scholarly journals Expansive learning in a change laboratory intervention for teachers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Augustsson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Change ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Expansive Learning ◽  
Parallel Movement ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe theory of Expansive learning and the change laboratory (CL) methodology has been developed and applied in many studies on workplace learning and educational change. There are fewer studies made on small-scale interventions, exploring the longitudinal development of expansive learning in an educational change effort. This article examines a CL intervention performed in an upper secondary school in Sweden, with a small group of teachers engaged in a participatory design project. By identifying and analysing the relationship of the seven learning actions posited by the theory of expansive learning, the aim was to contribute to the discussion of the CL methodology and the empirical usability of the theory. The results showed that the seven expansive learning actions functioned as analytical tools to map the teachers learning and development, but the analysis also showed many deviations, disruptions and occurrence of practical actions of design in the process. This challenge the notions of cyclicity and ascension in the theory of expansive learning. Cyclicity might be desirable but not necessary for expansive learning which questions the need to first grasp the problem at a conceptual level before generating concrete solutions. The Findings in this study suggests the opposite; that the entanglement and parallel movement between the abstract and the concrete was a driving force for the teachers expansive learning and the design of new curricular units.

scholarly journals Human Resource Management Of Bureaucracy In Indonesia: Is It True That Job Satisfaction Increases Employee Performance ?

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 3218-3231
Author(s):  
Meimoon Ibrahim, Ilyas Lamuda
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Critical Ratio ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
The Relationship

Objective: This study aims to analyze how the effect of leadership variables on employee performance with job satisfaction as intervening in the provincial government of Gorontalo-Indonesia. Methods: The approach used is explanatory research, pattern of research that seeks to explain the relationship of variables referred so that the relationship of these variables can be tested with a quantitative approach and hypothesis testing used is the method of Structural Equation Modeling, with analytical tools of Loading Factor and Critical Ratio which is preceded by a validity test and reliability test.  The sample was drawn randomly according to representative samples at the level of the position group as many as 5% employee population of the Provincial it. Results ;The results of the study show that leadership style has a positive and significant influence on job satisfaction and leadership style has an effect on employees' performance, but job satisfaction has negative and non-significant effect on employee performance. Conclusion; Expected that this research could also be developed in other fields or a wider scope and not only because each region has different characteristics. So it is recommended that policy makers as bureaucratic managers to pay more attention to job satisfaction factors in order to further improve employee performance.

scholarly journals Unweathered, Glaciated Bedrock on an Exposed Lake Bed in Wales

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (100) ◽  
pp. 483-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Water Erosion ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Melt Water ◽  
Lake Waters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn Snowdonia, norh-west Wales, the construction of a hydro-electric scheme involved the exposure of a lake bed. Despite the fact that it is over 13 000 years since the bed was glaciated, erosional features on the slate and grit bedrock have been preserved from weathering below the lake waters. Examples of abrasion, bedrock fracture, plucking, and melt-water erosion are described. The formation of transverse friction cracks is briefly discussed and it is suggested that not all crescentic gouges are associated with rolling blocks as recently proposed. The relationship of small-scale erosional forms to the direction of ice movement is briefly reviewed.

Long Term Changes in Abundance of Eggs of the Cornish Pilchard (Sardina Pilchardus Walbaum) Off Plymouth

1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Southward
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Personal Communications ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Inshore Waters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Hearsay Evidence ◽  
The Relationship

The inshore fishery for the pilchard in Cornish waters has existed for several hundred years, and such records as are available concerning fluctuation in catches and market conditions have been reviewed by Couch (1865), Cushing (1957) and Culley (1971). Although pilchard have been landed from Lyme Bay, from the eastern half of the Channel, and from the southern North Sea (Couch, 1865; Furnestin, 1945; Cushing, 1957; personal communications G. T. Boalch) the catches have usually been incidental to other fisheries and more sporadic than in Cornish waters. Traditionally there are three areas fished for the Cornish pilchard: on the north-west coast around St Ives; in Mounts Bay and towards the Scillies; and between the Lizard Pt and Bolt Tail in Devon (Couch, 1865; Culley, 1971). The latter region, constituting the inshore waters of south-east Cornwall and south Devon, effectively forms the eastern limits of the regular occurrence of commercial shoals. Knowledge of the breeding and life-history of the fish in this region has always been scarce and subject to much hearsay evidence (reviewed in Southward, 1963). Up to quite recently it was thought that the main spawning area lay well to the west of the entrance to the Channel, and it was not until the investigations reported by Corbin (1947,195°) a nd Cushing (1957)tnat it was conclusively shown that extensive spawning can occur within the English Channel from May to October. The relationship of the spawning in the western Channel to the other areas of spawning off the entrance to the Channel and in the northern Bay of Biscay is illustrated in a recent series of reports (Arbault & Boutin, 1968; Arbault & Lacroix-Boutin, 1969; Arbault & Lacroix, 1971; Wallace, P. D. & Pleasants, C. A., duplicated ICES meeting paper CM 1972/J: 8), and is further demonstrated by Demir & Southward (1974) in discussing the results of a study of small scale seasonal changes in spawning intensity in inshore waters.

scholarly journals Tourist willingness to pay for local green hotel certification

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. e0245953
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Nelson ◽  
Stefan Partelow ◽  
Moritz Stäbler ◽  
Sonya Graci ◽  
Marie Fujitani
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Target Market ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Green Hotel ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Demographic Attributes ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to understand tourists’ willingness to pay a price premium for a local green hotel certification, and is one of only a few in the literature for small-island tourism destinations in emerging economies with their unique and pressing sustainability challenges. In a survey of 535 tourists visiting Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, facing numerous waste management and coral reef conservation issues, the willingness to pay extra for sustainable hotel services was elicited. There were five discrete pricing levels across the surveys that ranged from $0.75 USD to $7.50 USD extra per night. We examined the relationship of the respondents’ payment choice to their socio-demographic attributes and attitudes regarding environmental issues such as climate change. The main findings and practical implications of the study are: (1) to demonstrate the broad willingness to pay for sustainable hotel services. Findings indicate at all price levels (between $0.75 USD and $7.50 USD), more than 50% of tourists are willing to pay. (2) To estimate a lower bound mean willingness to pay per night for a local green hotel certificate of $1.55USD and 1.34€ EUR, and (3) To identify individual attributes that influence willingness to pay. Findings indicate environmental knowledge and preferences play a role. These results can be used generally to incorporate evidence-based practices into the development of a green hotel marketing strategy, and to help define the target market for small-scale green hotel certification. Additionally, we propose a finance strategy for funding local and sustainable initiatives that support the hotel industry and the island’s infrastructure through the premiums collected from the ’Gili Green Award’ certificate.

scholarly journals Unweathered, Glaciated Bedrock on an Exposed Lake Bed in Wales

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (100) ◽  
pp. 483-497
Author(s):  
J. M. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Water Erosion ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Melt Water ◽  
Lake Waters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn Snowdonia, norh-west Wales, the construction of a hydro-electric scheme involved the exposure of a lake bed. Despite the fact that it is over 13 000 years since the bed was glaciated, erosional features on the slate and grit bedrock have been preserved from weathering below the lake waters. Examples of abrasion, bedrock fracture, plucking, and melt-water erosion are described. The formation of transverse friction cracks is briefly discussed and it is suggested that not all crescentic gouges are associated with rolling blocks as recently proposed. The relationship of small-scale erosional forms to the direction of ice movement is briefly reviewed.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on Toe Scouring at Sloping Walls with Gravel Foreshores

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Salauddin ◽  
J. M. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Water Depth ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Scour Depth ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Random Waves ◽  
Peak Enhancement ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Wave Induced ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Wall Slope

Sea defences, such as urban seawalls can fail due to the development of a scour hole at the toe of the structure. The scour depth or the information on ground levels at the structure toe is required for the sustainable management of coastal defences, due to its influence on the structural performance. This research reports and summarises the main findings of a new laboratory study on toe scouring at a smooth sloping wall with permeable gravel foreshore. A set of small-scale laboratory experiments of wave-induced scouring at sloping seawalls were conducted. Two gravel sediments of prototype d50 values of 13 mm and 24 mm were used to simulate the permeable 1:20 (V:H) gravel beach configurations in the front of a smooth 1 in 2 sloping wall. Each experiment comprised of a sequence of around 1000 random waves of a JONSWAP energy spectrum with a peak enhancement factor of 3.3. The relationship of the scour depth with toe water depth, Iribarren number, and wall slope were investigated from the test results of this work and through a comparison with available datasets in the literature. The results of this study showed that the relative toe water depth and Iribarren number influence the relative toe scour depth at a sloping structure on a shingle beach. Within the experimental limitations, the maximum toe scour depths were observed for the experiments under spilling and plunging wave attack.

scholarly journals The Geomorphic Evolution of the Lunar Surface

1972 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
L. B. Ronca
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Surface ◽  
Monotonic Function ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Fundamental Parameters ◽  
Considerable Length ◽  
Radiometric Ages ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Fundamental parameters of the geomorphology of a lunar surface are (i) the number and size distribution of craters, (ii) the degree of erosion of the craters and (iii) thickness and other characteristics of the regolith. These parameters are not independent of one another; as one changes through time, the other two will also change in a statistically predictable way.In the continuous degradation sequence, the relationship between the number of craters per unit area and the degree of erosion of the craters is continuous and monotonic. This sequence occurs in areas subjected to intermediate to small impacts, and eroded mainly by the impacts themselves plus other small-scale erosional processes. In areas subjected to large impacts and mare flooding the discontinuous degradation sequence is predominant.The relationship of the first two parameters, the number of craters and the degree of erosion, with the third parameter, the regolith, is not simple and is not yet understood. It appears, however, that the geomorphological stage is more important than the mare-versus-highland dichotomy of the lunar surface.The solution of the function relating craters of the continuous degradation sequence with degree of erosion was defined as the geomorphic index of the area. Studies of the geomorphic index of stratigraphic surfaces show that areas covered by considerable ballistic sediments have a geomorphic index which is not a monotonic function of time. On the other hand, areas covered almost exclusively by mare flooding show an index which is a monotonic function of the age of the flooding. As each mare surface shows a considerable range in indices, it is concluded that maria are covered by surfaces formed through a considerable length of time. By using Apollo 11 and 12 radiometric ages it is suggested that the time of mare flooding lasted on the order of one billion (109) years.The geomorphic index of highland surfaces shows a remarkable degree of order; i.e., the farther an area is inland from the mare shores, the higher will be the index. No explanation is given to this phenomenon, but is suggested that lunar erosion is not just a localized phenomenon centered on the locus of an impact, but has lateral trends of regional dimensions. Electrostatic transportation as suggested by Gold is a possible mechanism.

ULVS XXV: The Gsur and Associated Settlements in the Wadi Umm el Kharab: an Architectural Survey

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 73-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek A. Welsby
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Field Season ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Architectural Survey ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Design And Construction

AbstractDuring the final field season of the UNESCO Libyan Valleys Survey a detailed examination of the eight gsur in the Wadi Umm el Kharab was undertaken and is reported upon in this article. The work involved an architectural survey of the buildings, with accurate plans being made of two of them and measured sketches made of the others. Small scale excavations were undertaken in two of the gsur and the associated settlements were investigated. The study highlighted the diversity in design and construction of the buildings, three major types being noted. The chronological and social implications of this diversity are discussed. The possible functions of the gsur and of the individual rooms within them are considered, but much more work is required before the relationship of the gsur and the settlements which exist immediately adjacent to them can be discussed in a meaningful way.

scholarly journals The Structure of Umbral Fluxtubes

1994 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 465-469
Author(s):  
D Degenhardt ◽  
B. W. Lites
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Medium ◽  
Lower Boundary ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Internal Mass ◽  
Continuum Structures ◽  
Mass Flows ◽  
Umbral Dots ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Field Strengths

Subsurface filamentation of sunspot magnetic fields has been postulated as a source of the visible small-scale structure of sunspot umbrae. We examine this possibility by investigating the magnetohydrodynamic structure of thin, vertical magnetized gas columns embedded in sunspot umbrae. These umbral fluxtubes are assumed to have weaker field strengths than the surrounding umbral atmosphere. The steady-state magnetohydrodynamic equations are solved numerically in the slender fluxtube approximation, thus allowing for stationary internal mass flows. We include the radiative exchange of heat between the umbral fluxtube and the ambient medium using a simple relaxation time approach.The geometric shape of the steady flow solution is a gas column converging with height. We discuss the relationship of our results to observed properties of umbral brightenings (umbral dots). We show that, even if there is a large difference in magnetic field strength between the dot and the ambient medium in deeper layers, the field strengths are nearly equal in the observable layers, a result required by the observations. We also show that either high temperatures at the lower boundary of the dots or strong upflows are needed in order to produce bright continuum structures.

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