2012

In an ever changing society of the 21st century, there is a
demand to equip students with meta competences going
beyond cognitive knowledge. Education, therefore, needs
a transition from transferring knowledge to developing
individual potentials with the help of constructivist…

This paper applies the artificial neural networks’ techniques to model financial literacy in higher education institutions in Portugal. The modeling of financial literacy of students enrolled in higher education was accomplished through the measurement of their financial knowledge on credit…

In this work we use Cultural Studies to identify and understand the representations that are transmitted about the educational process in Chico Bento's stories - a character of a comic strip in Brazil. He is a personage who lives in…

The internal design thinking behaviour of designers in the
concept development has been an important issue of
cognitive psychology. In this study, the design thinking
process designers have in applying digital media and
traditional paper in the early concept development…

HEAL stands for Humanism Evolving Through Arts and Literature. Bringing together writing and art from a variety of sources HEAL acts as a platform where medical students share their growth and development, where faculty and staff impart their knowledge gained…

This article explores the significance of footage of the sacred ceremonies of indigenous people in 1948 filmed by the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory. The author shows a group of scientifically-minded Westerners drawn into secret…

Since March 2008, I have been in the artistic – community work of a cultural society in a slum in Londrina (Brasil), teaching belly dancing to five community leaders and, recently, to other young women too. This text was supposed…

Objective: Welding has important effects on biological systems according to type of electrode, welding material and method, the composition of welding fumes and environmental factors. The biochemical tests in this area are at least important as radiological findings and routine…

Headland Machinery Pty Ltd is an Australian family owned company co-founded
in 1949 in Melbourne, Victoria by Di and Peter Kloe. Headland imports machinery
and spare parts from suppliers worldwide, especially from Germany and Japan.
Today, the company has…