Cooperative planning for heterogeneous teams in rescue operations

The course “Interdisciplinary Aspects in Science and Engineering Education” is a unique course designed to expose students of science and engineering education to the characteristics of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The theoretical part of the course deals with the nature of science and engineering and the interaction between the two, various hierarchies describing the level of integration between disciplines, and possible strategies for developing interdisciplinary lessons. In the practical section, the participants develop, in heterogeneous teams of students from different academic backgrounds, an interdisciplinary lesson integrating science and engineering, and teach it to their peers. Using qualitative tools, the research described in this paper characterized the attitudes of 112 students towards developing an interdisciplinary lesson as part of a team. The findings indicate that the students identified both the difficulties involved in developing an interdisciplinary lesson as part of a team and the advantages inherent to teamwork. It was further found that the weight of the attitude component that recognized the contribution of teamwork to the development of interdisciplinary lessons was considerably higher than the weight of the component indicating the difficulties that involved teamwork.

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Public Participation in Cooperative Planning: A Local Tax Issue in Nagykanizsa, Hungary

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ◽

10.1177/0002716297552001007 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 552 (1) ◽

pp. 75-85

Author(s):

RITA PÁLVÖLGYI ◽

ISTVÁN HERBAI

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Public Participation ◽

Training Program ◽

The Other ◽

Planning Session ◽

Cooperative Planning

This article presents, in the context of public participation, a case of cooperative planning, a practice that is still rather rare in Hungary. The Partners-Hungary Foundation arranged cooperative planning concerning a local tax issue in a medium-sized city in Hungary. The authors describe the program, the essence of the conflict, and the stakeholders. The foundation provided a training program to develop skills in cooperation. The article examines the course of the training, the process of the cooperative planning, and the proposals of the participants to resolve the conflict. The article reviews which proposals were adopted by the local government, how they were adopted, and the other outcomes of the cooperative planning session.

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