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Critical pedagogy in hard financial times
No full textPeter Mayo takes issue with education financing not from an economic or technical
viewpoint, but from a philosophical and systemic one, drawing on critical pedagogy.
There is no sense, this article argues, to talk of higher education or its funding without
reference to the capitalist system which the mainstream education discourse reaffirms. The author concludes with an alternative vision of lifelong learning as a social act for the creation and enhancing of democratic spaces, reflected in the ongoing global “Occupy” protests for social equality.peer-reviewe
Object drop in L3 acquisition
No full textThe topic of cross-linguistic differences regarding the overt or null expression of arguments has been considered both in first (L1) and second language (L2) acquisition. There is abundant literature on both subject and object drop with different language pairings but the issue has not been considered in third language (L3) acquisition. The main goal of this article is to analyse the L3 interlanguage of Basque-Spanish bilinguals regarding the acceptability and interpretation of null objects. The three languages involved in the study display different semantic requirements for the target structure, with Basque allowing for a null object option across-the-board, Spanish only under certain semantic conditions, and English disallowing it in the standard variety. Two trilingual, one bilingual and a control group (n = 119) rated experimental items embedded in context, presented in a written and aural format on a computer screen. Findings point to the successful acquisition of the target structure, as well as a clear influence of Spanish in the three experimental groups
Caro Nicola. Permanecer en silencio. Reportaje a Nicola Di Battista
No full textReportaje a Nicola Di Battista. Fuimos a visitarlo un 1° de mayo sin saber que la charla se extendería por horas. Queríamos saber algo acerca de la dificultad de un hombre de cuarenta años que no logra conciliarse con los preceptos de la contemporaneidad, la complejidad de trabajar en arquitectura y la manifestación de deseos profesionales, muchas veces no realizados
The CHAIN-REDS Semantic Search Engine
No full texte-Infrastructures, and in particular Data Repositories and Open Access Data Infrastructures, are essential platforms for e-Science and e-Research and are being built since several years both in Europe and the rest of the world to support diverse multi/inter-disciplinary Virtual Research Communities. So far, however, it is difficult for scientists to correlate papers to datasets used to produce them and to discover data and documents in an easy way. In this paper, the CHAINREDS project’s Knowledge Base and its Semantic Search Engine are presented, which attempt to address those drawbacks and contribute to the reproducibility of science
Mayo Landscape Hazards: Geological mapping for climate change adaptation planning
No full textThe objective of this project was to identify landscape hazards in the Village of Mayo and nearby surroundings by compiling geoscience data from various field studies and scientific reviews (surficial geology, permafrost and hydrology). This data was used to create a map of landscape hazards that delineate low, moderate and high-risk areas in the Mayo region. Potential impacts of a changing climate were incorporated in the identification of these three hazard regions.Peer reviewedarticl
Social democracy in a postcolonial island state : Dom Mintoff’s impact
No full textThis paper pays homage to former Maltese premier and postcolonial Maltese leader, Dom Mintoff soon after his death in August 20 2012. The pragmatic socialist politics of Dom Mintoff is exposed and the contradictions revealed. His ability as a negotiator, orator and architect of a democratic socialist politics marked by the building of a welfare state is underscored. Pugilistic and irascible, Mintoff is presented warts and all as a statesman and a political figure of international acclaim.peer-reviewe
Dreams of a social economy
No full textEd Mayo looks at the work and ideas of John Bird, Iain Tuckett and Edgar Cahn and gleans some salient lessons for the construction of the social economy in its latest guise. Copyright (c) 2010 The Author. Public Policy Research (c) 2010 ippr.
"In and against the state" : Gramsci, war of position, and adult education
No full textThis paper focuses on the way a state-funded university, as an important institution of civil society, consolidates existing hegemonic arrangements and, at the same time, offers spaces wherein these arrangements can be contested. Using ethnographic data culled from structured and semi-structured interviews as well as other appropriate documentation, the author highlights some of the challenges and contradictions of a
university-based workers' education institute advocating for social change "in and against the state." The key concept from Gramsci that reverberates throughout the essay is that of "war of position."peer-reviewe
Hermanos Mayo. El Financiero, sección Cultura "Clicks a la distancia"
No full textReferencias bibliográficas:México a través de los Mayo. Paco y Faustino MayoNota sobre el libro de Verónica Rivera Suárez y Raúl Godínez, México a través de los Mayo. Paco y Faustino Mayo editado por Conaculta, Fonca, Archivo General de la Nación, 2002
Adult education in Malta
No full textThis book provides a historical overview and critical analysis of adult education provision in Malta and Gozo till 2006. It should b of interest to students of education and specifically the history, philosophy and sociology of education and adult education in particular. It analyses contemporary issues and provides a comprehensive list of references on adult education in Malta and Gozo till 2006. It concludes with a chronology of significant events and landmarks in adult education and a list of agencies in the field.peer-reviewe
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