Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
How is the Concept of Flourishing Central in the Move toward Sustainability: A Case Study of the Aeolian Water Crisis
This presentation explores the role of the concept of flourishing as it moves toward sustainability by examining a theoretical case study of Lipari, located in the Aeolian Islands. Challenged by a lack of potable water, Lipari provides a tangible model of the interconnectivity of community agency and sustainable issues. This presentation examines the leading qualities …
Adapting to the Challenges of Mega-Complexity: Quartic Education for the 22nd Century
How will tertiary education cope with, survive, and potentially evolve in the fourth-dimensional paradigm shift occurring now as we complete the first quarter of the twenty-first century? Super complexity in our knowledge-based societies has every appearance of galloping into hyper drive. With the advent of a globalized, interdependent knowledge economy, an international political ecology characterized …
Role of Right to Education Act in Mainstreaming Marginalized Communities: An Empirical Study on Students Benefitted Under Rte in Jaipur
Education has been a very important input for development of any nation or society. Knowing its importance governments around the globe are putting lots of emphasis on providing education to all its citizens. India is one of those countries which have made significant efforts in field of education by various projects and programs such as …
Role of Right to Education Act in Mainstreaming Children of Marginalized Communities: An Empirical Study on Students Benefited Under Rte
Education has been a very important input for the development of any nation or society. Knowing its importance governments around the globe are putting lots of emphasis on providing education to all its citizens. India is one of those countries which have made significant efforts in the field of education by various projects and programs …
Responsibility Theory (A New Consideration in Neuroeducation) A Brain-Based Immersive Systematic Self-Talk Sequence Learning Program
Responsibility Theory® is an applied brain-based immersive systematic self-talk neuroeducation program, the aim of which is to empower teachers and enhance constructive academic and positive behavioral social outcomes for students. At the heart of Responsibility Theory® are ten precepts. Associated with these ten precepts is the personal intellectual interpretive engagement and the associated cognitive and …
Embodied Learning: A Window Into the Role of Emotions, Mind and Body in the Learner
Embodied learning, while beginning to gain attention in Adult education literature, is still the least discussed method of learning (Lawrence, 2012). There is still no clear cut understanding or concretizing of how the mind, body and emotion contribute, and interact with in the adult learning process. This study aims to identify how the mind, body …
Sustainable Primary Education: A Proposed Village Education Model for India
Objective: UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal number 04 advocates “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” i.e. all people should complete free school education by 2030. The authors proposes a model which would have three specific goals like, i) enhancing enrolment and retention ii)micro planning of school management iii) fiscal …
Working in Silos: A Report on the Coordination of Course Collaboration at a Japanese University
Universities can be workplaces where staff work in silos. Teachers are often left to their own devices when designing and implementing curricula. Whilst the freedom of independence may be welcomed by teachers, it can lead to missed opportunities such as the chance to encourage a spiral curriculum. This presentation will report on the coordination of …
Collaborative Weblog-Based (CWB) Project: A 21st Century Writing Approach
This study investigated on how students ascertain the influence of Collaborative Weblog-Based (CWB) Project to their interests in writing. Likewise, it also determined the students’ writing performance alongside the following skills: organization, elaboration, and grammar usage and mechanics after the employment of CWB Project approach and the significant difference between the pre-post-writing-activity. The study utilized …
I “Like” It: How to Increase Facebook Group Enrollment and Engagement for University Programs
The rise in social media use over the years brought Facebook to universities across the US, so departments and programs are currently experimenting with using it for academic and communication purposes and they are finding it to be beneficial (Wang, Woo, Quek, Yang, and Liu, 2013; Clements, 2015; Guo, Shen, and Li, 2018; Heiberger and …