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Ocean literacy and how serious games can play a part: the case of the jellyfish and the microplastics governance game MoreGoJelly!

Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
Serious games are a method that can be used to reach the public on complex topics related to the ocean. Although games used for learning generally, and ocean literacy specifically, have developed gradually since the 1970s, it was not until the ...
Rachel Tiller, Ina Helene Ahlquist, Håvard Almås, Emily Cowan, Dorothy Dankel, Magnus Hakvåg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Interactions Between Young Chinese as Second Language Learners and Chinese‐Speaking Students in Hong Kong: Influence of Interlocutor and Patterns of Interaction

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oral interaction plays a facilitative role in second language acquisition. While numerous studies have explored adult learners’ interactions, research that has examined young learners’ interactions, especially among Chinese as a second language learners (CSLs), is lacking. This study focused on CSLs and Chinese‐speaking students (CSSs) in Hong
Jing Yan
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing maritime education for ocean sustainability: A multidisciplinary approach [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
This research critically explores maritime education’s role in fostering ocean sustainability and preparing seafarer students to tackle environmental challenges.
Simanjuntak Marudut Bernadtua, Rafli Zainal, Utami Sintowati Rini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges to artificial intelligence‐enabled digital technology adoption in farms: a multi‐method approach

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI)‐enabled digital technologies have the potential to transform agriculture by supporting decision‐making and automating operations. However, their limited adoptions and scholars’ atheoretical explorations constrain our understanding.
Guoqing Zhao, Shaofeng Liu, Xiaoning Chen, Huilan Chen, Xinyi Li, Guoste Pivoraite   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Networked media and information ocean literacy: a transformative approach for UN ocean decade [PDF]

The United Nations’ Ocean Decade calls for co-designing transformative science, ocean networks, and learning strategies to address ocean health decline and deep-blue social divides in ocean governance.
Gerhardinger LC, Calvo ST, Christie P, Colonese AC, da Silveira I, Herbst DF, Glavovic B, Zivian A, Martini RG   +8 more
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Adult literacy, learning identities and pedagogic practice [PDF]

, 2010
This article discusses the relationship between persistence in adult literacy and numeracy programs, changes in the participants’ attitudes to engaging in learning and pedagogic practices using data from eight Scottish literacy education organizations.
Jim Crowther, Tett, Lyn, Kathy Maclachlan, Crowther, Jim, Maclachlan, Kathy, Lyn Tett   +5 more
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Protecting While Promoting? The Limits of Agroindustry‐Driven Pesticide Safety in Ugandan Smallholder Agriculture

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pesticide use is expanding rapidly across sub‐Saharan Africa, while regulatory oversight and public protection structures remain weak, leaving smallholder farmers exposed to mounting health and environmental risks. In response, agrochemical industry actors have launched ‘safe use’ initiatives that emphasize training and personal protective ...
Elina Andersson, Ellinor Isgren, Aggrey Atuhaire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ocean Literacy as a Mechanism for Change Across and Beyond the UN Ocean Decade

Ocean and Society
Understanding the complexity of human–ocean relationships has been increasingly recognized as being central to addressing the triple crises currently facing the ocean and the communities that depend on it—climate change, biodiversity loss, and social ...
Emma McKinley, Benedict McAteer, Berit Charlotte Kaae, Brice Trouillet   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disasters, Dictators, and Donors: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Activity (Mis)Reporting

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments manipulate economic data to secure more foreign disaster aid. By using nighttime lighting as a reliable measure of economic activity, we make two key findings: (1) foreign disaster aid is positively linked to a country's understatement of its gross domestic product, indicating a deliberate strategy to ...
M. Martin Boyer, J. Bradley Karl, Charles M. Nyce   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Understanding of Water‐Sensitive Urban Design and Implications for Land Use Planning: Insights From Aotearoa New Zealand

Water and Environment Journal, EarlyView.
Conventional urban drainage systems are frequently found to contribute to degradation of urban watercourses. The implementation of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and associated nature‐based infrastructure is considered one potential solution to mitigate stormwater‐induced degradation.
Angelina da Silva Coelho, Silvia Serrao‐Neumann, Jason Kurz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source