ABSTRACT: This paper examines the extent social media is enabling e-democracy in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The study conducts an interpretative case study approach interviewing active social media users, political actors, civil servants, civilians, civil society actors and tertiary students. The study also conducts a content analysis of popular “political social media” Facebook pages i...

BACKGROUND Health behaviors, as important modifiable determinants of health, are consistently targeted by prevention messages. Teachers, as educators and role models, may play a key-role in bringing such messages to children and adolescents. It is not clear which areas of prevention could be improved in collaboration with teachers to promote healthy behaviors at the population level through hea...

In this article, the author conducts a theoretical analysis of concepts “vocational training” and “project training”, also addresses consideration project training as modern technology in professional students. At present stage future specialists, new technologies are being actively introduced. One such effective is project-based learning. This specialists differs significantly from traditional...

Due to their dual behavior under tension and compression, structures with tension-only members show non-linear behavior. To analize such structures, it is necessary to use a nonlinear analysis scheme. Nonlinear analysis methods generally use gradual loading techniques with/without modification of stiffness matrix of the structure. These methods, in addition to being time consuming algorithms, a...

A professional teacher must have four competencies, namely pedagogical competence, personality social competence and competence. Professional the ability of teachers to master knowledge in field science, technology or cultural arts that they teach. Mastery these abilities should be expressed by teacher, one which is making writing scientific articles. There are many things educators need pay at...

Business English (BE) in colleges and universities is a new subject. Because of its strong practical characteristics, the author agrees to discuss problems under premise demand theory. Based on empirical analysis learning needs target needs, combined with current situation undergraduate BE curriculum, this paper puts forward that curriculum should be based "subject-oriented" "ability-oriented";...