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{"title":"Integration of Climate Change in Teaching Science, Technology, and Society (STS): Trends and Issues","authors":"T. Diquito","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3873145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3873145","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to know the trends and issues of climate change integration in science teaching, specifically in GE 5 (Science Technology and Society). The qualitative method was utilized in this study through the in-depth interview of fourteen (14) participants, as well as document analysis. Results revealed that teachers used experiential learning as the current trend in climate change integration; while the major issue was about the insufficient preparation to integrate climate change in the subject. Conclusively, teachers used innovative strategies and faced various concerns in integrating climate change to GE 5 (Science, Technology, and Society). It is then recommended that a training proposal are needed to enhance teacher’s integration level, and further study to the identified issues to effectively teach the topics and avoid problems in integrating climate change.","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132046525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender Equality and Positive Action: Evidence from UK Universities","authors":"D. K. Gamage, Almudena Sevilla","doi":"10.1257/PANDP.20191096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1257/PANDP.20191096","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the impact of the Athena Scientific Women's Academic Network (SWAN) Charter on the wages and employment trajectories of female faculty. The Athena SWAN Charter is a gender equality initiative that formally recognizes good practice towards the representation and career progression of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) through an accreditation process. We find that the gender wage gap closes after Athena SWAN accreditation. However, female faculty at the non-professorial level are not more likely to be promoted to professor after accreditation, or to move to an Athena SWAN accredited university. Taken together these results suggest that the higher wage growth experienced by female non-professorial faculty after Athena SWAN accreditation is likely to come from pay rises within a particular rank.","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129667061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trends in Engineering Student Admission in Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah","authors":"Syaiful Baharee Jaafar, Mohd Yusaini Mohamed Ali, Husaini Aza Mohd Adam","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3337489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3337489","url":null,"abstract":"Higher education institutions provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to earn industrial jobs. The types of jobs that industrial workers receive are usually linked to the level of qualifications that they have earned from higher education institutions. Industrial semiskilled workers need a diploma, but professional workers need at least a degree. This study investigates the patterns of enrollment for engineering students at Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah. Data extracted from the Student Affairs Department at Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah for the years 2015 through 2017. The study’s findings show that enrollment for engineering programs decreased for both the June and December sessions (but particularly for the December session) from 2015 through 2017. In addition, this study’s finding provide evidence of increasing engineering enrollment in the June intake between 2015 and 2016 but decreasing enrollment between 2016 and 2017.","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125962117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Participants’ Evaluation of Skill Development Training in Construction Sector: A Study of NAC","authors":"K. Ramana, Ramakrishna Nallathiga, V. Pramadha","doi":"10.5958/2231-069X.2016.00001.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/2231-069X.2016.00001.9","url":null,"abstract":"Indian construction industry has been consistently witnessing growth and contributing to the economic development of the nation. It is the second major employer, after agriculture. The reason for labour requirement in this sector is primarily because of its linkage with various other sectors in the economy. A major constraint forming a road-block for the growth is the availability of skilled-labour workforce. The National Academy of Construction (NAC) was set-up to train the workforce of various trades of construction. NAC is fulfilling its objective by providing training to unemployed and unskilled workers to make them suitable for the industry requirements and also to semi-skilled workforce for upgrading their skills. One of the features of the training is the industrial placement of trainees on successful completion of training. The current paper is aimed at measuring the impact of training provided by NAC. It therefore provides insights of overall development accomplished by individual trainee after receiving training and also evaluate training effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132224802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Who Needs a Fracking Education? The Educational Response to Low-Skill Biased Technological Change","authors":"Elizabeth U. Cascio, Ayushi Narayan","doi":"10.3386/W21359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3386/W21359","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past decade, a technological breakthrough – hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” – has fueled a boom in oil and natural gas extraction by reaching shale reserves inaccessible through conventional technologies. We explore the educational response to fracking, taking advantage of the timing of its widespread introduction and the spatial variation in shale oil and gas reserves. We show that local labor demand shocks from fracking have been biased toward low-skilled labor and males, reducing the return to high school completion among men. We also show that fracking has increased high school dropout rates of male teens, both overall and relative to females. Our estimates imply that, absent fracking, the male-female gap in high school dropout rates among 17- to 18-year-olds would have narrowed by about 11% between 2000 and 2013 instead of remaining unchanged. Our estimates also imply an elasticity of high school completion with respect to the return to high school of 0.47, a figure below historical estimates. Explanations for our findings aside from fracking’s low-skill bias – changes in school inputs, population demographics, and resource prices – receive less empirical support.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may download this paper without additional charge at www.nber.org.","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127347251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Dc Water: Turning Sewers from Gray to Green","authors":"M. M. Frank, Zach Ruchman","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3320841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3320841","url":null,"abstract":"Mark Kim, CFO of DC Water, believed building green infrastructure in Washington, DC, was an innovative way to improve the performance of the city's aging sewer system and save money. In considering the options to fund a pilot program, Kim was especially intrigued by a new financing structure: social impact bonds (SIBs). Partnering with Eric Letsinger of Quantified Ventures, they built on SIBs to develop an Environmental Impact Bond. This case discusses the risks and potential rewards of financing the pilot through a new structure at the intersection of public policy, finance, and science, the costs and benefits of employing green infrastructure, and the potential investor base for the new financial product. It also challenges students to consider the use of private capital to finance social outcomes. Excerpt UVA-F-1854 Rev. Aug. 29, 2019 DC Water: Turning Sewers from Gray to Green Mark Kim, CFO of DC Water (formerly called the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority), was sitting in his office in southwest Washington, DC, in May 2015, considering his options for the final phase of an infrastructure modernization project that had been underway for over 10 years. Under a newly renegotiated agreement with the US Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the project's final phase would utilize innovative technology, known as low-impact development or green infrastructure, to be more environmentally friendly and less expensive than traditional sewer infrastructure. Kim worried, however, about the risks involved in implementation. Although the underlying technology had been proven over the last several years, it had not been widely implemented. Moreover, the infrastructure's performance depended on a number of variables specific to the location, including geology, soil conditions, weather, and the price of land. DC Water CEO and General Manager George Hawkins was hoping to proceed with the green infrastructure, and it was Kim's job to figure out how to pay for it. DC Water DC Water was an independent authority of the District of Columbia government. It provided water and sewer services to more than 681,000 residents of the District of Columbia, as well as 1.6million people in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudon Counties in Virginia, covering a service area of approximately 725 square miles (see Exhibit1). In 2016, DC Water pumped an average of 99million gallons of water per day to its customers through a network of 1,350 miles of pipes, four pumping stations, five reservoirs, three water tanks, and 9,510 fire hydrants. It also operated 1,900 miles of sewers, 160 flow meters, nine wastewater pumping stations, 16 stormwater pumping stations, 12 inflatable dams, and a swirl facility. DC Water's Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant was one of the largest facilities of its type in the world, covering more than 150 acres and treating an average of 290million gallons of wastew","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129509173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contribution to Innovation in Sustainable Agriculture Practices for Draught Prone Farmers by A.S Innovations and Agro: A Case on Eco Sarovar Hydrogel","authors":"Hetal Bhinde, A. Shukla","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.3318101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.3318101","url":null,"abstract":"A.S.Innovations & Agro,is a budding start-up, incorporated in the year 2016, is counted amongst the notable manufacturer, distributor and trader. Company is dedicatedly involved in offering finest quality gamut of Indian Spice Powders, Agricultural Pump and Super Absorbent Polymer. The company offers a very innovative product ‘Eco Sarovar Hydrogel’. The research tries to study and contribute to Innovation in sustainable agriculture practices for draught prone farmers by A.S Innovations and Agro. A special focus of study is A.S Innovations ‘Eco Sarovar Hydrogel’. The paper tries to bring out benefits of product to farmers and consecutively discuss growth of a budding technology in business.","PeriodicalId":301415,"journal":{"name":"Earth Science Educator: Courses","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128416370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}