Group Techniques For Program Planning A Guide To Nominal Group And Delphi Processes

Cross-cultural exchanges among the locals and the tourists have been beneficial in terms of social value creation and sustainability. The present study has examined the role of cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship on social value creation and environmental sustainability. The study has drawn a sample through a non-probabilistic convenience sampling method for desired data collection, as investigators approached tourists visiting the tourism destinations. The study reports data received with the help of tourists visiting cultural heritage in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The study has employed the PLS_SEM approach for analysis purposes to draw the results. The findings showed a significant relationship between cultural tourism, environmental sustainability, and social value creation that significantly predicts environmental sustainability. The results revealed a significant positive association between social entrepreneurship, social value creation, and environmental sustainability. Besides, results showed that social value creation mediates the relationship between cultural tourism and environmental sustainability and social entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability. The study’s findings climax the importance of cross-cultural interactions that enriches the cultural understanding and gives new perspectives to the existing cultural traditions. Pursuing environmental sustainability through social value creation requires an excellent combination of the administrative and political collaborative strategy that integrates cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship in tourist destination development and aims to attain improved tourist attractions. Besides, this research identifies a significant effect of cultural tourism on environmental sustainability. However, the relationship between tourism and environmental sustainability is bidirectional. It might provide direction for further study. The findings deliver valuable insight into global cultural tourism and social entrepreneurship activities that provide tourism destinations for community development. This investigation produces a systematic and holistic research framework to help explore the influence of cultural tourism and social value creation on the environmental sustainability at tourism destinations. The generalizability of the findings supplies helpful directions for future research on environmental sustainability related to social entrepreneurship and cultural tourism that leads to social value creation.

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From Cultural Tourism to Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Value Creation for Environmental Sustainability

The purpose of this study was to examine fifth graders’ mathematical reasoning and spatial ability, to identify a correlation with their learning styles, and to determine the predictive power of their learning styles on their mathematical learning profiles. This causal study was conducted with 97 fifth graders (60 females, 61.9% and 37 males, 38.1%). The data were collected using three instruments: the Test on Learning Styles, the Mathematical Reasoning Test, and the Spatial Ability Test. Considering the combined view of the data on a plane, correlation and regression analyses were performed to identify correlations and prediction. The results showed that the students’ spatial ability was better than their mathematical reasoning ability. Their scores for visual, auditory, kinesthetic, reading, and combined learning accounted for 17% of the total variance in mathematical reasoning, whereas their scores accounted for 20% of the total variance in spatial ability. Of the learning styles, only visual l...

The predictive power of fifth graders’ learning styles on their mathematical reasoning and spatial ability

In this chapter I look at the way we think of communication and suggest that there is an over-reliance upon linguistic and textual modes at the expense of visual and spatial modes of communication. I argue that schools fail to grasp the significance of the visual nature of communication and the implications for learning within STEM subjects. After making an argument for the importance of visuospatial forms, I provide an extensive review of the cognitive and psychological literature covering various key aspects of visualisation and how it relates to teaching STEM subjects in early secondary education. It is likely that much of this will be novel to STEM teachers yet provides us with new possibilities for opening up classroom pedagogy.

The Importance of Diagrams, Graphics and Other Visual Representations in STEM Teaching

Learning styles on students of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Cartagena were analyzed. The sample consisted of 144 students, 72 women and 72 men of average age 22 years. The Honey-Alonso Questionnaire of Learning Styles was applied to identify the active, reflexive, theorist and pragmatic behavior of the students. For this, analysis of variance and Pearson correlation (p≤0,05) was performed. The predominant style was reflective, with 31,9% of men and 36,1% of women, and averages of 12,9 and 12,4 respectively. There were no significant differences by gender (p>0,05). The general preference was moderate (33,3%). In men, there was a direct correlation between reflective and pragmatic (p<0,05) and in women and inverse relation between active and theorist (p<0,05). Students show a more analytical approach and preferred the implementation of ideas. This must be considered by instructors in their teaching methods.

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Estilos de Aprendizaje de los Estudiantes de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Cartagena (Colombia)

Background: Logistics operations are considered essential for transporting commodities from one location to another, helping to promote global economic activity. On the other hand, its negative impact eclipses its positive impact, namely the rise in healthcare expenditures due to its ecological footprint. Globally, rising out-of-pocket health expenses result from logistic-induced carbon emissions, posing a danger to the long-term viability of healthcare. Methods: Based on this critical fact, this study examined the impact of logistics operations on healthcare costs by controlling for carbon emissions, fuel imports, and economic development across a large cross-section of 131 nations by using the Robust Least Squares Regression. Results: The findings demonstrate a U-shaped association between logistical operations and healthcare expenditures, i.e., if there is a 1% increase in logistics operations, healthcare expenditures decrease by −2.421% initially, while at later stages, healthcare costs would increase by 0.139%. On the other hand, increased fuel imports and economic growth due to logistics activities are increasing healthcare expenditures with an elasticity estimate of 0.087% and 0.147%, respectively. According to the forecasting predictions, logistics-induced carbon emissions, fuel imports, and economic expansion will increase healthcare expenses. Conclusions: A sustainable logistics operation is critical for strengthening healthcare infrastructure and meeting the global carbon neutrality goal.

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Transportation-Induced Carbon Emissions Jeopardize Healthcare Logistics Sustainability: Toward a Healthier Today and a Better Tomorrow

Automatic spoken language identification using MFCC based time series features

Visualization skills and learning style patterns among engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The application of electronics has attained a level where humanity cannot do without electronics however, the study of electronics is not without challenges considering the complex and abstract nature of the course. The obsolete teaching/learning facilities and methods in Nigerian universities has been a major challenge for the past four decades, thus resulting to high level of unemployment and lack of industrial and economic development. Various instructional innovations have been introduced in the teaching and learning processes to cushion the complexity and abstractness of electronics engineering programmes with each of the methods having its limitations. This study seeks to explore how a blend of problem and project-based learning could lead to the acquisition of the desired competencies of electronics engineering based on the needs of the 21st century industry and the emerging fourth industrial revolution (4IR). To this effect, various problem and project-based learning features like: problem identification and analysis, information gathering, critical thinking, teamwork, effective communication, leadership and continues learning were visited based on the previous research findings. It was concluded that, the features can produce the desired electronics engineering skills that could meet the needs of the 21st century Industry and the 4IR.

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Prospects of problem and project based learning blend for fourth industrial revolution ready electronics engineering programmes in nigerian universities

The research aims to identify Industry Revolution 4.0 (Industry 4.0) skills and enablers that should be included in TVET Curriculum namely the National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS) which is developed by the Department of Skills Development, the government agency responsible for skills training in Malaysia. A Conceptual Framework has been developed to identify and confirm the list of Industry 4.0 Generic Skills and Enablers of an Industry 4.0 working environment. By identifying a list of generic skills required for an Industry 4.0 working environment regardless of the type of industry, the skills list can be included in TVET curriculum that will be able to facilitate the training of TVET trainees of entry level competency such as those at the certificate level, (Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia/Malaysian Skills Certificate) Level 1 till Level 3, because the technological competency required is not industry specific. The advent of a TVET curriculum enhanced with Industry 4.0 skills will also be able to facilitate other industries to develop their own industry specific TVET curriculum where this will subsequently produce a supply of ready to work graduates and also upgrade the skills of existing workers to perform competently in an Industry 4.0 working environment. By identifying the enablers for Industry 4.0 in TVET curriculum, TVET training institutions will be able to design and establish an Industry 4.0 training environment that will equip TVET trainees with the skills required.

Kamalularifin Subari

Papers

Transportation-Induced Carbon Emissions Jeopardize Healthcare Logistics Sustainability: Toward a Healthier Today and a Better Tomorrow

Automatic spoken language identification using MFCC based time series features

Visualization skills and learning style patterns among engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Prospects of problem and project based learning blend for fourth industrial revolution ready electronics engineering programmes in nigerian universities

Industry revolution 4.0 skills and enablers in technical and vocational education and training curriculum