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The quality of interaction with children in collective play: Children's agency
Abstract There is a growing body of studies on increasing the quality of infant–toddler education and care. Yet little attention has been directed towards how to bring toddlers' agency and perspective to their personally meaningful learning in collective play.
Liang Li
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Seedling Growth and Survival of Western Red Cedar (Thuja Plicata), Six Years Later [PDF]
In 2005, western red cedar (Thuja plicata) seedlings were planted in Forest Park in Portland, Oregon to ascertain whether mammalian predation had a role in low seedling recruitment in the park.
Colahan, Conor F., Weinbender, Eric
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Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Pest management in the urban forest
Studies are focusing on pest biology and sampling methods to develop environmentally safe ...
D Dahlsten +5 more
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Street trees provide an opportunity to mitigate urban heat and reduce risk of high heat exposure
Climate change is exacerbating the need for urban greening and the associated environmental and human well-being benefits. Trees can help mitigate urban heat, but more detailed understanding of cooling effects of green infrastructure are needed to guide ...
Ailene K. Ettinger +8 more
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Survivorship and Growth of Seedlings and Saplings in Urban Forests [PDF]
Research in 1993, 2003, and 2013 showed high rates of tree mortality and low rates of recruitment (new trees) in Portland, Oregon’s Forest Park. To determine if the lack of young trees was an urban phenomenon, we added three control sites in the Mount ...
Bassler, Austen F. +2 more
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Indonesian inquiry: A narrative of biocultural teaching on Sulawesi Utara
Abstract Using phenomenology, narrative inquiry and autoethnographic approaches, this study analyses a program of faculty development conducted alongside the delivery of an international field school. Through this study, we explore the value and benefits of inter‐cultural field programming and how these might serve to complement or to redress ...
David Zandvliet, Wiske Rotinsulu
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The study describes a method for predicting urban forest area in Padang City based upon oxygen needs. The result shows that the needs of urban forest in Padang City increase continously, mainly due to the increase of industries. Since the year 2002, the
Diana Septriana +3 more
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Ecological values of Hamilton urban streams (North Island, New Zealand): constraints and opportunities for restoration [PDF]
Urban streams globally are characterised by degraded habitat conditions and low aquatic biodiversity, but are increasingly becoming the focus of restoration activities.
Aldridge, Brenda Michelle Te Aroha +6 more
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