Sustaining Innovation in Education: Experiences in the Learning for a Sustainable Environment Project

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 87-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniella Tilbury
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Innovation In Education ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
Practical Level

This paper provides a discussion about what education and development planners can learn about initiating and sustaining innovation at the teacher education level from the Learning for a Sustainable Environmentproject. It reflects upon how research processes can contribute to sustainable (long-term) developments within teacher education. Essentially, it seeks to address questions about how to make environmental education a permanent feature of teacher education practice and curricula.The chapter begins with arguments why the issue of sustaining innovation has become an important one. It then identifies the principles and processes within the Learning for a Sustainable Environmentproject which support its innovative components on a long-term basis. The final section reflects upon the next stage of the project which is to involve the setting up of action research networks within different countries. It discusses how the principles and processes of sustainability identified, may be used to support the national process. The value of the Learning for a Sustainable Environmentmodel for developments in education at the practical level is also briefly considered. The chapter argues that the action research network model used in Learning for a Sustainable Environmentproject provides a democratic, culturally relevant and sustainable approach to development in education at the cross-cultural level.

scholarly journals Promotion of Learner Autonomy in a Freshmen’s English Course at a Colombian University

2018 ◽  
pp. 6-28
Author(s):  
Alexander Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents the results of an Action-Research cycle conducted at Universidad del Valle, which aimed at fostering learner autonomy in freshmen from a foreign languages program, within an English course. The study established the freshmen’s entrance profile regarding learner autonomy, and implemented a course based on the development of autonomous behaviors. Finally, an exit profile was established to measure the impact of the intervention. The results show significant progress in the development of some behaviors and suggest that this type of initiatives need to be planned in a long-term basis.

scholarly journals Sessões colaborativas na formação inicial e em serviço de professores de inglês

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Helena Vieira Abrahao
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Scientific Concepts ◽  
Sociocultural Perspective ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Education And Development ◽  
Viewing Sessions ◽  
Collaborative Sessions ◽  
Discussion Topic

Resumo: Apresentam-se, neste artigo, alguns resultados da análise de sessões colaborativas desenvolvidas como parte de um projeto de pesquisa-ação colaborativa (BURNS, 1999) com professores de inglês, que buscou compreender como essas sessões se construíram, ou seja, que tipos de ações foram desenvolvidas em seu interior e em que medida estas se constituíram como um espaço propício para a formação docente. O estudo foi fundamentado por uma perspectiva sociocultural. Os dados foram analisados qualitativamente (DORNYEI, 2007) e chegou-se às seguintes ações mais recorrentes, que serão discutidas ao longo deste artigo: introdução de conceito científico; menção a conceitos cotidianos pelas professoras e demais participantes; relatos e trocas de experiências pelas participantes; mediação pelas formadoras e pelas participantes (professoras e alunas); manifestação de concordância e empatia; digressão na discussão e retomada do foco; planejamento de observações, gravações e visionamento de aulas; apresentação de propostas de atividades práticas pelas graduandas; e sessão de visionamento de aula e discussão. As sessões revelaram-se um espaço favorável para a formação e o desenvolvimento profissionais. Palavras-chave: Sessão colaborativa. Formação de professores. Teoria sociocultural.   Abstract: This article aims at bringing results from the analysis of collaborative sessions, which integrated an action-research project (BURNS, 1999) with teachers of English, that tried to understand how these sessions were constructed, or better explaining, what kind of actions were developed in their interior and in what measure  they can be seen as a promising space for teacher education. The study was based on a sociocultural perspective. Data were analyzed qualitatively (DORNYEI, 2007) and have pointed to the following most recurrent actions, which will be discussed in this article: scientific concepts introduction; mention of everyday concepts; reports and exchanges of experience; mediation by the participants; agreement and empathy manifestation; digression from the discussion topic; planning for observation; recording and viewing sessions; presentation of practical activities by the undergraduates and viewing sessions and discussion. The sessions have showed to be a favorable space for teacher education and development. Keywords: Collaborative session. Teacher education. Sociocultural theory.

Exploring the Fourth Order

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barend KLITSIE ◽  
Rebecca PRICE ◽  
Christine DE LILLE
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Fourth Order ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
Current Business

Companies are organised to fulfil two distinctive functions: efficient and resilient exploitation of current business and parallel exploration of new possibilities. For the latter, companies require strong organisational infrastructure such as team compositions and functional structures to ensure exploration remains effective. This paper explores the potential for designing organisational infrastructure to be part of fourth order subject matter. In particular, it explores how organisational infrastructure could be designed in the context of an exploratory unit, operating in a large heritage airline. This paper leverages insights from a long-term action research project and finds that building trust and shared frames are crucial to designing infrastructure that affords the greater explorative agenda of an organisation.

Socioeconomic Challenges faced by Basin’s People in India

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-304
Author(s):  
Biplab Tripathy ◽  
Tanmoy Mondal
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
High Tide ◽  
North East ◽  
The People ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Major River ◽  
River Ganga ◽  
Basin Region ◽  
Basin Area

India is a subcontinent, there huge no of people lived in river basin area. In India there more or less 80% of people directly or indirectly depend on River. Ganga, Brahamputra in North and North East and Mahanadi, Govabori, Krishna, Kaveri, Narmoda, Tapti, Mahi in South are the major river basin in India. There each year due to flood and high tide lots of people are suffered in river basin region in India. These problems destroy the socio economic peace and hope of the people in river basin. There peoples are continuously suffered by lots of difficulties in sort or in long term basis. Few basin regions are always in high alert at the time of monsoon seasons. Sometime due to over migration from basin area, it becomes empty and creates an ultimate loss of resources in India and causes a dis-balance situation in this area.

Editorial

Relay Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 251-256
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Service Professional ◽  
Research Institute

We are excited to present you Volume 2 Issue 2 of Relay Journal published by the Research Institute of Learner Autonomy Education at Kanda University (KUIS), Japan. The Relay Journal aims to foster a dialogue spanning the globe discussing topics related to learner autonomy. This issue of Relay Journal is dedicated to teacher and advisor education for learner autonomy. The topic is particularly important, since –– apart from some exceptions –– autonomy is not always integrated into curricula for teacher education, and in addition, very few programmes exist for advisor education. Therefore, it is crucial to include opportunities for in-service professional development and reflection on how to foster autonomy and how to support language learners as teachers or as advisors. This can be done in the form of teacher training, mentoring and/or tutoring programmes, action-research, or reflection in- and on-practice.

A Review on Recent Trends in Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Environmental Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kannappan Panchamoorthy Gopinath ◽  
Malolan Rajagopal ◽  
Abhishek Krishnan ◽  
Shweta Kolathur Sreerama
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Carbon Capture ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Water And Soil Pollution

Background: Depletion and contamination of environmental resources such as water, air and soil caused by human activities is an increasingly important challenge faced around the world. The consequences of environmental pollution are felt acutely by all living beings, both on a short and long-term basis, thereby making methods of remediation of environmental pollution an urgent requirement. Objectives: The objective of this review is to dissect the complications caused by environmental degradation, highlight advancements in the field of nanotechnology and to scrutinize its applications in environmental remediation. Furthermore, the review aims to concisely explain the merits and drawbacks of nanotechnology compared to existing methods. Conclusion: The current and potential applications of nanomaterials and nanocomposites in the prevention, control and reduction of air, water and soil pollution and the mechanisms involved have been elucidated, as have their various merits and demerits. The applications of nanotechnology in the fields of carbon capture and agriculture have also received attention in this review.

scholarly journals Connectivity: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network

Ecosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Iwaniec ◽  
Michael Gooseff ◽  
Katharine N. Suding ◽  
David Samuel Johnson ◽  
Daniel C. Reed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Network ◽  
Ecological Research ◽  
Long Term Ecological Research ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals The Challenge of Educating Purposeful Teachers in Finland

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Elina Kuusisto ◽  
Kirsi Tirri
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
21St Century ◽  
School Community ◽  
The Self ◽  
Moral Commitment ◽  
Mediating Factor

This article discusses the challenges of educating teachers in Finland. As a goal in teacher education for the 21st century we propose the purposeful teacher, referring to a teacher who has a long-term moral commitment to serve students, the school community and society. Our data collected from student (N = 912) and practising (N = 77) teachers yielded information on the purposes they identified as important in their lives. The survey included quantitative instruments and open- ended questions. The teachers identified happiness, relationships, work and self-actualisation as the most important contents of their aspirations. All the content categories could be understood as potential purposes in that the benefit extended beyond the teachers themselves. However, almost half of the student teachers (46%) and over half of teachers (55%) revealed only self-orientation. Less than half of them (43%, 36%, respectively) showed a beyond-the-self orientation, which is indicative of a purposeful teacher. Among the practising teachers, teaching appeared to be mainly a mediating factor in realising their purposes or aspirations. These results have implications related to contemporary teacher education in Finland. Both pre- and in-service teachers need to know about purposeful teaching in order to find meaning in their work.

Preventative Child Welfare Services in Victoria

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Brian Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Child Welfare Services ◽  
Welfare Services ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Voluntary Agencies

The idea of prevention in child welfare is not new. The prevention of substitute placement of children whether on a temporary or long-term basis has been a fundamental principle of child welfare we have held to for many years in Victoria.However, it is only in the last decade that this principle is actually being carried out in practice by a number of voluntary agencies. For many children placement is still commonly used as a solution it is easier to place a child than to promote change within many multi-deficit families.

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