Extension for organic agriculture: a comparative study between Baden-Württemberg,Germany and Crete,Greece     

Nina Österle  Yannis Livieratos  Emmanuil Kabourakis 《The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension》2016,22(4):345-362

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to compare the extension services offered in the field of organic agriculture (OA) in Baden-Württemberg (BW), Germany and Crete, Greece.

Design/methodology approach: 16 in-depth interviews, 10 in BW and 6 in Crete, were carried out with representatives of OA extension providers; interviews were qualitatively analyzed and overall results compared between the two areas.

Findings: The structure along with extensionists' capacities and methods employed are rich, appropriate, and well functioning in BW. On the contrary, poor structure, lack of networking and facilitation in Crete jeopardizes extension performance and impact. Practical implications: Contrary to BW, the situation in Grete does not allow for much optimism concerning the successful development of OA and the implementation of European Innovation Partnerships.

Theoretical implications: Further elaboration of the characteristics of extension/advisory services and their interlinkages, including the role of the state in facilitating pluralistic services, is needed.

Originality/value: The paper demonstrates the importance of the structure of extension services and the central facilitation role of the state; furthermore, the interdependency of structure, capacity and the methods employed is demonstrated which, in turn, influences extension performance and impact especially networking and facilitation for social learning and innovation co-creation.  相似文献   

关于古希腊奥林匹克竞技会文化意义的探索     

王尚达 《西北师大学报》2003,40(5):42-45

古希腊奥林匹克竞技会是古代文明的标志。它以祭祀宙斯的名义举办,发挥着积极进取、公平竞争、和平和友谊的文化内涵。竞技会展示健美的体格,更推崇高尚的道德,特别是关于和平和休战的规定,促进了社会进步,是古代文明的伟大创造。奥运会已成为全人类共同的精神财富,而当今世界也面临巨大的挑战:生态环境恶化,冲突不断,吸毒和犯罪猖獗,许多人精神空虚,因而,发掘、发扬古奥运会的优秀文化传统和价值观念,仍然具有重要的现实意义。我们热烈期盼着2008年北京奥运会把当今时代和平与发展的两大主题推向新的高潮。  相似文献   

The experiences of sexual harassment in sport and education among European female sports science students     

Kari Fasting  Stiliani Chroni  Nada Knorre 《Sport, Education and Society》2013,18(2):115-130

The study investigates whether sport is an especially risky environment for sexual harassment to occur. It explores female students’ experiences of sexual harassment in organized sport and compares them with their experiences in formal education, by addressing the following research questions: (1) Are there any differences in female sport students’ experiences of sexual harassment in sport and education? (2) Are there any differences in female sport students’ experiences of sexual harassment from coaches and teachers? (3) Are there any differences in female sport students’ experiences from peer students and peer athletes? A total of 616 female students from three different European countries, Czech Republic, Greece and Norway, answered a questionnaire. The results revealed that the students had experienced more sexual harassment in an educational setting than in a sport setting. Further analysis showed that this was primarily due to sexual harassment from peers in school. In Greece and Norway, there was no difference between occurrences from teachers and coaches, yet in Czech Republic coaches appear to harass more than teachers. The difference between sexual harassment occurring from peers in sport and in education is discussed in relation to whether the sense of belonging/camaraderie that a sport club member may experience might function as a barrier for sexual harassment to occur—because it embarrasses or hurts a teammate. In addition, sport clubs and teams are governed by their respective sport rules and possibly by additional club/team rules, which may also establish extra inside-club/team boundaries for acceptable and nonacceptable/harassing behaviors. This article concludes that greater emphasis ought to be placed on education; not only toward shaping safer teacher/coach behaviors, but also toward the student/athlete behaviors.  相似文献   

Home advantage in Greek football     

《European Journal of Sport Science》2013,13(2):116-122

Abstract

Home advantage as it relates to team performance at football was examined in Superleague Greece using nine seasons of game-by-game performance data, a total of 2160 matches. After adjusting for team ability and annual fluctuations in home advantage, there were significant differences between teams. Previous findings regarding the role of territorial protection were strengthened by the fact that home advantage was above average for the team from Xanthi (P =0.015), while lower for teams from the capital city Athens (P =0.008). There were differences between home and away teams in the incidence of most of the 13 within-game match variables, but associated effect sizes were only moderate. In contrast, outcome ratios derived from these variables, and measuring shot success, had negligible effect sizes. This supported a previous finding that home and away teams differed in the incidence of on-the-ball behaviours, but not in their outcomes. By far the most important predictor of home advantage, as measured by goal difference, was the difference between home and away teams in terms of kicked shots from inside the penalty area. Other types of shots had little effect on the final score. The absence of a running track between spectators and the playing field was also a significant predictor of goal difference, worth an average of 0.102 goals per game to the home team. Travel distance did not affect home advantage.  相似文献   

伊利里亚人与外部世界的关系     

沈坚 《华东师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2000,32(5):52-60

伊利里亚人在古代巴尔干地区的历史上一度留有显著的印痕,并与当时的周边世界始终保持着多方面的交往.在与外部世界主要民族、尤其是希腊、罗马古典文明的持续接触和影响下,形成了独特的伊利里亚民族文化与个性,同时正是通过这种交流和吸纳,伊利里亚人的民族发展过程也在寻求着新的方向.  相似文献   

古希腊与中国先秦哲学中神的观念之比较研究     

彭铎福 《湖南师范大学教育科学学报》2000,(1)

古希腊和中国先秦哲学中唯物主义和唯心主义哲学家在神的观念上有相同之处 ,也有差异。造成两国哲学中神的观念异同的原因是复杂的 ,既有宗教的、文化的因素 ,也有政治经济和地理方面的因素。这种神的观念的异同 ,深刻地影响了两国甚至包括东方和西方的哲学和文化的面貌 ,促使它们形成各国的特点 ,并使两者朝着不同的方向发展  相似文献   

Provision of Special Education Services to Youth in Local Jails     

Mary Alice Garber 《Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties》2013,18(1):41-50

The Alexandria Virginia Office of the Sheriff and the Alexandria Virginia Public School Board participated for two years in a state funded grant which focused on the delivery of special education services and regular compulsory education services to juveniles and young adults through the age of 21 years who were committed to the Alexandra Adult Detention Center. Provision of special education services to eligible individuals in jails is a unique concept and rarely provided given the transient, short-term nature of the population and other demands of the setting. The program model of team teaching supported full time inclusion of special education students with the general and compulsory education programs in the jail.  相似文献   

Historicity as a legitimising argument in the case of the Greek educational reforms of 1985 and 1997–1998 in general and technical‐vocational education     

Siphis Bouzakis  Gerasimos Koustourakis 《History of education》2013,42(2):283-302

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the ‘historical argument’, namely references to the educational policies and practices of other historical periods, was used by Greek politicians in the framework of the 1985 and 1997–1998 educational reforms. Employing the method of quantitative and qualitative content analysis, the authors attempt, on the basis of original sources (parliamentary debates/minutes) both to count and interpret the historical references.  相似文献   

论先秦儒家勇德的特征     

冷兰兰 《湖南城市学院学报》2012,(3):41-44

先秦儒家在追求道德完美的道路上创立了完整而缜密的人格学说,期望以知仁勇统一的理想人格的完善来实现社会的和谐安定。"勇"是一种以仁义之心,配之浩然之气的道德品质,没有"勇"就不能为仁为义,就不能达到理想的人格境界。"勇"与儒家的诸多道德德目关联在一起,要对先秦儒家勇德特征有一个清晰的理解和阐述,需要通过与出世的佛家、道本自然的道家和知识是美德的古希腊进行比较,只有这样才能使先秦儒家勇德的特征得以凸显。  相似文献   

The uneven regional geography of labour precariousness: the case of Greek design industry     

Vasilis Avdikos  Athanasios Kalogeresis 《Cultural Trends》2018,27(3):187-202

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