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  • Utilizarea surselor de documentare auxiliară în practica medicală. Impactul proiectului peaceMed asupra comunității medicale din România

    Utilizarea surselor de documentare auxiliară în practica medicală. Impactul proiectului peaceMed asupra comunității medicale din România
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  • Viitorul amenințărilor prezente

    The aim of this paper is to present the importance of technology in the evolution of warfare. Moreover, this material analyses the issue posed by the use of the atomic bomb and it offers a pragmatic perspective on the future of war, by underlining essential related phenomena.
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  • Ce se întâmplă cu educația?

    This paperwork aims to emphasize the utility of principles in defining new models of education, to outline the main traits of educational communities regarding mentorship relations, informational sources and intergenerational interaction. In the process of underlining how crucial it is to include principles and values in future educational models, the author raises the question “Why do we educate?”. The article shows great use for understanding the importance of updating the teaching methodologies, in order to better interact with new generations to come.
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  • Valori și trenduri în comunitățile educaționale

    This study draws our attention to the existence of educational communities that allow teachers to continuously develop their abilities and work together in order to face the challenges presented by the educational system. We will discuss three case studies – ANPRO, Aspire Teachers, Merito – and the information obtained in an empirical evidence, to highlight the dynamics and variables at work in these communities in Romania.
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  • Educația online – prieten sau dușman al învățării autoreglate?!

    Nowadays, education is challenged to change its paradigms and to adapt to new online environments and tools. In this context, the role of teachers remains essential in finding relevant contents for developing strong competences, monitoring and evaluating the learning process. Furthermore, it is vital for online education to meet students’ basic psychological needs, such as connecting to others or having the feeling of competence in mastering their learning and becoming self-regulated learners.
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  • Impactul tehnologiei informației în transformarea digitală

    The aims of this paper are to understand the impact of the information technology on society and economy by analyzing the evolutionary patterns and the main trends of these areas, which defined the world we live nowadays.
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  • Sonde interplanetare

    After 50 years since the first Moon landing, the human presence in space is more active than ever, despite an apparent temporary retreat of human exploration missions to low Earth orbit. This paper puts the spotlight on the interplanetary probes, which in their space missions were used as reach places, where the human body will never be able to function. They gather data about the beginning of our solar system that help us better understand how our universe will evolve in the future.
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  • SmartWeek – pilotul de afterschool în stil Gritty

    GrittyHub is a space for exploring educational alternatives. This article brings an overview of the afterschool pilot project we have developed over the past year. Our intention was to create a new program focusing on the time children in grades 0-4 have after school. We wanted to provide a different solution to these children, who, most of the time, are involved in the standard afterschool activities with their own teacher.
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  • Comunitatea copiilor și părinților supradotați. Cum vedem la Centrul Gifted Education educația diferențiată ca sistem alternativ pentru copiii supradotați

    Gifted children depend entirely on adults to be discovered. Gifted children are totally dependent on adult perception of what should “happen to them” after they give an IQ test. Even gifted children enrolled in a specialized differentiated education program, such as the Academic Program in order to have a balanced evolution, an integrated brain, depend on the evolution of their parents and on their evolution in relation to their parents.
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  • Autonomie, competență și relaționare în învățare

    Motivation is a key concept in every educational process. Nowadays, this topic is even more challenging due to the emergence of digitalization and the transformation of learning tools, mechanisms, new life skills requirements etc. In this context, self-determination theory can be an useful theoretical framework for enhancing academic motivation for new generations of learners and provide insights about making learning more meaningful and relevant for them.
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  • Ce înseamnă ALTFEL în Școala Altfel?

    We, at “Noi Orizonturi” Foundation, have different programs, we train different teachers and we want a different future for Romanian children. We consider ourselves a different organization, but it is difficult to determine in observable and measurable terms how different (Romanian equivalent of altfel) looks like. Probably, that’s why we empathized very well with the situation of the schools that organize Școala Altfel – a concept-program that sounds interesting, right? But what does it mean? The aim of this paper is to define more clearly how the success of such a project looks and what efforts are needed in order to get there.
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  • Creativitatea poate aduce mai multă bucurie în educație? Cum? Pentru cine? Cu ce impact?

    This article responds to the question Can creativity bring more joy in education? through a practical experience – a case study – the implementation of Revista Creativ la Sat project. The project was developed between March and October 2018 and it was co-financed by AFCN (The Administration of the National Cultural Fund). Revista Creativ la Sat was also presented during the sixth edition of the ALLS event – Romanian International Conference for Research and Education.
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  • Sovereignty and Jurisdiction in Space Law

    This memo analyses the issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction in outer space. The first part briefly reviews the evolution of space exploration and why it became necessary to discuss sovereignty and jurisdiction in space. The second part examines the issues of sovereignty and jurisdiction in outer space as currently defined by international laws and treaties. The third part provides a critique of the current treaties on outer space, whether they provide adequate incentives for protection, but at the same time whether they provide any incentive for the continuation of exploration. Lastly, part four provides a number of recommendations on space law that can lead to a better outcome for humanity.
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  • Fighting Academic Plagiarism in Romania

    Plagiarism is one of the most debated subjects in Romanian society. While most of the attention is on politicians, the subject has had a major impact on the academic environment and it has led to important changes in how we view academic integrity today. The aim of the present paper is to list both the progress we have made as well as the challenges we still need to face.
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  • O resursă on-line indispensabilă pentru cercetarea lingvistică

    This paper focuses on an extremely important on-line resource for linguistic research and teaching, the World Atlas of Language Structures (wals.info). The paper summarizes the main types of information available with this tool and exemplifies the manners in which it can be used.
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  • Transformarea digitală – provocare, risc sau oportunitate?

    The aims of this paper are to analyze the most important trends in digital transformation, the influences that it brings into different areas of our lives and the associations that fundament the digital change.
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  • Eu învăț, tu înveți … Care este impactul tehnologiilor digitale asupra învățării?

    The article focuses on three key messages: (1) learning is a natural process; (2) authentic learning is a process that generates positive emotions, satisfaction, and self-esteem; (3) the use of digital technologies influences the dynamics of the learning process.
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  • Caracterul și succesul academic la copii

    This interview paper aims to provide educators and parents with an answer to the question on how we can support children to be more prepared for the future. The text will describe the endeavour of the character lab concept and its applicability in Romania. Readers will attain valuable tools that can be later applied in the education process of the children they interact with.
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  • Forma FĂRĂ fond, absența insuficientelor forme CU fond. Literatura de leadership în Educație. Studiu de caz

    This paper is an argument about the necessity and the importance of leadership literature in Education. The study case focuses on the present situation of Romania.
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  • Change Doesn’t Happen at the Top as Much as It Happens at the Bottom

    The proceeding shows the fresh perspective that Yuppy Koti Centre brings into the classic Romanian school landscape, inspired by the Finnish education. It presents three key aspects that have already implemented and were of big success at this education centre. The author strongly believes that anyone in any context can use these as guidelines.
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  • Matematica românească – de la olimpiade la cercetarea de vârf

    We discuss the impact of School Mathematics Competitions on the development of mathematical research, considering the example of the history of the Romanian mathematical school.
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  • Fabrica de Experimente

    Education is nowadays one of the most sensitive subjects. What happens when 20 high school students decide to make steps towards creating that practical and updated education system we all crave for? The Experiments Factory is a startup based on social entrepreneurship that aims to make science comprehensible and fun. Not only has it done experiments shows with over 2,000 kids, but also launched an experiment kit for families after a crowdfunding campaign.
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  • Metode de învățare de la 2 la 99 de ani

    Traditional learning methods are lately enriched alternative methods to increase performance and to simultaneously develop multiple skills. In this article, I want to present a series of practical methods that we have developed and applied lately for early learning for knowledge sciences. At the same time we want to highlight the role of museums and science centers in learning from 2 to 99 years and the benefit of learning by teaching method.
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  • Transformarea digitală. De la inteligență artificială la calculatoare cognitive

    The aims of this paper are to identify the most important trends in information technology like virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence and to explain the impact of these new technologies on the educational processes. The paper explains the benefits and the threats of technological changes in terms of economy, society and education and the impact of these changes on the way in which we will access and use information in the learning processes in near future.
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  • Aspects regarding cell specialization

    The aim of this paper is to suggest a theoretical model for cell specialization. We postulated that the specialization is acquired through two fundamental mechanisms: Differentiation (which shapes the structure of the cell); Activation (which determines the cell to start functioning). A special kind of activation process is the “Brain Activation” process, as the function of the brain is not solely generating electrical impulses, but also mental processes.
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