scholarly journals THE PERCEPTION OF ADULT AND YOUNG ADULT STUDENTS ON THE RIVER RIO DOCE - CARTOGRAPHIES OF FEAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilda de Melo Marques ◽  
Maria Celeste Reis Fernandes de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Work Loss ◽  
Health Concerns ◽  
Post Disaster ◽  
Empirical Material

Abstract The article is part of a series of debates that are concerned with the effects of the socio-technical disaster caused by the Fundão dam collapse in the year 2015, which affected the river Rio Doce, and presents results of a study that sought to understand the perceptions of Adult and Young Adult Education (EJA) students about the river. The theoretical framework establishes a dialogue between EJA, Environmental Education, and the contributions of the geographer Yi-Fu Tuan. The empirical material was produced through mental maps and interviews. The results indicate that the subjects’ perceptions on the river are marked by cartographies of fear of environmental degradation, before the disaster and post-disaster, health concerns, household budget, and work loss. The conclusions point to the importance of providing further information about water to the population, and the effects of the disaster, which intensify social inequalities.

scholarly journals Accountability Requirements and Professional Development in the US Adult Basic and Literacy Education System

1970 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTINE SMITH
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
National Education ◽  
Southeastern Us ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
The Us ◽  
Curricular Needs

Even before the 2001 enactment of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the education bill that holds schools in the US accountable for student achievement, ‘adult education [had] become part and parcel of the new federal trend to encourage the setting of national education goals and standards and holding programs accountable for demonstrating achievements’ (Sticht 1998). Now, almost ten years after enacting the Workforce Investment Act (1998), the legislation that required states to report how adult students were making progress towards educational and work goals, the field is just beginning to take stock of whether accountability has helped or hurt our adult education system.In the US school system (kindergarten to 12th grade for children five to 18), several researchers have investigated the effect of stronger accountability requirements on professional development systems. Berry et al. (2003), in a study of 250 teachers and principals in schools across six Southeastern US states found that results were mixed:Although high-stakes accountability systems help focus professional development efforts on the curricular needs of students, little evidence exists to support the claim that such systems help teachers change their practice to enhance student learning...A tendency exists…to narrow the focus of professional development activities to tested subjects or provide general support that is disconnected from curricular needs. (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development 2004:3)

Mental Health Severity Is Associated with Increases in Alcohol Consumption in Young Adult Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Kathryn E Coakley ◽  
David T Lardier ◽  
Kelley R Holladay ◽  
Fabiano T Amorim ◽  
Heather Mechler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Adult Students

Impact of E-Learning on Adult Education

2009 ◽  
pp. 286-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royce Ann Collins ◽  
Jeff Zacharakis
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Course Development ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Educational Market ◽  
Quality Learning

In the present consumer educational market, educational institutions are rapidly incorporating more online opportunities. The various issues that learners and instructors cope with are addressed from the literature and our adult students. The key issue is creating a quality learning experience for adult students. Not only does the instructor need to incorporate what we already know about adult learning, but they must also approach the course development with a constructivist mindset. The major force in creating a quality learning experience is the discussion generated. Instructors must assist students in creating their own knowledge and develop the ability to discuss in a virtual environment.

In the Shadow of Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-72
Author(s):  
Christina Ergas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Metabolic Rift ◽  
Treadmill Of Production ◽  
History Of ◽  
Autonomous Development

The prevailing notion of sustainable development has remained ineffective at reducing environmental degradation and social inequalities. The chapter argues that sustainable development, as it has been conceived, is actually a shell game for creating neocolonial dependency in the developing world rather than more sustainable, self-sufficient nations. This chapter explains the history of colonization and urbanization, contextualizing the problem of weak, neoliberal, sustainable development using social science environmental theories, such as climate denialism, ecofeminism, environmental justice, metabolic rift, and treadmill of production. It then provides an alternative, a radical sustainability that is at once socially and ecologically egalitarian, or transformative, and restores the health of people and the planet, or regenerative. These cases are presented as alternatives to sustainable development and as examples of radical sustainability and self-sufficient, autonomous development.

scholarly journals Association between overweight and characteristics of young adult students: support for nursing care

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jênifa Cavalcante dos Santos Santiago ◽  
Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira ◽  
Raquel Sampaio Florêncio
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Diastolic Blood Pressure ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Abdominal Circumference ◽  
Institutional Review

OBJECTIVE: to verify associations between overweight and the characteristics of young adult students to support nursing care. METHOD: case-control study conducted with young adults from public schools. The sample was composed of 441 participants (147 cases and 294 controls, with and without excess weight, respectively). Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were collected together with exposure factors and anthropometrics. Multiple logistic regression was used. The study received Institutional Review Board approval. RESULTS: statistically significant association with overweight: non-Caucasian, having a partner; weight gain during adolescence, mother's excess weight, the use of obesogenic medication, augmented diastolic blood pressure, of abdominal circumference and waist/hip ratio. In addition to these, schooling and weight gain during childhood were also included in the multivariate analysis. After adjustment, the final model included: having a partner, weight gain during adolescence, augmented diastolic blood pressure and abdominal circumference. CONCLUSION: the analysis of predictor variables for excess weight among young adult students supports nurses in planning and developing educational practices aimed to prevent this clinical condition, which is a risk factor for other chronic comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases.

scholarly journals Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Risk Among Young Adult Students in the Health Sciences from Kathmandu, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 12 ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Manisha Sapkota ◽  
Alaska Timilsina ◽  
Mudita Shakya ◽  
Tika Bahadur Thapa ◽  
Sneha Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Diabetes Risk
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