The Medium, the Content, and the Performance

2016 ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Hans W. Giessen
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Styles ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Specific Medium ◽  
Several Variables ◽  
Instructional Content ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Way

This chapter focuses on aspects of the technological and interface dimensions of Badrul Khan's model, arguing that a correlation exists between the medium of instruction, students' performance, and the instructional content. Media-based learning is not necessarily more effective, simply because it uses a medium. Several variables exist that influence its success: the medium itself, its properties, production and consumption restraints; the content, and the way it can be presented in the context of a specific medium, and learners' cognitive styles. All these variables and more have to be taken into consideration, alone and interacting, in order to decide whether and where media-based learning is to be used, and where it might be counterproductive.

Potential of World Agro-Food Sphere: Pluralism of Assessments

2011 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
E. Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Technological Progress ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
World Population ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Technological Civilization ◽  
The Way

In 2007-2008 the world food crisis has substantially aggravated. This is a good reason to ponder over the fate of our technological civilization and a reminder of the finite nature of the resources used by the mankind. These resources include minerals, land suitable for cultivation, water and, at last, the technologies for securing the growing world population with the foods. The crisis has opened the eyes of many enthusiasts of the scientific and technological progress to some of its bitter fruits, in particular, to the polarization of food production and consumption, hunger and poverty of millions human beings, environmental pollution, progressive exhaustion of resources. Still, there are enough reasons to be optimistic. Earth's civilization has survived many turning points and has always found the way out and the methods to resolve the problem. It may be hoped that the humanity will also found the way out from the maze of problems that showed up as a result of the food crisis, at least in the foreseeable future.

scholarly journals Global Seafood Trade: Insights in Sustainability Messaging and Claims of the Major Producing and Consuming Regions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 11720
Author(s):  
Wesley Malcorps ◽  
Richard W. Newton ◽  
Silvia Maiolo ◽  
Mahmoud Eltholth ◽  
Changbo Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Global North ◽  
Trade Shows ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Food Safety And Quality ◽  
Aquaculture Production ◽  
The Way

Seafood supply chains are complex, not least in the diverse origins of capture fisheries and through aquaculture production being increasingly shared across nations. The business-to-business (B2B) seafood trade is supported by seafood shows that facilitate networking and act as fora for signaling of perceptions and values. In the Global North, sustainability related certifications and messaging have emerged as an important driver to channel the demands of consumers, institutions, and lead firms. This study investigates which logos, certifications, and claims were presented at the exhibitor booths within five seafood trade shows in China, Europe, and USA. The results indicate a difference in the way seafood is advertised. Messaging at the Chinese shows had less of an emphasis on sustainability compared to that in Europe and the USA, but placed a greater emphasis on food safety and quality than on environmental concerns. These findings suggest cultural differences in the way seafood production and consumption is communicated through B2B messaging. Traders often act as choice editors for final consumers. Therefore, it is essential to convey production processes and sustainability issues between traders and the market. An understanding of culture, messaging strategies, and interpretation could support better communication of product characteristics such as sustainability between producers, traders, and consumers.

English as a Medium of Instruction on the Way to Sustainability and Internationalization in Non-English-Speaking Countries

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-256
Author(s):  
Aizhan Daukenova ◽  
Ainur Askhatova ◽  
Zhibek Kaisar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
The Way

The present chapter describes the comparative analysis of the implementation of English as a medium of instruction in Kazakhstan and other non-English speaking countries by presenting a small-scale study of revealing the attitudes of graduate students and lecturers towards EMI in Kazakhstan. Compared to other countries, Kazakhstan has a number of similar issues in the implementation of English as a medium of instruction, which creates the possibility of performing a practice based on the experience of others. The research on English as a medium of instruction has revealed that EMI in Kazakhstan is in need of further guidance and investigation.

scholarly journals Clashing Perspectives on Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Diana Panţa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Way

AbstractWe live in a world characterised by speed owing mainly to technology. Everything happens at a faster pace, from the way production and consumption takes place to the way the environment is degrading. Henceforth, sustainable development appeared in response to these consequences. However, considering that we are discussing the topic of sustainable development for over three decades now, it is probably time to bring it forward in another way and try to better understand it through opposing perspectives. Therefore, the present paper explores differing views on the discussed topic, and analyses sustainable development in relation to other similar terms, trying to provide a clear meaning of the concept. More, it looks to provide a own interpretation of sustainable development, and intends to bring forward some of the most popular and disputing models surrounding it.

scholarly journals Convergent Cultures

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Bas Agterberg
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Way

The article analyses the changes in production and consumption in the audiovisual industry and the way the so-called ‘ephemeral’ commissioned productions are scarcely preserved. New technologies and the liberal economic policies and internationalisation changed the media landscape in the 1980s. Audiovisual companies created a broad range of products within the audiovisual industry. This also resulted in a democratisation of the use of media as well as new formats of programmes and distribution for commissioned productions. By looking at a specific company that recently handed over a collection to the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, challenges and issues of preserving video and digital and interactive audiovisual productions are discussed.

scholarly journals ’n Teologie van teerheid - die alternatiewe kerk in Heinrich Böll se roman Gruppenbild mit Dame

Literator ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-178
Author(s):  
C. Saayman
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
German Society ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
African Context ◽  
Stark Contrast ◽  
The Way

A theology of tenderness - the counterchurch in Heinrich Böll's novel Gruppenbild mit DameHeinrich Böll's novel Gruppenbild mit Dame is a protest against a dehumanized German society - a society which, according to him, is solely committed to production and consumption. In the novel the way in which a certain group of people live is portrayed - a depiction forming a stark contrast with society and its corrupt values. In the novel this small group of people is positioned around the main character, Leni Pfeiffer. Boll could never rid himself of his Christian heritage - thus religious motifs are significant in this work, as they are in his whole oeuvre. In the novel it soon becomes evident that Leni has the qualities o f a new madonna and that the group surrounding her exhibits the characteristics o f a secret church or counterchurch. Not only does this church have its own madonna and its own messiah, it even has its own gospel - that of deliberate underachievement. This article attempts to analyse the above-mentioned aspects of the counterchurch in the novel and to examine the implications of such a subculture for Western civilization, not only in Germany, but also in our own African context.

NIT of NTL?

2000 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
Kris Van den Branden
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Climate ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Challenging Problem ◽  
The Past ◽  
Abstract Knowledge ◽  
Powerful Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Concentric Circles ◽  
The Way

In Flemish secondary schools, non-indigenous pupils underachieve. This is pardy due to the way teachers use Dutch as a medium of instruction. In the past, various pedagogical solutions have been put forward to address this problem. However, none of these appears to be successful, basically because they leave the 'instruction paradigm' unchallenged. In this article, the perspective of'powerful learning environments' is suggested as a possible way out. Rather than optimizing the way teachers use language to give instruction (i.e. to pass on abstract knowledge), teachers should develop the proficiency to guide learners while engaging in active confrontations with the world and building up knowledge themselves. Powerful learning environments may be visualised as consisting of three concentric circles: a positive and safe learning climate (outer circle), a variety of meaningful and challenging problem tasks (mid circle) and interactive support by the teacher or other learners (inner circle).

Music as Product

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Daragh O’Reilly ◽  
Dr Gretchen Larsen ◽  
Dr Krzysztof Kubacki
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Music Production ◽  
Music Making ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Us ◽  
Sales Success ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

n order to develop a more holistic and integrated understanding of the relationship between music and the market, and consequently of music production and consumption, it is necessary to examine the notion of music as a product. The very act of exploring the relationship between music, markets and consumption immediately frames music as a ‘product’. In the marketplace, music is ‘produced’ and ‘consumed’ rather than made and heard. But the language and practices of the market and of marketing go far beyond the labelling of music making and listening in this way. They are pervasive and, as such, mediate our everyday engagement with music, regardless of the role we play in the market. The way the quality of music is evaluated is dominated by measures of sales success: songs ‘top the charts’, artists ‘sell out’ stadiums and tours, and recording companies sign ‘the next big thing’ to contracts in the expectation of future sales. Even a particular market can be held up as measure of success: in popular music, many bands, such as the Beatles, have been deemed to be successful only after they have ‘broken America’ by reaching high positions on the US music charts.

scholarly journals Wal-Mart, American consumer citizenship, and the 2008 recession

Focaal ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (61) ◽  
pp. 107-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Collins
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Citizen Engagement ◽  
Central Figure ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Us ◽  
Consumer Citizenship ◽  
American Consumer ◽  
Proper Balance ◽  
The Way

This article explores dominant ideological framings of the economic crisis that began in 2008, by examining shifting meanings of consumer citizenship in the US. The consumer citizen was a central figure in Keynesian ideology—one that encapsulated important assumptions about the proper relationship between production and consumption and the appropriate arenas for citizen engagement with the economy. Taking Wal-Mart as a case-study example, the article analyzes the way that corporate actors have flattened and reconfigured the concept of consumer citizenship in the US—promoting the “consumer” over the “citizen” and the “worker,” which had previously been important aspects of the concept—and have replaced Keynesian-era conversations about the proper balance between production and consumption with a rhetoric of choice between low prices and high wages.

scholarly journals Ethnicity and Public Space in the City: Ethnic Precincts in Sydney

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jock Collins ◽  
Patrick Kunz
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Symbolic Economy ◽  
Build Environment ◽  
The City ◽  
Little Italy ◽  
The Way

Ethnic precincts are one example of the way that cultural diversity shapes public spaces in the postmodern metropolis. Ethnic precincts are essentially clusters of ethnic or immigrant entrepreneurs in areas that are designated as ethnic precincts by place marketers and government officials and display iconography related to that ethnicity in the build environment of the precinct. They are characterized by the presence of a substantial number of immigrant entrepreneurs of the same ethnicity as the precinct who line the streets of the precinct selling food, goods or services to many co-ethnics and non co-ethnics alike. Ethnic precincts are thus a key site of the production and consumption of the ethnic economy, a commodification of place where the symbolic economy of space (Zukin 1995:23-4) is constructed on representations of ethnicity and ‘immigrantness’. To explore some dimensions of the way that ethnic diversity shapes public space we present the findings of recent fieldwork in four Sydney ethnic precincts: Chinatown, Little Italy, Auburn (“Little Turkey”) and Cabramatta (“Vietnamatta”). This fieldwork explores the complex and sometimes contradictory relationship between immigrant entrepreneurs, local government authorities, and ethnic community representatives in shaping the emergence of, and development of, ethnic precincts. It demonstrates how perceptions of the authenticity of precincts as ethnic places and spaces varies in the eyes of consumers or customers according to whether they are ‘co-ethnic’, ‘co-cultural’ or ‘Others”. It explores relations of production and consumption within the ethnic precinct and how these are embedded within the domain of regulation in the daily life of these four Sydney ethnic precincts.

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