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Empowering Bilingual ELLs in Social Studies: Translanguaging and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in action
No full textThis study uses the qualitative case study method to examine how an urban 9th-grade Spanish bilingual global history teacher s implementation of culturally relevant and translanguaging pedagogies to teach social studies to his secondary bilingual ELLs English Language Learners The results show that the bilingual social studies teacher s in-depth understanding of the students home language and culture as well as their previous literacy education experiences is key to motivating engaging and sustaining the students learning of social studies Equally important is the teacher s willingness to utilize the students culturally familiar knowledge and multilingual and multimodal resources to create translanguaging opportunities that advance their social studies learning The findings argue for training social studies teachers to use culturally relevant and translanguaging pedagogies in social studies instruction to bilingual ELL
Artificial Intelligence and Student Learning Practices: A Study ofUrban Higher Education in Odisha
No full textThis study examines the adoption patterns of artificial intelligence AI among higher education students in urban Odisha India emphasising both general and academic applications Data were collected from 100 students at four major urban universities in Odisha through an online quantitative survey using Google Forms and analysed the data collected using descriptive statistics and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test to evaluate the impact of demographic factors on AI engagement The results indicate that the utilisation of AI for both general activities including information retrieval translation and entertainment and academic endeavours such as research writing and exam preparation is prevalent and predominantly unaffected by demographic factors such as gender age academic standing family structure and field of study This demographic neutrality underscores AI s widespread allure indicating that its incorporation into higher education has the capacity to surpass conventional social and institutional barriers Percentage trends indicate subtle variations in user behaviours however these variations lack statistical significance underscoring the necessity for user-centric methodologies that transcend general demographic classifications The study emphasises the significance of utilising AI to democratise education and guide inclusive policy and curriculum development especially in under-represented areas such as Odisha These insights contribute to the discourse on AI in education by demonstrating its potential to promote equitable access and tailored learning environments while also indicating avenues for sophisticated qualitative research on individual motivations and longitudinal trends in AI adoptio
Proposal for an Integrity Program Adapted to the Context of CISAN Municipalities
No full textEste estudo prop e um programa de integridade adaptado s particularidades e capacidades institucionais dos munic pios integrantes do Cons rcio Intermunicipal do Semi rido Nordeste II da Bahia CISAN investigando os fatores institucionais que influenciam essa implementa o e examinando as expectativas dos gestores de controle interno quanto aos impactos na governan a municipal Este estudo adotou uma abordagem qualitativa e explorat ria por meio de um estudo de caso m ltiplo Para isso utilizou-se de duas fontes de dados i realiza o de entrevistas semiestruturadas com sete gestores de controle interno de munic pios membros do CISAN e ii an lise de documentos oficiais Os dados foram analisados por meio da t cnica de an lise de conte do utilizando o software ATLAS ti agrupados em categorias e temas que possibilitaram a sistematiza o dos achados Os resultados indicaram que a capacidade administrativa limitada devido escassez de recursos humanos qualificados e infraestrutura tecnol gica insuficiente um dos principais obst culos implementa o eficaz de programas de integridade A estrutura organizacional centralizada e a resist ncia cultural interna tamb m foram identificadas como barreiras significativas A partir desses resultados foi proposto um modelo de programa de integridade estruturado em oito etapas adaptado s realidades desses munic pios Conclui-se que para promover uma cultura de integridade eficaz nos munic pios do CISAN necess rio adaptar-se s suas particularidades Dire es futuras sugerem a amplia o do escopo geogr fico a inclus o de perspectivas de outros atores como l deres pol ticos e membros da sociedade civil e o uso de abordagens quantitativas para aprofundar a compreens o do tem
Navigating Disruption: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategies for the Global Economy
No full textThe current economic context is characterized by rapid transformations driven by capitalism resulting in significant technological advancements and innovations In this scenario new concerns and demands arise such as the pursuit of socio-environmental sustainability and the need to address social inequality which directly influence entrepreneurship While these challenges are often seen as obstacles to business profitability sustainable entrepreneurship emerges as a relevant strategic approach enabling organizations to adapt and thrive in the era of disruption In exploring this issue the following research question arises How can sustainable entrepreneurship become a facilitating issue for the global leaders in a disruptive environment It is a descriptive bibliographic research qualitative approach and secondary data source collection The main research results point that sustainable entrepreneurship i emphasizes innovation and the pursuit of creative solutions for social and environmental challenges ii can provide direct benefits to society such as improved working conditions and promotion of social equity iii can offer a competitive advantage to entrepreneurs Thus this study contributes to understanding the strategies that entrepreneurs can adopt to face challenges and promote sustainable competitivenes
The Digital Renminbi and Its Impacts on the Structural Power of the Dollar:
No full textThis paper analyzes how the digital renminbi e-CNY may impact the structural power of the U S dollar and discusses its primary limitations We adopt the framework of the dollar s structural power within US hegemony highlighting the political consequences of its central role Next we examine China s digitalization from two perspectives monetary and operational and within the context of the Digital Silk Road whose four pillars infrastructure technology e-commerce and governance support the e-CNY s dissemination This paper argues that the e-CNY s launch might provide a new impetus for the renminbi s internationalization particularly in regional payments and e-commerce However this does not challenge the dollar s structural dominance in the short term as the limits to the expansion of the e-CNY in the international monetary hierarchy remain quite significan
The Influence of Sports on Executive Functions in Para-Athletes: A Pilot Study
No full textSports practice can enhance both the physical and psychological abilities of individuals including executive functions which may influence other daily activities This study aims to explore the correlation between sports and executive functions considering the heterogeneity of results found in existing literature The present pilot study focused on professional parasports athletes and used the Five-Digit Test FDT to measure and compare cognitive performance This is a cross-sectional study conducted with ten 10 participants five 5 of whom were elite athletes and five 5 from a sedentary population with disabilities The results revealed a significant difference in performance between the two groups particularly in the controlled processes of choice and taskswitching This statistical variation may suggest a potential enhancement in higher-order cognitive functions among the athlete grou
The Enslaved Women in the Work A Color Defect by Ana Maria Gonçalves: What Says the Post-Colonial?
No full textThis article seeks to analyze the subordinate and enslaved black character from the period of colonial Brazil Kehinde included in the work A Color Defect by Ana Maria Gon alves 2010 discussing the challenges to survive and highlighting the role of the enslaved woman portrayed at the time as the other the despicable marginalized being excluded from society Through Kehinde s narrative the author echoes the resistance of female voices seeking to denounce the complex world of slavery The specific objective is to contribute to the theoretical-critical debate in Brazilian History by showing the role of the black woman We will adopt the postcolonial theoretical approach because it will provide another and corrected historical perspective The results show that it is possible to see peripheral subordinate peoples through the deconstruction of the various aspects of colonial basis in a postcolonial perspective reinterpreting history from the perspective of the colonized redimensioning their relationship and the different forms of discriminatio
Technologies and Management of Power and Law: Analytical Review of Homonationalism, Femonationalism and Reactionary Feminisms
No full textThis study aims to present the manifestations of Homonationalism Femonationalism and Reactionary Feminisms in the context of power relations highlighting their instrumentalization of discourse and Law to reinforce conservative exclusionary and racialized agendas Using a qualitative approach the research employs thematic analysis based on a narrative bibliographic review having as main theoretical references the works of Jasbir Puar Sara Farris and Sophie Lewis who theorize the aforementioned categories The results reveal that these movements act through a logic that constructs and reinforces the figure of the other as a threat using binary discourses of oppressor versus victim they promote the normalization of identities that consolidate hierarchies of power In addition such strategies demonstrate a coordinated action in the construction of narratives that justify symbolic and material violence against vulnerable groups under the guise of defending traditional values and right
From Waste to Living Symbols: Bodies and Early Deaths in Two Short Stories and Two 21st-Century Argentine Novels
No full textThis article briefly examines the process through which the notion of the body as waste is aesthetically transformed into a symbol To this end it examines a corpus of literary texts within the broad field of contemporary Argentine narrative linked by their thematization of early death Based on the methodological principles of contrastive comparative literature the article explores the centrality of the body its representations and functions in artistic expressions which encapsulate and transmit worldviews in each community and era in which they emerg
Climate Change and International Security: Consequences for Future Europe
No full textThe risks posed by climate change are real and its impacts are already taking place The UN estimates that all but one of its emergency appeals for humanitarian aid in 2007 were climate related The science of climate change is now better understood The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change1 s concern mounts over the impacts of global environmental change on social and ecological systems coinciding with a more fluid international security environment since the end of the Cold War environmental change is increasingly being understood demonstrate that even if by 2050 emissions would be reduced to below half of 1990 levels a temperature rise of up to 2 C above pre-industrial levels will be difficult to avoid Such a temperature increase will pose serious security risks that would increase if warming continues Unmitigated climate change beyond 2 C will lead to unprecedented security scenarios as it is likely to trigger a number of tipping points that would lead to further accelerated irreversible and largely unpredictable climate changes Investment in mitigation to avoid such scenarios as well as ways to adapt to the unavoidable should go hand in hand with addressing the international security threats created by climate change both should be viewed as part of preventive security policy The world as we knew it is coming to an end and it s up to us how it ends and what comes after It s the end of the age of fossil fuel but if the fossil-fuel corporations have their way the ending will be delayed as long as possible with as much carbon burned as possible If the rest of us prevail we will radically reduce our use of those fuels by 2030 and almost entirely by 2050 We will meet climate change with real change and defeat the fossil-fuel industry in the next nine years If we succeed those who come after will look back on the age of fossil fuel as an age of corruption and poison The grandchildren of those who are young now will hear horror stories about how people once burned great mountains of poisonous stuff dug up from deep underground that made children sick and birds die and the air filthy and the planet heat u