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The Biomass Assessment Handbook
No full textThe increasing importance of biomass as a renewable energy source has led to an acute need for reliable and detailed information on its assessment, consumption and supply. Responding to this need, and overcoming the lack of standardised measurement and accounting procedures, this best-selling handbook provides the reader with the skills to understand the biomass resource base, the tools to assess the resource, and explores the pros and cons of exploitation.
This new edition has been fully updated and revised with new chapters on sustainability methodologies. Topics covered include assessment methods for woody and herbaceous biomass, biomass supply and consumption, land use change, remote sensing techniques, food security, sustainability and certification as well as vital policy issues. The book includes international case studies on techniques from measuring tree volume to transporting biomass, which help to illustrate step-by-step methods. Technical appendices offer a glossary of terms, energy units and other valuable resource data
Policies and strategies to enhance the quality of early childhood educators (background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2015
No full textThe early childhood education workforce plays a pivotal role in expanding and improving early childhood care and education. However, there are many challenges associated with producing, attracting and retaining well-trained early childhood educators. This report begins by highlighting some of these challenges. Next, using examples from four regions, it illustrates how policies and / or initiatives related to early childhood teacher/carer education have addressed some of these challenges in the past decade. Effective government policies have to be context sensitive and these examples illustrate strategies that have enhanced both teacher quantity and quality in different parts of the world
Prayers from the inner city : listening to the prayer board in Southwark cathedral
No full textAlthough there are numerous empirical studies of the practice of prayer among ordinary people, there have been far fewer empirical studies exploring the content of personal prayer and the influence of location and situation on what people pray. The ap Siôn Analytic Framework for Intercessory Prayer (apSAFIP) model was developed to enable multiple studies to be conducted within different church-related contexts with a view to addressing this issue. This study presents an analysis of 958 prayer requests posted on the prayer board of Southwark Cathedral in London, UK, using the apSAFIP model which distinguishes among prayer intention, prayer reference and prayer objective. The results are compared with other cathedral prayer studies that have employed the same analytic tool, using ‘ordinary theology’ as an interpretative lens
The Potential of Sugarcane Bioenergy in Fiji
No full textBiomass production, utilization and losses from 1993 to 2012 were analysed in Fiji. Total theoretical annual average biomass potential is 83 PJ. Sugarcane alone is capable of generating potential energy of 52 PJ annually, and 137.64 million litres of ethanol could be produced from sugarcane, cassava and sweet potatoes per annum. Sugarcane (excluding the local sugar consumption) has the potential to produce 129.25 million litres of ethanol which is 29 % more than the total gasohol imported in 2010. Bagasse has the potential to generate 8.2 PJ of energy in Fiji
A study of student completion strategies in a Likert-type course evaluation survey
No full textThis article investigates the motivations and strategies employed by respondents to a Likert-style course evaluation at a UK university. These attitude surveys, generating large amounts of quantitative data, are commonly used in quality assurance procedures across UK higher education institutions. Similar student survey results are now scrutinised by regulatory bodies undertaking external inspections, and by prospective students when making choices about their course and university of study. For respondents, I argue that the ubiquity of such evaluations has led to complacency, misunderstanding and apathy, with the adoption of completion strategies that lack deep engagement. This research also reveals that the recollection of specific key events and the existence of personal relationships are the strongest influencers in respondents allocating an attitude score. I conclude that the distinction between formative and summative evaluation could be articulated more explicitly to respondents, and that to genuinely inform future teaching and enhance satisfaction for respondents, substantive qualitative comments should be sought alongside attitudinal scoring
Bullying as an institutionally exclusionary practice - implications of ignoring culturally specific support needs of Black male students in further education (FE)
No full textAlbert the Great on knowing on naming God
No full textOne of the most important scholars of Albert the Great’s work, Francis Ruello, claims that Albert’s concept of ‘ratio’ is the bridge that leads a word from referring to creation, to referring to God in Himself. My opinion is that this interpretation does not reach the core of Albert’s position. Albert’s interpretation of the Dionysian doctrine on divine names is better understood if it is related to Dionysius’ thought and his Greek background. This means that, according to Albert, divine names signify the processions of God (próodos) and not His remaining in itself (moné).
The present article is divided into two parts. In the first part, I discuss Albert’s concept of ratio and its threefold meaning (ontological, epistemological, semantic). In the second part, I show that the concept of ratio endorsed by Albert allows him solving the tension between the notion of God’s procession and that of God’s remaining in itself
The residential fieldtrip experience: an example of the impact of outdoor learning on social relationships
No full textPlaying in a house of mirrors: applied theatre as reflective practice
No full textThis book explores the concept of reflection through a dramaturgical lens as practitioners in a wide range of disciplines hold up the mirror to their own practice using theatre and theatricality as a way of unpacking their individual and collective practice. Editors and authors consider the use of drama as the vehicle through which learning takes place for the leader, facilitator or manager of an experience rather than the use of drama and theatre as a tool for learning subject content.
Reflective practice is an often cited term in the professional thesaurus of educators, social work practitioners and health care workers. It is perhaps less commonly thought of as the purview of leaders of industry, marketing managers and scientists. We define reflective practice in this context as the development of capacities to reflect on actions, behaviours and attitudes that impact on your own practice, or on the way others engage in their practice, so as to be part of a process of continuous learning. It is therefore crucial for any professional to understand how and why we behave and interact with others the way we do