scholarly journals Sociality, resilience and agency: how did young Australians experience online learning during Covid-19?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loshini Naidoo ◽  
Jacqueline D’warte ◽  
Susanne Gannon ◽  
Rachael Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Young People ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Times ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Sense Of Urgency

AbstractIn 2020 when schooling was abruptly reconfigured by the pandemic, young people were required to demonstrate new capabilities to manage their learning and their wellbeing. This paper reports on the feelings, thoughts and experiences of eight Year 9 and 10 students in NSW and Victoria about the initial period of online learning in Australian schools that resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. Beyond dominant narratives of vulnerability and losses in learning, our participants offered counternarratives that stressed their capacities to rise and meet the times. We trace three central themes on how they: found moments of agency that increased their confidence, reconfigured resilience as a socially responsible set of practices, deployed sociality as a resource for the benefit of themselves and others. The pandemic opened up conversations with young people about where and how learning takes place and how schools might adapt and respond to young people’s growing sense of urgency about the future of schooling.

scholarly journals „Romantyczne” podróże Augusta Bielowskiego

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-55
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Kawalec ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Initial Period ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Literary Journals ◽  
The Future ◽  
Folk Stories ◽  
Source Materials

In the second half of the 1920s and in the 1930s Lviv had more and more to offer for young people. The buoyantly developing university, reactivated in 1817, attracted Galician youth, wanting to obtain academic education in order to have a stable existence in the future. Although the fully Germanised Lviv university was far from cultivating patriotic attitudes, thanks to several professors, gradually but efficiently, the deeply hidden desires were awaken. The first literary journals published by the Chłędowski brothers, the Lviv theatre managed by Jan Nepomucen Kamiński, the works by Aleksander Fredro – all of this created an atmosphere which fostered self-education and the first independent literary attempts made by students among whom leaders emerged, able to gather a group of friends and to motivate them to work in the field of literature and historic past. August Bielowski was one of such organisers of cultural life in Lviv and, consequently, the literary group in later years called “Ziewonia” was created around his figure. The present study is dedicated to the initial period of Bielowski’s literary activity, who, along with his friends, looked for new and original sources of national literature. He noticed them in folk and Slavic works. The study describes Bielowski’s travels in Galicia, the aim of which was to prove the validity of his thesis and to gather source materials (songs, folk stories, beliefs, customs which preserved traditions cultivated throughout centuries, sometimes even from pagan times). Subsequently, they were used as the basis for the poets’ literary activity. The descriptions of travels reflect the atmosphere, character and conditions in which they took place. They show virgin nature, abound in poetic depictions of landscapes, show genuine fascination of folklore and reveal the beginnings of the formation of professional ethnographic, archaeological and historic research.

scholarly journals The Australian labour market in 2020

2021 ◽  
pp. 002218562110022
Author(s):  
Elisa Birch ◽  
Alison Preston
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Older People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Food Services ◽  
Hours Worked ◽  
The Future

This article provides a review of the Australian labour market in 2020. It outlines the monetary and fiscal responses to COVID-19 (including JobKeeper, JobSeeker and JobMaker policies), describes trends in employment, unemployment and underemployment and summarises the Fair Work Commission’s 2020 minimum wage decision. Data show that in the year to September 2020, total monthly hours worked fell by 5.9% for males and 3.8% for females. Job loss was proportionately larger amongst young people (aged 20–29) and older people. It was also disproportionately higher in female-dominated sectors such as Accommodation and Food Services. Unlike the earlier recession (1991), when more than 90% of jobs lost were previously held by males, a significant share (around 40%) of the job loss in the 2020 recession (year to August 2020) were jobs previously held by females. Notwithstanding a pick-up in employment towards year’s end, the future remains uncertain.

scholarly journals Future of Sustainable Management of Energy Companies in Terms of Attitudes and Preferences of the Younger Generation

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3207
Author(s):  
Arnold Pabian ◽  
Katarzyna Bilińska-Reformat ◽  
Barbara Pabian
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
Social Activities ◽  
Social Attitude ◽  
Future Activity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Younger Generation ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
High Degree

The future of the energy sector depends on the younger generation. The paper presents the results of the study, the aim of which was to determine to what extent younger generation is pro-ecological and pro-social, and whether they will include pro-ecological and pro-social activities in the management of energy companies. It is especially important to implement sustainable management in the energy sector. The study found that only 33.9% of young people are highly pro-ecological and 28.6% highly pro-social. As many as 83.0% of the younger generation show low and medium interest in environmental protection. Declarations of young people concerning high degree of inclusion of pro-ecological and pro-social activities in management are at the level of 49.9% and 58.1%. However, in many cases, these intentions do not coincide with the high pro-ecological and pro-social attitude of young people. This means that their future activity for sustainable management may be low. According to the survey, the younger generation to a large extent is not prepared to continue efforts for sustainable development in the future in the energy companies.

The effects of materialism on consumer evaluation of sustainable synthetic (lab-grown) products

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 579-590
Author(s):  
Jessica Keech ◽  
Maureen Morrin ◽  
Jeffrey Steven Podoshen
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Consumer Evaluation ◽  
Positioning Strategy ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
The Future ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The increasing desire of consumers for socially responsible luxury products combined with fluctuating supplies in consumer markets are leading various industries to seek alternative sources to be able to meet the needs of its customers. One possible solution that may meet the demands of the future is lab-grown products. Because these products confer multiple benefits, this study aims to investigate the most effective ways to appeal to consumers by aligning the benefits of the products with their values as marketers seek to find effective promotion for these items. Design/methodology/approach We examine the effectiveness of an ethical positioning strategy for two types of luxury lab-grown (synthetic) products among high versus low materialism consumers in three experiments. Findings Findings suggest that a positioning strategy stressing product ethicality is more effective for low materialism consumers, whereas the strategy is less effective, and may even backfire, for high materialism consumers. The impact on social status consumers perceive from a lab-grown product explains why this effect occurs among low materialism consumers. Therefore, marketers should take caution and use specific appeals for different segments based on values such as consumers’ materialism levels. Originality/value If lab-grown products represent the wave of the future, it is important to understand how consumers will respond to this emerging technology and how promotion strategies may enhance their evaluation.

MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE VISITS OUR FACULTY (UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM) 1

Exchange ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Williams
Keyword(s):  
Time Change ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
African Woman ◽  
The Future ◽  
Love Life ◽  
The Times

AbstractStepping into other women's farms was like being born into a fresh and nurturing culture. From this global perspective all my mothers began to make sense to me. They all expressed a single theme: "Be a woman. Seek and work only for what is life sustaining. Don't just change with the times, let the time change because you are present. Make a difference. " It is their faith and hope, their courage and strength, their joy and their love that connect me with myself and move me to connect with all who love life and seek to make a difference. So I do my theology always asking: "What difference does it make?" and I do a lot of dreaming anticipating today the gospel of the future. The twins of what is and what is yet to be still struggle within me. Yet already the new African woman and theologian is on the threshold. The water of her coming is already gushing out; with her comes the water of life. So the gardens shall bloom. Only the flowers and the vegatables shall be allowed to live; weeds and blight shall be forbidden. 2

The Future of Cardiac Surgery: The Times, They Are a Changin'

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 1470-1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Lytle ◽  
Michael Mack
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Times

MODERN APPROACHES TO RAISING THE PEDAGOGICAL CULTURE OF PARENTS IN AN INFORMAL ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Yordanka Nikolova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teacher Communication ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
The Future ◽  
Informal Environment ◽  
Pedagogical Culture

This article analyzes and summarizes the results of a study conducted through a survey of parents and interviews with teachers interacting with each other through innovative forms (trainings, team building, workshops) in an informal environment and sought a correlation with the quality of student-parent-teacher communication, in terms of online learning. The researched innovative solutions and activities are presented to the future pedagogues in order to improve the pedagogical preparation of the pedagogical students from the Faculty of Pedagogy of Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski “and their motivation for the realization of fully- fledged relationships, a two-way relationship with parents as a major factor in increasing the effectiveness of the educational process.

Motivation to learn, mobile learning and online learning climate: moderating role of learner interaction

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Swain ◽  
Lalatendu Kesari Jena ◽  
Sanket Sunand Dash ◽  
Rama Shankar Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Learning Climate ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learner Interaction ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Times ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically exhibit the moderating effect of learner interaction (LI) on motivation to learn (MTL), mobile learning (ML) and online learning climate (OLC), so as to bring in enhanced rigour to the virtual knowledge dissemination during the times of crisis. Design/methodology/approach A total of 784 valid responses were considered for the confirmatory factor analysis to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The study found that MTL and ML contributed to improved OLC and high LI moderated the positive relationship between MTL, ML and OLC. LI also directly contributed to an improved OLC. Practical implications Measures need to be designed to crowbar motivation to ensure heightened interaction of learners, to gear up the ML reach soaring heights achieving a dynamic OLC. Acclimatization of the OLC will be the visionary solution to tackle learning disruption during today’s pandemic times and also many other challenges to come in near-far future. Originality/value The current study established the moderating role of LI in influencing OLC, and also motivating facilitator’s for designing upgraded content, and thereby fuelling the intention to learn.

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