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Training young water professionals in leadership and transdisciplinary competencies for sustainable water management in India

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 300-314, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Young water professionals (YWPs) have a critical role in ensuring how water resources will be managed to contribute towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. To address the challenges of climate change, population growth, and urbanization, YWPs require leadership skills, transdisciplinary competencies, technical knowledge, and ...
Basant Maheshwari   +14 more
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Mentoring in the young water professionals' training program: Lessons for effective capacity development

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 334-348, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Training young water professionals in India and many other countries often focuses primarily on technical skills, leaving them ill‐prepared to deal with complex challenges and changing water management practices of the 21st century. Mentoring programs need to be designed to address the gap in competency development by incorporating ...
Basant Maheshwari   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geospatial data and web based tools for managing irrigation infrastructure expansion projects

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 388-403, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Improving irrigation infrastructure is important for sustaining food security in developing countries like India. The irrigation potential of a system is estimated at the planning phase using conventional approaches. A mismatch in the irrigation potential planned to be created and the land suitable for cultivation can lead to a gap in the ...
Annie Maria Issac   +10 more
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Promoting reflective practice in an infant and early childhood training program

open access: yesInfant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, Volume 44, Issue 4, Page 451-465, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Reflective practices provide a supportive base through which preservice infant and early childhood teachers and allied professionals can achieve knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions to support young children and their families. This paper is a program description that describes the rationale for infusing reflective practices into ...
Caitlin Lombardi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language in the process of labour market rationalisation: A sociohistorical approach across twentieth‐century Spain

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 115-135, April 2023., 2023
Abstract This article analyses the role of linguistic skills in the process of defining professional classifications in Spain during 1919–1980. The aim is to determine the social evaluation of the skills involved. To retrace the classifications, a total of 114 official documents were examined, establishing a chronological division into three major ...
Amado Alarcón Alarcón   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Professional Digital Competence: Definition, Frameworks, Measurement, and Gender Differences: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
In the current context of increasing digitization, professionals need to be digitally competent. In addition, women’s low participation in the technology field indicates the persistence of a digital gender gap in the economic and social spheres. A key aspect to help reducing digital inequality is the role that the digital competence (DC) plays in the ...
Sònia Sánchez-Canut   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

First Impressions Stick: Market Entry Strategies and Category Priming in the Digital Domain

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, Volume 58, Issue 7, Page 1721-1760, November 2021., 2021
Abstract The rise of the ‘digital age’ presents unique challenges for firms entering new markets and deciding ‘where’ to compete – a pivotal topic in corporate strategy. Particularly, it is not clear what the opportunities and implications are for digital new entrants as they position their disruptive business offerings in the category system, in ...
Paolo Aversa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capacidad de investigación en obesidad infantil en Latinoamérica y en las poblaciones latinas de Estados Unidos: estado de la investigación, problemas, oportunidades y líneas de trabajo para el futuro

open access: yesObesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021
Resumen La obesidad infantil es un problema grave en Latinoamérica y entre la población latina de EE. UU. Para ser eficaces, las políticas de salud pública tienen que estar guiadas por evidencias contextuales pertinentes, lo cual exige una capacidad de investigación sostenida a través del tiempo.
Deborah Salvo   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

The journey towards digital systemic competence: Thoughts on training, supervision and competence evaluation

open access: yesJournal of Family Therapy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 351-371, April 2021., 2021
Our rituals for training, supervision and competence assessment which once relied on in‐person interaction are rapidly becoming influenced by the digital creativity which surrounds them. Our training models have to be diverse and considerate of the multiple contextual shifts with which systemic practitioners are contending, and the current context is ...
Hannah Sherbersky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 2, Issue 1, January–March 2021., 2021
To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers and understand how to make evidence‐based decisions. As educators, we should make these a core part of what we teach to prepare our students to make an effective contribution to conservation practice.
Harriet Downey   +117 more
wiley   +1 more source

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