Pathways to Agricultural Skill Development in the Indian Himalayas

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-292
Author(s):  
Trent Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Local Power ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Transition To Agriculture ◽  
Indian Himalayas

Policymakers and practitioners in the field of skill development often carry individualist and narrowly instrumental understandings of the reasons people enrol in their programmes. This article argues that people in the Global South seek to develop skills for a range of reasons, many of which are strongly influenced by their social environment and factors outside of their control. It presents the findings of a study involving surveys and semi-structured interviews with 53 trainees enrolled in agricultural skill development programmes in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Indian Himalayas. Trainees’ responses were analysed to determine common ‘pathways’ to agricultural skill development programmes. Seven major pathways were identified: supporting one’s family; adopting commercial approaches to agriculture; managing a transition to agriculture after working in other sectors; gaining new knowledge; contributing to society; working from home; and developing a fallback option while seeking other work. These pathways were highly inflected by gender, age and caste. It is suggested that agricultural skill development practitioners will benefit from working with these pathways rather than assuming trainees carry more economistic motivations, but also from being critically aware of how the social factors that impinge on trainees’ pathways are influenced by local power structures.

Relationship between Senior and Junior Researcher

2017 ◽  
pp. 1262-1298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katjuša Gorela ◽  
Roberto Biloslavo
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Junior Researcher ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
The Relationship

The professional development of a young researcher is mainly influenced by the organizational culture and the relationship with academic colleagues, especially mentors. This chapter presents the results of a qualitative study conducted on a sample of 16 researchers employed in three Slovenian public universities. The study examines the senior-junior researcher relationship, as the relationship between mentor and mentee, the nature of their cooperation, and how new knowledge is generated and transmitted. In-depth semi-structured interviews and content analysis for structuring qualitative data was used. The results indicate that the professional development of junior researchers is based mostly on their independent work where the mentor guidance is only occasional. Despite the development of information and communication technology, and in particular the Social Web tools, the mentorship in the framework of higher education institutions is still based on a face-to-face relationship.

scholarly journals Exploring common stressors in physical education: A qualitative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 675-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Tudor ◽  
Mustafa Sarkar ◽  
Christopher Spray
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Daily Stressors ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environmental Demands

Daily stressors, or hassles, refer to the everyday environmental demands that constitute a threat or challenge, or exceed an individual’s biological or psychological capacities. Increasing evidence suggests that daily stressors have a significant impact on adolescents’ educational outcomes, for example, performance, wellbeing and negative attitudes toward school; however, there is limited research examining the concept of common stressors in physical education (PE) lessons. As early adolescence is a developmental period associated with decreased engagement in PE, it is important to identify the environmental stressors that may be associated with increased disengagement. The study included 54 secondary school students and six PE teachers from five schools in the English Midlands. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted and a thematic analysis was applied to the interview transcripts. Three higher order themes were identified from the data: the social environment; the physical and organisational environment; and the performance environment. Common stressors within the social environment included: interpersonal transactions between peers; differences in effort levels during PE; and working outside one’s peer group. Stressors within the physical and organisational environment consisted of environmental situations within the changing facilities and the availability of activities. Finally, performance environment stressors included: situations involving the difficult acquisition of physical skills; and situations where physical appearance and physical competencies were exposed. The study extends previous findings by identifying potentially threatening and frustrating environmental demands that have not been identified in the previous literature. The current study is the first to explore the typical stressors that are experienced by students in PE.

scholarly journals IFAS Community Development: Identifying Local Power Structures, The Social Participation/Social Activity Approach

EDIS ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Local Power ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Community Power ◽  
The Social ◽  
Community Power Structures ◽  
Suggested Reading

FCS9259, a 2-page fact sheet by M.A. Brennan, is part of a series of discussions on community development. This paper focuses on the social participation approach to identifying community power structures. It discusses the assumptions, the procedures for application, the types of leaders identified, and the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. Includes references and suggested reading. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, July 2006.

scholarly journals Specific Needs of Families of Deaf Parents and Hearing Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Eva Klimentová ◽  
Vít Dočekal
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Natural Family ◽  
The Social ◽  
Deaf Parents ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Hearing Children

The aim of the paper is to describe specific aspects of deaf parenting of hearing children, based on an interpretation of research findings concerning the target group. Deaf parents, isolated from the verbally communicating majority by their sensory disability, face the challenge of raising and preparing hearing children for life. Our research based on semi-structured interviews with both deaf parents and hearing children demonstrates, however, that these parents do not primarily describe their parenthood as difficult or complicated. They are reconciled to their handicap and its consequences and use tools in the social environment to overcome the disadvantages of deaf parenting. Some “children” (all our respondents were adults reflecting on their childhood) describe, in contrast, their experience as a gradual reverse of natural family roles, with children eventually navigating their parents around the hearing world. These results indicate the need for further activities with these target groups in social work.

scholarly journals Perception Fishermen Community about the Importance of 12 Years of Formal Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Bayu Indra Permana ◽  
Agus Mursidi
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Fishing Community ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Stratum ◽  
The Social

This study aims to determine how people's perceptions fishermen about the importance of 12 years formal education and how the implications of the fishing community's perception of the importance of 12 years formal education. This research use desciptive qualitative approach. The sampling technique uses purposive sampling and snowball sampling and the data collection techniques used are documentation, semi-structured interviews and observation. Field data findings show that the fishing community in Kedungrejo Village is a heterogeneous, consumptive community and based on interviews found that community perceptions about the importance of 12 years of formal education are as a provision for diplomas to look for work as land laborers. The meaning of 12 years of formal education in the form of maturity has not yet been felt by the community from the number due to environmental and social factors which are seen from the number of 2292 elementary school students who continue to the first level only 30% ie 308 who reached the top education level. so the 12-year formal education function that has a role to develop the community's potential is indisputable because of the social stratum between the skipper fisherman and the fisherman laborers. It is here that the important function of 12 years formal education is completely collided with the perception of the fishing community in Kedungrejo Village, Muncar District.

Relationship between Senior and Junior Researcher

2015 ◽  
pp. 90-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katjuša Gorela ◽  
Roberto Biloslavo
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Social ◽  
Junior Researcher ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
The Relationship

The professional development of a young researcher is mainly influenced by the organizational culture and the relationship with academic colleagues, especially mentors. This chapter presents the results of a qualitative study conducted on a sample of 16 researchers employed in three Slovenian public universities. The study examines the senior-junior researcher relationship, as the relationship between mentor and mentee, the nature of their cooperation, and how new knowledge is generated and transmitted. In-depth semi-structured interviews and content analysis for structuring qualitative data was used. The results indicate that the professional development of junior researchers is based mostly on their independent work where the mentor guidance is only occasional. Despite the development of information and communication technology, and in particular the Social Web tools, the mentorship in the framework of higher education institutions is still based on a face-to-face relationship.

scholarly journals Natal dispersal in a social landscape: Considering individual behavioral phenotypes and social environment in dispersal ecology

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina W. Wey ◽  
Orr Spiegel ◽  
Pierre-Olivier Montiglio ◽  
Karen E. Mabry
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Behavioral Ecology ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Natal Dispersal ◽  
Environmental Cues ◽  
Behavioral Phenotypes ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Behavioral Traits ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Landscape

Abstract Natal dispersal, the movement of an organism from its birthplace to the site of first reproduction, is fundamental to many ecological and evolutionary processes. Mechanistically, individual dispersal decisions can depend on both individual phenotype and environmental cues. In particular, many established evolutionary theories of dispersal highlight the importance of the social environment. More recent research in behavioral ecology has focused on the importance of individual behavioral phenotypes. We reviewed the literature on individual behavioral phenotypes and dispersal and suggest that how individual behavioral phenotypes interact with the immediate social environment experienced by individuals in influencing dispersal is still poorly understood, despite growing interest. We found that very few studies had examined the interaction of individual behavioral phenotypes and social factors, and behavioral phenotypes related to social tendencies were less commonly measured than were behavioral phenotypes related to exploration or response to risk. Further, and unsurprisingly, studies on social behavioral phenotypes and dispersal behaviors during the transience stage of dispersal were underrepresented compared to the departure or settlement stages. Future studies in this area should aim to: a) make explicit links between behavioral traits and their proposed effects on dispersal decisions throughout multiple stages of dispersal, b) integrate more continuous dispersal variables, and c) consider the effects of the spatial distribution and phenotypes of conspecifics (i.e., the social landscape) encountered by individual dispersers.

An Exploration of the Role of the Social Environment in the Identification of Glycemic Events

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 692-696
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social

Patient ergonomics focuses on how patients and their social networks engage in health management in home and community settings. To that end, we explored awareness of hypo- and hyperglycemic events from the perspective of adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents in the context of their social environment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 participants (8 dyads) and analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Our analysis shows the different ways in which adolescents with T1D and their parents recognize glycemic events. These observations elucidate how the social environment affects this process and how connections influence the management of T1D. Additionally, these insights provided directions for ways in which patient education and information technology could be enhanced.

scholarly journals Criminological Aspect on Case of Prostitution around Poncol Station Semarang

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Andri Aditya Wicaksono ◽  
Yusuf Rizky Saefudin ◽  
Hafiz Ramadhan ◽  
Rico Alfian Pangestu ◽  
Ridwan Arifin
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Sexual Deviation ◽  
Street Prostitution ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Prostitution is an anti-social sexual deviation because it violates the norms of decency, norms of decency, customary norms and religious norms. This prostitution occurs in society in the form carried out by a group or individual in an organized manner consisting of pimps, the purpose of getting wages or rewards from those who have used their services. there are two parties namely PSK (Commercial Sex Workers) and masher men as customers. In the Criminal Code (KUHP) only regulates pimps, not yet regulating PSK and its customers. This has an impact on the development of prostitution in people's lives. Prostitution is regulated in Article 296 and Article 506. There are various factors behind the occurrence of this prostitution, such as economic factors caused by economic pressures and life burdens, there are also social factors such as the social environment, and family factors due to divorce or family problems. This study aims to find out what factors underlie the phenomenon of a CSW and analyze based on the perspective of criminological law. This research is located at Semarang Poncol Station on Jalan Imam Bonjol Semarang. This research uses an empirical and qualitative juridical approach. The results of the research and discussion show that the author obtained, among others, can be explained through the formulation that we discussed, namely: The characteristics that exist in the perpetrators of street prostitution, the impact on prostitution, technicalities in transactions between customers and prostitutes, and theories justify the existence of deviations in prostitution.

scholarly journals The Sources of Organizational Gossips in Schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bünyamin Han
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
School Life ◽  
Organizational Functioning ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Unethical Behaviors ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Informal and evaluative speech about a person who is not present in a conversation environment is defined as gossip. Gossip is one of the informal forms of communication that is also important in school life, because schools have an intense network of communication. This research aims to detect the sources of organizational gossips in schools that have the potential to harm organizational functioning. A descriptive survey model was applied in the research. Gossip Sources Questionnaire (GSQ) prepared by the researcher was used to investigate the topic. In the research the factors causing gossips in schools are classified as; individual factors stemming from the people themselves, social factors arising from the social environment in which the individuals stay and organizational factors arising from the characteristics of the organizational structure of the workplace. According to the teacher views individual features such as jealousy, envy, unethical behaviors, curiosity, vanity and aimlessness are the most common sources of gossips in schools. At the end of the research, there are some suggestions for teachers and principals about coping techniques of organizational gossips.

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