scholarly journals Managing Diversity: The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Činčera ◽  
Grzegorz Mikusiński ◽  
Bohuslav Binka ◽  
Luis Calafate ◽  
Cristina Calheiros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Managing Diversity ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Covered Group

One of the main challenges in sustainability discourse is its multifaceted nature often requiring that many different disciplines must cooperate in order to achieve progress. This issue also concerns sustainability education. In the article, we highlighted the experiences from the international cooperation of university teachers and researchers with highly diverse professional backgrounds who worked together on developing educational materials for university students in sustainability-oriented courses. The study is based on qualitative, participatory evaluation research, applying two rounds of open-ended questionnaires distributed to the same respondents (n = 18). For the analysis, we used the open-coding procedure for identifying the main categories. The results show some of the opportunities and barriers that emerged in the process of this cooperation. In particular, we discuss the issues related to the high heterogeneity of the group, such as the clashes of the different perspectives on the topics covered, group dynamics issues, trust, facilitation challenges, and also opportunities that such heterogeneity offers. We highlight the importance of open reflectivity in sustainability-oriented educational projects as the key to their successful implementation. Finally, we believe that results of this participatory study are useful in designing new projects aiming at further improvement of academic education in sustainability and sustainable development.

Don't preach. Practice! Value laden statements in academic sustainability education

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel F. Mulder
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe slogan “Practice what you preach” denotes that people should behave in accordance with the values that they preach. For universities that teach sustainable development (SD), it implies that these institutes should apply major SD principles themselves for example by campus greening, green purchasing, etc. But is not “Practice what you preach” a questionable slogan in that regard that university teachers should not preach values, i.e. transfer values to their students by the authority of their position? Which value statements are acceptable and which are not?Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents the results of a survey among international SD teachers in engineering on the acceptability of value laden statements. Moreover, the paper presents results regarding the values that SD teachers represent, and compares these results to survey results among engineers and engineering students.FindingsSD teachers in engineering are more critical about the role of technology in SD than their students and professional engineers are. However, there does not seem to be a real gap between students and teachers.Practical implicationsIt is argued that academic education on SD should aim at clarifying moral issues and helping students to develop their own moral positions given the values that are present in the professionals' work. Teachers' options how to address moral issues without preaching are briefly described.Originality/valueThis paper strongly argues against preaching.

scholarly journals The Strategies for Strengthening National Geographic Information Infrastructure in Nepal

2010 ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
Nab Raj Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Research ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Lead Agency ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
National Geographic ◽  
Policy Statements

Nepal has already initiated the National Geographic Information Infrastructure activities (NGII). For a successful implementation of a National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (NGDI), there is a need for a national policy that will provide the necessary guidelines, identify various committees to be responsible for the various aspects of the NGDI (such as standards, custodianship, sharing and partnership) and provide issues that are acting as the constraints against the take off of the NGDI. The issues must be discussed at a forum where all the stakeholders would meet to discuss on the various issues in the draft policy prior to the approval. There is also a need for an agency to be the lead agency in the development of a NGDI, for which the prevalent NGIIP can be given authority to act as a coordinator until the formation of the National Geographic Information Council. This paper highlights that each stakeholder organization must have certain strategies that work in resonance with broad SDI strategies that perform NGII development and proposes its mission, vision and some general policy statements for the development of SDI activities in Nepal. Some goals and corresponding strategies identified as an outcome of recently held evaluation research on NGII has been provided as an aid for its development.

scholarly journals Pedagogical design in the design of educational materials when creating electronic courses

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 00045
Author(s):  
O.A. Kalimullina ◽  
A.N. Afzalova ◽  
Y.N. Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Electronic Environment ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
E Learning

The article indicates the importance of the principles of pedagogical design and pedagogical design in ensuring the effectiveness of e-learning. The author considers the features and advantages of blended learning for both students and university teachers in general, shows the possibilities of using the electronic environment within the framework of full-time and distance learning. The practical aspect of these problems is considered, which is associated with the fact that few teachers are ready to master the latest technologies, design the content and organizational aspects of the digital educational space, adapt the educational process to the requirements of an innovative society, since there are no ideas about the digital educational space as a whole.

scholarly journals Creating and Using Learning Objects in Qualitative Research Education

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Chenail ◽  
Jennifer Spong ◽  
Jan Chenail ◽  
Michele Liscio ◽  
Lenworth McLean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Digital Learning Environment ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Open Coding

Based upon the lessons learned and the educational materials generated from a doctoral course on qualitative data analysis, a group of doctoral students, their professor, and a linguistics consultant launched an on- going project to create a series of reusable learning objects designed to help other groups of students and professors learn how to analyze qualitative data. The results of the first six months of this project are shared, as the team describes how they have begun to use instructional design and software applications to create a digital learning environment in the form of a series of activities engineered to help analysts learn how to master grounded theory open coding.

scholarly journals Curso de férias em neurociências: divulgando a ciência para alunos do ensino médio e pré-vestibular em Nova Friburgo, RJ

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-259
Author(s):  
Andressa Magalhães-Silva ◽  
Maria Luiza Mendonça de Lima ◽  
Thaís Barbosa Ferreira Sant’Anna ◽  
Pablo Batista Couto ◽  
Marlos Passos Dias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Mirror Neurons ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Language Therapy ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
The One

O conhecimento em neurociências é importante à atuação de diversos profissionais da saúde, o que nos motivou a ofertar um curso de férias nesta temática aos alunos do Ensino Médio e pré-vestibular. Este relato discutirá o planejamento e as estratégias utilizadas neste curso, que faz parte do projeto de extensão consCIÊNCIA na CIÊNCIA, cujos objetivos são auxiliar os jovens na escolha da carreira profissional, aproximá-los do ambiente acadêmico e divulgar os cursos de graduação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), campus Nova Friburgo. O curso de neurociências foi conduzido pela professora da disciplina e pelos graduandos em biomedicina e fonoaudiologia (UFF/Nova Friburgo). Os temas abordados foram a função e a organização do sistema nervoso, a percepção sensorial, as drogas e os neurotransmissores e as emoções e os neurônios espelho. Os recursos educacionais utilizados foram projeções convencionais ou interativas, vídeos, dinâmicas em grupo e atividades práticas. Vinte alunos participaram, os quais se mostraram engajados com as atividades propostas e avaliaram o curso, a professora e os monitores como “muito bom”. A única crítica emitida foi sobre o tempo do curso, que poderia ser expandido. Os monitores da equipe avaliaram a sua participação como importante à formação acadêmica e para a consolidação dos conhecimentos adquiridos na graduação. Alguns manifestaram o interesse pela docência e em continuar divulgando a ciência. Por fim, concluiu-se que a divulgação científica deve ser conduzida de maneira lúdica, interativa e dialógica, abordando o cotidiano. Ela é uma ‘via de mão dupla’, beneficiando tanto aqueles que a planejam, quanto os que dela participam. Palavras-chave: Carreira; Vestibular; Pequenos Grupos; Mentimeter; Sistema Nervoso Vacation course in neurosciences: science communication to high school and pre-college students in Nova Friburgo, RJ   Abstract: Neuroscience knowledge is essential to several health professionals, and it motivated the offering of a vacation course about this issue to high school and pre-college students. This report will discuss the planning and strategies used in this course, as part of the extension project consCIÊNCIA na CIÊNCIA. Its main goal is to assist young students in choosing their professional careers, bring them closer to the academic environment, and disseminate the undergraduate courses offered by the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) at Nova Friburgo (Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil). The neuroscience course was conducted by the neuroscience professor and undergraduate students of biomedicine and speech and language therapy. The topics covered were the function and organization of the nervous system, sensory perception, drugs and neurotransmitters, emotions, and mirror neurons. The educational resources were conventional and interactive presentations (Mentimeter), videos, group dynamics, and practice activities. Twenty students attended the course, engaged with the proposed activities, and evaluated the course, teacher, and monitors as “very good.” The only critique was the course duration, which could last longer. The undergraduate students evaluated their participation as relevant to their academic education and consolidated the knowledge acquired during their course. Some of them also expressed an interest in teaching and in acting in science communication. Finally, we concluded that science communication must be ludic, interactive, and dialogic, approaching everyday facts. It is a two-way avenue since it benefits the one planning the activities and the ones who participate.

scholarly journals WEB TECHNOLOGY OF USING VIDEO CAPTURE PROGRAMS IN THE PREPARATION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR DISTANCE LEARNING

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-31
Author(s):  
O. IVANOV ◽  
◽  
V. KOROLCHUK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World

Promising areas for improving the education system, and with the advent of coronavirus online mode has become critical in education, in this regard are at home. Schools have started using Zoom software, and the role of the modular learning environment has grown significantly. At the same time, many problems were identified, such as the lack of Internet access for students from rural areas or disadvantaged families, which has become an obstacle to learning and access to educational materials. In response, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has made a number of recommendations for distance learning. Modern distance education is an extensive system of knowledge transfer at a distance using various tools and technologies, the result of which is the receipt by users of the necessary information for its successful implementation in practice. There are a variety of ways to disseminate knowledge today: mailing books, writing assignments, audio and video discs, telephone consultations, and virtually limitless possibilities of the World Wide Web. The use of distance learning methods allows to provide educational services of various kinds in remote areas, to teach without interruption from the main activity, to teach people with disabilities, to have access to educational resources of the world through the use of modern electronic communications. In today's world, education plays a key role in people's lives, which makes it necessary to constantly develop teaching methods, including distance learning. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed many shortcomings of distance education, as well as the absolute unpreparedness of students and educational institutions for this form of education. That is why it is important to develop this industry now in order to further provide comfortable education for both Ukrainian and foreign students and to ensure that in the future the education system will be ready for situations similar to the coronavirus pandemic. The article is written to assess the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning, its necessity, analysis of the requirements for distance learning materials. Prospects of technologies of multimedia representation of researched objects, processes, phenomena, adequate modeling of the subject area, and their realization.

scholarly journals Developing support networks for successful implementation of innovative education-al programmes: the case of “evidence-based practice in nursing” continuing education programme in Greece

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Georgia Fasoi ◽  
Martha Kelesi ◽  
Areti Stavropoulou
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Educational Programme ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Programme Development

Developing and evaluating programmes of continuing education in nursing proved to be a challenging and yet a complex task. Nurse educators and evaluators confront a number of demanding issues regarding the development and implementation of continuing education programmes. Exploration of peers’ and stakeholders’ experience in programme development and evaluation appeared to be a valuable source of knowledge in the field.  The aim of the present paper is to share the experience of planning and evaluating the stage of developing support networks during the implementation of an innovative continuing educational programme in nursing. Throughout the development and evaluation of different programme stages, several issues evolved that attracted programme planners’ attention. Development of support networks, group dynamics and communication appeared to be of critical importance for the successful implementation of continuing education programmes in nursing.  

scholarly journals Deploying Blended Learning in the New Normal Pedagogy

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-538
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ehsanul Islam Khan
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
New Normal ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The World ◽  
Flipped Classrooms ◽  
Descriptive Approach

While the world is experiencing a severe global crisis for the Covid-19 pandemic, the academic education sectors of several developing countries face formidable challenges, including Bangladesh. The current study aimed at finding out the barriers and possibilities for blended learning in the new normal situation in the education sector of Bangladesh. The researcher followed a descriptive approach with reviews of related literature and conducted Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with twenty-one university teachers to collect data and develop the study. The study found some challenges for blended education, e.g., poverty, lack of familial and institutional support, inadequate internet facilities, untrained teachers for using technological gadgets, electricity issues in rural and coastal areas. Still, the study found prospects to deploy blended learning and flipped classrooms in the post-pandemic period because of the countenance of 71.43% of participants. Finally, the study recommended some possible strategies in the new normal life for a more balanced educational system, particularly at the tertiary level.

Global Learning in the Third Age: Findings from a German project

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Scheunpflug ◽  
Gregor Lang-Wojtasik ◽  
Claudia Bergmüller
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Global Learning ◽  
Development Education ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Third Age

Global learning and development education might be accurately accused of focusing on the young, to the neglect of older people. In this article, the authors outline an evaluation-research study which accompanied a training programme that was designed to address this apparent neglect. The project, a collaboration between a number of faith-based organisations coming from global learning or adult education perspectives, developed a methodology for training educators working with older people in a 'third age' learning setting. The paper outlines the genesis and development of the project, and also describes the accompanying evaluation-research. Beginning with an outline of the life and learning contexts involved in educational work with older people, the authors elaborate a perspective on global learning with older people. The authors go on to outline the training and practical implementation of the projects involved, and to describe the methodology and outline findings of the evaluation study. Conclusions are drawn regarding elements for the successful implementation of training in global education with those working with older people, while future prospects for strengthening this neglected sector are also suggested.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Incorporating the Concept of City Sustainability into Sustainability Education Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akito Kinoshita ◽  
Koichiro Mori ◽  
Ernan Rustiadi ◽  
Shin Muramatsu ◽  
Hironori Kato
Keyword(s):  
Scenario Analysis ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Ordered Probit Models

This study developed a sustainability education program that incorporated the concept of city sustainability, delivered it to local university students in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (Jabodetabek), Indonesia, and then evaluated its effectiveness using questionnaire surveys. The educational materials consisted of a case story and scenario analysis report relating to city sustainability. The case story was a fictional narrative describing sustainability issues in Jabodetabek, in which the protagonist is the head of the local urban planning bureau. The scenario analysis provided three hypothetical scenarios regarding land-use patterns with predicted values of sustainability indicators in 2050. In January 2016, 46 students from Bogor Agricultural University participated in three workshops. Participants completed questionnaire surveys before and after the workshops. The results from the ordered probit models that were based on participants’ responses to 68 items of sustainability-related attitudes and perspectives showed that their participation in the workshops enhanced participants’ environmental concerns and their intention to take pro-sustainability actions. In addition, the participants tended to have a more balanced view on sustainability issues across economic, social, and environmental dimensions. This suggested that the sustainability education program focusing on city sustainability successfully enhanced the motivation of learners to contribute toward a more sustainable future.

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