Political party vigilantism has been on the rise in Ghana since the country’s return to constitutional rule in 1993. The impact of vigilante groups’ violent activities in Ghana cannot be separated from elections. Their activities have typically taken place during and after elections throughout the country. Acts of violence have marred by-elections in Atiwa, Akwatia,…
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The convergence of telecommunications and computer science, the implementation of computer-based networks, and the integration of languages, which overcame space and time constraints, sparked the globalisation process and the development of the knowledge society. We are living in the midst of a true revolution based on knowledge multiplication and its associated applications, as well as…
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A qualitative study of fifty-eight (58) students aged 9 to 12 and 85 preservice elementary teachers from Quebec, Canada, on their alternative conceptions of force, motion, and gravity found that they shared many misconceptions despite their age and training. The majority of their understandings are vastly different from those established by the scientific community. They…
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Rudolf Arnheim’s Gestalt art theory investigates visual perceptual forces and the phenomenon of “isomorphism” in psychological movement by using Chinese images as T’ai-chi tu. By bringing up these Chinese examples, he draws attention to the similarities between Western and Chinese aesthetic conceptions. He employs Chinese ideas, particularly Taoism, to compensate for the shortcomings of the…
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This paper discusses how to improve mathematics teaching in Brazilian schools using Seymour Papert’s Constructionism and information technology tools. This work, in particular, introduces the constructionist microworld, a digital environment in which students can build their knowledge interactively, in this case using the dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra. Papert’s constructionism provides a flexible framework for implementing…
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The online presence of Low German, a minority language spoken in northern Germany, as well as several other European regional and minority languages, is investigated in this paper. This article, in particular, presents the findings of a study that looked into how well or poorly these languages are represented in the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia.…
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Interaction, particularly dialogic interaction in EMI classes, is regarded as critical for understanding the content and developing language skills. Although the value of dialogic interaction is widely recognized, studies focusing on interaction in tertiary level EMI classes are uncommon in Sri Lanka, and even more so in Asia. Furthermore, there is no mechanism in place…
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Translation is a difficult and fascinating task. Idioms are language’s crystallization. Idiom translation is a difficult task because language and cultural differences mean that not all English idioms have equivalents in Chinese idioms. According to research, the six translation tactics for translating English idioms into Chinese are literal translation, free translation, explanational translation, borrowing, compensating…
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The purpose of this study was to discover methods for encouraging collaboration between the industry and the physical education academy. In-depth interviews were conducted with participants from the business and academic worlds. The Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Communications (MCTIC) Innovation Portal and the representativeness of Brazil’s GDP were used to select the research…
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The Hansard proceedings record and transcribe spoken political discourse in the UK Houses of Parliament. This transcription and representation method captures the oral debates on Prime Minister’s questions during the weekly parliamentary sessions. This paper examines three areas of representation to determine how accurately spoken discourse is recorded. These areas are: lexical and grammatical fidelity,…
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