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Özdemir, Nevin – Review of International Geographical Education, 2020
Materialistic values are important factors that guide individuals' philosophy of life. For this reason, it is thought that individuals' environmental attitudes and ecological world views may be related to their materialistic values. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a relationship between the materialistic and…
Descriptors: Social Values, Ecological Factors, Conservation (Environment), Consumer Economics
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Brune, Sara; Stevenson, Kathryn T.; Knollenberg, Whitney; Barbieri, Carla – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2020
While increasing agricultural literacy (AL) has been the focus of numerous educational programs, few AL scales have been developed specifically for children. AL programming struggles to rigorously evaluate their programs, particularly when little time is available for assessments in informal contexts. The lack of evaluation tools that allow to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Preadolescents
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Irwin, Ruth – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Heidegger argues that modern technology is quantifiably different from all earlier periods because of a shift in ethos from in situ craftwork to globalised production and storage at the behest of consumerism. He argues that this shift in technology has fundamentally shaped our epistemology, and it is almost impossible to comprehend anything…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Information Technology, Consumer Economics, Global Approach
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Grauerholz, Liz; Weinzimmer, Julianne; Kidder, Erin N.; Owens Duffy, Nicole – Teaching Sociology, 2020
The topic of human-animal studies (HAS) remains largely ignored within the sociology classroom. While a few sociologists have encouraged teaching about animals, none has assessed whether incorporating nonhuman animals into the curriculum is effective. In this study, three instructors at two universities incorporated animal-related materials in…
Descriptors: Animals, Sociology, Teaching Methods, College Students
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Fedi, Angela; La Barbera, Francesco; De Jong, Annabelle; Rollero, Chiara – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The market of bottled water is one of the largest in the world. Paradoxically, the consumption of water in plastic bottles is highest in countries rich in the potable tap water of excellent quality. This paper aims to gain a better understanding of the factors that foster or hinder the intention to use refillable water bottles by…
Descriptors: Intention, Adoption (Ideas), Conservation (Environment), Water
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Vuori, Johanna – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
Research on student engagement, study engagement and academic entitlement has followed separate paths. This research examined how the concepts relate to each other among traditional and non-traditional Finnish business students (N = 476). A cluster analysis indicated that students form two clusters. Part-time students, students over the age of 25,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics
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Perez-Vergara, Kelly – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2019
Projecting higher education enrollments requires a thorough understanding of the phenomena that impact student enrollment. Popular theories that have been used to project enrollment include human capital theory and consumer choice theory; more than a dozen other theories have also been cited in the literature. This article situates selected…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment Projections, Educational Theories, Human Capital
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Privitera, Gregory J.; Gillespie, James J.; Zuraikat, Faris M. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: To extend findings from experimental price elasticity studies by examining these effects in a field setting and identifying gender differences in purchasing behaviour in response to variations in the cost of lower energy-dense (ED) and higher ED foods. Setting: Data were collected from low- and median-income male and female grocery…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Purchasing, Food, Costs
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Peronard, Jean-Paul; Brix, Jacob – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to consolidate existing research on 'service networks' and to frame this literature as a new 'context for learning'. Research from inter-organizational learning is used to qualify this consolidation and advances from inter-organizational learning are used to operationalize how service network actors in this…
Descriptors: Networks, Trust (Psychology), Resource Allocation, Shared Resources and Services
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Raaper, Rille – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
The notion of students as consumers who exercise educational decisions based on economic self-interest leads to interesting questions about their perceptions of current higher education assessment practices. Guided by a Foucauldian theorisation and the findings from focus groups carried out with students from two European universities, one from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Consumer Economics
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Lee, Jonggeun; Marcketti, Sara B. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2017
Retail therapy is suggested as a way for consumers to achieve happiness from the negative emotional state of modern life (Kang & Johnson, 2010). The practice of retail therapy has been referred to as "compensatory consumption" because it occurs "when an individual feels a need, lack, or desire which they cannot satisfy with a…
Descriptors: Therapy, Consumer Science, Consumer Economics, Psychological Patterns
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Rioux, Liliane; Scrima, Fabrizio; Bouzid, Dalel; Moffat, Éva; Mokounkolo, René – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2017
Since the now classic work of Newcomb (Personality and social change, Holt, New York, 1943), there has been an increasing body of research focusing on the process of academic socialisation but, as far as we know, no studies have specifically dealt with students' consumer behaviour and, more specifically, sustainable consumption. Five hundred and…
Descriptors: Socialization, College Students, College Faculty, Questionnaires
Greenleaf, Melissa; Robinson, Michael – Geography Teacher, 2020
The food experience involves much more than physical nourishment but also the practice of acquiring, preparing, and sharing food that defines the foodscape. This lesson will look at the term foodscape and describe its application to Mexican migrants developed in the thesis "Transnational Mexican Foodscapes in Colorado Springs" (Greenleaf…
Descriptors: Food, Geography Instruction, Human Geography, Cultural Influences
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King, Naomi; Bunce, Louise – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Background: The marketization of higher education (HE), which positions students as consumers and academics as service providers, may adversely affect students' motivation for learning and academics' motivation for teaching. According to self-determination theory (SDT), high-quality forms of motivation are achieved when individuals experience…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Commercialization, Higher Education
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Sermboonsang, Renus; Tansuhaj, Patriya Silpakit; Silpakit, Chatchawan; Chaisuwan, Chirawan – Journal of Education for Business, 2020
The authors focus on applying mindfulness-related concepts to business education by relying on transformational learning techniques for reducing impulse buying in a six-week Smart Consumer university class. A transformational learning program was designed including activities in the classroom as well as outside activities. They incorporated…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Transformative Learning, Consumer Economics, Self Control
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