scholarly journals What Will Parents Pay for Hands-on Ocean Conservation and Stewardship Education?

2018 ◽  
pp. 123-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Schwarzmann ◽  
Nachbar ◽  
Pollack ◽  
Leeworthy ◽  
Hitz
Keyword(s):  
Economic Value ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Stewardship Program ◽  
Market Economic ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Contingent Choice ◽  
Conservation Projects ◽  
Ocean Conservation

Supported by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Ocean Guardian School (OGS) program is a federally funded grant program coordinated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. OGS supports the educational goals of national marine sanctuaries (NMS) by funding hands-on ocean conservation and stewardship programs in both public and private schools. Schools apply for grants (up to $4,000) to implement school- or community-based conservation projects to educate students, while contributing to the health and protection of local watersheds and the world’s ocean. This study is the first to estimate the value that parents have for their child’s participation in an ocean conservation and stewardship program. Using a contingent choice survey, changes to student behaviour, parents’ support for the OGS program and the non-market economic value to parents of the six program attributes are estimated.

Demand for Herbaceous Ornamental Germplasm from the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 650f-650
Author(s):  
Mark P. Widrlechner
Keyword(s):  
Active Sites ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Plant Introduction ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Recent Analysis ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
North Central ◽  
The North ◽  
North Central Regional ◽  
Crop Germplasm

In 1991, the USDA–ARS North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station made available for distribution 129 accessions of germplasm representing 31 genera of herbaceous ornamentals. This number increased to 329 accessions of 42 genera by 1995. During 1991–95, more than 500 seed packets were distributed to fulfill requests for these plants received from a diverse array of public and private researchers. An analysis of this demand together with expert advice from Crop Germplasm Committees and technical considerations, such as ease of culture and seed production, can help set priorities to plan germplasm regeneration to meet future demand. A recent analysis of demand at U.S. National Plant Germplasm System active sites indicated that demand ranging between 0.23 and 0.97 distributions per available accession per year was typical. Of the 42 ornamental genera analyzed in this study, 9 were demanded more frequently than was typical, 10 were demanded less frequently, with the remainder in the typical range. In order of increasing frequency, the nine genera with the highest distribution rates were Verbena, Gypsophila, Echinacea, Lapeirousia, Delphinium, Cerastium, Baptisia, Lilium, and Tanacetum. Six of these genera are represented only by a single available accession. Notably, Echinacea and Tanacetum are of research interest both as ornamentals and as medicinal/industrial crops. This poster gives a brief overview of the economic value of these genera, display the results of the demand analysis, discuss the results relative to recommendations from Crop Germplasm Committees and requestors, and consider how demand can shape management plans for the acquisition and regeneration of ornamental germplasm.

Sobre la función de los montes y su planificación

2014 ◽  
pp. 1833-1841
Author(s):  
Mikel Mari KARRERA EGIALDE
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Forest Policy ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainability Criteria ◽  
Territorial Planning ◽  
The Future

LABURPENA: Gaur egun, mendien kudeaketa eta baso-politika ingurumeneko eta jasangarritasuneko irizpideetan oinarritzen dira, eta lurraldeko baliabide natural nagusiaren aprobetxamenduari buruzko erabakiak bideratzen dituzte. Hori dela-eta, lurralde-antolamendu ororen markoan, nekazaritzaren, basogintzaren eta abeltzaintzaren arloan jarduten duten eragile publiko eta pribatu guztiek egindako plangintza oinarrizkoa izango da hurrengoa bermatzeko: egun mendia behar bezala aprobetxatuz etorkizuneko belaunaldiei balio sozial eta ekonomiko bera transmititzen dien kudeaketa. RESUMEN: La gestión de los montes y la política forestal se fundamentan, actualmente, en criterios medioambientales y de sostenibilidad que dirigen las decisiones sobre el aprovechamiento del principal recurso natural del territorio. Por ello, en el marco de toda ordenación territorial, la planificación mediante la participación de todos los agentes públicos y privados que operan en el ámbito agrosilvopastoral se erige en instrumento esencial de las orientaciones garantizadoras de una gestión que, aprovechando óptimamente el monte en el presente, transmita ese mismo valor social y económico a las futuras generaciones. ABSTRACT: The management of forests and the forest policy are presently based on enviromental and sustainability criteria which are addressed to the decisions regarding the exploitation of the main natural resource of the territory. Because of it, in the framework of the whole territorial planning, the planning by the participation of all the public and private agents that operate within the agrarian, forest and herding field becomes an essential instrument of the guidelines that guaratee the management which using ideally the forest nowadays give that same social and economic value to the future generations.

AN "ACTIVATION" PROCESS FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION: THE MODEL AND APPLICATION

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 147-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIANLUCA ELIA ◽  
A. MARGHERITA ◽  
G. SECUNDO ◽  
K. MOUSTAGHFIR
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Technology Entrepreneurship ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Research Training Program ◽  
Develop Technology ◽  
Market Solutions

The pervasiveness of scientific developments has raised the role of entrepreneurship as a driver of socio-economic value. Higher education institutions are thus asked to create entrepreneurial mindset and competencies with the purpose to make students people able to proactively identify opportunities and transform them in market solutions. In particular, engineering education programs can be of relevance to develop technology entrepreneurship competencies through hands-on and experiential approaches. In such vein, this paper proposes a model of entrepreneurship education as an "activation" process which uses four critical levers with the purpose to infuse the essence of entrepreneurship in tomorrow's engineering professionals. The application of the model is exemplified through the analysis of a research training program grounded in the aerospace domain. The key features of the initiative are discussed in the perspective of exploring new models of entrepreneurial engineering education.

Open, User, and Smart Innovation in Cultural Firms

2014 ◽  
pp. 200-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Della Corte
Keyword(s):  
Economic Value ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Cultural Sites ◽  
Cultural Sector

The cultural sector is made of a variety of firms (both public and private) whose primary economic value derives from their cultural value (Flin, Mearns, O'Connor, & Bryden, 2000). The focus in this chapter is on the organizations that manage cultural sites, with a specific attention to the interactions between cultural sector and tourism industry. Nowadays, the competitive environment is more and more complex, owing to the globalization as well as to the interactions of this sector with others, so the cultural actors have to enrich their cultural offer in order to meet customers' needs effectively and efficiently. For this reason, innovation is acquiring a crucial role in a marketing approach for cultural firms in order to promote and distribute value through their offers. Managers of cultural firms are generally oriented to the preservation rather then to the promotion and valorization of cultural resources. Innovation, in its different perspectives, can be the key component for the creation of a new approach in the offer of cultural products, aiming at catching external opportunities through a continuous, interactive and innovative relationship with all the actors of the destination in order to gain sustainable competitive advantage.

Records and Archives Management Education and Training Opportunities in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Md. Maidul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Electronic Systems ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Hands On ◽  
National University ◽  
Affiliated Colleges ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training

The main aim of this chapter is to contextualize the records and archives management (RAM) education and training opportunities in Bangladesh with a view to identify the opportunities and challenges ahead in this endeavour. Some public and private universities and National University affiliated colleges and institutions are providing RAM education and National Library, National Archives, National Museum of Bangladesh, etc. are providing RAM training opportunities hands on practice in Bangladesh. The author discusses the current curriculum of different academia and need for RAM education and training opportunities as a subset of information management, with an acknowledged impact on the systematic and efficient management of Bangladeshi institutions. The author shows how the focus of RAM have shifted over the recent past from the archival management of unwanted documents, to the management of electronic systems, giving records managers an equal standing with other professionals in the field of information management or knowledge management. The result reveals that training opportunities on RAM have increased the professionals' development in Bangladesh. The author feels this chapter may encourage more such research on RAM system in Bangladesh and beyond.

TRANSFORMATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC VALUE

10.12737/1482 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Нина Моисеева ◽  
Nina Moiseeva
Keyword(s):  
Economic System ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Technological Potential ◽  
Market Economic ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Technological Opportunities ◽  
Business Relations

The article focuses on the problem of organization for business relations and increase of technological opportunities of company in market economic with using methodology of value analyses and value management. The methodical scheme of organizational characteristics and results of activities for application modern economic system are submitted in the different countries.

Study on Programming Methods in Urban Renewal Planning

2011 ◽  
Vol 368-373 ◽  
pp. 3392-3395
Author(s):  
Ping Su
Keyword(s):  
Urban Renewal ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
Market Economic ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
Site Evaluation ◽  
Development Orientation ◽  
Five Phases ◽  
Historic City ◽  
Historic Area

Urban renewal is not only the physical form update, but also its internal economic and social factors update. Under the market economic system, sustainable economic regeneration is a viable way to renew the historic area. So the planning should use more effective methods based on market conditions in practices such as the programming methods. Programming is aimed at the understanding of the value in historic city, determine the appropriate development orientation, coordinate the multiple subjects of interest, transfer the function to increase the economic value, in order to promote the protection and renew of the physical environment in a sustainable circle. According to the requirements of project practice, design programming can divide in five phases in working, including: site evaluation, project objective, development mode, benefits estimate and implementation strategy.

scholarly journals The Impact of Food Allergy Training on a Teacher’s Self-Efficacy when Managing Food Allergic Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige Cook ◽  
Meghan McDonough
Keyword(s):  
Food Allergy ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The Self ◽  
Food Allergies ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The Impact

Food allergy training for teachers remains an important, but commonly overlooked, aspect of education as millions of children have been diagnosed with food allergies. Therefore, it is pertinent teachers receive food allergy training that is most beneficial in growing a teacher's understanding for teachers to be best suited in correctly helping food allergic students. Four food allergy training methods: hands-on in-person (actual handling of epinephrine), non-hands in-person, group video, and individual video, and their effects on the self-efficacy of participants is the focus of this study. Teachers were contacted from within the city of Chicago, both public and private, and from a mixture of food allergy training methods and were administered an online survey which asked questions pertaining to their food allergy knowledge, perception, and self-efficacy. Participants were given statements to which they would respond on a five-point Likert scale, scored using a chi-square test. Ultimately, the hypothesis that teachers who engaged in hands-on in-person would showcase higher levels of self-efficacy, due to higher levels of engagement, was not supported. While several statements proved significant after data analysis, there was not enough significance to prove a meaningful relationship between the self-efficacy and training method.

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