scholarly journals Implementing localised curriculum drawing on a funds of knowledge perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 153-161
Author(s):  
Jodie Hunter ◽  
Roberta Hunter ◽  
John Tupouniua ◽  
Louise Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Funds Of Knowledge ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Knowledge Perspective ◽  
Policy Shift

In recent years in New Zealand, there has been a policy shift towards schools ‘localising’ the national curriculum to align with the context, aspirations, and knowledge of the local community and student population. In relation to mathematics education, this requires educators to understand and value the mathematical connections between diverse students’ funds of knowledge and use these to develop mathematical tasks. This article draws on interview responses from a case study of eight teachers from one low socio-economic, culturally diverse school to investigate their initial perceptions and actions to develop an appropriate localised mathematics curriculum drawing on diverse students’ funds of knowledge. The findings indicate that teachers viewed it as important to use real and relevant contexts in mathematics teaching. Interview responses indicated that both students and their families were seen as important sources of information. However, there were challenges for teachers to recognise students’ funds of knowledge related to mathematics beyond schooling or generic experiences.

scholarly journals The Development of Organic Tourism Villages Based on Participation and Local Wisdom in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 232 ◽  
pp. 04004
Author(s):  
Agung Wibowo ◽  
Ravik Karsidi ◽  
Bani Sudardi ◽  
Mahendra Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Tourist Village

Participation and local wisdom are the basis for building the success of a tourist village. In a participative based tourist village, work opportunities can be created for the local community to help reduce poverty. The development model for a tourist village based on local wisdom provides the opportunity for the community to show the identity of its ecotourism and display its own uniqueness. The goal of the research is to understand the potential of social behavior that occurs in activities between individuals in the community, including aspects of participation and local wisdom in the success of developing organic tourist village. A qualitative research method is used which focuses on an investigation of the way human beings interpret values of local wisdom and the significance of participation in the development of the organic tourist village. In the research of a case study, to collect data which involve various sources of information (observation, interview, focus group discussion, audio-visual material, document, and report). The research results show that the development organic tourist village of Blederan based on participation and local wisdom. It impact to sustainability and independence of the community in resource management.

scholarly journals Society's Entrepreneurship During The Pandemic Through The Water Hyacinth Handicraft in The Village of Walahar Klari Distric of West Java

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 276
Author(s):  
Eliza Rahmah Prahestiwi ◽  
Ade Sadikin ◽  
Lip Saripah
Keyword(s):  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
Entrepreneurial Training ◽  
Water Hyacinths ◽  
The Impact

This research was motivated by the problem of the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic which resulted in many people being unemployed and the large number of water hyacinth plants were only considered garbage in Walahar. This condition is seen as an opportunity and a challenge in exploiting the potential of the region. Efforts to overcome this are by opening job vacancies, making entrepreneurial training from raw materials for water hyacinth waste. The objectives of this study are to: a). Obtaining information about increasing community entrepreneurship during the Covid 19 pandemic through water hyacinth crafts. b). To find out what the supporting and inhibiting factors are. c). To find out the results of increasing community entrepreneurship during the Covid 19 pandemic through water hyacinth handicrafts (case study in Desa Walahar Kec. Klari Kab. Karawang Prov. Jawa Barat). To answer the formulation of research problems that have been formulated, the author uses a qualitative approach with the case study method. To explain the phenomena that appear in the field. The research sources are: a). Sources of information, namely the chairman and owner of water hyacinth handicrafts UKM Kab. Karawang "UKM Putri Eceng" namely Mrs. Sambinah; and the Head of the Dinas Koperasi & UMKM Kab. Karawang; who can provide data. b). Informant sources, namely three freelance or community employees who work in the UKM Putri Eceng Kab. Karawang. The results of this study indicate that using a SWOT analysis (Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats as follows: (1) Strength: getting support from husbands, families, communities, the Government of Karawang Regency, Central Government, Consumers, getting capital and support from private companies, can read business opportunities in the market. (2) Weaknesses: Raw materials that will decrease over time, weather for drying water hyacinths, and initial capital to establish entrepreneurship. (3). Opportunities: improving the economy, selling handicrafts, utilizing abundant water hyacinth waste, generating income (money), introducing local tourism and culture, increasing creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship, creating job vacancies for the local community. (4) Threats: competitors of fellow entrepreneurs who process water hyacinth in the marketing world.

Environment and atmosphere of night tourism based on the local wisdom: A case study of Berastagi

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selly Veronica ◽  
Nurlisa Ginting ◽  
AmyMarisa
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Innovative Strategy ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Social Environmental ◽  
Descriptive Method

Night tourism development comes up as an innovative strategy for tourism development in this current intense competition. There are four main elements in night tourism, namely economic, social, environmental, and night atmosphere. Berastagi is the most popular tourist destination in Karo Regency, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia, which already have night tourism destination but unfortunately undeveloped yet. Night tourism development in Berastagi must be with the local wisdom approach to maximize its benefit. Karonese as the majority ethnic of the local community in this area potential to be developed on its night tourism. This paper only analyzes the environmental and night atmosphere aspects in Berastagi’s night tourism, which based on local wisdom. Qualitative primary data from field observation and depth interview results have been analyzed by using the descriptive method. The study shows that involving local wisdom in developing the environment and night atmosphere can give the typical identity for the night tourism in Berastagi.Night Tourism

Kelembagaan Masyarakat dan Struktur Agraria serta Keberlanjutan Sumberdaya Alam di Kawasan Capa

Agrotek ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mecky Sagrim
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Property Right ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Group Property ◽  
Young Shoot ◽  
Agrarian Structure

Aim of the research as follows: (1) inquisitive about variation of laws in regulating agrarian resources use, (2) function of traditional law in regulation at used of natural resources and related with existence on natural preservation-in formal law, and (3) inquiring influence outsider intervention to local institutions with the agrarian structure and relationship between expectation agrarian conflict. The unity of the study is Arfak community-as much as local community- was that administrative limited seatle in certain locations around natural preservation area of the Arfak Mountain. The trategy of the research is case study, while analysis of the data with qualitative manner. Result of the research is in the locations study beside property right of local community and movement of Arfak community from high land include at the resettlement programme. Not a problem related with economic subsistence with economic un-security because group property right community give free to the movement community for use to agriculture developing. For developing concept of forest sustainable as nit side to one side, income several NGO as well as role as institution relationship (young-shoot autonomy) for accommodation importance various party supra-village in relationship with existence natural preservation area of the Arfak Mountain and the party of local community in related of security in economic subsistence.

scholarly journals Project-Based Learning in a Transinstitutional Research Setting: Case Study on the Development of Sustainable Food Products

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartmut Derler ◽  
Simon Berner ◽  
Daniela Grach ◽  
Alfred Posch ◽  
Ulrike Seebacher
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Project-based learning (PBL) has been thoroughly integrated in university sustainable development curricula, but has not been well-established in curricula used at pre-university educational levels. Integrating real-world settings into the teaching of secondary school students can help to promote problem-solving skills and competencies at younger ages, which is a crucial task in sustainability education. Therefore, in this article we describe the results of a case study on the development of sustainable food products that involved a university and two secondary schools in Austria. The methods used in this case study were drawn from the transdisciplinary case study (TCS) and the PBL literature. Data were collected by carrying out participatory research methods such as photovoice, focus group discussions, food diaries, student evaluations, and surveys. We divided the study design into three phases: (1) exploration, (2) product ideation, and (3) product prototyping and optimisation. The case study illustrates that the use of PBL research approaches by students at different levels of education provides promising results, if the research process is clearly structured and managed. When a demand for learning is encountered by students, secondary school teachers and university researchers must provide the students with additional sources of information. The establishment and management of a transinstitutional research setting is a promising, yet time-consuming endeavour.

University as a vehicle to achieve social innovation and development: repositioning the role of the university in the society

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lwando Mdleleni
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The University

Purpose This paper aims to explore the role of university in promoting, generating and sustaining social innovation (SI). It aimed to understand how higher education institutions have extended their contribution beyond the traditional function of teaching and research to perform in socio-economic problem-solving. It looks at the kinds of contributions which universities potentially make to SI processes, and the effects that this has on the direction and magnitude of SI, and by implication social development. This was done by drawing lessons from a SI project that the University of the Western Cape has been involved in, i.e. Zenzeleni Networks Project. Design/methodology/approach To address the research question with this framework, the author adopted an exploratory research design using a case study. This research is qualitative, exploratory and descriptive, based on a case study built with secondary data. Findings This paper submits that universities can potentially function as key role players in promoting SI initiatives and fostering social transformations. Universities contribute with different kinds of resources and inputs to foster new SI ideas. Originality/value The paper suggests that socially innovative university projects may contribute to community social sustainability maintaining social cohesion by increasing social capital and providing resources for the empowerment of the marginalised communities. In so doing, they contribute to overcome social exclusion and promote more sustainable forms of development at community level. More research is needed on how universities can build community networks with local community partners, who can use the insights of academic research to replicate interventions and move to scale.

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