Integrating Physical Education and Geography in elementary education in the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovenia

ABSTRACT

This paper addresses the lack of international knowledge and research in interdisciplinary curriculum development and teaching in the subjects of Physical Education and Geography. The authors analysed and compared elementary school curricular documents from two ex-communist countries, the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovenia (an ex-socialist Yugoslav republic) to reveal how integration of Physical Education and Geography can be embedded at the policy level. A questionnaire survey among teachers examined how the integration is implemented in practice. The authors present some practical examples to show how Physical Education and Geography integration can be achieved. The findings of the study indicate that while interdisciplinarity is an important policy goal of the educational systems of these two countries, integration is not being implemented in practice.     

谈新经济时代背景下的艺术设计教育

近年来,以信息技术为主导、高科技产业为支柱的“新经济”发展迅猛,对整个人类社会生活带来了巨大影响,正处于发展成长期的我国艺术设计教育同样面临着巨大的挑战,综合能力的提升和创造力的开发成为新背景下艺术设计人才培养新的目标和重点,但遗憾的是,目前我国的艺术设计教育还相当落后,其问题主要表现在教育实施中重技术轻创造力培养、培养内容目标与新经济时代需求相脱节、教学内容陈旧方法落后和对素质教育重视不够四个方面,面对这些问题和挑战,笔者认为,应当从教学新领域的开拓、教育新目标的确立、新思维的培养和正确理性的市场化革新四个方面对整个艺术设计教育体系做初步调整。     

建立正确的阅读模式 提高阅读理解能力

Kettneth Goodman的“心理语言猜测活动”阅读模式可以帮助读者迅速提高阅读能力。而这种阅读模式的建立来自于积累丰富的知识,树立积极的学习动机,培养正确的阅读习惯,运用整体阅读的阅读方法以及进行大量的阅读实践。     

Soft,biocompatible materials and skin-like electronics as wearable devices: an interview with John A. Rogers

Recent advances in active materials, micro-fabrication techniques, ultra-miniaturized design approaches and hybrid device layouts form the foundations for emerging classes of unusual systems that can capture physiological signals from the human body in a physically imperceptible fashion at nearly any anatomical location, external on the skin or internal on vital organ systems. Of particular interest with these technologies are their thin geometries, flexible/stretchable physical properties and unique form factors, to enable conformal and gentle contacts with soft, curved and dynamic surfaces of living tissues. Commercial embodiments of skin-integrated devices with clinical-grade monitoring capabilities are just now becoming widely available not only in developed countries but also in the most resource-constrained areas of the globe. A specific example is in skin-like—sometimes referred to as ‘epidermal’—wireless electronics for continuous monitoring of essential markers of physiological health status, with accuracy and reliability comparable to that of expensive, wired-based systems currently used with patients in intensive care units, but cost-effectively and applicable in any setting—in hospitals, health clinics, work environments or in the home. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the care of patients. NSR spoke to one of the scientific leaders in this field—a 2009 MacArthur Fellow, the winner of the 2022 US National Academy of Sciences James Prize in Science and Technology Integration and one of the few individuals in history to be elected to all three US National Academies, namely the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Medicine, Professor John A. Rogers, the Director of the Querrey-Simpson Institute of Bioelectronics at Northwestern University on the recent advancements and the prospects of soft, biocompatible electronic systems and skin-like wearable devices.     

A Faculty Development Program for Nurse Educators Learning to Teach Online

As the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville prepared to move their graduate programs online, a nursing faculty grass-roots movement led to the implementation of a faculty development program. This instructional design portfolio describes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of this program, with the goal of identifying best practices in the design of programs for learning to teach online.     

X-ray radiography and tomography for monitoring the penetration depth of consolidants in Opuka – the building stone of Prague monuments

Stone consolidation is one of the major restoration treatments used for historical monuments preservation. A natural stone is a complicated heterogeneous porous system making the process of consolidation dependent on many variables. In practical restoration aims, for a given stone type, the selection of a suitable consolidant and consolidation conditions therefore remains a complex issue. The impregnation depth is a key factor for the assessment of the treatment efficiency. The combination of state-of-the-art hybrid pixel semiconductor detectors with newly available micro-focus X-ray sources makes possible to apply X-ray radiography, an ideal non-destructive tool, for penetration depth monitoring. In this study, high-resolution X-ray radiography is used for monitoring the penetration depth of organosilicon consolidants in the Opuka stone. The penetration depth has been evaluated in relation to the time of consolidation, stone porosity and consolidation mixtures properties. The exact influence of the X-ray contrast agent on the consolidation depth has been investigated as well. The information obtained provides supplementary knowledge on the suitability of investigated products for the treatment of this type of stone. In our study, the capabilities of X-ray radiography have been demonstrated on X-ray radiography simple projections, high-resolution computed tomography (CT) as well as on the dynamic processes monitoring. The results thus can serve also as an instrumental and methodological example applicable for consolidation monitoring of other stone types.     

情真意浓文自美——析朱自清散文中的情致

朱自清是我国现代文学史上颇具盛名的诗人、散文家，尤以散文的成绩卓著。他的散文在体现出巨大艺术魅力的同时，以蕴涵醇正、浓郁的感情而闪耀着不朽的艺术光辉。特别是他前期的散文，更以那叙事的真切，感情的真挚打动读者心扉，产生共鸣，体现出浓郁的情致。     

物质:可分的或连续的、构成的或生成的?——选评《3大论战》与《生成哲学》

本文认为单纯层次上的“无限可分” ,只是“恶的无限性” ,而决不是辩证法。遵循恩格斯与黑格尔对可分性问题的基本思路 ,认为只有“可分”与“连续”、“构成”与“生成”等两个对立面的统一 ,才有全面的真理