scholarly journals Ecotechnics/ecotechnology in Östersund: 30 years of entrepreneurship focused education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Grönlund ◽  
Andreas Englund ◽  
Mats Barthelson ◽  
Morgan Fröling
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Mountain Region ◽  
Social Entrepreneur ◽  
Master's Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Main Ideas

1983 was the starting year for an interdisciplinary and sustainability oriented education program at the former university college in Östersund, located in the Mid Sweden mountain region. In this paper – 30 years later - the different phases that the educational program has passed over the years is examined with an entrepreneurial focus. In 1983 the “slogan” for the education was: “Ecology, economy and technology in cooperation for sustainable development”. One of the main ideas was to have a problem solving and entrepreneurial focus in the education. The goal was that the students should be prepared to start their own businesses after graduating, based on ideas they had developed during the education. The first years the program was two years in length, partly based on the idea to not “wear out” eager entrepreneurs with too many study years. Later a third year was added, to fulfill the bachelor’s level. In the late 1990’s the education had become part of Mid Sweden University, which during that period were struggling for full University status. This put pressure towards “academization” of the education program, which had its benefits but also its problems from the entrepreneurship angle. During the first decade after the millennia shift the education took a more international focus attracting students from many countries all over the world. A Master’s level was also added to the program and the first graduate students received their Ph.D. during this period. The latest development is to split the Bachelor’s program into three “sister” programs: the Ecoengineers with a more traditional engineer focus (but still interdisciplinary), the Ecoentrepreneurs with less chemistry and math, but more social entrepreneur and green procurement courses, and the Ecotechnology students standing in between as the most interdisciplinary students.

Growing PEAS at the Duke Campus Farm

2014 ◽  
pp. 543-564
Author(s):  
Damon Cory-Watson
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Agriculture Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
Post Secondary

This chapter explains a study designed to create a guide to aid the Duke Campus Farm (DCF) in developing an educational program on sustainable agriculture. Currently, many such education programs exist, but they are very different in their content, tools and approaches. Qualitative analysis of 58 syllabi from 30 post-secondary educational institutions was used to understand frequent practices in the field of sustainable agriculture education (SAE). The analysis showed consistency for 14 content areas that appeared in 93% to 26% of all syllabi, 10 tools that appeared in 93% to 14% of all syllabi, and 10 approaches that appeared in 86% to 7% of all syllabi. A gap in SAE was also discovered in that most educators use only one of the four phases of Experiential Learning (EL) theory when implementing EL. This information was then used to create an education program for the DCF. Studies such as this seem useful in compiling and codifying new innovations in education about sustainable development.

Problem-Solving Style and Motivational Attributions

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 823-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Houtz ◽  
Haifa Matos ◽  
Min-Kyung S. Park ◽  
Jennifer Scheinholtz ◽  
Edwin Selby
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Master's Level ◽  
Problem Solving Style ◽  
And Task ◽  
Successes And Failures ◽  
Theory Of Motivation

52 Master's-level female graduate students completed VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style and provided attributions for their successes and failures according to several categories of reasons. Attributions were in the form of percentages to the categories of skill or ability, effort devoted to the task, task difficulty, chance, or other factors, after Weiner's theory of motivation. Women scoring as more Developer than Explorer on VIEW attributed a greater percentage of their failures to uncontrollable factors (chance and task difficulty). These results are consistent with the theory that individuals with a Developer style are more organized, deliberate, “planful,” and precise in their work efforts. Thus, such individuals would more likely attribute failure to factors they had not foreseen.

scholarly journals La Ingeniería de Software en México: hacia la consolidación del primer programa de licenciatura

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-17
Author(s):  
Raúl A. Aguilar Vera ◽  
Julio C. Díaz Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Professional Discipline ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

En este trabajo se presentan brevemente los antecedentes de la Ingeniería de Software como disciplina profesional, así como de los primeros programas curriculares en el mundo. Se describe en detalle el desarrollo del primer programa educativo de nivel licenciatura ofertado en México; se comentan sus antecedentes, indicadores de oferta, demanda, aprobación, deserción, egreso y titulación, así como el desempeño de sus estudiantes en los exámenes (EXANI II y EGELISOFT) del CENEVAL. Finalmente se hace una reflexión por parte de los autores, sobre las acciones que se vislumbra necesarias para la consolidación de dicho programa educativo, luego de haber transitado durante una década de existencia. This paper briefly discusses the history of Software Engineering as a professional discipline and the first curricular programs in the world. The development of undergraduate education program first offered in Mexico is described in detail; background, indicators of supply, demand, approval, desertion and graduation as well as student performance on CENEVAL-tests (EXANI II and EGEL-ISOFT) are presented. Finally a reflection by the authors about the actions that are considered necessary for the consolidation of the educational program, a decade of existence.

scholarly journals Social Enterprise and Sustainable Development in the Age of Acceleration

Envigogika ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Scott
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Fitness For Purpose ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World

Work as part of an Australian Office for Learning and Teaching senior fellowship with 3700 higher education Learning and Teaching leaders from around the world over the past three years (see FLIPCurric) has identified the critical importance of giving more careful attention to agreeing on the fitness of purpose of a higher education program before confirming the fitness for purpose of what is to be delivered or assessed. This leads us to look specifically at what outcomes we expect, at what key capabilities and competencies graduates should have to equip them to negotiate the age of acceleration (Friedman, 2016). This, in turn, has led us to argue that we need to develop graduates who are not only work ready for today but also work ready plus for an uncertain tomorrow and that it is important to give more direct focus to building social enterprise projects into the curriculum.

scholarly journals Wicked Solutions: SDGs, Research Design and the “Unfinishedness” of Sustainability

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Light ◽  
Eric Kasper ◽  
Sabine Hielscher
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Development Discourse ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
First Time

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mark the first time a global body has attempted to manage the planet’s future in its entirety, linking together urgent, over- lapping and contradictory existential threats. If we treat the world as an interlinked system, it becomes clear that all answers to how we live are provisional and evolving. We need more than new knowledge or policies; we need to consider how our different efforts combine, take on life of their own, and nurture new configurations in a dynamic system. This reframing of Development discourse invites a rethink using design theory and approaches to complexity. This essay seeks to contribute by proposing tools to manage the new uncertainties this introduces into the design of experts’ research work. Using ideas of “unfinishedness”, we focus on the incommensurability and contingency to be found in knowledge-making and problem-solving for the evolving goal of socio-environmental renewal.

International Telesupervision: The Clinical Fellowship Experience

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
David W. Rule ◽  
Lisa N. Kelchner
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Access To Services ◽  
East African ◽  
The World ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
National Certification

Telepractice technology allows greater access to speech-language pathology services around the world. These technologies extend beyond evaluation and treatment and are shown to be used effectively in clinical supervision including graduate students and clinical fellows. In fact, a clinical fellow from the United States completed the entire supervised clinical fellowship (CF) year internationally at a rural East African hospital, meeting all requirements for state and national certification by employing telesupervision technology. Thus, telesupervision has the potential to be successfully implemented to address a range of needs including supervisory shortages, health disparities worldwide, and access to services in rural areas where speech-language pathology services are not readily available. The telesupervision experience, potential advantages, implications, and possible limitations are discussed. A brief guide for clinical fellows pursuing telesupervision is also provided.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

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