Ecological Development Model Research Articles

Making the Student Experience Everybody’s Business: Cultivating Collaboration in the Exosphere

It has long been recognised that a key element in improving student transition, retention and success in higher education is cross-institutional consistency and unity of action among disparate academic, policy and support units. However, transferring this principle into practice often requires overcoming departmental silos, negotiating shared understandings of key concepts, and establishing patterns of cross-institutional collaboration in spaces where this may have been lacking. This study examines the effect of a program of supported communities of practice among teaching academics that sought to improve the culture of learning and teaching in a large science, health and engineering faculty in an Australian university. We found indications that these communities of practice promoted collaboration by functioning as loci of cross-institutional consultation and coordination, providing the basis for an enhanced student experience. We interpret this finding through the lens of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of development, and propose an approach based on academic communities of practice as a way of building cross-institutional unity of action and making the student experience everybody’s business.

Ecological Oriented Urban-Rural Integration and Improvement of Living Environment in County Space-Taking Fuping as an Example

County-level development has been the focus of China's new urbanization strategy, as well as the key to urban-rural integration and rural revitalization. As the urbanization level of major cities gradually stabilizes, China is gradually entering the stage of county-town urbanization. This article believes that the primary task of integrating county-town is to handle the urban-rural transition zone well. Firstly, this area can supplement and improve the functions of the county seat. Secondly, the environment and industries in rural areas can be extended and developed. Therefore, in the process of county urbanization, it is necessary to comprehensively consider social, environmental, and economic benefits, with the goal of improving the quality of human settlements. This study takes the Shichuan River region in Fuping County as the research object, analyzes the current situation of the region, and proposes a planning model that should be ecological oriented and comprehensively considered. At the same time, this model has been promoted and applied. More than 80% of people in the questionnaire survey expressed satisfaction with this ecological development model.

Ecological development practices of marine ranching enterprises in China: Case studies of early movers

AbstractMarine ranching can help solve the dilemma facing food systems by providing more food for humans under the constraints of resources and the environment. Many marine ranching enterprises have committed to ecological development to help advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Little is known, however, about the drivers, initiatives, and performance implications of this behavior. To fill this gap, we conducted case studies of five early movers among marine ranching enterprises in China. These firms took both fishery output and environmental protection into consideration and achieved significant results. We identified six main drivers: “synergistic benefits,” “sustainable business value,” “government incentive and supervision,” “sense of social responsibility,” “environmental pressure,” and “market enforcement.” The main initiatives, meanwhile, were “habitat restoration,” “ecological production,” “science and technology innovation,” “ecological operation,” and “ecological management.” We showed that businesses' ecological development practices can generate synergistic benefits, including economic, environmental, and social benefits. Moreover, based on our key path analysis of early movers' ecological development practices, we developed an ecological development model to illustrate their successful experiences. This model can help guide other businesses toward fulfilling their ecological development commitments.

Opportunities to improve student mathematics achievement and outcomes: Building student–teacher relationships and the integration of inclusive and equity‐minded teaching practices

Opportunities to improve student mathematics achievement and outcomes: Building student–teacher relationships and the integration of inclusive and equity‐minded teaching practices

Ecological Models of Development applied to the consumption of illicit drugs: a systematic review

El consumo de drogas ilícitas constituye un asunto de relevancia social y de salud pública. Los modelos ecológicos enriquecen la explicación de las variaciones en el consumo de sustancias ilícitas, al facilitar la inclusión de los factores individuales y del contexto en el que las personas se desenvuelven. Esta revisión rápida tiene como objetivo identificar los conceptos sobre modelos ecológicos utilizados en la investigación sobre el consumo de drogas, cuáles son los niveles de determinación previstos y cuáles factores asociados al consumo de drogas de índole personal, familiar y del contexto social amplio. A partir de 22 manuscritos incluidos en la fase final de la revisión se identificó una decena de denominaciones para los modelos ecológicos, así como niveles de determinación personal, familiar y del contexto social. Se perfilan los modelos ecológicos como estructuras conceptuales flexibles, dinámicas y con posibilidades de sustentar políticas públicas integrales con mejores resultados.

To identify and limit the risks of neglect in orphaned students: Can France manage it?

Orphans' needs are barely identified, barely acknowledged, and barely treated notably in France. Yet, parental loss might generate specific needs associated with cognitive, relational/behavioral, and emotional difficulties. In turn, such difficulties are likely to give rise to lower academic achievement. In this theoretical paper, we argue that, due to the detrimental impact of parental loss on academic achievement, orphaned students should be considered as students with special educational needs. This is important to provide appropriate educational responses consistent with inclusive education. The present paper aims to identify different specific needs of orphaned children, as a way to limit neglect of orphans. We discuss various ways to reduce the risks of neglecting orphans in French schools by using Bronfenbrenner's ecological development model and propose avenues for relevant pedagogical responses.

Navigating Disconnected Social Circles: Experiences and Personal Networks of Latino/a Adolescents in the U.S. Rural South

Informed by Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model of development, this mixed-methods study’s aims are to: (1) describe rural Latino/a adolescents’ ( N = 62) narratives and lived social experiences in the context of rurality, and (2) examine their personal networks to better understand their social interactions (subset of 30 adolescents). Rural Latino/a adolescents move in limited social circles and experience geographic, cultural, and social isolation due to immigration status problems, socioeconomic issues, racial discrimination, and family dynamics. This limitation is reflected by personal networks that tend to be homogenous in terms of ethnicity, age, and sociodemographic characteristics. School, although characterized by weak social ties often disconnected from community and family contacts, emerged as the dominant context of sociability where adolescents build their social identity outside the circle of dense family ties. Findings suggest a critical need for interventions to reduce isolation and enhance social connectedness between family, school, and rural community in this population.

Evaluation and welfare effect of coordinated ecological development of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region

Regional coordinated ecological development is a new form of regional coordinated development that aims to construct an ecological civilization in the “new normal” period. The coordinated ecological development of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region is especially significant because this region is leading the overall coordinated development and reform in China. Based on complex system theory, synergetics, and the ecological civilization and green development ideas of the “new normal” period, we constructed a regional ecological synergy measurement model that scientifically evaluates the dynamic evolution of the BTH ecological synergy level from 2006 to 2018. Using an econometric model, we also analyzed the welfare effect and the regional heterogeneity of ecological synergy in regional development. First, it was found that in general, the degree of ecological synergy in BTH increased yearly up to 2018 with a strong development trend. The speed of ecological synergy in the Tianjin–Hebei and Beijing–Hebei subsystems was accelerating during that period, but the development potential of the ecological synergy in Beijing–Tianjin was insufficient and slow-growing. Second, whereas Beijing had entered the stage of moderate coordinated ecological development, Tianjin and Hebei remained in the low level of coordinated development; moreover, the coordinated development was unstable. The uneven development of the internal subsystems in BTH restricted the development of the cooperative effect and the overall development of the region. Third, improving the degree of ecological synergy significantly benefited the social and economic welfare in BTH. Finally, the welfare effect of the degree of ecological synergy showed a significant regional heterogeneity, being significantly higher in Tianjin and Hebei than in Beijing. This result indicates that improving the ecological synergy can narrow the development gaps between Tianjin, Hebei, and Beijing. To further improve the level of regional ecological synergy, we should innovate the coordinated model of regional development, implement the collaborative ecological development model, generate new growth drivers for the green development of BTH based on a reasonable division of labor, difference positioning, and active integration, create a soft environment for an innovation ecosystem that promotes regional ecological synergy, and build a regional innovation ecosystem led by Beijing and Xiongan. Next, we should establish a balanced regional-interest mechanism with ecological environmental protection that supports regional green and high-quality development.

Improved ecological development model for lower Yellow River floodplain, China

In this study, a model for the development of the wide floodplain in the lower Yellow River Basin, in China was developed. This model includes flood control schemes using grading criteria, enables sediment deposition in partitioned zones, and allows free exchange between channel runoff and sediment. The wide floodplain located between the main channel and levees is divided into three typical regions: the tender, low, and high floodplains. Different ecological models should be applied when these floodplains are constructed. This paper describes the associated research ideas and methodology, and clarifies several key issues, including sediment prediction and regulation, land planning, land use, and a multi-dimensional framework of safeguard measures for industries on the lower Yellow River floodplain. A refined ecological development model is proposed for the lower Yellow River floodplain, and future work on ecological and sustainable development of the lower floodplain is suggested. To establish a comprehensive system integrating runoff and sediment resource regulation in the Yellow River Basin, future work should focus on runoff and sediment exchange mechanisms in the wandering lower reaches. Furthermore, it is necessary to improve theories on floodplain planning and ecological construction, and these theories should be integrated with the research findings on land development across the lower Yellow River floodplain.

Profiles of ethnic-racial socialization from family, school, neighborhood, and the Internet: Relations to adolescent outcomes.

Given that ecological models of development highlight the interacting influences of multiple environments, further research is needed that explores ethnic-racial socialization from multiple contexts. The current study explores how families, schools, neighborhoods, and the Internet jointly impact academic outcomes, critical consciousness, and psychological well-being in adolescents, both through socialization messages and experiences with racial discrimination. The research questions were: (a) What profiles of multiple contexts of socialization exist? and (b) How are the different profiles associated with academic outcomes, critical consciousness, and psychological well-being? The sample consisted of 1,084 U.S. adolescents aged 13-17 (M = 14.99, SD = 1.37; 49% girls) from four ethnic-racial groups: 25.6% Asian American, 26.3% Black/African American, 25.3% Latinx, and 22.9% White. The participants completed online surveys of socialization and discrimination from four contexts and three types of outcomes: academic outcomes, critical consciousness, and well-being. A latent profile analysis revealed three profiles: Average, High Discrimination, and Positive School. The Positive School class had the most positive academic outcomes and well-being. The High Discrimination class reported the highest critical consciousness. Their academic outcomes and well-being were similar to the Average group. The findings support complexity in perceptions of socialization from different contexts and the associations of socialization with youth outcomes.

Ecological development of coastal wetland in north coast of Hangzhou Bay of Shanghai

Taking the north coast of Hangzhou Bay of Shanghai as an example, this paper studies the ecological development model of coastal wetland under the combination of the time background and environmental conditions. In this paper, the coastal wetlands in north coast of Hangzhou Bay of Shanghai were divided into 4 types according to needs, including tourism park, tidal flat reservoir, reed tidal flat wetlands, muddy coastal wetlands. Through the use of case studies, the cases of similar site conditions or environmental issues were summarized, so as to be 4 types of coastal wetlands to find more suitable ecological development measures to provide reference for decision makers and builders.

Simulation the Natural Living Structural Systems to Achieve Sustained Architecture

Architectural and ecological development model can be identified by studying genetic evolution of living beings and their surrounding environment, which makes every one of them complement the other, an integral part of it, and the basis of its existence. Architects started to get back to nature to look for the keys for building sustainability, because elements of nature are a creative, rich, and useful source of inspiration and learning for architects and designers to present sustainable designs. Getting inspired by or simulating living forms should not lead to making exact copies of them. The real lesson is to benefit from the substantial idea and the basis of the natural system composing it. This leads us to the problem of the present study: There are no enough local studies on the importance and role of living nature simulation in terms of shape, composition, and structural systems to create sustainable systems. Hypothesis of the study is: the harmony shown by natural, organic structures resulting from the integration of shape with structural function can be employed in architecture shapes and structures by merging shape and function in a symbiotic relationship resembling to a great extent biological , genetic development in their re-formations appearing in natural organic structures. Aim of the study: Discovering formational and environmental constraints of elements of nature and emerging with applied indications in the field of constructional systems simulation of living nature and the possibility of transferring them to accomplish sustainable architecture. The results and conclusions shows the need , importance and effectiveness of Simulation the Natural Living Structural Systems to Achieve sustained Architecture ,and the integration of technical solutions to create a balance between the natural environment and the manufacturers and energy exploitation, and the adoption of passive systems and merged with the systems design, integration between nature and technology. Finally we got that the final conclusions and practical framework and recommendations.

Construction of Open Innovation Ecology on the Internet: A Case Study of Xiaomi (China) Using Institutional Logic

The characteristics of collaborative innovation and interactions among core enterprises, users, and partners are critical. Research is lacking on how to construct open innovation ecology through institutional design. This study explores how core enterprises effectively motivate users and partners to participate in innovation activities on the Internet and successfully constructing open innovation ecology, using the institutional logic theory and an exploratory case study of Xiaomi, a famous Chinese Internet enterprise. The findings are as follows: (1) three main characteristics of innovation carried out by core enterprises, users, and partners in the open innovation ecology—iterative innovation, social innovation, and joint innovation; (2) three new institutional practices—following, leading, and symbiotic mechanisms—which provide an effective institutional guarantee for interaction and innovation; (3) two kinds of institutional logic—administrative logic and social logic, which core enterprises follow to construct open innovation ecology on the Internet, and its change in innovation characteristics. Therefore, a full understanding of the changing rules of the institutional logic is fundamental for successfully building open innovation ecology. This study enriches both the open innovation ecology theory as well as the institutional logic theory. In addition, Xiaomi’s open innovation ecological development model proves that core enterprises can take the approach of building open innovation ecology. It provides a strong example to other enterprises on innovations on the Internet.

Migrant youth identity work in transnational new mediascape

Abstract This paper argues that transnational new media space is an important developmental context for migrant youth who have multiple social networks across geographical and cultural locations. Informed by the ecological model of development and literacy studies, this paper examines Korean migrant adolescents’ sense of self and belonging in relation to the three intertwined identity categories – nationality, race, and ethnicity; and the role of new media in youth’s identity negotiation and representation. Using an ethnographic case study design, this paper analyzes adolescents’ identity work reflected in their verbal interviews and multimodal new media literacy practices. Findings suggest that despite the complexity of youths’ identity as seen in their shifting meaning of being Korean across national, ethno-cultural, and racial contexts, youths actively reconstructed and shared a fuller range of their identity constructs drawing on the resources and linguistic tools in transnational new media.

Assessment of Factors Influencing Communication in Clinical Pharmacy.

This study aimed to identify and assess the factors that influence communication quality between clinical pharmacists and patients using a structural equation model based on the predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling constructs in educational/environmental diagnosis and evaluation-policy, regulatory, and organizational constructs in educational and ecological development model to identify the most effective path to increase their communication quality. A survey was conducted at 253 Class-A tertiary hospitals in China from March to December 2016. During on-site observations, verbal communications between clinical pharmacists (n = 752) and patients were audio recorded, and communication quality was rated by an expert panel on an 8-item Quality of Communication Rating Scale. Clinical pharmacists completed questionnaires that examined the predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors that influenced communication quality. Finally, AMOS was employed to examine the relationships between the three factors and communication quality. The results indicated that all three factors positively affected communication quality, with correlation coefficients of .26, .13, and .17, respectively. The most influential predisposing factor was attitude (.77), the most influential enabling factors were self-efficacy (.71) and confidence (.72), and the most influential reinforcing factor was rewards (.74). The findings suggest that pharmacists' attitudes toward, perceived knowledge of, and skill and confidence in communication, and the rewards offered by pharmacy management are the most influential factors that influence communication quality.

Research on the Integration and Development of Culture Industry and Tourism Industry of Fisherman Village in Rizhao

During the process of revitalizing the rural economy, rural tourism shows a vigorous development momentum, and the integration development of cultural industry and tourism industry is the sustainable way to realize the development of rural tourism economy. This paper first analyzes the motive force of the integration of cultural industry and tourism industry, and then on the basis of analyzing the particularity of the integration and development of cultural industry and tourism industry in rural areas, combined with the development cases of cultural tourism projects in rural areas all over the country, this paper summarizes five integration and development models. As the country’s largest folk tourism reception base-Rizhao City, its development status is representative, finally taking Fisherman Folk Tourism Village of Rizhao City as an example, the integration and development path of Fisherman village culture industry and tourism industry in Rizhao City is studied. At the basic level, it is necessary to mine cultural tourism resources. At the driving level, it is necessary to introduce social capital to use the original ecological development model to build a fisherman’s village. At the communication level, it is necessary to cultivate a cultural tourism consumer market, and government policy support is needed at the security level.

The ‘small town’ effect on youth athletic development: insights from New Zealand ‘touch’

There is a growing worldwide interest in understanding optimal and healthy pathways for talent development in sport. The purpose of the study was to explore how familial, environmental and social factors facilitated the athletic development of elite Touch representatives who grew up in the small town of Petersville (pseudonym), New Zealand. An interest in understanding these factors influenced the decision to use an ecological model of development as an analytical lens and to apply (auto)ethnographic methodologies. The participants, which included the first author, grew up in Petersville and had represented New Zealand in the sport of Touch, in various capacities, i.e. of player, referee and manager. While the primary focus is on athletic development of the players who grew up in Petersville, they grew up in a community in which other members were active in the elite NZ Touch community. Consistent with an ecological view of development, the discussion illustrates how influential the referee (who was also the coach of the school Touch team) and the manager were to player development. The findings contribute to the literature by demonstrating a nuanced interpretation of the ‘birthplace effect’, particularly in countries with small populations and limited geographical areas.

Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Ecological Risk/Resilience Model Contributions to Special Education

The purpose of educational resilience is to understand why some students from adverse environmental backgrounds and communities succeed while others from equally adverse conditions do not. Resilience must not be regarded as an exclusive attribute of students but as the intertwined relationship between children’s abilities and the abilities of individuals within their family, school and social contexts. This proposal of an ecological risk/resilience model in special education is derived from the resilience perspective and is based on Bronfenbrenner’s (1994) ecological model of development, and contributions in the study of resilience (Rutter, 1993). This proposed model lays the foundation for specific assessment/intervention program development focused on altering the way special education students interact with different people and within different contexts, in order to promote resilient behaviors in the actors involved in their academic achievement and adaptation, and educational inclusion. A special emphasis is made on early intervention, when children start schooling and may face academic risks due to their special educational needs. The basis for this model, the dynamics of implementation and the main results are described.

PROTOCOL: Police Training Interventions to improve the democratic policing of protests

PROTOCOL: Police Training Interventions to improve the democratic policing of protests

Growing Up under Corporate Capitalism: The Problem of Marketing to Children, with Suggestions for Policy Solutions

Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of development suggests that children are affected by the economic system under which they live. Corporate capitalism is one such economic system, and evidence suggests that the focus on profit and power characteristic of deregulated, competitive forms of capitalism can suppress how much citizens prioritize the values that support the nurturing of children. One manifestation of this capitalist ideology is the practice of marketing to children, a practice known to be associated with a variety of negative outcomes for children. We present empirical evidence supporting these claims and conclude by proposing numerous policies aimed at reducing children's exposure to marketing. The policies, many of which have widespread public support, can be implemented in a number of types of institutions that directly or indirectly affect children, including professional organizations, schools, businesses, and all levels of government.