A technológiai fejlődés hatása a tartós eszközök gazdasági értékcsökkenésére (The effect of technological progress on economic depreciation of durable assets)

A cikk a tartós eszközök gazdasági értékcsökkenésének elméleti hátterét vizsgálja az eszközökben megtestesülő szolgálatok felemésztődése szempontjából. Ezt a felemésztődést az eszközök kimerülésén és elhasználódásán túl, a gazdasági környezetben megjelenő testet öltő és testet nem öltő technológiai fejlődés következtében fellépő avulás is befolyásolja, mely avulás hatását a cikk részletesen tárgyalja. A technológiai fejlődés következtében fellépő avulásnak igen fontos szerepe van az eszközökhöz, és azok használati módjához legjobban illeszkedő értékcsökkenési minta kirajzolásában, amely alapján meghatározott értékcsökkenés központi eleme a vállalkozások jövedelmének, valamint a vállalkozási output egységköltségének, ami az output árazásának fontos tényezője. Ezáltal az értékcsökkenés meghatározásánál figyelembe vett avulás hatással van a vállalkozás termék és tőkepiaci versenyképességére. ___________ The paper examines the theoretical background of durable asset’s economic depreciation, from the embodied services consumption point of view. This consumption is affected by the exhaustion and deterioration beyond obsolescence which is due to embodied and disembodied technological progress that appears in the economic environment. The effect of obsolescence on the economic depreciation is examined in this paper in detail. The obsolescence due to technological progress has an important role in determining the best fit depreciation pattern to the durable asset and its usage. The economic depreciation is a central component of the company’s income, as well as the unit cost of the company’s output, which is an important element of the output pricing process. Thereby the obsolescence recognised by determining economic depreciation influences the company’s competitiveness on the product and capital markets.

Critical teachers as early adopters of technology : agency and structures of indifference in higher education

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A multiliteracies perspective on the new literacies

The new communications environment of the 21st century offers unprecedented opportunities for multimodal meaning making, a transformed dynamics of social agency and divergence of discourses. Multi-literacies theory presents a set of educationally useable conceptual schemas and suggestions for an expanded repertoire of literacy practices as a response to these opportunities (Cope & Kalantzis, 2000a). The following discusses the theory and case study of a collaborative application if a set of schemas to address contemporary issues in multiliteracies pedagogy (Cloonan, 2008a).

Efecto de las TIC's en la mejora del conocimiento y capacidad de análisis del juego en las asignaturas de deportes de la FCCAFYD - INEF

El presente estudio pretende analizar la utilidad de las nuevas tecnologías para mejorar el proceso de enseñanza – aprendizaje en las asignaturas referidas a los fundamentos de los deportes en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF-Madrid). Para ello, se ha llevado un estudio comparativo de resultados entre tres grupos de alumnos que han utilizado diferentes metodologías: a) NULA UTILIZACIÓN DE TIC´S (Gr.0; n=35): clases magistrales, sin utilización de la plataforma institucional de la UPM, ni realización de trabajos relacionados con las nuevas tecnologías. b) UTILIZACIÓN FRECUENTE DE TIC´S AUNQUE DE FORMA PASIVA (Gr.1; n=33): clases con medios audiovisuales, acceso a los contenidos de la asignatura mediante la plataforma virtual institucional de la UPM y no realizaron de trabajos con nuevas tecnologías. c) UTILIZACIÓN FRECUENTE DE TIC´S Y DE FORMA ACTIVA (Gr.2; n=43): similar al grupo anterior con la inclusión de trabajos y tareas complementarias relacionadas con las nuevas tecnologías. Se evaluó a los tres grupos al comienzo y final del cuatrimestre, tras el proceso metodológico diferenciado, en dos bloques: conocimiento de contenidos (Cto.) y capacidad perceptiva y de análisis (PA). Los resultados confirmaron una mejora en ambos bloques en los tres grupos analizados, sin embargo se observaron diferencias según la metodología utilizada. Los valores correspondientes al examen inicial fueron similares en los tres grupos mientras que en el examen final las diferencias fueron significativas en todos los grupos y bloques (p≤0,01). El Grupo 2 obtuvo las mejores puntuaciones (Cto=6,51 ± 1,61; PA=6,53 ± 1,09), con significativas diferencias respecto a los grupos cuya utilización de nuevas tecnologías había sido menor. El Grupo 1 obtuvo valores significativamente superiores (Cto=5,03 ± 0,73; PA=5,36 ± 0,96) a los obtenidos por el Grupo 0 (Cto=4,43 ± 0,77; PA=3,03 ± 0,89). Teniendo en cuenta que los valores iniciales fueron similares en los tres grupos, se observó que el grado de mejora (pretest y test) fue muy superior en los grupos que utilizaron TIC´s que en el grupo que no las utilizó. En los tres casos y en ambos bloques, las diferencias entre los valores del pretest y del test fueron significativas (p≤0,01). Estos resultados permiten afirmar que el uso de las nuevas tecnologías repercute de forma directa en el resultado del aprendizaje del alumno universitario de balonmano: cuanta más tecnología se utiliza, más se aprende

Objetos multimedia como apoyo en las tareas de docencia y tutorías

En el presente trabajo se plantea como objetivo principal la optimización del proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje mediante un planteamiento innovador basado en el uso de plataformas multimedia. Para ello se deben cubrir una serie de objetivos parciales, pero no por ello menos importantes, como favorecer el incremento de la participación de los estudiantes durante su proceso de formación, flexibilizar el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje adecuándolo a las posibilidades y necesidades de cada alumno, en tiempo y en el espacio. Además hay que convertir a los alumnos en los principales protagonistas del proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje en la educación superior, mediante un planteamiento innovador

Programa intercultural pel Centre Penitenciari de Figures: activitat per treballar la interculturalitat amb interns del Centre Penitenciari de Figueres

Proposta d’activitat per treballar la interculturalitat en el centre penitenciari de Figueres des del punt de vista de l’educador social. L’activitat consisteix en la creació i manteniment d’un blog obert a tots els interns mitjançant la xarxa moodle. L’autora aprofita per fer una extensa contextualització de la realitat del CP de Figueres

Learning how to engage students online in hard times

In a context of financial restraint and enterprising university managers, teacher-researchers have reason to be sceptical about the trend towards online teaching and away from learning for its own sake. This article departs from both economic and technological determinism and turns instead to ideas about technology embedded in social and political institutions. Activity theory offers a useful means of analysing such embeddedness. Its Marxian assumptions about human nature specify a non-deterministic approach to technology. Its dynamic model of the subjects, tools, and objects of activity within a context of rules, a community, and a division of labour helps to specify aspects of the authors process of learning how to use electronic conferencing effectively. A full deployment of activity theory would also analyse the activity of students. Here the evidence comes mainly from the activity of researcher-teachers engaging greater activity among students. The numbers of students involved precludes reliable quantitative analysis but qualitative evidence from students does support conclusions about researcher-teachers learning how to make best use of electronic conferencing.

Digital games : literacy in action

Digital Games: Literacy in action is the result of a wide-ranging investigation into the educational possibilities involved in young people's games. From their creation in the classroom to analysing games and the world of games as text, academics and teachers are now taking seriously the serious play of young people.

The contributors use the interaction between the theoretical frameworks of games as text and games as action to explore a wide of range of issues relevant to the teaching of English and literacy. These include understanding games as media texts, the place of digital culture in young people's lives, the narrative and visual design components of games, exploring concepts of role play and identity in games, the potential for games to engage disengaged students, and issues of gender and social interaction in game playing.

The causal effect of family size on child labor and education

This paper investigates the causal relationship between family size and child labor and education among brazilian children. More especifically, it analyzes the impact of family size on child labor, school attendance, literacy and school progression. It explores the exogenous variation in family size driven by the presence of twins in the family. The results are consistent under the reasonable assumption that the instrument is a random event. Using the nationally representative brazilian household survey (Pnad), detrimental effects are found on child labor for boys. Moreover, significant effects are obtained for school progression for girls caused by the exogenous presence of the young siblings in the household.

Effect of a video on developing skills in undergraduate nursing students for the management of totally implantable central venous access ports

Background: Handling Totally Implantable Access Ports (TIAP) is a nursing procedure that requires skill and knowledge to avoid adverse events. No studies addressing this procedure with undergraduate students were identified prior to this study. Communication technologies, such as videos, have been increasingly adopted in the teaching of nursing and have contributed to the acquisition of competencies for clinical performance. Objective: To evaluate the effect of a video on the puncture and heparinization of TIAP in the development of cognitive and technical competencies of undergraduate nursing students. Method: Quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. Results: 24 individuals participated in the study. Anxiety scores were kept at levels 1 and 2 in the pretest and posttest. In relation to cognitive knowledge concerning the procedure, the proportion of correct answers in the pretest was 0.14 (SD=0.12) and 0.90 in the posttest (SD=0.05). After watching the video, the average score obtained by the participants in the mock session was 27.20. Conclusion: The use of an educational video with a simulation of puncture and heparinization of TIAP proved to be a strategy that increased both cognitive and technical knowledge. This strategy is viable in the teaching-learning process and is useful as a support tool for professors and for the development of undergraduate nursing students. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

The effect of the depression on educational expenditures in sertain states : prepared for the National committee for federal emergency aid for education /

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Effect of performance feedback on perceived knowledge and likelihood to pursue continuing education

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of performance feedback on Athletic Trainers’ (ATs) perceived knowledge (PK) and likelihood to pursue continuing education (CE). The investigation was grounded in the theories of “the definition of the situation” (Thomas & Thomas, 1928) and the “illusion of knowing,” (Glenberg, Wilkinson, & Epstein, 1982) suggesting that PK drives behavior. This investigation measured the degree to which knowledge gap predicted CE seeking behavior by providing performance feedback designed to change PK. A pre-test post-test control-group design was used to measure PK and likelihood to pursue CE before and after assessing actual knowledge. ATs (n=103) were randomly sampled and assigned to two groups, with and without performance feedback. Two independent samples t-tests were used to compare groups on the difference scores of the dependent variables. Likelihood to pursue CE was predicted by three variables using multiple linear regression: perceived knowledge, pre-test likelihood to pursue CE, and knowledge gap. There was a 68.4% significant difference (t101=2.72, p=0.01, ES=0.45) between groups in the change scores for likelihood to pursue CE because of the performance feedback (Experimental group=13.7% increase; Control group=4.3% increase). The strongest relationship among the dependent variables was between pre-test and post-test measures of likelihood to pursue CE (F2,102=56.80, p<0.01, r=0.73, R2=0.53). The pre- and post-test predictive relationship was enhanced when group was included in the model. In this model [YCEpost=0.76XCEpre-0.34 Xgroup+2.24+E], group accounted for a significant amount of unique variance in predicting CE while the pre-test likelihood to pursue CE variable was held constant (F3,102=40.28, p<0.01, r=0.74, R2=0.55). Pre-test knowledge gap, regardless of group allocation, was a linear predictor of the likelihood to pursue CE (F1,102=10.90, p=.01, r=.31, R2=.10). In this investigation, performance feedback significantly increased participants’ likelihood to pursue CE. Pre-test knowledge gap was a significant predictor of likelihood to pursue CE, regardless if performance feedback was provided. ATs may have self-assessed and engaged in internal feedback as a result of their test-taking experience. These findings indicate that feedback, both internal and external, may be necessary to trigger CE seeking behavior.

The Effect of Sportspersonship Instruction on the Behaviors Of Second Grade Physical Education Students

The effect of sportspersonship instruction on the behaviors of second grade physical education students was examined. Instruction consisted of defining sportspersonship focus words, modifying the words into target behaviors, modeling the behaviors, and reinforcing the behaviors. Results revealed that students from two intact classes improved their behaviors.