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Don't look north through rose tinted spectacles: tensions, struggles and guiding lights in Scotland - a reflection [PDF]

, 2006
‘Scotland has been developing a remarkable adult literacy and numeracy strategy….[it is]…..one of the most dynamic and exciting places in the world right now to be an adult literacy or numeracy practitioner’ (‘Why England should look North for ...
MacLachlan, K.
core  

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Literacies or Digital Competence: Conceptualizations in Nordic Curricula

Media and Communication, 2019
This article examines how the concepts of digital literacies and digital competence are conceptualized in curricula for compulsory education within the Nordic countries.
Anna Godhe
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thriving in the 21st century: Learning Literacies for the Digital Age (LLiDA project): Executive Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations [PDF]

, 2009
LLiDA set out to: review the evidence of change in the contexts of learning, including the nature of work,nknowledge, social life and citizenship, communications media and other technologies review current responses to these challenges from the ...
Beetham, Helen, Littlejohn, Allison, McGill, Lou   +2 more
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole, Paul Martin Dontsop Nguezet, Shiferaw Feleke, Victor Manyong, Kamala Kaghoma Christian, Zoumana Bamba, Tahirou Abdoulaye   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Apprentissage informel du français en atelier d’initiation numérique : Évolutions dans l’accompagnement des personnes exilées éloignées de l’écrit

Distances et Médiations des Savoirs
This article explores the relevance of informal written French learning through digital literacy initiation for exiled individuals with little or no formal schooling.
Edna Castello
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Knowledge and Usage of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Extension: Evidence From Tennessee Extension Personnel

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Jason de Koff, James Muriuki, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

U.S. Consumers Sometimes Prefer Seemingly Redundant Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More food products are carrying seemingly redundant labels, which are marketing claims or certifications that reiterate product attributes already conveyed. In this paper, we aim to answer two questions on redundant labels. First, do consumers view redundant labels as deceptive or informative? Second, how do redundant labels affect product and
Jackson Lusk, Brenna Ellison, Trey Malone   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Incantatory Power of Critical Racial and Decolonial Literacies: Launch of Debbie Bargallie and Nilmini Fernando (eds.), Critical Racial and Decolonial Literacies: Breaking the Silence

Journal of Global Indigeneity
This paper was presented at an official book launch, hosted by the Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, on Wednesday 18 September 2024, Wallumattagal Campus, Macquarie ...
Joseph Pugliese
doaj   +1 more source