this research investigates the effect of the post-cure time on the residual stresses in laminated composites. laminated composites were made of t300 carbon fibers and epoxy resin. the post-cure process was carried out at the constant temperature of 120 °c for 6 and 12 hours for two specimens. the slitting method was employed to determine through-thickness residual stress distribution of the com...

existence of cracks in industrial structures is one of the important causes of their failure, especially when they are subjected to important axial compressive forces that might lead to buckling. therefore, it must be considered in stress analysis and designing and loading of such structures. in this paper, the buckling and post-buckling behaviors of stainless-steel cracked plates under axial c...

the application of critical pedagogy in educational contexts has received adequate research attention over the last decades. the main focus of this strand of research has, however, been on raising awareness of the educators. nevertheless, little is known about the consequences of the violation of critical pedagogy principles from efl teacher trainers’ perspectives. to begin to address this gap ...

For a Virtual Learning Environment a Digital Pedagogy is required, otherwise learning will be the same as usual with the only difference being, that reading and writing will be on the computer, and therefore the opportunity to use the Computer Science and Technology to empower the student’s learning is lost. The Digital Pedagogy needs to be Multi-Referential, which means that different knowledg...

BACKGROUND Teaching is a key component of medical practice, but medical students receive little formal training to develop their teaching skills. A longitudinal Students as Teachers (SAT) program was created at the University of Toronto to provide medical students with opportunities to acquire an understanding of educational pedagogy and practice teaching early in their medical training. This p...

The actions of health promotion directed to adolescents must consider sexual and reproductive health, taking into account doubts on the approached theme. It is a qualitative research which aims to investigate sexuality in male adolescents with the implementation of the circle of culture as an educative action in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. It was carried out in a public sch...

From the time of ancient civilizations the pedagogy has been considered not only as a method for 'transmission of knowledge' but also for building the moral behaviour of a society (Pradhan, 2002: 29). Since its inception the teaching or pedagogy was very much concerned for the transmission of the religious, philosophical and moral traditions from one generation to the next (Pradhan, ibid; Agarw...

This article constitutes a critique from the inside of constructivist pedagogy. It begins with a short history of constructivist pedagogy and its relationship to constructivist learning theory. It then addresses four issues in the ways in which constructivist pedagogy are being approached in research and practice. The first issue recommends more of a research focus on student learning in classr...

This paper examines contemporary developments in play and pedagogy in early childhood education settings, drawing on Malaysian policies and international play scholarship. The study explores and analyses some of the challenges inherent to incorporating play into classroom practice, which is occurring in four types of preschool classroom settings in Malaysia. It investigates the implementation o...