Biogeochemical cycles for combining chemical knowledge and ESD issues in Greek secondary schools part II: assessing the impact of the intervention

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Koutalidi ◽  
Vassilis Psallidas ◽  
Michael Scoullos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Biogeochemical Cycles ◽  
Personal Action ◽  
Chemical Knowledge ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Impact

In searching for effective ways to combine science/chemical education with EE/ESD, new didactic materials were designed and produced focussing on biogeochemical cycles and their connection to sustainable development. The materials were experimentally applied in 16 Greek schools under the newly introduced compulsory “school project” which offers an excellent opportunity for the development of EE/ESD projects. The effectiveness of the intervention was assessed on the basis of questionnaires including knowledge and attitude questions and considering several factors (students' performance/grades, sex, previous participation in EE/ESD programmes, parents' educational level, etc.). The results demonstrated a positive impact on students' knowledge not only on biogeochemical cycles, but also on aspects related to sustainable development. Similarly, several components of students' attitudes vis a vis the environment and sustainable development (e.g. “Action commitment”, “Efficacy perception of personal action” and “Sustainable orientation of the positive attitude towards the environment”) were influenced positively.

Does industrial collaborative agglomeration improve environmental efficiency? Insights from China's population structure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Zhu ◽  
Wenbo Du ◽  
Juntao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Population Structure ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Industrial Transformation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Output ◽  
The Impact

Abstract It is the theme of today to develop green economy and improve environmental efficiency (EE). As a comprehensive index to measure energy input, economic output and environmental development, environmental efficiency (EE) is of great significance for China to realize the sustainable development of economy and environment. China is in a critical period of industrial transformation and upgrading and ecological civilization construction, the effect of the collaborative agglomeration of manufacturing and productive services on environmental efficiency has drawn attention from policymakers. In this study, the stochastic frontier approach (SFA) with unpaid input is used to measure the environmental efficiency (EE) of 66 cities in eastern China during 2009–2018. Population structure is regarded as a mediator to investigate the impact of industrial collaborative agglomeration on environmental efficiency based on the spatial econometric model. The results show that industrial collaborative agglomeration has a positive impact on environmental efficiency, which can be moderated by population density, aging and quality at the same time, while the moderating effect of population urbanization is not significant. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the coordinated governance system of regional ecological environment, accelerate the construction of industrial collaborative agglomeration, and promote the sustainable development of industry and ecology with the advantage of population structure in order to improve environmental efficiency (EE).

Information and communication technologies and access to maternal and child health information: Implications for sustainable development

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngozi B Ukachi ◽  
Stella NI Anasi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Child Health

Maternal and child mortality pose a great challenge in developing nations notwithstanding the robust initiatives instituted at both the global and national levels to ameliorate it. This study is aimed at ascertaining women’s perception of the impact of information and communication technologies on access to maternal and child health information and its implication on sustainable development. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting University of Lagos Teaching Hospital and subsequently, the three clinics (Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics Outpatient, and Antenatal clinics) where the needed groups could be seen. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection while SPSS statistical package was used for data analysis. The study revealed that the women perceive information and communication technologies to have a positive impact on their access to maternal and child health information while the key technological facilities used by the respondents in accessing maternal and child health information were mobile phones and social media tools such as Facebook, YouTube, blogs and Twitter. It was also found that irregular power supply, poor Internet access, and ignorance of the media that transmit maternal and child health information were the key factors that militate against effective access to maternal and child health information using communication technologies. The implication of this result on sustainable development is discussed and recommendations made.

The Effect of Psychiatric Clerkship on Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Psychiatry and Their Intention to Pursue Psychiatry as a Career

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
S.M. Samimi-Ardestani
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Favorable Attitude ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Teaching Psychiatry ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychiatric Clerkship

Background:The attitudes of medical students toward psychiatry have been studied extensively in other countries. A positive attitude to psychiatry may make future doctors more responsive to the psychological needs and comorbidity of patients in all branches of medicine.Purpose:The purpose of this study was to examine whether attitudes toward psychiatry improved during psychiatric attachment as well as the relationship between attitudes to psychiatry and intention to pursue psychiatry as a career.Methods:On the first and last day of their psychiatric attachment 109 fifth year medical students of SBMU were asked to participate in the study. They completed a demographic form and “Attitude toward Psychiatry Questionnaire”. They also responded to two questions which measured their intention to pursue psychiatry as a prospective career.Results:Students had favorable attitude toward psychiatry before the attachment with mean score of 84.14 on Attitude to Psychiatry Questionnaire (neutral score 72). These attitudes become more positive after attachment. Students’ intention to pursue psychiatry as a career increased during attachment (t=-4.85 df =107 p=0.000). Improvement in attitudes was related to an increased intention to pursue psychiatry as a career (rho=0.170 n=109 p=0.032).Conclusions:The study confirms earlier reports of a significant positive impact of undergraduate psychiatric attachment on medical students’ attitudes toward psychiatry and their intention to pursue psychiatry. Thus, teaching psychiatry at an undergraduate level may well have important implications.

scholarly journals Enhancing Student Self-Study Attitude and Activity with Motivational Techniques

2013 ◽  
pp. 175-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent Rhoads ◽  
Jonathan deHaan
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Self ◽  
Language Laboratory ◽  
Self Study ◽  
High Participation ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University

Research has shown that students will exhibit a positive attitude towards self-study, but that they will often fail to complete self-study activities. The purpose of this paper is to investigate positive instructor interactions and motivation of students to complete self-study activities and students’ attitudes towards self-study. Six English instructors at the University of Shizuoka created a one-semester self-access study log for use in the university self-access language laboratory in order to find out how many students would complete the log. One of the six instructors applied motivational techniques in the classroom in an effort to engender greater student self-study. Later a questionnaire was administered to 465 student participants to determine their self-study attitudes and activities. The data collected from the questionnaire and the high participation in the self-study activities suggest the positive impact the motivational actions employed by the instructor had on his students’ attitudes towards self-study activities.

scholarly journals A CO-RELATION STUDY TO ASSESS PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING THE IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON CHILDREN IN SELECTED AREA KANPUR, U.P

2020 ◽  
pp. 434-440
Author(s):  
Pratibha Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Impact

Today's Children will be tomorrow's responsible citizen of the country. Entertainment is an essential part of life, by this we feel tension free, relaxed, energetic and having a positive attitude towards life. Games plays an important role for the all round development of the children's personality especially outdoor games but Now a days children are adopting habits of playing indoor games and also entertaining themselves by using various electronic devices as we know one of them is television. There are various programmes such as various kids’ channels, cartoon shows, video games etc. being watched by the children. Directly or indirectly these programs affect behaviour of the children in positive and negative ways. That’s why it is needed that parents should have a look for types of programmes seen by children, how long a child is watching a program, how it is affecting child habits/ behaviour etc. Later on, these negative impacts will create health issues/behaviour problems such as obesity, aggressive behaviour, lack of concentration etc. Child who watch television for 10 hours or more per week are less skilled at reading and are less successful in school as compared to children who watch television for less than 10 hours per week. The American academy of paediatrics makes the following recommendations regarding television viewing should not exceed one to two hours of quality programming daily and children younger than two years old should not watch television.1 That is why researchers took this topic to highlight the attitude and knowledge of parents about the impact of television on their Children's behaviour. A co-relational study conducted to assess parental knowledge and attitude regarding the impact of television on children in selected area at Kanpur (U.P). A descriptive cross-sectional survey approach was used, sample size was 100 parents selected by convenient sampling for this study. Self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of parents, and attitude of parents was assessed by Likert scale. The study shows that among 100 parents 8% of them had poor knowledge, 36% average knowledge, 50% good knowledge, 6% very good knowledge about impact of television on children. The study shown the positive attitude 84%, negative attitude 16% on impact of television on children. The correlation value shows that positive correlation between knowledge and attitude score of parents. There was no significant association between knowledge score with their demographic variables and significant association seen between attitude score with types of family, educational status of parents, income of parents and number of children. There was no significant association between attitude score with age of parents and religion. KEYWORDS: Impact, Television, Attitude, Parental Knowledge,

scholarly journals Global R&D Collaboration in the Development of Nanotechnology: The Impact of R&D Collaboration Patterns on Patent Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 6055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-cheng Lo ◽  
Hsin-Chuan Cho ◽  
Pin-Wei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Core Competitiveness ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Patent Quality ◽  
Global Partnership ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Nanotechnologies have been regarded as general-purpose, and interdisciplinary technology converged with different implications of technologies. This paper aims to explore the global Nano collaboration of research and development (R&D) by patent analysis to realize the sustainable development of nanotechnology and investigate the influence of global R&D collaboration on patent quality. The primary findings indicated that the number of issued patents grew sharply since 2002, and the major collaborative fields in terms of nanotechnology are nanoelectronic and nanomaterials. Finally, the collaboration among star assigners, global partnership, and the indicator of patent centrality had a positive impact on patent quality, except that university-industry collaboration did not show a significant effect on patent quality. One part of the reason is that industries have not yet fully recognised nanotechnology opportunities with a risk-averse attitude toward market uncertainties. Overall, the relationship of global R&D collaboration is an essential factor in promoting the sustainable development of the patent quality of nanotechnology. An effective patenting strategy and high-quality application of nanotechnology R&D could secure protection for innovations to reinforce core competitiveness in the business.

scholarly journals L’impact De La Création Des PME/PMI Sur L’idh En Algérie « Étude Économétrique 2001-2013 »

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 251
Author(s):  
Bouchikhi Mohamed Rédha ◽  
Yagoub Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Econometric Study ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Impact

One of the major problems faced by the Algerian economy is sustainability. This is because the economy is essentially hydrocarbon-based. Since 2001, Algeria has adopted a new strategy to strengthen and diversify the economic sector in order to reduce poverty and ensure sustainable development. This study aims to highlight the impact of these reforms on the development and the level of well-being. For this purpose, we carried out an econometric study over the period (2001-2013) in order to ascertain the impact of the creation of SMEs on the improvement of the quality of life which is measured in this test by the HDI. We found that the strategy adopted by the Algerian state for the creation and promotion of SMEs in Algeria has a positive impact on the state of development of the country and the level of well-being of the population.

Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals Through Environmental Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 441-462
Author(s):  
Carolyn N. Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Professional Practitioners ◽  
Taking Action ◽  
The Impact

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 Quality Education has increased awareness in pre-university environmental education efforts. Environmental education is important to not only creating awareness of world environmental issues, but taking action towards fostering positive change. Environmental education programs such as SeaTrust Institute's AWARE (Action Within a Resilient Environment) assist teens in learning about issues that directly impact their communities and their world. AWARE combines environmental education with hands-on experiential learning projects that help promote environmental awareness in their communities. Through education and experience with active scholars and professional practitioners, students gain an increased understanding of environmental challenges and ways to make a positive impact – both domestically and globally. This is especially critical to developing countries which lack the educational programs and resources to address the impact environmental changes have on their nations and communities.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Attitudes towards Ecotourism Benefits on Destination Loyalty

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Bazazo ◽  
Mohammed Abdullah Nasseef ◽  
Abderrahman Al-Zawaideh ◽  
Ali Al-Zawaideh ◽  
Mahmoud Al-Dhomaidat
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cultural Preservation ◽  
Community Capacity ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Destination Loyalty ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Simple Regression

This study aims to examine the impact of attitudes towards ecotourism benefits (using the variables of economic development, social development, cultural preservation, community capacity building, and environmental protection) on destination loyalty of Wadi-Rum located in Jordan. A total of 297 questionnaire containing 29 items was used to collect information from the local residents of Wadi-Rum. Simple regression, T-test, and ANOVA analyses were conducted to test the research hypotheses. Results of the current study revealed that there is a significant positive impact of attitudes towards ecotourism benefits on destination loyalty. Also, the results revealed that there is no significant difference in the impact of attitudes towards ecotourism benefits on destination loyalty that can be attributed to gender. In addition, results found there is no significant difference in the impact of attitudes towards ecotourism benefits on destination loyalty in favor of age, and educational level.

Knowledge and attitude toward repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) among psychiatrists in Saudi Arabia

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s230-s231
Author(s):  
A. Alhadi ◽  
A. AlShiban ◽  
M. Alomar ◽  
O. Aljadoa ◽  
A. AlSayegh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

IntroductionRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is a new treatment, used for different psychotic disorders mainly depression.ObjectivesAssessing knowledge and attitude toward rTMS among psychiatrists in Saudi Arabia, and determining factors affecting that.AimsTo ensure that psychiatrists have sufficient knowledge regarding rTMS. A good knowledge will most likely have a positive impact on their attitude.MethodsCross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey. The study population is all psychiatrists in Saudi Arabia. A new valid and reliable questionnaire was developed.ResultsSample of 96 psychiatrists enrolled in the study, 81% were males. Participant's mean age was 37 years. Half of participants were consultants. The sample mainly consists of general psychiatrists (65%). The study showed that 80% of psychiatrists have an efficient knowledge about rTMS. Consultants have higher knowledge than residents do. Abroad training has no association with the level of knowledge or attitude. Seventy-nine percent of psychiatrists have a positive attitude toward rTMS. Only 53% of psychiatrists agreed to receive (rTMS) in case they were in a psychotic depressive condition. Minority (7%) of psychiatrists would not refer their patients for rTMS.ConclusionMost of psychiatrists have a good knowledge and a positive attitude toward rTMS. Those who have high level of training and experience show higher level of knowledge. Articles are found to be a better source for updating knowledge. Having an rTMS treated person in the family or relatives will positively affect the psychiatrist's attitude.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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