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Kazuya Yanagida – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2025
Higher education has often been accused of its anti-social character, represented by the metaphor of the 'ivory tower'. However, the idea of the pursuit of knowledge per se, which is associated with the ivory tower, has not been widely recognized as a public ideal of higher education. In this study, by drawing on the 20th-century British…
Descriptors: General Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning
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Pan, Po-Lin; Bhandari, Manu; Meng, Juan – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: Factors contributing to the obesity epidemic have powerful effects on people who are frequently exposed to the extensive advertisement of unhealthy foods. This study aimed to examine how consumers' attitudes towards health and nutrition-related (HNR) claims in food advertisements affected their healthy food choice (HFC) and how online…
Descriptors: Advertising, Food, Obesity, Knowledge Level
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Kim, Kyoung Tae; Lee, Jae Min; DeVaney, Sharon A. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2022
This study explores the association between financial knowledge and financial fragility. Data from the 2015 National Financial Capability Study were used to create an index of financial fragility. Relationships between this index and three different measures of financial knowledge were assessed. To mitigate potential endogeneity in the financial…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Social Influences, Neighborhoods
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Celik, Yasar – Educational Research and Reviews, 2022
In our world where unlimited human needs are tried to be met with limited resources, the effort to use resources in the most effective way is the reason for the existence of economics. The aim of this research is to examine the awareness of the concepts and topics that are planned to be taught to the 4th grade students' social studies curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Knowledge Level
Galario, Princess Ann G.; Bitco, Jasper D.; Segalle, Sandee Chel G.; Genelosa, Lurjille C.; Caayaman, Eduard T. – Online Submission, 2023
The focus of the research study was on how satisfied customers were with the cashier's office's services at the school. The study will be important for student and parent support services since it will show how to improve services and what should be retained while also allowing students and parents to be content with the services they receive. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Satisfaction, Consumer Economics, College Students
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Odor Kingsley Ndubuisi; Jocelyn Okerogehne Emerho – Educational Research and Reviews, 2023
Petroleum products are very flammable and can ignite at extremely low temperatures if exposed to an open flame source or not handled appropriately. Individuals who handle petroleum products in the petroleum industry and fuelling stations are known as "petrol station attendants". The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Service Occupations, Fuels, Industry
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Kyari, Adam Konto; Hudithi, Faisal Abdullah Al – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2022
This study investigates the factors influencing consumers' adoption of mobile banking in Nigeria using the innovation of diffusion theory. Data was collected via a five-point Likert questionnaire and analysed using factor analysis and multiple regression model. Revealed here is the fact that relative advantage, observability and complexity have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Banking, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Adjei, Rita; Addaney, Michael; Danquah, Leslie – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to determine the impact of resource use behaviours of students of a public university in Ghana on ecological sustainability. It examines the land area required to provide the resources used and also to assimilate the wastes produced. It also suggests an effective way to initiate participative discussions on environmental…
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Sustainable Development, Conservation (Environment), Wastes
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Björklund, Mattias; Tväråna, Malin; Jägerskog, Ann-Sofie; Strandberg, Max – Journal of Social Science Education, 2022
Purpose: To explore students' understandings of financial literacy and economics issues with an aim to inform future teaching designs. Design/methodology/approach: Phenomenography and variation theory has been used to analyze students' understanding of a concept found in both financial and economic contexts, namely "value." Findings:…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Comprehension, Student Needs
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Valentin, Alvin Patrick M. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to examine the applicability of an extended version of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in predicting pro-environmental behavior, specifically the purchase behavior (PB) of package-free bath products, among students in higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: Using a non-experimental survey…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Student Behavior, Self Concept
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Christie, Lorna; Kempen, Elizabeth; Strydom, Mariette – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate custom-made apparel manufacturing micro-enterprise (CMME) owners' perspectives of sustainability within their business practices throughout the entire product development process and determine how educational initiatives can promote a more environmentally conscious product development process.…
Descriptors: Clothing, Manufacturing, Small Businesses, Ownership
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Migliorini, Paola; Wezel, Alexander; Veromann, Eve; Strassner, Carola; Srednicka-Tober, Dominika; Kahl, Johannes; Bügel, Susanne; Briz, Teresa; Kazimierczak, Renata; Brives, Hélène; Ploeger, Angelika; Gilles, Ute; Lüder, Vanessa; Schleicher-Deis, Olesa; Rastorgueva, Natalia; Tuccillo, Fabio; Talgre, Liina; Kaart, Tanel; Ismael, Diana; Rembialkowska, Ewa – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: To clarify needs and requests of the young generation to the contemporary and future education on food systems, this paper aims to examine the following issues: students' background knowledge, students' behaviour as consumers and food citizenship, most interesting topics of SFS for students and students' preferences and expectations in…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Expectation, Sustainable Development, Food
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Fan, Lu – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2021
This study develops a conceptual framework to investigate the relationship between households' information search behavior and financial management outcomes. Consumers' information search behavior is examined from both internal and external perspectives. The internal information sources include human capital and psychological and attitudinal…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Money Management, Guidance, Consumer Economics
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Ates, Hüseyin – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2020
Global warming presents a threat for human and nature systems. For a few decades, sustainable food consumption behaviors have been considered remarkable to protect environmental sources. Changes in food consumption behaviors can benefit in improving environmental quality. While consumers are trying to reduce their environmental impact, it is…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Education, Student Attitudes, Bias
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Sousa, Sara; Correia, Elisabete; Leite, Joana; Viseu, Clara – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2021
The main purpose of this research study is to explore higher education students' environmental knowledge, attitudes and behavior. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was conducted among the students of a public higher education institution (HEI) in Portugal. Our findings result from 371 valid responses and allow us to conclude that most students…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior, Student Characteristics
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