17 research outputs found
Learning to inform oneself : an approach to critical thinking
No full textComprend des références bibliographiques et webographiquesDisponible en français dans EDUQ.info sous le titre "Apprendre à s’informer : une approche de la pensée critique""Information, whether from traditional or digital media, dominates
our daily lives. Each individual, immersed in an incessant flow of
data, is faced with a considerable mass of information. And if today everyone can receive it, everyone can also create and distribute
it. This is why knowing how to distinguish between true information—that is, information based on facts or supported by science—
and information that is merely opinion-based, is becoming an
essential competency to include in education. Drawing on media
literacy literature and the findings of a study
on the influence of
digital media on the spread of misinformation, conducted with
students aged 17 to 25, we propose educational approaches to
strengthen young adults’ critical thinking skills and develop
attentive information, digital and media literacy." -- AQP
Apprendre à s’informer : une approche de la pensée critique
No full textComprend des références bibliographiques et webographiques"L’information, qu’elle provienne des médias traditionnels ou
numériques, domine notre quotidien. Chaque individu, immer gé dans un flux incessant de données, se trouve face à une masse
d’informations considérable. Et si aujourd’hui tout le monde peut
la recevoir, tout le monde peut aussi la créer et la diffuser. C’est
pourquoi savoir distinguer les informations vraies, c’est-à-dire
les informations basées sur des faits ou appuyées par la science,
de celles ne relevant que de l’opinion devient une compétence
indispensable à intégrer à la formation. En nous appuyant sur la
littérature en éducation aux médias ainsi que sur les conclusions
d’une étude1
menée auprès d’étudiants et étudiantes de 17 à 25 ans
portant sur l’influence des médias numériques dans la propagation
de la mésinformation, nous proposons des approches éducatives
pour renforcer la pensée critique des jeunes et développer une
littératie informationnelle, numérique et médiatique attentive." -- AQP
« Je suis pas mal dans l’inconnu, ça fait peur des fois »: Compétences informationnelles et gestion de la désinformation climatique : entre vigilance critique et retenue numérique
No full textInternational audienceCet article examine comment des étudiants postsecondaires francophones perçoivent et mobilisent leurs compétences informationnelles face à la désinformation climatique sur les réseaux sociaux. S’inscrivant dans une approche sociocognitiviste et une conceptualisation métalittéracique des compétences informationnelles, l’étude repose sur une analyse qualitative de 17 entrevues semi-dirigées menées en 2023 auprès de jeunes adultes universitaires du Canada Atlantique. Les résultats montrent que les participants adoptent un regard ambivalent envers les réseaux sociaux, reconnus à la fois comme vecteurs d’information et de désinformation. S’ils déclarent maitriser plusieurs compétences critiques (distinction faits/opinions, recherche de pluralisme, autoévaluation), leur mobilisation concrète reste souvent limitée. Cette retenue s’explique en partie par la peur de se tromper ou de laisser une empreinte numérique. Peu sont les étudiants qui interviennent activement face à de la désinformation. Malgré cela, ils montrent sensibles aux enjeux climatiques et expriment des attentes claires envers leur formation universitaire — jugée, mais perfectible — ainsi qu’envers les plateformes numériques, qu’ils souhaitent plus responsables. L’étude met en lumière l’écart entre compétences déclarées et pratiques réelles, et souligne l’importance de renforcer les compétences informationnelles par des approches éducatives intégrées, transversales et contextualisées
City Architectural Heritage Revival: The Need of a New Applied Approach
No full textEgypt is a nation of 4000 years of civilization, which was known for its ancient architecture that occupied the highest rank of importance, but how long will our neglected heritage sites survive in our recent era? This is a rising debate. This paper is based on a hypothesis whether the conservation of the neglected or isolated heritage sites, particularly in the inhabited areas, can bind the citizens to their past. For this reason, the research provides scenes of many applied conservation practices in other countries. The study calls for developing a new applied approach of conservation that takes the interaction between citizens and the city heritage zones into consideration
Towards Effective and Sustainable Urban Parks in Alexandria
No full textAbstractUrban parks are now viewed as an important part of the urban and neighborhood development rather than just recreation and leisure facilities. They are oriented for multifunctional services. Besides, they play an important role in improving the environment and landscape conditions that result in green spaces which have become an essential part in cities due to their strategic importance for the quality of life. As the world's urban population increases, urban areas encounter new problems such as: uncontrolled use of resources, greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, …… etc. To face these problems of urban areas, sustainable urban parks have become a significant urban planning policy and development approach.The city of Alexandria (Egypt) is rich with its urban parks such as Al Montazah Park, Al Shalalat Park and Antoniadis Park. However, the lack of coordination of physical planning activities within the city, has resulted into an unpleasant quality of the environment and decrease in the number of sustainable urban parks. Moreover, urban population has rapidly increased, thus the city of Alexandria has been enlarged and gradually human relations with nature have been damaged. For these reasons, people in Alexandria have lost the opportunity to come in contact with nature.The paper will discuss the causes of decreasing urban parks and its effects on people's health and the significant need to improve these spaces to develop the city and achieve sustainability. It will also highlight the important role of urban parks and their design strategies. It will analyze an international example which was transformed to provide a high quality of living environment presenting the suggested ways to create sustainable open spaces as an integrated part of a sustainable city. Finally, the paper will focus on developing Al Montazah urban park in Alexandria to achieve sustainability. The aim of the paper is to transform urban parks within the environment of Alexandria to improve and enhance the quality of life in order to reach a sustainable city
Do Unions Matter? Trade Reform and Manufacturing Wages in South Africa-super- †
No full textThe effect of nominal tariff cuts on industry wage differentials has been the subject of a number of recent empirical studies. In this paper we investigate the latter relationship with respect to the South African trade reform experience using micro-level labour data for the period from 1995 to 2004. Our study extends on the existing literature in two respects: first, we are the first controlling for the potential effect of labour market institutions, such as collective bargaining power, in assessing the relationship between tariffs and industry wages. Second, we account for general equilibrium effects by controlling for the impact of changes in effective tariff rates. On the one hand, we find that only wages in industries with levels of unionisation beyond a certain threshold were adversely affected by tariff cuts. This negative effect is exacerbated by the extent of sectoral union power. The reported large magnitudes of the tariff impact on wages is in line with the considerably high mark-ups documented for South Africa. On the other hand we find some evidence suggesting that wages in industries with union power below the threshold were positively affected by the tariff cuts. This evidence suggests the omitted variable bias resulting from not controlling for industry heterogeneities in bargaining power when examining the wage--trade relationship. Copyright 2010 The author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: [email protected], Oxford University Press.
Evaluasi Buku Ajar Bahasa Arab Kelas X Madrasah Aliyah: Pendekatan Saintifik Kurikulum 2013
No full textThis study aims to evaluate Arabic teaching materials in Islamic High School (Madrasah Aliyah). The purpose of this evaluation is to find out the quality of Arabic textbooks for class X based on the 2013 curriculum, published by the Ministry of Religious Affairs Republik Indonesia in 2014. The 2013 curriculum is a curriculum based on character and competence that requires children to be active in learning. The Arabic language textbooks are evaluated using a scientific approach to know the quality. In this study, the author uses descriptive qualitative methods, namely by emphasizing the aspect of understanding quality in depth to a problem and the results are not in the form of numbers, then systematically describing the facts and characteristics of the objects and subjects studied appropriately. The evaluation results of this teaching material show that from the aspect of presentation it has been systematic, coherent, consistent, and balanced between the chapters. From the aspect of supporting the dish, it does not contain a complete list of supporters. What's more, the connection of sentences is rather complicated. Meanwhile, from the linguistic aspect, there are still some misconceptions, especially in the use of alif and hamzah.This study aims to evaluate Arabic teaching materials in Islamic High School (Madrasah Aliyah). The purpose of this evaluation is to find out the quality of Arabic textbooks for class X based on the 2013 curriculum, published by the Ministry of Religious Affairs Republik Indonesia in 2014. The 2013 curriculum is a curriculum based on character and competence that requires children to be active in learning. The Arabic language textbooks are evaluated using a scientific approach to know the quality. In this study, the author uses descriptive qualitative methods, namely by emphasizing the aspect of understanding quality in depth to a problem and the results are not in the form of numbers, then systematically describing the facts and characteristics of the objects and subjects studied appropriately. The evaluation results of this teaching material show that from the aspect of presentation it has been systematic, coherent, consistent, and balanced between the chapters. From the aspect of supporting the dish, it does not contain a complete list of supporters. What's more, the connection of sentences is rather complicated. Meanwhile, from the linguistic aspect, there are still some misconceptions, especially in the use of alif and hamzah
Higher stability and better photoluminescence quantum yield of cesium lead iodide perovskites nanoparticles in the presence of CTAB ligand
No full textInorganic halide perovskites, such as CsPbI3, have unique optoelectronic properties which made them promising candidates for several applications. Unfortunately, these perovskites undergo rapid chemical decomposition and transformation into yellow δ-phase. Thus, the synthesis of stable cesium lead iodide perovskites remains an actual challenging field and it is imperative to develop a stabilized black phase for photovoltaic applications. For this purpose, a surfactant ligand was used to control the synthesis of inorganic perovskite CsPbI3 nanoparticles. Herein we demonstrate a new avenue for lead halide perovskites with the addition of either hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) or silica nanoparticles to maintain in the first place; the stability of the α-CsPbI3 phase, and later on to boost their photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY). The prepared perovskites were characterized using UV–visible absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and X-Ray diffraction technique. Results show higher stability of α-CsPbI3 phase and improvement in PLQY % to reach 99% enhancement in presence of CTAB. Moreover, the photoluminescence intensity of CsPbI3 nanoparticles was higher and was maintained for a longer duration in the presence of CTAB. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to European Photochemistry Association, European Society for Photobiology
Use of genetic algorithms in operations management. Part II - Results.
No full textThe insight gained into the relationship between genetic algorithm (GA) structure and optimisation performance, through the research reported in this paper, provided the knowledge to integrate GAs with discrete event simulation which formed the output from IMI EPSRC Project GR/N05871 ‘Responsive Design and Operation of Flexible Machining Lines’ rated by EPSRC as “Tending to Internationally Leading” where industrial partners included [email protected], Unipart Group Ltd and [email protected], Preactor International. The author was Principal Investigator for the project
Use of genetic algorithms in operations management. Part I: Applications.
No full textThis output reports application solutions being further advanced and exploited as part of two DTI Technology Programme research projects, ie (i) £1.4 million H0254E ‘Improving customer demand and cost forecasting methods’ where industrial partners include [email protected], Unipart Logistics and [email protected], Trelleborg Industrial AVS, and (ii) £1.0 million K1532G ‘Accelerated Process Excellence using Virtual Discrete Event Process Simulation’ where industrial partners include [email protected], Perkins Engines Group Ltd and [email protected], Intier Automotive Interiors. The author is Principal Investigator for both projects
