhecimento em gestão universal.