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Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction
2020
Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, there are relatively few empirical research studies examining predictors of marital satisfaction outside of a Western context. To address this gap in the literature and complete the existing knowledge about global predictors of marital satisfaction, we used an open-access database of self-reported assessments of self-reported marital satisfaction wit…
The ecosocial approach in social work as a framework for structural social work
2016
The article aims to deepen the understanding of structural social work from the point of view of the ecosocial framework. It analyses selected current international literature from the debate on the new wave of various interpretations of ecological social work. The debate shares four main themes: (a) a global perspective, (b) a critical view of professional social work, (c) a holistic ecosocial transition of society and (d) environmental and ecological justice. The ecosocial framework challenges structural social work to follow the principles of sustainable development and considers environmental issues as a crucial part of the goals and practical activities of structural social work.
Evolutionary genomics can improve prediction of species' responses to climate change
2020
Abstract Global climate change (GCC) increasingly threatens biodiversity through the loss of species, and the transformation of entire ecosystems. Many species are challenged by the pace of GCC because they might not be able to respond fast enough to changing biotic and abiotic conditions. Species can respond either by shifting their range, or by persisting in their local habitat. If populations persist, they can tolerate climatic changes through phenotypic plasticity, or genetically adapt to changing conditions depending on their genetic variability and census population size to allow for de novo mutations. Otherwise, populations will experience demographic collapses and species may go ext…
Escola rural, educació física i aprenentatge-servei: el cas de Fortaleny. Model educatiu caduc o referent pedagògic per al futur?
2021
L’escola rural tradicionalment s’ha vist condicionada per una gran quantitat de prejudicis socials que han afectat a la seua imatge. Una institució que sempre ha hagut de conviure en un segon plànol, sense que es tinguera en compte la seua pròpia realitat, la del món rural. Així doncs, aquesta investigació sorgeix amb l’objectiu de descobrir si aquesta visió social sobre l’ensenyament rural confirma que aquest és un model caduc, sense possibilitats de futur, o si les característiques de l’Educació Física de l’escola rural s’ajusten, per contra, als principis globalitzadors de l’ensenyament actual. Per a donar resposta a aquesta disjuntiva, hem adoptat un model d’investigació col·laborativa …
La educación estética: Manuel Bartolomé Cossio
1998
Se parte de la idea de que el arte es una necesidad humana, desde este planteamiento se apunta su consideración como un elemento fundamental en la educación. Se plantea la idea de que la escuela debe llegar a ser el primer nucleo de actividad artístico-cultural. Se señala a la Institución Libre de Enseñanza como pionera en este sentido ya que puso en práctica esta idea. Se reseña la figura de Manuel Bartolomé Cossío como iniciador de la consideración de este sentimiento estético como una parte integral en la educación de la persona. Valencia ESP
Evolve or perish: A theoretical propositon for development of Bildung concept
2012
Published version of an article in the journal: International Journal of Human Sciences. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.insanbilimleri.com/ojs/index.php/uib/article/view/2133/873 Open access. The contemporary idea of Bildung is in danger of becoming a concept of mere historical significance as its content is poorly elaborated upon in terms of underlying processes. The main aims of the present paper are to (1) argue that this concept must evolve by specifying its content or perish from contemporary use in educational settings (2) present a model of Bildung which builds on a combination of current global educational movements and basic adaptive psychological processes common…
Teacher Competences for Facing Challenges of Globalisation in Education
2018
Aim. The aim of the research is to explore the characteristics of globalisation and highlight challenges resulting from the globalisation process in the teaching profession. Teachers are to be prepared to face any influence the globalisation brings in education: heterogeneous, diverse and multicultural classrooms due to the rise of migration, immigration and remigration; society’s expectations of and demands on the teacher regarding the learning process, its content and competences that students should develop to be prepared for their future.
 Methods. The author carried out surveys among 205 pre-service and 110 in-service teachers; the paper focuses on the presentation of respondents’…
The use of energies as a tool to stabilise climate and world population
2021
It is a fact that population and average global temperature on Earth grow fast. Literature shows that many studies have been performed about it. Nevertheless, forecasts are not good. Assuming that the key implied factors are the consumption of energy (from the different types of energy sources) and the birth rate, we suggest in this research, as a first step, to state a stochastic demographic model, including the necessary and adequate economic, environmental and wellbeing variables. This model will be able to optimise, by means of a genetic algorithm, the amount and proportion of the main source types energy consumption as well as the average birth rate in the world, in order to maintain t…
Climate-driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas
2015
AimSpecies are responding to climate change by changing their distributions, creating debate about the effectiveness of existing networks of protected areas. As a contribution to this debate, we assess whether regional winter abundances and distribution of the Smew Mergellus albellus, a migratory waterbird species listed on Annex I (EU Birds Directive) that overwinters exclusively in European wetlands, changed during 1990-2011, the role of global warming in driving distributional changes and the effectiveness of the network of Special Protection Areas (SPAs, EU Birds Directive) in the context of climate change. LocationEurope. MethodsWe used site-specific counts (6,883 sites) from 16 countr…
Global research priorities for sea turtles: Informing management and conservation in the 21st century
2010
Over the past 3 decades, the status of sea turtles and the need for their protection to aid population recovery have increasingly captured the interest of government agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the general public worldwide. This interest has been matched by increased research attention, focusing on a wide variety of topics relating to sea turtle biology and ecology, together with the interrelations of sea turtles with the physical and natural environments. Although sea turtles have been better studied than most other marine fauna, management actions and their evaluation are often hindered by the lack of data on turtle biology, human-turtle interactions, turtle popula…