scholarly journals Environmental Topics in Physics by Inquiry Course: Integration Models Used by Physics Teachers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Kimori ◽  
Gillian Roehrig
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Integration ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
First Century ◽  
Physics Teachers ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Integration Strategies ◽  
Course Integration ◽  
Effective Integration ◽  
Collection Methods

As we approach the second quarter of the twenty-first century, one may predict the environment will be among the dominant themes in political and educational discourse. This study investigates how three physics teachers integrated environmental topics and issues in their classroom. Data collection methods including field notes taken from observations, teachers’ interviews, and a collection of artifacts and documents were used. The data were coded, analyzed, and organized into categories utilizing Fogarty’s models of curriculum integration. Findings of this study indicate teachers acknowledge the importance of teaching environmental issues in their classrooms; however, implementing and utilizing effective integration strategies and models continues to present a challenge.

Internal Supply Chain Integration

2011 ◽  
pp. 155-177
Author(s):  
Virpi Turkulainen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Supply Chain Relationships ◽  
Focal Firm ◽  
Integration Mechanisms ◽  
External Relationships ◽  
Individual Integration ◽  
Integration Strategies ◽  
Effective Integration

Supply chain relationships and subsequent supply chain integration have received significant attention among both academics and practitioners over several decades. The majority of the prior research has focused on assessing the relationships between the focal manufacturing firm and its suppliers and/or customers. Recent research, however, suggests that successful management of external relationships requires effective integration of the internal supply chain within the focal firm. In this chapter, we focus on internal supply chain integration. The author starts with the assumption that integration is an investment and that the importance of it is context-dependent. By examining data collected in 210 plants in eight countries, the author exploratively examine internal supply chain integration strategies; using cluster analysis, they classify the plants into four groups based on their use of various individual integration mechanisms. In addition, the author assess the use of the four integration strategies under various task contexts and across countries.

scholarly journals On Co-Creativity in Playful Classroom Activities

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Schmoelz
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Structural Method ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Collection Methods

Abstract Recent research points to the essential role of creativity in coping with and acting in a changing world. It has been shown that individual, collaborative and communal efforts are a core capacity for acting in and coping with ever changing circumstances, such that a novel emphasis on cocreativity has arisen. Yet there is very little research on how to provide occasions for co-creativity in classrooms and so the research problem focuses on enabling co-creativity. Therefore, a playful pedagogical design was created and facilitated in classroom. The qualitative data collection methods involved narrative-Socratic dialogues with teachers and students, field notes, and gameplay videography. The Narrative-Structural Method was used to analyze the research material. The main results show that playful classroom activities provide an occasion for co-creative reframing's, engaging in dialogue, expressing emotions, and co-creating a shared story that is rich in co-determined actions. In conclusion, the pedagogical implications of the results are that classroom activities for co-creativity may facilitate mixed playful pedagogies and empty content spaces, so that children and young people can playfully identify, explore and negotiate shared topics that are novel and meaningful to themselves and others.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of Intergenerational Environmental Stewardship Activated by COVID-19: Gratitude, Fairness, and Legacy Motives

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stylianos Syropoulos ◽  
Ezra M. Markowitz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
First Century ◽  
Economic Uncertainty ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Collective Experience

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an immense loss of human life, increased economic uncertainty, and negatively impacted individuals' mental health and close relationships. At the same time, experts have noted a concurrent improvement in many environmental quality indicators, including significant decreases in both localized air pollution and global greenhouse gas emissions. These positive trends are due to changes in human behavior necessitated by social distancing and self-quarantining measures (e.g., reduced car and air travel). However, there is already evidence that these improvements in environmental quality are only temporary. This suggests that more intentional efforts will be necessary in order to maintain positive environmental benefits and address major environmental issues as the world gets back to some version of pre-pandemic economic and social activity. Still, our collective experience over the course of the pandemic provides clear evidence that such change is possible and on a rapid timetable. Our individual and collective responses to COVID-19 reveal that we do indeed have the ability to respond to novel societal threats in highly coordinated and effective ways, suggesting that confronting the existential threat of climate change may in fact be feasible. Here, we theorize that the COVID-19 pandemic has potentially activated and made more salient some key psychological mechanisms—including norms of fairness and reciprocity, feelings of gratitude, and consideration of personal legacies—that previous empirical work suggests can be harnessed to promote beneficent intergenerational decision-making aimed at solving the environmental challenges we and our descendants will face in the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals The Complexity of Abrasion Disaster Mitigation on Rupat Island

2021 ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Dadang Mashur ◽  
Geovani Meiwanda ◽  
Khairul Amri ◽  
Mayarni Mayarni
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Abrasion Rate ◽  
Management Effort ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collection Methods

Abrasion disasters and environmental issues are strategic issues that are widely studied from various study perspectives, this article is the result of research conducted by researchers from the perspective of public administration. The Abrasion Disaster on Rupat Island is a disaster that can cause various social and economic impacts on the community. In 2019, the abrasion rate on Rupat Island reached 6-8 meters. Rupat Island is also one of the outer islands of Indonesia which borders with neighbouring countries, namely Malaysia and is included in the National Tourism Strategic Area (KSPN). Therefore, the abrasion disaster that occurred on Rupat Island, Bengkalis Regency must be managed in order to minimize the impact of theabrasion disaster that occurred. Abrasion disaster management can be done one of them by means of abrasion disaster management or efforts made to regulate the reduction of abrasiondisaster risk. The purpose research is to know abrasion disaster management actors in Rupat Bengkalis and determine what course the limitations in disaster management abrasion in Rupat Bengkalis. This type of research is qualitative research using data collection methods through interviews and documentation. The findings in this study is that the management effort abrasion disaster in Rupat actor countermeasures abrasion in Rupat not maximized This is caused by things still are limitations in disaster management is done. The value in this study is that disaster management actors at the regional and central levels cooperate with each other in order to maximize disaster management efforts

scholarly journals Integration Of Environmental Management Systems And Lean Concepts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Iso 14001 ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Management Systems ◽  
Individual System ◽  
Business Functions ◽  
Integration Strategies ◽  
Effective Integration

Organizations around the world have been implementing environmental management systems (EMSs) as an effective means to manage environmental performance. However, successful deployment of EMSs requires the effective integration of EMS considerations into existing core business functions. This has typically been challenging for many firms, as many business functions are typically not well aligned with EMS objectives. Process improvement, namely Lean concepts, is an example. The objectives of Lean concepts are very different from the objectives of EMSs, and certain differences in both systems create the potential for conflict. This report further explores the potential to integrate EMSs with Lean concepts. This report summarizes EMSs and Lean concepts across several comparable aspects including objectives, drivers, benefits, and implementation. The standards for each system, ISO 14001 and the Shingo Prize Model respectively, are also presented. After careful analysis and comparison of Lean concepts and EMSs, eight strategies are proposed to effectively integrate the approaches and succeed against individual system weaknesses. An integrated toolset of Lean concepts and methods with EMS considerations are also provided. The integration strategies are lastly discussed with respect to ISO 14001 and Shingo Prize Model requirements.

scholarly journals Ordenamento territorial, meio ambiente e desenvolvimento regional: novas questões, possíveis articulações

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Renata Bovo Peres ◽  
Elisângela De Almeida Chiquito
Keyword(s):  
Public Policies ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Issue ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Regional Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Territorial Management ◽  
Effective Integration

A questão regional e a discussão sobre a territorialidade das estratégias de desenvolvimento vêm retomando seu espaço, acompanhadas pelo chamado “novo desenvolvimentismo” e pela consolidação da questão ambiental. Esta retomada ocorre através de novas posturas para a integração de políticas regionais historicamente herdadas ou recentemente constituídas. Embora tenha havido avanços significativos na redefinição das escalas de planejamento, dos instrumentos de gestão e de instituições de âmbito regional, persistem entraves que impedem um movimento em direção à sua efetiva integração. O país ainda apresenta múltiplas territorialidades e uma gama de políticas, programas e projetos voltados ao desenvolvimento social e econômico que conformam um quadro político-administrativo de setorialização das políticas públicas e de territórios fragmentados e desconexos, em uma conjuntura que acentua a exclusão social. A compreensão deste percurso e a reflexão sobre as possibilidades atuais de construção de uma Política de Ordenamento Territorial são os objetivos deste artigo. Palavras-chave: ordenamento territorial; políticas públicas; planejamento; desenvolvimento regional; questão ambiental. Abstract: Regional issue and debate on the territoriality of development strategies are resuming its place, accompanied by so-called ‘new developmentalism’ and the consolidation of environmental issues. This occurs around new attitudes aiming integration of regional policies, historically inherited or newly formed. Although there have been significant advances in the redefinition of planning scales, in the management tools and on regional institutions, obstacles remains toward their effective integration. Brazil has multiple territorialities and a set of policies, programs and projects aimed at the social and economic development that makes a political-administrative scenery characterized by sectorial public policies and fragmented and disjointed territories, that reinforce the social exclusion. The objectives of this paper are understanding the evolution of these policies and thinking about the current possibilities to build a Territorial Management Policy. Keywords: territorial management; public policies; planning; regional development; environmental issue.

The Floating Pool Lady

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann L. Buttenwieser
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
New Yorkers

Why on earth would anyone want to float a pool up the Atlantic coastline to bring it to rest at a pier on the New York City waterfront? This book recounts the author's triumphant adventure that started in the bayous of Louisiana and ended with a self-sustaining, floating swimming pool moored in New York Harbor. When the author decided something needed to be done to help revitalize the New York City waterfront, she reached into the city's nineteenth-century past for inspiration. The author wanted New Yorkers to reestablish their connection to their riverine surroundings and she was energized by the prospect of city youth returning to the Hudson and East rivers. What she didn't suspect was that outfitting and donating a swimming facility for free enjoyment by the public would turn into an almost-Sisyphean task. As the book describes, the author battled for years with politicians and struggled with bureaucrats to bring her “crazy” scheme to fruition. The book retells the improbable process that led to a pool named The Floating Pool Lady tying up to a pier at Barretto Point Park in the Bronx, ready for summer swimmers. Throughout, the book raises consciousness about persistent environmental issues and the challenges of developing a constituency for projects to make cities livable in the twenty-first century. The story functions as both warning and inspiration to those who dare to dream of realizing innovative public projects in the modern urban landscape.

Cloud Applications in Language Teaching

2020 ◽  
pp. 795-817
Author(s):  
Ibtehal Mahmoud Aburezeq ◽  
Fawzi Fayez Ishtaiwa Dweikat
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Data Collection Methods ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Cloud Applications ◽  
Effective Integration ◽  
Positive Significant Correlation ◽  
Collection Methods

This study examined pre-service teachers' expertise, perceptions and integration of cloud applications in teaching of Arabic and English. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection methods. The findings of the study specified that pre-service teachers did not own sufficient expertise for effective integration of cloud applications. The findings also revealed that participants perceived cloud applications as a valuable tool to improve many aspects of language education. Nonetheless, participants concentrated on integrating limited features of cloud applications. While the study revealed that there was no significant difference in participants' expertise in integrating cloud applications based on the language they teach, it found that pre-service English teachers had significantly higher levels of positive perceptions and integration of cloud applications than pre-service Arabic teachers. Finally, a positive significant correlation was found between expertise, perceptions, and integration of cloud applications.

scholarly journals Sociomaterial assemblages, entanglements and text production: Mapping pedagogic practices using time-lapse photography

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 732-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aspa Baroutsis
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Time Lapse ◽  
First Century ◽  
Floor Plans ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Pedagogic Practices ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Time Lapse Photography

This paper maps a teacher’s pedagogic practices when teaching young children to produce texts using digital technologies during a literacy lesson for 7–8 year-old children. Pedagogies are broadly understood as what the teacher does in a classroom to facilitate learning in a twenty-first century classroom. The paper argues that the very notion of pedagogy places the teacher at the centre of learning practices, more so than other aspects of teaching such as the curriculum and assessment, which are heavily regulated by policy. Underpinned by understandings of sociomaterial assemblages, incorporating the material and the spatial, data were collected using time-lapse photography, classroom observations and field notes including classroom floor plans. The findings of a frame-by-frame analysis of the time-lapse photographs are reported through the three interconnected concepts of pedagogy, space and materials. The paper concludes by suggesting that an understanding of the material and spatial entanglements in a classroom through a mapping of pedagogies augments current knowledge, enabling a fresh understanding of teaching literacy and how young children learn to write as twenty-first century learners as children enact their journey of becoming-writer.

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