Developing Professional Skills in a Third-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Course Offered in Western Australia

The article is devoted to the consideration of ways to solve one of the actual problems in theory and methodology of training and upbringing — the problem of developing professional skills of future informatics teacher. As a way to adapt students to the profession, the possibility of their involvement in social designing was chosen. Participation in social projects contributes to the approbation and introduction of new forms and methods in teaching informatics. Expanding the experience of future teachers in carrying out large-scale events contributes to the formation of a socially adapted personality competitive in modern society. The potential of a social project in consolidating the knowledge and skills obtained during the theoretical training at the university is indicated. In the article, theoretical reasoning is accompanied by examples of real social projects and activities aimed at the formation of professional competencies of future informatics teachers.

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Academic motivation and professional skills development in the Specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism at a public university [Motivación académica y desarrollo de competencias profesionales en la Especialidad de Ciencias Sociales y Turismo de una universidad pública]

Journal of Global Education Sciences ◽

10.32829/ges.v1i2.91 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 96

Author(s):

Ana Cecilia De Paz Lazaro ◽

Jessica Luz Palomino Collantes

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Academic Motivation ◽

Public University ◽

Skills Development ◽

Professional Skills ◽

Research Results ◽

Competencias Profesionales ◽

High Level ◽

The Relationship

The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between academic motivation and the professional skills development in the specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism. The study is quantitative and the design is non-experimental correlational translational. The results indicate that there is a high level relationship (0.914) between the independent academic motivation variable and the professional competences development in the Specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism. In conclusion, motivation is directly related to the professional skills development in the specialty of Social Sciences and Tourism. The research results conclude that there is a high relationship between the variables.

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Persistence of giants: population dynamics of the limpet Scutellastra laticostata on rocky shores in Western Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series ◽

10.3354/meps13364 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 646 ◽

pp. 79-92

Author(s):

RE Scheibling ◽

R Black

Keyword(s):

Population Dynamics ◽

Western Australia ◽

Size Structure ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Maximum Size ◽

High Rate ◽

Adult Survival ◽

Rocky Shores ◽

Adult Size ◽

Decadal Time Scale

Population dynamics and life history traits of the ‘giant’ limpet Scutellastra laticostata on intertidal limestone platforms at Rottnest Island, Western Australia, were recorded by interannual (January/February) monitoring of limpet density and size structure, and relocation of marked individuals, at 3 locations over periods of 13-16 yr between 1993 and 2020. Limpet densities ranged from 4 to 9 ind. m-2 on wave-swept seaward margins of platforms at 2 locations and on a rocky notch at the landward margin of the platform at a third. Juvenile recruits (25-55 mm shell length) were present each year, usually at low densities (<1 m-2), but localized pulses of recruitment occurred in some years. Annual survival rates of marked limpets varied among sites and cohorts, ranging from 0.42 yr-1 at the notch to 0.79 and 0.87 yr-1 on the platforms. A mass mortality of limpets on the platforms occurred in 2003, likely mediated by thermal stress during daytime low tides, coincident with high air temperatures and calm seas. Juveniles grew rapidly to adult size within 2 yr. Asymptotic size (L∞, von Bertalanffy growth model) ranged from 89 to 97 mm, and maximum size from 100 to 113 mm, on platforms. Growth rate and maximum size were lower on the notch. Our empirical observations and simulation models suggest that these populations are relatively stable on a decadal time scale. The frequency and magnitude of recruitment pulses and high rate of adult survival provide considerable inertia, enabling persistence of these populations in the face of sporadic climatic extremes.

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: Short, P.In pursuit of plants: experiences of nineteenth and early twentieth century plant collectors. University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, Western Australia: 2003. Pp xv, 345; illustrated (colour plates). Price AUS$ 54.95. ISBN 1-876268-8-0 (hardback).

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2005.31.2.361 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 361-361

Author(s):

Sandra Knapp

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Western Australia ◽

Early Twentieth Century

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