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Marine protected areas overall success evaluation (MOSE): A novel integrated framework for assessing management performance and social-ecological ben…
2020
International audience; Characterized by interlinked social, economic, and ecological dynamics, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a management tool for achieving sustainability goals in social-ecological systems. The recent increase in their establishment worldwide, fostered by international policies, highlights the need for comprehensive and integrated assessment frameworks able to address the evaluation of their social-ecological effectiveness and management performance, which is of fundamental importance for their adaptive management and decision making processes. Although several indicators and methodologies exist to assess MPAs ecological or social performances, no comprehensive assess…
Performance Assessment of Critical Thinking: Conceptualization, Design, and Implementation
2020
Enhancing students’ critical thinking (CT) skills is an essential goal of higher education. This article presents a systematic approach to conceptualizing and measuring CT. CT generally comprises the following mental processes: identifying, evaluating, and analyzing a problem; interpreting information; synthesizing evidence; and reporting a conclusion. We further posit that CT also involves dealing with dilemmas involving ambiguity or conflicts among principles and contradictory information. We argue that performance assessment provides the most realistic—and most credible—approach to measuring CT. From this conceptualization and construct definition, we describe one possible framework for …
Quality assurance and assessment frameworks of Italian Biosystems Engineering studies
2010
In Italy the tools for quality assurance and assessment frameworks of all University studies are established by the D.M. (Law) of the Ministry of Education, University and Research n. 544 of the 31st October 2007, dealing with the requirements that Universities must have every year in order to offer degree study programs. Moreover, the accreditation procedure is established by the Law of the Italian Ministry of Work and Welfare n. 166 of the 25th May 2001, by which each Italian Regional administration can recognise the proposal and organisation of teaching activities (e.g. higher education) or guidance ones, funded by public resources, to public and/or private bodies (e.g. Universities). Th…
Developing a globalization competence assessment framework and its application to Finnish and Japanese higher education
2013
Nykyajan kansainvälistyvä maailma luo uusia vaatimuksia valmistuneille ja ammattilaisille tietojärjestelmätieteen (TJT) alalla. Monikulttuurisessa ja hajautetussa ympäristössä työskentelystä on tullut arkipäivää, joten tarvittava pätevyys kansainvälisessä ympäristössä työskentelyyn on edellytys. Tämänhetkinen TJT:n opetussuunnitelma ei kuitenkaan ota kansainvälistymisopetusta huomioon riittävässä määrin. Opiskelijoiden todenmukaisen pätevyyden määrittämiseksi on arvioitava varsinaista kompetenssia pelkän tiedon sijaan. Tämän työn tarkoituksena on vastata edellä mainittuihin haasteisiin rakentamalla viitekehys opettajien käyttöön kansainvälistymiseen tarvittavien kompetenssien määrittämiseks…