Tourists’ motivations for practicing physical activity: a home-holiday comparison     

Linda Osti  Lucia Cicero  Martina Moreschini 《Journal of Sport Tourism》2018,22(3):207-226

The aim of the study is to examine motivations for practicing physical activity on holiday. In particular, the objective is to compare home habits to holiday experiences and identify differences and commonalities in individuals’ attitude towards physical activity. The methodological approach is to conduct a survey among tourists during a holiday stay by employing a self-administered questionnaire. Findings identify three motivational factors (Decompress, Performance and Shape) and a cluster analysis reveals the coexistence of four different profiles of physical activity performers (Shapers, All-around Pursuers, Sport Performers and Decompress Seekers). Results show diffuse distinctiveness of motivations for practicing physical activity on holiday compared to the motivations for practicing it at home. Specifically, Decompress motives increase and Shape motives decrease. The study contributes to deepen the knowledge on consumer behaviour in leisure and holiday and provides useful insights to destination managers and policy-maker to address the sport tourism market.  相似文献   

Diverse student voice approaches across Europe     

Jeroen Bron  Norman Emerson  Lucia Kákonyi 《European Journal of Education》2018,53(3):310-324

The Student voice concept encompasses the right for learners to express their opinions, access people who influence decisions and actively participate in educational decision-making processes. In this article, three features of a European Erasmus Plus project called “BRIDGE” are presented in a sequence ranging from theoretical considerations for school improvement to an analysis of school contexts and settings, followed by a presentation of results from working with one of the project’s student voice tools. Central in each example is the notion that working in partnership with students will enable students to become more self-directed learners and active citizens.  相似文献   

Writing and conceptual change. What changes?     

Mason  Lucia  Boscolo  Pietro 《Instructional Science》2000,28(3):199-226

This study was focused on elementary school students'processes of scientific understanding within aclassroom environment characterized as a community ofdiscourse. In particular, it explored the role ofwritten discourse both on the plane of knowledgedevelopment and the conceptualization and evaluationof the writing activity itself. The purposes of thestudy were: (a) to see whether students could use writingas a means to express and compare ideas, reason andreflect on them in the process of scientificunderstanding; (b) to see whether writing in the serviceof learning facilitated the understanding of the newtopic through conceptual change; (c) to see whetherwriting affected the conceptualization of the writingactivity itself. Thirty-six fourth graders divided intwo groups, experimental (writing) and control(no-writing), were involved in the implementation ofcurriculum units on plants, whose target concept wasphotosynthesis. The findings show that in theexperimental group the students reached a betterconceptual understanding of the target concept andmore advanced metaconceptual awareness of the changesin their own knowledge structures. Moreover, theconceptualization of the writing activity seemed tochange as well to some extent as writing in aconceptual change process affected the ways learnersviewed some functions of it.  相似文献   

Effects of wax-based anti-graffiti on copper patina composition and dissolution during four years of outdoor urban exposure     

Sara Goidanich  Lucia Toniolo  Shadi Jafarzadeh  Inger Odnevall Wallinder 《Journal of Cultural Heritage》2010,11(3):288-296

The protection against graffiti has become a serious problem in most cities. Unfortunately such form of vandalism does not save the cultural heritage. The use of anti-graffiti coatings is a common treatment that can also temporary protect the surface from degradation due to interactions with the environment. Aspects that have not yet been sufficiently investigated from a metal artefact perspective are whether the presence of the anti-graffiti coating will influence the patina composition and reduce the degree of patina dissolution. Long-term (four years) effects of wax-based anti-graffiti coatings on bare copper sheet and pre-patinated copper exposed to urban atmospheric conditions are presented and discussed in terms of changes in patina dissolution rates, barrier properties and composition. The investigation is based on a multi-analytical approach combining chemical analysis, analytical and electrochemical tools (stereomicroscopy, FTIR, XRD, SEM/EDS, AAS, EIS, colorimetric measurements). Results are believed to provide important information related to the long-term applicability of such coatings to preserve the Cultural Heritage.  相似文献   

Young children’s perspectives on immigration within the Italian school context: an analysis of the identification level of integration     

Lucia Pellegrini 《欧洲师范教育杂志》2010,33(2):113-125

The research explores the level of integration of a group of young children attending a primary school in Italy, a new immigration country, focusing on their identification of racial, ethnic and cultural pluralism. Specifically the study takes into account two processes of identification: the mechanism of attributions and the expression of attitudes in relation to subjects commonly labelled as ‘immigrants’. Given that children are rarely listened to with regard to serious issues, the study was conducted following a series of principles belonging to the emergent paradigm, a new sociological approach which aims at making children active participants in the research project. In doing so, the research reveals that children respond to complex social dynamics shaping personal ideas and raising specific questions, which are to be taken into consideration for implementing an effective multicultural education.  相似文献   

Cultural capital and its effects on education outcomes   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Lucia Tramonte  J. Douglas Willms 《Economics of Education Review》2010

In this study we distinguished between two forms of cultural capital, one that is static, representing the highbrow activities and practices of parents, and one that is relational, representing cultural interactions and communication between children and their parents. We used data for 28 countries from the 2000 Programme for International Student Assessment to examine whether these two types of cultural capital were associated with students’ reading literacy, sense of belonging at school, and occupational aspirations, after controlling for traditional measures of socioeconomic status. We examined whether one type of cultural capital had stronger effects than the other and whether their effects differed across outcomes and across countries. The results provide compelling evidence that dynamic cultural capital has strong effects on students’ schooling outcomes, while static cultural capital has more modest effects.  相似文献   

Lexical effects on children’s pseudoword reading in a transparent orthography     

Stefania Marcolini  Cristina Burani  Lucia Colombo 《Reading and writing》2009,22(5):531-544

The present study investigated the involvement of lexical knowledge in pseudoword reading by Italian children aged 8–10. In both lexical decision and reading aloud tasks, inhibitory effects were found on pseudowords derived from high-frequency words in comparison to pseudowords derived from low-frequency words. A group of adult readers showed inhibitory effects on pseudowords based on high-frequency words only in lexical decision. The inhibitory effects were interpreted as due to interference on pseudoword processing caused by lexical activation of a high-frequency base-word. The results support the view that lexical information is exploited even in the development of reading of a transparent orthography.  相似文献   

Challenge to the Schools     

Lucia McC. McBride 《Clearing house (Menasha, Wis.)》2013,86(2):95-99

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Topic Knowledge,Text Coherence,and Interest: How They Interact in Learning From Instructional Texts     

Pietro Boscolo  Lucia Mason 《Journal of Experimental Education》2013,81(2):126-148

The effects of topic knowledge, text coherence, and topic interest on learning from text were examined. One hundred sixty high school students participated in 1 of 4 groups according to their levels of topic knowledge and interest. Participants read 1 of 3 versions of a scientific text: minimally coherent, locally coherent, and locally and globally coherent. Text comprehension was examined by tasks aimed at tapping both textbase and situation-model levels. The contribution of topic interest seemed to increase according to the quantity of learners' topic knowledge. High-knowledge and high-interest students performed significantly better than those in the other 3 groups in all tasks. Text version differentiated students' performance on all measures but 1. The expected Group x Version interactions did not emerge.  相似文献   

‘Slow Science’: Building scientific concepts in physics in high school     

Lucia Bigozzi  Paola Falsini  Carlo Fiorentini 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(13):2221-2242

In this study, a progressive-learning approach to physics, based on knowledge-building pedagogy, was compared to a content-centered approach in which explanations, experiments, and discussions are centered on the transmission of knowledge. Forty-six students attending the first year of high school participated in this study over a whole school year. Students’ knowledge and mastery of physics concepts were assessed through questionnaires containing both open-ended and multiple-choice questions. Overall, the ‘progressive-learning' group outperformed the content-centered group. Results are discussed in relation to the theoretical background and the experimental teacher's diary of classroom activities. The main conclusion achieved by this study is that the teaching of physics should be slow, cyclic, and developmentally appropriate for the context.  相似文献