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This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse geographical contexts and in both K-12 and adult education. It offers new understandings and conceptualizations of second/foreign language teacher agency through a variety of types of empirical data. It also demonstrates the use of different methodologies or analytic tools to study the multidimensional, dynamic and complex nature of second/foreign language teacher agency. The chapters draw on a range of theories and approaches to language teacher agency (including ecological theory, positioning theory, complexity theory and actor-network theory) that expand our understanding of the concept, while at the same time presenting various analytic approaches such as discourse studies and narrative inquiry. The chapters also analyze the connection of agency to other relevant topics, such as teacher identity, emotions, positioning and autonomy.

English teachers --- Language teachers --- Training of --- Social aspects. --- Research --- Methodology. --- EFL. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Teacher agency. --- applied linguistics . --- language and identity. --- language teaching. --- social factors in language teaching. --- teacher identity. --- Literature teachers

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The central part of this monography explores the extent to which social influence methods, which are used to encourage individuals’ environmental awareness and overcome obstacles preventing the spread of environmentally friendly behavior, are successful in supporting individuals’ environmental protection tendencies, changing readiness to engage in environmentally friendly behavior, and changing their behavior itself. There is a long journey from awareness of environmental issues to actual environmentally friendly behavior, in which four basic research aspects are highlighted: the selection of behaviors that should be changed, the study of factors causing environmentally unfriendly behaviors, the use of carefully selected social influence methods in order to change environmental awareness and behavior, and a systematic assessment of their influence.It has been established that readiness to engage in environmentally friendly behavior is more strongly encouraged by internal or psychological factors of environmental behavior, whereas in addition to these the behavior itself is also influenced by external or social factors. Social influence methods, based on practical approach, which is adapted to different target groups, have proven to be a successful method, which can be also implemented in educational sistem. Young people are most receptive to changes and are an effective medium to transfer such ideas and proper behavior to seniors. Osrednji del monografije se ukvarja z vprašanjem, v kolikšni meri so metode socialnega vplivanja uspešne pri podpiranju človekovih okoljevarstvenih teženj, spreminjanju pripravljenosti za okolju prijazno vedenje in spremembi vedenja samega. Pot od človekovega zavedanja okoljske problematike do dejanskega okolju prijaznega vedenja je dolgotrajna, izpostavljamo štiri temeljne vidike raziskovanja: izbiro vedenj, ki jih je treba spremeniti, preučitev dejavnikov, ki povzročajo okolju neprijazna vedenja, uporabo metod socialnega vplivanja za spremembo okoljske ozaveščenosti in vedenja ter oceno njihovega vpliva. Rezultati so pokazali, da pripravljenost za okolju prijazno vedenje izraziteje vzpodbujajo notranji, psihološki dejavniki okoljskega vedenja, medtem, ko vedenje samo, poleg psiholoških, zaznamujejo tudi zunanji, socialni dejavniki. Metode socialnega vplivanja, ki temeljijo na praktičnem pristopu, prilagojenim različnim ciljnim skupinam prebivalcev so se izkazale kot uspešne in jih je smiselno uvesti tudi v izobraževalni sistem. Mladi so namreč najbolj dovzetni za spremembe in so učinkovit medij za prenos tovrstnih idej in ustreznega vedenja na starejše.

Environmental responsibility. --- Environmental ethics. --- Environmental quality --- Human ecology --- Ethics --- Ecological accountability --- Ecological responsibility --- Environmental accountability --- Environmental ethics --- Responsibility --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Slovenia --- Applied ecology --- Social impact of environmental issues --- environment protection --- environmental awareness --- environmentally friendly behaviour --- geography --- Ljubljana --- psychological factors --- public awareness --- social factors --- geografija --- okoljska ozaveščenost --- okolju prijazno vedenje --- ozaveščanje javnosti --- psihološki dejavniki --- socialni dejavniki --- varstvo okolja

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Genetic engineering --- Biotechnology --- Genetic Engineering --- Genetics --- Social Change --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Social aspects --- Genetic Engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Genetics. --- Social Change. --- Socioeconomic Factors. --- Social aspects. --- Modernization --- Social Development --- Social Impact --- Change, Social --- Changes, Social --- Development, Social --- Developments, Social --- Impact, Social --- Impacts, Social --- Social Changes --- Social Developments --- Social Impacts --- Factors, Socioeconomic --- High-Income Population --- Inequalities --- Land Tenure --- Standard of Living --- Factor, Socioeconomic --- High Income Population --- High-Income Populations --- Inequality --- Living Standard --- Living Standards --- Population, High-Income --- Populations, High-Income --- Socioeconomic Factor --- Tenure, Land --- Biotechnologies --- Engineering, Genetic --- Intervention, Genetic --- Genetic Intervention --- Genetic Interventions --- Interventions, Genetic --- Designed genetic change --- Gene splicing --- Genetic intervention --- Genetic surgery --- Group Processes --- Genetic Structures --- Genetic Phenomena --- Economics --- Cloning, Molecular --- DNA, Recombinant --- Industrial Microbiology --- Artificial Gene Fusion --- Organisms, Genetically Modified --- Animals, Genetically Modified --- Plants, Genetically Modified --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic recombination --- Transgenic organisms --- Social Sciences - General --- Social Inequalities --- Social Inequality --- Inequalities, Social --- Inequality, Social --- Economic and Social Factors --- Social and Economic Factors --- Socioeconomic Characteristics --- Characteristic, Socioeconomic --- Socioeconomic Characteristic

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During the third decade of the 21st century, human societies across the world are facing significant water-related problems, such as ecosystem degradation, groundwater depletion, natural and anthropogenic droughts and floods, water-borne health issues, and deforestation. These problems are exacerbated by climate change, a phenomenon that has been accelerated due to human intervention in natural systems since the industrial revolution. There is an urgent need to better understand the interaction of hydrological systems in terms of climate variability and the anthropogenic factors that contribute to the dynamics and resilience of coupled human–water systems and effective risk management in the area of water resource management. Socio-hydrology is an interdisciplinary field that integrates natural and social sciences and aims to study the long-term dynamics of bidirectional feedback in coupled human–water systems. This book on socio-hydrology aims to compile cross-disciplinary scientific endeavors and innovations in research on the development, education, and application of coupled human–water systems. The articles published in this book represent diverse and broad aspects of water management in the context of socio-hydrology systems around the globe. The articles and ideas presented in this book represent a significant source of references for interdisciplinary water science programs and provide an excellent guide for experts involved in the future planning and management of water resources. This book is dedicated to friends of the Green Water-Infrastructure Academy and those who pursue cross-disciplinary water research, education, and management.

digital elevation model --- maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) classification --- runoff quality --- social, economic and environmental (SEE) factor --- Triangulated Irregular Network (TIN) --- urbanization --- vegetation density --- stormwater management --- social factors --- green stormwater infrastructure --- society --- risk analysis --- water-related crises --- resilience --- security --- floods --- drinking water --- crisis planning --- landslides --- logistic regression --- slope gradient --- land use --- soil --- Coonoor --- behavior --- trust --- risk --- tap water --- salience --- common pool resources --- integrated water management --- water governance --- water resilience --- socio-hydrology --- irrigation efficiency --- surface water-groundwater interactions --- sustainability --- knowledge coproduction --- integrated local environmental knowledge --- education and training --- community-based water development --- Black Sea --- coastal tourism --- regional climate change --- warming --- wind --- waves --- sea level rise --- upwelling --- heavy rain --- river plume --- algal bloom --- introduced species --- n/a

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When People Come First critically assesses the expanding field of global health. It brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to address the medical, social, political, and economic dimensions of the global health enterprise through vivid case studies and bold conceptual work. The book demonstrates the crucial role of ethnography as an empirical lantern in global health, arguing for a more comprehensive, people-centered approach. Topics include the limits of technological quick fixes in disease control, the moral economy of global health science, the unexpected effects of massive treatment rollouts in resource-poor contexts, and how right-to-health activism coalesces with the increased influence of the pharmaceutical industry on health care. The contributors explore the altered landscapes left behind after programs scale up, break down, or move on. We learn that disease is really never just one thing, technology delivery does not equate with care, and biology and technology interact in ways we cannot always predict. The most effective solutions may well be found in people themselves, who consistently exceed the projections of experts and the medical-scientific, political, and humanitarian frameworks in which they are cast. When People Come First sets a new research agenda in global health and social theory and challenges us to rethink the relationships between care, rights, health, and economic futures.

World health. --- Public health --- Global health --- International health --- International cooperation. --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization --- MEDICAL / Public Health --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural --- International agencies --- Medical assistance --- Public health laws, International --- World health --- Medical geography --- International cooperation --- Global Health. --- International Cooperation. --- Public Health Practice. --- #SBIB:39A9 --- Health Practice, Public --- Health Practices, Public --- Practice, Public Health --- Practices, Public Health --- Public Health Practices --- Treaties --- Foreign Aid --- Aid, Foreign --- Cooperation, International --- Treaty --- International Health --- Worldwide Health --- International Health Problems --- World Health --- Health Problem, International --- Health Problems, International --- Health, Global --- Health, International --- Health, World --- Health, Worldwide --- Healths, International --- International Health Problem --- International Healths --- Problem, International Health --- Problems, International Health --- World Health Organization --- Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Santé mondiale --- Santé publique --- Anthropology --- Cultural. --- Coopération internationale --- Global Health --- International Cooperation --- Public Health Practice --- AIDS. --- Botswana. --- Brazil. --- Chile. --- Ghana. --- HIV infection. --- HIV. --- India. --- Mozambique. --- PEPFAR. --- President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief. --- South Africa. --- Uganda. --- antidepressants. --- antiretroviral drugs. --- asthma. --- biomedical science. --- cancer care. --- case studies. --- childhood. --- chronic diseases. --- clinical care. --- compliance. --- depression. --- developing countries. --- diabetes. --- disease control. --- disease eradication programs. --- domestic relations. --- epidemics. --- epistemology. --- ethnography. --- evidence-based medicine. --- experimental research. --- global health science. --- global health. --- guinea worm. --- health activism. --- health care. --- health policy. --- health research. --- health rights. --- human rights. --- humanitarianism. --- international aid. --- intervention. --- malaria. --- mental health programs. --- micropolitics. --- moral economy. --- neoliberalism. --- obesity. --- palliation. --- psychopharmaceuticals. --- public health care system. --- public health services. --- public health. --- publicаrivate collaborations. --- right to know. --- social factors. --- social networks. --- social theory. --- tuberculosis treatment.