Effects of an Interdisciplinary Course on Pre-Service Primary Teachers’ Content Knowledge and Academic Self-Concepts in Science and Technology–A Quantitative Longitudinal Study

Primary school teachers need adequate professional knowledge and motivational orientations to qualify scientifically and technologically literate students. Previous studies have focused on the impact of coursework on (pre-service) primary teachers’ content knowledge, rather than on the development of academic self-concepts. In addition, the influence of the course format and the major field of study has not been investigated much to this date. Thus, this study examines the effects of an interdisciplinary course on pre-service primary teachers’ content knowledge and academic self-concepts in science and technology using a quasi-experimental, quantitative, pre-post-follow-up design (n = 202). Whilst no significant changes in knowledge were revealed for the baseline group not participating in the course, significant short-term and long-term cognitive gains were found for the experimental group. Biology-, chemistry-, physics- and technology-related self-concepts increased significantly when participating in the course. The results also indicate that the course format and major field of study can have an impact on the development of pre-service teachers’ professional knowledge. Regarding the development of academic self-concepts in the experimental group, it can be assumed that both the weekly and block course format are beneficial for heterogeneous learner groups consisting of pre-service teachers with different major fields of study.

Cybervictimology as a New Course Unit: Methodological Guidance

The author’s own teaching guide of the course “Cybervictimology” is presented. It is aimed at developing students’ scientific and research competencies within in the Master’s degree program “Criminal Law and Criminology” (major field of study is “Law”). Apart from that, the key objectives of the academic course are as follows: a) to inform students about the most relevant processes in the modern criminality, and specificities and changes in the status of victims afflicted by cybercrimes; b) to develop professional competencies related to efficiency of the future occupation in law enforcement; c) to develop skills of digital hygiene. Relevance of the proposed training course, its goals and tasks are described. The structure of lectures and seminars is outlined. Digital didactic technologies to be used in the course are detailed. To complete the course, a number of final testing forms (test questions, credit questions) ensuring quality of the acquired knowledge are introduced.

Re-reading Ernbodied Texts - An Interpretation of Rune-stones

Rune-stones have been a major field of research in philology, archaeology, art history and history during the 20th century. Most of these studies have been based on the thorough editions of rune-stones published in Scandinavia during the century. The aim of this article is to question some of the fundamental principles of these editions, and to initiate a new type of interpretation based on the complex interplay between images and texts on the rune-stones. Elements of a more visual understanding of the monuments are presented, as well as some examples of a new contextual reading, which sometimes alter the philological interpretations in the rune-stone publications.

Methods and Meaning in Islamic Law

How should we think about the most pressing questions of Islamic law and legal history today? We asked leading scholars of Islamic law and history to weigh in on the methods and meaning they notice or favor, at a time when much has changed in the field and the world since Islamic law emerged as a major field of studies in the global academy over the last century, and at a time when access to new sources, historiographical advances, and data science tools promise that more changes are yet to come.

Yield Gap Analysis in Major Field Crops of Tamil Nadu

Agriculture plays a vital role in Indian economy, contributes 13% of gross domestic product and provides employment opportunities to more than 50% of work force. In India 60% of land area are arable leads to second largest country in terms of total arable land area. The technology development rate is 2 percent and farm productivity rate only increase by 0.3 percent in major crops. It implied that outreach of technology from lab to land have several constraints. In this study, yields gaps of major field crops are calculated with the data provided by the joint directorate of Tamil Nadu, to find, to which extent the advancement in agriculture is helpful and it is found out that the yield gap II of selected varieties of major crops are high. It shows the deviation from the potential yield of the variety with the actual yield obtained by the farmer.

Translators have Duties, but what are their Rights? The Case of Greater China

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in studying translators in the workplace, but the rights of translators are an uncharted area. The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, it studies translators’ perceptions of translator rights in the workplace. Second, it develops a translator rights model inventory that compiles practitioners’ viewpoints for studying and measuring translator rights. This paper presents findings from a questionnaire survey that collected both quantitative and qualitative data from 155 translation practitioners in Greater China (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan). The findings suggest that the translators attach the greatest importance to rights related to working conditions, followed by rights related to economic and social position, and finally those related to copyright issues. It was found that the translators are quite dissatisfied with the rights they have in the workplace, because what they wish to enjoy is much less than what they expect. In addition, a translator’s social variables, such as age, level of education, major field of study, and years of translation experience, are not related to the number of rights the person enjoys in the workplace. What was found to be related is sex and region in which the translator lives.