scholarly journals 'Chlorophyll ideology' and Protected Areas.The Social Discourses on the Reserve Area 'Tancat de la Pipa' in the Albufera Natural Park (Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57
Author(s):  
Marina Requena i Mora ◽  
José Manuel Rodríguez Victoriano
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Human Power ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Social Discourses ◽  
The World ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Cultural Origins

The human-centric nature of environmental thinking is a highly successful adaptation, which has biological, historical, cultural origins. The dichotomy of anthropocentrism and ecocentrism are what ultimately determine ecological attitudes. This nationally representative study presents how students in Hungarian environmental education bachelor programs view the human’s taxonomic position in the world (hierarchies, kinship), throughout evolution (determining possible directions, distancing from other organisms), the role of human power, and our rights of intervention in the environment. It shows what kind of knowledge students arrive with from public education, how they think about handling confl icts, and what impact their acquired knowledge during university years has on their environmental attitudes. It was found that at least two-thirds of students evaluated natural environmental processes, problemsand their consequences with anthropocentric preferences – in contrast to scientifi cally accepted theses.

scholarly journals Environmental attitudes and ecological anthropocentrism: a new challenge in environmental higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-40
Author(s):  
Attila Miklós
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Human Power ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Cultural Origins

The human-centric nature of environmental thinking is a highly successful adaptation, which has biological, historical, cultural origins. The dichotomy of anthropocentrism and ecocentrism are what ultimately determine ecological attitudes. This nationally representative study presents how students in Hungarian environmental education bachelor programs view the human’s taxonomic position in the world (hierarchies, kinship), throughout evolution (determining possible directions, distancing from other organisms), the role of human power, and our rights of intervention in the environment. It shows what kind of knowledge students arrive with from public education, how they think about handling confl icts, and what impact their acquired knowledge during university years has on their environmental attitudes. It was found that at least two-thirds of students evaluated natural environmental processes, problemsand their consequences with anthropocentric preferences – in contrast to scientifi cally accepted theses.

How I Invented America

1980 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Literature ◽  
American Studies ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
The United States ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Literary Critic ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Origins

There exists a handy term, “Americanist,” that serves to describe what it is I am, and what it is I do. I teach in, indeed I started, a busy American Studies programme; I specialize in American literature. The term is handy, and yet it doesn't entirely satisfy me, explaining a good deal about the object of my academic attention, but nothing about why the attention grew up, or what part it plays in my life. I have many basic preoccupations, and many roles deriving from them: I am a university teacher, a literary critic, a writer. But if, as I think, they link fruitfully with each other, this is because they are tied by a presiding and demanding preoccupation with literature — with its stylistic nature and its social and cultural origins and existence, with its historical pastness and its insistent presentness. In such matters I spend most of my life and invest most of my imagination. And in such matters there is no doubt that the United States plays a central and a fascinating part. Yet I was interested in literature before I was interested in America, I was interested in America before I became an Americanist, and my Americanist interest is itself part of something else, an obsessive concern with the inter-nationality of writing, with the influences that shape and command it, with the world in which it works, or does not, as the case may be. So I want to go behind my Americanist function – and what better opportunity could I have than in response to the present invitation, which calls for reminiscence, and even a little confession?In many ways, of course, my American interests are inevitable enough and obvious enough: anyone drawing the map of contemporary intellectual geography would need to put the United States in some radiating and central position, and anyone considering the nature of writing today would need to agree that in its conduct and its stylistic advancement the United States plays a role of enormous power.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Project-Based Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Kinga KOVÁCSNÉ PUSZTAI
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Project Work ◽  
General Description ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The World ◽  
Short Time

"Abstract: In our rapidly changing world, the role of education is not only to pass on knowledge, because the acquired knowledge will be quickly expired, the different professions are also changing in a short time. It would be also important to pass on a kind of ability which the students will be able to independently acquire knowledge after completing their studies with or they would be able to navigate safely through the world, or to work in a team. The project-based education is one opportunity to reach this, with many people have been dealing since the mid- 20th century with, but it has not become popular in education. One explanation to this is that the project work is managed in team, hence it is difficult to evaluate well. In my article, in addition to the general description of the evaluation of the project task, I give valid examples of how this evaluation can be applied in education. Considering the importance of projectbased education being present in all age group, some of my examples can be used in public education and the other in higher education."

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI TQM TERHADAP MUTU INSTITUSI DALAM LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
Suhermanto Suhermanto ◽  
Anshari Anshari
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Children Education ◽  
And Training

Earing the word education is certainly no stranger to the public. Education is addressed with school and learning. The word education in terms of language is derived from the word "pedagogy" namely "paid" which means child and "agogos" which means guiding. So pedagogy or education is the science of guiding children. Education can also be defined as a process of changing the attitude and behavior of a person or group in an effort to mature a human being or a student through teaching and training efforts. The word management is often heard in our daily lives. Management is used to assist us in doing things. The role of management is needed in daily life which is intended to regulate all work. Through management, all work can be done and done well and systematically. We usually get quality when we discuss about industries related to the provision or delivery of services. The field of education is one area that provides services to its customers. The intended customers in the world of education are divided into 3 groups, namely primary customers (directly involved, namely students), secondary customers (who support education such as parents), and tertiary customers (indirectly involved but have an important role in education, namely employees, community, and government).

scholarly journals What differentiates prisoners who attempt suicide from those who experience suicidal ideation? A nationally representative study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Favril
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Violent Offending ◽  
Nationally Representative

Objective: Many people who think about suicide do not engage in suicidal behavior. Identifying risk factors implicated in the process of behavioral enaction is crucial for suicide prevention, particularly in high-risk groups such as incarcerated offenders. Method: Cross-sectional data were drawn from a nationally representative sample of 17,891 prisoners (79% men) in the United States. We compared prisoners who attempted suicide (n = 2496) with those who thought about suicide but never made an attempt (n = 1716) on a range of established risk factors. Results: More than half (59%) of participants who experienced suicidal ideation had also attempted suicide. Violent offending, trauma, brain injury, alcohol abuse, and certain mental disorders independently distinguished attempters from ideators. Conclusion: Our results fit within recent ideation-to-action theories that emphasize the role of a capability for suicide in the transition from thoughts to acts of suicide.

scholarly journals Polymorphisms of 5’-UTR of rad51 gene in prostate cancer

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Mazhar Salim Al-Zoubi ◽  
Khalid Al-Batayneh ◽  
Bahaa Al Trad ◽  
Mohammed Alorjani ◽  
Samir Al Bashir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Gene Polymorphisms ◽  
Cancer Development ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Representative Study ◽  
Rad51 Gene ◽  
The World ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Intensive Work

Background. Notwithstanding that prostate cancer is largely studied all over the world for many decades, its etiology is not known and there is an intensive work to elucidate the cause and molecular markers for the development of this male cancer. Polymorphisms in DNA repairing genes may affect the DNA repairing capacity that in turn contributes to cancer development. This study aims to explore the polymorphisms of homologous recombination (HR) RAD51 gene (rs1801320 and rs1801321) as a possible risk factor for developing prostate cancer. Sequencing of 5'-UTR of RAD51 gene (rs1801320 and rs1801321) was studied in 80 DNA samples of prostate cancer and 50 DNA samples from a control group. Our results revealed a significant correlation between rs1801320 G>C polymorphism and the presence of prostate cancer in the Jordanian population (p = 0.041, X2 = 6.377). On the other hand, the rs1801321 G>T polymorphism was not associated with the presence of prostate cancer in the study population (p = 0.27, X2 = 2.6). In conclusion, our results shed a light on the possible role of RAD51 gene polymorphisms in the development of prostate cancer; however, a larger representative study is needed to elucidate a possible role of RAD51 gene polymorphisms in development and prognosis of prostate cancer.

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