Codeship: Financing growth: Case study and Teaching note

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Learning Grammar : A study of upper secondary level students’ attitudes and beliefs concerning the learning of grammar

The communicative approach to language learning is widely taught in Western education, and yet its predecessor, the grammar-translation method, is still commonly employed in other parts of the world. In Sweden, the increasing popularity of the communicative approach is often justified by the high level of students’ communicative skills (Öhman, 2013). At the same time, students’ written texts and speech contain many grammatical errors (Öhman, 2013). Consequently, being aware of their tendency to produce grammatical errors, some students express beliefs regarding both the explicit and implicit learning of grammar (Sawir, 2005; Boroujeni, 2012). The objective of this thesis is to gain more knowledge regarding students’ beliefs concerning the learning of English grammar at the upper secondary level, in Sweden. With this purpose a survey was conducted in two schools in Sweden, where 49 upper-secondary English students participated. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to process the collected data. Despite some difference in the participants’ ages, there were many similarities in their attitudes towards the teaching and learning of grammar. The results show that the participants in both schools believe that only by applying both, explicit and implicit methods, can they obtain a high level of language proficiency. The results of this study can help teachers in planning different activities that enhance the students’ knowledge of grammar.

The teaching of history and civics in the elementary and the secondary school,

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The teaching of English in the elementary and the secondary school /

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Teaching secondary Chemistry.

Esta guía práctica tiene como objetivo facilitar recursos a los docentes de la etapa de secundaria en su objetivo de enseñar a los alumnos las bases para el estudio y comprensión de la química. Está escrito en colaboración con la Association for Science Education (ASE) con la finalidad de difundir las buenas prácticas y nuevas ideas entre los profesores de ciencias y contribuir, así, a la mejora de la enseñanza.

Teaching secondary Physics.

Esta guía práctica tiene como objetivo facilitar recursos a los docentes de la etapa de secundaria en su objetivo de enseñar a los alumnos las bases para el estudio y comprensión de la física. Está escrito en colaboración con la Association for Science Education (ASE)con la finalidad de difundir las buenas prácticas y nuevas ideas entre los profesores de ciencias y contribuir, asi, a mejorar la enseñanza.

Teaching secondary Biology.

Esta guía práctica tiene como objetivo facilitar recursos a los docentes de la etapa de secundaria en su objetivo de enseñar a los alumnos las bases para el estudio y comprensión de la biología. Está escrito en colaboración con la Association for Science Education (ASE)con la finalidad de difundir las buenas prácticas y nuevas ideas entre los profesores de ciencias y contribuir, asi, a mejorar la enseñanza.

Teaching secondary science using ICT.

El nivel alcanzado por las Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación en el mundo actual, en el que van a vivir y trabajar nuestros estudiantes, justifica su utilización en las aulas. Las TIC han transformado la enseñanza de las ciencias en las escuelas, pues aportan nuevas posibilidades a los profesores y ofrecen una mayor independencia en su trabajo y en su forma de pensar a los estudiantes.

Teaching secondary science.

Enfoca la enseñanza de las ciencias en la escuela secundaria desde el punto de vista contructivista del aprendizaje en los niños. Reúne los requisitos exigidos en el curriculo nacional de Inglaterra del año 2000 y en la Estrategia nacional para las ciencias (National Strategy for Science). Está dividido en cinco partes, que están vinculadas a las tres normas para la obtención de la cualificación docente: primera, los valores profesionales y la práctica, es decir, qué es la ciencia y justificar su lugar en el curriculo; segunda, el conocimiento y la comprensión de las ideas que traen los alumnos y la mejor manera de iniciarles en nuevas ideas científicas. Y en tercer lugar, la enseñanza, que comprende la planificación, la evaluación, la enseñanza y la dirección de la clase por parte del profesor.

Teaching secondary how science works.

El propósito de este libro es ayudar a los profesores a cumplir con los enunciados incluidos en la última versión del curriculo nacional en ciencias. Para ello, pone de relieve varios elementos que forman parte de cómo trabajar con la ciencia y que los maestros deben entender y enseñar: datos, pruebas, teorías y explicaciones, habilidades para la comunicación y aplicaciones e implicaciones de la ciencia. Cumple con los requisitos para la enseñanza de la ciencia en secundaria. Se acompaña de un CD-ROM con hojas de trabajo para los alumnos.

The history of technology in education. A comparative study and forecast

Area, launched in 1999 with the Bologna Declaration, has bestowed such a magnitude and unprecedented agility to the transformation process undertaken by European universities. However, the change has been more profound and drastic with regards to the use of new technologies both inside and outside the classroom. This article focuses on the study and analysis of the technology’s history within the university education and its impact on teachers, students and teaching methods. All the elements that have been significant and innovative throughout the history inside the teaching process have been analyzed, from the use of blackboard and chalk during lectures, the use of slide projectors and transparent slides, to the use of electronic whiteboards and Internet nowadays. The study is complemented with two types of surveys that have been performed among teachers and students during the school years 1999 - 2011 in the School of Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. The pros and cons of each of the techniques and methodologies used in the learning process over the last decades are described, unfolding how they have affected the teacher, who has evolved from writing on a whiteboard to project onto a screen, the student, who has evolved from taking handwritten notes to download information or search the Internet, and the educational process, that has evolved from the lecture to acollaborative learning and project-based learning. It is unknown how the process of learning will evolve in the future, but we do know the consequences that some of the multimedia technologies are having on teachers, students and the learning process. It is our goal as teachers to keep ourselves up to date, in order to offer the student adequate technical content, while providing proper motivation through the use of new technologies. The study provides a forecast in the evolution of multimedia within the classroom and the renewal of the education process, which in our view, will set the basis for future learning process within the context of this new interactive era.

Postgraduate study and managers' subsequent work experience:an exploratory evaluation

Drawing on an exploratory qualitative study, this article considers the link between business school teaching at graduate level and subsequent work behaviour and experiences of former students. It evaluates the student experience some time after graduation. The findings of the retrospective evaluation point to the value of classroom peer discussion, the testing of ideas against prior work experience and the opportunity to make sense of organisational issues by setting them into broader context. The importance of andragogical approaches to teaching is discussed as well as the implications of the study findings for teaching quality enhancement. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.

Throughfall and soil properties in shaded and unshaded coffee plantations and a secondary forest: a case study from Southern Colombia

In Colombia coffee production is facing risks due to an increase in the variability and amount of rainfall, which may alter hydrological cycles and negatively influence yield quality and quantity. Shade trees in coffee plantations, however, are known to produce ecological benefits, such as intercepting rainfall and lowering its velocity, resulting in a reduced net-rainfall and higher water infiltration. In this case study, we measured throughfall and soil hydrological properties in four land use systems in Cauca, Colombia, that differed in stand structural parameters: shaded coffee, unshaded coffee, secondary forest and pasture. We found that throughfall was rather influenced by stand structural characteristics than by rainfall intensity. Lower throughfall was recorded in the shaded coffee compared to the other systems when rain gauges were placed at a distance of 1.0 m to the shade tree. The variability of throughfall was high in the shaded coffee, which was due to different canopy characteristics and irregular arrangements of shade tree species. Shaded coffee and secondary forest resembled each other in soil structural parameters, with an increase in saturated hydraulic conductivity and microporosity, whereas bulk density and macroporosity decreased, compared to the unshaded coffee and pasture. In this context tree-covered systems indicate a stronger resilience towards changing rainfall patterns, especially in mountainous areas where coffee is cultivated.