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A prática pedagógica nas unidades Proinfância: considerações sobre a formação de professores de educação infantil
Authors: Leal Karina Andrade , Camargo Daiana , Oliveira Vanessa De
Published: May 2019

Neste texto, apresentam-se algumas reflexões sobre o programa Proinfância e a influência de tal programa no redimensionamento das práticas pedagógicas na Educação Infantil. O campo do estudo foram dois Centros Municipais de Educação Infantil (CMEIs) – Unidades Proinfância no município de Ponta Grossa-PR. O estudo é caracterizado como qualitativo, com pesquisa de campo. Para a obtenção dos dados, foi feito o uso da observação do espaço e registro, de entrevistas com a coordenação das instituições envolvidas e da aplicação de um questionário online, envolvendo no estudo 19 (dezenove) profissionais da Educação Infantil. Os dados foram organizados em categorias, amparados na Análise de Conteúdos de Laurence Bardin (1977), buscando reconhecer como esses professores compreendem os espaços das Unidades Proinfância, e a relação destes espaços diferenciados com suas práticas pedagógicas. Por meio dos resultados obtidos, foi possível identificar que os participantes consideram os espaços como positivos para a organização das suas práticas, bem como para o pleno desenvolvimento da criança. Também expressam que há necessidade de aprimoramento da compreensão da relação criança-espaços-tempos e de ações educativas, a fim de que os espaços possam servir de experiências, para além de uma prática dirigida pelo professor. Desta forma, nos respaldamos em alguns autores, como Formosinho, Machado e Mesquita (2015) e Gomes (2010) para discorrer sobre a importância do processo formativo de educadores da Educação Infantil que atuam nessas unidades do programa, de modo que esta formação possibilite a construção da identidade desses profissionais, num processo crítico e reflexivo que contribua para o fim último da educação e corresponda aos objetivos do Proinfância.
Desenvolvimento profissional da equipe gestora escolar em uma perspectiva inclusiva
Authors: Silva Ana Mayra Samuel da , Schlünzen Elisa Tomoe Moriya , Santos Danielle Aparecida do Nascimento dos , Lima Ana Virginia Isiano
Published: May 2019

A equipe gestora escolar, também, é uma das responsáveis pela formação continuada de profissionais que estão em serviço, na unidade escolar. No entanto, essa equipe também necessita de um desenvolvimento profissional, uma vez que se afastam da docência para exercer cargos mais administrativos e burocráticos com interseção com o pedagógico escolar. O objetivo deste estudo, baseado em uma investigação de mestrado, é compreender as nuances do desenvolvimento profissional da equipe gestora escolar em uma perspectiva inclusiva a partir de reflexões sobre o plano de intervenção formativa. A abordagem metodológica da pesquisa é qualitativa. Os participantes são membros da equipe gestora: diretora escolar, vice-diretora-escolar e coordenadora pedagógica. Na coleta de dados foram realizadas observações participantes, plano de intervenção formativa, interação com as participantes, gravações em áudio e relatório de campo da pesquisadora. A equipe gestora escolar participou de formações semanais a partir de um plano de intervenção elaborado com o intuito de promover a apropriação de conceitos relacionados à inclusão escolar e possíveis ações a serem desenvolvidas considerando os desafios e as possibilidades de uma escola pública municipal. A pesquisa permite concluir que a equipe gestora, quando aberta ao desenvolvimento profissional pode compreender e desenvolver ações para a efetivação dos princípios da Educação Inclusiva.
Editorial
Authors: Pryjma Marielda
Published: May 2019

Editorial
Mal-estar dos professores de Ciências e Matemática no Ensino Fundamental II
Authors: Do Nascimento Gonçalves Poltronieri Cristiane
Published: May 2019

O artigo aqui apresentado tem como objetivo analisar as produções científicas disponibilizadas no Banco de Teses e Dissertações e no Portal de Periódicos da CAPES sobre o mal-estar dos professores de Ciências e Matemática no Ensino Fundamental II. Metodologicamente foi adotada a pesquisa bibliográfica, tendo como fonte principal de busca de dados, o Banco de Teses e Dissertações da CAPES e o Portal de Periódicos da CAPES. A coleta abrangeu o período de 2012 a 2017. O corpus de pesquisa foi realizado com os descritores “mal-estar docente”, “sofrimento de professores”, “saúde ocupacional docente”. O corpus de análise foi constituído de sete trabalhos que tratam do mal-estar docente e possibilitou visualizar o panorama da pesquisa “mal-estar” docente. As dissertações e a tese foram lidas e contextualizadas no decorrer do artigo.
Programa de Desenvolvimento Educacional do Paraná: um olhar a partir de professores PDE
Authors: Taucei Joulilda Dos Reis , Gabardo Cleusa Valério
Published: May 2019

A pesquisa que originou o presente artigo teve como objetivo analisar a implantação e desenvolvimento do Programa de Desenvolvimento Educacional (PDE) do Estado do Paraná - Brasil, quanto a questões relacionadas à formação continuada de professores, a partir do olhar de professores PDE. A investigação teve como foco principal avaliar as experiências vivenciadas por professores inscritos no PDE, em curso na Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR, durante a fase de implantação do Projeto de Intervenção, que acontece no retorno às suas respectivas escolas, e os impactos que ocorreram no processo de formação continuada de professores e pedagogos. A metodologia adotada teve como referência os princípios e métodos da pesquisa qualitativa, que contribuíram para a revisão e complementação das questões que seriam abordadas em entrevista semiestruturada, os quais nortearam os depoimentos de pedagogos e de professores da rede pública estadual, que atuam em diferentes áreas do conhecimento, inscritos no PDE – PR. O resultado da investigação apontou para a confirmação de que as experiências vivenciadas pelos professores e pedagogos foram enriquecedoras, destacando-se a satisfação da maioria em retornar à universidade. Reforça-se o entendimento de que a formação – inicial e continuada – de professores intelectuais passa indiscutivelmente pela aproximação entre a escola e a universidade, com ênfase na continuação e ampliação do diálogo entre universidades e instituições públicas que ofertam o ensino básico e órgãos responsáveis pela execução de políticas educacionais.
Mitrephora monocarpa (Annonaceae): a new species from Surat Thani Province, Peninsular Thailand
Authors: Saunders Richard M.K. , Chalermglin Piya
Published: May 2019

A new species, Mitrephoramonocarpa R.M.K.Saunders & Chalermglin, sp. nov. (Annonaceae), is described from Surat Thani Province in Peninsular Thailand. It resembles two other species, M.alba Ridl. and M.keithii Ridl., with which it is broadly sympatric, but can be distinguished by its solitary flowers (not borne in thyrsoid inflorescences as in most other Mitrephora species), single carpel per flower (and hence single monocarp per fruit) and the lack of a monocarp stipe. A key to the nine Mitrephora species in Thailand is provided.
Advancing Early Identification of Axial Spondyloarthritis: An Interobserver Comparison of Extended Role Practitioners and Rheumatologists
Authors: Passalent Laura , Hawke Christopher , Lawson Daeria O. , Omar Ahmed , Alnaqbi Khalid A. , Wallis Dinny , Steinhart Hillary , Silverberg Mark , Wolman Stephen , Derzko-Dzulynsky Larissa , Haroon Nigil , Inman Robert D.
Published: May 2019

Objective.

To compare clinical impression and confidence of extended role practitioners (ERP) with those of rheumatologists experienced in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) according to (1) evaluation of patients with chronic back pain assessed for axSpA; and (2) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) recommendation for further investigation of these patients.

Methods.

Patients with ≥ 3 months of back pain and age of onset < 45 years were referred for axSpA evaluation. An ERP assessed consecutive patients and recorded standardized clinical information in written form. Three rheumatologists subsequently evaluated each patient based on the recorded information. Patients were classified as having axSpA or mechanical back pain based on clinical and investigative findings. Level of confidence was noted for classification and MRI indication. Agreement between assessors was evaluated using percentage agreement and κ coefficient.

Results.

Fifty-seven patients were assessed. Interobserver agreement of clinical impression for all raters was moderate (κ = 0.52). Agreement of clinical impression between ERP and rheumatologists ranged between 71.2% (κ = 0.41) and 79.7% (κ = 0.57). Agreement of clinical impression among rheumatologists ranged from 74.1% (κ = 0.49) to 79.7% (κ = 0.58). All rater agreement for MRI indication was fair (κ = 0.37). ERP agreement with rheumatologist for MRI recommendation ranged from 64.2% (κ = 0.32) to 75% (κ = 0.48). Agreement for MRI indication among rheumatologists ranged from 62.9% (κ = 0.27) to 74% (κ = 0.47). Confidence in clinical impression was similar among all practitioners.

Conclusion.

ERP with specialty training in inflammatory arthritis demonstrate clinical impressions comparable with those of rheumatologists in the assessment of axSpA. Incorporation of such roles into existing models of care may assist in early detection of axSpA.
Physical or Occupational Therapy Use in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Cohort Study
Authors: Becetti Karima , Kwakkenbos Linda , Carrier Marie-Eve , Gordon Jessica K. , Nguyen Joseph T. , Mancuso Carol A. , Mouthon Luc , Nguyen Christelle , Rannou François , Welling Joep , Thombs Brett D. , Spiera Robert F. ,   the SPIN Investigators
Published: May 2019

Objective.

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by significant disability because of musculoskeletal involvement. Physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT) have been suggested to improve function. However, the rate of PT/OT use has been shown to be low in SSc. We aimed to identify demographic, medical, and psychological variables associated with PT/OT use in SSc.

Methods.

Participants were patients with SSc enrolled in the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Cohort. We determined the rate and indication of PT/OT use in the 3 months prior to enrollment. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify variables independently associated with PT/OT use.

Results.

Of the 1627 patients with SSc included in the analysis, 23% used PT/OT in the preceding 3 months. PT/OT use was independently associated with higher education (OR 1.08, 95% CI 1.04–1.12), having moderately severe small joint contractures (OR 2.09, 95% CI 1.45–3.03), severe large joint contractures (OR 2.33, 95% CI 1.14–4.74), fewer digital ulcerations (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.51–0.95), and higher disability (OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.18–2.02) and pain scores (OR 1.04, 95% CI 1.02–1.06). The highest rate of PT/OT use was reported in France (43%) and the lowest, in the United States (17%).

Conclusion.

Despite the potential of PT/OT interventions to improve function, < 1 in 4 patients with SSc enrolled in a large international cohort used PT/OT services in the last 3 months. Patients who used PT/OT had more severe musculoskeletal manifestations and higher pain and disability.
Are Target Urate and Remission Possible in Severe Gout? A Five-year Cohort Study
Authors: Alvarado-de la Barrera Claudia , López-López Carlos Omar , Álvarez-Hernández Everardo , Peláez-Ballestas Ingris , Gómez-Ruiz Citlallyc , Burgos-Vargas Rubén , Vázquez-Mellado Janitzia
Published: May 2019

Objective.

Determine the proportion of patients achieving target serum urate (SU), defined as < 6 mg/dl for patients with non-severe gout and < 5 mg/dl for patients with severe gout, as well as the proportion of patients achieving remission after 5 years of followup.

Methods.

Patients from the Gout Study Group (GRESGO) cohort were evaluated at 6-month intervals. Demographic and clinical data were obtained at baseline. Visits included assessments of serum urate, flares, tophus burden, health-related quality of life using the EQ-5D, activity limitations using the Health Assessment Questionnaire adapted for gout, and pain level and patient’s global assessment using visual analog scales. Treatment for gout and associated diseases was prescribed according to guidelines and available drugs.

Results.

Of 500 patients studied, 221 had severe gout (44%) and 279 had non-severe gout (56%) at baseline. No significant differences were observed across the study in percentages of severe gout versus non-severe gout patients achieving SU 6 mg/dl or 5 mg/dl. The highest proportion of patients achieving target SU (50–70%) and remission (39%) were found after 3–4 years of followup. In the fifth year, these proportions decreased and 28% of the patients were in remission, but only 40 patients remained in the study. None of the patients with severe gout achieved remission.

Conclusion.

In patients with severe gout, target SU was hard to achieve and remission was not possible. The main obstacles for target SU and gout remission include poor medication adherence, persistent tophi, and loss to followup.
Défaire et refaire un groupe à risque. Objectivation et prévention du sida chez les homosexuels masculins à l’ère des antirétroviraux
Authors: Trachman Mathieu , Gelly Maud , Girard Gabriel
Published: May 2019

Au cours des années 1990, la lutte contre le VIH est devenue une cause nationale dont les actions de prévention s’adressent à l’ensemble de la population afin de prévenir toute stigmatisation. Dans les années 2000, la reconnaissance de l’existence de « groupes à risque » n’a plus posé problème et a déterminé des actions plus ciblées. Constatant la recrudescence des prises de risques, les acteurs de la prévention se sont donnés les moyens de saisir les groupes au plus près de leurs comportements. À partir du cas des homosexuels masculins, l’article analyse deux innovations récentes qui incarnent cette tendance : la démédicalisation du dépistage et la prophylaxie préexposition. Celles-ci permettent de montrer que l’évolution observée ne se résume pas à l’explicitation de ce qui devait être passé sous silence, mais suppose un travail d’objectivation renouvelé, de mobilisation d’individus appartenant à la population ciblée et d’une certaine conception de l’individu preneur de risques. Le repérage des comportements à risque permet aussi de délimiter les populations sur lesquelles il est possible d’intervenir et la mise en place d’outils pour y parvenir.
Effet d’une intervention en polarité sur l’insomnie et l’anxiété de femmes québécoises d’âge moyen
Authors: Lambert Johanne , Ouellet Nicole , Boucher Danielle
Published: May 2019

De nombreux symptômes associés à la ménopause peuvent perturber le sommeil et occasionner de l’insomnie. Ces symptômes peuvent également s’accompagner d’anxiété et nuire à la qualité de vie des femmes. Cette étude avait pour but d’évaluer l’efficacité d’une intervention en polarité sur l’insomnie et l’anxiété des femmes âgées de 40 à 60 ans. Dans ce devis expérimental, 47 femmes ayant des symptômes d’insomnie ont été réparties aléatoirement dans un groupe expérimental (n = 25) recevant quatre séances en polarité ou dans le groupe contrôle (n = 22) recevant de l’information sur les saines habitudes de sommeil. Les données ont été recueillies avant et après l’intervention en utilisant l’Index de sévérité de l’insomnie et l’Inventaire d’anxiété situationnelle. Une différence significative a été observée entre les groupes et entre les temps de mesure en ce qui a trait aux scores d’insomnie (F = 28,66 ; p < 0,0001) et d’anxiété (F = 14,14 ; p < 0,0001). Les participantes du groupe expérimental présentent une diminution significative de la sévérité de leur insomnie et de leur niveau d’anxiété situationnelle comparativement à celles du groupe contrôle en post-intervention. Cette intervention de polarité s’est avérée efficace pour réduire l’insomnie et l’anxiété des femmes d’âge moyen.
Prise en charge des plaies chroniques par l’infirmier : état des lieux comparatif des pratiques pédagogiques dans la formation initiale au niveau national et en Lorraine
Authors: Schuster Pierre
Published: May 2019

Introduction : la prise en charge des plaies chroniques par l’infirmier fait largement partie de son rôle propre. Cette mission complexe nécessite cependant pour les professionnels de posséder un vaste socle de connaissances. Objectif de l’étude : l’objectif est d’établir un état des lieux comparatif des pratiques pédagogiques déployées dans les Ifsi au niveau national et en Lorraine en matière de plaies chroniques. Méthode : une enquête a été réalisée à l’aide d’un questionnaire auto-administré en ligne adressé via le réseau Cefiec, entre février et avril 2018. Il comportait 21 questions. Principaux résultats : 34,8 % des Ifsi possèdent un formateur titulaire d’un diplôme universitaire en plaies et cicatrisation. Seuls 30,4 % proposent des encadrements cliniques. La préparation du lit de la plaie selon le modèle TIME et le débridement ne sont pas abordés dans respectivement 40 et 20 % des Ifsi lorrains (vs 40 et 7,5 % au plan national). Discussion : les contenus d’enseignement sont très hétérogènes et laissent entrevoir un déficit théorique et pratique, notamment pour la préparation du lit de la plaie, la détersion et la compression veineuse. La collaboration avec les infirmiers experts et l’hôpital support est fréquente. L’accès des formateurs à la formation et aux revues scientifiques est insuffisante.
Conceptualization and Measurement of Smart Shopping
Authors: Quinones Myriam , Gómez-Suárez Mónica , Yagüe Maria Jesús
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this chapter is to critically review current studies on “smart shopping” with the aim of improving the understanding of this phenomenon and suggesting future lines of research. The authors present a pioneering classification of international research on smart shopping published in the last 30 years that provides a comprehensive overview of existing knowledge. They categorize smart shoppers' traits and develop a thorough analysis of existing measurement scales, data collection methods, product categories and countries that have been objects of prior studies. Their findings highlight the need to develop cross-cultural models that consider the affective and behavioral dimensions of smart shoppers from different countries to help academics and practitioners better identify and target this customer segment.
Delivery of Special Cargoes Using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Authors: Marintseva Kristina , Yun Gennadiy , Vasilenko Igor
Published: May 2019

This chapter presents the role, functions, and prospects of civil unmanned aerial vehicles development, as well as technical and regulatory barriers to the introduction of unmanned aircraft into special cargo transportation technology. The authors' main idea is that the degree of UAV involvement in freight traffic will continue to grow rapidly as the range of UAV flight and carrying capacity increases, and the air law is liberalized. It is proposed to evaluate the economic efficiency of UAV application and their share in the market for the transportation of urgent and perishable goods using the methodology based on the principles of logistics and mathematical modeling. In the formulated model, the process of special cargoes delivery by unmanned aerial vehicles is integrated into the supply chain by all modes of transport along the set route network, taking into account the requirements formulated by the freight forwarder, carrier, and logistics company.
Drones in Healthcare
Authors: Anbaroğlu Berk
Published: May 2019

This chapter discusses the use of drones in healthcare with a specific focus on humanitarian logistics. Drones have already been used in healthcare in different aspects, including transfer of blood products, search and rescue missions, or collecting different types of data including aerial photographs, air quality, or radiation levels. Even though the published research evidence in the area of “drones in healthcare” is almost 1% of the broader area of “drones,” the progress in public acceptance, regulations, as well as technology is undeniable. This chapter summarizes the different aspects regarding the use of drones in healthcare, while specifically focusing on humanitarian logistics. The SWOT analysis indicate that the strengths and opportunities weigh more than the weaknesses and threats, suggesting that drones will revolutionize the way medical supplies are delivered within the coming years.
Drones to the Rescue
Authors: Tatham Peter
Published: May 2019

This chapter considers the potential operation of long-range drones to support the logistic response to a natural disaster using a case study of Cyclone Pam that struck Tafea Province of Vanuatu in March 2015. It provides an overview of how the core capabilities of such drones might be employed in order to overcome the key challenge facing humanitarian logisticians responding to such disasters – namely that of understanding the 6W problem of “who wants what where when and why.” The chapter then discusses the people, process, and technology issues that would need to be overcome in order to operationalize the concept.
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Deliver Medical and Emergency Supplies to Remote Areas
Authors: Henderson Isaac Levi , Reweti Savern L. , Kamira Robyn
Published: May 2019

This chapter examines the role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the delivery of medical and emergency supplies to remote areas. It outlines a number of potential considerations for operators wishing to use UAVs to deliver medical and emergency supplies to remote areas. These considerations address a number of practicalities in terms of the organisation that is wishing to conduct such operations, the operations themselves, and the technology that is used for such operations. These considerations primarily stem from the nature of the international regulatory framework for unmanned aircraft operations and the peculiarities of using a UAV to deliver medical and emergency supplies. The chapter will outline some of the practicalities that have been worked through or are being worked through during a project to deliver medical and emergency supplies in Northland, New Zealand. This will provide readers with examples of some of the real-world considerations that operators face as well as outline the positive community impact that such operations can provide.
Urban Planning and the Creation of Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century
Authors: Biao Idowu
Published: May 2019

This chapter posits that the transformation of ancient African cities into modern cities using the modernist theory of planning did more harm than good. Not only has the modern city created many more urban poor than obtained in ancient cities, but the urban poor also remain the most vulnerable as their livelihoods have often come under threat from not only unfriendly city council regulations but also from the rigid safeguards of the modernist theory of town planning. Consequently, in order to promote the building of human-centered African cities which would serve all those that live in them, it is here suggested that the mystical, humanistic, and spatial values of ancient African cities should be further researched, so as to embed them into the transformation of existing and subsequent African cities.
Learning Cities
Authors: Ntseane Peggy Gabo , Biao Idowu
Published: May 2019

This chapter opens up with the suggestion that the “leaning cities” concept may well apply to ancient cities since learning has characterized life in all cities of the world since time immemorial. However, it is acknowledged that the “learning cities” construct was specifically originated during the 20th century for the purpose of assisting city dwellers cope with the challenges of modern city life. Dwelling on the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, the chapter reveals that learning cities projects are not currently popular in the sub-continent. This lack of interest has been attributed to the fact that Africans were never and are still not taken along during the process of transformation of both ancient and modern spaces into cities. Consequently, it is here recommended that a transformative learning process that uses both indigenous knowledges and endogenous city clusters as learning pads should be adopted for the revitalization of the implementation of learning cities projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Role, Rules, and Regulations for Global Medical Tourism Facilitators
Authors: Medhekar Anita
Published: May 2019

Global medical travel has transformed medical travel/tourism facilitator's role, making it more sophisticated and globally competitive with their presence on the internet, and providing medical tourism packages catering to patient-centered healthcare needs. The important role played by medical tourism facilitators cannot be ignored along with rules and regulations required to accredit these medical travel companies. They act as mediators between the potential patients and the private healthcare providers, physicians in the global medical tourism supply chain, along with airlines and hotel, thus, reducing a medical traveler's worries regarding surgery abroad. Facilitators assist the potential medical tourists to plan and make healthcare decisions for travelling abroad, choosing and matching the patient with the specialty hospital for surgery, country and making all travel, accommodation and visa arrangements prior to travel, coordination between doctor and patient, personal nursing attendant, follow-up care and possibility of sightseeing, rest and recovery at the host-country of treatment. Thus, the chapter examines the reasons for the growth of global healthcare through medical travel/tourism in developing countries such as India, Thailand, Mexico, Poland and Malaysia and identifies the role, rules and regulations required for accredited medical tourism facilitators to connect patients with the healthcare providers in various countries to meet specific healthcare needs.
Strategic Analysis of the Contemporary Tour Operation Industry
Authors: Zhou Zibanai
Published: May 2019

Tour operators and travel agencies are the fulcrum of the tour operation industry given their eminent role in the tour operation sector value chain. This chapter addresses an underrepresentation in the current tour operation discourse in the period post WW2. To put the matter into context, at the global stage, fundamental changes have occurred since the end of WW2, notably political cum socio-economic and demographic shifts, advances in education, and increases in per capita income due to dual family income among a raft of other variables. These have arguably boosted demand for packaged tour holiday. However, in spite of the highly fluid environment, there is little academic research on emerging economic jurisdictions in the TO and TAs sub-sectors' strategic intent in light of such profound developments. Very few researches have attempted to interrogate these pertinent issues in the context of emerging markets` view point. This chapter seeks to bridge this gap by analyzing how these fundamentals have informed and redefined the contours of the TO and TAs landscape. The chapter lays claim on and envisages to make theoretical contribution by advancing the frontiers of knowledge in the following specific domains of multi-destination theory, TO and TAs product development, population demographics, TO and TAs work ethic, and TO and TAs commitment to environment protection philosophy which have been understudied in the contemporary travel and tourism literature discourse.
Organizational Barriers to Knowledge-Sharing
Authors: Aboushouk Mahmoud Ahmed , Hilaly Hala , Fouad Attallah Nashwa
Published: May 2019

This chapter aimed at identifying and removing knowledge-sharing organizational barriers in the Egyptian tourism companies. The deductive approach and quantitative method were employed by this study. Moreover, a semi-structured questionnaire distributed to a sample of 278 tourism companies is used for data collection purposes. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is used for data analysis. Findings revealed significant effect of organizational barriers on knowledge-sharing behavior in tourism companies' context. A set of recommendations to overcome the perceived barriers of knowledge-sharing in tourism companies was introduced.
Sustainable Tourism Development in North India
Authors: Vivek
Published: May 2019

The endeavor of the chapter is to inspect the perception of residents, tourists, hoteliers, and travel agents in respect to sustainable development of tourism and to study the role of tourism stakeholders in promotion of sustainable tourism in North India and to suggest the measures for promotion of sustainable tourism in the study area. Based on a survey of initially, 71 items emerged, but after survey, only 43 items were found significant. Likert-type scale values assigned, 1 to “strongly agree,” 2 to “agree,” 3 to “neither agree nor disagree,” 4 to “disagree,” and 5 to “strongly disagree,” was provided to the subjects for them to use in indicating the importance of each of the 71 general sustainable tourism development statements. Of 2300, only 1380 (60%) respondents completed the questionnaires and were valid. The data are analyzed with the statistical package program for social sciences (SPSS 12 for Windows). The basic analysis and tests utilized in this study includes descriptive-statistics analysis, factor analysis, mean and bivariate statistical procedures, etc. The study provides a strong indication that there are significant differences among tourism stakeholders on sustainable tourism development parameters. This research highlights the changes that sustainable tourism development has brought to the community and presents the various perceptions of stakeholders in this particular setting. The research demonstrates that to plan for more sustainable forms of tourism development, the subjective perspectives and the roles of all stakeholders need to be understood and integrated into a responsive planning framework.
Workforce Demands
Authors: Neal Julie , Neal Brittany Lee
Published: May 2019

Since the Permian Basin area requires a specific skillset, what can and is being done to find and retain those needed employees? Has anything been done to alleviate the continual issue of skilled worker shortages in the area? A critical shortage in skilled workers can be caused by retirement, youth moving to different areas, families relocating out of the area, lack of interest, and no training offered within a close proximity. A system that is working for employers and employees are partnerships. Employers today require specific skillsets resulting in business and industry partnering with high schools and community colleges to create skill-specific training. This chapter explores this phenomenon.
Community College Partnerships and Training
Authors: Neal Julie
Published: May 2019

As the Permian Basin area of West Texas experiences economic growth and employees are in high demand, specialized training is required in high-demand fields. Community colleges can develop and respond quickly to local workforce needs and create credit and non-credit programs. Community colleges provide opportunities through a variety of short programs and flexible schedules at low costs. Taking advantage of local partnerships to train students allows job training experience with the possibility of seamless placement after training. The community college acts as a pathway to provide comprehensive and relevant training that is streamlined to lead to current job placement in the community. This chapter explores this phenomenon.
Advisory Committees and Partnerships in the Permian Basin
Authors: Neal Julie
Published: May 2019

This chapter benefits various individuals and organizations, including community colleges and programs leading to higher education and the workforce. Community colleges, workforce programs, business, and industry utilize advisory committees. Whether they meet in a formal or an informal setting, the benefit of their input is critical to program success. The workforce is strategic and innovative when it uses collaborative partnerships to provide individuals in communities with training and retraining to compete in a changing workforce. This information helps institutions use advisory committees to the fullest to bring about negotiations and partnerships to advance skills for workers. This chapter focuses on the role of advisory committees in workforce education. Those who can benefit from the information presented include committee development officers, business/industry professionals, administrators, and workforce-education specialists. The collaborative nature of the partnerships within workforce-education programs creates opportunities to benefit professionals in a variety of specializations.
Challenges and Solutions
Authors: Neal Julie , Neal Brittany Lee
Published: May 2019

It is important to point out the challenges that are affecting the Permian Basin and offer some possible solutions. The lack of knowledge regarding the oilfield, long hours, demanding work, and extreme conditions may contribute to attrition. Offering some ideas and solutions may help companies and individuals retain and recruit individuals to the area. Forming mentorships for new employees, especially those from other countries, helps acclimate employees to the area. Communication is imperative in the oilfield because of safety and productivity. Many of these issues can begin with training provided through internships that have developed because of partnerships with companies and educators. This chapter explores these challenges and their solutions.
Promoting Digital Teaching and Learning
Authors: Luongo Nicole
Published: May 2019

This chapter explores various faculty development digital teaching and learning options that higher education institutions can offer distance learning instructors. The chapter explains specific methods of providing professional development opportunities for these educators. Some of these options are connected to promotion and tenure, acquisition of new technology, and personal satisfaction. Recently developed technological rewards such as digital badges and credentials are discussed in this chapter. The author explains how nationally recognized professional development programs can enhance professional development programs by offering new options to faculty. The author recommends that higher education institutions modify their current processes for offering professional development options for faculty who design and develop distance learning courses. The chapter suggests that faculty members need specific digital teaching and learning professional development training options when designing and teaching distance learning courses.
Customized Consultation to Enhance Teacher Educators' Techno-Pedagogical Skills
Authors: Seifert Tami
Published: May 2019

Educational technology is an indispensable element of higher education teaching. Teacher educators need knowledge and skills to design and successfully implement technology-enhanced learning. However, research reveals that professional development programs have only a low impact on teacher educators' teaching practice. An evaluation framework evaluating professional development training programs was implemented. The model evaluates training impact over four levels: participant's satisfaction, learning, and application of what was learned and connection of the training results to organizational outcomes. Consultation meetings varying in length, offered by the ICT unit, assisted teacher educators to integrate technology according to their content, style, and needs. They could also participate in courses designed and implemented by colleagues, group meetings, workshops, and online synchronous and asynchronous consultation meetings. The college's educational vision and integration of the PD program into the teacher educator's teaching practice were important factors for success.
Structuring Personalized Faculty Development Programming With Autonomy-Support and Microcredentials
Authors: Thurston Travis N. , Schneider Kori
Published: May 2019

This chapter explores the theoretical foundations and practical considerations necessary for instructional leaders to improve student retention in higher education online courses by improving training of online instructors using autonomy-supportive principles. To improve instructional practice, faculty development programming should focus on the specific needs of online instructors by providing personalized learning opportunities and reflection. Using self-determination theory as a framework, the psychological needs of instructors engaging in faculty development can be addressed through autonomy (personalization), competence (achievement), and relatedness (support). The authors recommend utilizing digital badges or microcredentials to scaffold programming, including a three-tiered system of badging that builds toward a culminating credential. Autonomy-supportive faculty development programming will empower instructors to improve teaching practice, and better engage online students.
Faculty Development for Peer-Reviewed Digital Teaching Resources to Promote Inclusive Instruction
Authors: Addy Tracie Marcella
Published: May 2019

Given the large volume of available digital educational resources and the benefits of using online learning activities, there is a clear need to identify high-quality examples for classroom use that can reach diverse learners. This chapter discusses how faculty developers can partner with instructors on identifying, developing and publishing peer-reviewed digital teaching and learning activities. Research relevant to instructor use of digital materials is presented. Models for how faculty developers can partner with instructors on the design and publication of digital materials is an additional area of focus. Challenges, recommendations, and future areas of research are also described.
Designing and Evaluating Technology-Based Formative Assessments
Authors: Alqurashi Emtinan , Siegelman Ariel R.
Published: May 2019

Formative assessments aligned with learning goals can improve student learning. Integrating technology into formative assessments can further enhance and transform the learning experience. This chapter focuses on how instructors can design and evaluate formative assessment activities that incorporate technology. It provides a practical guide for understanding how to apply the revised Bloom's taxonomy framework and the substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition (SAMR) model to create meaningful technology-based formative assessments. This chapter includes evaluations of example technology-based formative assessments that align with learning goals based on Bloom's taxonomy. It determines if the technology used to either substitute or improve the functionality of the activity, enables the redesign of an entire activity, or yields a new activity that is impossible without the technology. This information can be applied to ensure the integrity of technology-based formative assessments and to determine if using a technology tool in a formative assessment is worthwhile.
Serendipitous Recommenders for Teachers in Higher Education
Authors: Afridi Ahmad Hassan
Published: May 2019

Currently, most of the recommender systems that are in a prototype or deployed stage are primarily accuracy oriented. This chapter focuses on teacher preferences for designing serendipity-oriented recommender systems for academic activities. Reports on relevant literature about serendipitous recommenders and fac ulty empowerment with such tools, a focus group study of teachers for some industrial recommender system platforms, and a use case on instructor use of recommenders to inform and support recommendations for lectures are covered. Further, a survey of students to explore the feasibility of student-teacher serendipitous activities and operations are also reported. The results from all three studies show that serendipity has a major role to play in the future. The author surveyed the literature on standard digital libraries and used questionnaire-based data collection and standard statistical methods to evaluate the responses.
Measuring the Digital Transformation of Education and Teaching
Authors: Glahn Christian
Published: May 2019

The digital transformation has reached higher education and many faculty members find teaching in the digital environment hard. A key question for educational institutions is whether the uptake of blended learning within their digitization strategies matches the pace of technological innovation. This chapter discusses a model for monitoring the progress of educational digitization that has been in use throughout four years at HTW Chur, Switzerland. The model connects technologies to practices rather than abstracting technologies from them. This helps identifying performance indicators in campus-wide information systems for understanding the diffusion of technology uses among the faculty, and it helps categorizing new technologies towards their organizational innovation potential. The combined use of these performance indicators with the model supports tailoring faculty development activities for digitization strategies that are based on the actual development needs within the institution.
Navigating the Landscape of the STEM Professoriate
Authors: Leggett-Robinson Pamela M. , Villa Brandi Campbell
Published: May 2019

In 1976, the challenges faced by women of color who pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields were first brought to national attention. Forty-two years later, the authors re-examine the challenges, barriers, and successes of women of color in STEM higher education. This chapter examines the landscape of the STEM professoriate through a literature review (journals, trade magazines, theses, and dissertations) and reflective shorts and quotes from women of color navigating the STEM professoriate. The literature review spans a 10-year period (2008-2018). Both the review and the reflections focus on the areas of STEM belonging, self-presentation, stereotyping, institutional racism, discrimination, and tokenism as challenges faced by women of color in the STEM professoriate. Additionally, mechanisms used by women of color to navigate and succeed despite these barriers, such as mentoring, are explored throughout.
Afro-Caribbean Immigrants in STEM Careers
Authors: Scott Beverley-Ann
Published: May 2019

Afro-Caribbean immigrants have made a significant contribution to the STEM careers in the United States over the last 70 years. Their contributions have been mostly unrecognized, and they have had extraordinary challenges to overcome, as perceptions of people of color in these professions and their ability to competently excel has been constantly under scrutiny. This chapter examines the experiences of an Afro-Caribbean woman who came to the United States as a Mathematics teacher in 2002. Her story describes the racial prejudice she encountered while teaching Mathematics in two North Carolina high schools. It highlights some of the deep-rooted racial biases that exist toward people of color in the STEM professions, not only by non-Africans but also by African Americans themselves. It also reflects on the challenges that changing those perceptions will entail and the link those biases have to slavery and segregation in the United States.
Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions
Authors: Goksoy Asli
Published: May 2019

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are recognized as one of the most popular corporate strategies in recent years. Unlike its popularity, the success rate of mergers and acquisitions is surprisingly low. There are many reasons for failure, but among all, culture integration has emerged as one of the major barriers to an effective merger and acquisition deal. This chapter highlights the fundamentals of this topic with literature review and presents practical and effective guidelines for facilitating cultural integration in merger and acquisition process effectively and efficiently and achieving greater results from the organizational change efforts.
The Attitudes Towards Nearshoring vs. Offshoring on the IT Services Industry
Authors: Pranto Samuel , Coelho Arnaldo
Published: May 2019

The main topic of this investigation is the outsourcing of IT services and subsequent analysis of the delivery method based on proximity, examining whether the work would be delivered through a nearshoring model or via an offshoring one. The main goal is therefore to determine the antecedents of the “attitude towards outsourcing,” as well as their consequences. The statistical analysis, based on a sample of 88 respondents, shows that the factors that may influence the “attitude towards outsourcing” are strategy, service suppliers, and supplier trust. As a consequence, we have behavioral intention when dealing with a nearshoring vs. offshoring scenario. The study of the details behind the type of the outsourcing options, either nearshoring or offshoring, an individual within an organization is more willing/likely to use, based on behavioral intention, is the main innovative aspect of this research. As per the results of this study, the above was also considered as a valid consequent to the existing models and has shown to be a relevant construct in this context.
Relationship Between the Relocation and Operation of Global Firms
Authors: Sayem Ahmed , Ortega-Mier Miguel , Feldmann Andreas
Published: May 2019

The authors address the importance of the operation of manufacturing networks in order to explain why a company brings its previously offshored facilities back. Fundamentally, this chapter stresses the relevance of network operations in the context of relocation, and hence, the linkage of network-manufacturing capabilities to the reshoring phenomenon. First, it focuses on investigating the relevance of strategic objective of international manufacturing to the management/network operations of international manufacturing network (IMN). Second, it explores the role of strategic capabilities of network-manufacturing on the phenomenon of reshoring. The empirical foundation of this research builds on data from multiple in-depth interviews at companies' headquarters in Spain and Sweden. The results showed the relevance of strategic capabilities of network-manufacturing to reshoring. The authors also provide the guidance for decision making in the operation of international manufacturing.
Serendipitous Network Internationalization
Authors: Polonia Daniel Ferreira , Miranda Adriana Marques
Published: May 2019

This chapter addresses the internationalization case of an ICT (information and communication technology) company in the services sector. After an initial review of the theoretical framework on the internationalization of SMEs, where it is found that the subject is still under-researched, and an analysis of the criteria these companies follow to select markets to be addressed, the case of a company whose internationalization efforts were based on the anticipation of an internal market shock and on the leveraging of serendipitous network connections, with very relevant business impact and financial results, is analyzed. The case study ends with a “what-if” approach, where the taken approach is confronted with a more structured “textbook-like” theoretical scenario of market selection, with significant differences arising from the comparisons made.