scholarly journals Pedagogical Laboratories: A Case Study of Transformative Sustainability Education in an Ecovillage Context

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Papenfuss ◽  
Eileen Merritt
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Global North ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Cautionary Tales

Students, practitioners, and scholars of sustainability education are increasingly calling for divergent curricula and novel pedagogical approaches that cultivate transformation and emancipation at both the individual and institutional levels. For decades, ecovillages around the globe have provided alternatives for sustainable living and many have also developed alternative educational approaches. For this reason, ecovillages can be important learning laboratories for experimenting with sustainability education curricula and pedagogies, allowing scholars to learn across disciplinary, cultural, and worldview boundaries. In the present study, we conducted a descriptive case study of Findhorn Foundation College’s 5-week Ecovillage Design Education course. By applying a narrative analysis of archives, field notes, surveys, and interviews, we arrived at 17 different categorical elements across six major themes. Using the field data, we linked these categorical elements to three consistent pedagogical elements: ritual pedagogies, pedagogies of story, and collaborative pedagogies. We conclude by highlighting several inductive themes present in participant data that indicated potential hindrances, constraints, and cautionary tales regarding implementation of these pedagogies in higher education contexts situated in the Global North.

scholarly journals Sustainable Living: Bridging the North-South Divide in Lifestyles and Consumption Debates

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bronwyn Hayward ◽  
Joyashree Roy
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Ecological Modernization ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
The North ◽  
Community Solidarity ◽  
Global North ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Individual

This article presents a critical assessment of the literature on sustainable consumption in the global North and South, in the context of accelerated and megascale transitions that are needed across all human activities, in ways that “leave no one behind,” as envisaged in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It challenges two dominant, related research foci: an emphasis on the individual and individual aspirations of the good life, and the policy incrementalism of rational, ecological modernization. Although conceding individuals must act consciously to advance sustainability, nuanced interpretations of collective sustainable living rarely feature in mainstream research. Discussion highlights values of extended family, tribe and community solidarity, and human and nonhuman interrelationships for harmonious, peaceful, spiritual, and material coexistence. Concepts such as Ahimsa (India), Buen Vivir (South America), Ubuntu (Africa), Hauora (New Zealand), or Shiawase and Ikigai (Japan), for example, can enrich understandings of sustainable living as long-term collective action for sustainable development and reducing climate change.

Becoming a Canadian Nurse With International Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 385-401
Author(s):  
Zubeida Ramji ◽  
Josephine Etowa
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Transition Phase ◽  
Internationally Educated Nurses ◽  
Critical Gap ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Global North ◽  
The Individual

The inequitable distribution of nurses globally compels high-income countries like Canada to ensure that internationally educated nurses gain professional satisfaction and stay in nursing. To fill a critical gap in nursing literature, the authors conducted a qualitative case study of an inner-city teaching hospital in Canada, to examine workplace integration of IENs beyond the transition phase. They found that workplace integration is a “two-way” process, which has implications for interventions at both the individual IEN and organizational levels. The workplace organizational context requires deliberate “policies promoting equity principles” and when an IEN is integrated, s/he has worked hard to go beyond the transition phase and get recognized as “a Canadian nurse with international experience”. Understanding these individual and organizational factors is essential for how nurses educated in another country especially in the global south, can be successfully integrated in healthcare settings in the global north.

scholarly journals Integration of Noble Moral Values in Indonesian Language Learning Materials to Foster Student Language Politeness in Ad-Dimyati Bandung Integrated Vocational School (SMK Terpadu)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244
Author(s):  
Ifah Khadijah
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Potential Development ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Document Review

The importance of learning noble moral values, morals and nobility for all citizens of the nation should not be denied anymore. A country or a nation can collapse because officials and some of their people behave immorally. Immoral behavior will lead to riots, confusion, irregularities and others that cause the destruction of a nation. Therefore, noble moral values need to be taught so that present and future generations are able to behave according to the expected morals This research is a descriptive case study with a qualitative research design. The subjects of this study were students at Ad-Dimyati Integrated Vocational School Bandung. This study uses five data collection techniques, namely: observation, field notes, recording, document review, and interviews. Interrogation of noble moral values on Indonesian language lessons to form students' language skills in the Ad-Dimyati Integrated Vocational School is conducted through learning activities. The implementation of the interrogation of noble moral values on Indonesian language lessons to form students' language skills in Ad-Dimyati Integrated Vocational School is based on the potential, development and condition of students to master competencies that are useful for them. Implementation of the integration of noble moral values on Indonesian language lessons to form student language politeness using a multi-strategic and multi-media approach, adequate learning resources and technology, and utilizing the surrounding environment as a learning resource, in line with the vision of Ad-Dimyati Integrated Vocational School.

scholarly journals Centenarians in the Global South: A View from Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 831-831
Author(s):  
Samson Chane ◽  
Margaret Adamek
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Global South ◽  
Marital Stability ◽  
Marriage Education ◽  
Global North ◽  
Adult Lives

Abstract As global aging advances, the number of centenarians worldwide is greatly increasing. Most of what is known about centenarians comes the Global North. It is not clear what factors contribute to longevity of centenarians in impoverished, mostly rural areas of Global South nations that still lack basic amenities. Cultural differences in the profile, lifestyles, and needs of centenarians in Africa have yet to be documented. Using a case study design, this descriptive inquiry investigated the profiles of centenarians in Ethiopia including religion, marriage, education, occupation, income, and living arrangement. Data were generated through in-depth interviews with nine centenarians (1 woman, 8 men) and were analyzed using descriptive narrative analysis. Respondents were between 100 and 108 years old. All nine were adherents of Orthodox Christianity, had been married, and were great-grandparents. Their adult lives were marked by both residential and marital stability. The Ethiopian centenarians persevered through many losses and hardships with the help of strong community-based social networks. Unlike studies of centenarians in the Global North, most respondents were male and had strict religious upbringings. Understanding the unique profiles of centenarians in the Global South will help to inform research and practice with this growing population of the oldest-old.

Becoming a Canadian Nurse With International Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 211-228
Author(s):  
Zubeida Ramji ◽  
Josephine Etowa
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Context ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Transition Phase ◽  
Internationally Educated Nurses ◽  
Critical Gap ◽  
Healthcare Settings ◽  
Global North ◽  
The Individual

The inequitable distribution of nurses globally compels high-income countries like Canada to ensure that internationally educated nurses gain professional satisfaction and stay in nursing. To fill a critical gap in nursing literature, the authors conducted a qualitative case study of an inner-city teaching hospital in Canada, to examine workplace integration of IENs beyond the transition phase. They found that workplace integration is a “two-way” process, which has implications for interventions at both the individual IEN and organizational levels. The workplace organizational context requires deliberate “policies promoting equity principles” and when an IEN is integrated, s/he has worked hard to go beyond the transition phase and get recognized as “a Canadian nurse with international experience”. Understanding these individual and organizational factors is essential for how nurses educated in another country especially in the global south, can be successfully integrated in healthcare settings in the global north.

Health care access issues among young African American and Hispanic men

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
LaTasha Johnson-Bibbs
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
African American ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Health Care Cost ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Hispanic Men ◽  
The Individual

Purpose This paper aims to clarify the relationship between characteristics that contribute to health care access issues and individual behavior seeking health care. It proposes the different contexts of why African American and Hispanic men are not accessing health care. The study findings provided the target audience with past and present literature to contribute to the future resolution of racial and ethnic health care disparity, as well as health care access. Design/methodology/approach The paper opted for a descriptive case study using a one-on-one face-to-face semi-structured approach of a case study, including 10 depth interviews representing African American and Hispanic men who are experiencing health care access issues. The data were complemented by archival data analysis, description of personal accounts of the African American and Hispanic men and articles pertaining to racial and ethnic health disparities. Findings The paper provides insights into how change is brought about the improvement of health care for all races and ethnicity. It suggests that leaders act as “integrating forces” on two levels: integrating the important elements of improved health care coupled with communication, language and health care cost and mediating between the health care structures and the individual. Originality/value This paper fulfills an identified need to study the characteristics that contribute to health care access issues among African American and Hispanic men.

The Development of Language-Training Programs for Postrubella Hearing-Impaired Children

1973 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Lynch ◽  
Annette Tobin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Individual Treatment ◽  
Target Behaviors ◽  
Systematic Fashion ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Hearing Impaired Children

This paper presents the procedures developed and used in the individual treatment programs for a group of preschool, postrubella, hearing-impaired children. A case study illustrates the systematic fashion in which the clinician plans programs for each child on the basis of the child’s progress at any given time during the program. The clinician’s decisions are discussed relevant to (1) the choice of a mode(s) for the child and the teacher, (2) the basis for selecting specific target behaviors, (3) the progress of each program, and (4) the implications for future programming.

‘A Routh O’ Auld Nick-Nackets’ – the antiquarian collection of John Rae

2015 ◽  
Vol 36-37 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183
Author(s):  
Paul Taylor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Representative Case ◽  
National Museums ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University

John Rae, a Scottish antiquarian collector and spirit merchant, played a highly prominent role in the local natural history societies and exhibitions of nineteenth-century Aberdeen. While he modestly described his collection of archaeological lithics and other artefacts, principally drawn from Aberdeenshire but including some items from as far afield as the United States, as a mere ‘routh o’ auld nick-nackets' (abundance of old knick-knacks), a contemporary singled it out as ‘the best known in private hands' (Daily Free Press 4/5/91). After Rae's death, Glasgow Museums, National Museums Scotland, the University of Aberdeen Museum and the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, as well as numerous individual private collectors, purchased items from the collection. Making use of historical and archive materials to explore the individual biography of Rae and his collection, this article examines how Rae's collecting and other antiquarian activities represent and mirror wider developments in both the ‘amateur’ antiquarianism carried out by Rae and his fellow collectors for reasons of self-improvement and moral education, and the ‘professional’ antiquarianism of the museums which purchased his artefacts. Considered in its wider nineteenth-century context, this is a representative case study of the early development of archaeology in the wider intellectual, scientific and social context of the era.

Drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness: Linguistic insights into Sylvia Plath’s experience of depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia Demjén
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Sylvia Plath ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Linguistic Approach

This paper demonstrates how a range of linguistic methods can be harnessed in pursuit of a deeper understanding of the ‘lived experience’ of psychological disorders. It argues that such methods should be applied more in medical contexts, especially in medical humanities. Key extracts from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath are examined, as a case study of the experience of depression. Combinations of qualitative and quantitative linguistic methods, and inter- and intra-textual comparisons are used to consider distinctive patterns in the use of metaphor, personal pronouns and (the semantics of) verbs, as well as other relevant aspects of language. Qualitative techniques provide in-depth insights, while quantitative corpus methods make the analyses more robust and ensure the breadth necessary to gain insights into the individual experience. Depression emerges as a highly complex and sometimes potentially contradictory experience for Plath, involving both a sense of apathy and inner turmoil. It involves a sense of a split self, trapped in a state that one cannot overcome, and intense self-focus, a turning in on oneself and a view of the world that is both more negative and more polarized than the norm. It is argued that a linguistic approach is useful beyond this specific case.

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