In this paper I show how the understanding of mathematical conceptualisation from the lowest levels to the higher order cognitive functioning is based on fluency in a language of teaching and learning. The argument I pursue is informed by many theories of learning which emphasise the importance...

The researchers examine the beliefs of faculty members regarding education policy, teaching and learning, and curricula through the constructs of postmodern and modern ideologies. A 26-items survey based on a theoretical framework using Sahlberg’s “Finnish Way” was administered at two...

The paper is a summary of my on-going research regarding the representation of "others" in Israeli schoolbooks. It presents a multimodal analysis of the (mis)representation of Palestinians in schoolbooks of History, Geography and Civic Studies. The analysis is based on social semiotic inquiry...

This study investigates the job stability pattern in the United Arab Emirates and the effect of satisfaction on job stability for nationals and expatriates, in both the private and public sector, for male and female workers. It investigates the micro factors that affect the employee’s decision...

Advanced EU economies support and develop the social economy and social entrepreneurship, which contributes to building competitiveness and performance of the country. The concept of the social economy is not viewed uniformly in all Member States. France is considered the cradle of the...

Some of major long-term challenges for EU countries, including Slovakia, are the situation in the labour market and employment growth. Rise in the participation of population in employment, or increase in employment rate of economically active population, and particularly of disadvantaged...

In 2004 the European Union expanded to include ten new members, including all Visegrad countries. It can be concluded that growth potential of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia was obvious. However, the global economic crisis hit the labour markets of V4 countries significantly,...

The Natural rate of unemployment indicates such a level of unemployment at which the inflation rate is constant (Estrada, Hernando a Lopez-Salido, 2000). This concept is called Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU). NAIRU is an unobservable variable (Boone, 2000). Richardson,...

Since the onset of the financial and economic crisis, the situation in the area of employment, in average, didn't improve within the whole EU. Between Member States and the positions of individual groups of the population, there are significant differences in the area of labour market....

The social economy is an innovative model of economic and social development; its tools support the inclusion of socially disadvantaged people while they simultaneously create jobs. Social entrepreneurship is a new area of business activity, which favours social objectives before profit. In the...