USING VERNACULAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN A GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ARCHITECTURE

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 562-565
Author(s):  
Arzu Ispalar Çahantimur ◽  
Rengin Beceren Ă–ztĂĽrk
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Elective Course

Raising the environmental awareness of architectural students becomes increasingly important given today’s global environmental challenges. As a prominent player in urban development, an architect needs to be concerned with the alternative ways for achieving environmental sustainability. Subsequently, environmental issues constitute an important part of the curriculum in architectural education. The scope of this study covers an elective course in an architectural graduate program of Turkey with the main aim of making fresh architects aware of their vital role in environmental objectives. In this course, the students are asked to visit and examine the vernacular architecture at a rural Turkey settlement. In this assignment, the students use a series of architectural as well as social science research methods. They present their findings visually and offer their proposals as a conclusion. Their proposals involve ways, not only, to achieve sustainability for this rural settlement but, also, to adapt the traditional design methods and materials examined within the course into contemporary design techniques. Given the acquisitions of the graduate students, this paper concludes with a recommendation for improving architectural course content by integrating applied learning.

Social Science Research in India

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Reference Database ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Quality Of Research

Social science research (SSR) has a vital role in enriching societies, by generating scientific knowledge that brings insights—even enlightenment—in understanding the dynamics of human behaviour and development. For social sciences to realize their potential in shaping public policy, it is imperative that the research ecosystem is dynamic and vibrant; the institutions governing it are robust and effective; and those producing quality research are strong and well governed. This volume elaborates on various dimensions of SSR in India, presenting a strong case for designing a comprehensive national social science policy which can meaningfully strengthen and promote a research ecosystem for improved public policymaking in the country. Addressing issues like lack of funding, availability of data, infrastructure, and quality of research output, it will serve as a national benchmark and reference database for social sciences in India.

scholarly journals Management research: To understand the role of epistemology in management research

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umesh Ramchandra Raut ◽  
Nitin Balaso Veer
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Epistemological Principle

From last several years epistemology and its principle plays vital role in the development and enhancement of social science research activity at different level. The different views of positivism are united by the epistemological principle that warranted knowledge. There are a diversity of different epistemological arrangements which decriminalize their own distinct ways of engaging with management and doing management research. Present study focused on the meaning and processes of management research as well enlighten the importance of epistemology and its role in the management research. The present work will explain the significance of relevance and rigor in management research. The main objective of this paper is to provoke debate and reflection upon thedifferent issues in which we engage, when academician and organization doing research.Management researches and practitioners undeniably accepted that there is a gap exists between management researchers and management practitioners. This gap is main hurtles if researchers wants to implement their research findings into practice. But we know that management research always  looks betterment of life through the enhancement of management process.

A Case Study of OregonWaterStories.com: Exploring Agency with Water Justice, Activist Applied Linguistics, and a Community Partner

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Melissa Haeffner ◽  
Janet Cowal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Community Partner ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Water Justice

Today’s students arrive to college with increased environmental awareness but often without the skills necessary to sort, interpret, and critically think about global environmental change or their relationship to it. To address the barrier of perceived student powerlessness in global environmental problems, we designed a transdisciplinary project for students to begin to take ownership of their learning experience, gain competencies in basic social science research methods, and explore agency with a community partner. In this case study, we narrate one exercise in which students created a public product of collated newspaper articles related to contemporary water issues in Oregon. The project involved the creation of an online database that resulted in a learning tool for future courses, a base for transdisciplinary research, and a deliverable for the public. The exercise proved valuable in demonstrating how students can engage with concepts of activist applied linguistics to evaluate positionalities of news sources while situating themselves as active and engaged members in their local environment. Homework assignments throughout the course revealed that students (1) gradually reported more positive and action-oriented views of their role in the environment and (2) developed greater competency in weighing the quality of media sources around environmental issues. We conclude with guided learning questions for faculty interested in implementing a similar exercise as well as suggested student discussion questions.

scholarly journals Fisheries as social struggle: a reinvigorated social science research agenda

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten Bavinck ◽  
Svein Jentoft ◽  
Joeri Scholtens
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Social Engineering ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Social Struggle ◽  
New Business

Many social scientists in the field of fisheries display a strong concern for the social engineering of environmental sustainability, but also a tendency to identify with the concerns of government. This paper posits that social scientists have their own responsibility in the fisheries field, and that this responsibility includes more attention to the realm of social struggle and distributional justice. Social struggles within and over fisheries are argued to be globally intensifying, as a result of four trends: (1) the condition that inshore fisheries have now largely become a zero sum game; (2) the new sets of controls that are occurring in the fish value chain; (3) the incursion of new business interests into marine and coastal space; and (4) the increasing participation, if not interference, by governments in what used to be mainly fisher affairs. Not only does a reinvigorated social science agenda create attention to other, neglected domains of fisher society; the authors argue that addressing distributional justice concerns may be a precondition for achieving sustainable human-nature relations.

scholarly journals The Strategic Importance of Entrepreneurship as a mechanism for Sustainable Economic Growth in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-105
Author(s):  
Prince Adesanya Abel Segun ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

The focus of this paper is on the importance of entrepreneurship as a mechanism for sustainable economic growth in Nigeria considering the experiences of developed nations like the United States, Europe, India, and China. Entrepreneurship has been instrumental in economic growth, balanced regional development, and job creation in most dynamic economies, where technology is changing at a faster rate and the product lifetime cycle is shrinking. Research in entrepreneurship development indicates that there is a lack of a theoretical model to examine rural entrepreneurship development particularly in the developing countries. The methodology adopted in this paper is the narrative – textual case study (NTCS); it is a social science research method that relies on the information and data from several sources for problem-solving. It is undeniable fact that entrepreneurship development plays a vital role in economic development of any nation including the developing countries like Nigeria. However, despite this, most entrepreneurial policies and programs seems to favour the urban cities except recently when efforts are geared towards the rural areas. Thus, this paper examines the role of entrepreneurship in the development of the rural areas in the developing economy. The study reveals that the right business environment for entrepreneurship is lacking in Nigeria on account of bad and inadequate infrastructural facilities, political instability, terrorism, multiple taxes, all stand as barriers to entrepreneurship and economic growth. The paper concludes that government should focus on adequate security, improve infrastructural facilities and enabling environment that will lead to economic growth.

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