HORTICULTURAL YOUTH EDUCATION: THE MISSING LINK

Most college professors spend little time helping youth (kindergarten to 12th grade) learn about horticulture, and the elementary and secondary schools seem to have created a dividing line between scientific concepts and practical life-long skills. Biology classes continue to emphasize the chemical processes of photosynthesis and deemphasize the nurturing, caring, dependability, responsibility, sense of accomplishment, and other life-long skills that can be obtained from growing plants. However, retail garden centers and chain stores are increasingly offering books and supplies on gardening and related activities for children. Seed companies market and package seeds just for children. Botanical gardens and arboretums are including youth horticultural activities as part of their on-going educational programs. The involvement of university educators in horticultural youth education can assist the “trickle up” theory to the parents of children along with affecting future voters. Take the first step to see what classroom horticultural materials are available in your state. Currently many teachers have an interest in learning more about horticulture but need educational materials. In addition, there is a large number of volunteers interested in this endeavor. Do your part and help develop accurate horticultural materials for these instructors to use in formal and informal educational settings.

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E-portfolio, a useful tool for reflection and feedback (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.15306 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Rita Rezaee ◽

Nahid Zarifsanaiey

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Learning Process ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Effective Means ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Electronic Portfolio ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Self Reflection

UNSTRUCTURED Utilizing an electronic portfolio (e-portfolio) is an effective means of enhancing the learning experience in educational settings. In the present study an e-portfolio framework was designed for medical education at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The objective was to assess learning progress in a medical course that provides instructor feedback via e-portfolio and promotes self-reflection among the students. The results indicate that using e-portfolio stimulates self-reflection in students and increases their active participation in the learning process. Integrating e-portfolios in educational programs can remarkably improve the academic performance in the fields of medicine and healthcare.

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Young Children’s Belonging in Finnish Educational Settings: an Intersectional Analysis

International Journal of Early Childhood ◽

10.1007/s13158-021-00282-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Anna-Maija Puroila ◽

Jaana Juutinen ◽

Elina Viljamaa ◽

Riikka Sirkko ◽

Taina Kyrönlampi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Educational Policy ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Macro Level ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Policy Documents ◽

Meso Level ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Positional Power ◽

Micro Level ◽

Similarities And Differences

AbstractThe study draws on a relational and intersectional approach to young children’s belonging in Finnish educational settings. Belonging is conceptualized as a multilevel, dynamic, and relationally constructed phenomenon. The aim of the study is to explore how children’s belonging is shaped in the intersections between macro-, meso-, and micro-levels of young children’s education in Finland. The data consist of educational policy documents and ethnographic material generated in educational programs for children aged birth to 8 years. A situational mapping framework is used to analyze and interpret the data across and within systems levels (macro-level; meso-level; and micro-level). The findings show that the landscape in which children’s belonging is shaped and the intersections across and within the levels are characterized by the tensions between similarities and differences, majority and minorities, continuity and change, authority and agency. Language used, practices enacted, and positional power emerge as the (re)sources through which children’s (un)belonging is actively produced.

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Et fast greb i rebet – om Claras levede erfaringer som nycirkus artistelev

Nordic Journal of Dance ◽

10.2478/njd-2012-0009 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 24-37

Author(s):

Stine Degerbøl

Keyword(s):

Lived Experiences ◽

Learning Processes ◽

Pedagogical Practice ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Youth Education ◽

Art Form ◽

Point Of Departure

Abstract The article concerns the lived experiences of Clara practicing to become a contemporary circus artist. Clara’s narratives reflect contemporary circus as a movement pedagogical practice in relation to theories about aesthetic learning and in relation to the aims of a circus performer education in Copenhagen, Denmark. Furthermore her narratives provide a discussion of educational settings on the fringe of ordinary youth education. Firstly contemporary circus is presented as a counterculture to the traditional circus and secondly it describes how the development of contemporary circus as an art form influenced the establishment of contemporary circus schools. Body phenomenology and narrativity are the main theoretical and methodological inspirations for reflections about aesthetic learning processes taking point of departure in Clara as a case.

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Flipping the Paradigm of Education

Natural Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch023 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 457-498

Author(s):

Donna Russell

Keyword(s):

Learning Environments ◽

Educational Program ◽

Modular Design ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Home Page ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Modular Units ◽

The Future ◽

Integrative Curriculum ◽

Learning Principles

The purpose of this chapter is to define a prototype for a comprehensive educational program that integrates virtual immersive learning environments into traditional educational settings to develop innovative educational programs. The Future of Learning (FoL) protocol combines an integrative curriculum guide providing educators with thematic modular units of study that are designed based on problem-based learning principles and a FoL learning management system where online learning environments are structured to be integrated into p-12 educational settings and provide a login protected interface for educators and learners to access all the aspects of the FoL protocol including 1) a home page for the educational program linking all aspects of the protocol, 2) a learner home page, 3) a learning analytic system and 4) access to a 3d simulation world. The comprehensive and modular design of the Future of Learning protocol means that it can be integrated in a multitude of p-12 educational programs and define the future of learning.

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Flipping the Paradigm of Education

Advances in Game-Based Learning - Handbook of Research on Gaming Trends in P-12 Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9629-7.ch013 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 253-293

Author(s):

Donna Russell

Keyword(s):

Learning Environments ◽

Educational Program ◽

Modular Design ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Home Page ◽

Educational Settings ◽

Modular Units ◽

The Future ◽

Integrative Curriculum ◽

Learning Principles

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EXPRESS: Political Identity and Preference for Supplemental Educational Programs

Journal of Marketing Research ◽

10.1177/00222437211004252 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002224372110042

Author(s):

Jihye Jung ◽

Vikas Mittal

Keyword(s):

Field Study ◽

Political Identity ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Political Orientation ◽

Summer Programs ◽

Educational Materials ◽

Study Test ◽

Educational Orientations

The market for supplemental educational programs–tutorials, educational materials, summer programs–has burgeoned. Thus, it is important to understand factors that may influence parents’ choices for supplemental educational programs (SEPs). This article examines how parents’ political identity affects their preference for SEPs contingent on their focus on self. Using two main educational orientations−conformance-orientation and independence-orientation−the authors argue that SEPs with conformance-oriented pedagogy may be preferred more by conservative parents due to their higher need for structure. This association of political identity with preference for SEPs is moderated by self-focus. Counterintuitively, when using political orientation to target messages for SEPs, firms should frame messages to focus parents on their selves for identity-consistent effects to manifest. Five studies–including a field study–test this theorizing and replicate key results using different measures of political identity and self-focus.

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News of The Academy of Neonatal Nursing

Neonatal Network The Journal of Neonatal Nursing ◽

10.1891/0730-0832.23.2.45 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 45-48

Keyword(s):

Educational Programs ◽

Educational Materials ◽

Neonatal Nursing

The Academy is working with several companies to provide you with new educational offerings presented in a new manner. We are currently looking at both interactive CDs and interactive online educational programs. Either or both of these methods may be utilized to provide new educational materials to the Academy’s members.

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Infectious Diseases Physicians' Preferences for Continuing Medical Education on Antimicrobial Resistance and Other General Topics

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology ◽

10.1086/505922 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 27 (08) ◽

pp. 873-875 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Jennifer Tuboku-Metzger Blakely ◽

Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran ◽

William R. Jarvis

Keyword(s):

Medical Education ◽

Antimicrobial Resistance ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Continuing Medical Education ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Survey Instrument ◽

Educational Materials ◽

The Media

A 19-item survey instrument was designed and mailed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America to its membership to determine the media preferred by infectious diseases physicians for continuing medical education on general topics and on antimicrobial resistance. The objective of the survey was to offer the developers of educational programs knowledge on which to base more-effective ways to deliver educational materials to physicians in this specialty.

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Generating Private-Sector Funding for Extension Programs

HortTechnology ◽

10.21273/horttech.12.3.495 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 495-498

Author(s):

George J. Hochmuth ◽

Donald N. Maynard

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Trade Journal ◽

Extension Programs ◽

Educational Materials ◽

University Of Florida ◽

Revenue Sources ◽

Agriculture Industry ◽

The University

Delivery of modern extension programs involves considerable expenses that are becoming scarce from traditional sources. Successful extension educational programs will need to find additional revenue sources to fund educational materials, speaker costs, conferences, and other needs. It is important to become as financially efficient as possible and sometimes this means consolidating some programs and eliminating others. Charging fees to attendees is one means of covering costs of delivering programs. The University of Florida is partnering with the agriculture industry and trade journal publishers to provide resources and publishing for educational programs and materials.

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Nurses’ Viewpoints on Implementation of Continuing Education Programs at Hospitals

Journal of Medicine ◽

10.3329/jom.v20i2.42007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 80-86

Author(s):

Farideh Malekshahi ◽

Jafar Rezaian ◽

Shirzad Fallahi ◽

Mohammad Almasian

Keyword(s):

Data Collection ◽

Continuing Education ◽

Educational Programs ◽

Time Interval ◽

Demographic Information ◽

Educational Materials ◽

Education Programs ◽

Data Collection Instrument ◽

Compact Disks ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Continuing education programs (CEP) are among the most common methods of bringing the medical staff, especially the nurses, up-to-date. Evaluation of the implementation of CEP is needed to optimize such programs and to eliminate any faults. This study aimed to identify the viewpoints of the nurses about CEP in 2015. Materials & methods: The study was carried out on all the 750 nurses working in the hospitals of the Lorestan province using the census method. From among these 750 nurses, 537 were included in the study. The data collection instrument was a researcher-designed self-administered questionnaire including demographic information and some questions regarding the necessity of CEP, obstacles to the implementation and the methods of implementation of such programs. Results: The findings showed that 42.6% of the participants considered it very important that CEP be implemented. 48.8% of the participants considered the presentation of educational materials on compact disks (CDs) as the most appropriate method. 53.1% considered a time interval of once a month in the mornings for the implementation of the CEP as appropriate. Conclusions: According to results, continuing education plays an important role in nursing, and the continuation of such educational programs as well as improving their quality is highly necessary J MEDICINE JUL 2019; 20 (2) : 80-86

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