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Ethnoecological perspectives on environmental stewardship: Tenets and basis of reciprocity in Gitxsan and nłeʔkepmx (Nlaka'pamux) Territories

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Local and Indigenous Peoples steward and protect a significant proportion of biologically diverse ecosystems globally. This fact is increasingly acknowledged by researchers and international organizations, offering both opportunities and challenges at the intersection of Indigenous and western knowledge production in the context of ...
Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Jennifer Grenz, Jennifer Zyp‐Loring, Jade LaFontaine, Leslie Main Johnson, Nancy J. Turner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green fields, ugly ducklings and black swans: Aesthetic dimensions of ecological science

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite its relative infancy, ecological science plays a pre‐eminent role in current environmental decision‐making globally and has, over recent decades, permeated a broad range of academic disciplines. Developments in two areas of philosophical thought in particular, environmental aesthetics and the aesthetics of science, beg an exploration ...
Samantha J. Capon, Robyn Bartel, Sandy Boucher, Felicity Joseph, Anthony Lynch   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exposing and Challenging “Grit” in Physics Education

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In STEM education, grit is increasingly the focus of research, with scholars and educators seeking to develop and test interventions that will enhance persistence. As part of the special issue Centering Affect and Emotion Toward Justice and Dignity in Science Education, in this paper, we use interviews with 12 white physics faculty to show ...
Amy Robertson, Verónica N. Vélez, Trà Huynh, W. Tali Hairston   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The linguistic characteristics of the language of human rights and its use in reality as the kingdom of God in the light of Speech Act Theory

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
Human rights, a language that keeps public order, is realised in ordinary life by language characteristics according to social rules. Despite this fact, research that considers the linguistic features of human rights relating to its use and effects in ...
Anna Cho
doaj   +1 more source

Ranking our future: University students' prioritization of Sustainable Development Goals and their connection to nature

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
Abstract Universities are important places to promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), because today's students are tomorrow's professionals, who may make important decisions that will impact sustainable development. Given the need for future collaboration across disciplines to achieve the SDGs, we analyzed if there are differences between ...
Viktoria Feucht, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes, Matthias Winfried Kleespies   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

European Historical Evidence of the Supernova of AD 1054 Balkan Medieval Tombstones [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
In a previous work, we establish that the acclaimed 'Arabic' records of SN 1054 from ibn Butlan originate from Europe. Also, we reconstructed the European sky at the time of the event and find that the 'new star' (SN 1054) was in the west while the planet Venus was on the opposite side of the sky (in the east) with the Sun sited directly between these ...
arxiv  

The Role of Hybrid Learning in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hybrid learning combines digital learning resources with conventional education approaches to expand educational offerings. While this approach has shown promise in addressing limitations of both online and in‐person instruction, significant challenges remain in ensuring equitable access and sustainable implementation.
Flavio Martins, Luciana Oranges Cezarino, Geiser Chalco Challco, Lara Liboni, Diego Dermeval, Ibsen Bittencourt, Ranilson Paiva, Alan da Silva, Leonardo Marques, Seiji Isotani, Ig Ibert Bittencourt   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

What hope is there for South Africa? A public theological reflection on the role of the church as a bearer of hope for the future

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
What hope is there for South Africa? What role can the church play as a bearer of hope in South Africa? This article seeks to address these important questions.
Dion A. Forster
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of artificial intelligence on organizational culture in the perspective of the hermeneutic cycle: The intersection of mental processes

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence technology has spread rapidly in the business world in recent years and has transformed the business processes of many organizations. This transformation has caused significant changes not only in the technological infrastructure but also in the organizational culture and way of doing business.
Aslıhan Canbul Yaroğlu
wiley   +1 more source

A ‘good’ wife? A theological challenge to gender constructs, culture and gender-based violence in the Kore-Kore Zimbabwean society

Verbum et Ecclesia
The subject matter of gender-based violence (GBV) has been a topical dialogue in a variety of contexts and has received increasing attention as it relates to social activism and women’s rights and their dignity.
Tsitsi Mwapfaa, Tanya van Wyk
doaj   +1 more source